Wednesday, December 9, 2009

2010 Challenges

Ok after much internal debate, this will be my page for all the 2010 challenges I sign up for.
The first one I want to sign up for is the Take Another Chance Challenge and the directions are WAY too long and complicated so go go to As Usual, I Need More Bookshelves for how to play. I'm going to try to do all 12 but I'm not going to hold my breath. It just sounds too fun to pass up though!

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The second challenge I'm signing up for is the What's in a Name? Challenge. The directions:
Between January 1 and December 31, 2010, read one book in each of the following categories:
  • A book with a food in the title: Clockwork Orange, Grapes of Wrath, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
  • A book with a body of water in the title: A River Runs through It, Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, The Lake House
  • A book with a title (queen, president) in the title: The Murder of King Tut, The Count of Monte Cristo, Lady Susan
  • A book with a plant in the title: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Wind in the Willows, The Name of the Rose
  • A book with a place name (city, country) in the title: Out of Africa; London; Between, Georgia
  • A book with a music term in the title: Song of Solomon, Ragtime, The Piano Teacher

(The book titles are just suggestions, you can read whatever book you want to fit the category.)
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The third challenge I'm joining is the Finish that Series challenge and I'm angling for the Addicted level where you're supposed to finish 5 series:
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The fourth is going to be the 2nd's challenge where it's "not just for your second in a series books, but the second time you've read an author as well." Again I'm going for the Addicted level with 12 novels:
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The last (so far) challenge I'm signing up for is the Young Adult Reading Challenge. I played this year and was able to finish it but this year I'm going for the Just My Size level where I need to read 25 books.


That's it! Well, I'm still working on my personal Books Made into Disney Movies challenge of reading all the books that were made into Disney films but I'm not getting too far in that one so hmmm, I should make it my goal to read at least 10 books on the list.

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Teaser Tuesday- Haunted Bookshop


TEASER TUESDAYS asks you to:
  • Grab your current read.
  • Let the book fall open to a random page.
  • Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page
  • You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!
THE GHOST AND THE FEMME FATALE BY ALICE KIMBERLY

I, Penelope Thornton-McClure, single mom, widow, and independent bookshop owner, was far from a professional sleuth. Sure, I was a longtime fan of the Black Mask school of detective fiction; but a few years back, when the Rhode Island Staties were eyeing me as a person of interest in a murder investigation, I’d needed more than a fictional detective, and I got one

Monday, December 7, 2009

Good News in Threes!

I debated whether or not to say anything about this but I'm so excited that I simply have to tell someone! If I post a review every day until my birthday I'll be completely caught up! As a few of you may have noticed, I've been behind on my reviews almost since I started blogging and right now I'm posting the books I read in May. Who knew taking a few months off reading-wise would come in handy?


My Google Reader is almost whittled down completely as well (the reading blogs are caught up, it's just the others that still have me at 1000+... yes, I read too many blogs!). Hopefully that will be caught up soon as well.

Let's see, want me to share more good news? Okay, I saved the best for last... we've started working on completing the next room in the house (painting, decorating, etc.) and it was where we storing everything (meaning mostly my books). It's going to be my library! Darren went in and started pulling all all the crown molding and the built-in shelf running around the top off of the walls last night. We've got a lot of sanding and stuff to do before I get to completely decide on a wall color (I'm leaning toward a green...) and hubby has to get the wood to build the completely floor to ceiling bookcases. I'm so excited!

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Saturday, December 5, 2009

Happy Birthday Walt!

Happy Birthday Walt! You brought smiles and joy to millions and millions of people during your life and through everything you did you continue to live on in the hearts of those people. Even people who never knew you, people like me who were born years after you had left us feel like Uncle Walt was a dear friend that we never met.

Disney Christmas Song from Once Upon a Christmas:


As Long As There's Christmas from Beauty and the Beast The Enchanted Christmas


Related: Disney Movie Reviews!
Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (Richard Todd died today 1919-2009 RIP)

Friday, December 4, 2009

Over the Top Award

Carol from Carol's Notebook gave me this cute award today! I just love that apron, thank you! :)

Here are the rules:
Answer the following questions using single word answers. Then pass the award to 5 other people and let them know.


Your cell phone? Broken
Your hair? Straight
Your mother? Miss
Your father? Dislike
Your favorite food? Cupcakes
Your dream last night? Vampires
Your favorite drink? Soda
Your dream/goal? Read
What room are you in? Bedroom
Your hobby? Reading
Your fear? Germs
Where do you want to be in 6 years? Disneyland
Where were you last night? Home
Something that you aren’t? Grouchy
Muffins? Blueberry
Wish list item? DVDs
Where did you grow up? Georgia
Last thing you did? Shopped
What are you wearing? Sweater
Your TV? Off
Your Pets? Spoilt
Friends? Friendly
Your life? Happy
Your mood? Tired
Missing someone? Yes
Vehicle? Taurus
Something you’re not wearing?Earrings
Your favorite store? Target
Your favorite color? Blue
When was the last time you laughed? Today
Last time you cried? Yesterday
Your best friend? Mom
One place that you go to over and over? Walmart
Facebook? Yes
Favorite place to eat? Out

Not the easiest thing to do! Here's who I'm picking because I'm fairly sure they'd enjoy doing this. I love all my readers though!:

Alice @ Hello, My Name is Alice
Dottie @ My Blog 2.0
Sam @ Sam's Book Blog
Kelly @ The Chic Geek

And... Naida @ The Bookworm. It's her birthday today so go by and wish her a great one!



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Hard Candy Christmas by Dolly Parton
Here is my list of books I have read in 2009:

January (10), February (16), March (20), April (12) May (6) June (3), July (0), August(0), September (2), October (3), November (1), December ()

Here is my list of books I have read in 2008:

2008 Complete List

January (not posted but I read 16, all have blog reviews) February (18) March (19) April (10) May (6) June (16) July (6) August (4) September (7) October (5) November (16) December (9)