tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52801866532922184842024-03-13T23:00:26.841-07:00A Punk Princess LifeAnything and Everything that is going on in my RANDOM lifeBeka Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07980726767436643841noreply@blogger.comBlogger152125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280186653292218484.post-30449921488314445752023-01-12T12:33:00.000-08:002023-01-12T12:33:21.984-08:002023 Word <p> So my word of the year this year is Love!! In the grand scheme it sounds like a crap word when I have love, but the love of non person stuff. I want to get back to the things I love, the things that bring me joy. I want to review more and be more open with my reading. I want to try and blog more and center myself in those things that bring love into me. So with that May 2023 bring me Love in my Life, my mind and my soul. </p>Beka Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07980726767436643841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280186653292218484.post-75156381828657622502019-03-19T07:44:00.003-07:002019-03-19T07:44:59.934-07:002019So I failed again but Calvin is in school a few days a week and I just added a reminder to my calendar to alert me to post once a week. So here is hoping it works. <br />
So I decided to take my reading goal into a different way this year instead of genre challenge I took it simple and am doing a book number challenge (The GoodReads one where I want to read 150 books this year and I’m doing one with Calvin we are shooting for 400 books). I can already see a huge difference I’m at 71 now and Calvin and I are at 87. I am throwing in some it’s time to let them go books. I’m weird and can’t get myself to read the last book in a series, if I don’t read it then it’s not over right. But I decided this year enough was enough and I needed to let them go so I want to do 12 that’s nothing crazy so far I’ve done 5 and I’m working on finishing up some series that I’m behind on. <br />
My word for the year this year is Serenity! <br />
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In 2009 my friend Alayna told me about One Little Word and I picked a word that little did I know would hold as much power as it did. I have picked a word every year since (Strong, Remember, Organize, Brave, Faith, Happy, Sparkle, Create and Kind). The idea is to pick a word that represents what you want to focus on throughout the year. 2017 held a moment for me that really hit home my word for me I was in the Charolette Airport in line at Starbucks and a pilot got behind me. I had a 3 hour layover and he was obviously between flights I told him to go in front of me and we chatted while in line when we got to the counter he bought my drink, I thanked him we waited and talked more then parted ways. I went and sat down and something in me told me to go back to that Starbucks (which if you are ever in the Charolette Airport the Starbucks by gate E11 is the one you want to go to) the pilot knew a guy who worked their and I got him to come talk with me for a moment and asked if I bought the pilot a gift card would he see that he got it when he came through again. He politely told me he would and thanked me for thinking of the pilot. I bought the gift card and proceeded to write the pilot a note telling him how I was struggling emotionally (I was flying because my grandpa had just passed away and I was having trouble seeing things as not being gray and he showed me Kind was still out there). One simple act letting a pilot go in front of me in line reminded me of something I had lost sight of in my most difficult time and this amazing man proved to me that Kind was still out there. I left that experience with a different outlook. I got my soul refilled by a stretch of road in Alabama that holds that home feeling for me and always makes my steps a little lighter. I was able to see positive in a negative situation and without that experience I doubt I could have. <br />
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So it’s Word of the year time and it was one of the furthest things from my mind in November and December coming up with a word. I knew I needed one but with everything going on I just didn’t have it in me to think about it. On the 29th I took a few moments to myself and sat just sat and it hit me Balance! I had completely lost my balance in life, with family, my Posh plus upcoming subbing potential everything. How could I ever expect to find my peace and fix my inner me without balancing my life so this years goal is balance. Beka Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07980726767436643841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280186653292218484.post-13112247211534105472017-01-03T17:53:00.000-08:002017-01-03T17:54:22.066-08:00Reading ChallengeSo normally I am up on my Reading Challenge Game but this time I've been a major slacker. So far I have picked my Goodreads Challenge 75 books (not too high since I am finding I am reading longer books thanks to GR trackers at the end of the year) and PopSugar Reading Challenge. The PopSugar Challenge is always a favorite and seems to get added onto my list year after year. I also found a challenge for Calvin and I to do, but am still on the hunt for at least 1 more because I'm a stickler for a least 3 so I have variety. Once I get them all figured out I will blog about each one.<br />
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So my word for 2017 hit me hard but then I started second guessing my choice for a word. It was one of the simplest words I have ever choose and I didn't know if I felt it. Then I had a truly ah ha moment after a friend posted a touching blog piece on her cousin fighting to take his daughter home with him because the surrogate had changed her mind. All thankfully worked out for my friends cousins but the video she shared about his struggles reminded me why I choose my word in the first place. <br />
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So I have been doing word of the year since 2009 and my word Strong and because of the instant need in my life for that word it propelled me to continue doing it every year with Organize, Remember, Brave, Faith, Happy, Sparkle, Create and bring me to my 2017 pick<br />
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Much thought and dwelling was spent on picking this years word. More so than any other year I have picked a word but deep in my soul this needed to be my word for 2017. So no matter where 2017 feels the need to take me my word has a path for me and I know deep down that it's what my year will truly need.</div>
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<br />Beka Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07980726767436643841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280186653292218484.post-86080587774966179422016-01-22T08:08:00.000-08:002016-01-22T08:08:03.352-08:00What a fast two weeksWow we made it through another party for Kyrie. I always feel like I have nine zillion things going on for her party that I don't get much else done. Then I had a sick little guy so I'm finally getting around to blogging about my <a href="http://creationsofapunkprincess.blogspot.com/">Crafty Minion Party Creation</a> and then of course uploading pictures to FB and then updating here. The little guy and I have been trying out different wraps with our woven and we are loving it. <br />
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Beka Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07980726767436643841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280186653292218484.post-77442052304514761202016-01-08T09:31:00.003-08:002016-01-08T09:31:52.390-08:00My Dearest KyrieMy Dearest Kyrie,<br />
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Today you turn 11, and I have to explain to you why this is so hard for me. Every time I look at you I see this little girl.<br />
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The girl with the curly hair, the free spirit, the child who insisted that rain boots and shorts go on a day without a cloud in site. My little 4 year old Kyrie adventurous, talkative heart full of love. I know I hold you too close, give you hugs when you want to push me away and wish you would stop getting older. I also know one day you will go off to college, have a career, get married and have a family of your own and every day puts us closer to that future. I just want to keep you little, so the world won't jade you, so I can protect you from everything. So please be patient with your mom as I hug you a little more than you like. I'm just trying to hold you little as long as I can!</div>
