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Mount TBR 2015 wrap-up

December 4, 2015 by Sue 1 Comment

Mount TBR Reading Challenge 2015

Bev at My Reader’s Block hosts this challenge that encourages us to read our own books. This was my fifth year for this challenge and once again I made my goal of Mt. Ararat and 48 books. There’s still a month left but all the library books I had on hold forever just came in and even though I will get a few more of my own read this month, I won’t make another mountain so I’m calling the challenge. Here’s what I read and moved off my shelves, most of them given away but a few saved on my “Keep to Re-read Shelf”.

1. Poison Study, Maria V. Snyder
2. Magic Study, Maria V. Snyder
3. Fire Study, Maria V. Snyder
4. Breathing Lessons, Anne Tyler
5. The Return of Captain John Emmett, Elizabeth Speller [Read more…] about Mount TBR 2015 wrap-up

2016 Reading Challenges from My Reader’s Block

November 9, 2015 by Sue 3 Comments

I usually do all my reading challenge sign-ups in one big post at the end of December, but since these are now open and I know I will be signing up for them again, I figured I might as well go ahead and do it. As Forrest Gump would say, “One less thing!” These three challenges are hosted by Bev at My Reader’s Block.

2016 Read It Again, Sam

I did this challenge last year for the first time and signed up for 8 books. I called the 2015 challenge last month when I hit 30 re-reads which is way past the top level. Most of my re-reads come from audio books I check out from the library and listen to as I do other things around the house. You can get through an audio book quite fast at that rate. So I will sign up for Living in the Past 16+ books.
*Challenge runs from Jan 1 to Dec 31, 2016.
Levels:
Déjà vu: Reread 4 books
Feeling Nostalgic: Reread 8 books
A Trip Down Memory Lane: Reread 12 books
Living in the Past: Reread 16+ books

2016 Color Coded Challenge

This will be my fourth year for this challenge and although I did have to resort to the new option in 2015 of a color on the cover for brown, the rest were titles. I try to read my own books for this as much as possible without resorting to library books, but sometimes I do. I’m going to try to stick to my own books next year so I may have to do another cover.

Here are the rules:

*Read nine books in the following categories.

1. A book with “Blue” or any shade of Blue (Turquoise, Aquamarine, Navy, etc) in the title/on the cover.

2. A book with “Red” or any shade of Red (Scarlet, Crimson, Burgandy, etc) in the title/on the cover.

3. A book with “Yellow” or any shade of Yellow (Gold, Lemon, Maize, etc.)in the title/on the cover.

4. A book with “Green” or any shade of Green (Emerald, Lime, Jade, etc) in the title/on the cover.

5. A book with “Brown” or any shade of Brown (Tan, Chocolate, Beige, etc) in the title/on the cover.

6. A book with “Black” or any shade of Black (Jet, Ebony, Charcoal, etc) in the title/on the cover.

7. A book with “White” or any shade of White (Ivory, Eggshell, Cream, etc)in the title/on the cover.

8. A book with any other color in the title/on the cover (Purple, Orange, Silver, Pink, Magneta, etc.).

9. A book with a word that implies color (Rainbow, Polka-dot, Plaid, Paisley, Stripe, etc.).

* Any book read from January 1 through December 31, 2016 will count.

2016 Mount TBR Reading Challenge

I’ve done this challenge every year so this will be year #4. I signed up for Mt. Ararat and accomplished that recently and am hoping to get a few more in before the end of the year to make Mt. Kilimanjaro, but will be conservative and sign up for Mt. Ararat again in 2016. Climb on!

Challenge Levels:
Pike’s Peak: Read 12 books from your TBR pile/s
Mount Blanc: Read 24 books from your TBR pile/s
Mt. Vancouver: Read 36 books from your TBR pile/s
Mt. Ararat: Read 48 books from your TBR piles/s
Mt. Kilimanjaro: Read 60 books from your TBR pile/s
El Toro: Read 75 books from your TBR pile/s
Mt. Everest: Read 100 books from your TBR pile/s
Mount Olympus (Mars): Read 150+ books from your TBR pile/s

*Challenge runs from January 1 to December 31, 2016.

