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YA 80's & 90's Reading Challenge
YA of the 80s and 90s Reading Challenge
hosted by The Book Vixen
- Runs January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011 (books read prior to 1/1/11 do not count). You can join at anytime. You can sign up on The Book Vixen’s blog.
- Read as many YA books that were originally published in the 80s and 90s as your heart desires. The only requirement is that the book(s) have to have been first published sometime between 1980 – 1999.
- Books can be any format (bound, eBook, audio).
- Re-reads and crossovers from other reading challenges are fine.
- You can list your books in advance or list them as you read them. It is not required that you review the books you read for this challenge but feel free to do so.
- Post this reading challenge on your blog so you can keep a list of the books you’ve read for this challenge. Please include a link back to this post so readers can join the challenge too.
- You do not have to be a book blogger to participate. You can keep tabs on books you’ve read for this challenge on Goodreads or LibraryThing if you’d like (maybe make a shelf for “YA of the 80s and 90s Reading Challenge”). If you are not on either of those sites then you can list the books you read for this challenge in the comments on my wrap-up post, which will be up at the end of 2011.
100 Books in a Year Reading Challenge 2011
Book Chick City, a blog I've been subscribing to for quite some time has been hosting the "100 Books in a Year Reading Challenge 2011". Due to personal reasons, I think this year maybe my "reading" year and I may actually get 100+ despite me starting the count from June 2011. I'm going to hopefully be able to update my progress by putting a link on my blog sidebar monthly, but if not I'll be having another post with monthly progress of my completed books.
Here are the details of entry, copy & pasted directly from Book Chick City.
Basically Amazing Read-a-thon mini-challenge
This is the 3rd day of Read-a-thon and one of Day 3's mini-challange is by Basically Amazing. I've got to recommend 2 books, 1 of my favourite and another that I've read during the Read-a-thon. So here goes...
Recommendation 1 - Favourite Book
Prophecy of the Sisters by Michelle Zink
"Prophecy of the Sisters" is the debut book of a series by Michelle Zink. It's a story of two recently orphaned twins, Lia and Alice Milthorpe, in their journey as they unravel their individual roles in an ancient prophecy that has plagued their family for generations. From childbirth their part in the prophecy had been set; the twins are in opposing ends, one evil, one good. It's a race for each individual to end the curse, however, who will prevail? The evil or the good? Firstly they must find out which twin represents which.
This is a very original paranormal, horror, young adult book. I'm yet to see a similar storyline. This is one of my favourite books for it's originality, substance and impact. The characters and plot are complex which helps with the overall mystery. There were so many unexpected twists and turns which just had you turning the page. I had this completed in mere hours and couldn't wait to read the 2nd book in the series. This book is well written and had the right amount of background history, character growth and plot progression for the reader to never get bored and keep them glued to the book.
Recommendation 2 - From the Read-a-thon
Dead until Dark by Charlaine Harris
Dead until Dark is the first book in the Sookie Stackhouse Series by Charlaine Harris. I personally rarely find first books in a series gratifying, the story never seems to climax until the second book or at the very least the end of the first. However, this book is really different in many ways. For starters in the current world filled with so many vampire books Harris has stood out where her story has vampires revealed to humans, living amongst humans but as a minority and living on synthetic bottled blood.
Sookie Stackhouse is a barmaid and a telepath in the small Louisiana town of Bon Temps. Vampire Bill is the new vampire in town and also her newly acquired lover, who, due to him being a vampire she cannot read his mind, what she has been waiting for her whole life...a man she can be with, without hearing his thoughts.
However, since Vampire Bill's arrival to Bon Temps women are dying! The things in common between these women? They all work in low-paying jobs, they all associate with vampires and they've also been intimately involved with Sookie's brother and town playboy, Jason. Sookie is now forced to use her "gift" to find the identity of the true killer before the town decides to stake her Bill, arrest her brother or even worse, the killer finds her first!
The book is fast-paced, an easy read, a page-turner with an unexpected ending, which a great mystery book must have. It has paranormal elements, horror, love story, action and even a sprinkling of comedy for good measure. Harris has great imagination and her series is certainly set apart from all the other vampiric-stories. If you must choose to read only one vampire series I'd be recommending this.
YA Bliss Mini-Challenge
As per my previous entry, each day of the Read-a-thon 2 mini-challenges are posted. I'm participating in YA Bliss' mini-challenge, rules and further information can be found here.
I've got to name 3 book "love triangles" so here's my pick:-
1. Bill - Sookie - Eric from Sookie Stackhouse Series' by Charlaine Harris
2. Stefan - Elena - Damon from The Vampire Diaries Series by LJ Smith
3. Simon - Chloe - Derek from The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong
4. Heath - Zoey - Erik from Marked by PC & Kristin Cast*
*Added #4 just in case my #1 doesn't count. Not sure if YA Bliss is specific about it being only YA (Young Adult) books.
Once Upon A Read-a-thon
2011 MS Readathon
http://register.thenovelchallenge.org.au/The-Novel-Challenge/Angelica19/&utm_source=individual_widget&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=MS_Queensland
Coralie Bickford-Smith Books
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My Birthday Dinner
Thanks Thi for organising my birthday dinner, it was lovely! Loved it, thank you!
I just wanted to also thank my Sister & my Mum; who knows me too well who got me the necklace I am wearing, don't know if you can see but it's got a matching bracelet and lots of other KimmiDoll stuff which I love, thanks Mum & CK!!!
Another year older...time is just speeding me by! Where is the pause button??? Anyone?
Richelle Mead Signing
I was so very excited to meet her that I traveled via public transport for an hour and a half there and an hour back...now for those that know me, y'all know that's a bit of a mission. It was held at Penrith Plaza Dymocks on September 17th 2009 at 5.30-8.30pm.
I arrived at the venue at 4.45pm and there were already at least 100 people in line. I was bored and lonely and seriously missed my Mum and especially my Sister as these are the types of things that we do together when they were in Sydney. At 5.30pm I call Mr and as he answered there was a LOUD SHRIEKING!!! I guessed Richelle Mead had just arrived!
2 hours and 15 minutes later I was finally in front of her getting mine and my sister's books signed. Richelle was magnificent! She was extremely friendly and took the time to speak to everyone, it certainly made the wait worthwhile. I was in such a good mood that I public transported back home instead of catching a cab LOL. I'm so thrilled as this is definitely an experience I won't forget. and
LAZY post
I really need to snap out of this rut I'm currently in...anyone have thoughts and advise how to go about breaking a routine, please comment.
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