Beka Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07980726767436643841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280186653292218484.post-43709140578775941102016-01-02T16:35:00.001-08:002016-01-02T16:35:45.116-08:00Rare Moments With Kyrie Since Kyrie's birthday is coming up and clothes are the best gift ever for her at the moment, we went out and spent her birthday money from Nana. We had just a Kyrie and Mommy day. A rare event even before Calvin came along. It took a little while but she warmed up to the idea of shopping with Mom and actually having to talk to me, so that by lunch she was just talking away about all kinds of things. We ended up getting her party decorations with a gift card I found while I was cleaning up my scrapbook stuff. I have some invitations to make up and some eyes to add to things to make them look like Minions but no big decorations this year. She is going with a Movie Party, Minions and wants popcorn and cupcakes. So not too much work for Mom. We had a blast and hopefully it's something I can keep doing with her and she enjoyed it as much as I did.<br />
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We did a couple stores got all we needed and then we did lunch. It was a blast!!! Afterwards we came home and the kids and I watched the Minion movie. Such a great way to spend the first couple days of the New Year.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">After reading all of these "I'm so glad 2015 is over it was awful posts". I have noticed a change in myself. I thought back at my year and all I could see was the memories I wanted to stick out the ones where I was Happy. We were blessed with Calvin and even if being pregnant with him kept me sick at every turn that's not what I take away from it. I take away this amazing boy who loves me unconditionally, who smells like baby soap and gives some of the best little heart squeeze type moments. I have two AMAZING daughters who despite one being older than I wish she was I couldn't ask or more. Little Moments stand out and make me realize the impact I make on them. Being able to be there for them at every turn. I was fortunate enough to see my Mom twice this year. Once when I flew down to watch my little brother graduate and again when she flew up here after we had Calvin. Yes I wish we all could have watched Austin graduate. Yes I wish that would have been an option but instead of holding onto that negative I relished the time I got to spend with him and my Mom. Don't get me wrong my year was probably anything but perfect we had our downs but I choose to focus on the ups when I reflect back at it. Maybe all I needed was a little Sparkle to make me see that the littlest moments SPARKLE the most.</span></div>
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January ~ Kyrie turned 10, I know it's hard to think she is that big. I still think of her as my little girl in rain boots and shorts on a day with no clouds in sight. But then I will probably always think of her that way no matter how old she gets. <br />
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February ~ Seth and I found out that horrible "flu" I thought I had was from being pregnant. As well as celebrating our 12 year anniversary. So we prepared ourselves and the girls for welcoming another bundle of joy. As you can see the girls were beyond excited when we told them the news.<br />
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March ~ Little Miss Zee turned 7 and decided on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or Ginger Turtles as she calls them. So Mommy had a lot of party prep to squeeze in along with trying not be sick so much. And get things ready for my friend's baby shower that I was making owl decorations for. And we got a ultrasound date scheduled for McKenzie's birthday along with her message of "It will be a brother I already have a sister" we were a little terrified to find out on her birthday but it worked out in her favor and she got what she wanted. And we could have a little boy. Don't worry about Zee's expression she wasn't thrilled with Kyrie getting to hold the sign too, she wanted a brother. <br />
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April ~ April brought us Easter, Zee's actual party with her friends a broken washing machine and a basement disaster. Thankfully Easter and Zee's party went without any problems we even managed to squeeze in dance pictures in April for recital. And Zee graduated speech now we have two girls out of speech. <br />
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August ~ And finally the month we had been looking forward too. Calvin decided to be like Zee and came rapid 3 hours total and we were holding our big boy. He passed both girls in size and weight coming out at 9 pounds even and 21 and a half inches long. And he came to quickly for any type of medication so I did it all natural and we actually liked our third option of nitrous instead of an epidural or a local. But the babies are done for this family we are happy with our three. We brought him home and Lucky seems to have quickly taken to him. And loves night time feeding because it means extra love for him from Daddy.<br />
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<br />Beka Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07980726767436643841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280186653292218484.post-33920641143394634262015-01-14T15:56:00.001-08:002015-01-14T15:56:52.428-08:00Birthday TimeBirthday Time is upon us once again. Kyrie picked her theme and now I am scrambling trying to make it happen because she can never find a theme they sell anywhere. So I busted out the Cricut and made up some invitations that look like her Hip Hop shoes for dance only in Pink and Black Zebra print because what else would she have. Then I have been waiting on the punch I ordered from Amazon to show up so I could make some bottle cap necklaces for favors, to go along with the fishnet fingerless gloves and the sunglasses we picked up. And that will complete favors. I still have to order the cake, make the banner and print up a few decorations but we are going fairly low key this year since she is having her party at the Dance Studio. <br />
Ten has brought along a whole new world of changes she now wants to FaceTime her BFF after school and on the weekends. We are also going through the how far can I push phase and she is not coming up with answers she likes. But nothing has changed so she will quickly realize she is still expected to clean her room, do her homework before anything else and so on. <br />
Seth's gift showed up and he already opened it and loves it. It is so very fitting of him. It's a hoodie from Dysfunctional Vet that says "Leave Me Along". I couldn't have found him a better gift. Beka Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07980726767436643841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280186653292218484.post-10909118521398918792014-12-28T17:45:00.002-08:002015-01-03T16:57:35.767-08:002015 Word of the YEARSince 2009 I have been participating in <a href="https://aliedwards.com/projects/one-little-word">One Little Word by Ali Edwards</a>. I've gone through a wide variety of words starting out with Strong, Remember, Organize, Brave, Faith, and Happy last year. This year I am taking my word to an entirely different place. For the last year I have toyed with the word "me" and I've realized I need more Me in my life. So when I sat down and started thinking of my word the first thing to hit me was <br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">1. the handmaid"s tale</span><br />
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Beka Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07980726767436643841noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280186653292218484.post-34816344997839435412014-12-23T10:13:00.001-08:002015-12-20T08:22:51.332-08:00Finishing the Series Reading Challenge 2015I signed up this year for a Series challenge but like how this one sounds more. It gives me some flexibility with books that are not completely finished that I am reading so I signed up for this one over at <a href="http://socratesbookreviews.blogspot.ae/2014/11/finishing-series-reading-challenge-2015.html">Socrates' Book Reviews</a>. <br />
