CHALLENGES FOR 2010

Allright, so my very first challenge over at Stainless Steel Droppings I never did complete - my bad.  But I found two for 2010 that I am super excited about! 

Diana over at Bibliophile by the Sea has a great challenge called:  2010 READING FROM MY SHELVES PROJECT. 

Here are the guidelines:

• 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
• project runs from January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2010
• crossover challenge books are allowed

First of all, just LOOK AT THAT BUTTON!  Is that not GEORGOUS OR WHAT???!!!  And secondly, this is THE perfect challenge for me!  Click here to join!

My second challenge for 2010 is a really unique and cool one called: 2010 BOOK BLOGGER RECOMMENDATION CHALLENGE  over at READING WITH TEQUILA.  This is a cool one with various levels of involvement and she has a huge list of blogger recommended reads to choose from.  And this will cross over nicely with Diane's challenge! 
Click here to join!

Bart's Bookshelf Mini-challenge

Take 3 book titles and form a sentence, then take a photo of the books and post it!

Here's mine:

The Traitor's wife, Anna Karenina - she's come undone. 

I really have to use my good camera instead of my stupid phone.  I'll make sure I get that set up before the next pic I post!

IT'S ALMOST TIIIIIIMMMMME!!! Impending read-a-thon.. WOOT!

Well, it's T minus 10 hours and some minutes till I start the read-a-thon, and as luck would have it my husband has to work tomorrow!  Sooooo, all that means is that I read around my kids schedule a bit, which is what I do anyhow, but tomorrow I'll just do it a little MORE is all. 

That teeny tiny pitiful picture I took with my iPhone above is my stack of books I plan on reading bits of during the -athon.  Since you can't see any of the titles, here they are:

The Magician's Elephant by Kate Dicamillo (I have already started this one, but have misplaced it somewhere in our house... I LOVE IT.  Hopefully I can find it so I can finish it.  Story telling at its FINEST.)

Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier (I got this book at an online book swap and I've had it for years)

The 13th Warrior by Michael Crichton  (I think a good action type book might be handy.)

The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket (short, and a kids book, super handy

Knit Lit (too) Linda Roghaar and Molly Wolf (a series of short stories about knitting which I LOVE, and the stories are SHORT which will be great at 2 AM)

44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith

Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver

Tears of the Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith

Happiness Will Ferguson (not sure how much I'll read of this one, but when I feel like throwing myself out of my window at 330 AM, I wonder if a book with a title like this might help)

The Cross of Lead  by Avi Crispin (one of my FAVOURITE authors!!! He wrote "The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle which  I LOVED, and will be reviewing at some point in the future)

Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick (I'm almost done, so that will be the first book out of the gate in the morning after I read the paper and inhale my coffee)

The Traitor's Wife by Susan Higginbotham (no big surprise there, I LOVE HER!  And I need a good chunk of time to really enjoy this one, I love it already, but it just is not the kind of book you can pick up and down super easy)

And last but not least trusty Jamie and Claire (An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon) will be joining me through out the day, no doubt, making appearances and keeping me company in the wee  hours.. along with my fellow read-a-thoners and cheerleaders!! 

I am SUPER EXCITED!!! 

So, how it works is I will be reading off and on for (hopefully) 24 hours straight.  I will be posting roughly every 2 hours (maybe more) and doing challenges that some lovely folks have set up for us -a-thoners.  The read-a-thon is worldwide and just for fun!  Although some are doing it for charity, which I totally thought of but was not sure how my first one would go so I plan on doing that next year. 

Hopefully you will stop by various times to see me and visit other -a-thoners throughout the day and night! 

DEWEY'S 24 HOUR READ-A-THON!

Save me from myself!!! ! I have JUST signed up to participate in Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-Thon that takes place on October 24th.  Why do you ask?  I say WHY NOT!!!  It actually sounds like a whole lot of sleep deprived fun!  Apparently this tradition was started years ago by a woman named Dewey.  And after she passed away a couple of years ago a few loyal book blogging folks decided to keep up this cool event for everyone to join in! 

When you sign up as a reader, all you have to do is read for 24 hours, and update your blog as you do so.  You can adjust this to fit your own needs, such as myself who has a family to run, I'll be taking breaks throughout the day to feed and water them.  And then I'll be back at reading, posting and our lovely cheerleaders will be posting mini-challenges through-out the 24 hour period for the readers to have fun with and take a bit of a brain break!    The read-a-thon is world wide and happens at exactly the same time, they have included all of the relevant timezones so you will be reading along with everyone else. 

I am going to try my "darndest" to stay awake the full 24 hours, God only knows I've done it enough at work, and having a whole lot less fun! 

You can sign up as a reader OR as a cheerleader!  Click here for more details. 

Oh.. and HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!  I'll see you on Tuesday!!!

:)