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Thanks for joining us in the Personal Reads corner!
Good luck with your library bag.

Cheers. You all read so many books. I'm hoping to read for an hour or so each morning & night. Should be able to knock out a few books each month.

I managed to finish Fallen & it's sequel Torment this week.
I've moved on to Passion hoping to get the trilogy finished over the weekend. So watch out, a review of all three will be coming up.
St Paddy's is tomorrow, so I'm gonna pick up & have that back to the library in no time!

*CURRENTLY READING
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

*TO READ NEXT
St. Patrick's Day Murder
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

*TO PICK UP FROM LIBRARY
Phantom > The Vampire Diaries, a YA read
Geist by P Ballantine

*ON REQUEST
Fallen in Love
Rapture (on a long waiting list)
The Hunger Games (i'm now 1657 of 2169 holds)

I have some other books that I wanna get under my belt but my brain seems so scatterish the past week. Anyone have any good tips to focus my reading?

I finished the two Harry's, St Pat's murder & I've picked up 4th HP book. I need to catch up on the Group Reads so I've requested them from the Library.

*TO READ NEXT
Phantom
Geist

*WAITING AT LIBRARY
Going Bovine
The Half Life of Ryan Davis
The Boy in the Suitcase
I am Number Four
The Almighty Johnsons Season 1 DVDs

*ON REQUEST
The Hunger Games (1255 of 2623 holds)
& lots more!

It's dropping reasonably quickly. I started around 1700 when I first added it, about a month ago now. By the time it's my turn, I might be ready to read it & my list of 200+ TBR's will have decreased.

Auckland Libraries have over 200 copies, so no surprise it's dropping quickly.

oh wow! I wonder how many of those 200 copies they will have after the first year.

I wonder if paying for a library book is cheaper than paying for a new one?
I remember having to pay for a book at my highschool library. Got it out for a Social Studies assignment. One lost book about Chocolate cost me $30. It wasn't the first book I had lost but the Public Library didn't charge me as a child. I told myself not to get books out from a library again.
I now get at least 10 books out every month!

I've gotta get some reading done! I think I spend more time on goodreads than what I do actually reading :)

This month...
Harry Potter Going Bovine James Potter The Boy in the Suitcase
I am Number Four

and if I have enough time...

I'm losing control. Still haven't finished Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. I am now reading Room, which was only new to the To Be Read list when I found it at the library. I had to take back a bundle of books I hadn't started!

Yes! That's exactly what happened this month. Time just disappeared on me. Luckily enough I have a couple of spare weeks before I start at Uni next semester go get a few books under me belt. Try catch up on the Group Challenges

2012 Reading Challenges & Personal Reads... To read So far!

Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire... Almost done.
Harry Potter &The Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter &The Half-blood Prince
Harry Potter &The Deathly Hallows
The Hunger Games 1
The Hunger Games 2: Catching Fire
The Hunger Games 3: Mockingjay
The Iron Witch 3: The Stone Demon
The Iron Witch 0.5
Juliet Immortal 2
Fallen 3.5: Fallen in Love
Fallen 4: Rapture
The Boy in the Suitcase... Attempting at the moment
Dinner at the Roses
Guardian of the Jewels
Ripple
Twilight
New Moon
Eclipse
Breaking Dawn

Ok... so going to Uni for the first time really mucked up any personal reading. Time to catch up in my "study break". I can cross of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, I finished that a few weeks ago. I have the Order of the Phoenix on the shelf ready to go.
I am over half way through Fifty Shades of Grey everyone was talking about it & I had to see what the fuss was about. So that should be finished soon enough. It's hard to put down.
Then I'm gonna read Fallen in Love because I've got that out from the library & it needs to go back soon.
I tried The Boy in the Suitcase. Some of the language made it hard to read but I will attempt to pick it up again towards the end of the year when I have heaps of time on my hands.
I forget to keep an eye on my holds at the library and I lost The Hunger Games because I set the date to close. I've reset it with a hold cancel date of some ridiculous date next year. Hopefully I can read it by then!

Ok, Study break over!

I managed to finish a few books


& started a couple more books


& I picked up way too many from the library that I will never get too...

Cheers Kathleen! Once I get the last of my assignments & exams are done and dusted in November, I will hopefully have some time to get the group reads done.

I have just realised I've only finished 4/12 books for the BLK's group read challenge.

