June 25th 2015 - 2015 reading challenge up date
Back on 9th January 2015 I posted a pin about a reading challenge for the year. A few of the books I had initially put on the list have been altered to a different book that fits the category. There were 50 books on the list (52 if you count the other 2 from the trilogy), I have 23 so far (and that is including the extra 2 of the trilogy).
There is 1 I wont be reading on the list and that is something that scares you as I don't do scary!! Despite only having read 23 off the list I have read 29books in total this year - some proper paper books others on the kindle.
I do plan to try and read more off the list the problem is that I need to buy them as kindle or books
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Showing posts with label challenge. Show all posts
Thursday, 25 June 2015
Saturday, 14 March 2015
March 14th 2015 - 3 more books from list
March 14th 2015 - 2 more books from list
Back on 9th January I made a post about the 2015 reading challenge. This morning I have added 3 more books to the list of completed books, giving me a total now of 6/50 read. I have read more than this so far this year but not all have been on the challenge list.
The 3 that I read this morning are Bulgy from Thomas the Tank from the category of "non-human characters" and Monster stories for under fives from the category of "book with a number in title" and the 3rd book was the dinosaur that pooped a lot from the category "funny". All of these were read to my lil man, who like his Mum loves books and reading. He's happy cos some of his on his shelf he can actually read on his own now.
We try and read at least 1 book or story a day, usually at bedtime, but occasionally like today, he will come down with a book and ask if we can read it. The 3rd of today's he came back from town with as he went and used he book day token.
As its a dry day and the sun is shining I think I'm going to go out and do some of the garden, and I know lil man wants to plant his carrot seeds in his planter.
Back on 9th January I made a post about the 2015 reading challenge. This morning I have added 3 more books to the list of completed books, giving me a total now of 6/50 read. I have read more than this so far this year but not all have been on the challenge list.
The 3 that I read this morning are Bulgy from Thomas the Tank from the category of "non-human characters" and Monster stories for under fives from the category of "book with a number in title" and the 3rd book was the dinosaur that pooped a lot from the category "funny". All of these were read to my lil man, who like his Mum loves books and reading. He's happy cos some of his on his shelf he can actually read on his own now.
We try and read at least 1 book or story a day, usually at bedtime, but occasionally like today, he will come down with a book and ask if we can read it. The 3rd of today's he came back from town with as he went and used he book day token.
As its a dry day and the sun is shining I think I'm going to go out and do some of the garden, and I know lil man wants to plant his carrot seeds in his planter.
Sunday, 22 February 2015
February 22nd 2015 - Trilogy of books finished
February 22nd 2015 - Trilogy of books finished
Today I have finished reading Keri Arthur's Circle Trilogy of books, Circle of Fire, Circle of Death and Circle of Desire. These are being classed towards the 2015 reading challenge I posted about back in January.
Although the books are classed as a trilogy they are not all part of the same story which is what I thought they would be and why I was eager to read them all one after the other. They do have links to same magic circle but they do not have the same people in.
I enjoyed reading the three books as they are magic/paranormal based. But they didn't seem very different to other books of this genre, and nothing that really stands out. They are well written though and interesting.
Today I have finished reading Keri Arthur's Circle Trilogy of books, Circle of Fire, Circle of Death and Circle of Desire. These are being classed towards the 2015 reading challenge I posted about back in January.
Although the books are classed as a trilogy they are not all part of the same story which is what I thought they would be and why I was eager to read them all one after the other. They do have links to same magic circle but they do not have the same people in.
I enjoyed reading the three books as they are magic/paranormal based. But they didn't seem very different to other books of this genre, and nothing that really stands out. They are well written though and interesting.
Wednesday, 14 January 2015
January 14th 2015 - Finished 1 book from reading list
January 14th 2015 - Finished 1 book from reading list
Today I have finished 1 book from the 2015 reading challenge. The book was the subcategory of "Magic", it is called Dark Winter, the wicca circle by John Hennessey, and the pin is located here on my 365 board.
Strange but good is how I would describe it, there were a few spelling mistakes but this dodn't alter the story, there was alos abit of confusing as it did flit about and repeat a few bits like character descriptions and because of this I gave a 3* rating of it in my review over on goodreads.
Also today my new laptop tray arrived (YAY!) but sadly it doesn't fit across my sofa and 1 leg falls down the gap between cushions and 1 leg doesnt even balance on sofa! so not good. But it's not wasted as it fits on hubby's sofa - he only has a 2 seater so the cushions are bit wider. This does mean that I am still on the look out for a new laptop tray!
Today I have finished 1 book from the 2015 reading challenge. The book was the subcategory of "Magic", it is called Dark Winter, the wicca circle by John Hennessey, and the pin is located here on my 365 board.
