Striving for Check/Book Balance [2012 Challenge]

[D.G.]

SOS: Serious Overload of Series
2012 Striving for Check/Book Balance Challenge
Total books read: 8

Purchased & Read: 1


Owned & Read: 1


Borrowed & Read: 6
(For my calculations/information only)

[Lady Jaye]

D.G, how was Lead me on? Trying to decide whether or not to read it...

[D.G.]

I liked it better than the second book and as usual with Dahl, it was very hot.

I think though that unless you put yourself in the heroine's shoes, she can be difficult to understand and her issues may seem trivial and/or silly. She has some stupid prejudices that she acknowledges but that she has trouble getting rid of and that can be difficult to take.

[Lady Jaye]

Thanks, D.G. :)

[D.G.]

I could relate to her because something that happened to her also happened to me (the brother in jail part) so I really know where she was coming from.

The book also had an original take on 'traumatic childhood' (something I've never seen in romance.)

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

2012 Striving for Check/Book Balance Challenge
Total books read: # 28
#4\#24

Purchased & Read: # 4


Owned & Read: # 24

[Lady Jaye]

Whoa Sandra! You read really fast! :)

[Valerie ~ Val Hall ~]

2012 Striving for Check/Book Balance Challenge

Total books read: 17
Scale Status:5/12.

Purchased & Read: 5


Owned, Borrowed & Read: 12

[Tricia]

Oh, this will be an interesting experiment for me!! While I was working at the bookstore, I would have never tried this. Always buying faster than I could read back then! I've accumulated a huge TBR pile over the years! :)

2012 Striving for Check/Book Balance Challenge
Total books read: 16

Purchased & Read: 2


Owned & Read: 11


Borrowed & Read: 3


Scale Status: 2/11\3

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Lady Jaye wrote: "Whoa Sandra! You read really fast! :)"

LOL. Some of them aren't very long Lady Jaye :)

[Steph, Serious series addict]

Yeah, and you read fast. >;)

[Alyssa]

I've finally read some books. Woot!

2012 Striving for Check/Book Balance Challenge

Total books read: 7

Purchased/Acquired & Read: 1
P:
A:

Owned & Read: 6


Scale Status: (P) 1\6 (O)

[Steph, Serious series addict]

WOOHOO, go Alyssa! :D

[Audrey]

*SOS: Serious Overload of Series*

2012 Striving for Check/Book Balance Challenge
Duration: Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2012

Total books read: 8

Purchased & Read:
[insert cover art for all books here]

Owned & Read: 5


Borrowed/Library & Read: 3


Scale Status:
0\8 (this is just the purchased and owned)

[Mary X]

I'm more concerned about ebooks I paid money for and print books. I'll count audiobooks that I paid for too. I don't care how many freebies I pile up on my Kindle.

2012 Striving for Check/Book Balance Challenge
Total books read: #
Purchased Print/CD: 9 Digital: 17 Read: 4




Owned & Read: # 8
Fancy Free-Charlotte Gray (no cover)


Borrowed and read: 4


I am purging a lot of print books unread so keeping track of print TBR:
Print TBR pile start: 942
Purged unread: 1


Scale Status:

Acquired vs Read:
26\12

[Julianne]

Mary, how was The Magicians? I have it sitting on my shelf but it's fairly low on my tbr list.

[Julianne]

I'd like to participate in this one too. :)

2012 Striving for Check/Book Balance Challenge
Total books read: 14

Purchased & Read: 1


Owned & Read: 13


Scale Status:
1\13

[Josie]

I like how you've read the books in a series back to back Julianne!

[Valerie ~ Val Hall ~]

Julianne, serial reader you! :)

[Julianne]

LOL, I try. It's easy enough right now cause everything's still new to me. I've only been "actively" reading for a short while. :)

[Audrey]

Julianne - how did you like both the "House of Comarre" series and the "Blue Blood" series? I have heard mixed reviews on the "Blue Bloods". So, I have been leery to try to them.

[Mary X]

It was ok. I don't know. I liked it but it was like it couldn't decide what kind of book it was going to be. 1st it was kids in a magical college and then it's young adults living wild in the city and then it's young adults going to a fantasy world.

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

2012 Striving for Check/Book Balance Challenge
Total books read: # 33
#4\#29

Purchased & Read: # 4


Owned & Read: # 29

[Judithe, Soap Operas never end....]

2012 Striving for Check/Book Balance Challenge
Total books read: 0\8 (+ 5 library books + 1 reread =14 books)

Purchased & Read: #
[insert cover art for all books here]

Owned & Read: #

[Joann]

SOS 2012 Striving for Check/Book Balance Challenge
Total books read: 24
Scale Status: 0/24

Updated 01.29.12

Purchased & Read in 2012: 0

Owned & Read in 2012: 24

[Lady Jaye]

Get it, Joann and Judithe! No purchases so far, yayy!!