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Beka Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07980726767436643841noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280186653292218484.post-87193089114200498242014-12-23T10:04:00.000-08:002015-12-20T08:23:16.077-08:002015 Outdo Yourself Reading ChallengeI participated in the Outdo Yourself Reading Challenge this year and have already outdone myself so of course when I saw it was going on again I signed on up. So if you want to sign up to go <a href="http://www.thebookvixen.com/2014/11/sign-up-2015-outdo-yourself-reading.html#.VHu5e4f5xUQ">here. </a><br />
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Beka Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07980726767436643841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280186653292218484.post-12263535876546592392014-12-23T10:00:00.003-08:002015-12-20T08:23:36.059-08:00You Read How Many Books? Reading Challenge 2015Even though I am setting my Goodreads and Shelfari goal for 80. I am going to push past that with this challenge, hopefully I can make 100 and blow the 80 out of the water. It's going on at <a href="http://mybookdragon.blogspot.com/2014/11/you-read-how-many-books-2015-sign-ups.html">Book Dragon's Lair.</a><br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">I loved doing the Bingo board this year and I don't know if I will black it out but I am two books away. So when I saw this board over at the </span><a href="http://bookdate.blogspot.co.nz/2014/11/full-house-reading-challenge-2015.html" style="text-align: start;">Book Date</a><span style="text-align: start;"> I figured I would try it out for 2015.</span></div>
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1<span style="color: magenta;">. Library Book</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta;">2. Novella</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta;">4. Won or Borrowed</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta;">5. 2nd book or more in a series ~ Secrets and Lace</span><br />
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1. A top book of 2015 for you<br />
2. <span style="color: magenta;">Setting that you now want to visit</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta;">3. Book by author you really like</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta;">4. Book set in Northern Hemisphere</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta;">5. Been on your TBR "forever"</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta;">1. You heard about the book online</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta;">2. Award winning</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta;">3. Free choice</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta;">4. Debut novel by author</span><br />
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2. <span style="color: magenta;">First in a series</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta;">3. Published 2000-2013</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta;">4. Published pre 2000</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta;">5. Type of book you rarely or never read</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta;">1. Published in 2015</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta;">2. A Keeper</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta;">3. Outstanding Hero or Heroine</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta;">4. Author new to you</span><br />
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<br />Beka Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07980726767436643841noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280186653292218484.post-80798468709317897772014-12-23T09:52:00.001-08:002015-01-03T14:13:21.973-08:002015 Bookish Resolutions ChallengeIt's sure going to be a year for "new" things. I came across this challenge and figured why not. So I found the Bookish Resolutions Challenge over <a href="http://www.becausereading.com/2015bookreschallenge/">here</a> and signed up. <br />
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3. Create a sign up post and add it to the Linky on this post <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">(sign up before Feb 1st)</em></strong></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> Finish to publish date 3 series</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> Read 12 chapter books with Zee</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> Read 5 books out of the To Read Book Binder</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> Blog at least 2 time a month</span></span></li>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">- See more at: http://www.becausereading.com/2015bookreschallenge/#sthash.vrmtTTUU.dpuf</span>Beka Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07980726767436643841noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280186653292218484.post-24908550611427834302014-12-23T08:30:00.001-08:002015-01-03T14:14:17.217-08:002015 TBR Pile Reading Challenge I did this challenge from Bookish last year and loved it so much. It kept me more to my list (of course I did stray away from it because who wouldn't when so many great books keep coming out). But I did knock out around 40 books off my list. It might have been more but I don't remember off the top of my head. So I knew I had to do this challenge again. So if your TBR pile is as long as mine swing on over <a href="http://evie-bookish.blogspot.com/2014/12/2015-tbr-pile-reading-challenge-sign-ups.html">here</a> and sign yourself up too.<br />
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1-10 <i>A Firm Handshake</i></div>
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11-20 <i>A Friendly Hug</i></div>
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21-30 <i>First Kiss </i></div>
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31-40 <i>Sweet Summer Fling </i></div>
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41-50 <i>Could This Be Love?</i></div>
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50+ <i>Married with Children</i></div>
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<i>I am going to shoot for Sweet Summer Fling this time!!!!</i></div>
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<li><span style="text-align: justify;">Read-A-Long (poll will go live 12/18/14)</span></li>
<li>Vote for March read</li>
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<li>Announce March's read and schedule</li>
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<li><span style="text-align: justify;">Read-A-Long</span></li>
<li>Vote for May read</li>
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<b>April</b> (<b>Debbie)</b><br />
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<li>March - April Wrap Up</li>
<li>Announce May's read and schedule</li>
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<b>May</b><br />
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<li><span style="text-align: justify;">Read-A-Long</span></li>
<li>Vote for July read</li>
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<b>June </b>(<b>Debbie)</b><br />
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<li>May - June Wrap Up</li>
<li>Announce July's read and schedule</li>
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<b>July</b><br />
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<li><span style="text-align: justify;">Read-A-Long</span></li>
<li>Vote for September read</li>
<li>Giveaway</li>
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<b>August (Jessica)</b><br />
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<li>July - August Wrap Up</li>
<li>Announce October's read and schedule</li>
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<b>September</b><br />
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<li><span style="text-align: justify;">Read-A-Long</span></li>
<li>Vote for November read </li>
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<b>October (Tiffany)</b><br />
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<li>September - October Wrap Up</li>
