Hi-Yo ~Here is July's Roundup!~

It's all about summer - Here is my son and his cousin fishin' at Grandma and Grandpa's over the 4th of July weekend!


Here are the girl cousins takin' a break from water skiing to catch up on the latest teen celebs!



And here is my husband with our daughter on the night of her 8th grade graduation. She gave one of the four speeches to a crowd of about 1700 people. She has since told me that speeches in high school are going to be a breeze! (Ok - this was really June, but I am that far behind in posts and I really wanted to share!)

ON TO THE BOOKS!

I read 14 books in July for a total of 3916 pages. This brings me up to 91 books for the year. As my goal was 100, I think I am gonna make it!

1. Critical Care by Candace Calvert
2. Knight of Desire by Margaret Mallory
3. The Castaways by Elin Hilderbrand
4. Acne for Dummies by Herbert P. Goodheart
5. Last Light Over Carolina by Mary Alice Monroe
   
6. One Scream Away by Kate Brady - I have only posted a partial review of this one - must get my completed review up!
7. Refuge: A True Story of Faith and Civil War by John and Bessie Gonleh
8. Ravens by George Dawes Green
9. Miss L'eau by T. Katz
10. Me, Just Different by Stephanie Morrill
11. Hollywood is Like High School with Money by Zoey Dean
12. Blue Like Play Dough by Tricia Goyer
13. Too Many Visitors for One Little House by Susan Chodakiewitz
14. June Bug by Chris Fabry - First Wild Card Tour Aug 11- Will post review then.

For August:

1. I Can See You by Karen Rose
2. The Hope of Refuge by Cindy Woodsmall (finished today)
3. The Friends We Keep by Sarah Zacharias Davis
   
4. Damas, Dramas and Ana Ruiz by Belinda Acosta
5. I Love You More by Laura Kuksta
   
6. Falling Into the Sun by Charrie Hazard
   
7. A Circle of Souls by Preetham Grandhi
   
8. Healing Luke by Beth Cornelison
   
9. The Blue Enchantress by M.L. Tyndale
   
10. Summer of Two Wishes by Julia London
    
11. Dark Hunger by Rita Herron
    
12. The Heroes of Googley Woogley by Dalton James (Kid's Book)
    
13. The Sneakiest Pirates by Dalton James (Kid's Book)
    
14. Not So Fast by Ann Kroeker
    
15. How it Ends by Laura Weiss
16. A Better View of Paradise by Randy Sue Coburn
17. The Husband Project by Kathi Lipp
    
18. Truth or Dare by Nicole O'Dell
    
19. All That Glitters by Nicole O'Dell
20. The Buzzards are Circling by Stan Toler
21. God Has Never Failed Me by Stan Toler
22. Abbeville by Jack Fuller
23. The Confidential Life of Eugenia Cooper
24. Unplanned Journey by Tanya Unkovich
25. The Turkey's Treat by Marie Metroke (Kid's Book)
    
26. Rose House by Tina Ann Forkner
27. The Sweetgum Ladies Knit for Love by Beth Patillo
28. Cult Insanity
29. Jake the Snake by Shelly Nicholson (Kid's Book)
    
30. The Lost Dog
31. The Blue Star

Author interviews:

1. Jack Regan
   
2. Randy Sue Coburn
3. Marie Metroke (hopefully)
4. Beth Cornelison

Guest posts:

1. Shelly Nicholson
2. Belinda Acosta - possibly

Current Giveaways:

1. I Can See You - 5 copies (ends Aug 11)
2. The Last Patriot - 1 copy (ends Aug 14)
3. The Practical Guide to Animal Rights - 1 copy (ends Aug 17)
4. Dark Hunger - 5 copies (ends Aug 19)
5. The Lost Dog - 5 copies (ends Aug 21)
6. The Husband Project - 1 copy (ends Aug 23)
7. The Hope of Refuge - 1 copy (ends Aug 24)
8. The Blue Star - 5 copies (ends Aug 26)
9. The Castaways - audiobook - 3 copies (ends Aug 28)
10. Ravens - audiobook - 3 copies (ends Aug 29)

Upcoming Giveaways for August:

1. The Friends We Keep - 1 copy
2. So Into you - 5 copies
3. How to Tame a Modern Day Rogue - 5 copies
4. Seduce Me - 5 copies
5. Chosen by Desire and Love You to Death - 1 copy of each to 1 winner
6. The Sweetgum Ladies Knit for Love - Possibly
7. Cult Insanity - 5 copies

Watch for my new posts on Thursdays which are going to feature Kid's Books!


