It's Friday! Let's Hop!

Friday - Book Blogger Hop is hosted at Crazy-For-Books! 

In the spirit of the Twitter Friday Follow, the Book Blogger Hop is a place just for book bloggers and readers to connect and find new book-related blogs that we may be missing out on! This weekly BOOK PARTY is an awesome opportunity for book bloggers to connect with other book lovers, make new friends, support each other, and generally just share our love of books! It will also give blog readers a chance to find other book blogs that they may not know existed! So, grab the logo, post about the Hop on your blog, and start HOPPING through the list of blogs that are posted in the Linky list below!!

The Hop lasts Friday-Monday every week, so if you don't have time to Hop today, come back later and join the fun! This is a weekly event! And stop back throughout the weekend to see all the new blogs that are added! We get over 200 links every week!!

Thanks to all my followers that have been so patient with me - I have been trying to blog, but have not been getting around to many other blogs.  Last weeek and this week I have been trying to visit all the blogs I follow - so, with that in mind....if I am following your blog I will be stopping to comment asap.  I will be going back and checking out the blog hop after that!  

Reading Update!

I am attempting to read 100 books in 2010 and this is how far I am:

1. Search for the Flaming Chalice by Robert Shaw Kesler

2. Immortal: Love Stories with Bite by various authors

3. My Soul to Save (Soul Screamers #2) by Rachel Vincent

4. My Soul to Lose (Soul Screamers # 1.5) Rachel Vincent

5. Beautiful Creatures Kami Garcia/M. Stohl

6. Hearts at Stake Alyxander Harvey

7. Firespell Chloe Neill

8. Doomsday Can Wait Lori Handeland

9. Magic Under Glass Jaclyn Dolamore

10. The Iron King Julie Kagawa

11. Carter Finally Gets It Brent Crawford

12. Shift Rachel Vincent

13. Blood Lite Kevin J. Anderson

14. Deeper Than the Dead Tami Hoag

15. In Too Deep (39 Clues #6) Jude Watson

16. The Crossroads Café Deborah Smith

17. Soulless Gail Carriger

18. Unknown: Outcast Season Book 2 Rachel Caine

19. Crux: Southern Arcana Book 1 Moira Rogers

20. Must Love Hellhounds Ilona Andrews

21. Hex Hall Rachel Hawkins

22. Wolf Signs: Granite Lake Wolves #1 Vivian Arend

23. Wolf Flight: Granite Lake Wolves #2 Vivian Arend

24. Wolf Games: Granite Lake Wolves #3 Vivian Arend

25. Skin Deep: Laura Blackstone #1 Mark Del Franco

26. Male Call: Hot Zone book 1 Denise A. Agnew

27. Stopping Time: part 1 Melissa Marr

28. Stopping Time: part 2 Melissa Marr

29. Into the Mist: Falcon Mercenary Group #1 Maya Banks

30. Into the Lair: Falcon Mercenary Group #2 Maya Banks

31. Undone: Outcast Season Book 1 Rachel Caine

32. Crossroads: Southern Arcana Book 2 Moira Rogers

33. Cry Sanctuary: Red Rock Pass Book 1 Moira Rogers

34. Sanctuary Lost: Red Rock Pass Book 2 Moira Rogers

35. Sanctuary's Price: Red Rock Pass Book 3 Moira Rogers

36. Alpha Turned K.B. Alan

37. On the Edge Ilona Andrews

38. Dear Dumb Diary: Let's Pretend This Never Happened Jim Benton

39. Elphame's Choice P.C. Cast

40. Brighid's Quest P.C. Cast

41. Heartless Anne Elizabeth Stengl

42. Exposure Brandilyn Collins

43. Try Me Parker Blue

44. Run, Wolf: Nightfall Wolf Clans #1 Keith Melton

45. Tainted: Blood Lily Chronicles #1 Julie Kenner

46. Torn: Blood Lily Chronicles #2 Julie Kenner

47. Turned: Blood Lily Chronicles #3 Julie Kenner

48. Changeless Gail Carriger

49. Magic Bleeds Ilona Andrews

50. Mind Games by Carolyn Crane

51. Touch the Dark by Karen Chance

52. Once Bitten by Kalayna Price

53. Addiction by Sandra Marshall

54. Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris

55. Wings by Aprilynne Pike

56. The Mark by Jen Nadol

57. The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting

58. Even Money by Dick Francis

59. Short Stories from Red Rock by Moira Rogers

60. Sanctuary Unbound: Red Rock Pass Book 4 by Moira Rogers

61. 13 to Life by Shannon Delany


62. Leader of the Pack by Karen MacInerney


63. Pleasure Unbound: A Demonica Novel by Larissa Ione


64. Touch the Dark by Karen Chance


65. The Mark by Jen Nadol


66. Blue Smoke by Nora Roberts


67. Origin In Death by J.D. Robb