<li>Announce November's read and schedule</li>
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Beka Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07980726767436643841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280186653292218484.post-29039412531849547532014-12-23T08:23:00.003-08:002015-12-20T08:04:57.548-08:002015 Library Challenge Love me some library time and even though I signed up for a different Library challenge for Zee and myself, I am signing up for this one too. I think I will combine all of our books since we read most of them together for this one. Plus with our library looking at growing and it is one of the girls and my favorite places (yes, even though all of us own e-readers). I figured we would love this. We are constantly going in and finding a new audio book for while we are in the van, or even music cds for a break from the radio for awhile. The girls also love checking out movies, and Kyrie's new thing is graphic novels. She has blown through those lately and has even moved upstairs to the adult section with a few ya's or no not yet's from me. So if you want to join me hope on over <a href="http://bookjourney.net/2014/12/02/2015-library-challenge/">here</a> and sign up too.<br />
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<strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">23 – 27 check outs in 2015 – EXPERIENCED</strong></div>
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<strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">28 + check outs in 2015 – GOING PRO!</strong></div>
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<li style="color: #474747; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>2. Hobart </b></strong></li>
<li style="color: #474747; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>3. Smile </b></strong></li>
<li style="color: #474747; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>4. The Problem Child</b></strong></li>
<li style="color: #474747; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>5. Odd Apocalypse </b></strong></li>
<li style="color: #474747; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>6. Chasing the Prophecy </b></strong></li>
<li style="color: #474747; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>7. Seeds of Rebellion</b></strong></li>
<li style="color: #474747; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>8. The Wishing Spell</b></strong></li>
<li style="color: #474747; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>9. Lies that Chelsea Handler Told Me</b></strong></li>
<li style="color: #474747; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>10. Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang </b></strong></li>
<li style="color: #474747; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>11. Princess Posey and the Tiny Treasure </b></strong></li>
<li style="color: #474747; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>12. The Lonesome Gods </b></strong></li>
<li style="color: #474747; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>13. Coraline</b></strong></li>
<li style="color: #474747; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>14. Anya's Ghost </b></strong></li>
<li style="color: #474747; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>15. In Odd We Trust </b></strong></li>
<li style="color: #474747; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>16. Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Guilty Pleasure Vol 1</b></strong></li>
<li style="color: #474747; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>17. Odd is on Our Side</b></strong></li>
<li style="color: #474747; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>18. N. P. H. Choose Your Own Autobiography </b></strong></li>
<li style="color: #474747; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>19. Anita Blake Vampire Hunter Guilty Pleasure Volume 2</b></strong></li>
<li style="color: #474747; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>20. Anita Blake Vampire Hunter The First Death </b></strong></li>
<li style="color: #474747; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>21. Foiled</b></strong></li>
<li style="color: #474747; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>22. Courtney Crumrin & the Night Things</b></strong></li>
<li style="color: #474747; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian</b></strong></li>
<li style="color: #474747; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>American Vampire Vol 1</b></strong></li>
<li style="color: #474747; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Out of the Easy</b></strong></li>
<li style="color: #474747; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>I Was a Teenage Fairy</b></strong></li>
<li style="color: #474747; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>American Vampire Vol 2</b></strong></li>
<li style="color: #474747; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>True Blood All Together Now</b></strong></li>
<li style="color: #474747; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Unwritten Vol 2</b></strong></li>
<li style="color: #474747; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Fever Moon The Fear Dorcha</b></strong></li>
<li style="color: #474747; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Unwritten Vol 3</b></strong></li>
<li style="color: #474747; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Unwritten Vol 4</b></strong></li>
<li><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="color: #474747; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;">The Hobbit Graphic </b><span style="color: #474747;"><i>Novel</i></span></strong></li>
<li style="color: #474747; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>House of Odd</b></strong></li>
<li style="color: #474747; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>True Blood Tainted Love </b></strong></li>
<li style="color: #474747; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Beautiful Creatures The Manga</b></strong></li>
<li style="color: #474747; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>The Imposters Daughter </b></strong></li>
<li style="color: #474747; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Pink Smog</b></strong></li>
<li style="color: #474747; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Awkward Family Photos</b></strong></li>
<li style="color: #474747; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Courtney Crumrin & the Coven of Mystics</b></strong></li>
<li style="color: #474747; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Blood Roses</b></strong></li>
<li><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #474747;"><i>Kalona's Fall</i></span></b></strong></li>
<li><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #474747;"><i>Courtney Crumrin & the Twilight Kingdom</i></span></b></strong></li>
<li><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #474747;"><i>Cursed Foiled Again</i></span></b></strong></li>
<li><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #474747;"><i>The Bad Beginning </i></span></b></strong></li>
<li><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #474747;"><i>Courtney Crumrin's Monstrous Holiday </i></span></b></strong></li>
<li><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #474747;"><i>Through the Woods</i></span></b></strong></li>
<li><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #474747;"><i>Courtney Crumrin The Witch Next Door</i></span></b></strong></li>
<li><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #474747;"><i>The Game of Thrones Graphic Novel Vol 1</i></span></b></strong></li>
<li><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #474747;"><i>Courtney Crumrin The Final Spell</i></span></b></strong></li>
<li><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #474747;"><i>Guilty Pleasure</i></span></b></strong></li>
<li><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #474747;"><i>Pippi Goes on Board</i></span></b></strong></li>
<li><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #474747;"><i>A Game of Thrones Graphic Novel Vol 2</i></span></b></strong></li>
<li><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #474747;"><i>The Laughing Corpse</i></span></b></strong></li>
<li><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #474747;"><i>A Game of Thrones Graphic Novel Vol 3</i></span></b></strong></li>
