Read-a-Thon Update #1

Considering I had an all day birthday party to participate in today, I think I'm doing alright. I took a break from Unseen Academicals to read Holly Black and Ted Naifeh's graphic novel, The Good Neighbors; book one, Kin. I liked it! It didn't astound me, like Holly Black's work often does, but the pictures were unique, and the story was solid. I'll read the rest for sure, once I get my hands on them. And now I'm onto The Reformed Vampire Support Group, by Catherine Jinks. I promise my Terry Pratchett I'll come back to him, I just needed a break!
So this is what my goal list currently looks like:

Unseen Academicals ~ Terry Pratchett
The Good Neighbors; book one ~ Holly Black
The Reformed Vampire Support Group ~ Catherine Jinks
Shades of Grey: The Road to High Saffron ~ Jasper Fforde
(and if tomorrow goes ridiculously well, which I doubt)
Fablehaven (Fablehaven book 1) ~ Brandon Mull

All books I've had out from the library for ages, renewed more than once, and never seem to get around to reading! Fingers crossed, I can return them soon.

2010 Debut Author Challenge

While I'm jumping onto book-bandwagons, my friends Bahnree and Jasmine are doing this. Without me? NOT TO BE TOLERATED!
And so, here I am!

What is the 2010 Debut Author Challenge?
The objective is to read a set number of YA (Young Adult) or MG (Middle Grade) novels from debut authors published this year.* I'm going to challenge everyone to read at least 12 debut novels! I’m hoping to read at least 30! You don’t have to list your choices right away, but if you do feel free to change them throughout the year. I will also be focusing on mostly Young Adult novels.
Anyone can join, you don’t need a blog to participate. If you don’t have a blog you can always share your views by posting a review on Amazon.com/BarnesandNoble.com/GoodReads/Shelfari, or any other bookish site.
The challenge will run from January 1, 2010- December 31, 2010. You can join at anytime!
* I would like to limit the novels to those released in 2010.

I've already read books for this so I feel like I *might* be able to reach 12!
...Maybe.

I'll write more about it later, but I'm procrastinating from my readathon (all one word, yeah I'm bad) and must get back to it. So much to read!

Read-a-Thon!

Unputdownables is hosting a weekend read-a-thon. From her blog:
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Are you like me with piles of book (or lists of books) a mile long on your To-Be-Read (TBR) list? Although I do read more than the average Jane, I don’t read as much as I would like to. I keep passing my bookshelf wanting to get some of those books read! So, this weekend I am going to limit the TV and the outings (I’ve been gone for the past week anyway and have a trip to Tahoe coming up very soon… one weekend inside won’t do me any harm), and the random errands and I’m going to READ! I’m rather looking forward to using the next few days to pick a few books off of my shelf to put in my Read-a-Thon pile.

So are you in? Come read with me this weekend!
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Well okay! I will! I got home late tonight, but I’m gonna do it. I’m not going to try to do anything of TOO epic proportions, but well, I have this stack of library books I have been trying to finish and never getting around to. So HERE WE GO!
Book number one is Terry Pratchett’s Unseen Academicals. Aaaand GO.

Read-a-Thon!

Unputdownables is hosting a weekend read-a-thon. From her blog:
~
Are you like me with piles of book (or lists of books) a mile long on your To-Be-Read (TBR) list? Although I do read more than the average Jane, I don’t read as much as I would like to. I keep passing my bookshelf wanting to get some of those books read! So, this weekend I am going to limit the TV and the outings (I’ve been gone for the past week anyway and have a trip to Tahoe coming up very soon… one weekend inside won’t do me any harm), and the random errands and I’m going to READ! I’m rather looking forward to using the next few days to pick a few books off of my shelf to put in my Read-a-Thon pile.

So are you in? Come read with me this weekend!
~
Well okay! I will! I got home late tonight, but I'm gonna do it. I'm not going to try to do anything of TOO epic proportions, but well, I have this stack of library books I have been trying to finish and never getting around to. So HERE WE GO!
Book number one is Terry Pratchett's Unseen Academicals. Aaaand GO.

REVIVAL

The other day, I bumped into a friend I haven't really talked to for a while. She informed me that she'd found my "book blog" and that she'd really liked it! Why had I stopped?
After we parted ways, I thought to myself. "Self," I said. "Why DID I stop writing on that book blog? I remember that it was fun to do!"
"Ah, but do I also remember how, after school ended, I distanced myself from anything and everything that had anything to do with school?"
"Oh yeah. I'd forgotten. Well, but I'm over that now. Why don't I start up again?"
"No reason! Go. Start."
And here I am :D