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MrsJoseph's 2014 Challenge
series challengeSeries Challenge:
Kate Daniels Series
The Chronicles of Narnia
The Legend of Eli Monpress
(1-3) 
(4-5)
Parasol Protectorate
Mercy Thompson Series
Book of the Order
Shadowchasers
The Iron Druid Chronicles
The Divine Comedy
Kingmaker, Kingbreaker
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*Prequel
Peter Grant
Series Books Read
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Series: Narnia
Prince Caspian - Series: Narnia
The Voyage of the "Dawn Treader" - Series: Narnia
Review Challenge
Goal:
To Review all books read
Books Read: 5
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Bad Girl Good
Ivan
Warlord
Prince Caspian
The Voyage of the "Dawn Treader"
Books Reviewed: 5
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe - https://bookslifewine.wordpress.com/2...
Bad Girl Good - https://bookslifewine.wordpress.com/2...
Ivan - https://bookslifewine.wordpress.com/2...
Warlord - https://bookslifewine.wordpress.com/2...
Prince Caspian - https://bookslifewine.wordpress.com/2...
The Voyage of the "Dawn Treader" - review coming 2/6
TBR decimation Challenge
Goal: To read books I already own that I have not read yet.
TBR Books Read: 2
Books
Bad Girl Good
Ivan
Purchase Challenge
I want to try to limit my book purchases to no more than $20 a month.
January 2014 Totals:
Books Purchased: 2
Amount Spent: $6.59
Potential Sales Abandoned: 0
Money Saved (Lost Sales): $0.00
January Budget Available: $14.31
lol!!
Series Books Read
Book: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Series: Narnia
Author: C.S. Lewis
Book#: 1 (Publication order)
Review: https://bookslifewine.wordpress.com/2...
Book: Bad Girl GoodSeries: not a series book
Author: Sadey Quinn
Review: 3 Stars: http://bookslifewine.wordpress.com/20...
Book: IvanSeries: not a series book
Author: Roxie Rivera
Review: https://bookslifewine.wordpress.com/2...
Book: Warlord *Series: not a series book
Author: Jaid Black
Review: to come on 1/14/14 on https://bookslifewine.wordpress.com/
*Note - This is part of my new "Old Skool Erotica" review series. This book was pubbed in 2001 and it reads almost as cheesy as the cover.
I think we have a contender for worst cover ever.
Homeinmyshoes wrote: "I think we have a contender for worst cover ever."I'm inclined to agree...
Yeah. This one is preetty bad, lol.
How come you don't have an official 2014 challenge entry yet? Hmmm...
Homeinmyshoes wrote: "How come you don't have an official 2014 challenge entry yet? Hmmm..."Which do you mean?
When I click on my GoodReads 2014 reading challenge link, I see all my friends that have signed up. You have not! :)
oh, yeah. lol!Its cause I don't want to pull my full catalog here anymore. In my attempt to keep the data mining to a min, I hardly ever check anything as "read." It goes from "currently reading" to "Collectorz" which lets me know it's already in my BC catalog.
Fair enough. Can you give us a counter in your posts when you finish reading something this year. Just a nth book of the year addition. We like to know. :)
on it!Did yall ever get the tickers to work?
MrsJoseph (taking back my data & giving GR the middle finger) wrote: "on it!Did yall ever get the tickers to work?"
Nope.
I never tried, but I've got enough stats in my posts and thread that I don't think anyone needs a ticker with me. :)
Hmmmm, I could do that, too.
Mrs. J . You can do your entries here the way we do them for the Series challenge at FoF.I'm going to do that in my challenge thread here as well. I'm also listing the reads (with completed date) in posts 2 - 5 of my thread, but I realize not everyone may think or want to scroll to the top to see them.
*I should re-think that total. It maybe unrealistic. Remind yourself that you have plenty to read. Paying $3 for a book that remains unread is a waste of money. Pay $8 for an ebook that you are going to read this week. You'll pay less in the long run.
Ok... the above paragraph is what I tell myself every time I'm tempted to buy a book that isn't on my wishlist or part of the series that I am currently reading. It's not perfect. I've already bought 4 books, although one is part of a started series.
Stephanie wrote: "*I should re-think that total. It maybe unrealistic. Remind yourself that you have plenty to read. Paying $3 for a book that remains unread is a waste of money. Pay $8 for an ebook that you are ..."
