Monday, January 28, 2013

"Books I've Read In 2013"

Along with keeping track of the books I've read in 2013, I thought it would be fun to keep track of "Where In The World Was I?" in the books I've Read.


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Wednesday, January 2, 2013

"2013 Mount TBR Reading Challenge"

Well...I've gone and done it again, and after I said, "I AM NOT JOINING ANY READING CHALLENGES THIS YEAR OF 2013!!" I just couldn't pass up these three challenges. But this is it, my final challenge....No more...don't even visit anyone else who is challenge addicted...No, no, no....Bev's challenge is the last one....
I, like Bev, am a bookaholic.  I can't let a bookstore (used or new, it doesn't matter) go by without stopping in ("just to look") and walking out with at least something--if not an armload.  And, well, that means that I wind up with gigantic piles of TBR books stacked up around in my bedroom. I don't have a TBR shelf. Oh, no. I have "Mount TBR"...actually a whole mountain range.  And it doesn't matter that I've just spent the last year working on my mountain range with the Mount TBR Reading Challenge.  They just keep on sprouting up.
 
So, once again, I plan to concentrate on reading primarily from my own books this year. And you're invited to join me in knocking out some of those books that have been waiting in the wings for weeks....months...even years.

Challenge Levels (Bev has adjusted the levels just slightly this year):
Pike's Peak: Read 12 books from your TBR pile/s
Mount Blanc: Read 24 books from your TBR pile/s. As I complete each challenge I (MAY) climb the next mountain.
Mt. Vancouver: Read 36 books from your TBR pile/s
Mt. Ararat: Read 48 books from your TBR piles/s
Mt. Kilimanjaro: Read 60 books from your TBR pile/s
El Toro: Read 75 books from your TBR pile/s
Mt. Everest: Read 100 books from your TBR pile/s
Mount Olympus (Mars): Read 150+ books from your TBR pile/s
1. "The Cowboy Takes a Bride" by Lori Wilde (Review)
2. "Rally 'Round the Corpse" by Hy Conrad (Review)
3. "Snowbound on the Island" by Kate Allan (Review)
4. "A Holiday to Remember" by 10 authors. (Review)
5. "Iced Chiffon" by Duffy Brown (Review) 
6. "Swine Not?" by Jimmy Buffett (Review)
7. "Cross my Heart" by Abigail Strom (Review)
8. "Rescue my Heart", by Jill Shalvis (Review)
9. "Don't Touch Me", by Howie Mandel (Review)
10. "Three to Get Deadly" by Janet Evanovich (Review)
11. "The Nanny Diaries" by Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus (Review)
12. "Nanny Returns" by Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus (Review)
13. "Sugar Springs" by Kim Law (Review)
14. "Rainbow's End" by Irene Hannon (Review)
15. "Multiple Choice" by Claire Cook (Review)
16."The Widow of Larkspur Inn" by Lawana Blackwell (Review) 
17. "His Lordship's Chaperone" by Shirley Marks (Review)
18. "Campaign Promises" by Lauren Osterkamp (Review) 
19. "The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes" by Diane Chamberlain (Review)
20. "The Long Way Home" by Mariah Steward (Review)
21. "The Lucky Dog Matchmaking Service" by Beth Kendrick (Review) 
22. "Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict" by Laurie Viera Rigler (Review)
23. "Love Regifted" by Stephanie Haddan (Review)
24. "Pink Slips and Glass Slippers" by J.P. Hansen (Review)
25. "Midnight Sons, by Debbie Macomber (Review)
                                               COMPLETED
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"What's In A Name Reading Challenge"


Here's How It Works

Beth Fish Reads is hosting this reading challenge Between January 1 and December 31, 2013, read one book in each of the following categories:


1. A book with up or down (or equivalent) in the title: Deep down True, The Girl Below, The Diva Digs up the Dirt.

 2. A book with something you'd find in your kitchen in the title: Loose Lips Sink Ships, The Knife of Never Letting Go, Breadcrumbs.

3. A book with a party or celebration in the title: A Feast for Crows, A Wedding in Haiti, Cocktail Hour under the Tree of Forgetfulness.

4. A book with fire (or equivalent) in the title: Burning for Revenge, Fireworks over Toccoa, Catching Fire.

 5. A book with an emotion in the title: Baltimore Blues, Say You're Sorry, Dreams of Joy.

 6. A book with lost or found (or equivalent) in the title: The Book of Lost Fragrances, The World We Found, A Discovery of Witches.

The book titles are just suggestions, you can read whatever book you want to fit the category.

This reading challenge is hosted by "Beth Fish Reads." For more information and to sign-up, please see this post.

My list for this challenge...
1. "Nanny Returns," by Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus (TBR) (Read)
2. "Sugar Springs", by Kim Law (TBR) (Read)
3. "Love Regifted" by Stephanie Haddan (Kindle) (Read)
4. "Home Fires" by Luanne Rice (TBR)
5. "V" Is For Vengeance" by Sue Grafton (TBR) (Read)
6. "Rescue My Heart" by Jill Shalvis (TBR) (Read)
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"Monthly Key Word Challenge 2013"

Here is a new Reading Challenge I found at Patti's Reading Corner, who found it at Bookmark to Blog:

Each month you have a key word and you read a book with that key word.

GUIDELINES 
* The title you choose can be a variation on one of the key words. For example- your title could include the word 'snowing' or 'snowflake' even though the key word is 'snow.'

*Key words can be tweaked. For example- You could read "Cinder" or "Ashes" for the key word 'Fire' and that would be just fine. If the key word is 'family' then your title could include the word 'sister' or 'mother.'If the key word is 'food' then your title could include the word 'cake.'
                                                      Monthly Key Words:                                                           
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I have decided to join CraftyPatti in this fun challenge. 
1. January: "Snowbound On The Island" by Kate Allan. (Kindle) (Review)
2. February: "Cross My Heart" by Abigail Strom (Review)
3. March: "Rainbow's End" by Irene Hannon. (TBR Pile) (Review)
4. April: "The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes, by Diane Chamberlain (Kindle) (Review)
5. May: "Mai Tai One On" by Jill Marie Landis. (Kindle)
6. June: "Fly Away" Kristen Hannah. (Nook) (Review)
7. July: "Deadly Notions" by Elizabeth Lynn Casey. (TBR Pile)
8. August: "Clouds of Witness" by Dorothy L. Sayers. (TBR Pile)
9. September: "No! I Don't Want to Join a Book Club", by Virginia Ironside (TBR Pile)
10. October: "Murder Takes the Cake" by Evelyn David. (Kindle)
11. November: "Pieces of Happily Ever After" by Irene Zutell. (TBR Pile)
12. December: "Midnight Sons" by Debbie Macomber. (TBR Pile) (Review)
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