Hosting - Banned/Challenged Books Read-a-Thon

Banned/Challenged Books

Read-a-Thon

September 24-30, 2017

Sign up to read at least one banned or challenged book and link up a review. Reviews can be posted on your blog, GoodReads, or LibraryThing. Reviews can also be of books you've read previously.

Check out all the information available at The American Library Association (ala.org).

Per ala.org:

Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Typically held during the last week of September, it highlights the value of free and open access to information. Banned Books Week brings together the entire book community — librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers, and readers of all types — in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular.

The books featured during Banned Books Week have all been targeted with removal or restrictions in libraries and schools. While books have been and continue to be banned, part of the Banned Books Week celebration is the fact that, in a majority of cases, the books have remained available. This happens only thanks to the efforts of librarians, teachers, students, and community members who stand up and speak out for the freedom to read.

Banned Books Week would also be a good time to check out your local library and find out what they're doing to insure your freedom to read.

I will read at least one banned/challenged book during the read-a-thon:

copyright Book Dragon's Lair 2009-2017

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!

Sci-Fi Summer Read-a-Thon

Sci-Fi Summer

Read-a-Thon

June 1-7

2017

hosted at Season's of Reading
for more info or to sign up, click here

#SciFiSummerJune

This is a midnight to midnight CDT challenge so you'll need to adjust your reading time. Spend your time reading science fiction! But, fantasy is close so if you're not comfortable with Sci-Fi, Michelle will let you count fantasy. I've got some books that I'm not sure where they fall! I also joined a science fiction reading challenge this year and haven't read any.

THERE ARE PRIZES. Michelle's got some prizes so check out the sign up page and join us for a week of Sci-Fi reading.

~ Books Read ~

~ Possibilities ~
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
1984 by George Orwell
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick

Bout of Books Wrap-Up

Bout of Books

Read-a-Thon

May 2017 Wrap up

For more information or to sign up, click here

Link up to any social media as long as a direct link is possible.

#boutofbooks


I had a list of 22 books to choose from and I read none of them. That's not to say I didn't get any reading done, just not the books I was thinking about reading before I started. The fun thing is that I read all new books this time and only one wasn't an adult level book :-D

edit: 1,100 pages seems to be about what I read for a read-a-thon so I think I did pretty good considering everything.

~ Books Read ~

The Lawrence Browne Affair by Cat Sebastian
Unmasking Miss Appleby by Emily Larkin
Stowaway in a Sleigh by C. Roger Mader
Zac's Mulligan by Ann Lister

Number of books read: 4

Number of pages read: 1,140

Bout of Books Read-a-Thon

Bout of Books

Read-a-Thon

May 8 - May 14

For more information or to sign up, click here

Link up to any social media as long as a direct link is possible.

#boutofbooks

This is a midnight to midnight challenge, in what ever time zone you're in. It's very low key, just push yourself to read more than you might on another week.

There will be Twitter chats. Use the sign up links to visit others. Or don't ;-)

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, May 8th and runs through Sunday, May 14th 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 19 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

I've got a huge tbr pile and a backlog of books I need to review. I'm also hosting a party at the end of the month and my house (as usual) isn't ready. What's not usual, I'm still got a lot of my Mom's stuff in our family room so I've got to find a place for it (storage/family/donate) :-(

edit: to add books read

~ Books Read ~

The Lawrence Browne Affair by Cat Sebastian
Unmasking Miss Appleby by Emily Larkin
Stowaway in a Sleigh by C. Roger Mader
Zac's Mulligan by Ann Lister


Possibilities

A Tangle of Knots by Lisa Graff
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

one of these

• Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper 
• Dune by Frank Herbert
• The Star Fox by Poul Anderson 
• All Flesh is Grass by Clifford D. Simak 
• The Man with the Golden Gun by Ian Fleming

one of these

• Lessons from Zachary
• A Dog Like Sam 
• Disaster Falls
• I Have a Voice
• Pumpkinflowers
• Caught Up in Raine
• The Study of Seduction
• The Fairy Tale Girl
• What Happens Under the Mistletoe
• Revenge of the Chili Queens 
• Ever After
• The Art of Sinning
• Before I Fall
• Tastes Like Murder
• The Right Bitch Trio

I'll come back if I think of others

Spring into Horror Read-a-Thon

Spring into Horror

Read-a-Thon

April  18 - 24

hosted by Michelle at Seasons of Reading

for more information and to sign up, click here

#SpringHorror

Seasons of Reading Facebook group here

This is a midnight to midnight RaT and it's CDT so adjust your start/end times accordingly. I'll be starting/ending my reading at 10 p.m.