<li><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #474747;"><i>A Wrinkle in Time Graphic Novel </i></span></b></strong></li>
<li><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #474747;"><i>The Amulet of Samarkand The Graphic Novel</i></span></b></strong></li>
<li><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #474747;"><i>I Am Malala</i></span></b></strong></li>
<li><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #474747;"><i>Aesop's Fables</i></span></b></strong></li>
<li><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #474747;"><i>A Midsummer Night's Dream</i></span></b></strong></li>
<li><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #474747;"><i>Tantalize: Kieren's Story</i></span></b></strong></li>
<li><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #474747;"><i>The Witches</i></span></b></strong></li>
<li><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #474747;"><i>Psyche in a Dress</i></span></b></strong></li>
<li><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #474747;"><i>Milk Eggs Vodka</i></span></b></strong></li>
<li><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #474747;"><i>Olive Kitteridge </i></span></b></strong></li>
<li><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #474747;"><i>Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story</i></span></b></strong></li>
<li><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #474747;"><i>How to (un)cage a Girl</i></span></b></strong></li>
<li><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #474747;"><i>Macbeth</i></span></b></strong></li>
<li><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #474747;"><i>The Christmas Box Miracle</i></span></b></strong></li>
<li><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #474747;"><i>The Christmas Box </i></span></b></strong></li>
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So I am going to keep two lists for this one for me and one for Miss Zee. We sure do love our library!!! The Challenge is hosted <a href="http://mybookdragon.blogspot.com/2014/11/i-love-library-books-2015-sign-ups.html">here</a></div>
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<li>choose a level - you may move up as needed, just not down.</li>
<li>read books you checked out of the library</li>
<li>books may overlap with other challenges</li>
<li>any format allo<span style="font-size: xx-small;">wed (print, ebook, audio)</span></li>
<li>reviews are not necessary but a list of books read is. (post with review linky is coming in January)</li>
<li>a blog is not necessary, just comment that you want to join in or link up another way</li>
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<li>board book - 3</li>
<li>picture book - 6</li>
<li>early reader - 9 Zee and I will both shoot for 9 books to start with. I'm sure Zee will knock this out well before me</li>
<li>chapter book - 12 </li>
<li>middle grades - 18 </li>
<li>Young adult - 24</li>
<li>adult - 36</li>
<li>just insert IV - 50 </li>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">So of course I forgot to keep up but we checked out a ton this year so I will try and update as best as I can </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">1. Old Mo</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">2. Happy Pig Day</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">3. City Dog, Country Frog</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">4. Pig Has A Plan</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">5. Let's Say HI to Friends Who Fly</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">6. In A People House</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">7. I Have A Garden</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">8. Glasses for D. W. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", "trebuchet", "verdana", sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">9. Princess Posey and the Tiny Treasure</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", "trebuchet", "verdana", sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">10. Warriors Manga </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", "trebuchet", "verdana", sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">11. Warriors Manga</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", "trebuchet", "verdana", sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">12. Warriors Manga </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", "trebuchet", "verdana", sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">13. Never girls</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", "trebuchet", "verdana", sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">14. Geronimo Stilton </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", "trebuchet", "verdana", sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">15. Thea Stilton</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", "trebuchet", "verdana", sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">16. The Day the Crayons Came Back</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", "trebuchet", "verdana", sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">17. Baby has a mustache</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", "trebuchet", "verdana", sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">18. Ivy + Bean</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", "trebuchet", "verdana", sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">19. Elephant and Piggie</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", "trebuchet", "verdana", sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">20. The Bad Beginning </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", "trebuchet", "verdana", sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">21. Pippi On Board</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">1. The Book of Life</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">2. Smile</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">3. The Problem Child</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">4. The Wishing Spell</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">5. Seeds of Rebellion</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">6. Chasing Prophecy</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">7. Odd Apocalypse</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">8. Lies that Chelsea Handler Told Me</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">9. Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">10. The Lonesome Gods</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">11. Coraline</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">12. Anya's Ghost</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">15. In Odd We Trust</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", "trebuchet", "verdana", sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">16. Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Guilty Pleasure Vol 1</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", "trebuchet", "verdana", sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">17. Odd is on Our Side</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", "trebuchet", "verdana", sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">18. N.P. H. Choose Your Own Autobiography</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", "trebuchet", "verdana", sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">19. Anita Blake Vampire Hunter Guilty Pleasure Vol 2</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", "trebuchet", "verdana", sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">20. Anita Blake Vampire Hunter The First Death</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", "trebuchet", "verdana", sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">21. Foiled</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", "trebuchet", "verdana", sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">22. Courtney Crumrin & the Night Things</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif;">23. The </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", "trebuchet", "verdana", sans-serif;">Absolutely</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif;"> True Diary of a Part Time