Behold! AnimeJune's RITA Reading Challenge!

Well, as of today, the 2010 RITA/Golden Heart Nominations have been announced, and Twitter has been echoing with the squee-ing of authors both new and experienced. What I noticed most of all, however, was how many of those RITA nominations are, right now, unread on my TBR. I can't have that! I must be as educated as possible to know who to cheer for at RWA Nationals 2010!

So, I decided to start up my RITA Reading Challenge - to read those nominated books that I have on my shelf (OR a different book of theirs already in my possession, sorry I must protect my bank account) before the awards ceremony. The books in my RITA Reading Challenge are:

Stolen Fury, by Elisabeth Naughton - nominated for Best First Book and Romantic Suspense

Start Me Up, by Victoria Dahl - Talk Me Down was nominated for Contemporary Single Title Romance, so I'll be reading the sequel I picked up at RWA 2009.

Too Good To Be True, by Kristin Higgins - nominated for Contemporary Single Title Romance.

Tempted All Night, by Liz Carlyle - the sequel, Wicked All Day, was nominated for Historical Romance.

With Seduction in Mind, by Laura Lee Gurhke - nominated for Historical Romance. Okay, I don't own this one, but I've seen it at my library. If I can't find it, I will read The Marriage Bed by her instead.

Rewriting Monday, by Jodi Thomas - her western, The Lone Texan, was nominated for Historical Romance.

Snowfall at Willow Lake, by Susan Wiggs - her novel A Lakeshore Christmas, was nominated for Novel with Strong Romantic Elements

The Fire King, by Marjorie M. Liu - nominated for Paranormal Romance.

For The Earl's Pleasure, by Anne Mallory - nominated for Paranormal Romance.

Surrender of a Siren, by Tessa Dare - nominated for Regency Historical Romance.

A Rake's Guide To Seduction, by Caroline Linden - her A View to a Kiss is nominated for Regency Historical Romance.

Revealed, by Kate Noble - nominated for Regency Historical Romance.

It's In His Kiss, by Julia Quinn - her novel What Happens in London is nominated for Regency Historical Romance.

The Diamonds of Wellbourne Manor anthology - Deb Marlowe's novella "Annalise and the Scandalous Rake" and Amanda McCabe's "Charlotte and the Wicked Lord" are nominated for Romance Novella.

Going Too Far, by Jennifer Echols - nominated for Young Adult Romance.

Whew! Fifteen books in all - think I can get them read before July?

And before I forget - I want to congratulate those books I have read and loved that are nominated:

Not Quite a Husband, by Sherry Thomas - nominated for Historical Romance

Scandal, by Carolyn Jewel - nominated for Regency Historical Romance

"This Wicked Gift," by Courtney Milan in The Heart of Christmas - nominated for Romance Novella.

All well deserved! Congrats, ladies!