My Challenge update will have to come later - as I have no idea where I am at on those - I have lost all control! Hope everyone is having a great summer! Enjoy the weather!

June Round Up of Books and a Peek at July

Where is the summer going??? I cannot believe it is July already and I don't have a sunburntan yet! Well I had a great June. I think not having a schedule with the kids being out of school - and staying up late at night to read really helped me.

I read 14 books in June for a whopping total of 5071 pages. My best so far. This brings me to 77 books for the year.

1. Holly's Inbox - Holly Denham
2. Living a Charmed Life - Victoria Moran
3. Miranda's Big Mistake - Jill Mansell
4. Nothing But Trouble - Susan May Warren
5. Secrets to Happiness - Sarah Dunn
6. Scared - Tom Davis
7. Beach Trip - Cathy Holton
8. The King's Legacy - Jim Stovall
9. Talking to the Dead - Bonnie Grove
10. The Devlin Diaries - Christi Phillips
11. How To Raise a Modern Day Joseph - Linda Massey Weddle
12. My Forbidden Desire - Carolyn Jewel
13. Frederica - Georgette Heyer
14. Cousin Kate - Georgette Heyer

My favorite this month was probably Scared by Tom Davis or Miranda's Big Mistake by Jill Mansell.

Least favorite was probably The King's Legacy - just like my least favorite last month - it was sort of a fable.

I wrapped up a whole bunch of challenges even though they weren't ending yet. I had read the amount of books and was tired of updating them!
Themed Reading Challenge
Chunkster Challenge
2009 Pub Challenge
Chick Lit Challenge
New Author Challenge
Read Your Name Challenge
Romance Reading Challenge

Challenges I didn't complete -
Unshelved Reading Challenge - I did not read one book for this so didn't even do a wrap up!
Daring Book For Girls - I decided to keep going with this one though and making it a perpetual challenge for me.

Here are my other challenges:

Numbers Challenge	2/5
The Countdown Challenge	29/45
Outlander Challenge	0/7
Genre Challenge	10/12
Whitcoull's Challenge	2/7
Series Challenge Season 3	3
9 Books from '09	7/9
100+ Reading Challenge	77/100
18th and 19th Century Women Writers	0/4
2009 ARC Reading Challenge	63
2009 Suspense and Thriller Reading Challenge	8/12
999 Challenge	49/81
A to Z Challenge (authors)	19/26
A to Z Challenge (titles)	18/26
Art History Reading Challenge	0/6
Audiobook Challenge	3/12
Celebrate the Author challenge	3/12
Centuries Reading Challenge	2/4
Colorful Reading Challenge	2/9
Daniel Defoe	0/2
Decades '09	3/9
Dewey's Books Reading Challenge	1/6
Harlequin/Silhoutte Challenge	0/5
John Steinbeck	0/2
Sarah Dessen	0/2
Science Book Challenge	1/3
Scott Westerfeld	0/2
Seconds Challenge	8/12
Serial Readers Challenge	10
Support Your Local Library	13/50
What's in a Name	5/6
World War II Challenge	0/5
YA Challenge	13/12
Young Readers	61/12

Perpetual Challenges
5 Under 35 0
Daring Book for Girls 4

Let's focus on July - I have some great giveaways going on right now!
Knight of Desire - 5 copies (ends July 10)
A Hint of Wicked - 5 copies (ends July 15)
How to Score - 5 copies (ends July 16)
One Scream Away - 5 copies (ends July 17)
Soul Survivor - 5 copies (ends July 20)
The Juror - audiobook - 3 copies (ends July 22)
Any Minute - audiobook - 3 copies (ends July 23)
Swimsuit - audiobook - 3 copies (ends July 24)