[Judithe, Soap Operas never end....]

Oh...that is sooooo misleading...I DID purchase a couple...just haven't read them yet!

OMG...I just checked the new special shelf for 2012 purchases...a couple! 19! Though a few of those are pre-orders...how DID that happen?

[Joann]

Thanks, Lady Jaye. So far, so good, but there's going to be new releases soon from some of my fav authors that I won't be able to resist. :)

[Julianne]

Audrey wrote: "Julianne - how did you like both the "House of Comarre" series and the "Blue Blood" series? I have heard mixed reviews on the "Blue Bloods". So, I have been leery to try to them."

I really enjoyed the House of Comarre. I really liked the Heroine and Hero, I thought the whole thing was really well done. By the third one it became a little epic but that was where I really fell in love with the series.
AS for Blue Bloods, I loved it from the get go, I loved the detail and the backstory that she put into it, and the mystery as it unfolds. Around the 4th book I felt like things were taking a little long to happen, but then in 5 and 6 I was loving it again. And it has a more mature feel than many YA books do.

[Christine]

Julianne wrote: "Audrey wrote: "Julianne - how did you like both the "House of Comarre" series and the "Blue Blood" series? I have heard mixed reviews on the "Blue Bloods". So, I have been leery to try to them."

..."


I'm glad to hear you like the House of Comarre. I bought the books simply because I loved the covers and was just hoping the stories inside were good, too.

[Lady Jaye]

2012 Striving for Check/Book Balance Challenge
Duration: Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2012

Total books read: #31

Purchased & Read: #1


Owned & Read: #8


library and read: #22



Scale Status 1/8

[Susan (susayq ~)]

I am beyond impressed with you ladies that have read 20+ books this month! Congrats!

[Julianne]

Susan (susayq) wrote: "I am beyond impressed with you ladies that have read 20+ books this month! Congrats!"

Me too! I'm just not capable of reading that fast.

[Lina]

me three!

[Judithe, Soap Operas never end....]

Awe...LOL! I'm BURNING with jealousy!

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

January's Totals

2012 Striving for Check/Book Balance Challenge
Total books read: # 39
#4\#35

Purchased & Read: # 4


Owned & Read: # 35

[A book away from an episode of hoarders]

If no one minds, I'd like to jump in here. I need another year long challenge and perhaps this will keep my book buying under control (or maybe not) :D

2012 Striving for Check/Book Balance Challenge
Total books read: 80

Acquired/Purchased & Read in 2012: #37


Previously Owned & Read in 2012: #43


Scale Status: 37\43

[Alyssa]

Ok, so I've gotten confused. Which way is the / \ supposed to lean. Towards the big number, 1/5..... or away from the big number 1\5..... I think I'm doing it wrong....

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Think of it as the big number crushing the little number.

[Judithe, Soap Operas never end....]

LOL! What an easy way to remember! And you did a bit of crushing this (last) month!!

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

LOL!!!! YAY!!!

[Audrey]

*SOS: Serious Overload of Series*

2012 Striving for Check/Book Balance Challenge
Duration: Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2012

Total books read: 8

Purchased & Read:
[insert cover art for all books here]

Owned & Read: 5


Borrowed/Library & Read: 3


Scale Status:
0\8 (this is just the purchased and owned)

[JenniferJ]

2012 Striving for Check/Book Balance Challenge
Total books read: #

Purchased & Read: #
[insert cover art for all books here]

Owned & Read: #
[insert cover art for all books here]

Scale Status: This part will vary depending on your #s.
If equal use: #|#
If tipped use: #\# or #/# <--to reflect which way your scale is leaning

[Alyssa]

Sandra wrote: "Think of it as the big number crushing the little number."

Thanks, Sandra!

*begins repeating... "big number crushing little number...."*

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

LOL Yep, it works for me!

[Steph, Serious series addict]

LOL! Me too! Oh, wise math genie!

[Steph, Serious series addict]

My update w/my January reads. I'll post another update at the end of each month. I'm guessing these posts will become long otherwise, w/a year's worth of cover art.

Total books read: 28
Scale:
January 4\20 (28)

Purchased & Read: 4


Owned & Read: 20


Freebie & Library Loans/Read: 4


Yearly Scale Status: 4\20

[Joann]

SOS 2012 Striving for Check/Book Balance Challenge
Total books read: 42
Scale Status: 0\42

Updated 02.15.12

Purchased & Read in 2012: 0

Owned & Read in 2012: 42

[Audrey]

2012 Striving for Check/Book Balance Challenge
Duration: Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2012

Total books read: 15

Purchased & Read: 1


Owned & Read: 4


Borrowed/Library & Read: 10


Scale Status:
1\4 (+ 10 borrowed/library = 15)

[Lady Jaye]

Go Joann!! Impresssive :D