Books

Goal: In 2013 I made Level 2 by April, so I’m going for broke and trying for Level 4 this year!

Level 1 – Snoop – Read at least 6 books
Level 2 – Investigator – Read 7-12 books
Level 3 – Super Sleuth – Read 13 or more books
Level 4 – Sleuth Extraordinaire – Read 20 or more

 

I made it to Level 4 by July so I am a Sleuth Extraordinaire! Yes, I like cozy mysteries. They are fun to read and quite relaxing, so this is a great challenge for me. Thanks to Yvonne at Socrates’ Book Reviews for hosting. [Read more…] about 2014 Cruisin’ Thru the Cozies wrap-up

This is my second year for this fun challenge and I’ve finished it up. It’s a fun one and thanks to Bev at MyReadersBlock for hosting.

1. A book with “Blue” or any shade of Blue: Deep Blue by Jennifer Donnelly
2. A book with “Red” or any shade of Red: Rose Harbor in Bloom by Debbie Macomber, A Wilder Rose by Susan Wittig Albert, The Rose Garden by Susannah Kearsley
3. A book with “Yellow” or any shade of Yellow: The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles, by Padraic Colum
4. A book with “Green” or any shade of Green: Emerald Green by Kerstin Gier
5. A book with “Brown” or any shade of Brown: The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
6. A book with “Black” or any shade of Black: Bellman & Black by Diane Setterfield
7. A book with “White” or any shade of White: Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie S. Tolan
8. A book with any other color in the title: The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen
9. A book with a word that implies color: Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt

Update: June 23 I finished this challenge! Here’s my post with my books.

Thanks to Bev at My Reader’s Block, I’ve been tempted by a super fun challenge-Book Monopoly.

I’ve joined the group that sponsors this at goodreads @ Crazy Challenge Connection and I’m ready to play.  I’ll update this post with my rolls and the book I read for each turn. [Read more…] about Monopoly perpetual reading challenge

I had an invite from RIEDEL Fascination to join one of her new reading challenges and I’m always game for a new one.  These go February 1st, 2014 – February 28th, 2015 so we’re not spending the holidays finishing books and posting wrap-up posts.  Great idea!  Also she’s not big on lots of picky rules so they are fairly straightforward.

I am joining Gentle Spectrums and choosing option (B) GENTLE SUBJECTS

Fit one book title into each category.

(1) PLANTS
Trees, flowers, grass, gardening & crop-sowing references.

(2) STRUCTURES
A building, rooms, a room or building’s parts.

(3) NATIONS
Culture names, locations ~ lakes, towns, famous spots.

(4) STONES
Synonyms, gems, ruins, geological formations.

(5) FAMILIES
Types of relatives, last names, full names.

(6) QUINTUPLED
A title of 5+ words (articles are fine).

(7) CHEESY
Lame puns or quotations, outrageous, silly; actual cheeses!

(8) ENCHANTING
Mystical, eerie (enchanting content fulfills title; no debunked ending).

(9) WEATHER
Any words approximating weather or seasons.

(10) CHEERFUL
Positive messages, conveys pleasant images!

 

Once I again I focused on my TBE (to be read) stack and managed to release 48 books to other readers, but I got more than that at thrift stores or on bookmooch.com, so it was a net gain.  Hmmm.  So I am repeating the Mount TBR Reading Challenge and hoping to equal my 48 and be more restrained about acquisition.  I’ve been utilizing the library more, so maybe…  Here are my statistics for 2013 from my book journal:

Books read: 150
Pages read: 47936

Of the books read:

• Non-fiction: 7
• New-to-me authors: 29
• Continuing series books: 25
• Re-reads: 32
• Audio-books: 49
• Various book club reads: 15
• Challenges completed: 6 of 6
• Ongoing tally of Newbery winners: 64 of 92
• 5 star ratings by me: 33

2012:
196 books; 56,851 pages; 11 non-fiction; 55 new-to-me novelists; 95 series; 25 re-reads; 25 audio-books; 6 of 6 challenges completed; 64 of 91 Newbery
2011:
132 books; 39,641 pages; 15 non-fiction; 42 new-to-me novelists; 54 series; 12 re-reads; 33 audio-books; 0 of 0 challenges completed; 59 of 90 Newbery
2010:
152 books; 46,899 pages; 3 non-fiction; 37 new-to-me novelists; 25 series; 19 re-reads; 28 audio-books; 5 of 5 challenges completed; 50 of 89 Newbery
2009:
73 books; 23,576 pages; 3 non-fiction; 31 new-to-me novelists; 36 series; 5 re-reads; 48 of 88 Newbery
2008:
79 books; 32,031 pages; 8 non-fiction; 15 new-to-me novelists; 31 series; 19 re-reads; 42 of 87 Newbery
2007:
44 books; 17,069 pages; 3 non-fiction; 8 new-to-me novelists; 15 series; 13 re-reads; 38 of 86 Newbery