Two upcoming Read-a-Thons! High Summer and Christmas in July

Both read-a-thons are hosted at Seasons of Reading, more information can be found here - this is also the sign up page for one or both.

High Summer

Read-a-Thon

July 17 - July 30

#HSreadathon

Christmas in July

Read-a-Thon

July 29 - July 30

This is as far as I got before I needed to pack for vacation!

~ Books Read ~

187 - Natuto vol 1 by Masashi Kishimoto



Thank heavens I got one actual book read! I found fan-fiction and have become consumed by it. Mostly Harry Potter but some Naturo and a little Lord of the the Rings.

Some of it is quite good but a lot of it isn't finished and it's heartbreaking that we've read 20 plus chapters/postings and are left hanging! Okay, heartbreaking may be a little strong but it is still frustrating to get that invested in a story then have it not be complete, they aren't even cliff hangers!

Book List: Christmas in July Challenge

Yours truly is hosting Christmas in July. Here are the books I hope to read....

1. A Historical Christmas Present - personal shelf
2. A Magical Christmas - library book
3. A Dog Named Christmas - personal shelf (re-read)
4. Too Rich and Too Dead (Aspen, Colorado) - need to buy; Kindle?
5. Santa's Secret - personal shelf (re-read)
6. The New Year's Quilt - personal shelf
7. A Wallflower Christmas - personal shelf
8. Merry Christmas, Baby! - personal shelf (re-read)
9. Home for the Holidays - personal shelf (re-read)
10. The Christmas Sweater - would need to buy
11. The Christmas Jar - personal shelf, but where?

ahem, maybe I should save some of these in case there is a Christmas Challenge that's actually during Christmas!


7-15: I thought I wouldn't be able to read many winter/Christmas books during July because of the wedding, vacation and other challenges. I was wrong.

A Historical Christmas Present - finished July 2
A Magical Christmas - finished July 2
Home for the Holidays - finished July 2 (re-read)
Merry Christmas, Baby! - finished July 3 (re-read)
A Wallflower Christmas - finished July 6
The Cat Who Went into the Closet - finished July 8 (re-read)
does Devil in Winter count? ;-)
The Cat Who Loved Christmas and other stories - finished July 15 (re-read)
The Judge Who Stole Christmas - finished August 5?
Cat Deck the Halls - finished August 10
Forever Christmas - finished August 21
Room at the Inn - finished August 23

Christmas in July Challenge

WooHoo, Christmas! Snow! Hot Chocolate!

I finished A Magical Christmas Cat this month so I guess it's kick started my Christmas thinking. I went to the library today and checked out A Magical Christmas by Heather Graham. I've also got a few Christmas/winter books so I'm going to guess 6 books for this challenge. I do have a daughter's wedding this summer....

Christmas in July

I'm in the mood for snow! Don't get me wrong, I love the sun and would live at the beach if I could but for some reason, I feel like snow.

Let's read snow books. Christmas books, skiing books, books with a winter setting!

Rules & Sign-ups

1. Challenge runs from July 1, 2009 to August 31, 2009. Join anytime.

2. Read as many books as you can. A list would be nice but not necessary and it is not written in stone (or even pen).

3. Overlaps with other challenges are acceptable.

4. Blog about the challenge (with a link back to this post) then sign up. When you sign up, link to your challenge post, not your blog, unless we can easily find the link on your site.

5. You do not need your own blog to join the challenge, just comment below.

6. You do not need to review your books but it would be nice. You could just post what book you read and a bit about it.

7. Come back the first week of September and I'll have a post where you can comment with your wrap up post. I hope to have prizes but I'm undecided on the "rules" for receiving them, any ideas?