On September 26th of this year, I agreed to take over leadership of two perpetual challenges: The Costa Book Award Project and The National Book Award Reading Challenge. Both challenges were designed to read the nominees and winners from these award lists. I set up two new blogs for each challenge and invited people to [...]
Posts from ‘December, 2009’
Cancelled Challenge: 5 Under 35
Last year I decided to host a perpetual challenge to read all the nominees for the 5 Under 35 Awards. A few people joined, but for the most part this has been a pretty inactive challenge. Due to some personal challenges in my own life right now, I’ve decided to try to streamline my commitments…and [...]
Goals for 2010: Notable Books Challenge
Michelle from 1MoreChapter and I co-host this perpetual challenge to read from the Notable Lists on the challenge blog. Each year we ask participants to create goals for that year. In 2009, I had a goal to read 6 books from the lists, but I actually ended up reading 13! In 2010, I decided to [...]
Wrap Up Post for Notable Books Challenge
The Notable Books Challenge is a perpetual challenge to read books from The Notable Books lists. At the beginning of 2009, I challenged myself to read at least 6 books from the Notable Lists on the challenge blog. Here is how I did: Netherland, by Joseph O’Neill (from NYT Most Notable – 2008) – COMPLETED [...]
Quilting Update…
I had a question on one of my quilting posts regarding the type of sewing machine I was using. I started with an old Singer machine which would overheat within an hour of stitching, gradually slowing down until it would no longer run. It was evident I needed a new machine… So I first purchased [...]
First Snow
We woke up this morning to the first real snow of the season – only about an inch…but, it was a surprise and then a delight for Raven who has never experienced the white stuff before. She initially stood on the deck with a concerned look on her face. Then Argus sauntered off into the [...]
Mailbox Monday – December 7, 2009
Welcome to another edition of Mailbox Monday – a weekly event hosted by Marcia at The Printed Page. Each week readers share what books arrived at their house and link up their posts to Marcia’s blog. I received three intriguing books this week… The Lotus Eaters by Tatjana Soli arrived from St. Martin’s Press thanks [...]
Sunday Salon – December 6, 2009
December 6, 2009 10:45 AM Good morning, fellow readers. I missed last week’s Sunday Salon…and have been feeling a bit overwhelmed with life these days. I had meant to participate in the Read-Read-Read-A-Thon hosted by Dreadlock Girl, but then I had to work and the day got away from me. This morning we woke up [...]
Thriller-Suspense Challenge 2010
January 1 – December 31, 2010 Book Chick City is hosting the Thriller-Suspense Challenge for 2010. The goal is 12 books – no lists necessary. There is a nice list of all the sub-genres which fit this challenge too. To see links to from participants for ALL REVIEWS for this challenge, go here. Although I [...]
Year of the Historical Challenge
January 1 – December 31, 2010 Lurv A La Mode is hosting the Year of the Historical Challenge and I am signing up because I have a ton of these kinds of books waiting to be read. The goal is 12 books in 12 months. No problem! Here is my list which is subject to [...]
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