Cover to Cover Challenge discussion

Just starting a thread for my 2010 book list.

Awww that is a cute ticker! I love the ladybug.

Collette wrote: "Awww that is a cute ticker! I love the ladybug. "

Thx Collette, after seeing other people's tickers, I have been thinking about redoing it. I love ladybugs though.

Looks like I'll be reading J.A. Jance's novels in 2010. I picked up Cruel Intent, #4 in J.A. Jance's Ali Reynolds series, not realizing it was a series. So, I went to the library today & found Hand of Evil. Now I find that is #3 & I still need to get Web of Evil and Edge of Evil. I wasn't too lost in Cruel Intent. I hate it when I start a series in the middle & then can't find the first book.

LOL! I hear ya! What irritates me the most is picking up an anthology with a series story in the middle of it and I haven't read the series. Argh! Sometimes it doesn't pay to be so anal about book order but I am.

I haven't read any of Jance's novels yet but Until Proven Guilty in my tbr. I've heard good things though.

I hate to ask a stupid question but here goes. How do you update the ticker, as you go.

Ya, I thoroughly enjoyed her style. But Cruel Intent was my first foray into her novels. I've had them on my TBR list for months. We were on vacation & had stopped at a Wal-Mart for a map. Of course, that put us on the book aisle. Not a safe place for me to be, LOL

Love your ladybugs (my nickname for my daughter is CaiteeLadyBug). I totally understand about the book aisle in stores. My kids will block the entrance on me if they see that my feet automatically take me there, they seem to have figured out my madness and like an alcoholics sponsor run interference. I just don't get it though, I don't have a problem, really, I don't. What was that old literacy commercial again...Reading is Fundamental? I just can't get enough. lol

When I was little & got lost in a store, my mom would just go to the book aisle & there I'd be, sitting on the floor reading a book. My older son is 24 now & we still find him in the book section of a store. We find my younger son in electronics.

I'm with you both! I love the book aisle or the bookstore. My boss always laughs at me when I want a "me" afternoon off. He knows I'll be at B & N curled up with a cuppa and a book.

Renee wrote: I hate to ask a stupid question but here goes. How do you update the ticker, as you go.

The ticker is actually a link and when you click on your link it takes in into your ticker. There you enter your password that you had to choose when you created it and then you can update it through there. Hope that makes sense. :)

Rayni said: Looks like I'll be reading J.A. Jance's novels in 2010. I picked up Cruel Intent, #4 in J.A. Jance's Ali Reynolds series, not realizing it was a series-
I like all of Jance's novels. I actually like her series about J.P.Beaumont the best. That might be partially due to its Seattle setting since I live nearby in Olympia, WA. Beaumont is a Seattle homicide detective who reminds me a bit of Columbo as he's a unique non-conformist who walks through life on his own path. You might pick up the first couple and give them a try.

Renee, I wondered the same thing about the ticker! Thanks for the info Collette. I was hoping once I started using it I'd be able to figure it out ;-)

Beaumont is my favorite Jance book also, though I really like the Joanna Brady and Ali Reynolds series, too. I think anytime you can picture the setting, it helps in reading the book. I was born in Seattle and raised in the area.

I've read all the Sue Grafton ones, and love them too -- currently I am reading U is for Undertow.

I love Sue Grafton. Sadly, I still need to read "T"!! I just bought "U", so I'm planning to read both of them in January.

You know you're behind when even your favorites are in the TBR pile ...

LOL, you know you're behind when even your favorites are in the TBR pile ... so true. I went to the bank the other day & one of my favorite tellers was huddled in the corner of her booth with a book. The bank wasn't busy that day. Another teller had helped me & on the way out I saw her. I stopped & asked what she was reading, "U" is for Undertow. I told her I was going to start reading Sue Grafton's series. She told me to be sure to start at A :)

I sat up until 4 a.m. the other night reading #3 in the Ali Reynolds series, Hand of Evil. I didn't even read the end of the book. I was hooked from the get-go on that book.

Last night I was trying to figure out how I was going to read 144 books in 2010. My DH looked at me like I was crazy, LOL

Rayni's plan for 2010

Ok, I've been thinking how I can do this & get 144 books in a year. 12 books at a book a month.

