#ReadingCram Wrap-Up

This has been a great week and a half! Even though I had hoped to get a lot of reading done and not get distracted by a lot of things around me--but considering I haven't finished two books in this amount of time in a long time, it is an achievement for me.  I am almost done with Insurgent and I still want to try to finish it this year...though my ambition to finish so much of the Book of Mormon was a bit high--though halfway through by the end of the year. I am hoping that this #ReadingCram will help me keeping going through the end of the year.

So what did I accomplish this #ReadingCram....

I finished

As an audiobook! Not sure how many pages that ended up being

Started on page 239 and then finished on 322

Currently still reading:

Started on page 72 now on page 136

Started on page 112  and currently on 268

Audiobook as well...started during reading cram and I am on disc 4

I haven't ever really done page counts...but I like how that looks.  I read 300 pages...which is like a whole book from start to finish.  Not bad considering my full-time job, tired brain, and other obligations.

One thing that I will definitely miss with this challenge is not having to come up with blog posts each day--the challenges did that for me;.  Thank you to Dana and Jenny for their efforts with that--it was great to be able to do some fun things with my posts each day!

As I look at the last week and half or so of my #365 project--I have LOTS of ideas of what to do for 2014 and a few for the rest of the year--just need to put pen to paper so I don't forget them all!

#ReadingCram Challenge...With a Twist!

I haven't finished reading for the day....but I wanted to get on and do a review before I curl up in bed to read until I can't keep my eyes open.  Tonight and tomorrow, I am really pushing to finish Divergent and get at least halfway through the Book of Mormon.  I am not sure if I can...but I'm sure going to try!

Today's challenge is the top ten books we are excited to see released in 2014.  Maybe I'm lame or don't know where to look...but I cannot name a single book that is coming out in 2014.  So I decided to do this challenge with a twist...which books I'm most excited to read in 2014 (though some I hope to start in 2013). I have been reading so many great lists of best of 2013--my TBR list has gotten HUGE!

1. The Plague Legacy: Acquisitions by Christine Haggerty
2. Coiled Snake by Kate Robison
3. Allegiant by Veronica Roth
4. I am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai
5. Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
6. The Moon and More by Sarah Dessen
7. Inferno by Dan Brown
8. Janie Face to Face by Caroline B. Cooney
9. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
10. Just One Day by Gayle Forman

So excited to read some more books! And for a fresh start in the new year!

#ReadingCram and Spelling Challenge

Yay for more reading :) I am doing well with finishing Insurgent before the end.  And I caught up on a lot of online reading....though not books--it is nice to know that last night my Feedly was caught up and today my e-mail box only has one e-mail left in it :)

Today Kimberly Faye is hosting a challenge in which you spell a word with your book titles.  I spelled Staff :)

Sense and Sensibility
To Kill a Mockingbird
Angels and Demons
Fablehaven
Feels Like the First Time

Acrostic Spine Poetry (#Reading Cram Challenge)

Today's challenge for the #readingcram challenge is a twist on the spine poetry with an acrostic poem.  The challenge is supported by Tressa's Wishful Endings

Falling
Asleep
Beneath
Lights in the
Evening can
Have
Adverse effects on
Various
Each
New day

Honestly don't know where that came from except my once again tired brain....so glad that tomorrow is FRIDAY!!

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Book Reviews and #ReadingCram Update

So....today's challenge for the #ReadingCram was actually really simply....submit a review you've done this year.  So I submitted The Storyteller which was by far my "favoritest" book of the year.

As I looked for my reviews today--I was like wow....I have these page things that I probably haven't updated in FOREVER--sure enough just clicked on Bookland and I haven't updated that since February. Wow, I'm sad! This prompts a couple of comments. First of, I have been thinking about what I'm going to do in 2014 with my blog because I do NOT want to just let it die.  But I also get a bit sick of writing everyday--especially when I have nothing to say--or I'm tired like tonight.  Hence I think the stream of consciousness you're getting now. I have been thinking about coming up with a schedule with the blog so I have regular writing topics, goals etc.  And I have decided that January is going to need to be serious housekeeping time!  And maybe a new background....spice it up a bit--I dunno...I like the flying seeds with the Inspirefly and I don't want to go to like birds or something.

Second off, this also prompted a thought about book reviews.  I have been mentioning to some people in person that I do book reviews on my blog.  Talking about that and reading other people's reviews a lot more--it has been getting me thinking about how people get into this whole authors sending you books for reviews.  And I know everybody has these disclaimers and stuff....I haven't looked into this a lot--but if anyone wants to point me in a direction of where to even get started with this I would appreciate it!

Third of all--I wish there were more hours in the day! I am behind on books and I am behind on work and laundry and sleep and...ugh. Which brings me to the final thing....I have probably read for about an hour in the last two days, hence my lack of #readingcram updates.  So best of luck to the people that are still going...I will probably be like this until Friday when I have a weekend and then three days off so no work can be done :) So lots of reading will hopefully happen then!

Don't know if it is a picture that really fits..but it is where my ramble ended up :)