There is a whole page of guidelines so check that out but the main one for this read-a-thon is to read at least one scary-to-you book. I joined a yearly horror reading challenge so I've got to get at least one book read this year!

A Winter's Respite Update

A Winter's Respite

Read-a-Thon

January 16 - January 29

hosted at Seasons of Reading

for more information or to sign up, click here
There's lots of info so check it out

Social Media: #WintersRespite


Jan 20: I've had a stressful year and totally forgot about the challenge! I'm not even sure the book I finished this week wasn't started before the challenge started!

I did start Frankenstein on Tuesday.

I'm thinking I'll do good the get the Sherlock Holmes stories read. I've been comfort reading online and without an ISBN they don't count.

~ Goals ~

I'm going to use this time to make sure the books I need to read for the month get read plus one or two ARCs and maybe another for a challenge. Hopefully I don't spend all the time reading on-line serials but only because they don't count! ~ Totally changed. New goals: Sherlock Holmes!

~ Books Read ~

Edric by Joyee Flynn
Lennox by Joyee Flynn
Dewey by Joyee Flynn
Vencentio by Joyee Flynn
The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Wesley by Joyee Flynn
Brody by Joyee Flynn
Romance Omega Style by Joyee Flynn
The Adventure of the Speckled Band by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sampson by Joyee Flynn
Baptista by Joyee Flynn
A Taste of Love by Andrew Grey
Mighty Men with Weapons by Addison Avery
Shiny! by Amy Lane
Do-over by Amy Lane
The Adventure of the Yellow Face by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Fish Stick Fridays by Rhys Ford

started: The Girl with the Silver Eyes by Willo Davis Roberts - might have finished if I hadn't had a nap!

Clear Water by Amy Lane

started: Open Seating by Mickie B. Ashling
started: Dragon Groomer by Amber Kell


~ Possibilities
Out of the Pocket
Frankenstein - started (only got to page 9, not a comfort read)
Wish - already read
Sherlock Holmes (rest of Jan's stories: The Musgrave Ritual, The Speckled Band, The Yellow Face, The Red Circle)
 
something from  . . .
a perpetual challenge
non-fiction
What an Animal
Fantasy 101
TBR
cozy
new to me
Better World Books list
Island Reader list
In a Year list
Blogger Shame
1+ list
6+ list

A Winter's Respite Read-a-Thon

A Winter's Respite

Read-a-Thon

January 16 - January 29

hosted at Seasons of Reading

for more information or to sign up, click here
There's lots of info so check it out

Social Media: #WintersRespite

This is a midnight to midnight kind of challenge, Central Standard Time, so adjust your start/end times and we'll all be reading at the same time. Any format, and length, any genre - including children's books as long as you read some adult ones too. This is two weeks of relaxed reading or you can kick it up a notch and get some of your challenge books out of the way.

There are no mini-challenges but there will be a prize so check out the guidelines page to make sure you do what's necessary to qualify.

~ Goals ~

I'm going to use this time to make sure the books I need to read for the month get read plus one or two ARCs and maybe another for a challenge. Hopefully I don't spend all the time reading on-line serials but only because they don't count!

~ Books Read ~

~ Possibilities
Out of the Pocket
Frankenstein - started this week
Wish - already read
Sherlock Holmes (rest of Jan's stories: The Musgrave Ritual, The Speckled Band, The Yellow Face, The Red Circle)
 
something from  . . .
a perpetual challenge
non-fiction
What an Animal
Fantasy 101
TBR
cozy
new to me
Better World Books list
Island Reader list
In a Year list
Blogger Shame
1+ list
6+ list

24in48 Read-a-Thon

24in48

Read-a-Thon

Jan 21 - Jan 22

for more information or to sign up, click here

social media: #24in48

This is a midnight to midnight kind of read-a-thon, the idea is to get 24 hours of reading in during the weekend.


I don't have a list of books to read, just a general idea of reading books that count for other challenges. Maybe make sure January's monthly books are read.

I'll just keep updating this post.


First edit, Jan 20: Things have changed since I sign up and I'm not going to be able to devote the time necessary for this read-a-thon.

My Mom died. While I am sad, it's the aftermath that has thrown me for a loop. My Mom was 92 and in very poor health so it wasn't unexpected. My Dad's reaction was very unexpected so I dealing with that.