Upcoming giveaways for July
Off Season - Anne River Siddons
Blue Like Play Dough - Tricia Goyer
Love at First Flight - Marie Force

Interviews for July
July 10 - Marie Force - author of Love at First Flight
July 30 - Susan Chodakiewitz - author of Too Many Visitors for One Little House

Guest post
July 22 - T. Katz - author of Miss L'eau

Lots of books will be touring this month!
Knight of Desire - Margaret Mallory
One Scream Away - Kate Brady
The Castaways - Elin Hildebrand
Maire - Linda Windsor
A Promise for Breanna - Al and Joanna Lacy
Ravens - George Dawes Green
Me, Just Different - Stephanie Morrill
Blue Like Play Dough - Tricia Goyer

In addition to the above reviews - I will also be trying to fit these books in:
Conscience Point - Erica Abeel
Acne for Dummies - Dr. Herbert Goodheart
Last Light Over Carolina - Mary Alice Monroe
All We Ever Wanted Was Everything - Janelle Brown
Refuge -John & Bessie Gonleh w/Bruce Beakley
Miss L'eau- T. Katz
Hollywood is Like High School with Money - Zoey Dean
Too Many Visitors for One Little House - Susan Chodakiewitz
The Death of a Pope - Piers Paul Read
How to Train a Rock - Paul Steven Stone
Surviving a House Full of Whispers - Sharon Wallace
Confessions of a Trauma Junkie - Sherry Mayo
North From Calcutta- Duane Evans
Becky- Lenore Hart
Desperate Highway - Jesse Stretch
Lizzi and Fredl - Dr. William Stanford
The Blue Pen - Lisa Rusczyk
Off Season - Anne River Siddons

I also have some library books that I really want to get to this month! Hopefully you will be hearing about those because I will finish them and review them.

Happy 4th of July everyone!!!

May Round Up of Books and a Peek at June

I had a very good month this month, but still didn't get through the pile of books that I wanted to!

I read 14 books for a total of 3881 pages. This brings me to 63 books for the year. If someone would have told me in January that I would have read this many books so far, I would have never believed them!

1. Fire Me by Libby Malin
2. Dear Mom by Melody Carlson
3. Madewell Brown by Rick Collignon
4. Mama's Got a Fake I.D. by Caryn Dahlstrand Rivadeneira
5. Always Watching by Brandilyn and Amberly Collins
6. The Lake That Stole Children by Douglas Glenn Clark
7. The Four Corners of the Sky by Michael Malone
8. Pleasure Unbound by Larissa Ione
9. Frenchman's Creek by Daphne du Maurier
10. Why Shoot a Butler? by Georgette Heyer
11. A Girl's Guide to Modern European Philosophy by Charlotte Grieg
12. The Convenient Marriage by Georgette Heyer
13. Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright (review pending)
14. What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman (review pending)

As for a favorite this month that is going to be hard - It would be between Frenchman's Creek, The Convenient Marriage and What the Dead Know.

Least favorite was probably The Lake That Stole Children - this was sort of a fable type book and not really my cup of tea.

There were two challenges that ended this month:
The Book Awards II - I finished 2 books short of the 10 I needed.
The Unshelved Reading Challenge - I did get 1 book of 3 started, but did not get it finished - so we are going to chuck this one!

My other challenges are shaping up like this:

Daring Book for Girls	4/9
Themed Reading Challenge	0/4(-6)
Numbers Challenge	2/5
The Countdown Challenge	29/45
Outlander Challenge	0/7
Genre Challenge	10/12
Whitcoull's Challenge	2/7
Chunkster	4/6
Series Challenge Season 3	3
9 Books from '09	7/9
100+ Reading Challenge	63/100
18th and 19th Century Women Writers	0/4
2009 ARC Reading Challenge	49
2009 Chick Lit Challenge	23/10
2009 Pub Challenge	20/9
2009 Suspense and Thriller Reading Challenge	8/12
999 Challenge	49/81
A to Z Challenge (authors)	18/26
A to Z Challenge (titles)	19/26
Art History Reading Challenge	0/6
Audiobook Challenge	3/12
Celebrate the Author challenge	3/12
Centuries Reading Challenge	2/4
Colorful Reading Challenge	2/9
Daniel Defoe	0/2
Decades '09	2/9
Dewey's Books Reading Challenge	1/6
Harlequin/Silhoutte Challenge	0/5
John Steinbeck	0/2
New Author Challenge	50/50
Read Your Name Challenge	14/19
Romance Reading Challenge	15/5
Sarah Dessen	0/2
Science Book Challenge	1/3
Scott Westerfeld	0/2
Seconds Challenge	7/12
Serial Readers Challenge	10
Support Your Local Library	14/50
What's in a Name	5/6
World War II Challenge	0/5
YA Challenge	13/12
Young Readers	61/12
5 Under 35	0

A few of these I have finished, but I haven't had time to write the wrap ups!

Ok - time to put May behind me and start on June - I will be driving to and from my mom's house this month (about 7 hours one way) so I hope to get some audio books listened to! I will have my 4 year old with me so not sure if I will really get to listen to them or not! I hope to be able to get some extra reading done at my mom's though!

1. Holly's Inbox by Holly Denham
2. Miranda's Big Mistake by Jill Mansell
3. Last Night in Montreal by Emily St. John Mandel
4. April and Oliver by Tess Callahan
5. Living a Charmed Life by Victoria Moran
6. Nothing but Trouble by Susan May Warren
7. The Unit by Ninni Holmquist
8. Beach Trip by Cathy Holton
9. 20 Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler
10. Secrets to Happiness by Sarah Dunn
11. Scared by Tom Davis
12. You Make Me Feel Like Dancing by Allison Bottke
13. A Short History of Women by Kate Walbert
14. Cousin Kate by Georgette Heyer
15. The Disappearance of Irene Dos Santos by Margaret Mascarenhas
16. Surviving High Society by Elizabeth Marvin Mulholland
17. Ms. Taken Identity by Dan Begley
18. The King's Legacy by Jim Stovall
19. Talking to the Dead by Bonnie Grove
20. Wildcard by Robin Shope
21. The Texicans by Nina Vida
22. Live Deeply by Lenya Heitzig and Penny Rose
23. Live Relationally by Lenya Heitzig and Penny Rose
24. Swimsuit by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
25. The Devlin Diaries by Christi Phillips
26. How to Raise a Modern Day Joseph by Linda Massey Weddle
27. Any Minute by Joyce Meyer and Deb Bedford
28. One Scream Away by Kate Brady
29. Tamed by a Laird by Amanda Scott

Audio books to listen to:

1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
2. Cemetery Dance by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
3. The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly
4. Secret Speech by Tom Rob Smith

My current giveaways:
To Beguile a Beast - 5 copies (ends June 5)
One Deadly Sin - 5 copies (ends June 5)
Bound to Please - 5 copies (ends June 5)
The Scarecrow audiobook - 3 copies (ends June 15)
Cemetery Dance audiobook - 3 copies (ends June 15)
The Secret Speech audiobook - 3 copies (ends June 15)
The Way Home audiobook - 3 copies (ends June 15)
The Night Watchman - 1 copy (ends June 16)


Upcoming giveaways:
Stealing Home (June 1 - June 22)
I will probably also give away some of my gently read ARC's if no other giveaways enter my horizon.

Have a great reading month and enjoy the weather!!!!

April Round Up of Books and a Look at May

Finally, time for me to do my round up of books for April.

I read 13 books in April and listened to 1 audiobook - my best month so far!