6 x 5 Challenge

The 6 x 5 Challenge is hosted by Mystee at A Moment with Mystee. 

This is a quarterly challenge.

1st: October 2010 -- 10.10-10.17

2nd: January 2011 -- Exact dates TBA

3rd: April 2011 -- Exact dates TBA

    4th: July 2011 -- Exact dates TBA

                            5th: October 2011 -- Exact dates TBA

During the dates, the goal is to drag out your reading pile and get caught up. Do you have reviews that need to get done? Books that you've really just wanted to sit and read? This is your chance.


Then for at least 5 of the listed dates {don't have to be in a row}, you set your goal to read 6 hours a day. You can post your daily updates on what you're reading and how many hours that you managed each day. Then when the challenge is over, you post up your final results. You do not have to manage to read 5 of the days nor do you have to manage the 6 hours each day, just do what you can. she decided on 5 days and 6 hours to try to make it so it was no pressure all around.

I am going to attempt this challenge!  I was unsuccessful at the 500-page book challenge in May because I just had too much to do for the end of the school year, but I think I can make this one fit in my schedule!  Books and reading dates will be listed later!

Super Amazing Contest!

You have to check out this contest!  Reggie at Undercover Book Lover (not really) is hosting and as you can see from the pic above - this is one you want to win!!! Okay really this is one I want to win!  But you can enter too!  Swing on over and sign up!

Friday! Fun Hopping Friday!

The Book blogger Hop is hosted by Crazy-for-books! 

ABOUT THE HOP:

In the spirit of the Twitter Friday Follow, the Book Blogger Hop is a place just for book bloggers and readers to connect and find new book-related blogs that we may be missing out on! This weekly BOOK PARTY is an awesome opportunity for book bloggers to connect with other book lovers, make new friends, support each other, and generally just share our love of books! It will also give blog readers a chance to find other book blogs that they may not know existed! The Hop lasts Friday-Monday every week, so if you don't have time to Hop today, go back later and join the fun!  Nearly 200 blogs each week!

Wednesday!

What have I been reading?  Wow - everything I have handy!  I keep starting new books depending on which room in the house I am in.  Not the way to go - I don't recommend it. 

I just read Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris.  I have been meaning to get it read since it came out, but so many books on the stack.  I saw it sitting on the shelf and had to start it.  Read it all day!  I am not getting as much cleaning done as I want to, not that it is breaking my heart!  This was a great read!   She has well-developed characters that have been brought from other books in the series, while bringing in new, interesting characters at the same time.  I enjoyed the expanded roles some of the characters had in this book.  I still want Sookie to be with Bill, but that is just me - I realize that the whole vampire marriage thing makes that not work out, but a girl can hope right!  The new Claude is amazing!  I love the new bartending woman, Kennedy.  One of my favorite characters is Pam - she is just a great vampire. I also really like Sam.  I was thrilled with the closure on the Compton/Bellefleur issue.

 

Today I read Wings by Aprilynne Pike.  This book was on my summer reading pile from school.  This was an amazing story.  She gives a whole new look to the fae.  I wasn't sure about the whole flower/wing idea at first, but I really enjoyed the book.  Her characters are well thought out.  You instantly admire David, for so many things and you fall for Tam immediately.  He has that mysterious air that demands another look.  Lauren and her parents create the perfect family for the plot and the complications and struggles keep you turning the pages.  I can't wait to go get the sequel:  Spells .

I just started The Mark by Jen Nadol this afternoon.  I am only on chapter five, but I am loving it.  I feel for Cassie, I can't imagine what it would be like to "see" the deaths of people.  I don't have much to say about it right now - more when I finish.