Challenge Update!

We still have a week left of January (It went by so fast, didn't it?!) but I thought I would go ahead and see how far along I am on the mess of challenges that I have signed up for!

And here we go!

Challenge #1

GoodReads 2012 reading challenge.
Challenge accepted : Read 200 books.
Current status: 33 out of 200 books

Challenge #2

2012 Ebooks Challenge
Challenge accepted :  Read 100 books. (I should have made that a higher number!)
Current status : 33 out of 100 books





Challenge #3
1st in a series in a challenge
Challenge accepted : 12 books
Current status : 5 out of 12 books (If trilogies count as a series)






Challenge #4

Speculative Romance Challenge
Challenge accepted : Read 24 speculative romances
Current status : 3 out of 24 books (I have been reading mostly contemporary romances this month for another challenge!)



Challenge #5

2012 Young Adult Reading Challenge
Challenge accepted : Read 50+ young adult books
Current status : 30 out of 50+ books














Challenge #6
GoodReads Never to old for YA monthly Challenge
Contemporary Romances
Total books read : 33

Challenge #7

What's in a name 5
Since this challenge is a little more complex
I will make another post for it separately!








Challenge #8

Reading Challenge Addict
Challenge accepted : accept and complete 6-10 challenges
Current status : 8 challenges currently accepted, 1 completed.

January Challenge

For those of you that aren't members of goodreads.com but are avid readers....go! Go join! I am addicted to this website and even more so, I am addicted to the group Never too old for for YA groups. There are is an awesome group of people there who make me laugh and are just as addicted to books as I am! Not only that but I have discovered so many great books through these ladies!

For a few different reasons, I have not yet continued the Outlander series. I still need to read Voyager. One of the reasons that I have not continued was because I got annoyed with the back and forth between time. The big reason though is that I am participating in (yet another) challenge. This one is from the group I mentioned above. For January, the challenge is contemporary romance. I have been so stuck on paranormal for so long that this challenge was a welcome and well needed change. I have been flying through these books! So that is the reason I have disappeared and there hasn't been many updates. However, I think what I am going to start doing is just sharing my reviews from Goodreads onto the blog. It seems simple enough to do!

That being said, they will have to be tweaked a little because generally I don't put a summary of the book on my reviews. I don't go through plot lines or give play by plays of the book. I am not that great of a reviewer but I am pretty good at giving my opinion and that is exactly what I do when it comes to books. I will tell you if I enjoyed it, if the characters drove me insane, if it feels like the book was rushed or if it was paced too slowly. Those are the kinds of things that you can expect from my reviews. Sometimes I don't have a lot to say, sometimes I do but no matter if it is pages long or a few sentences, you will definitely know if I think a book is worth your time or not.

With all that said, soon enough you will be seeing some of those 'opinion reviews' popping up!

Happy Reading!

What's in a name challenge.

Here is another challenge that I joined in (and, yes, I know, I am addicted already and they haven't even begun yet!) and this one needed some extra explanation. I am really looking forward to this one and want to say a big thanks to http://www.bethfishreads.com/ for hosting this challenge! 


Here's How It Works


Between January 1 and December 31, 2012, read one book in each of the following categories:
A book with a topographical feature (land formation) in the title: Black Hills, Purgatory Ridge, Emily of Deep Valley
A book with something you'd see in the sky in the title: Moon Called, Seeing Stars, Cloud Atlas
A book with a creepy crawly in the title: Little Bee, Spider Bones, The Witches of Worm
A book with a type of house in the title: The Glass Castle, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, Ape House
A book with something you'd carry in your pocket, purse, or backpack in the title: Sarah's Key, The Scarlet Letter, Devlin Diary
A book with a something you'd find on a calendar in the title: Day of the Jackal, Elegy for April, Freaky Friday, Year of Magical Thinking
The book titles are just suggestions, you can read whatever book you want to fit the category.


If you are looking for more information, head on over to the challenge page to get more details!