1. Lady Anne and the Howl in the Dark by Donna Lea Simpson
2. An Offer You Can't Refuse by Jill Mansell
3. Rachel's Tears by Beth Nimmo and Darrell Scott
4. Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
5. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
6. The Boneman's Daughter by Ted Dekker
7. Fatal Illusions by Adam Blumer
8. The Girl She Used to Be by David Cristofano
9. The Lost Hours by Karen White
10. So Not Happening by Jenny B. Jones
11. New York Debut by Melody Carlson
12. Murder, Mayhem and a Fine Man by Claudia Mair Burney
13. The Noticer by Andy Andrews
14. Wild Highland Magic by Kendra Leigh Castle

This equaled 3989 pages read and 18 hrs 34 minutes of audio. If you have read and reviewed any of these books, please let me know and I will link your reviews to mine. You can also check out my archive for books, too.

I had one challenge end in April - the Christian Reader's Challenge which I read 27 books for.

My other challenges are shaping up like this:

Book Awards Challenge - 6/10
Unshelved Reading Challenge - 0/3
Daring Book for Girls - 4/9
Themed Reading Challenge - 0/4(-6)
Numbers Challenge - 1/5
The Countdown Challenge - 29/45
Outlander Challenge - 0/7
Genre Challenge - 10/12
Whitcoull's Challenge - 2/7
Chunkster - 3/6
Series Challenge Season 3 - 3
9 Books from '09 - 7/9
100+ Reading Challenge - 49/100
18th and 19th Century Women Writers - 0/4
2009 ARC Reading Challenge - 39
2009 Chick Lit Challenge - 23/10 (completed)
2009 Pub Challenge - 20/9 (competed)
2009 Suspense and Thriller Reading Challenge - 7/12
999 Challenge - 45/81
A to Z Challenge (authors) - 18/26
A to Z Challenge (titles) - 15/26
Art History Reading Challenge - 0/6
Audiobook Challenge - 3/12
Celebrate the Author challenge - 2/12
Centuries Reading Challenge - 0/4
Colorful Reading Challenge - 2/9
Daniel Defoe - 0/2
Decades '09 - 0/9
Dewey's Books Reading Challenge - 1/6
Harlequin/Silhouette Challenge - 0/5
John Steinbeck - 0/2
New Author Challenge - 39/50
Read Your Name Challenge - 8/8 (completed)
Romance Reading Challenge - 15/5 (completed)
Sarah Dessen - 0/2
Science Book Challenge - 1/3
Scott Westerfeld - 0/2
Seconds Challenge - 6/12
Serial Readers Challenge - 10
Support Your Local Library - 11/50
What's in a Name - 5/6
World War II Challenge - 0/5
YA Challenge - 12/12 (completed)
Young Readers - 61/12 (completed)
5 Under 35 - 0 Perpetual challenge

My books for May are the following:

1. Fire Me by Libby Malin (finished)
2. Dear Mom by Melody Carlson (finished)
3. Madewell Brown by Rick Collignon (finished)
4. Mom's Got a Fake I.D. by Caryn Dahlstrand Rivedeneira
5. Enduring Justice by Amy Wallace
6. Conscience Point by Erica Abeel
7. Made in the USA by Billie Letts
8. Always Watching by Brandilyn Collins and Amberly Collins
9. Do Over by Robin Hemley
10. The Moment Between by Nicole Baart
11. The Four Corners of the Sky by Michael Malone
12. A Girl's Guide to Modern European Philosophy by Charlotte Grieg
13. The Sorrows of an American by Siri Hustvedt
14. On the Run by Bill Myers
15. Gold of Kings by Davis Bunn
16. My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier
17. Frenchman's Creek by Daphne du Maurier
18. Night Watchman by Mark Mynheir
19. Frederica by Georgette Heyer
20. A Convenient Marriage by Georgette Heyer
21. Why Shoot a Butler by Georgette Heyer
22. Cousin Kate by Georgette Heyer

My Current giveaways are:
Dear Mom - Ends May 10
Mama's Got a Fake I.D. - Ends May 10
Enduring Justice - Ends May 10
The Girl Who Stopped Swimming - Ends May 15
Made in the U.S.A. - Ends May 18
Boneman's Daughters audiobook - Ends May 22

My upcoming giveaways are:
The Horse Boy - Audiobook
Mr. Popper's Penguins - Audiobook
Priceless Memories - Audiobook
Frenchman's Creek
My Cousin Rachel
Night Watchman

I hope you will all stick with me this month, but I think I will be doing more reading than actual posting! Have a great month and everyone enjoy their books!