I've heard it said that no plan survives contact with the enemy. My reading plans for the year have not survived their first contact with the real world. I'll adjust but this is one of the first casualties.

Good luck to everyone on finishing what ever goals you've set yourself and have fun!

2017 Reading Challenges

Joining reading challenges has not been the problem for me. Getting all the reviews done or reading to met specific requirements has! This has not changed but it hasn't stopped me for trying. Looks like 2017 will go the same.

2009 :: 2010 :: 2011:: 2012 :: 2013 :: 2014 :: 2015 :: 2016

  :: 2017

Multi-Year
101 Fantasy Project, here ~ 10 years
Monthly Mix-up Mania, here ~ 4-1-15 to 3-31-17 . . . completed
Monthly Mix-up Mania - here ~ 4-1-17 to 3-31-19
A Non-Fiction Adventure, here ~ 5 years
Sherlock Holmes (all of them) - here - Jan 2017/2018

Perpetual
Cedar Cove - here ~
Magic Kingdom of Landover - here ~
Modern Library's 100 Best Novels - here ~
One Million Pages - here ~
PB&J - here ~
Prey - here ~ 
Read All the Books (back list) - here ~ 60 book
Redwall - here ~


Seasonal/Read-a-Thons

January

24in48 (Jan 21-Jan 22) - here . . . . over 
Bout of Books 18 (Jan 2-8) - here . . . . over
2016 Christmas Spirit (to Jan 6) - here . . . . over
2016 Whole Latte Christmas (to Jan 6) - here . . . . over
Winter's Respite (Jan 21-29) - here . . . . over

April - Spring into Horror (3rd week of April) - here . . . . over

June - Sci-Fi Summer (Jun 1 to Jun 7) - here  

September
Banned Books Week (Sep 24 to Sep 30) - here 
R.I.P (Sep-Oct) - here  


2017 Christmas Spirit (Thanksgiving week)
Christmas Spirit read-a-thon (Thanksgiving week)
FrightFall (1st week of October)
High Summer (3rd week of July) . . . . missed
The Sci-Fi Experience (Dec/Jan)
 

~ 2017 Reading Challenges ~

Keeping Track - here,  every book counts
 . . . .You Read How Many Books? - 200 books
 . . . . Pages Read - 36,000 pages
 . . . . One Million Pages - Goodreads group

JAN  |  FEB  |  MAR  |  APR  |  MAY  |  JUN  |  JUL  |  AUG  |  SEP  |  OCT  |  NOV  |  DEC

Format Challenges
Audio books - here - at least 1 book
eBooks - here - 101+ . . . page 1 | page 2 | page 3 | page 4 | page 5 |
Strictly Print - here - 52 books


Monthly Requirements . . . gave up on most
(I might get the books read but certainly not in the required month)
Classic Horror - here - 12 books (one a month)
Monthly Keywords - here - 12 books
Monthly Motif - here - 12 books
Reading Assignment - here - 12 books
GenreLand - here - 12 books
Read Your (Book) Shelf - here - 12 books
Ready, Set, Cover - here - 12-24 books


52 Books in 52 Weeks - here - 52 books ;-) . . . completed

Alphabet Soup - here - 26 books . . . 'J' is the only letter left!

Banned/Challenged Books - here - 2-6 books 

BetterWorldBooks - here - 24 books

Birth Year - here - 4 books

Book Bingo - here -  5, 10, 15, 20, or 25 books

Color Coded - here - 9 books

Cozy Mysteries - here
 . . . . Craving for Cozies - 1-10 (should do 50+)
 . . . . Cruisin' thru the Cozies - 10

Discworld - here -

Flights of Fantasy - here - 12 books 

Foodies Read - here - 9-13 books

In a Year - here - 45 books

LGBTQIA - here - read the list of 4 books

Location, Location, Location 
 . . . . Literary Escapes - here - 51 books
 . . . . Where are You Reading? - here - 26 books

Men in Uniform - here - 11-20 books

Mental Illness Advocacy - here - 4 books

New Adult - here - 1-10 books

New to Me - here - 

Outdo Yourself - JAN | FEB | MAR  |  APR  |  MAY  |  JUN  |  JUL  |  AUG  |  SEP  |  OCT  |  NOV  |  DEC

Paranormal 
. . . . Paranormal - here -
. . . . Witches and Witchcraft  - here - 6-10 books
          and Witchy Fiction
. . . . Spooks, Howls and Fangs - here - 20-40 books

