Friday 56: Evolution Of A Sad Woman

The Friday 56 is a weekly meme that was started by Storytime With Tonya and Friends.

The rules are simple:

* Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post that sentence along with these instructions on your blog.
* Post a link along with your post back to this blog.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.

Evolution of a Sad Woman by Gale Laurie

"Sometines the petals fall from the flower. Yet, it can remain beautiful. Happy Birthday

Happy Thanksgiving 2009

Flashback Reading Challenge

January 1 - December 31, 2010


Aarti and Kristen are hosting the Flashback Challenge for 2010. This challenge is all about re-reading books.

You can sign up for the following levels:

Bookworm - Up to three books
Scholar - Four to six books
Literati - Over six books
Within these levels, there will be mini-challenges! These are:


1. Re-read a favorite book from your childhood

2. Re-read a book assigned to you in high school

3. Re-read a book you loved as an adult

Want more information or to sign up? Visit the post about the challenge.

Thriller and Suspense Challenge 2010

January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2010

Book Chick City is hosting the Thriller and Suspense Challenge 2010. Last year, J. Kaye Book Blog hosted it.

The Details:
• You don't have to select your books ahead of time, you can just add them as you go. Also if you do list them upfront then you can change them, nothing is set in stone! The books you choose can crossover into other challenges you have on the go.
• If you decide to participate in this challenge please use the links I have set up below with the buttons to post on your sidebar, this way others can find their way back to this post and join in the fun.
• If you decide to join this challenge be sure to create a post telling others, please make sure you add a link back to this post so others can join in.
• You can join anytime between now and the later part of next year.
• There will be a place for you to link your reviews, but this is optional.

Now, there are many different sub-genres of thriller, so don't go thinking that you don't actually read these kinds of books because I bet you read more than you think. As I mentioned above you can choose from the numerous sub-genres, from cosy mysteries such as Agatha Christie to the more hard-boiled kind like V I Warshawski by Sara Paretsky, or even supernatural/ paranormal suspense written by the likes of Laurell K Hamilton (Anita Blake) and Kelley Armstrong. So, there you have it, this challenge will have something for everyone I'm sure! :)
To help you figure out and decide, J. Kaye has kindly given me the sub-genre list that she compiled when hosting the challenge. To view this list go HERE.

To join, go to Thriller and Suspense Challenge 2010

Young Adult Reading Challenge

January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2010

J. Kaye of J. Kaye's Books in starting a new challenge, the 2010 Young Adult Reading Challenge.
Here's what J.Kaye says:

1. Anyone can join. You don't need a blog to participate. --Non-Bloggers: Post your list of books in the comment section of the wrap-up post. To learn how to sign up without having a blog, click here.

2. There are four levels:-

-The Mini YA Reading Challenge – Read 12 Young Adult novels.

--Just My Size YA Reading Challenge – Read 25 Young Adult novels.

--Stepping It Up YA Reading Challenge – Read 50 Young Adult novels.

--Super Size Me YA Reading Challenge – Read 75 Young Adult novels.

3. Audio, eBooks, paper all count. 4. No need to list your books in advance. You may select books as you go. Even if you list them now, you can change the list if needed.

To join, go to 2010 Young Adult Reading Challenge

The Nancy Drew Challenge

January 1 - December 31, 2010


Deborah at Books, Movies and Chinese Food is hosting The Nancy Drew Challenge where participants are encouraged to read all 56 original Nancy Drew Mystery stories.

Here are the guidelines:

Only the yellow hardback versions of the books count (check out the post about the challenge for more information on this)
Audio and e-books are allowed
Re-reads count and you can count ones you've read in the past
Reviews are not required
Crossovers are allowed
You don't need a blog to participate
Learn more and sign up by visiting the post about the challenge.

2010 Support Your Local Library Reading Challenge

January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2010

J. Kaye from < href =" J.Kaye's Book Blog is hosting the2010 Support Your Local Library Challenge again, where participants are encouraged to read from their libraries.

There are four levels of participation you may choose from for 2010:



--The Mini – Check out and read 25 library books.

--Just My Size – Check out and read 50 library books.

--Stepping It Up – Check out and read 75 library books.

--Super Size Me – Check out and read 100 library books.

(Aim high. As long as you read 25 by the end of 2010, you are a winner.)

Audio, Re-reads, eBooks, YA, Young Reader – any book as long as it is checked out from the library count. Checked out like with a library card, not purchased at a library sale.

No need to list your books in advance. You may select books as you go. Even if you list them now, you can change the list if needed.

Crossovers from other reading challenges count.

