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2017 Alphabet Reading Challenge Update #ReadingChallenges
Wishing You A Happy Holiday From Sunny Florida
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Wishing you a happy holiday from the Fundins…
Where thousands live, like millions wish they could.
We took our annual New Orleans Christmas trip.
And played our annual Christmas Golf Open round.
We made a quick trip ‘out of this world’. Click here to see it.
Have a safe and happy holiday.
Ghostly Appearances at Lancaster House by Taylor Dean @taylordeanbooks
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I first met Taylor Dean when I signed up for a tour of Lancaster House in December of 2012. Who knew that it would lead to an author I will follow until….
This two book series had me going around in circles and has one of the best endings ever. It sticks with me to this day. You can see the review links below.
Look deep into her eyes. She is calling you.
MY REVIEWS FOR TAYLOR DEAN
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- For Nick by Taylor Dean
- I’m With You
- Joshua’s Folly
- i have people
- sierra
- the middle aisle
- Lancaster House
- Chasing Firelies
- You can see my Giveaways HERE.
- You can see my Reviews HERE.
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Look on the right sidebar and let’ talk.- Leave your link in the comments and I will drop by to see what’s shakin’.
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25 Authors for Hurricane Relief #HurricaneRelief #OneAmericaAppeal
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A GREAT DEAL WRAPPED IN A GOOD DEED
Something to satisfy every reader’s tastes, from mystery and espionage, to sci-fi, and political intrigue, offered by a collection of New York Times, USA Today, and Amazon best-selling authors, with all royalties going to help hurricane victims in Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico, and The U.S. Virgin Islands.
THE AUTHORS.
THE STORIES
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Click any author name above to go to their website.
25 Authors for Hurricane Relief Bring You:
Help Hurricane Victims Across the US and Get Some Great Reading in the Bargain
Support a worthy cause and fill up your Kindle with thrillers dirt cheap.
You’ll get:25 full length novels from best-selling Authors
Over 90% off the regular price
Weeks of entertainment. Over $100 worth of ebooks for less than $10
100% of royalties go to the One America Appeal for Hurricane Relief
It’s like a donation where you get 10 times your money back
HAPPY THANKSGIVING
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2017 October Blog Ahead Challenge
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Increase the number of blog posts you have pre-scheduled by 30 during the event.
On Oct 1 check your completed post total. Add 30.
Only posts that will go live after Nov 1 and are completed count towards the challenge.
These are my numbers as of September 25, 2017 :
Oct: 19 scheduled posts
Nov: 1 scheduled post
Dec: 3 scheduled posts
I wrapped up my challenge by completing these additional number of posts:
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Nov: 32 scheduled posts
Dec: 21 scheduled posts
Jan: 1 scheduled posts
I love doing these challenges. They help me to focus…somewhat. 🙂
Want to see how everyone else did, click here.
Want to see more of my challenges, click here.
Audio Book Blast – The Voice of Divine Love by Arlene Dayrit
I will be sharing a lot of dark and gruesome this month, so I wanted to share The Voice of Divine Love by Arlene Dayrit to let you now, there is always light at the end of the tunnel.
“The truth of God’s love is a message many of us have always known, but we need to be reminded of it again and again. In our limited understanding, we have difficulty comprehending it.
God has loved you with an everlasting love, and yet no matter how deeply we feel him in our lives, the word of God often goes unheard. This is why, in the noise of the modern world, the simplicity of his message is all too easily lost. Yet while our prayers have no answers we can hear, that does not mean God has no voice.
The Voice of Divine Love brings his word to you, brings you the light of God’s acceptance, the comfort of his presence and love, and a guiding hand to live your life in his service. It is a chance to hear his voice amongst the raucous chatter of the world and choose to follow his way to righteousness and eternal love.
With this book, written in the hope of drawing others closer to God, helping them understand the depth of his love, and narrated as in the voice of the Almighty, you are provided a retreat in times of stress; not to simply hide from your problems, but to find their true purpose, alongside the purpose in all things. Close your eyes and rest, find solace in knowing that, even when you are alone, he is always at your side, guiding you and taking care of you, in ways no other can.
And as you are consoled, as you hear the one guiding voice which no person’s life should go without, you will find 
answers to the questions you have always yearned to ask: why does God allow pain into your life, why do your prayers go unanswered, your wishes unfulfilled? There is no need to turn inward, to torture yourself for these answers. Simply listen, and understand The Voice of Divine Love. “
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- You can see my Reviews HERE.
