Signing up for Fifth Annual Arc August #ARCAugust

Fifth Annual Arc August #ARCAugust 

Created by Read. Sleep.Repeat

Rules

Any Advanced Reading Copy counts as part of this reading challenge; your backlist books count

No blog necessary to participate, but you’ll need to include some form of social media as part of your sign up

Use the #ARCAugust on social media to check-in

I missed this one last year and this year I'm determined to clear off some of my back list. I've got a huge pile of Arc's that I need to get to and think this will be a great way to motivate myself. 

My goal is 10 not a huge number but it's a great start I think. Now to make a list of the ones I want to read. 

Be sure to sign up also right (here) 

Summer Time Blog & Reader Challenge

Summer Time Blog & Reader Challenge 

Hosted by Parajunkee 

I love blog writing prompt challenges. I've been in a little bit of a slump reading and blogging so this looks like the perfect way to pull myself out. 

Sign up (here)

I've got a great list of upcoming writing prompts, and I'm looking forward to taking part of this challenge. 

Bout of Books 2016

Bout of Books Read-a-thon Sign up 2016

Hosted by Bout of Books

How it works 

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, May 9th and runs through Sunday, May 15th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 16 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team.

I'm super excited for another year of Bout of Books. I always get lots of reading done and enjoy participating in the fun challenges. 

Come join me!!!  @ReadingDiaries



Reading update

Goal 5 books 
Finished
Traitor by Nicole Conway (almost)



Day 1 
Introduce yourself in six words

My Word challenge works
About you - Crafty Booknerd is a coffee addict 

Day 2 
Photo of Shelves 

Day 3 
5 Favorites

I decided to go with New Adult which is one of my faves 
Flight by Alyssa Rose Ivy
Hero by Samantha Young
Confess by Colleen Hoover
Romancing The Bookworm by Kate Evangelista
Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire 

Day 4 

May Clean Sweep ARC Challenge

May Clean Sweep ARC Challenge 

Hosted by Kimberly @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer & Kristin @ Addicted to Happily Ever After

Find the challenge (here)

May 1st to May 31st 

Read-a-thon

Sign up (Here)

Tweet using hashtag #CleanSweepARC

Twitter Party Wednesday May 18th @ 7:30pm (EST)

Goal is 15 ARC books

ARC list

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Looking forward to meeting my goals this time. 

Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-thon

Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-thon

Check it out (Here)

The time has come to start reading!!!!
Goal is to read as many as I can reviews I can do tomorrow.
I'll keep this post updated so I can do it while I'm on the road if need be. I don't plan to read all 24 but I do plan to read most of the day.

Reading/read list

1. The Viking's Curse by Xandra James - Done
2. Dream Catcher by M.C. Cerny - Currently reading
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May just have to accept the fact that this isn't going to happen.
We have plans tonight but I should have enough time to finish one more. 
Opening Meme
1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today? I'm in Northern California
2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to? This is hard because I've remade the list several times over the last day.
3) Which snack are you most looking forward to? I'm going to grab a muffin this am when I run to the store for stuff tonight. I can't wait to get a big yummy muffin to go with my coffee. 
4) Tell us a little something about yourself! I'm an instagram addict @ReadingDiaries I love taking pictures of books, coffee, crafts and just about everything else. 
5) If you participated in the last read-a-thon, what’s one thing you’ll do different today? If this is your first read-a-thon, what are you most looking forward to? I didn't plan as well last year this time around my house knows the plan and my husband is home to help out. 

Mini Challenges

2nd hour Mini Challenge 
Hosted by Readage: Snapshots from a Reading Life 
Challenge - Our Bookish Childhoods

1. My mother used to take my sister and I to the public library on the weekends. We would all load up on books for the week. Of course at even a young age I was trying to pick books from the adult section. My parents started my reading addiction at a very young age and it hasn't changed since. I'm still a book hoarder. 

2. My grandparents used to take my sister and I up to the cabin a lot during the summer.  They had a very old classic copy of Alice in Wonderland that my grandmother would read to us at night. One of my favorite books even now. I wish I still had that copy. 

3. My mother and I shared a love of horses she was always finding horse books for me to love as much as she did. We both loved The Black Stallion Series by Walter Farley. I actually plan to re-read them all since it's been ages. My mom used to read Dick Francis's horse race mysteries while I was reading my Black Stallion Novels. 

4. Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton is one of the first adult books my dad and I read together. We read both books in the duo and than saw the movies. It still is one of my favorite memories. We even went on to read the Dragon Riders of Pern series by Anne McCaffrey. 

5. For Xmas one year I got a large gift card to a little bookstore down the street. It was amazing!!!! I was always a read older than my age kind of girl. One of the two owners suggested to Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K Hamilton to my 14 year old self. I actually read every single book in the series to current in one weekend. Thus began my love of Urban Fantasy even though I'm a little disappointed by the path Anita Blake has taken.  

3 hour mini challenge
Hosted by @Boghunden

Challenge a 5 word story on the theme of books
Glimpses into Infinite Endless Lives

Mini-challenge 7 hour
Hosted by Fig & Thistle 
Mini-challenge #READBLOCK is my husband. Even when the kids are asleep his chatter is a quick distraction. Even as a distraction I still love this guy! ❤❤❤

I hope everyone has a great day reading!!!!!

Read All the Books

Read All the Books

Created by Hearding Cats & Burning Soup

The Rules

Pick an author who has published at least 45 books and read them all.

Sign up (Here)

Ongoing challenge

Start whenever....and finish whenever.

Pressure free

My goal

The real challenge is picking just one....and I can't so I picked a couple that I want to read them all. This way since they are different genre's it will break it up. 

I'm planning on re-reading all of them since some it's been years. 

My first author is.... Walter Farley who has 58 books

One of my favorite author's when I was a kid. I'm looking forward to read the black stallion novels over. 

1. The Black Stallion Starting here

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Next is Betty Neels who has 266 books. 

My grandmother's introduced me to my love of Harlequin novels and Betty Neels was one of their favorites. Betty Neels is my lazy afternoon craving and I'm looking forward to reading them all. 

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Last is Anne McCaffrey with 298 book

I feel in love with reading the Dragonriders series as a teenager. I keep saying I would love to read them all but I still haven't yet. This is the perfect reason to read them all now. 

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I picked three different authors all of which have passed on but they left some amazing books. 

My list is extreme and I don't know if I can finish it quickly but since I have no time frame it's perfect. 

I'm planning on reading at least one or two of each author every month.