Pervy Girl - here - 12 books w/reviews

Picture Books - here - 5 books minimum

Purrfect Reading Challenge (cat sleuths!) - here - 1-10 books

Read the Books You Buy - here - up to 20% (currently 6 books)

Reading Naturally - here ~ 1-3 books 

The Reporter's Challenge - here - 10 books

Re-Read It - here
 . . . . Read it Again, Sam - 16+ - complete
 . . . . #ReReadIt - 12, one a month - giving up, didn't understand the challenge

Review Challenges
 . . . . Blogger Shame Review Challenge - here - 12 ARCs
 . . . . Writing Reviews - here - 12 reviews

Romance
 . . . . Bad Boys - here - 5-9 books
 . . . . Contemporary - here- 6-10 books
 . . . . Historical - here - 1-5 books
 . . . . Historical (published before 2008) - here - 5-10 books

This Island Reader - here - 17 books  

To-Be-Read - here
 . . . . Beat the Backlist - 6 w/reviews
 . . . . Mount TBR - 24
 . . . . #RockMyTBR - 12, one a month
 . . . . The TBR Dare- 3 months with no new reads
 . . . . Shelf Love - 21-30

What an Animal - here - 21 books

What's in a Name - here - 6 4 books ~ (number in numbers, a building, cutlery, a compass direction)

Wild Goose Chase - here - 7 books

Wired into Sci-Fi - here - 10 books

Bout of Books 18, a read-a-thon

Bout of Books

Read-a-Thon

Jan 2 to Jan 8

hosted at Bout of Books

for more information and to sign up, click here

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, January 2nd and runs through Sunday, January 8th 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 18 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

Add the direct link to your sign up post to the linky in this post. You have until Tuesday, January 3rd at 11:59pm CST to sign up. (If the linky is closed, you're too late.)

Don't have a blog? Post on Twitter, Google+, Goodreads, YouTube, Instagram or Facebook account and declare your intentions to join us. It's EASY. We ask you share info to help spread the word. Please link back to us so others can find us here.


Woo Hoo, let's start the year off with a BANG! My goals are going to be different this time. Usually I just pick a number of books and/or pages. This time my plan is more specific

• read, and review, an ARC
• A Sherlock Holmes story
• something for a monthly challenge 
• something for a challenge other than print/audio/ebook

Only three or four? Yeah, the number is no problem, it's the specific requirements that is! Only the Sherlock Holmes story is a have-to-read-this-week, three of the others just need to be read during the month.

~ Books Read ~

1. The Adventure of the Gloria Scott by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
2. Alone for Christmas by Ashley John
3. Wish by Barbara O'Connor
4. Lost Cat by Roger Mader
5. Buried Passions by Aiden Bates
6. Adrenaline Rush by Aiden Bates 
7. Gertrude and Toby Meet the Wolf by Shari Tharp
8. Screw Santa by Joyee Flynn 

~ Possiblities ~

• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (Classic Horror)
• Title has . . . Court, Fall, Of, Way, Deep or Thousand (Monthly Keyword) - Out of the Pocket!
• Out of the Pocket by Bill Konigsberg (Monthly Keyword, Monthly Motif, and Homework Assignment)
• 1984 by George Orwell (Sci-fi, Banned/Challenged, and What in a Name?)
• an ARC - Gertrude and Toby Meet the Wolf? or see Blogger Shame
• The Man with the Golden Gun (This Island Reader and Color Coded)
• Valentine Kittens anthology (In a Year and What an Animal)
• The Gloria Scott by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes)

Day 1
Introduce Yourself #insixwords

The challenge is simple: introduce yourself on Twitter, Instagram, or on this post using six words, no more, no less. Use the hashtags #boutofbooks and #insixwords so we can learn all about you.

BONUS: Share a picture of your smiling face or your bookshelves! (You can learn a lot about a person from their bookshelves!)


Day 2
2017 in Pictures - here

Share your goals/plans/etc. for 2017 with your fellow #boutofbooks-ers. These could be book goals, life goals, or goals for ANYTHING you're looking to tackle in 2017. Take a picture of the books you plan on reading this year! Share a vision board of what you're trying to accomplish! Use the hashtags #BoB2017Goals and #boutofbooks and let us cheer you on!