100+ Reading Challenge 2010

1. The goal is to read 100 or more books. Anyone can join. You don't need a blog to participate. --Non-Bloggers: Post your list of books in the comment section of the wrap-up post. To learn how to sign up without having a blog, click here.

2. Audio, Re-reads, eBooks, YA, Young Reader, Nonfiction – as long as the book has an ISBN or equivalent or can be purchased as such, the book counts.

3. No need to list your books in advance. You may select books as you go. Even if you list them now, you can change the list if needed.

4. Crossovers from other reading challenges count.

5. Challenge begins January 1st thru December, 2010. Books started before the 1st do not count.

6. When you sign up under Mr. Linky, put the direct link to your post where your books will be listed. Include the URL to this post so that other viewers can find this fun challenge. If you’d prefer to put your list in the sidebar of your blog, please leave your viewers the link to the sign up page. Again, so viewers can join the challenge too.

Young Readers Reading Challenge for 2010

January 1 - December 31, 2010


Becky of Becky's Book Reviews is hosting the Young Readers Reading Challenge for 2010. The goal is to read 12 children's books. Becky writes:

Think of this as referring to the "E" (Easy) and "J" (Juvenile or Junior) sections of the library.

A list is not required. Choose what you like. Choose as you go. Or plan it all out now. Whatever you want.

Learn more and sign up by visiting the post about the challenge.

Reading From My Shelves Project in 2010

January 1 - December 31, 2010


Diane from Bibliophile By the Sea is hosting the Reading From My Shelves Project in 2010. Diane writes:

So with 2010 just around the corner, I've decided to try to lessen the weight on my bookshelves, by reading books from my shelves, and then passing the books on to someone else: a friend, relative, the library, used book store, swap them, just as long as the book leaves my house once it has been read. I'm setting an ambitious goal of (75 books).

To participate:

grab the button
decide how many books you want to read from your shelves (minimum of 20 - no maximum)

find a new home for the books once you read them
post the titles and the authors of books you've read and passed on
Learn more and sign up by visiting the post about the challenge.

Online Holiday Greeting Card Exchange

Color Online Holiday Greeting Card Exchange
Sign-up is open till December 5th. Let us celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Eid, Kwanzaa and Solstice together.

TBR Challenge 2010

TBR Challenge 2010

January 1 - December 31, 2010

Jenn has a new home for the TBR Challenge for 2010. Here is the information about this challenge:

** Pick 12 books – one for each month of the year - that you’ve been wanting to read (that have been on your “To Be Read” list) for 6 months or longer, but haven’t gotten around to.
** OPTIONAL: Create a list of 12 “Alternates” (books you could substitute for your challenge books, given that a particular one doesn’t grab you at the time)
** Then, starting January 1, read one of these books from your list each month, ending December 31. )
(for more information, please read the challenge FAQs)

Additional rules/guidelines for this challenge:
* the challenge is to read 12 TBR books in 12 months — you can read those all in one month if you want, or one a month, or however you wanna do it.
* you should have a list posted somewhere for others to see* you CANNOT change your list after January 1st, of the current year!!!
* you can create an Alternates list of MAXIMUM 12 books, if you want, in order to have options to choose from (you can read these in place of books on your original list).
* audiobooks and e-books ARE allowed* re-reads are NOT allowed, as they aren’t TRUE “TBRs”
* you CAN overlap with other challenges
* OPTIONAL: you can join the Yahoo! Group created for participants of the TBR Challenge, if you want to have a place to keep your list, or just to share with others about how you’re doing!

Learn more on the post about the challenge.

Read and Review Challenge 2010

January 1-December 31, 2010

Jenn is hosting the Read and Review Challenge in 2010 - but it has a new site from last year's challenge. Jenn writes:

Review each book you read between January 1st and December 31st of the current year.

PLEASE keep your reviews clean & respectful ~ these books we read are the hard work of an author, and we don’t need to be mean. Even if you didn’t like the book, please try to find something you can say that would be encouraging to the author.

Guidelines:
reviews can be as short, or long, as you wish
you MAY overlap with other challenges
eBooks and Audiobooks ARE allowed
if there will be spoilers in your review, please note this in the subject line of your post so that those who don’t want to read them can skip that review

Learn more on the post about the challenge.

Read Your Own Books 2010

January 1-December 31, 2010

Jenn is hosting the Read Your Own Books Challenge for 2010. She writes:

For 2010, I am planning to continue with the RYOB (Read Your Own Books) challenge! The rules are simple:

Pick a number of books you’d like to read in one year
Choose those books from your OWN collection
Read them between January 1, 2010 and December 31, 2010

And, that’s it!
Some other guidelines for this challenge:

Re-Reads are NOT allowed (the challenge is to get more of your own books read that have been sitting there waiting!)

