April Showers Bring.... May Flowers.
Read a book with a weather or flower-related topic or cover.
As usual, use your discretion. Good luck!
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Showing posts with label a to z book challenge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label a to z book challenge. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Thursday, March 7, 2013
A to Z Mini-Challenge #3 - Spring Has Sprung
Spring is in the air. It may be 28 degrees and there may be ten inches of snow expected today, but Spring is out there somewhere!! To help us forget the winter blues and get ready for Spring, let's read a book that reminds us of Spring. It can have flowers on the cover or be set during Spring. As long as you can relate it to Spring, it is acceptable. Let me know what you choose, I'm interested in finding a good Spring book to read!
Friday, February 8, 2013
A to Z Mini-Challenge #2 - Love is in the air!
I apologize for the delay. Flu then this blizzard which meant we had to leave NH (we would have been stranded in the woods) and are now in MA. Anywho...
So here's February Mini-Challenge #2...
In honor of Valentine's Day next week, read a book that has love in it. It can be a romance or familial or friend love, just some sort of love. Use your judgment. <3
Thursday, January 3, 2013
2013 A to Z Mini-Challenge #1
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| Janus |
In Janus' honor, for the mini-challenge this month, you have two options.
Option A) Read a book with two faces on the cover.
Option B) Read a book where a character is two-faced.
As usual, use your discretion in determining if the book fits the task. I trust your judgment!
Don't forget to sign the linky below if you do the mini-challenge. At the end of the year, you will be in the running to win a book from The Book Depository. I am still calculating to find a winner for last year, so that'll be posted soon.
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Monday, December 31, 2012
2012 Book Challenges Wrap Up
2012 Challenges
I managed to finish this one back in June. It wasn't surprising since CJ and I read at least two books a night. He's turning into quite a bookworm and it makes me so proud. :)
Eclectic Reader Challenge
Genres
My A-Z Book Challenge
A - Aurelia
B - Bless Your Heart Tramp, Becoming Sister Wives, Brain Matters
C - Cairo
D - Death By Petticoat, The Darkening Dream, A Dance with Dragons
E - The Enchantress of Florence, Envy
F - Four Thousand Year of Uppity Women, The Fault In Our Stars
G - The Garden Intrigue, The Goddess Test, A Great & Terrible Beauty
H - The Hunger Games
I - If I Have a Wicked Stepmother..., The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Indian Captive
J - The Jinx
K - A Kingdom's Possession, The King's Mistress
L - The Last Boleyn, The Lady of the Rivers, Let's Pretend this Never Happened, Life with Lily, Literacy for the 21st Century
M - Mistress of Rome, The Magician's Nephew, The Magic Warble, The Mermaid Chair, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, The Murderer's Daughters
N
O - Oh My Gods!
P - Peter and the Starcatchers
Q
R - Reluctant Disciplinarian, Rebel Angels,
S - Scary School, The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt, Sister Wife, Salem Witch Tryouts, Saving CeeCee Honeycut, Special Education for Today's Teachers
T - A Treasury of Royal Scandals, To Marry an English Lord
U - Unending Devotion
V
W - The Wedding Dress
X
Y - Your Best Birth
Z
As you can see I didn't finish my own challenge. For shame. Let me hang my head..... Ok I'm back. I think that since I only read 50 books this year, I actually did quite well. The only ones I didn't do were N, Q, V, X, and Z. Not sure how I didn't manage to find and N or a V, but Q, X, and Z are excusable. :) Better luck next year. PS. Sign ups are up for the 2012 A to Z Challenge.
Picture Book Challenge - Level 3 : 24 books (Finished June 6th!)
Current Tally - 27
Mr Brown Can Moo, 1 Moose 20 Mice, Dear Zoo, Star Wars ABC, One Two Buckle My Shoe, Old Hat New Hat, Jamberry, Hop on Pop, Alice in Wonderland, Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, Romeo and Juliet, The Sea of Bath, Old MacDonald Had a Farm, Are You my Mother?, Eyes & Nose Fingers & Toes, I am a Bunny, Barney's Book of Opposites, Sesame Street Who am I?, Moo Baa LaLaLa, RS' Cars and Trucks From A to Z, Almost Bedtime, On the Track...There and Back, How Many Kisses Do You Want Tonight?, Sharing is Caring, Night Night Blessings, 10 Minutes Til Bedtime
N
Q
V
X
Z
As you can see I didn't finish my own challenge. For shame. Let me hang my head..... Ok I'm back. I think that since I only read 50 books this year, I actually did quite well. The only ones I didn't do were N, Q, V, X, and Z. Not sure how I didn't manage to find and N or a V, but Q, X, and Z are excusable. :) Better luck next year. PS. Sign ups are up for the 2012 A to Z Challenge.