Indian</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif;">24. American Vampire Vol 1</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif;">25. Out of the Easy</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif;">26. I WAs a Teenage Fairy</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif;">27. American Vampire Vol 2</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif;">28. True Blood All Together Now</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif;">29. Unwritten Vol 2</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif;">30. Fever Moon the Fear Dorcha</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif;">31. Unwritten Vol 3</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif;">32. Unwritten Vol 4</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif;">33. The Hobbit Graphic Novel</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif;">34. House of Odd</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif;">35. True Blood Tainted Love</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif;">36. Beautiful Creatures the Manga</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif;">37. The Imposters Daughter </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif;">38. Pink Smog</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif;">39. Awkward Family Photos</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif;">40. Courtney Crumrin & the Coven of Mystics</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif;">41. Blood Roses</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif;">42 Kalona's Fall</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif;">43. Courtney Crumrin & the Twilight Kingdom</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif;">44. Cursed Foiled Again</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif;">45.Courtney Crumrin's Monstrous Holiday</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif;">46. Through the Woods</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif;">47. Courtney Crumrin the Witch Next Door</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif;">48. The Game of Thrones Graphic Novel Vol 1</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif;">49. Courtney Crumrin The Final Spell</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif;">50. Guilty Pleasure </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif;">51. A Game of Thrones Graphic Novel Vol 2</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif;">52. The Laughing Corpse</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif;">53. A Game of Thrones Graphic Novel Vol 3</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif;">54. A Wrinkle in Time Graphic Novel</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif;">55. The Amulet of Samarkand The Graphic Novel</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif;">56. I Am Malala</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif;">57. Aesop's Fables</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif;">58. A Midsummer Night's Dream</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif;">59. Tantalize: Kieren's Story</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif;">60. The Witches</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif;">61. Psyche in a Dress</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif;">62. Milk Eggs Vodka</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif;">63. Olive Kitteridge</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif;">64. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif;">65. How to (un)cage a Girl</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif;">66. Macbeth</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif;">67. The Christmas Box Miracle</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif;">68. The Christmas Box</span></span><br />
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Beka Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07980726767436643841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280186653292218484.post-10239946265528203052014-12-23T07:56:00.000-08:002015-12-20T07:19:37.465-08:00Popsugar 2015 Reading Challenge <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta;">A Book with more than 500 pages</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;">A Classic Romance</li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta;">A book that became a movie</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta;">A book published this year</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta;">A book with a number in the title</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta;">A book written by someone under 30</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta;">A book with nonhuman characters</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta;">A Funny book</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta;">A book by a female Author ~ Secrets and Lace by Bonnie Paulson</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta;">A Mystery of Thriller</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta;">A book with a one-word-title</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta;">A book of short stories</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta;">A book set in a different country</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta;">A nonfiction book</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta;">A popular author's first book</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta;">A book from an author you love that you haven't read yet</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta;">A book a friend recommended</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta;">A Pulitzer Prize-winning book</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta;">A book based on a true story</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta;">A book at the bottom of your to-read list</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta;">A book your mom loves</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta;">A book that scares you</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta;">A book more than 100 years old</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta;">A book based entirely on its cover</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta;">A book you were supposed to read in school but didn't</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;">A Memoir</li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta;">A book you can finish in a day</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta;">A book with antonyms in the title</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta;">A book set somewhere you've always wanted to visit</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta;">A book that came out the year you were born</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta;">A book with bad reviews </span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta;">A trilogy</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta;">A book from your childhood</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta;">A book with a love triangle</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta;">A book set in the future</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta;">A book set in high school</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta;">A book with a color in the title</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta;">A book that made you cry</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta;">A book with magic</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta;">A graphic novel</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta;">A book by an author you've never read before </span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta;">A book you own but have never read</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta;">A book that takes place in your hometown</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta;">A book that was originally written in a different language </span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta;">A book set during Christmas</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta;">A book written by an author with your same initials</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta;">A play</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta;">A banned book</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta;">A book based on or turned into a TV show</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta;">A book you started but never finished</span></li>
