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MrsJoseph's TBR Decimation Challenge
Loosheesh wrote: "You've already read two? I'm jealous! This morning I put around 5 books in my Amazon wishlist and I was thinking I have to read about 25 books before I can buy them all - the thought just sucks (in..."Well...technically I finished these books up this weekend...but since they were TBR owned I figured they should count, lol!
Lost Prince was a pretty bad ARC so... I would have passed if I could and I had to force myself to read it.
I also "restarted" myself. As soon as I put up the challenge I went to Borders and came out with 7 books. O_o Not only did that require a restart but my bookshelves are packed and groaning. I have GOT to stop buying DTBs until we move. It's imperative now.
My husband has been looking forward to this challenge with baited breath, lol. He wants to hold me to reading 40 books before I buy anymore, lol. I told him that wasn't going to happen. :-)
I pre-ordered Storm's Heart this morning, too! I couldn't wait a minute more. :D I'm sad I won't get my copy til the 4th but I'll live.
Loosheesh wrote: "MrsJoseph wrote: "My husband has been looking forward to this challenge with baited breath, lol. He wants to hold me to reading 40 books before I buy anymore, lol. I told him that wasn't going to h..."dammit! I just realized I could have paid to have it delivered on the 3rd! *face palm*
Loosheesh wrote: "MrsJoseph wrote: "dammit! I just realized I could have paid to have it delivered on the 3rd! *face palm*"Oww! here's a cool, wet rag for that handprint on your face :P"
I've been trying to get Books A Million on the phone since 9am. I want to see if they have copies of Serpent's Kiss. I figure, I'd planned to buy my mom a copy anyway so... :-D
Loosheesh wrote: "MrsJoseph wrote: "I've been trying to get Books A Million on the phone since 9am. I want to see if they have copies of Serpent's Kiss. I figure, I'd planned to buy my mom a copy anyway so... :-D"..."
YES!!! Score! They have a copy at books a million!
Yeah, I meant Storm's Heart. :)
Now, should I cancel my Amazon order? I'm thinking I shall... This way I don't get yelled at by my husband for having two copies of the same book...he wont understand my need. :D
Dang. They just sent me an email that they couldn't cancel. I'll see what happens when it gets here.
How horrible am I? I just ran up to BAM and bought a copy. :-D They had to dig around in a box in the back to get it for me. :-D
Loosheesh wrote: "Supercool! Now, go read it! =D The most fortuitous thing happened (I feel terrible putting it this way but it is what it is) - a tropical storm passed through my country, dumping tons of rain and..."
Wow, I think I just turned green, lol!
I can't start reading until I get home from work. :-(
But I'm so excited! :-D
ok, my book got delivered today but I refused delivery (my husband will do the happy dance, lol). We started the buddy read! Come on over. :-)
Loosheesh wrote: "MrsJoseph wrote: "We started the buddy read! Come on over. :-)"I want to join you guys but too busy with work right now (that's what you get when there's an unscheduled day off, boo!); I'll try t..."
:-) Finished yet?
Loosheesh wrote: "MrsJoseph wrote: ":-) Finished yet?"Yep, I gobbled it up and it was delicious!! I'll re-read this weekend ;) Don't you just love Tiago? After meeting him, I seriously have to consider joining th..."
:-) I'm almost finished...it seems no one wants to give me 2 uninterrupted hours of reading time, lol! I am loving Tiago. Loving him! One of the girls in the reading challenge group suggested he would look something like Jay Taveros: http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-... That's a pretty hot and smoking look...
:-D
Dang it! I need to finish some more books, lol. I want to drop by Borders to see what's still left...
Woot! I hit six books! *happy dance*
But I think I'm going to hold off on buying right now...See if I can knock down a few more. :-)
lol! But...you've read like 7 books since we started the challenge. :) Why aren't you counting them?
Loosheesh wrote: "MrsJoseph wrote: "lol! But...you've read like 7 books since we started the challenge. :) Why aren't you counting them?"I've read 11 actually (not that I'm counting or anything =D). Well, my c..."
Wow, you're going hard. :) I've been including the reading of the free books...just not the buying of the free books.
*I'm so horrible*
I have a problem. Just yesterday I had to force myself away from spending my book credit on a The Cat Who Omnibus. Sad, right? lol!
I'm doing pretty good! I've only bought Storm's Heart this month. But like you said it's only 1 week in.
Loosheesh wrote: "I'm looking forward to the end of the month to see how many books I end up buying; last month I bought 21 :eek:"BTW, one of my friends went on a 19 book shopping spree last week. You're doing good!
