Reading Rewind: December 2010

What was doing?

• HOLY CHEESEBALLS! My blog was nominated for Best Blog 2010 over on Mindful Musings. *slaps self silly*
• Since there is no excuse to be so unread, I created a reading challenge for the new year. Use the 2011 Show Me The Free Reading Challenge as motivation to get all those free books you have downloaded for your e-reader off your TBR.
• On Dec. 7th, I celebrated my 1 year Blogoversary with a giveaway.
• Carol Oates stopped by to play Naughty or Nice with us. 
• I exchanged gifts in the Book Blogger Holiday Swap and got this!
• Author Brenna Yovanoff and company came by to hang out.
• I participated in Persnickety Snark’s five challenge; here are my results. 
• I signed up to participate in quite a few Reading Challenges for 2011.

Bloggers featured on When I’m Not Reading

• Jenny of Supernatural Snark
• Hattie of DeRaps Reads
• Linds of bibliophile brouhaha
• Katie of Mundie Moms
• Melissa of Books and Things

The Read and Reviewed (title, author, rating)

• A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb, 4
• The First Love Cookie Club by Lori Wilde, 3.5
• To Hate and To Hold by Dakota Rebel, 3.5
• All I Want for Christmas Is a Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks, 3.5
• Graceling by Kristin Cashore, 3
• Guilty Pleasures by Kitty Thomas, 4
• Yule Be Mine by Lori Foster, 3
• Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen, 3.5

Reading Challenges Worked On

• 100+ Reading Challenge (complete)
• Book Blogger’s Recommendation Challenge (complete)
• Erotic Romance Challenge
• Holiday Reading Challenge 2010
• M/M Romance Challenge

Personal Challenge FAIL:
Read the Young Adult Library Service Association Teens’ Top Ten 2010 by the end of the year:

1. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins {read and reviewed)
2. City of Glass by Cassandra Clare <—–still plan to read
3. Heist Society by Ally Carter {read and reviewed}
4. Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater {read and reviewed}
5. Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick {read and reviewed}
6. Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl {read and reviewed}
7. Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen {read and reviewed}
8. If I Stay by Gayle Forman {read and reviewed}
9. Fire by Kristin Cashore <—–still plan to read
10. Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson {read and reviewed}

Reading Challenge FAIL:
 I had high hopes for these when I signed up for them. *sighs*

• Audiobook Challenge 2010 (8/20)
• Contemporary Romance Challenge (9/10)
• Debut Urban Fantasy Challenge (2/15)
• Erotic Romance Challenge (6/10)
• Holiday Reading Challenge 2010 (3/5)
• Humorous Paranormal Challenge (0/20)
• Nightworld Reading Challenge (0/10)
• The M/M Reading Challenge (3/5)
• The Outlander Reading Challenge (0/7)
• The Vampire Files Challenge (0/12)

Winners on The Unread Reader

• Vicky CK won The Bro Code by Barney Stinson
• Midnyte Reader won Shades of Atlantis
• jacmom Blogoversary winner of Book Lovers 2011 Calendar
• Charlie Blogoversary winner of Pink Kindle cover

Stuff I Won

• Team William t-shirt from Jennifer DeLucy
• Branded by Keary Taylor from Girls in the Stacks
• Fictional Men Never Let You Down t-shirt from I’d So Rather Be Reading

Upcoming Events
01/24/11: Jennifer DeLucy Light Series Blog Tour
02/04/11: J.L. Bryan The Haunted E-Book Blog Tour

*double sighs* I’m very disappointed that I didn’t get as much reading done this month as I had planned with the Holidays and all getting in the way. LOL

Do you have an event coming up? Please tell me about it so I can add the button to my sidebar. I love buttons.

Happy New Year everyone. Please be safe as you enjoy your celebrations. Here is to a lot of Happy Reading in 2011! Cheers!

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Posted at 4:39 pm  •  Labels: 2010, holiday fun, reading rewind