I'm going to try this, anyway! I'm overloaded with books right now. It's become...a bit much. I never used to have this many unread books but...something about GR and other book social networks inspires book buying and hoarding. I need to cut that down. Waaaay down. I have a mini bookcase mostly full of books I haven't read. It's just...out of control.
I'm hoping the challenges will help and I'm hoping that spending more time with my blog and stuff will encourage reading books I already own.
But baring that...I'm going to ride the local library hard this year. I'm doing all group books that I don't already own via the library this year. All. I'm done with buying them. I have Steelheart here, I skipped two and I own the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. I'm picking up Howl's Moving Castle tomorrow and I have Gardens of the Moon on order via the interlibrary system. I probably won't get that one for about 2-3 weeks.
Series Books Read
Book: Prince Caspian
Series: Narnia
Author: C.S. Lewis
Book#: 2 (Publication order)
Review: 5 Stars
January Goal: 2/1
Purchase Challenge
Geek with the Cat TattooBook: Geek with the Cat Tattoo
Author: Theresa Weir
Cost: $0.99
Format: Kindle Ebook
Date Purchased: 01/08/2014
Notes: Didn't mean to buy this one, thought it was free didn't notice the charge til later :(
January 2014 Totals:
Books Purchased: 1
Amount Spent: $0.99
Potential Sales Abandoned: 0
Money Saved (Lost Sales): $0.00
Book: The Broken Kingdoms (The Inheritance Trilogy #2) Author: N.K. Jemisin
Cost: $5.60
Format: Trade Paperback
Date Purchased: 16-Jan-2014
Notes: Still need to purchase book 3
Series Books Read
Book: The Voyage of the "Dawn Treader"
Series: Narnia
Author: C.S. Lewis
Book#: 3 (Publication order)
Review: coming soon
January Goal: 3/1
Ok! January 2014 Update!!Purchases
Book: Libriomancer (Magic Ex Libris #1)Author: Jim C. Hines
Cost: $7.67
Format: MMPB
Date Purchased: 03-Jan-2014
Notes: First in a series
Book: Geek with the Cat Tattoo (Cool Cats, #2)Author: Theresa Weir
Cost: $0.99
Format: Kindle Ebook
Date Purchased: 08-Jan-2014
Notes: Didn't mean to buy this one (kindle book), thought it was free didn't notice the charge til later :(
Book: The Broken Kingdoms (The Inheritance Trilogy #2) Author: N.K. Jemisin
Cost: $5.60
Format: Trade Paperback
Date Purchased: 16-Jan-2014
Notes: Still need book 3
Book: This Case Is Gonna Kill Me (Linnet Ellery #1)Author: Phillipa Bornikova
Cost: $4.00
Format: Paperback
Date Purchased: 23-Jan-2014
Notes: First in a series
January 2014 Totals:
Books Purchased: 4
Amount Spent: $18.26
Potential Sales Abandoned: 1
Money Saved (Lost Sales): $17.84
January Budget Available: $1.74
Book: Gardens of the MoonSeries: Malazan Book of the Fallen
Author: Steven Erikson
Book#: 1 (pub order)
Review: 5 Stars https://bookslifewine.wordpress.com/2...
February Goal: 3/1
Scoring:
Book in a series: 10
Review: 25
Completed monthly goal: --
Total: 35
Grand Total: 275
How many more points before you win?
lol!I think never. O_O
Duuuuude. I just busted my book budget this month by 200%
"February is always a bad month for TV sports. Football is gone, basketball is plodding along in the annual midseason doldrums, and baseball is not even mentioned."Hunter S. Thompson
lol
I was looking for a quote about February along the "Ides of March" or "April is the cruelest month" lines, but that's all I could find.You could blame the weather, there's an almost -50C windchill here this morning.
Homeinmyshoes wrote: "I was looking for a quote about February along the "Ides of March" or "April is the cruelest month" lines, but that's all I could find.You could blame the weather, there's an almost -50C windchil..."
:-D
I blame my wallet - it is too small.
Ooh: 
OMG. I'm the worst with this, lol.Updates!