March Round Up of Books and a Look at April

I feel like I am so late posting this! Between 2 sick kids, me getting sick, 2 birthdays (my husband's and mine) and Spring Break - all of which happened in the last 7 days - I feel like I have been neglecting visiting all you wonderful bloggers! So on to the round-up so we can start fresh with April!

I only read 9 books in March - which is 3 less than February, yet February had more days - what gives there? Oh well - I did have one that I DNF and it clogged me up for a couple of days as I tried to get through it. I did finish reading one on April 1 though - so it will make my April numbers better!

1. This Side of Heaven - Karen Kingsbury
2. The Kingmaking - Helen Hollick
3. The Stones - Eleanor Gustafson
4. Marked by Passion - Kate Perry
5. Diamonds in the Shadow - Caroline B. Cooney
6. Scream - Mike Dellosso
7. Katt's in the Cradle - Ginger Kolbaba and Christy Scannell
8. Yesterday's Embers - Deborah Ramey
9. Deadly Charms - Claudia Mair Burney

This equals 3436 pages read. Now I see my discrepency - this is 300 more pages than February - duh - longer books!

If you have read and reviewed any of the above books - or any books from my archive - please leave me your link and I will add it to my review!

I had one challenge end in March which I completed - this was the Well-Seasoned Reader.

Here is a list of challenges and progress - you will see that some of them are completed, but I am not going to do a wrap up on them until they are officially over.

Christian Readers Challenge 21/5 - Completed
Book Awards Challenge 6/10
Unshelved Reading Challenge 0/3
Daring Book for Girls 3/9
Themed Reading Challenge 0/4 (6)
Numbers Challenge 0/5
The Countdown Challenge 26/45
Outlander Challenge 0/7
Genre Challenge 8/12
Whitcoull's Challenge 1/7
Chunkster 3/6
Series Challenge Season 3 2
9 Books from '09 7/9
100+ Reading Challenge 35/100
18th and 19th Century Women Writers 0/4
2009 ARC Reading Challenge 27 - Completed
2009 Chick Lit Challenge 16/10 - Completed
2009 Pub Challenge 12/9 - Completed
2009 Suspense and Thriller Reading Challenge 4/12
999 Challenge 33/81
A to Z Challenge (authors) 13/26
A to Z Challenge (titles) 11/26
Art History Reading Challenge 0/6
Audiobook Challenge 2/12
Celebrate the Author challenge 0/12
Centuries Reading Challenge 0/4
Colorful Reading Challenge 2/9
Daniel Defoe 0/2
Decades '09 0/9
Dewey's Books Reading Challenge 1/6
Harlequin/Silhoutte Challenge 0/5
John Steinbeck 0/2
New Author Challenge 29/50
Read Your Name Challenge 6/8
Romance Reading Challenge 10/5 - Completed
Sarah Dessen 0/2
Science Book Challenge 1/3
Scott Westerfeld 0/2
Seconds Challenge 3/12
Serial Readers Challenge 8
Support Your Local Library 8/50
What's in a Name 2/6
World War II Challenge 0/5
YA Challenge 9/12
Young Readers 59/12 - Completed
5 Under 35 0

Books coming up for April:

Lady Anne and the Howl in the Dark - Donna Lea Simpson (already finished)
An Offer You Can't Refuse - Jill Mansell (already finished)
Rachel's Tears - Beth Nimmo and Darrell Scott
The Boneman's Daughter - Ted Dekker
Fatal Illusions - Adam Blumer
The Girl She Used to Be - David Cristofano
Unquiet Bones - Mel Starr
The Lost Hours - Karen White
So Not Happening - Jenny B. Jones
New York Debut - Melody Carlson
Fire Me - Libby Malin
Wild Highland Magic - Kendra Leigh Castle
Fragile Eternity - Melissa Marr
Outcasts United - Warren St. John
Sag Harbor - Colson Whitehead
Big Sid's Vincati - Matthew Biberman

I currently have some giveaways posted -

Do Over

Bobbi Brown Living Beauty

How Not to Look Old

10 Things I Hate About Christianity: Working Through the Frustration of Faith

Look for giveaways for these books coming up soon:

An Offer You Can't Refuse

The Girl Who Stopped Swimming

Dear Mom

Mama's Got a Fake I.D.

