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Reading Plans & Goals: April 3rd, 2023

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Weekly Goals:

  1. Maintain routine.
  2. Put a dent in reading list
  3. Start making book notes again.
  4. Make out schedule for the month
  5. Don’t give up.

My Reading List:

  1. Ander And Santi Were Here
  2. Divine Rivals
  3. The Middle Daughter
  4. Plot to Save South Africa
  5. Lioness of Leiden
  6. Someone is Always Watching
  7. Keeper of Enchanted Rooms
  8. Heir of Uncertain Magic
  9. Revelle
  10. Royal Rebel
  11. Pieces of Me
  12. The Windsors At War

I have a couple of books to read for a review group, and a couple of books to review for that group too. I’m behind, but every day I make great strides to catch up. I just need to be more mindful with how much I’m taking on from here forward.

What are your reading plans this week?

Reading Plans & Goals: March 27th, 2023

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Weekly Goals:

  1. Put a dent into reading list.
  2. Keep better track of schedule.
  3. Write reviews
  4. Sign up for blog tours again.
  5. Don’t give up.

My Reading List:

  1. You Wouldn’t Dare
  2. Ander And Santi Were Here
  3. Divine Rivals
  4. The Middle Daughter
  5. Plot to Save South Africa
  6. Lioness of Leiden
  7. Someone is Always Watching
  8. Keeper of Enchanted Rooms
  9. Heir of Uncertain Magic

I also have to read a couple of books for blog tours that happen later this week. I’ve done a lot better getting everything organized. While I’m not quite caught up yet, I’ve been making great strides to get there. I shall continue making great strides.

Reading Plans & Goals: March 13th

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Last week was a very productive week for me. In more ways than one. I’m finally starting to get somewhere where a routine is concerned. I’m not where I want to be yet, but I am getting there. That’s important to me. Here’s to another great week!

Plan to Start:

  1. Divine Rivals
  2. You Wouldn’t Dare
  3. Ander And Santi Were Here
  4. The Middle Daughter
  5. Nature’s Strike
  6. Escape from the Asylum

This may be a stretch. It may not. Two of the titles aren’t in my schedule. I just really want to read them. I’ve been waiting forever! Hopefully I will have time to at least start them. This week is a readathon week so we shall see!

Books I Hope to Make Progress On:

  1. Where Darkness Blooms
  2. Dioramas
  3. The Witch and the Vampire
  4. Not That Kind of Ever After
  5. The Renaissance of Gwen Hathaway
  6. Hitler’s Aristocrats

Goals for the Week:

  1. Keep at daily goals and log-ins.
  2. Get and keep a job.
  3. Reach out to authors for Author Spotlight.
  4. Drink more water

Hocus Pocus Readathon TBR! Team Trick or Treaters!

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I’m participating in the Hocus Pocus Readathon for the second year in a row. Last year, I was Team Sanderson Sisters. This year, I’m Team Trick or Treaters. Next year, I may go Undead. We shall see! Either way, I want to share my TBR for this year! Especially since I can start tomorrow!

Info for readathon can be found here and here.

Team Trick or Treaters

  1. Halloween night is full of spooky and eerie vibes! Read a book with an atmospheric setting! (15 points) Hocus Pocus
  2. Max started this whole mess when he lit the black flame candle! Read the first book in a series! (15 points) Vampire Academy
  3. Trick-or-treating is all about the candy! Read a short and sweet book, less than 300 pages! (15 points) Marked
  4. Halloween is such a fun and colorful holiday! Read a book with Halloween colors on the cover (orange, black, purple, or green)! (15 points) Betrayed
  5. Max, Allison, and Dani have to stay up all night to defeat the witches! Read a book that is so scary that it would keep you up at night! (horror, mystery, thriller, etc.) (15 points) Scary Stories
  6. Team trick-or-treaters need to come together to survive the night! Read a book with multiple POVs! (15 points) Nature’s Strike
  7. Watch the movie! Watch Hocus Pocus or Hocus Pocus 2! (25 points)

Team Trick-or-Treaters

Strength: There are only so many hours of Halloween night! You can have a head start, and begin reading your Hocus Pocus Readathon TBR 4 days early (starting September 27th!)

Weakness: Team Trick-or-Treaters are young, so they must deal with parents and rules! You have to abide by the rules and read each book on your TBR in the order of the prompts. You can’t move on to the following prompt until you finish the last!

If you’re participating, I’d love to see your TBR! And what team you’re in!!!

Nikkie’s Birthday Reading Challenge TBR

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1. Read a Book With a Friend: Hair of the Dog by MK Mancos Kathleen Scott – Author and Cara/September/Echo North– Reading with Roxy Sterling and Leslie Suzanne Dobson

2. Read a Book Recommended to You: Between The Moons By PL Porter– Recommended by Roxy Sterling

3. Blindfold Yourself And Pick A Book From Your TBR: The Keeper of the Night by Kylie Lee Baker

4. Read a Graphic Novel: Heartstopper (Probably all 4 books) by Alice Oseman

5. Read a Book With A Purple Cover: Dracos Anthology

6. Read a Book Gifted to You: Fortune And Glory by Janet Evanovich– Gifted by Roxy Sterling

7. Read A Book With Your Pet: Buried Beneath by Debbie Baldwin Books (Technically I can use almost any book I read for this)

8. Read A Book With A Cake On The Cover: Cupcakes and Catastrophe by Sue Hollowell (Cupcakes count!!!!)

9. Read an Anthology Story (Or the whole thing!): Mythical Creatures Anthology

10. Read a Book From Your Favorite Genre: Murder and Grits by Karen McSpade, Author

April Book Projections

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  • Spells Trouble by P.C. and Kristin Cast (April 5th)
  • Omens Bite by P.C. and Kristin Cast (April 5th)
  • The Younger Wife by Sally Hepsworth (April 5th)
  • Learn to Love Yourself by Leah Gail (April 10th)
  • Car With a Soul by Ruchira Khanna (April 10th)
  • Last Dance on the Starlight Pier by Sarah Bird (April 12th)
  • This May End Badly by Samantha Markum (April 12th)
  • Myracles in the Void by Wes Dyson (April 12th)
  • Wolfe Trap by Matt Cost (April 13th)
  • Mind Trap by Matt Cost (April 13th)
  • Mouse Trap by Matt Cost (April 13th)
  • Damn Lucky by Kevin Maurer (April 19th)
  • Move Connect Play by Jason Nemer (April 19th)
  • Hooker Avenue by Jode Milman (April 19th)
  • Black Ghost of an Empire Kris Manjapra (April 19th)
  • Hush by Dylan Farrow (April 26th)
  • Veil by Dylan Farrow (April 26th)
  • Rise of Riverstone by Mandy Schimelpfenig (April 30th)

The reason for the dates is when the book is being released or when I’m doing a blog for that book. I may not get to all of these by the end of the month, but I’m going to try hard! Anybody up for a buddy read of any of these?

End of the Year TBR Pile

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It is Christmas Eve. I can’t believe we are here! I feel like I was preparing for the summer just yesterday. I digress. It’s time to finally get into crunch time and read as much as I can between now and the end of the year. It’s going to be a very laid-back holiday here. No gifts. Just sitting around reading. I’m looking forward to it!

That being said! I want to share the books that I hope to finish before the end of the year! I’d also love to see yours as well!

Some of these I already started. Some are in ebook. Some are in audio. Some are paperbacks. I have my doubts that I will finish all nine before the end of the year, but I am excited to try! The reading is the part I’m looking most forward to!

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