January 2014Books Purchased: 4
Amount Spent: $18.26
Potential Sales Abandoned: 1
Money Saved (Lost Sales): $17.84
January Budget Available: $1.74
February 2014
Books Purchased: 9
Amount Spent: $71.44
Potential Sales Abandoned: 0
Money Saved (Lost Sales): $0.00
February Budget Available: -($51.44)
March 2014
Books Purchased: 11
Malazan Books Purchased: 1
(M) Amount Spent: $15.54
(O) Amount Spent: $31.38
Total Amount Spent: $46.92
Potential Sales Abandoned: 0
Money Saved (Lost Sales): $0.00
March Budget Available: -($11.38)
April 2014
Books Purchased: 4
Malazan Books Purchased: 0
(M) Amount Spent: $0.00
(O) Amount Spent: $15.48
Total Amount Spent: $15.48
Potential Sales Abandoned: 0
Money Saved (Lost Sales): $0.00
April Budget Available: $4.52
May 2014 Totals:
Total Books Purchased: 8
Total Amount Spent: $21.22
Malazan Books Purchased: 0
(M) Amount Spent: $0
(O) Amount Spent: $21.22
Potential Sales Abandoned: 0
Money Saved (Lost Sales): $0.00
May Budget Available (not including Malazan purchases): -(1.22)
June 2014 Totals:
Total Books Purchased: 10
Total Amount Spent: $49.09
Malazan Books Purchased: 0
(M) Amount Spent: $0
(O) Amount Spent: $49.09
Potential Sales Abandoned: 0
Money Saved (Lost Sales): $0.00
June Budget Available (not including Malazan purchases): -($29.09)
July 2014 Totals:
Total Books Purchased: 7
Total Amount Spent: $35.19
Malazan/Kate Daniels Books Purchased: 1
(M/KD) Amount Spent: $19.23
(O) Amount Spent: $15.96
Potential Sales Abandoned: 1
Money Saved (Lost Sales): $0.99
July Budget Available (not including Malazan/Kate Daniels purchases): $4.04
August 2014 Totals:
Total Books Purchased: 11
Total Amount Spent: $14.42
Malazan Books Purchased: 0
(M) Amount Spent: $0
(O) Amount Spent: $14.42
Potential Sales Abandoned: 0
Money Saved (Lost Sales): $0.00
August Budget Available (not including Malazan purchases): $5.58
2014 Year to Date
2014 Budget Allotted: $240.00
2014 Budget Remaining (less Malazan): $2.75
Books Purchased: 64 (avg $4.25 per book)
Total Amount Spent: $272.02
Amount Spent Less Malazan Purchase(s): $237.25
Lost Sales: 2
Total Amount Over (YTD)Budget: $0.00
Should I bother to add in the cost of a new ereader? I was thinking "yes" at first - I am tracking book spending - but now I think "no." It's not a book and doesn't come with books.
MrsJoseph wrote: "Should I bother to add in the cost of a new ereader? I was thinking "yes" at first - I am tracking book spending - but now I think "no." It's not a book and doesn't come with books."I say no. To me, having an ereader is like having toilet paper - you just buy it because you need it. :D
Christa wrote: "I say no. To me, having an ereader is like having toilet paper - you just buy it because you need it. :D Agreed!
And I like the way you think! :-D
All of the books/stories here have been reviewed...I'm just trying to update my blog (as well)...
Books Read/Books Reviewed: 24/46
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe 5/5 stars
Bad Girl Good 3/5 stars
Ivan 3/5 stars
Warlord 3/5 stars
Prince Caspian 5/5 stars
Howl's Moving Castle 4.5/5 stars
Brianna 4/5 stars
Gardens of the Moon 5/5 stars
Crazy Sexy Diet
The Voyage of "The Dawn Treader" 4/5 stars
The Spirit Thief (The Legend of Eli Monpress #1) by Rachel Aaron 3/5 stars
DNF Review: Steelheart (Reckoners #1) by Brandon Sanderson 3/5 stars
The CarbLovers Diet by Ellen Kunes & Frances Largeman-Roth 2/5 stars
The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum 3.5/5 stars
DNF Review: I Didn’t Ask to Be Born: (But I’m Glad I Was) by Bill Cosby
Joust (Dragon Jousters #1) by Mercedes Lackey 4/5 stars
Dealing with Dragons (The Enchanted Forest Chronicles #1) by Patricia C. Wrede 3.5/5 stars
Alta (Dragon Jousters #2) by Mercedes Lackey 3/5 stars
Apples Should Be Red by Penny Watson 3.5/5 stars
The Ship Who Returned by Anne McCaffrey 3.5/5 stars
It Happened One Wedding (FBI/US Attorney #5) by Julie James 4.5/5 stars
Something About You (FBI/US Attorney #1) by Julie James
A Lot Like Love (FBI/US Attorney #2) by Julie James
About That Night (FBI/US Attorney #3) by Julie James
Back In The Italian’s Bed by Annie West
Tempting Tamera (Circle of Three #1) by Brynn Paulin
