Category: Challenges

2014 Reading Challenges!

2014 Reading Challenges!

I wanted to sign up for some challenges for 2014.  I didn’t have great luck with challenges last year.  Since I just started blogging last February, I didn’t really know much about them and I only signed up for one (The Debut Authors Challenge).  But, pretty early on I won one of the giveaways and never did receive my prize and I signed up for two debut ARC tours through the challenge site and never […]

Posted December 31, 2013 in Challenges / 0 Comments
#ReadingCram Read-a-thon Wrap Up

#ReadingCram Read-a-thon Wrap Up

Well, the Read-a-thon has come to an end!  Thanks to Jenny from Juliababyjen’s Reading Room and Dana from Dana Square for hosting it! FINAL WRAP-UP The last few days of the read-a-thon were a bit slower for me because I had Christmas things going on, but I’m still really happy with my results. Challenges Completed: TeaserTop Ten of 2013Spine PoetryFavorite Movie AdaptationSeasonal ReadsDream CastBook Title PoetrySpell it OutAnticipated 2014 Reads Total books read during the Read-a-thon: Nine books, one […]

Posted December 23, 2013 in Challenges / 1 Comment
#ReadingCram Read-a-thon Day 13 – Update & Most Anticipated for 2014

#ReadingCram Read-a-thon Day 13 – Update & Most Anticipated for 2014

Jenny from Juliababyjen’s Reading Room and Dana from Dana Square are hosting a Read-a-thon from December 9th – 22nd called End of the Year 2013 #ReadingCram. My daughter really wanted me to read a book that she just finished, so I’m going off my original TBR list with The Familiars. Her happiness is more important than my to-do list! 🙂Day 12 Progress:Bloodmark by Aurora Whittet–Finished 87 pagesThe Familiars by Adam Jay Epstein & Andrew Jacobson–119 pagesTotal books read so […]

Posted December 22, 2013 in Challenges / 0 Comments
#ReadingCram Read-a-thon Day 12 – Update & Spell it Out

#ReadingCram Read-a-thon Day 12 – Update & Spell it Out

Jenny from Juliababyjen’s Reading Room and Dana from Dana Square are hosting a Read-a-thon from December 9th – 22nd called End of the Year 2013 #ReadingCram. Day 11 Progress:Bloodmark by Aurora Whittet–145 pagesTotal books read so far: 8 (and one novella)Total pages read so far: 2926 (+40 minutes of an audiobook) Challenge #11 Spell it Out Use the first letter in any book you read in 2013 to spell out a word.  I’m using my name. North Pole Reform […]

Posted December 21, 2013 in Challenges / 0 Comments
#ReadingCram Read-a-thon Day 11 – Update & Book Title Poetry

#ReadingCram Read-a-thon Day 11 – Update & Book Title Poetry

Jenny from Juliababyjen’s Reading Room and Dana from Dana Square are hosting a Read-a-thon from December 9th – 22nd called End of the Year 2013 #ReadingCram. I’m updating on a few days at once this time!Day 8 Progress:The Children Who Time Lost by Marvin Amazon–54 pagesDay 9 Progress:The Children Who Time Lost by Marvin Amazon–302 pagesDay 10 Progress:The Children Who Time Lost by Marvin Amazon–Finished 148 pagesBloodmark by Aurora Whittet–101 pagesTotal books read so far: 8 (and one novella)Total […]

Posted December 19, 2013 in Challenges / 0 Comments
#ReadingCram Read-a-thon Day 8 – Update and Dream Cast

#ReadingCram Read-a-thon Day 8 – Update and Dream Cast

Jenny from Juliababyjen’s Reading Room and Dana from Dana Square are hosting a Read-a-thon from December 9th – 22nd called End of the Year 2013 #ReadingCram. Day 7 Progress:Game by Anders de la Motte–Finished 238 pagesAthena’s Daughter by Juli Page Morgan–Finished 336 pagesTotal books read so far: 7 (and one novella)Total pages read so far: 2176 (+40 minutes of an audiobook) Challenge #7 Dream Cast For today’s challenge, we’re supposed to come up with a dream cast for one […]

Posted December 17, 2013 in Challenges / 0 Comments
#ReadingCram Read-a-thon Day 7 – Progress

#ReadingCram Read-a-thon Day 7 – Progress

Jenny from Juliababyjen’s Reading Room and Dana from Dana Square are hosting a Read-a-thon from December 9th – 22nd called End of the Year 2013 #ReadingCram. Didn’t get a ton of reading done yesterday because I needed to work on my Christmas shopping!  I’m so far behind on shopping this year!Day 6 Progress:Game by Anders de la Motte–111 pagesTotal books read so far: 5 (and one novella)Total pages read so far: 1602 (+40 minutes of an audiobook)I didn’t manage […]

Posted December 16, 2013 in Challenges / 0 Comments
#ReadingCram Read-a-thon Day 6 – Progress and Seasonal Reads

#ReadingCram Read-a-thon Day 6 – Progress and Seasonal Reads

Jenny from Juliababyjen’s Reading Room and Dana from Dana Square are hosting a Read-a-thon from December 9th – 22nd called End of the Year 2013 #ReadingCram. Day 5 Progress:Secret by Brigid Kemmerer–Finished 296 pagesGame by Anders de la Motte–35 pagesTotal books read so far: 5 (and one novella)Total pages read so far: 1491 (+40 minutes of an audiobook) Challenge #5 Seasonal Recommendations We are supposed to post recommendations for seasonal books (have to be books that we read in […]

Posted December 15, 2013 in Challenges / 0 Comments
#ReadingCram Read-a-thon Day 5 – Progress & Favorite Movie Adaptation

#ReadingCram Read-a-thon Day 5 – Progress & Favorite Movie Adaptation

Jenny from Juliababyjen’s Reading Room and Dana from Dana Square are hosting a Read-a-thon from December 9th – 22nd called End of the Year 2013 #ReadingCram. Day 4 Progress:Spirit by Brigid Kemmerer–Finished 157 pagesBreathless by Brigid Kemmerer–Finished 65 pagesImperfection by Phaedra Seabolt–Finished 146 pagesSecret by Brigid Kemmerer–56 pagesTotal books read so far: 4 (and one novella)Total pages read so far: 1160 (+40 minutes of an audiobook) Challenge #4 Favorite Movie Adaptation LOVED the movie of Catching Fire!  It had […]

Posted December 14, 2013 in Challenges / 0 Comments
#ReadingCram Read-a-thon Day 4 – Progress and Spine Poetry

#ReadingCram Read-a-thon Day 4 – Progress and Spine Poetry

Jenny from Juliababyjen’s Reading Room and Dana from Dana Square are hosting a Read-a-thon from December 9th – 22nd called End of the Year 2013 #ReadingCram. Day 3 Progress:Unlocking Brisingamen by Alana Jewel Mousseau–Finished 194 pages Spirit by Brigid Kemmerer–144 pagesTotal books read so far: 2Total pages read so far: 736 (+40 minutes of an audiobook) Challenge #4 Spine Poetry (From books read in 2013).  Since most of the books I’ve read are on my Kindle, I just used […]

Posted December 13, 2013 in Challenges / 10 Comments