Books

I have completed my first two reading challenges of the year and am making good progress on the others. I enjoyed the Full House Challenge and won the drawing for the Jan-Mar review period, probably because I had so many reviews posted during that time. Thanks to Book Date for the win; I used my Amazon gift card to buy some short stories in beloved series as well as a new book.
[Read more…] about First 2016 reading challenges completed

It’s here! February approaches and it’s time to sign up for Carolyn’s reading challenges. In order to allow us time for fun during the holidays rather than posting challenge stuff, she runs her challenges from February to February. I really like this because the end of the year seems hectic to me with all the end of the year posting. If it’s a limited challenge and I finish early, I try to post during the year, but many that I sign up for go the entire year, causing a last-minute flurry. So this one can be enjoyed until the end of January! This year I am again repeating The Gentle Spectrums games A & B, and adding the Mystery and new Celtic Coasts, bringing my total to 17 for the year. This is a new personal high and I am very selective in what I choose, but it might be overwhelming. We’ll see. [Read more…] about Riedel Fascination reading challenge sign-ups 2016

January is almost over and I’m posting my wrap-up for this challenge because I don’t think I’ll be adding anything to it in the next week. Carolyn is a fun host and I have enjoyed being a part of her community. Here is my reading for this year and look for my sign-up post for her 2016 adventures! [Read more…] about Gentle Spectrums 2015 wrap-up

Another reading year has come to an end and here’s the tally for the year.

Books read: 141
Pages read: 50,971
Of the books read:
Non-fiction: 11
New-to-me authors: 29
Continuing series books: 45
Re-reads: 37
Audio-books: 56
Various book club reads: 8
Challenges completed: 10 of 10
Ongoing tally of Newbery winners: 71 of 94
Books set in states: 27 of 50
5 star ratings by me: 24 [Read more…] about 2015 Reading Stats

With the last-minute flurry of reading challenge finds at year-end, I carefully looked through and decided to join a few more. Because……why not? This makes my total challenges 14, plus the two from Riedel Fascination that end in Feb 2016. That’s the most I’ve ever joined, so here’s to a great reading year. My other 2016 sign-up posts are here, here, and here. [Read more…] about 2016 Reading Challenge post #4