#TackleTBR Challenge - Enchanted plus JOURNALS!

YA Romantics has a fun challenge....

Take one of the books you've read on the Readathon and pair it with some favorite thing that fits the book. Genius, no?  :-)

I read Enchanted on my Nook... and Sunday's magical gift is a never-ending Journal (in which her stories actually happen.)


Journals are my favorite things... maybe even more than books, if that's possible. Vale sent me this beautiful dragon-covered journal just in time to inspire my newest story of a ferocious dragon that doesn't mean to be so darn ferocious, but that's all he knows.

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There's still time to enter the Readathon today to enter to win one of YA Romantic's ARCs (Like we need to ADD to our TBRs, but who can resist?!)  I'd love to see your pairing of book and fav thing, whether you join the readathon or not, let me know if you share one!!!!!  :-D

January Wrap Up

January... one month of 2012 is complete...

Picture found on Pinterest - you totally have to see my new obsession!!

I have a moment to look back at one great month just in time to look forward to another.

Resolutions... I made too many of 'em.  

Despite that, I am still on the Gung-Ho Diet. I enjoy announcing it publicly because I am not telling ANYONE in my real-world acquaintance.  (Heck, my real world is just a fantasy, anyway, this is where I LIVE!!  jajaja  *ahem* Just joking, Mom.)  I've lost, like, 18 lbs, or something on this crazy hcg thing. I'm starting to see cupcakes and chocolate out of the corners of my eyes, but I'm chalking that up as Valentine's Vibes.

I read some books, too...

I did not re-read anything in January. That's actually good... it means my tbr pile is fun and interesting and not driving me batty.  :-)

How to Live Safely In a Science Fictional Universe was January's book o' the month and if you hop over to Calico Reaction, you'll find a review that's very different from mine... and a GREAT discussion on how genre's are getting all mixed up instead of staying in their respective boxes, WHICH I TOTALLY LOVE!!!!  (I do so hate boxes.)

Here's my very first cheat!!  :-D  How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe was nominated for three different awards!!  ("Nominated" - does that count?!?! Not really........ *sigh* I'll find a second category for this great book, don't worry.)

Um.... I didn't get to any classics. (See "re-reads")

Buahahahaha!!!  I read The Goddess Test & Goddess Interrupted (which review is going up tomorrow!!) That's TWO mythology books!!  YESSSS!!!

Um... nope. But that's 'cause I'm saving 'em up for February, so no worries.

The Priest and the Peaches was a debut author book AND my first author interview, which was really super fun.

1. The Girl of Fire & Thorns by Rae Carson
2.  Unearthly by Cynthia Hand
3. The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter
4. Goddess Interrupted by Aimee Carter (review tomorrow)
5. Only the Mountains Do Not Move by Jan Reynolds
6. Above World by Jenn Reese (Review next Monday)

How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe fits nicely under Time Travel.  How convenient!!

1. Only the Mountains Do Not Move by Jan Reynolds
2. Goddess Interrupted by Aimee Carter  (Yes, I know my review should already be up!! No, I don't know why it isn't!!!)

So... what's that?  7 books?  That can't be all.....


I also read Don't Breathe a Word by Holly Cupala - and she just announced today that the TRAILER for the book will be unveiled next week and there are MORE prizes to be won (which I have every intention of jumping ALL OVER!!)  Woohoo!!  You can catch it all HERE on Colorimetry, too!!  :-D  Woop!!




I read wonderful little Glitches - pre-Cinder - it's just a wee pre-book, but it can count since I "read" a picture book!!  :-D



I still haven't finished Midnight in Austenland. I committed to posting my review of The Rebel Wife along with the Author Interview on Friday, so I thought I better read it.  And besides, Midnight in Austenland is so delicious, it is standing up just fine to minor pauses...

Midnight in Austenland (NOW AVAILABLE!!) 

Pg 130

"It's a universal truth that nothing spoils a postlunch game of croquet like suspecting the other players of murder."

2012 Challenges

My most favorite... uh, challenge of the New Year -  Challenges!!

HOW FUN to read books with everyone!! I can't wait to share reviews with these challenges... many of them are books I am going to read, anyway. They'll add variety to my reading, too.  Mostly I'll enjoy the company!!  :-)




The newest on my list goes first... the Repeat Reading Challenge by Kaleidoscopic Reveries.It will be fun reading favorites along with my kids as well as some of these other challenges, should the need arise. For some reason, nothing is as sweet as a reread sometimes.

          Yay for Calico Reaction!!  The only book club I participated in last year was hosted by Calico Reaction & I loved the variety, so I'm IN!!  :-)

  I know I can do level Bronze, 1-10 books, so I'll start with that grand beginning. I've found some of my favorite books reading Award-Winners!!  Thank you Gathering Books!

  Hosted by Sarah Reads Too Much...

Categories:
Any 19th Century Classic
Any 20th Century Classic
Reread a classic of your choice
A Classic Play
Classic Mystery/Horror/Crime Fiction
Classic Romance
Read a Classic that has been translated from its original language to your language   - To clarify, if your native language is NOT English, you may read any classic originally written in English that has been translated into your native language.
Classic Award Winner  - To clarify, the book should be a classic which has won any established literary award.
Read a Classic set in a Country that you (realistically speaking) will not visit during your lifetime  - To Clarify, this does not have to be a country that you hope to visit either.  Countries that no longer exist or have never existed count.

This will be interesting for me and I'm wondering how many I will read. Nearly every classic I've read, I've gotten something from and occasionally acquired a new Friend-for-Life, great book. I may not make every category, but I'm looking forward to giving it a go!


  No-brainer. Hosted by About To Read...

1. Starcrossed
2. The Goddess Test
3. Wildefire
4. The Lost Hero
5. The Red Pyramid
6. Need
7. Siren
8. Pure
9. Sweet Venom
10. Nobody's Prize

Etc, etc, etc.......

  The 2012 Dystopian Reading Challenge is hosted by The Non Reluctant Reader and I'm starting "Easy" with 5-8 books. I seriously cannot imagine NOT reading at least 5 dystopian books.

1. Pandemonium
2. whatever follows Pure (yikes!)
3. Crossed
4. Insurgent (after Divergent)
5. Replication
6. Wither
7. Legend
8. Enclave

I'm just getting started, too. LOVE this Challenge!!

  The Debut Author Challenge is hosted by The Story Siren. There's a beautiful list of debuting author books HERE. I have no idea whether I'll complete all 12 for the year, but this is my favorite challenge, I think, because I love encouraging new authors.


  Hosted by Workaday Reads... I love my Nook and read almost half my books on it.  5 ebooks would be the Floppy Disk stage and I'm sure I will achieve that much, probably by March... so, I'll commit to 10 - CD stage just 'cause that's most likely. I'm boringly realistic, if absolutely nutty about Challenges this year.

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Since I am one of those wonderfully wannabe-artistic spontaneous random short-attention-span types, I'm going to keep track of all these Challenges on a Page and check off the books as I read and (hopefully) keep track participating. (Hey! Maybe I'll know how many books I read, too!! Bonus!)

The only thing I can guarantee is that I'll have a blast reading a bunch of book in 2012. And really, isn't that the point?