Day 3
Book to Movie

Have a book you think would make an excellent movie? Now's your chance to share it! Go as big or as simple as you want. Share fanart, casting choices, or just a book or series you think would be OUTSTANDING on the big screen. Use the hashtags #BoBBookToMovie and #boutofbooks to share your picks!

Day 4
Book Spine Poetry

A perennial favorite is back! Go hunting through your books and unleash your inner poet! Use the titles of your chosen books to create a poem. Snap a picture of your creation and share it with the hashtags #BookSpinePoetryBoB and #boutofbooks.

Day 5
If You Like This, Try This

Since we all love recommending books, here's your chance to share the love. Example: If you like paranormal romance with bloodthirsty vikings, try Shelly Laurenston's Call of Crows series. Make sure you use the hashtags #BoBIfYouLikeThis and #boutofbooks on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook, so we can see your recs.

Christmas Spirit Read-a-Thon Wrap Up

I've still got 1.5 hours of reading time but don't believe I'll finish another Christmas book in that time.

Christmas Spirit

2016 Readathon

Wrap Up

Hosted here (over until next year!)

Twitter: #CSreadathon


Number of Pages Read - 2,841
Number of Books Read - 16
How Many were Christmas related - 16
How many were re-reads - 15


Books Read -

1st four were the Minnesota Christmas series by Heidi Cullinan
1 - Let It Snow: Frankie gets lost driving home from his parent's home at Thanksgiving, going North instead of South and getting caught in a snow storm that just gets worse. Running off the road he starts walking and end up at a cabin. The cabin belongs to the three lumberjacks he saw at the diner - the ones he was afraid was going to pound his very gay self into mush!

As the northwinds blow and guards come down, Frankie and Marcus find they have a lot more in common than they don’t. Could the man who won’t live in the country and the man who won’t go back to the city truly find a home together? Because the longer it snows, the deeper they fall in love, and all they want for Christmas is each other.

2 - Sleigh Ride: The other two lumberjacks are, ahem, F-buddies. Living together but not boyfriends. Paul spends the year watching Frankie and Marcus and decides that's what he wants. If Arthur can't, or won't, give it to him, he's moving out.

Arthur's mother is trying to get him together with the town's librarian. When the mill closes for the rest of the year, Arthur suddenly has time to restore a sleigh. A sleigh his mom uses for a library fundraiser. A sleigh Arthur drives as Santa with a reluctant librarian elf.

As their fiery arguments strike hotter sparks, two men who insist they don’t date wind up doing an awful lot of dating. And it looks like the sleigh they both tried not to board could send them jingling all the way to happily ever after.

3 - Winter Wonderland: Paul is the only one of the three left. The one that wanted a relationship. To top it off, someone is making large penis sculptures in his yard. Well, his half of the yard. Too bad is neighbor isn't as thrilled with the additions.

Kyle grew up but people seem to have forgotten that he's twenty-five now. Last year's library fundraiser has grown into the Winter Wonderland festival. Kyle and Paul are both working on it but Paul's family is really having trouble dealing with a gay man in the family. When their anti-LGBT crusade spills beyond managing Paul’s love life and threatens the holiday festival, Kyle and Paul must fight for everyone’s happily ever after, including their own.

4 - Santa Baby: Twin Cities developer Dale Davidson has come to Logan, Minnesota, to turn it into Christmas Town. His attraction to the librarian Gabriel and Arthur complicates things but should be manageable until Arthur starts flirting back and Gabriel discovers he's not just gay, he's polyamorous.

Together the three of them light a fire hot enough to boil Lake Superior in January, and one night of fun becomes an extended engagement as Dale puts down some tentative roots in his new hometown. Everyone loves Dale, Logan’s own Santa Claus, and somehow no one knows what wild times are happening right underneath their noses. No one knows, either, the complicated ways they’re falling in love with one another.

But a shadow from Dale’s past emerges, an abuser threatening him with violence and shame. Ronny doesn’t want a happy ever after for Dale, only to draw him back into a consuming darkness. It will take the love of not only Gabriel and Arthur but all of Logan to convince their Santa he has nothing to be ashamed of—and that he will always have a home in their hearts.



The other 12 were the Who Needs Christmas? series by Joyee Flynn
A group of twelve elves who found each other after leaving the North Pole at different times have been living together, as brothers, for decades. They are comfortable with their new way of life away from the Christmas atmosphere they despise. The only things missing for these serious gamers are their human mates.

All the elves are immortal, wealthy, gay and kinky. They live in a huge home with their gaming equipment set up in the ballroom. There is a huge media room for movies and a "playroom" for kinky sexy times.