Audiobooks & e-books ARE allowed

You do NOT need a blog to participate

Holiday Reading Challenge (2009)

Holiday Reading Challenge (2009)



November 20 - December 31, 2009


Nely at All About {n} is hosting the 2009 Holiday Reading Challenge.

She writes:

As I'm sure you can all tell, I'm in a "Christmassy" mood already. The blog is decked out, my giveaways are up, the iPod is set to holiday tunes, and I'm ready to snuggle up with a... Frappucino (because sadly, it is still too hot in Florida for hot chocolate). But what I'm really ready for is to crack open those holiday books that I have (bows head in shame) already begun buying. I can't help it! I love reading holiday books - they make me feel warm and toasty inside. And I thought what better way to get some of you guys in that same mood then to have (ahem) my very FIRST reading challenge. (Hooray!)
The Rules:

You can read anywhere from 1 to 5 books for the challenge and, of course, you are more than welcome to surpass that number.
Books must be holiday related books. That's right, the holiday doesn't really matter, but it would be more "jolly" if your choices were Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, etc.
The size of the book does not matter, nor does the genre.
It is also okay for the book to overlap with other challenges.
No children's books. YA is okay. And so are re-reads.
There will be goodies. At the end of every week that the challenge is running Nely will choose one winner from the review links and allow them to pick a book of their choosing from a provided list. Meaning the more books you read, review and link up, the more chances you have at winning a "present".

Thankfully Reading Weekend

Thankfully Reading Weekend - EVENT



November 27-29, 2009


The group over at the Book Blog Social Club are encouraging readers to devote some time to reading over the Thanksgiving weekend. Dubbed Thankfully Reading Weekend, the event runs throughout the holiday weekend. Beth writes:

There are no rules to the weekend and no prizes; we're simply hoping to devote a good amount of time to reading, and perhaps meeting some of our reading challenges and goals for 2009. We thought it'd be fun if we cheered each other on a bit. If you think you can join in, grab the button (Didn't Jenn do a great job?) and sign on to Mr. Linky. If you don't have a blog, use the comments!

For more information and to sign up to participate, visit the post about the event.

Rainbow Connection Challenge

Thank you to Wendy for the help with the botton.

January 1, 2010 - June 30, 2010


I’m hosting my first Challenge, Rainbow Connection Challenge. Reading Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet books.

You can complete either a single rainbow or double rainbow challenge.

Single Rainbow (reading 7 books) by either Author (first or last name) or Title for every color Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet books.


Double Rainbow (reading 14 books) by Author (first or last name) and Title for every color Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet books.



There will be a rainbow prize for all that complete the challenge.

Rules:
1. This challenge is from January 1, 2010 to June 30, 2010.
2. The books you chose for this challenge can overlap with other challenges.

If you are taking part in this challenge, do leave a comment here, post about the challenge.

PS. Could use some help with MrLinky.

Revist Your Childhood Favorites Challenge 2009/10

Revist Your Childhood Favorites Challenge 2009/10

October 2, 2009 - June 30, 2010

Debbie at Debbie's World of Books is hosting a challenge all about nostalgia. The Revisit Your Childhood Favorites Challenge encourages participants to read 5 books that were favorites while growing up.

To learn more and sign up, visit the post about the challenge

Four Month Challenge Part 2

November 1, 2009-February 28, 2010



Hosted again by Virginie Says...

Virginie Says…

I had so much fun doing my last challenge – the first one I ever did or hosted. November 1st will be the beginning of twenty all new challenges and I hope that everyone will join me again. I’m posting this now so everyone can start going through their libraries to find books for each cate
gory. Rules/guidelines will be posted November 1st when the challenge starts.


5 Point Challenges
Read a book with a proper name in the title
Read a book about a queen or king
Read a book by a Bronte
Read a book about Vampires
Read a book by V.C. Andrews

10 Point Challenges
Read a book by Canadian author
Read a book by Charles Dickens
Read a book set in France
Read a book by Georgette Heyer
Read an ‘art’ themed book.

15 Point Challenges
Read a book with a Civil War theme (any country)
Read a book with characters inspired by King Arthur or about King Arthur/Camelot
Read a biography/autobiography
Read a book related to or something by Shakespeare
Read a book by an author born in November, December, January or February

20 Point Challenges
Read a book with a wintery theme (Christmas, snow, ice, freezing etc.)
Read a book that was a winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Read a book that begins with A and one that begins with Z
Read a book from The Modern Library Top 100
Read a book and then write a review

To find out more or to sign up, go to: Virginie Says...