Read It Again, Sam 2015 wrap-up

October 10, 2015 by Sue Leave a Comment

Read It Again, Sam 2015

I usually reread some books during the year just for fun and often the rereading comes as listening to the audio of a book I’ve already read and enjoyed. So I decided to just go ahead and not feel guilty about my rereads by joining the challenge this year hosted by Bev at My Reader’s Block. I’m signed up for “Feeling Nostalgic: 8 books“, which I completed in the first quarter of the year. I decided to just keep going, but now that I’ve re-read 30 books, I’ve decided to call this challenge for the year. Because apparently I’m really “Living in the Past”.

Déjà vu: Reread 4 books
Feeling Nostalgic: Reread 8 books
A Trip Down Memory Lane: Reread 12 books
Living in the Past: Reread 16+ books

My list of books:

1. The Saddlemaker’s Wife, Earlene Fowler
2. The Dead in their Vaulted Arches, (Flavia de Luce #6) Alan Bradley
3. The Road to Cardinal Valley, Earlene Fowler
4. Sinner, Maggie Stiefvater
5. Cinder (Lunar Chronicles, #1), Marissa Meyer
6. At Home in Mitford, Jan Karon
7. Insurgent (Divergent #2), Veronica Roth
8. Allegiant (Divergent #3), Veronica Roth
Challenge complete
9. A Light in the Window (Mitford #2), Jan Karon
10. These High, Green Hills (Mitford #3), Jan Karon
11. Out to Canaan (Mitford #4), Jan Karon
12. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, J.K. Rowling
13. A New Song (Mitford #5), Jan Karon
14. A Common Life: The Wedding Story (Mitford #6), Jan Karon
15. In This Mountain (Mitford #7), Jan Karon
16. The House at Riverton, Kate Morton
17. On the Banks of Plum Creek, Laura Ingalls Wilder
18. By the Shores of Silver Lake, Laura Ingalls Wilder
19. Little Town on the Prairie, Laura Ingalls Wilder
20. These Happy Golden Years, Laura Ingalls Wilder
21. Light from Heaven (Mitford #8), Jan Karon
22. Scarlet (Lunar Chronicles #2), Marissa Meyer
23. Home to Holly Springs (Father Tim #1), Jan Karon
24. In the Company of Others (Father Tim #2), Jan Karon
25. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
26. Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban (#3), J.K. Rowling
27. Cress (Lunar Chronicles #3), Marissa Meyer
28. Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire (#4), J.K. Rowling
29. A Test of Wills (Ian Rutledge #1), Charles Todd
30. Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix (#5), J.K. Rowling

Color Coded 2015 wrap-up

September 28, 2015 by Sue 1 Comment

2015 The Color Coded Reading Challenge

This is my third year for this fun-filled and colorful challenge hosted by Bev at My Reader’s Block. Thankfully, she’s altered the rules a little this year by allowing the cover to count if it is mostly the color. I had a tough time finding Brown books in my TBR pile last year, and I did again this year as well, so I went with a brown cover. Another reading challenge finished up for the year!

*Read nine books in the following categories with the color in the title or on the cover

1. A book with “Blue” or any shade of Blue: Touch Blue, Cynthia Lord
2. A book with “Red” or any shade of Red: The Road to Cardinal Valley, Earlene Fowler
3. A book with “Yellow” or any shade of Yellow: These Happy Golden Years, Laura Ingalls Wilder
4. A book with “Green” or any shade of Green: These High, Green Hills (Mitford #3), Jan Karon
5. A book with “Brown” or any shade of Brown: Four Souls, Louise Erdrich
6. A book with “Black” or any shade of Black: Black Dove, White Raven, Elizabeth Wein
7. A book with “White” or any shade of White: Snow White Red-Handed, Maia Chance
8. A book with any other color: The Orchid House, Lucinda Riley
9. A book with a word that implies color: The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey, Candice Millard