In each book, one of the brothers finds his mate. Something goes wrong. We find out how he got his name, why he left the North Pole, and just what it is about Christmas that he hates. There are werecats, werewolves, vampires, witches, honorable criminals, and stalkers. They help catch a serial killer that has crossed state lines and solve one case of human trafficking. Their mates also help to overcome their hatred of part of Christmas.

~ Books Read ~

Let it Snow by Heidi Cullinan - re-read
Sleigh Ride by Heidi Cullinan - re-read
Winter Wonderland by Heidi Cullinan - re-read
Santa Baby by Heidi Cullinan - new (book 4/end of series)
Screw Santa by Joyee Flynn - whole series is a re-read 
Hell's Bells by Joyee Flynn
Stupid Mistletoe by Joyee Flynn
Holy Stockings by Joyee Flynn
Down with the Tunes by Joyee Flynn
Frosty Melt by Joyee Flynn
Shove Your Tree by Joyee Flynn
Stripe My Pole by Joyee Flynn
Bite My Cookies by Joyee Flynn
Flush the Twinkles by Joyee Flynn
Hanging Antlers by Joyee Flynn
 ~ ended here on Sat at 10 p.m. - one more book left in the series! ~
and . . . Wrap It Up by Joyee Flynn

copyright Book Dragon's Lair 2009-2016

RC/RaT Christmas Spirit

You do not have to be signed up for the Christmas Spirit Reading Challenge to participate in the read-a-thon (but I sure would love for you to join us!)

Christmas Spirit

Readathon

November 21-27

2016

For more information and to sign up, click here.

Twitter: #CSreadathon

Read-a-Thon dates: Monday, November 21 at 12:00am CST until Sunday, November 27 at 11:59pm CST (adjust your time zone accordingly) 

This is a "everybody start at the same time" kind of challenge so you may need to adjust your start/end times.  I'll be starting and ending 2 hours sooner than midnight.

I am not requiring that you read only Christmas/holiday books during the read-a-thon, but I hope you will pick up at least one holiday tale, even if it's just to read some children's books with your kids or some holiday short stories.

You do not have to have a blog to participate...feel free to link up and check in from Goodreads, Facebook, Twitter, etc. AND interact with us in our Facebook group.


edit: started Let it Snow by Heidi Cullinan

~ Books Read ~

Let it Snow by Heidi Cullinan - re-read
Sleigh Ride by Heidi Cullinan - re-read
Winter Wonderland by Heidi Cullinan - re-read
Santa Baby by Heidi Cullinan  - new (book 4/end of series)
Screw Santa by Joyee Flynn - whole series is a re-read (1st of 12 about gay elves that each hate one aspect of Christmas, find their one and only soulmates, and have trouble during each book)
Hell's Bells by Joyee Flynn
Stupid Mistletoe by Joyee Flynn
Holy Stockings by Joyee Flynn
Down with the Tunes by Joyee Flynn
Frosty Melt by Joyee Flynn
Shove Your Tree by Joyee Flynn
Stripe My Pole by Joyee Flynn
Bite My Cookies by Joyee Flynn
Flush the Twinkles by Joyee Flynn
Hanging Antlers by Joyee Flynn
 ~ ended here on Sat at 10 p.m. - one more book left in the series! ~
and . . . Wrap It Up by Joyee Flynn

Christmas Spirit

Reading Challenge

Nov 21, 2016 - Jan 6, 2017

for more information or to sign up, click here

Twitter: {didn't see any for this one}

There are several novel levels as well as a couple other options.

These must be Christmas novels, books about Christmas lore, a book of Christmas short stories or poems, books about Christmas crafts, and a children's Christmas books level!

Levels:
--Candy Cane: read 1 book
--Mistletoe: read 2-4 books
--Christmas Tree: read 5 or 6 books (this is the fanatic level...LOL!)

Additional levels:
--Fa La La La Films: watch a bunch or a few Christmas movies...it's up to you!
--Visions of Sugar Plums: read books with your children this season and share what you read *the additional levels are optional, you still must complete one of the main reading levels above

There's a prize! I didn't see what you had to do to enter but I love what she's doing with it.

One final note: The giveaway this year will be a $15 donation to the winner's choice of a human rights organization, such as the ACLU, Boys and Girls Club, Human Rights Campaign, GLAAD, Amnesty International, It Gets Better, Planned Parenthood, or another human rights organization of your choice, perhaps your local chapter or organization. This giveaway is open internationally.