:-D See, even though I thought it not possible, there are people with worse book buying habits than us. :D
Ok, confession time. I purchased:1.60 - 1 Alien Mate 3 [MultiFormat] by Eve Langlais
1.60 - 1 Alien Mate 2 [MultiFormat] by Eve Langlais
1.80 - 1 Last Minion Standing [MultiFormat] by Eve Langlais
2.20 - 1 Snowballs In Hell [MultiFormat] by Eve Langlais
1.60 - 1 Naughty List [MultiFormat] by Willa Edwards
1.40 - 1 Temptation In Lingerie [MultiFormat] by Gina Gordon
2.00 - 1 Army Beasts [MultiFormat] by Dahlia Rose
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12.20 - Total
and
2.60 - 1 Wolfen [MultiFormat] by Madelaine Montague
and
1.60 - 1 Dating Cupid [MultiFormat] by Eve Langlais
1.60 - 1 A Ghostly Menage [MultiFormat] by Eve Langlais
0.40 - 1 A Modern Wicked Fairy Tale: Red [MultiFormat] by Selena Kitt
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3.60 – Total
$18.40 total, 11 books
Of the ones that I purchased, I've read:Alien Mate 2 by Eve Langlais
Last Minion Standing by Eve Langlais
Snowballs In Hell by Eve Langlais
Temptation In Lingerie by Gina Gordon
Army Beasts by Dahlia Rose
Wolfen by Madelaine Montague
Dating Cupid by Eve Langlais
A Ghostly Menage by Eve Langlais
A Modern Wicked Fairy Tale: Red by Selena Kitt
Books I’ve read lately:
1. Alien Mate
2. Broomstick Breakdown
3. Last Minion Standing
4. Alien Mate 2
5. Dating Cupid
6. Alien Mate 3 – 6!
7. A Ghostly Ménage
8. Naughty List
9. Temptation In Lingerie
10. Army Beasts
11. Wolfen
12. A Modern Wicked Fairy Tale: Goldilocks – 6!
13. Lucifer's Daughter
Ok, it's time for me to come clean.I went to a book festival on Friday. :-O
I bought like 30 books! I haven't even managed to catalog them all, I just went crazy. I did manage to get a copy (and autograph!) of Sarah Wendel from Smart Bitches, Trashy Books newest book: Everything I Know about Love I Learned from Romance Novels
They gave us bags, lol. I parked really close and it was an outdoor fair. It rained buckets that day, by the way. :-(Some people gave us one bag just because they were trying to get rid of stuff and go home. I got two more bags by buying a lot at a church book sale. :) Plus we kept going back to the car to dump books :)
Other than that I've been doing really really well. I just lost it and went insane. :) I have found that the challenge has really made me stop and think (a lot more).
My challenge is mired in mud, too! LOL! I bought like 30+ books at that book fair I went too, lol. I stopped counting since then cause I don't know where I am! I have been good about buying books...I don't think I've bought any since...
...with freebies not counting!...
...September? I think September! :-D
*pats self on back.* I've been very good.
Loosheesh wrote: "Yay, we've been quite good! And I feel so much better when I come across a freebie I once thought of buying - isn't that like finding gold? Best feeling =D"That is like the bestest feeling ever.
Ok, so today I reaped what I sowed on Monday:Bet Me (HB!)
Spectyr MMPB
Phoenix and Ashes (hb!)
and all used! ;-)
Plus I bought a copy of the 1980's BBC movies of the Chronicles of Narnia. I really hope I got the right ones...otherwise it's getting gifted.
<.<>.>
As prompted:
:-D
I bought 4 new books...
Welcome to Temptation
Faking It
Songsmith
Tales of the Witch World 3
Obviously I am broken. I am having a very hard time not buying books.It's like Christa said: "My acquisition of books is separate from my reading them."
Gosh. I'm horrible at this! I've even stopped counting challenge points...So I bought:
Anyone But You
Maybe This Time
Manhunting
Loosheesh wrote: "More Crusie, I see! Can't wait to get Bet Me and Agnes and the Hitman; I'll be checking my post box tomorrow with fingers crossed, but I doubt they'll be here yet :("I don't know what it is...but I'm enjoying her books. Even the ones I'm not the biggest fan of - they're still good enough that I'm aching when waiting for a new set to come in the mail.
I hope yours come soon!
Wow. So, at first I was super PO'd about the Kobo coupons due to Agency6. I was about to post them...when I discovered Courtney Milan! HQN allows discounts! whhoooo hooooo!