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<br />Beka Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07980726767436643841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280186653292218484.post-13282932665166560882014-12-23T07:54:00.000-08:002015-12-20T07:22:24.315-08:00The Book Riot 2015 Read Harder ChallengeI'm trying this challenge from Book Riot this year. Hopefully it shakes up some things with reading for me.<br />
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<li style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: magenta;">A book written by someone when they were <a href="http://flavorwire.com/472486/25-authors-who-wrote-great-books-before-they-turned-25" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #eba820; font-weight: bold; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">under the age of 25</a></span></li>
<li style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: magenta;">A book written by someone when they were <a href="http://bookriot.com/2013/03/15/8-writers-over-80/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #eba820; font-weight: bold; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">over the age of 65</a></span></li>
<li style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: magenta;">A <a href="http://bookriot.com/2014/05/27/great-2014-short-fiction-round/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #eba820; font-weight: bold; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">collection</a> of <a href="http://bookriot.com/2013/10/08/116-favorite-short-story-collections/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #eba820; font-weight: bold; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">short stories</a> (<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/short-stories" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #eba820; font-weight: bold; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">either</a> by one person or an anthology by many people)</span></li>
<li style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: magenta;">A book <a href="http://bookriot.com/2014/12/05/large-guide-2014s-must-read-books-indie-presses/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #eba820; font-weight: bold; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">published </a>by an <a href="http://flavorwire.com/417838/25-independent-presses-that-prove-this-is-the-golden-age-of-indie-publishing" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #eba820; font-weight: bold; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">indie press</a></span></li>
<li style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: magenta;">A book by or about <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/926.Best_LGBTQIA_literature" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #eba820; font-weight: bold; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">someone</a> that <a href="http://bookriot.com/2014/10/27/coming-coming-age-ya-lgbtq-books/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #eba820; font-weight: bold; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">identifies</a> as <a href="http://bookriot.com/2014/07/17/lgbtq-tbr-list-occasion/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #eba820; font-weight: bold; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">LGBTQ</a></span></li>
<li style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: magenta;">A book by a person whose gender is different from your own</span></li>
<li style="color: #333333;">A book that <a href="http://bookriot.com/2014/09/16/rough-guide-find-south-asian-lit/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #eba820; font-weight: bold; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">takes place</a> in <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/list/tag/asia" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #eba820; font-weight: bold; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Asia</a></li>
<li style="color: #333333;">A book by <a href="http://bookriot.com/2014/09/24/african-reading-list/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #eba820; font-weight: bold; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">an author</a> from <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/5632.Best_by_African_Authors_" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #eba820; font-weight: bold; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Africa</a></li>
<li style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: magenta;">A book that is by or about someone from an <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/43718.Indigenous_Peoples" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #eba820; font-weight: bold; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">indigenous</a> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/12763.Best_Native_American_First_Nations_Fiction" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #eba820; font-weight: bold; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">culture</a> (<a href="http://bookriot.com/2014/10/15/native-american-nonfiction-read-boo-columbus-day/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #eba820; font-weight: bold; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Native Americans</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/10212.Indigenous_Australian_Writing" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #eba820; font-weight: bold; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Aboriginals</a>, etc.)</span></li>
<li style="color: #333333;">A <a href="http://bookriot.com/2013/08/12/microhistories-of-the-mundane-10-books-about-everyday-stuff/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #eba820; font-weight: bold; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">microhistory</a></li>
<li style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: magenta;">A <a href="http://bookriot.com/2014/12/04/2014-ya-tbr/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #eba820; font-weight: bold; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">YA</a> novel</span></li>
<li style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: magenta;">A <a href="http://bookriot.com/2014/09/05/where-to-start-science-fiction/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #eba820; font-weight: bold; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">sci-fi</a> <a href="http://bookriot.com/2012/07/25/sci-fi-for-non-sci-fi-readers/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #eba820; font-weight: bold; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">novel</a></span></li>
<li><span style="color: magenta;">A <a href="http://bookriot.com/category/romance/" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">romance novel</a> ~ Secrets and Lace by Bonnie R. Paulson</span></li>
<li style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: magenta;">A <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_winners_of_the_National_Book_Award" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #eba820; font-weight: bold; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">National Book Award</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_winners_and_shortlisted_authors_of_the_Booker_Prize_for_Fiction" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #eba820; font-weight: bold; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Man Booker Prize</a> or <a href="http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #eba820; font-weight: bold; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Pulitzer Prize winner</a> from the last decade</span></li>
<li style="color: #333333;">A book that is a <a href="http://bookriot.com/2013/03/04/new-takes-on-fairy-tales-a-reading-list/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #eba820; font-weight: bold; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">retelling</a> of a <a href="http://bookriot.com/2014/06/24/riffing-classics-books-pay-homage/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #eba820; font-weight: bold; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">classic</a> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/19512.Mythologies_and_Retellings_of_Fairy_Tales_Classics" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #eba820; font-weight: bold; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">story</a> (fairytale, Shakespearian play, classic novel, etc.)</li>