Current Tally - 27
Mr Brown Can Moo, 1 Moose 20 Mice, Dear Zoo, Star Wars ABC, One Two Buckle My Shoe, Old Hat New Hat, Jamberry, Hop on Pop, Alice in Wonderland, Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, Romeo and Juliet, The Sea of Bath, Old MacDonald Had a Farm, Are You my Mother?, Eyes & Nose Fingers & Toes, I am a Bunny, Barney's Book of Opposites, Sesame Street Who am I?, Moo Baa LaLaLa, RS' Cars and Trucks From A to Z, Almost Bedtime, On the Track...There and Back, How Many Kisses Do You Want Tonight?, Sharing is Caring, Night Night Blessings, 10 Minutes Til Bedtime
I managed to finish this one back in June. It wasn't surprising since CJ and I read at least two books a night. He's turning into quite a bookworm and it makes me so proud. :)
Genres
Literary Fiction- The Enchantress of FlorenceCrime/Mystery Fiction- Aurelia by Anne Osterlund (there was a mystery in it, so it counts!)Romantic Fiction: The Garden Intrigue by Lauren WilligHistorical Fiction: Mistress of Rome by Kate QuinnYoung Adult: If I Have a Wicked Stepmother, Where is My Prince?Fantasy: The JinxScience Fiction- A Kingdom's Possession by Nicole PersunNon Fiction: Death By PetticoatHorror: The Darkening DreamThriller /Suspense- Rebel AngelsClassic: The Magician's NephewYour favourite genre- Historical Fiction : The Last Boleyn
This one was a toughie, I'll admit. I didn't think I was going to be able to finish it, but I did. I just don't like crime/mystery fiction all that much, so it was hard for me to find one. But I snuck one in there at the last second. So woohoo.
I also just barely finished 50 books this year. That is crazy for me. I'm more like a 75 books per year kind of gal. I don't even have excuses like I read Game of Thrones or big books like that again. I did re-read the Gemma Doyle Trilogy, but those aren't too crazy long.
I actually signed up for about 5 more challenges, but as the year went on, it became quite obvious I wasn't going to finish them, so I just deleted them from my challenge page. Oh well. I do have my 2013 challenges ready to go. That page will be up soon.
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Saturday, December 22, 2012
Announcing The A to Z Book Challenge 2013
I can't believe that it is 2013, or almost. It is insanity. As 2012 winds down, it is that time again in the book blogging world.... time to sign up for more book challenges. I have about ten that I'm looking forward to participating in. Since I wasn't able to complete my A-Z challenge this year, I wasn't planning on hosting again in 2013. Some of my wonderful readers sent me messages, emails, even a few tweets requesting that I did. I couldn't let my readers down, so without further ado, here are the signups for The A to Z Book Challenge 2013. Don't forget to grab a button!
The rules are the same as last year. So I am just copying and pasting them here:
So there are two different ways you can set up your own A-Z challenge.
A - Make a list now of 26 books, picking one for each letter of the alphabet. For example: A - Atonement B- Black Beauty C - The Count of Monte Cristo D - Dances with Dragons etc.
OR
B - The lazy way (how I do it) : Make a list on your blog from A-Z. Throughout the year, as you go along, add the books you are reading to the list. Hope that by the end of the year you have read one book for each letter. Towards the end of the year, you can check and see which letters you are missing and find books to fit.
Bonus! Each month, I will add another challenge to this main challenge. It might to read a book with both A and Z in the title or to read a book with 3 words that all start with the same letter. I might host a few random giveaways too for good measure. If you've got some idea for the mini-challenges, send them my way!
Since it is really hard to find titles beginning with X, the letter X just needs to be in the title somewhere.
So to join along....
1. Write a blog post about this challenge and whether you are going go with A or B.
2. Add the button to your blog.
3. Attach yourself to the linky.
4. Follow my blog so that you can see when I post the monthly challenge!
There are three different buttons. Just pick whichever one you like!
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The rules are the same as last year. So I am just copying and pasting them here:
Technical Stuff
This challenge will run from January 1st, 2013 until December 31st, 2013.
You can join anytime.
If you are blogger, leave the link to your actual post about this challenge.
If you are not a blogger, leave a link to where you will be keeping track of this challenge.
A - Make a list now of 26 books, picking one for each letter of the alphabet. For example: A - Atonement B- Black Beauty C - The Count of Monte Cristo D - Dances with Dragons etc.
OR
B - The lazy way (how I do it) : Make a list on your blog from A-Z. Throughout the year, as you go along, add the books you are reading to the list. Hope that by the end of the year you have read one book for each letter. Towards the end of the year, you can check and see which letters you are missing and find books to fit.
Bonus! Each month, I will add another challenge to this main challenge. It might to read a book with both A and Z in the title or to read a book with 3 words that all start with the same letter. I might host a few random giveaways too for good measure. If you've got some idea for the mini-challenges, send them my way!
Since it is really hard to find titles beginning with X, the letter X just needs to be in the title somewhere.
So to join along....
1. Write a blog post about this challenge and whether you are going go with A or B.
2. Add the button to your blog.
3. Attach yourself to the linky.
4. Follow my blog so that you can see when I post the monthly challenge!
There are three different buttons. Just pick whichever one you like!
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