Winter Holiday Reading Challenge #2

November 1, 2009 to January 31, 2010


Diane from Book In Hand is hosting the Winter Holiday Reading Challenge again this year.

She writes:
The theme for this challenge is Winter Holidays. The books that you choose to read must have a storyline that includes celebrating a winter holiday, such as Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Year's, etc. (However the holidays are not limited to just these examples.) You may choose the number of books you wish to read and a reading list is optional.


To learn more or to join, go to the Winter Holiday Reading Challenge.

Secret Santa

Sponsored by The Neverdending Shelf


As I have previously mentioned, this time of year is my favorite. There is so much going on with holidays, weather, etc. One of my favorite events for the holidays has always been Secret Santa. My extended family does this every year, and it is usually really funny to see what everyone gets. We then spend what seems like forever trying to guess who gave what to whom. Anyways, I thought that this would be a fun event to do for the blogging community since I feel like many of you are now a part of my extended family.

Information:

* I have created a sign-up sheet-- which is below. Please only fill out this form if you are serious about this. (I would really hate to pair someone up, and then one of the partners does not participate.)

* This open internationally. I am hoping to pair those in like countries. For example: Canadians with other Canadians, UK with UK, etc. If it does not work out equally, then I will try to find some sort of compromise.

* Books given can be new or used. If used, please make sure they are in good condition.

* Sign-ups end on November 15th. I will email you your partner's information by Wednesday, November 18th.

* Please have your package sent out no later than December 10th.

* When you’ve sent out your package, please email me and let me know. And please also email me when you receive your package. I want to ensure that all who sign up receive something.


* If you have any questions, feel free to email me at neverendingshelf@gmail.com

* And most importantly: HAVE FUN!

Monthly Mixer Mele (Nov 1, 2009 - Nov 2, 2010)

Monthly Mixer Mele

All you have to do is read a book that begins with a letter of each month or read a book that begins with the authors name (first or last name, doesn’t matter).

There are 74 letters so you will have to have 74 different books to complete the challenge. Books can however be used to complete other challenges.

You don’t have to do the months in any kind of order, just fill in books as you go along until you have each letter a book by it.

Challenge begins November 1, 2009 and ends November 2, 2010 so you have a whole year to complete! Lets break out them books and get busy!

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If you decide to join me in the 2009/2010 Monthly Mixer Mele, create a post on your blog telling others about this event. In your post, be sure to include the link to this post on your blog. That way others can find their way here and join in the fun!

When you sign up under Mr. Linky, list the direct link to your post where your books will be listed in the URL spot.

No need to link your reviews to here just come back and let us know how your coming along in this same post. :)

The most important thing is to have fun!

Mailbox Monday 11/9/09

Still catching up on what I've received




About the book:
The Laceyville Monkeys: Say the Right Words by Harriett Ruderman
ISBN: 978-0615264820
Publisher: Illusion Press
Date of publish: March 1, 2009
Pages: 32




About the book:
Stop It! By Sally Lee
ISBN: 978-1439261149
Publisher: BookSurge Publishing
Date of publish: Oct 26, 2009
Pages: 36




About the book:
Jack's Dreams Come to Life by Sara Jackson
ISBN: 978-1439242810
Publisher: BookSurge Publishing
Date of publish: July 28, 2009
Pages: 26





About the book:
Fairy Hunters, Ink. By Sheila A. Dane
ISBN: 978-0982095607
Publisher: Dane & Dane, LLC
Date of publish: Dec 29, 2008
Pages: 105





About the book:
The Mystery of the Third Lucretia by Susan Runholt
ISBN: 978-0142413388
Publisher: Puffin
Date of publish: June 25, 2009
Pages: 308

Holiday Swap - want to participate??

This looks like a fun thing to do I've signed up Holiday Swap

Sign up by November 12th

Mailbox Monday 11/2/09

About the book:
Messy Tessy by Leah Orr
ISBN: 978-1438993980
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Date of publish: August 18, 2009
Pages: 36





About the book:
Through the Triangle by C.P. Stewart
ISBN: 9781432740368
Publisher: Outskirts Press
Date of publish: Aug 29, 2009
Pages: 388





About the book:
Triangle of Deception by Haggai Carmon
ISBN: 978-0843961928
Publisher: Leisure Books
Date of publish: Oct 27, 2009
Pages: 336






About the book:
Crack the $$ Code by Patricia Annino
ISBN: 978-1439247426
Publisher: BookSurge
PublishingDate of publish: July 3, 2009
Pages: 80



About the book:
Chris Dreams BIG by Chris Dudley & Chris Love-Dudley
ISBN: 978-0982322406
Publisher: CCD Productions
Date of publish: April 1, 2009
Pages: 38