Sunday, June 21 @ 8:00 AM
Many thanks to Natasha at Maw Books, as well as the wonderful mini-challenge hosts who sponsored this fun event. I wish I had been able to participate more on Friday…but even still, I managed to blog for 14 hours in the 48 hour time period. I got a lot accomplished [...]
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Bloggiesta: Wrap Up
Bloggiesta: Update THREE
Saturday, June 20th @ 9:30 PM
I accomplished a lot today. I will not hit my goal of 18 hours for this challenge, but at the time I set that goal I did not know I would be working all day on Friday. So given my change in plans, I will be very happy if [...]
Bloggiesta: Update TWO
Saturday, June 20th @ 3:45 PM
Just checking in and letting you all know that I am still participating. I blogged for a couple of hours this morning, then was out doing the yard sales and library book sale in our town for a couple of hours. For the last 3.5 hours I’ve been very diligent…and [...]
Bloggiesta: First Update
I have to admit…I’m exhausted tonight. I had a long day of work which was VERY stressful (I won’t go into detail, but suffice it to say there are times I hate working in the medical field). Because of this, I am pretty much DONE for tonight. I plan on getting up early and diving [...]
Bloggiesta: Beginning the Challenge!
Pedro!
Plan. Edit. Develop. Review. Organize.
5:10 PM – Friday Night (PST)
I have been working all day – so I am late to the party…but I still have plenty of time to join in the festivities. I have come up with a list of “to do” items which are on THIS POST. I’ll update as I complete [...]
TLC Book Tour – Cathy Holton
Cathy Holton is the author of two previous novels: Revenge of the Kudzu Debutantes AND Secret Lives of the Kudzu Debutantes.
Holton’s third novel, Beach Trip, was released in May through Ballantine Books. I thoroughly enjoyed this Southern women’s novel set in the Outer Banks of North Carolina (read my review).
To read more about Holton [...]
Bloggiesta – A Marathon Blogging Event
Sponsored by Natasha at Maw Books
I’m participating in the first ever Bloggiesta – a marathon blogging event which lasts 48 hours beginning at 8:00 AM June 19th. Natasha wants us to “focus on blog content, improving/cleaning up your blog or working on your social network profiles.” She provides some ideas on the post about the [...]
Mystery Read-A-Thon: End of Event Summary
Many thanks to both Kathrine and Marleen for hosting this fun event. They were inspired by Dewey’s 24 hour Read-A-Thon, but this event was much more laid back – something that made it possible for me to participate right now!
My final stats for the event are:
TOTAL time spent reading: 9 hours
TOTAL number of pages read: [...]
Mystery Read-A-Thon: 10.5 Hours In
It is 8:30 PM here on the West Coast and I am closing in on the finish line for this event – 1.5 hours to go to hit my goal of 12 hours of participation.
Here are my stats thus far:
TOTAL time spent reading: 7.5 hours
TOTAL number of pages read: 348
TOTAL time spent blogging: 3 hours
TOTAL [...]
Mystery Read-A-Thon: 6 Hours In
I am happy to say I finished reading The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher and have written my review of this book. What a great read! I can highly recommend this to readers who are interested in crime and mysteries, as well as those who want to learn more about the Victorian age in England.
My stats [...]
= Excellent
= Good/Very Good
= Okay read
= Not recommended
= Ugh! Don't waste your time.