Final for 2010 = 48
► Alphabetically by author last name = 26 7
► Alphabetically by book title: = 26 4
► Dewey decimal system = 10 3
► Favorite authors = 24 7
► May Never Read = 10 1
► Memoir &/or biography = 12 5
► New author = 12
► Re-reads = 12 6
► TBR = 12 3


Hmmm, still thinking, if anyone has any ideas ... I think I've got it. I can use favorite authors to fill in the alphabetically by author mini challenge.

ETA: Listopia will be a good source of books. Especially for my May Never Read mini challenge.

You don't haev ro force yourself to read , try for it and if you reaxh 70 so be it would be an improvment for me. I can't stay awake reading, I fall asleep at 4 pages waking at 0400 with my hand in the book-LOL--- I need to read in the afternoon! Pat

Rayni wrote: "Ok, I've been thinking how I can do this & get 144 books in a year. 12 books at a book a month.
1 book from TBR list = 12
1 self help = 12
2 books from Sue Grafton = 24
1 memoir = 12
1 book that ha..."

Rayni, How about adding a book by a Author that you have never tried? ( but always wanted to.. )
:)
Melissa

New Authors = 12

1. Christopher Finlan, Not A Fire Exit (2009), 4 3, mystery/fantasy
2. Jillian Hart, Homespun Bride (2008), 5, historical romance
3. Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2008), 5, 3/16/10, historical fiction
4. Joanne Harris, Chocolat (1999), 3/24/10, 5, culinary novel
5. Christine Thackeray, The Crayon Messages (2008), 5, 4/13/10, LDS fiction
6. Karen Kingsbury, A Treasury of Christmas Miracles 2001, 5 4/29/10, Christian non-fiction
7. Kate Atkinson, When Will There Be Good News? 2008, 4, 6/1/10, Mystery/suspense
8. Laurie L.C. Lewis, Awakening Avery 2010, 5, 7/11/10, Christian romance
9. Shannon Hale & Dale Hale, Rapunzel's Revenge 2008, 10/1/10, 5, Fairy tale
10. Patricia Wiles, My Mom's a Mortician 2005, 10/10/10, 5, LDS fiction
11. Emilie Richards, Wedding Ring 2004, 11/3/10, 5, Christian fiction (series)
12. Monica Ferris, Framed in Lace 1999, 12/31/10, 4, cozy mystery (series)

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To Be Read (TBR) = 3
Anything BEFORE Dec. 1, 2009!

Beach Girls, Luanne Rice (2004), 3, 6/4/10
The Tales of Beedle the Bard, J.K. Rowling (2008), 5, 7/16/10
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World, Vicki Myron and Bret Witter, 5, 7/28/10

OK, found a new challenge - read one author for each letter of the alphabet. Authors LAST name:

Alphabetically by authors last name = 7
C: Jennifer Chiaverini, The Lost Quilter (2009) 3, 2/7/10
G: Sue Grafton, "A" is for Alibi (1983) 2, 1/14/10
H: Joanne Harris, The Girl With No Shadow (2009) 5, 4/13/10
M: Debbie Macomber, Hannah's List (2010) 5, 6/27/10
Q: Anna Quindlen, Blessings (2002), 2, 8/11/10
R: Luanne Rice, Last Kiss (2008), 3, 10/2/10
W: Weyland, Jack, Brianna, My Brother, and the Blog, 5, 1/3/10

Alphabetically by title = 4


Christmas Guest, The, by Andy Griffeth
Early Morning Cemetery by Patricia Wiles
Funeral Home Evenings by Patricia Wiles
Old Testament Student Manual – Genesis – 2 Samuel, Psalms

Dewey Decimal System = 3


000 – Computer science, information & general works
028.8 - You've GOT to Read This Book!: 55 People Tell the Story of the Book That Changed Their Life, Jack Canfield, Gay Hendricks, Carol Kline (2006), 5, 2/25/10
100 – Philosophy and psychology
200 – Religion
Saying It Like It Is, Sheri Dew (2009), 5, 2/7/10
300 – Social sciences
400 – Language
500 – Science (including mathematics)
600 – Technology
American Sandwich, Becky Mercuri (2004), 3, 2/28/10
700 – Arts and recreation
Creative Typography, Marion March
800 – Literature
900 – History, geography, and biography