DONE:
and The Ghost of Young Nicks Head

STARTED BUT GOT TO FINISH :


I HAVE AT HOME:


That takes me up to 10 books. Only 2 more to find.

CURRENTLY READING:
Shiver & I'm almost done. Will add the sequels to my 2013 TBR list. Yes I have started a 2013 list already.

and I still have 3 Harry Potter re-reads but they are a breeze because I like the story so much.

I have cut the Twilight rereads from the 2012 list. If I can get through all of these then I will consider them for holiday material. Probably pick them up after the Breaking Dawn Pt 2 premiere because the movies will spike my interest again!

Wow a lot has changed since I last posted a couple of months back. I now live in Gisborne. I have been to the Public Library here once so far. It's only been a couple of weeks & I needed mail to become a full member. Tomorrow I shall become a full member and be able to get out more than 1 book at a time! They have a small collection which I will do everything I can to make the most of. Some of their collection are free, and others you have to pay $1-$2 per book. Not happy about that. Might as well start buying the cheap e-books!

COMPLETED


My first book from Gizzy library is Marked by mother and daughter combo. I think there are 10 books in the series so I hope Gizzy get them all.

oh no. I'm up to book 4 but I couldn't find books 5, 6 and 7 on the shelves. will have to check their online catalogue. The House of Night series is really for the younger teen YA audience but I like vampire/witch stories & had to see where this one goes.

I picked up The Twitter Diaries at Gizzy Library. I think it was a new book, felt like I was the first to read it. It's the connection of two 30-something women who met once at a bar & have built their relationship over twitter. Check out my average review here http://sharlenesmith.wordpress.com/20...

any luck with the House of Night series?

I've read the first four House of Night & the two Novellas. They only have one copy of each in Gisborne so I'm waiting for the next couple of books to return in January. The Vampire school makes an interesting read with Fledglings going through a number of years (like a NZ school) if they don't die in the process. The language used is simple & youth terms, so for the younger audience.

2013! It's gonna be a busy reading year.

Languishing Literature Challenge
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Iron King finished 18 Aug
Sister
Clockwork Prince #2
Jane Eyre
Wuthering Heights
Lunch In Paris: A Delicious Love Story, With Recipes
...Bicycle Diaries no longer want to read
100 Countries, 5,000 Ideas: Where to Go, When to Go, What to See, What to Do
The 4 Hour Workweek
added: Wreck This Journal


Don't know why Clockwork Angel wasn't in the top 10 but its definitely going to read if I have to read #2.

Patient Bookcase Dwellers Challenge
Telesa: The Covenant Keeper
The Da Vinci Code
War and Peace
The Girl Who Played with Fire
The Last Song

House of Night series
Hunted
Tempted
Burned
Awakened
Destined
Hidden
To be published in 2013
Revealed
Neferet's Curse House of Night Novella

Thanks Kathleen. I try to vary what I'm reading, keep an open mind about new genres, and in my case try out the classics. History is not my strong point so I will try focus on the story line. I've got a few to make up to my target. Just looking forward to the challenge.

JANUARY - FEBRUARY Books

I've got out Books 5-8 of House of Night series
& randomly

Got to get out & catch up on January read

I wouldn't mind starting or getting through 100 pages or so...

Cool! I see you got to read Telesa - what did you think??

Hi LaVerne, yep I read Telesa. The book itself looks really long but once you get past the first couple of paragraphs which feel slow & uneventful, the story blossoms. It's a YA love story with a cultural mystery twist to it. People call it the Pacific 'Twilight' but I wouldn't even compare it. No vampires or wolves! It's more alchemical with an all women coven who have element affinities. I've got book 2 on my list to read!

Yay, so you liked it?! I adored the story too, have read the second and am impatiently waiting for the third :) I hope you enjoy the second.

MARCH is New Zealand Book Month. I'm trying to keep shorter novels for Dewey's 24 hour Readathon in April (24hourreadathon.com) so my March reads:-

second in the Shiver trilogy

I'm going to get stuck into , might start sooner. At least get 50 pages under my belt. It's gonna take me all year to read the rest!

I want to unsubscribe from my audible account so they are all on my list of listens:
and Tim Curry's

#nzbookmonth

APRIL is Catch up & surpass my wildest dreams month! I am a few books behind according to the 2013 Goodreads Challenge. I had a few books on the go earlier that I never finished.

I did finish Linger so I've got the last book on my to read list, Forever.

I never started War and Peace. It's just so scary looking. But I have 7 months to finish it!