Well......I think I'm stocking up for kids or winter or an economic meltdown or something, lol.
I'm like the book edition of that new TV show Doomsday Preppers: http://channel.nationalgeographic.com...
I bought:
Unclaimed
Unraveled
Just One of the Guys
Instant Attraction
Nightlife
I blame MR for this one! All those coupon codes being tossed around???!
LOL! I've been preparing for the ebookocalypse from day one. At least, that's my best excuse for the number of unread books I have in calibre. :-)
Christa wrote: "LOL! I've been preparing for the ebookocalypse from day one. At least, that's my best excuse for the number of unread books I have in calibre. :-)"Agreed! I don't even know how many unread ebooks I have at this point...cause I stopped counting the freebies until I read them... O_o
:-Dlol!
I'm going to try to be good for now on!
Wow! I ran into a sale. *face palm* I need to stay away from Dear Author! BUT I finally picked up:
Space Junque $1.49
Spiderwork $2.99
and the final book:
Bleeder $3.99
I have to admit I wasn't looking and didn't realize that Spiderwork was $2.99 and not $1.49! but I've been meaning to buy them since the whole thing with the cover came out...
Loosheesh wrote: "Between Smashwords and Amazon, I got these free last year (Jul/Aug). Are you planning to read them soon?"I don't know. I think I should. Are you?
Loosheesh wrote: "Not particularly, but I was thinking if you were planning to read them soon I'd probably tag along."Not sure how I missed this.
Strangely enough, LK said some rather insensitive things on Dear Author today in the comments section of this thread: http://dearauthor.com/features/essays...
For a second I was thinking DAMN IT! Now I don't want to read her but I already bought the books.
But I already bought the books...so read them I shall.
But I want to finish my current crop of books (or decide if I will DNF them).
Wow. I won't be reading her. (But if I'd already bought the books I'd probably give them a shot because the money's already been spent.)
But... wow.
But... wow.
Loosheesh wrote: "That was unfortunate; worst thing was she kept digging a deeper hole for herself rather than acknowledging she was wrong to go there, and apologizing right away :("^This. That was the worse part, honestly.
Ok, I bought 16 books in March (I mean actual $$ not freebies). *face palm* I need to SLOW DOWN...especially since I bought 2 in April already. O_o So, the rest of April is NO BOOK PURCHASE month. *fingers crossed*
Loosheesh wrote: "I know the feeling :-(I felt like I was going out of control in March (though I bought just about the same number of ebooks in January and February - go figure!). I've bought two so far for April and I have some in the wishlist that are just begging me to buy them ... "
That's exactly what happened to me! That plus a library sale...
But I really have to stop buying. I'm up to 184 unread books...but that's including some freebies...
I did really well and I've only bought 3 more books this month (not counting freebies)!!!Goblin Quest - I've wanted to read Jim C. Hines for a while now...and I had to track down a copy. It doesn't seem to still be in print.
Tangled Leashes - I LOVE this series. :-D and this was just released...
The Cinderella Deal - Because I obviously have a Jennifer Crusie issue...
Oh no!! That just is so horrible! I buy a lot form BWB (via amazon) so I wonder what happened? :(
MobileRead Book Challenges
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The Cinderella Deal (other topics)
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Challenge:
Read six (6) books from my TBR mountain before one (1) new book can be purchased (freebies DON'T count! =D). That’s a 6:1 ratio (which will be a big help since I don’t have room for any more books on any of my shelves).
Some Notes
1. Challenge begins on Aug 1
2. The upcoming purchase of Storm's Heart (releasing on Aug 2) is excepted from the rules (gives Loosheesh a high five) and
Iwe will be discussing it in a Buddy Read here: http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/6...3. I promise to disclose when I fall off the
wagonmountain!4. I read a lot of fantasy (all sub genres), sci-fi, romances (almost all sub genres) and erotica (aka SMUT). If you feel you might get offended by the smut, please overlook those posts.
5. I review ebooks for a blog site. Those books are not on any of my TBR lists but they will count toward a free book credit.
6. Library books are valid for use on a TBR book that is not owned.
7. One reward point equals one book
Starting Point: 135 Bought & Unread Books
# of Challenge Books Read To Date: 6
# of Reward Points Earned To Date: 1
# of Reward Points Used To Date: 0
Books Read Since Start of Challenge:
#1 - Hounded
#2 - Lost Prince
#3 - Storm's Heart
#4 - Long Hard Ride (DNF'd)
#5 - The Duke And I
#6 - The Warded Man
Converted Reward Points:
#1 –
Thank you, Loosheesh for such a great challenge format. :)