May Never Read = 1
The Runaway Quilt, Jennifer Chiaverini, 3, 1/8/10


Memoir &/or Biography = 5
I Am a Soldier, Too: The Jessica Lynch Story, Rick Bragg, 4.5, 1/31/10
Empty Nesters At Last, Sheila Coburn, (2010), 5, 3/3/10
The Language of Baklava: A Memoir, Diana Abu-Jaber (2005), 4.5, 3/6/10
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, Robert Fulghum (1988), 5, 6/18/10
The Button Box,
Barbara McBride-Smith, (2005), 5, 10/31/10

Favorite Authors = 7

Debbie Macomber, One Simple Act: The Power of Generosity (2009), 5, 7/25/10
Mary Higgins Clark, On the Street Where You Live (2001), 5, 8/7/10
Jillian Hart, A McKaslin Homecoming (2008), 4, 9/20/10
Mary Higgins Clark, Pretend You Don't See Her (2004), 5, 10/1/10
Mary Higgins Clark, No Place Like Home (2006), 5, 11/6/10
Anne Perry, No Graves As Yet (2003), 5, 11/20/10
Jennifer Chiaverini, New Year's Quilt (2007), 4, 12/30/10

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Re-Reads = 6
Eight Cousins, Louisa May Alcott, 5, 4/3/10
Rose in Bloom, Louisa May Alcott, 5, 4/11/10
The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ, 5, 5/30/10
Homecoming, Cynthia Voigt, 1981, 9/16/10, 5, Young Adult
The Search, Carol Lynn Pearson, 1970, 9/26/10, 5, Poetry
Face of a Stranger, Anne Perry, 1990, 11/12/10, 5, Mystery/Historical Fiction

Rayni wrote: "Alphabetically by authors last name

OK, found a new challenge - read one author for each letter of the alphabet. Authors LAST name:

A:
B:
C:
D:
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G:
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A suggestion for "B" might be Miranda Bliss ~ she has a series of cozy mysteries..I cant remember? if you read cozies?

Collette wrote: "I'm with you both! I love the book aisle or the bookstore. My boss always laughs at me when I want a "me" afternoon off. He knows I'll be at B & N curled up with a cuppa and a book.

Renee wrote: ..."

Okay. Time for another stupid question. How do you create one? Every time I go to the site all I get are ovulating tickers and charts lol.

Hey Melissa, thx for the suggestion. Bliss is going in my new authors mini challenge. Since it is a series, I'll have to fit the rest of her books in another category.

Lenore, when you go to Ticker Factory, there is a sidebar on the left with some choices. However, I didn't bother with that because there are categories in the main box. I went down to Crafts/Hobbies & just below that it says Objects/Actions Counter. The description says, "Track your books ...." Try that.

there is also Suzanne Brockmann for B. She does Romantic Suspense with Navy SEALs. Her books are my favorites. Also if you like cozies Cleo Coyle writes a great coffee house series. And Maddy Hunter if you can find any of her series (I had to get some at a ubs) her's a great and alot of fun. I know someone else who tried it by each letter of the alphabet one year I don't remember how far she got.

Hey thx for the recommendations. I have not heard of any of those authors, so I'm adding them to my "New Author" challenge. Who knows how far I'll get on any of my challenges, but I'm going to try. I'm going to have to start turning the computer off early, LOL, to get any reading done.

So, this morning I got to bed at 5:28, according to my DH, I turned the light off at 5:20, according to the clock in the living room. zzzzzz, I am so tired tonight.

Rayni wrote: "Hey Melissa, thx for the suggestion. Bliss is going in my new authors mini challenge. Since it is a series, I'll have to fit the rest of her books in another category."

Glad to help Rayni! Im going to read the first in
Miranda Bliss cozy mystery series with a PenPal in another goodreads group. ( Ive read the 3rd book in this series already..and really enjoyed it! )

Rayni wrote: "New Authors


Alex Kava
Miranda Bliss
Diane Setterfield
Suzanne Brockmann
Cleo Coyle
Maddy Hunter
[autho..."

Have you started any books by "new" authors? :)

Melissa wrote: "Have you started any books by "new" authors? :) ...

Not yet, but I'm getting a good list :) I just hope I can find them at our library.

Just found another new author to add, Cameron Dokey.