Strange but good is how I would describe it, there were a few spelling mistakes but this dodn't alter the story, there was alos abit of confusing as it did flit about and repeat a few bits like character descriptions and because of this I gave a 3* rating of it in my review over on goodreads.
Also today my new laptop tray arrived (YAY!) but sadly it doesn't fit across my sofa and 1 leg falls down the gap between cushions and 1 leg doesnt even balance on sofa! so not good. But it's not wasted as it fits on hubby's sofa - he only has a 2 seater so the cushions are bit wider. This does mean that I am still on the look out for a new laptop tray!
Friday, 9 January 2015
January 9th 2015 - 2015 reading challenge
JANUARY 9th 2015 - 2015 reading challenge
I have downloaded and printed out the 2015 reading challenge, I think this could be quite a challenge for some of the 50 books on the list as they are not what I normally like to read.
I have gone through the list and made a note of books that I have on my shelves (but not read) and also through the net for ideas like the book published in 2015 and an author under 30yrs old etc. I will update and cross out books when I have read them.
The reading challenge can be found here.
the reading list so far - the blue are the planned books
I have downloaded and printed out the 2015 reading challenge, I think this could be quite a challenge for some of the 50 books on the list as they are not what I normally like to read.
I have gone through the list and made a note of books that I have on my shelves (but not read) and also through the net for ideas like the book published in 2015 and an author under 30yrs old etc. I will update and cross out books when I have read them.
The reading challenge can be found here.
Thursday, 1 January 2015
January 1st 2015 - 2015 happy new year
January 1st 2015
365 challenge - pinterest link
During 2014, myself and my friend Coralie decided that in 2015 we were going to do the 365 pinterest challenge, whereby you actually do 1 of the things you have pinned NOT just pin them or pin more. I will be adding pics and things as I do them.
As it stands at pressent I have 2 pinterest accounts, 1 of which I use for things linked to St John Ambulance and cadet courses/subjects, and a personal account that I have things that "may be useful" or "we will have to try that" and "things to do with the kids" to name a few.
From the 2 accounts I have a total of 121 boards (58 of these are linked to the SJA courses), and on these 121 boards I have 7,016pins (681 are on SJA). Some of those on my personal account are already in a board named challenge and completed - a total if 19! This means that I have 6,316pins of which I aim to do 365 - 1 a day for 2015, sounds right? We will see!
JANUARY 1st 2015
Today, 1st January 2015, we as a family started to make the time capsule that we are going to leave in the loft, we have most things in it and will seal it tomorrow, which is when I will add a pic to here.
We discussed a few days ago what we could put in it and said we should have decided earlier as we would have had more things to go in it. But never mind. We have:
*a letter explaining who we are and why we have made it
*a photo of us all and of our pets and our house and garden
*a toy car
*a miniture bottle of baileys (I have surrendered it!)
*a drinks bottle lable
*a chewy bar box
*1 of each UK coin
*a tesco receipt showing the cost of party food for new years eve
*a bus ticket
Wednesday, 15 January 2014
A new year a new challenge!
Last year (2013) I decided to do a 365 photo a day challenge, it wasn't easy on some days but I continued and succeeded to finish it. This year (2014) I have decided to set up a blog and try and enter as many competitions as I can.
Well here is my blog, and so far I have found a couple of good sites that list LOADS of competitions each day - this saves me trawling the net for them!!! However, there are a few problems I have found - as I don't have a twitter account (and i'm not getting 1 as don't see the point in it) I am unable to enter the twitter comps
- as neither me nor my family have passports I am not entering the holiday abroad comps
- as I don't have a daughter i'm not entering any of the girly clothes or toy comps
so this has reduced what I can enter. BUT if I don't enter the comps, I have no chance of winning. So fingers crossed that I do actually win some.
Also, since we moved house 6months ago it turns out that ALL my boxes of books accidently ended up on the charity shop pile and went to it instead of coming with us, so I am in the process of trying to get new books as cheaply as I can, I can't remember all of what I had but have made a list of what I can remember and been buying few others at charity shops.
Well here is my blog, and so far I have found a couple of good sites that list LOADS of competitions each day - this saves me trawling the net for them!!! However, there are a few problems I have found - as I don't have a twitter account (and i'm not getting 1 as don't see the point in it) I am unable to enter the twitter comps
- as neither me nor my family have passports I am not entering the holiday abroad comps
- as I don't have a daughter i'm not entering any of the girly clothes or toy comps
so this has reduced what I can enter. BUT if I don't enter the comps, I have no chance of winning. So fingers crossed that I do actually win some.
Also, since we moved house 6months ago it turns out that ALL my boxes of books accidently ended up on the charity shop pile and went to it instead of coming with us, so I am in the process of trying to get new books as cheaply as I can, I can't remember all of what I had but have made a list of what I can remember and been buying few others at charity shops.
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