Parlor Games Anthology – Border Lord by Julia Templeton
The Minority Report by Philip K. Dick *light spoilers*
Everything Forbidden (Albright Sisters #1) by Jess Michaels
Dangerous Passion (Dangerous #3) by Lisa Marie Rice
Tempting Her Best Friend by Gina L. Maxwell
Mastered: 10 Tales of Sensual Surrender
Mastered Anthology Review: Juicy (Twilight Teahouse #1) by T.J. Michaels
Mastered Anthology Review: Ink Reunited (Montgomery Ink 0.6) by Carrie Ann Ryan
Mastered Anthology Review: His Secret by Portia Da Costa
Mastered Anthology Review: The Scientific Method (Vampire Queen #9.5) by Joey W. Hill
Mastered Anthology Review: Working Out by Marie Harte (DNF)
Wings of Fire
Wings of Fire Anthology Review: The Ice Dragon by George R.R. Martin 3.5/5 stars
Wings of Fire Anthology Review: Stable of Dragons by Peter S. Beagle 4/5 stars
Hot Alpha SEALs: Military Romance Megaset
Hot Alpha SEALs Anthology Review: Delta: Retribution by Cristin Harber
Hot Alpha SEALs Anthology Review: Hot Bayou SEAL by Cindy Dees *light spoilers*
Hot Alpha SEALs Anthology Review: Unbreakable SEAL by J.M. Madden
Hot Alpha SEALs Anthology Review: NIGHT WITH A SEAL (Hot SEALS #1) by Cat Johnson
Bone Rider by J. Fally *light spoilers*
Undeniably Yours (Kowalski Family #2) by Shannon Stacey
Exclusively Yours (The Kowalski Family #1) by Shannon Stacey
Love Irresistibly (FBI/US Attorney #4) by Julie James
Hey, can you read this review and give me some feedback? It feels all sorts of funky to me right now...(view spoiler)
I dunno, the review looks pretty good to me. I do think it needs clarification here:"In Good Girl Gone Plaid there are specific reasons why the heroine and hero stayed apart for so long - but in the author's quest to redeem her hero she removed all of the reasons why the couple were apart."
Do you mean that she sets it up like "this happened" and then later it turns out that "this wasn't really what happened"? Or does she give false implications that mislead the reader? Either way, it's still annoying, and I hate the "miscommunication" bullshit.
(I also dislike "reuniting after years" stories but that's neither here nor there.)
A book I recently finished had an "event in history seen by two sides" element but it was handled really well - what she considered the most humiliating moment in her life was also the event that made him realize he wanted to become a police officer and help people.
Your review made me think of something I saw in an online discussion once. An author, who was having trouble with the current book she was working on, said (paraphrase), "I'm having trouble realistically getting my characters over an insurmountable hurdle." The answer? "Don't make the hurdle insurmountable."
Yeah, I'm not sure I was any actual help here. Sorry. :D
MrsJoseph wrote: "Should I bother to add in the cost of a new ereader? I was thinking "yes" at first - I am tracking book spending - but now I think "no." It's not a book and doesn't come with books."Christa wrote: "MrsJoseph wrote: "Should I bother to add in the cost of a new ereader? I was thinking "yes" at first - I am tracking book spending - but now I think "no." It's not a book and doesn't come with bo..."
What she said!
Christa wrote: "I dunno, the review looks pretty good to me. I do think it needs clarification here:"In Good Girl Gone Plaid there are specific reasons why the heroine and hero stayed apart for so long - but in ..."
It's like the stupidest thing in the world.
The author set it up so the H/h break up because she caught him cheating. Then (after they reunite) they all find out that the person he was caught cheating with - one of her bff's - had been paid by her DAD to roofie him and make sure she caught them. So HE thinks he did it in a drunken stupor and SHE thinks he did it cause she found them in the bed together.
Of course, the dad is killed off before the book starts so that confrontation never has to happen.
And the cover is so pretty!
:(
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I want to work on clearing out some series, write reviews for each book I finish and to generally read the books I own instead of constantly buying more.
Books Read: 4
As of: 01/10/14