Where are you Reading 2015 Challenge

This challenge sounds so fun!! Where are you Reading?  In this challenge you try to read in all US states.  If you would like to join this challenge here is the link:


http://bookjourney.net/2014/12/06/where-are-you-reading-challenge-2015/


Here is my map!

Book Bingo Challenge

I am going to try the Book Bingo Challenge.  I always wonder if I read enough for these challenges but this one goes from Jan - March so I am going to give it a go!!

If you want to participate sign up at:
http://great-imaginations.com/2015/01/bookish-bingo-2015-new-year/

2015 Snagged @ the Library Reading Challenge

I am joining the Snagged at the library reading challenge hosted by Geeky Bloggers and The Book Nympho.  This one shold be good for me since most of my books come from the library! :)
My goal is 12 books

1. Dewey Decimal: read 12 books
2. Thrifty Reader: read 24 books

but maybe I can get to 24! :)


If you are interested in joining the challenge here is the link:

http://www.geekybloggersbookblog.com/2015-snagged-the-library-challenge-sign-up/

2015 Historical Romance Reading Challenge

Herding Cats & Burning Soup is hosting a Historical Romance Reading Challenge.  I am joining this challenge and am hoping to hit: 1--6 books

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If you are interested in joining you can find the info here:
http://www.herdingcats-burningsoup.com/2014/12/sign-up-2015-historical-romance-reading.html

2015 Challenge -

I am joining the TBR Pile Reading Challenge to try to cull my TBR pile!  My goal is to read 1-12 which would rate me as

1-10 A Firm Handshake

but maybe I can get to:

11-20 A Friendly Hug

 

If you want to join the rules are here...

 

http://evie-bookish.blogspot.com/2014/12/2015-tbr-pile-reading-challenge-sign-ups.html

Read-a-thon Hour 12

I am still here...hour 12...not much reading happening.  But that was expected with the 3 kiddos and me home with my hubby traveling.

1, What are you reading right now?
 I read a couple of chapters of "First Impressions."  It is an advance copy and I really like it.


It is a book about Jane Austen and makes me want to read more of the Pride & Prejudice spin offs :)

Does anyone else notice the difference of men writing romance scenes vs women? 


2. How many books have you read so far?
I have read 2 chapters and 11 kiddy books.  I think next year I am going to call this Chapter-thon!

3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Read-a-thon?
Still looking forward to Red Hill


And finishing First Impressions.
4. Have you had many interruptions?
Too many to count!!

How did you deal with those?
I go with the flow and am looking foward to the kiddies going to bed - I probably won't make it through the night but a few hours of reading will be awesome!

5. What surprises you most about the Read-a-thon, so far?
That for a while my 8 year old was really into it and the TV stayed off for most of the day!  She completed a book and she is a serial book starter not a finisher!  So that is impressive.

Read-a-thon October 2014 Start!

Here is my opening Meme

1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today?
Cincinnati, Ohio - actually about 30 minutes north of downtown  :)

2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?
Red Dawn by Jamie McQuire, but I want to finish a few books I have already started first.  My kiddos are reading with me so I am looking forward to reading Cupcake Club with my 8 year old and Little Critter books with my 5 year old.  In reality during the day these are probably the books I will be reading.  :)  I have a reading sticker chart for them to help keep them motivated.  We have also made reading maps (locations where they read at like a map and color the picture in or cross them off when they read there).  I may have to re-pull that trick out of my hat! :)
 
3) Which snack are you most looking forward to?carmels and twizzlers and coffee with pumpkin cream!  I have chi tea for the girls :)

4) Tell us a little something about yourself!
I have been participating in the read-a-tons for about 6 or 7 years - I remember being pregnant with my 5 year old during one of them but not knowing it! :)  I couldn't figure out why I was so exhausted - I thought this getting old is the pits!  Then a week or so later I realized I was pregnant - no wonder I was so tired!  It was a great reason to be tired!

We will take a break at 10 EST to sell candy bars for an American Heritage Girls fund raiser. After that we will reading in our PJ's in a very mess house!  I really think I should change my blog name to Housekeeping Fail or Gone Reading or something :)  Let me know if you have any fun ideas!

5) If you participated in the last read-a-thon, what’s one thing you’ll do different today? If this is your first read-a-thon, what are you most looking forward to?
Everything will be different for me today - after years of only being able to read a few hours I decided this year to incorporate my kiddos.  I am reading with two girs (8 and 5) and a little guy who will be 1 next Friday.  My 8 year old is very excited and can read books on her own but likes to read them together, so I think I will be reading with her a lot.  Though right now she is reading Captin Underpants - not a favorite of mine.  I have been working on trying to get her to finish books vs just reading a few chapters and going to another so we will see how that works. 

As a side note, I am trying this new site called bookadventure.com with my daughter which gives you points after taking a quiz when you finish a book.  I have signed up to write some quizes so I will be making questions as I read with her.