Jun 082013
 

WW Read-a-Thon

The lovely ladies at My Shelf Confessions are hosting another Wicked Wildfire Read-a-thon which started Friday June 7th and runs through June 14th.

Haven’t been to this read-a-thon before, here’s a little more info from their site:

The Wicked Wildfire Read-A-Thon is a time when we all get together to dedicate the days of June 7-14 to as much reading as possible. You read as much as you can in order to get yourself a little further through that huge to-read pile! We know real life gets in the way and even if you can’t participate more than one day, you’re welcome to join in on the fun!
In the meanwhile, we will be hosting book-related challenges where you can win some awesome prizes and have a Twitter party at the hashtag #WWReadathon! You can posts updates on your blog, Twitter, Goodreads or Facebook — as long as the profile is public and we all can enjoy your reading progress!

I’ve already missed the first Twitter chat today but hope I can make it for the next one. They have three challenges going on right now, including a jigsaw cover puzzle and a title scramble. I love puzzles and they look fun!

Here are my reading goals for this week:

robinson crusoe 5th assassin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robinson Crusoe is my Classics Club Spin List selection and The Fifth Assassin is just for fun on audiobook.

Other goals for this week:

* Catch up on replying to comments these past two weeks, I don’t normally get so far behind!
* Write and schedule 2 book reviews
* Write and schedule 2 recipe reviews…did you know I blog about recipes I find that my family enjoys? Well I’ve been so obsessed with books lately, the recipes are piling up and we’ve been having some good eats lately I can’t wait to share with you. Click here for the recipes I’ve posted so far.

Well that sounds like a busy week to me. What have you got going on this week? Drop me a line when you have the time! As always, happy reading!

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Jun 062013
 

feature follow

I joined Feature & Follow again this week hosted by Parajunkee & Alison Can Read. Each week they pose a question to discuss, bloggers link up and follow each other and the featured blogger that week. Easy enough? Here we go.

If you are visiting me for the first time, Welcome!! I’m Tanya and enjoy reading classics, historical fiction, world fiction, literary fiction, non-fiction…ok well I like most anything.  Please follow me via email or Bloglovin and I will return the favor.  Hope you browse around and share your thoughts with me.

This week’s question is:

Q: Have you broken up with a series? If so which one and why?

I started out reading Chick Lit books because I needed light-hearted reads. I saw the Confessions of a Shopaholic movie and thought that would be a fun series to read. I tried it but gave up on it. I found the character a little too flighty and shallow for my taste. Bex made a great movie character but I didn’t enjoy Shopaholic Takes Manhattan and Shopaholic Ties the Knot as much.

I also read In the Woods by Tana French which is the first book in the Dublin Murder Squad series but I was a little too disappointed in the ending to pick up book #2 just yet.

I’ve read the first book in The Hunger Games Series, The Alchemyst Series (The Immortal Nicholas Flamel), The Vampire Chronicles Series (Interview with the Vampire), and The Wicked Series but haven’t gotten to read the second book yet. Guess I need to finish off some series this summer!

Have you abandoned any series you started reading? Have you read any of the series I mentioned? What’d you think? Let me know and as always, happy reading!

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Jun 052013
 
Pour Your Heart Out {1): Deciding to be Happy

I’m tackling something different today and linking up with Shell at Things I Can’t Say for her Pour Your Heart Out Series.  Just writing to let you know what’s been on my mind and get to know me a little better. Here’s what Pour Your Heart Out is about: Pour Your Heart Out Wednesdays Write [...]

Jun 022013
 
Armchair BEA Wrap Up and World Fiction Recommendations

Armchair BEA wraps up today and what a fantastic event it has been! Blogger Shout-Outs. My favorite part of events like these is meeting new-to-me bloggers. Here are some of my favorites that I met or got to know better this week: 1. Lexxie at Unconventional Book Reviews for great discussion, her recommendation and support [...]

Jun 012013
 
Keeping Motivated and Kid's Book Recommendations

Armchair BEA asks participants to discuss today: Are you wondering just how you’ll be able to keep all this going? Today, we’re interested in knowing how you address that question, especially if you’ve been doing this for a while. If you have been around for years, how do you keep your material fresh? How do [...]