I started Up Till Now and am over 25% through listening to his autobiography. I really do wanna cancel my account but it's taking forever to listen to them.

April also is my chance to participate in Dewey's 24 Hour Readathon. It's later in the month & my chance to really kick my reading into gear. Check out the link & take part with me.

I might add The Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance 2: Love Bites to my readathon list. Short stories will probably be my best friend.

I've got a few books from the library out too,
Re-draft Cupid on a Friday Night
Rapture
The Soloist
Goddess of Legend

It took me a week to realize now I'm like 5 books behind so I'm hoping this weekend brings me a little bit closer to my target :)

Oh ohh! Now I'm SEVEN books behind my goodreads challenge. I've got this afternoon to read so might finish a short story to make me feel better.

24 HR READATHON OVER.
I finished Rapture during the readathon which was great but that's all I finished. I had work commitments during the day so now I know for next time to take a day off work. Hopefully there are no other events on the same day. Praying it won't be on 11-13th Oct cause I have a youth camp that week!

May - a productive month! (currently 5 books behind)

I took part in BoutOfBooks week long readathon & managed to finish off 6 books!
Cupid on a Friday Night redraft
Neferet's Curse by P. C. Cast & Kristin Cast
Destined by P. C. Cast & Kristin Cast
Guardians: The Girl by Lola StVil
Goddess of Legend by P. C. Cast
&
I listened to The Family Portrait by Jon Ronson

This week I've finished Finale, the last in Hush Hush series.

Today I start Lives We Leave Behind, a group read this month.

I've also got
- Shatter Me & Unravel Me
- Clockwork Angel
- Everneath

Crawling back on track, one book at a time!

Where did JUNE go? How did I miss a whole month of not posting? WHOOPS!
Might be because I have been super slack on the reading front. It has taken me a couple weeks to finish Revolution Earth. I am getting lost in the small stories within each chapter. I'm up to the Antarctica section and is it really necessary? Hopefully I can make it to the end.
I did finish (Hidden by PC & Kristin Cast) the other night but I'm a stickler for finishing a series that I start. No wonder I read Harry Potter and Twilight books so many times.

I told myself to read this month because it's not very often my husband reads a book and I wanted to converse about something he is interested in. I got it out from the library and it's HUGE. The e-book is so deceiving!

I am 14 books behind on my 2013 challenge. The pressure is on!

I have a Book Fairy!
She is bringing me great joy and it's gonna be a brilliant start to August. I am so excited!
I am adding about 10 books to my ipad tonight. To name a few series:
There is No Light in Darkness
&
Damaged
&
Slammed

I have started A Game of Thrones and have buddied up with my husband who started it awhile back and is a fair way ahead that I am. But I will catch up! It's great being able to discuss a book with him.

and amongst all of these, I want to knock off at least one book off my Languishing Literature Challenge & Bookshelf Dweller :)

This will be my month!

Kathleen wrote: I'm cheering you on!

Thanks Kathleen! I'm almost halfway through
There is No Light in Darkness so I think I needed to find a book that I really enjoyed reading. I'm only 19 books behind schedule! If I keep up reading half a book each night then I should've caught up by the end of next month.

BANNED BOOKS CHALLENGE to 22 September
Hundreds of books are banned and challenged each year and now I wanna read 5!

Of Mice and Men
1984
To Kill a Mockingbird
Catch-22
The Great Gatsby Read 19 Aug

Check my blog for more on the Challenge and all the links

Each month since April I've fallen further and further behind my reading schedule. Maybe 100 books was out of my league but hopefully participating in #boutofbooks will get me fired up again.

One week of work, study and reading starts tomorrow!

It's day 3 of #boutofbooks and I have finished one book and have started . My hubby finished so I might pick that up instead! I was about a third into it and had to take it back to the library but at least we own this copy. I wasn't allowed to touch it until he had finished :)

September TBR

GOAL: Read 15 Books. That's a book every couple days and I've listed some to get me started.

Pulse (Collide #2)

Book Lovin Kiwis
The Misplaced Affections of Charlotte Fforbes Still being processed at the Library 24/09

Banned Books Challenge 2013
1984 Attempted & couldn't finish
Catch-22

Languishing Literature
Clockwork Angel Is out of the Library until Mid-Oct. STINK!

Patient Bookcase Dwellers
The Last Song
War and Peace. You can understand why I am procrastinating! It's so intimidating!