(I'd pick The Ben Cohen StandUp Foundation)

I know my minimum will be one novel, one movie, one children's book. I'm not sure how much more I'll do above that. I'm not even sure if Visions of Sugar Plums count since I won't be reading them to my children.

For now . . .

Candy Cane and Fa La La La Films

~ Books Read/Movies Watched ~

Let it Snow by Heidi Cullinan (1st in a series - 1-3 is a re-read)
Sleigh Ride by Heidi Cullinan
Winter Wonderland by Heidi Cullinan
Santa Baby by Heidi Cullinan (new book) - end of series
 
Screw Santa by Joyee Flynn - whole series is a re-read (1st of 12 about gay elves that each hate one aspect of Christmas, find their one and only soulmates, and have trouble during each book)
Hell's Bells by Joyee Flynn
Stupid Mistletoe by Joyee Flynn
Holy Stockings by Joyee Flynn
Down with the Tunes by Joyee Flynn
Frosty Melt by Joyee Flynn
Shove Your Tree by Joyee Flynn
Stripe My Pole by Joyee Flynn
Bite My Cookies by Joyee Flynn
Flush the Twinkles by Joyee Flynn
Hanging Antlers by Joyee Flynn
Wrap It Up by Joyee Flynn (last of series)
 
Defrosting Jack by Susan Laine (new book)
Leger's Winter by Lacey Dearie (new book)
Leger's Gift by Lacey Dearie (new book)
Sweet Inspiration by Penny Watson (new book)
Alone for Christmas by Ashley John (new book)




Possibilities
What Happens Under the Mistletoe
Our First Christmas
~ reading Let it Snow by Heidi Cullinan (they've decorated for Christmas so far)
series: Who Needs Christmas? (gay erotica)

wow! here's just part of the 218 I found when I search my order history at amazon. 

I think I like Christmas stories ;-) 

A Holiday Yarn by Sally Goldenbaum
The Christmas Angel Project by Melody Carlson
Twelve Days of Christmas by Debbie Macomber
Christmas in Eternity Springs by Emily March
The Cat Who Came Back for Christmas by Julia Romp
The Christmas Code by Ed J. Pinegar
The Runaway Sleigh Ride by Astrid Lindgren
Three Christmas Wishes by Sheila Roberts
Christmas on Candy Cane Lane by Sheila Roberts (Merry Ex-mas might be better)
Christmas Kisses and Cookies by Linda West
One Enchanted Christmas by Melissa Tagg
*Rest Ye Murdered Gentlemen by Vicki Delany
The Christmas Cat by Elisa M. Stone
The Christmas Light by Donna VanLiere
Christmas at Twilight by Lori Wilde (Twilight, Texas novel)
Remembering Christmas by Dan Walsh
*The Christmas Cat by Melody Carlson
I'll Be Home for Christmas by Jessica Scott
The Christmas Cat anthology with Julie Beard, Jo Beverley, Barbara Bretton, Lynn Kurland
*The Trouble with Christmas by Debbie Mason (series: Christmas, Colorado)
Killer Christmas by Harper Lin

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RC: Take Back Your Shelves Read-a-Thon

Take Back Your Shelves

Read-a-Thon

Sep 2 - Sep 5

Hosted by JMill Wanders
for more information and/or to sign up, click here

#TBYSreadathon


Read books that have been on your shelves too long or your newest to keep it from becoming dusty. No borrowed books allowed.

Oh man, I've got so many print books waiting to be read including several ARCS that have gotten "dusty"!


edit: TOTAL FAIL
Dang it, I forgot about this!

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Bout of Books Read-a-Thon sign up and goals

Bout of Books

read-a-thon

Aug 22 - Aug 28

2016

hosted at Bout of Books blog

sign up page . . . Getting Started/Welcome

Twitter: @boutofbooks

Signing up late but I did get some reading done yesterday while in the emergency room (everyone's fine now, just stitches)

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, August 22nd and runs through Sunday, August 28th 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 17 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team 

Goals:
Finish: Citizen of the Galaxy by Robert A. Heinlein
re-read: Crystal Singer by Anne McCaffrey
review: Prince Noah and the School Pirates by Silke Schnee


It would be super nice to read/review another book (I have a huge pile to choose from) or at least read another book from my TBR pile (a bigger pile to choose from).