Enduring Justice

I am also going to host my first author (or possible authors, if I can get my act together!) - But Karen White author of The Lost Hours will be here the end of the month - so be sure to watch for her!

February Round-Up of Books and a Look at March

I squeaked out 12 books this month - where did February go???

1. Scrapping Plans - Rebeca Seitz
2. The Valentine Edition - Robin Shope
3. It's All About Us - Shelley Adina
4. Lessons From San Quentin - Bill Dallas
5. John's Quest - Cecelia Dowdy
6. Simple Wishes - Lily Dale
7. The Spring of Candy Apples - Debbie Viguie
8. Trail of Crumbs - Kim Sunee
9. Age Before Beauty - Virginia Smith
10. I Do Again - Cheryl and Jeff Scruggs
11. Fruit of My Lipstick - Shelley Adina
12. Kiss - Ted Dekker and Erin Healy

This equals 3134 pages read.

Three challenges ended in February and I was able to complete two of them.

Lit Flicks Challenge

Naming Conventions Challenge

And the one that didn't even get started was the Cornelia Funke Challenge.

Here is a list of challenges and progress - you will see that some of them are completed, but I am not going to do a wrap up on them until they are officially over.

Well Seasoned Reader 4/3 - Completed
Christian Readers Challenge 14/5 - Completed
Book Awards Challenge 6/10
Unshelved Reading Challenge 0/3
Daring Book for Girls 3/9
Themed Reading Challenge 0/4(-6)
Numbers Challenge 0/5
The Countdown Challenge 25/45
Outlander Challenge 0/7
Genre Challenge 8/12
Whitcoull's Challenge 1/7
Chunkster 1/6
Series Challenge Season 3 2
9 Books from '09 6/9
100+ Reading Challenge 26/100
18th and 19th Century Women Writers 0/4
2009 ARC Reading Challenge 18
2009 Chick Lit Challenge 12/10 - Completed
2009 Pub Challenge 5/9
2009 Suspense and Thriller Reading Challenge 1/12
999 Challenge 24/81
A to Z Challenge (authors) 10/26
A to Z Challenge (titles) 8/26
Art History Reading Challenge 0/6
Audiobook Challenge 2/12
Celebrate the Author challenge 0/12
Centuries Reading Challenge 0/4
Colorful Reading Challenge 2/9
Daniel Defoe 0/2
Decades '09 0/9
Dewey's Books Reading Challenge 1/6
Harlequin/Silhoutte Challenge 0/5
John Steinbeck 0/2
New Author Challenge 21/50
Read Your Name Challenge 6/8
Romance Reading Challenge 7/5 - Completed
Sarah Dessen 0/2
Science Book Challenge 1/3
Scott Westerfeld 0/2
Seconds Challenge 3/12
Serial Readers Challenge 7
Support Your Local Library 8/50
What's in a Name 2/6
World War II Challenge 0/5
YA Challenge 8/12
Young Readers 45/12 - Completed
5 Under 35 0

Books coming up for March:

This Side of Heaven - Karen Kingsbury
Seeing Red - Susan Crandall
Marked by Passion - Kate Perry
Flirting With Temptation - Kelley St. John
The Kingmaking - Helen Hollick
The Stones - Eleanor Gustafson
Just Another Girl - Melody Carlson
Cutting for Stone - Abraham Verghese
Nine-Lives-Death-Life-Orleans - Dan Baum
A Lever Long Enough - Amy Deardon
Desire Unchained - Larissa Ione
The Age of Orphans - Laleh Khadivi
To My Senses - Alexandrea Weis
Scream - Mike Dellosso
Diamonds in the Shadow - Caroline B. Cooney
Serial Killers: Up Close and Personal - Christopher Berry-Dee
Survivor's Club - Ben Sherwood
Working Through the Frustrations of Faith - Jason T. Berggren
Palace Circle - Rebecca Dean
Manual of Detection - Jedediah Berry
Life Sentences - Laura Lippman

You will notice some of these are left over from February - and I am sure come April I will be carrying over some of March's (hopefully none of February's though!!!)