ALSO READ

Good luck!

OCTOBER TBR

GOAL: Take part in Dewey's 24 hour readathon on Sunday, starts at 1am NZ time. Read at least 1 book. Be a cheerleader for at least 2 hours.
Book#1 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

REST OF MONTH: Read 15 books cause I really need to get on track. Some of these will have to be short stories I think!

Book Lovin Kiwis
Finally got out The Not So Perfect Life of Mo Lawrence so will catch up on some Monthly Group Reads

Catching up on Series
Emily The Strange: Stranger and Stranger
A Clash of Kings audiobook, part 1 of 2

Clockwork Angel is due back on the 24th so hopefully I can pick it up before the end of the month!

Feed the Addiction... Kindle Freebies
Just Breathe

Currently reading
Audible: Life of Pi
Ebook: Beautiful Disaster

ALSO READ


Read using the BOOKTRACK APP

NOVEMBER

I've put up my very first cover reveal. Check it out right here: http://sharlenesmith.wordpress.com/20...

DECEMBER

I have read 79 books towards my goal of 100 for 2013.
I need to read 21 books this month to complete the goal!!!

To see the books I am going to read, see my blog post here:
http://sharlenesmith.wordpress.com/2013/12/02/december-tbr/

just added a newly released book Taka ki rō wai : he kōrero pūrākau mō tētāhi hoiho to the goodreads database :) hopefully an image magically appears soon

2014 Challenges
My goodreads challenge is to read 100 books. I didnt quite make that for 2013 so I'm aiming to succeed this time around.

I'm taking part in a number of challenges to help me reach my target, including setting a number of Book Lovin Kiwis monthly reads of 12. That's at least one book a month! I should be able to manage that :)

Rewind Challenge allows me to read all those older books on my shelves including the boxes of YA I bought from Gisborne Library. There is nothing new in that box so they should all fit this category!

Read Your Freebies is being hosted over at Book Vixen. Self explanatory, read all those free ebooks I get off Amazon!

Lastly a Book Bingo Challenge where I can have fun and see if I can complete the Bingo card. It's a series, standalones, different genres... might help get me out of the YA/NA addiction.

Theres other Bingo Challenges I want to do too, but thats just adding to my already challenging challenge!

For more details and to keep up with my progress, check out my 2014 Reading Challenges page http://sharlenesmith.wordpress.com/20...

JANUARY 2014 = 11 Books
Click to see the books (view spoiler)[
Hopeless (Hopeless, #1) 327 pages > Book Bingo
City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1) 485 pages > Book Bingo
The Fault in Our Stars 313 pages
Twilight Director’s Notebook 163 pages
The House That Crack Built 40 pages > Rewind Challenge
The Wicked Woods (Monstrous Tales, #1) 41 pages > Read Your Freebies
Return to Poughkeepsie(Poughkeepsie Brotherhood, #2) 395 pages
City of Ashes (The Mortal Instruments, #2) 273 pages > Book Bingo
The Perfect Game (The Perfect Game, #1) 379 pages > Book Bingo
The Game Changer (The Perfect Game, #2) 322 pages > Book Bingo
The Sweetest Game (The Perfect Game, #3) 290 pages > Book Bingo
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FEBRUARY 2014 = 11 books
Click to see the books (view spoiler)[
The Shadowhunters Codex 274 pages >
Destroy Me 109 pages >
Dear Miffy 112 pages >
City of Glass 560 pages >
Losing Hope 245 pages >
Mind Games 237 pages >
Annie and Fia 40 pages >
I Had a Black Dog 48 pages >
Finding Cinderella 105 pages >
Paper Towns 305 pages >
Kaitangata Twitch 182 pages >
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9th Two Month Reading Challenge
Host: Crazy for Young Adult Books
Timeframe: 1 February - 31 March

3/10
(view spoiler)[1. New Release: Ignite Me 15/03
2. February and March:The Five People You Meet in Heaven
3. Valentine’s Day (February 14): Game, Set, Match
4. Singles Awareness Day (February 15): Mind Games 15/02
5. Tell a Fairy Tale Day (February 26): Cinder
6. National Tooth Fairy Day (February 28): Good Christian Bitches
7. Hug a GI Day (March 4):
8. International Women's Day (March 8): The Iron Daughter 02/03
9. Middle Name Pride Day (March 10): Jennifer E Smith The Geography of You and Me
10. Saint Patrick's Day (March 17): On Dublin Street
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