Rayni wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Have you started any books by "new" authors? :) ...

Not yet, but I'm getting a good list :) I just hope I can find them at our library.

Just found another new author to add, [auth..."

I have a suggestion for your New Authors..
have you tried any of the cozy mysteries by
[author:Monica Ferris|39464] ~ ? her books are set around a Needlecraft store setting..

Melissa wrote: "I have a suggestion for your New Authors..
have you tried any of the cozy mysteries by
Monica Ferris ~ ? her books are set around a Needlecraft store setting.. "

Oh, NOOOOOO! I looked at the link you provided & I think I'm hooked before I even pick up one of her books, LOL. Thx, I'm definitely adding her. :)

I put a note on my cell phone so that I can have the new author names handy so I can start looking for them.

Rayni wrote: "Melissa wrote: "I have a suggestion for your New Authors..
have you tried any of the cozy mysteries by
Monica Ferris ~ ? her books are set around a Needlecraft store setting.. "

Oh, NOOOOOO! I loo..."

Thats a good idea, ( to put a note on your cell phone..) hadnt thought of that ~ :)
A friend of mine has written all of her books that she has read../and wants to read, in a medium size notebook that fits in her purse.. ( to avoid getting duplicates..) :)

Melissa, I've read all of Monica Ferris's books, I love them!

Catherine wrote: "Melissa, I've read all of Monica Ferris's books, I love them!"

I love Monica Ferris's books also..I have read 3 or 4 of them..and have a couple more on to be read shelf. :)
I used to cross stitch, so I like the needlecraft setting.

I don't cross-stitch. I just started learning to knit. I just really like the coziness of the books.

Couldn't find any Ferris books at the library :(

I used to knit & I used to cross-stitch & needlepoint, as well as crochet & sew. I don't do anything like that anymore. I used to read A LOT, I have picked that up again though, reading, just not a lot.

Rayni wrote: "Couldn't find any Ferris books at the library :(

I used to knit & I used to cross-stitch & needlepoint, as well as crochet & sew. I don't do anything like that anymore. I used to read A LOT, I hav..."

Rayni,...I cant remember ~..are you a member of paperbackswap? I think, I have a Monica Ferris book on my PBS shelf.

I have one too Rayni!

No, I'm not a member. I checked it out when you told me about it Melissa, but I can't remember why I didn't join.

I've been plodding through Sue Grafton's book "A" is for Alibi. I blogged about it & my best friend told me that I didn't like this book when it was brand new out. Now she tells me. All these years when I resisted Sue Grafton, I had forgotten I had already tried her book. Perhaps I ought to give her a true second chance & read something besides "A" is for Alibi.

I went through & cleared out all of Grafton's books from my Alphabetic by Title challenge. I may still do it, but not with Sue Grafton's books.

Rayni wrote: "No, I'm not a member. I checked it out when you told me about it Melissa, but I can't remember why I didn't join."

If you have any questions about paperbackswap..just send me a message ~ I would be glad to help. :)

I signed up for a program at our local library called, "Let's Talk About It." This year the theme is I Am What I Eat or You Are What You Eat, not sure. I got a packet with 5 books, all on food subjects.

The first book is an anthology that I put in my Dewey Decimal challenge, category 800 - Literature. Choice Cuts, by Mark Kurlansky. Argh, I have to have it finished by next Thursday, 1/27. I don't know if I'm going to make it. I went in on the state's web site & printed the worksheet for this book. I hope it helps. I've never been to one of these lectures, so I don't know what to expect. There are 3 memoirs, one novel & this anthology & we meet every 2 weeks into March.

January total: 4 read; 3 in process

Rayni wrote: "January total: 4 read; 3 in process"
I tried to finish up 2 books this weekend...didnt quite finish them..

LOL, I sat down Sunday afternoon determined I was going to finish one of the four books I had in process. I did, but barely. So, I still have four books in process. I finished one, am still reading the same 3 & started 1 more. Actually, the one I started, I had started reading & laid down, but had to read it from the first to get the momentum going again.

Rayni wrote: "LOL, I sat down Sunday afternoon determined I was going to finish one of the four books I had in process. I did, but barely. So, I still have four books in process. I finished one, am still reading..."

Hang in there Rayni! :)