January Round-up of Books - and a look at next month!

I have read 14 books this month:
Walking with Wolves - Kay Chornook
Watcher in the Woods - Robert Liparulo
Gatekeeper - Robert Liparulo
Be Strong and Curvaceous - Shelley Adina
The Road - Cormac McCarthy
The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
The House on Mango Street - Sandra Cisneros
The Red Siren - M.L. Tyndall
Black Water - Joyce Carol Oates
Grace for the Afflicted - Matthew Stanford
Scream For Me - Karen Rose
For the Love of Pete - Julia Harper
Lost in Las Vegas - Melody Carlson
Holes - Louis Sachar

This equals 3396 pages read and 11 hours and 22 minutes for the audio
books. (Or 3870 pages)

I was able to complete two challenges in January that started last
year - From the Stacks and New Classics.

Here is a list of all my current challenges and progress: (Some of
the challenges listed start Feb 1 and some started in 2008)

Naming Conventions Challenge - 4/6
Cornelia Funke Challenge - 0/3
Well Seasoned Reader - 0/3
Christian Readers Challenge - 4/5
Book Awards Challenge - 6/10
Unshelved Reading Challenge - 0/3
Daring Book for Girls - 3/9
Themed Reading Challenge - 0/4(-6)
Numbers Challenge - 0/5
The Countdown Challenge - 20/45
Outlander Challenge - 0/7
Genre Challenge - 6/12
Whitcoull's Challenge - 1/7
Chunkster - 1/6
Series Challenge Season 3 - 2
9 Books from '09 - 4/9
100+ Reading Challenge - 14/100
18th and 19th Century Women Writers - 0/4
2009 ARC Reading Challenge - 8
2009 Chick Lit Challenge - 4/10
2009 Pub Challenge - 1/9
2009 Suspense and Thriller Reading Challenge - 1/12
999 Challenge - 12/81
A to Z Challenge (authors) - 6/26
A to Z Challenge (titles) - 3/26
Art History Reading Challenge 0/6
Audiobook Challenge - 2/12
Celebrate the Author challenge 0/12
Centuries Reading Challenge - 0/4
Colorful Reading Challenge - 2/9
Daniel Defoe - 0/2
Decades '09 - 0/9
Dewey's Books Reading Challenge 1/6
Harlequin/Silhoutte Challenge 0/5
John Steinbeck - 0/2
New Author Challenge - 12/50
Read Your Name Challenge - 1/8
Romance Reading Challenge - 3/5
Sarah Dessen - 0/2
Science Book Challenge - 1/3
Scott Westerfeld - 0/2
Seconds Challenge - 1/12
Serial Readers Challenge - 4
Support Your Local Library - 6/50
What's in a Name - 1/6
World War II Challenge - 0/5
YA Challenge - 5/12
5 Under 35 (Perpetual) 0

Coming up for February -

Scrapping Plans - Rebeca Seitz
Simple Wishes - Lisa Dale
Cutting for Stone - Abraham Verghese
The Valentine Edition - Robin Shope
Trail of Crumbs - Kim Sunee
Lessons from San Quentin - Bill Dallas
Inkheart - Cornelia Funke
H.P. and the Half-Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling
The Thirteenth Tale - Diane Setterfeld
The God I Don't Understand - Dr. Chris Wright
John's Quest - Cecelia Dowdy
A Lever Long Enough - Amy Deardon
This Side of Heaven - Karen Kingsbury
Gingham Mountain - Mary Connealy
Spring of Candy Apples - Debbie Viguie
Seeing Red - Susan Crandall
Marked by Passion - Kate Perry
Flirting With Temptation - Kelley St. John
All About Us - Shelley Adina
Fruit of My Lipstick - Shelley Adina