Month in Review: January 2011

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Avatar January started off pretty good; I was on a reading roll. Then something came up in my personal life last week and ever since, my mind has been distracted. Hopefully I can get back on track soon because I have a lot of books I’ve been looking forward to reading!

I participated in Bloggiesta this month. I got a few things done but I still need to catch up on reviews. Hopefully I can get my butt in gear and get them done soon. I definitely want to get some rainy day reviews done.

I’m working on the ‘review link up’ posts for the 4 reading challenges that I’m hosting. I should have had January’s review link up posts up already but because I’m a newbie host, I didn’t realize that. *facepalm* Then I come to find out that Linky Tools will no longer be a free service (and will delete ALL my links 2/7 if I don’t pay) so I had to find a new link tool site to use and had to update my sign up posts. What fun that was. Not. Hopefully I’ve have January’s and February’s ‘review link up’ posts up soon.


Books Reviewed:

  1. Return to Paradise by Simone Elkeles – 3 frogs
  2. Unraveled by Gena Showalter – 3 frogs
  3. Boycotts & Barflies by Victoria Michaels – 4 frogs
  4. Change of Heart by Shari Maurer – 4 frogs
  5. The Ex-Boyfriend’s Handbook by Matt Dunn – 3.5 frogs
  6. The Mercenary by Katherine Garbera - DNF
  7. Barbie A Rare Beauty by Sandi Holder – 4 frogs
  8. One Reckless Summer by Toni Blake – 4 frogs
  9. Vesper by Jeff Sampson -  DNF
  10. Free Falling by Sandy James – 3.5 frogs
  11. Yours For the Taking by Robin Kaye – 3.5 frogs

Guest Posts:

  • Author Robin Kaye talks about how she became a writer and tells us what to expect next from her. I am definitely looking forward to her next series!

Misc:

Current Giveaways:

2011 Reading Challenges Status Report:



How was your January?

About Brianna: Supermom by day, naughty reader by night. Addicted to chocolate, Twitter, her iPad, her Kindle, and 99¢ Kindle deals. You can follow Brianna on Twitter, Facebook, Goodreads, and Instagram.

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11 comments:

  1. Wow! And I thought I was doing good with 4 books finished (and 3 in the works) I need to step up my game!

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  2. Whoa! You are doing a lot of challenges! You got quite a bit done this month! Hope February is even better for you.

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  3. A Tale of Many Reviews - I know. I went a little overboard with reading challenges! LOL

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  4. What? Is Linky Tools the same as MisterLinky?

    What a mess! I'm sorry for that hassle. It is news to me about the pay thing or else they are going to delete it. So unfair.

    Great wrap up BV! Looks like you worked on a lot of good challenges.

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  5. Because I love how informative and involved you are in the book world, I nominate you for the Gini Koch "Worth Your Weight in a 'Gator Battle" Award.
    Come play! http://ginikoch.com/winstuff.htm

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  6. Missie - Linky Tools is a different site. I don't use MisterLinky either (don't they charge too?). I need a lot of linkies for the reading challenges I'm hosting and I can't afford to pay. Hopefully this new one I'm using will stay free.

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  7. 11 books, great job! I hope you have an excellent February :)

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  8. I have read 3 of my MIU Challenge books, but that is it for my challenges so far! LOL

    And 11 books? WAY TO GO!!!

    Here's mine: http://simpleloveofreading.blogspot.com/2011/02/month-in-review-january.html

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  9. Great start to the new year! And glad to see I'm not the only one who has trouble saying no to new challenges! :)

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  10. Great month for you! I hope you can get things straightened out and have an even better February!

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  11. Alexia561 - Good to know I'm not the only one who went overboard!

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