Holiday Break Reading Challenge - Day 11 - 26th Page, 26th Line

Today's Reading Challenge was to post the 26th line on the 26th page of the book I'm currently reading.  I am reading a book that was recommended to me by one of my ex-students.  I'm almost finished with it, and I hope to finish it today (especially since I have the third Game of Thrones book on hold online that I need to download today!). 

I am reading Be More Chill by Ned Vizzini. 

Page 26 is actually the end of a chapter, so I started counting on 26, and carried over to page 27, and 28.  Here is the 26th line:

"...this, this deer-in-the-headlights freeze state that I go..."

Holiday Break Reading Challenge - Day 10 - Books As Gifts!

 



For today's challenge, I am supposed to blog about books I am giving as gifts, or books that I have received as a gift this year.  Unfortunately, I haven't received any books yet (I am going to my parents' house later, so maybe there). 

I gave two books for gifts this year.  One is for my dad, and since he hasn't opened it yet, and there is a slight chance that he might read this blog, I'm going to leave it at that.

The other book I gave as a gift this year was an ebook for my daughter.  She got a new tablet, and she has been wanting to read Book 9 of the 39 Clues series, so I downloaded it for her. 

Holiday Break Reading Challenge - Day 9 - Favorite Christmas Book

Today's challenge is to post about a Christmas book that I have read this year, or to post about a favorite Christmas book.  I will have to go with a favorite Christmas book, because I don't think I've read a Christmas book at all this year.

I will have to pick Skipping Christmas by John Grisham.  I thought this was such a fun book.

Holiday Break Reading Challenge - Day 8 - Hit and Miss

Today's challenge is to share a book that knocked me off my feet, and one that disappointed me.  It was difficult to choose a hit this year, because there were so many that I really loved.  I loved Anna Dressed in Blood, Unwind, Unwholly, Divergent, Insurgent, Article 5, Ashes, etc., but for my hit, I decided to choose a book that I didn't expect to like.

Hit for 2012:

I didn't expect to enjoy this book as much as I did.  Sure, it has zombies in it, so I thought I would like it, but it also features a girl who does NOT want to survive the zombies, a girl who wants to end her own life.  My thought was, that this was going to be a very depressing read, and it was in places.  But, it was also a wonderful look at interesting characters who are trying to cope with an impossible situation.  I'm glad I read this book.

 

 

Miss for 2012:

 



There were few books that were misses for me this year, but this one is the only book that I couldn't bring myself to finish.  I just wonder if my expectations were too high, because I had heard so many great things about this book.  Or, it could have been that I listened to the audio version.  Maybe I would have liked the book better if I had read it instead of listened to it.  Who knows.

Holiday Break Reading Challenge - Day 7 - Authors

Today's challenge is to make a list of authors you follow on Facebook and Twitter.  I have a few, but I'm sure I'll forget some of them!

Stephen King

Dean Koontz

Maya Angelou

John Green

Marissa Meyer

Diana Gabaldon

Robert Jordan


I think that's it!  I may have to add more later if I remember others that I've left off!

Holiday Break Reading Challenge - Day 6 - Book Riddles

The challenge for day 6 was a lot of fun!  I had to figure out the actual title of the eight young adult books from the synonym titles listed on the site.  I feel pretty confident that I got them all right, but there were a couple that were pretty tricky!!!  My answers are below!  I don't mind posting them now, since the challenge day is past!  I know!  I'm a couple of days behind on posting!  Trying to get caught up!  Once again, it's not too late to join the challenge!  Click Here!

Uprising Diecinueve  = Revolution 19

Swashbuckler Movie = Pirate Cinema (I had trouble with this one!  I didn't know there was a book with this title!)

Black Interior = Dark Inside

Fibber & Sleuth = Liar & Spy

Rejects in the Universe = Losers in Space

The Cemetary Tome = The Graveyard Book (this is the only one of these books I've read!)

Jealousy = Envy

Infantrodent = Babymouse

Holiday Break Reading Challenge - Day 5 - Create-A-Cover

 

It's time for this years Holiday Break Reading Challenge!  I completely missed the first few days, but I'm ready to get started now!  If you want to join me, click here!

Today's challenge was to create a book cover using the following instructions:

1 – Go to “Fake Name Generator” or click http://www.fakenamegenerator.com/

The name that appears is your author name.

2 – Go to “Random Word Generator” or click http://www.websitestyle.com/parser/randomword.shtml

The word listed under “Random Verb” is your title.

3 – Go to “FlickrCC” or click http://flickrcc.bluemountains.net/index.php

Type your title into the search box. The first photo that contains a person is your cover.

4 – Use Picnik, or something similar to put it all together. Be sure to crop and/or zoom in.

5 - Link your Book Cover post using Simply Linked.

And here is my entry:

 

Detach by Dolores H. Cox

Susan never thought she would hit rock bottom.  She had everything - popularity, the captain of the football team, great grades, and a chance to get into the college of her dreams!  But it wasn't enough to make her happy.  No matter what she achieved, she always felt empty and numb, until a friend introduced her to a new drug that made her feel again, and made her lose everything she thought didn't matter to her.