Monday, February 6, 2012

Happy Monday!

I'll be offline this week but have a couple posts planned. See you next week.

Hope everyone has a great week planned.

Mailbox Monday is a place to share all the wonderful books that have come to live in your home– including paper books, e-books and audio books. Started by Marcia of The Printed Page, the mailbox is currently on tour. Check it out so you know where to go next month.

A big thank you to Alyce at At Home with Books for hosting in January. February's host is DCMetroreader (blog link, not post link).


Received for Review:
The Book Lover by Maryann McFadden

Giveaway:


from Author:
Winter's Respite Read-a-Thon: The Stranger from the Valley by Oscar William Case (autographed!)

Purchased:
really? wow, I know a new one came out last Tuesday, can't believe I haven't pick it up yet.


kindle/ebooks:
really? nothing? wow
24 free books!
Trinity by Deena Remiel






What are you Reading?

is a weekly Monday meme hosted by Shelia at Book Journey. Post what you read last week and what you're planning to read this week then link to Shelia's post. Then visit, visit, visit! She has a comment contest going on each week tied to the meme.


Finished:
Hidden Summit
A Cookie Before Dying
Great Short Poems
Wife by Wednesday
Time Slice

Reading:
A Cookie Before Dying
Time Slice
The Book of Deacon
book of 150 "Great Short Poems"
Hidden Summit



Started, not actively reading:
Before I Fall
52 Small Changes
Redwall
Always
The Eighty Dollar Champion
Murder on Monday

Next up:
A Place to Die (Feb blog tour)


Reviewed:
Time Slice (goes live Thursday)
Great Short Poems (goes live Wednesday)

Did Not Finish:



Need to Review-keep a running total and cross off as completed:
(this list is way too long and if they've been reviewed I didn't label them correctly!)

Spin the Plate, short story (current read)
A Modern Witch (current read)
Kekula (current read)
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much
True North
Whiskey Gulf
A Circle of Souls
Benny & Shrimp
The Right Side of the Tracks
Second Chance

copyright Book Dragon's Lair 2009-2012

6 comments:

Deb Nance at Readerbuzz said...

I wonder who the author is for Great Short Poems. I'll try and see if I can find out at Amazon....

Here's my It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

I'd like to invite you to sign up for my February Giveaway! Win All Kinds of Kisses or a $25 Amazon gift card!

Myckyee said...

Oh, I can see you're a very busy reader! I hope you enjoy your new books (and the old ones too :-))

Mary (Bookfan) said...

I'm curious about The Book Lover!

bermudaonion said...

I love the title The Book Lover. Have a great week of reading!

Tribute Books Mama said...

Enjoy your mailbox.

http://tributebooksmama.blogspot.com/2012/02/mailbox-monday.html

Suko said...

The Book Lover does sound fabulous! Enjoy your reading! ;)

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Stats

New blog goal for 2010. I'm going to try keeping a running total of the following. We'll see how long it lasts... well, let's try this again for 2011! Just remember, anything with an ISBN counts, even the short stories.
Up to date as of December 18 (to the best of my knowledge)

Books read, new: 231
Books read, re-read: 27
New to me authors: 64
Pages: 19,841 plus 168 ebooks
Reviews posted: 29


Nonfiction: 10
Picture Books to Young Adult: 34
Banned/Challenged Books: none? fix this next year!

books left to read in 2012

Don't know if this will work or not but will give it a try. . .

As of May 25, early a.m., I have the following books left to read to complete all of my open challenges.

68 separate ISBNs
22 21 specific states
1-6 :: 0-5 :: 0-4 cozy mysteries
1 Mystery/Suspense with a weapon in title (Poison)
4 3 Dystopia
1 Fairy Tale
1 from 100 Best list
1 Science Fiction
1 Literary Fiction
1 Classic (Hound of the Baskervilles)
3 Memoirs
1 Fae
?? The Unread Book
7 Harry Potter
7 Narnia
3 by Dean Koontz
5 Song of Fire and Ice series - Game of Thrones
7 free ebooks
Redwall
Easy Prey
Magic Kingdom for Sale-Sold
1 Disney Lit
311 Pelican Court
5 specific colors
1 foodie
12 11 specific...Summer Book Challenge
8-10 8-9 specific...Summer Reading Challenge
5 specific..Getting Lost in a Comfortable Book
1 AlA's Top Ten/2011
"x" title
review 2+ personal books
review 8 already read ARCs
review 15 ARCs
Room
11 Shelf Discovery books


Some of these can/will overlap but it is still a HUGE list.