<li style="color: #333333;">An <a href="http://bookriot.com/2013/08/13/11-audiobooks-to-help-you-lose-your-audio-virginity/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #eba820; font-weight: bold; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">audiobook</a></li>
<li style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: magenta;">A collection of <a href="http://bookriot.com/2014/10/07/50-favorite-contemporary-poetry-collections/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #eba820; font-weight: bold; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">poetry</a></span></li>
<li style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: magenta;">A book that someone else has recommended to you</span></li>
<li style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: magenta;">A book that was <a href="http://bookriot.com/search/in+translation" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #eba820; font-weight: bold; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">originally</a> published in <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/17194.Foreign_Books_Translated_To_English" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #eba820; font-weight: bold; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">another language</a></span></li>
<li style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: magenta;">A graphic novel, a graphic memoir or a collection of <a href="http://bookriot.com/2014/08/19/from-literature-to-comics-where-to-start/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #eba820; font-weight: bold; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">comics</a> of any kind (Hi, have you met <a href="http://panels.net/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #eba820; font-weight: bold; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Panels</a>?)</span></li>
<li style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: magenta;">A book that you would consider a <a href="http://bookriot.com/2013/02/19/stop-apologizing-for-what-you-like-to-read/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #eba820; font-weight: bold; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">guilty pleasure</a> (Read, and then realize that good entertainment is nothing to feel guilty over)</span></li>
<li style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: magenta;">A book published before 1850</span></li>
<li style="color: #333333;">A book published <a href="http://bookriot.com/2014/12/02/riot-round-best-books-2014/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #eba820; font-weight: bold; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">this year</a></li>
<li style="color: #333333;">A <a href="http://bookriot.com/2014/08/26/helping-rioters-favorite-self-help-books/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #eba820; font-weight: bold; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">self-improvement</a> <a href="http://bookriot.com/2014/12/08/books-make-happy-productive-focused-smart/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #eba820; font-weight: bold; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">book</a> (can be traditionally or non-traditionally considered “self-improvement”)</li>
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Beka Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07980726767436643841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280186653292218484.post-28118421548124062182014-12-23T07:48:00.001-08:002014-12-23T08:25:23.819-08:002015 Reading Challenge Addict It's getting close to the end of the year and it means it's time to pick my reading challenges, and my word of the year. I couldn't find the list I picked challenges from last year but I was able to find quite a few reading challenges on my own. So first I am going with Reading Challenge Addict hosted <a href="http://readingchallengeaddict.blogspot.com/p/about.html">here. </a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am a Reading Challenge Addict.</span></h1>
<span style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><span style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">So we are challenging each of you who can also say that you also are a Reading Challenge Addict.</span><br />
<span style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><span style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">How addicted are you? </span><br />
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Easy as Pie: 1-5 Challenges (Entered & Completed)</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the Roof: 6-10 Challenges (Entered & Completed)</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In Flight: 11-15 Challenges (Entered & Completed)</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Out of This World: 16+ Challenges (Entered & Completed)</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">I Love Library Books</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">2015 Bookish Resolutions Challenge </span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Outdo Yourself Challenge</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Banned Book Challenge </span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Finishing the Series </span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">You Read How Many Books</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Library Challenge </span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Th2015 TBR Pile Reading Challenge </span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Full House Reading Challenge </span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">2015 Birthday Month Reading Challenge </span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Book Blogger Organization Challenge </span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">2015 Reading Challenge by Popsugar</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">The Book Riot 2015 Read Harder Challenge </span></span></li>
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Beka Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07980726767436643841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280186653292218484.post-22126577216079076392014-10-17T09:31:00.002-07:002014-10-17T09:38:35.099-07:0015 years still feels like no time has pastIt's hard to think it has been 15 years. I was so young, you were the big brother I always wanted and the one I needed for so many things but you weren't there anymore. How is someone supposed to deal with loosing a best friend at 15. It was a constant struggle and had it not been for Chris I would have never gotten through it. My world turned upside down when you left it, I knew NO fear I lost it when I lost you. I had this crazy idea nothing bad could happen to me because you were watching me and you wouldn't let it. It's amazing I survived. You brought me out of my shell and turned me into a better version of me. I remember crying at your grave when I found out I was pregnant with Kyrie. Happy and sad all rolled into one. How could something so amazing be happening to me and you not be there to share it with me. She reminds me of the me I was before you came along a little shy and unsure of even herself. Funny to think I was that unsure of myself before I met you. Little things remind me of you constantly and I know your still with me but it's still so hard knowing you aren't there. I don't know how many times after you were gone I called your phone just to hear your voice. Here it is 15 years later and I still can't bring myself to drive a standard, you were supposed to teach me. I break down anytime anyone tries to show me. Sometimes I just cry because I just need to know you are still there. How could a wrong number ever have lead to such a friendship. One to surpass your death and still be there for me when I stumble. David, I miss you so much!!!!Beka Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07980726767436643841noreply@blogger.com0