Wednesday:
Finished: Citizen of the Galaxy by Robert A. Heinlein
started: Crystal Singer by Anne McCaffrey
read: Prince Noah and the School Pirates by Silke Schnee

There are really four parts to my goals and I've completed two of them! Now to finish Crystal Singer and review Prince Noah and the School Pirates.


Thursday:
Still reading: Crystal Singer by Anne McCaffrey - less than a 100 pages left


Friday:
Finished: Crystal Singer by Anne McCaffrey


Saturday:
Started: The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen

Sunday:
Finished: The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen
Read: Just Guys by B. G. Thomas

Final Progress Report

Read: Citizen of the Galaxy by Robert A. Heinlein
Read: Prince Noah and the School Pirates by Silke Schnee
Read: Crystal Singer by Anne McCaffrey
Reviewed: Prince Noah and the School Pirates by Silke Schnee - review
Read: The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen
Reviewed: The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen - review
Read: Just Guys by B. G. Thomas

1,015 pages, five books read and two reviews posted!

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High Summer Read-a-Thon . . . almost over :-(

High Summer

Read-a-Thon

July 18-24

Hosted at Seasons of Reading

Yikes, I can hardly believe that I've missed most of this one! I did start a new book this week and I'm sure I can finish it this weekend. Whew.





currently reading Snow Angel Cove by RaeAnne Thayne

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24in48 Read-a-Thon

24 in 48

Read-a-Thon

July 23 & July 24

hosted at it's own blog, sign up are here

Twitter: #24in48 | Instagram: @24in48readathon | Litsy @24in48

The idea is to read for 24 hours sometime during the 48 hours of the read-a-thon.

I'm already missing 3 hours so I guess I better get started!


reading . . .
Snow Angel Cover by RaeAnne Thayne ~ this is an ebook and I'm already at 23%

~ Books Read ~

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Sci-Fi Read-a-Thon coming in June

Sci-Fi Summer

Read-a-Thon

June 1-7

12 am CST to 11:59 pm CST! adjust your time zone accordingly. Yes, this is Wed - Tue

hosted at Seasons of Reading
To sign up or for more details, click here

Twitter #SciFiSummerJune  

Try for strictly science fiction but since fantasy is so closely related, if you're more comfortable reading fantasy, that is also fine.

You do not have to have a blog to participate...feel free to link up and check in from Goodreads, Facebook, Twitter, etc. These days, it seems most of our activity goes on in our Facebook group which I love. The interaction in our group is fabulous!
Not sure about prizes.

Okay, that's all from Michelle. I've got a book on request from the library that fits this perfectly so I'm crossing my fingers it gets here in time. I've also go The Martian on my shelves. I know I have books that fit to re-read but I'm not sure how many I have that a new reads without going into fantasy. I think it's time to check the free bestseller list at amazon ;-)

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RaT - Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-Thon

Dewey's

24 hour

Read-a-Thon

April 23, 2016

Home page - click here - this is where you'll find links to FAQ, how to help, and when to start. As well as how to sign up

Once again I am attempting this read-a-thon. It isn't strictly a midnight to midnight challenge so you'll want to check when you're reading. There are hourly things going on. And there are prizes!

Time: 5 a.m. for me. Dang, I'll miss the first half! Which is perfectly fine. One time I missed several hours in the middle to go to a birthday party!

I don't have any goals but it would be nice to do a mini challenge, review a book and visit five blogs. Okay, I was wrong:

~ Goals ~

read 500 pages -
review one book -
attempt a mini challenge - 
visit five blogs -

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RaT - Spring into Horror

Spring into Horror

Read-a-Thon

April  18 - 24

hosted by Michelle at Seasons of Reading
for more information and to sign up, click here

#SpringHorrorRAT
Seasons of Reading Facebook group here

This is a midnight to midnight RaT and it's CDT so adjust your start/end times accordingly. I'll be starting/ending my reading at 10 p.m., 17-24. Which is a good thing as we have plans to spend the 25 at Disneyland.

There is a whole page of guidelines so check that out but the main one for this read-a-thon is to read at least one scary-to-you book. I joined a yearly horror reading challenge so I've got to get at least one book read this year!

Update:
Can start reading at 10 p.m. on the 17th.
I was already asleep which is unusual. The 18th was spent at Disneyland with cousins from out of town.

Guess where I'll be on the 19th? Yup, Disneyland

Dang, I may be going Thursday too! Surely I can find one scary-to-me book to read this weekend!

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