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I am Participating in #BlogAhead2016
It’s time, once again, for Blog Ahead! Woohoo!
This challenge it’s all about getting ahead and giving yourself a blogging buffer.
It’s amazing how much having extra scheduled posts can make during emergencies, vacations or just when dealing plain ol’ blogging slumps. It can really cut the stress during every day blogging as well 🙂 And what better way to get ahead than with the support of other bloggers?
Dates:
Begins– Oct 1
Ends– Oct 31
Who Can Join?
Anyone who has a blog.
Blog genre/topic doesn’t matter.
You can be a reviewer or an author, brand new, been at it for years, etc.
Everyone is welcome!
Goal:
The goal is to hunker down for the month of October and increase the number of scheduled posts you have by 30.
Ex. On Oct 1st if you have 5 posts scheduled you would then need to end the month with 35 posts scheduled.
Whatever number you’re starting with just add 30 to get your final goal.
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To sign up, visit burning cats & serving soup.
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MY CURRENT STATUS.
I spent a lot of time blogging ahead. My hubby, Mr Wonderful, has a lot of time off the last six weeks of the year, so I used this challenge as motivation to get ahead, instead of scrambling trying to put something together in between the FUN we have traveling, golfing, and hanging out with family. I feel good about where I ended up. How about you?
- Nov: 26
- Dec: 17
- Total: 43
Now the real challenge is to stay ahead! 🙂
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- You can see my Giveaways HERE.
- You can see my Reviews HERE.
- If you like what you see, why don’t you follow me?
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- Leave your link in the comments and I will drop by to see what’s shakin’.
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Can You Read A Series In A Month
Does this sound like something that will help you get at least one small stack off your TBR shelf? Come on, join in!
Can You Read a Series in a Month?
Remember the days before book blogging, when you didn’t have a COLOSSAL list of books to read, because you didn’t know about all of them yet? When you discovered a great series and literally just gobbled it up because you had no review book commitments and, quite often, nothing else to read anyway? When you didn’t know about a series until long after it was published from beginning to end and you COULD just binge read the whole thing? Wouldn’t it be fun to do that again? Not to mention, I KNOW you have a least half a dozen series you’ve been dying to read and just haven’t made time for. Which is why Berls and I are challenging you to read an ENTIRE series in a month.
The Rules
- Pick 1 series. Yes, just 1. Announce which series you’ve picked on your sign up post.
- Read EVERY book in the series. You don’t have to read novellas or short stories, just the core books.
- Read them all between 12am (your time) August 1st and 11:59pm (your time) August 31st. They MUST be marked (on Goodreads) as started and finished in the month of August to count.
- Enjoy bragging to everyone about how you’re all caught up on whatever series you read (AKA – have fun)!
The Nitty Gritty / Inevitable Questions
Here’s some questions that we’ve anticipated (and asked each other as we figured it out) and we can update this section as we get more questions (assuming there will be).
- Q: Can I read more than 1 series?
- I know we have some reading over-achievers out there who want to do more. Go ahead, we’ll cheer you on, but there’s no bonus points or higher levels for reading more than 1.
- Q:How many books constitutes a series?
- We’re going to say 3 published books – so if it’s a trilogy it counts. If you want to take on a 40 book series, be our guest. And good luck!
- Q: Can I have started the series?
- You can’t reread an ENTIRE series. But if you have less than three books remaining in a series (so 2 or 1) you may reread 1 or 2 books, so that you’re reading 3 books. For example, if you’ve read 3 books in a 5 book series, you could reread 1 book and then read the 2 unread books, bring your total to three.
- Q: Does the entire series have to be published and complete?
- No. But there must be at least 3 books published for it to count (or if you’ve already read 1 book, 4 published). So if there’s going to be six books, but only 4 are published and you’ve read the first one, it counts. So if it’s a trilogy that not yet complete, that wouldn’t count.
The giveaway!
Bragging rights! Nah, just kidding. We will be awarding $5 Gift Cards to Amazon, selected randomly from everyone who successfully completes the challenge. I think I MAY be able to make a “I Read a Series in a Month logos” too, to help with the bragging. 😛
Sign up and Grab our Button!
So it’s time to sign up! We just need to you make a simple sign up post (on your blog, Goodreads, Facebook, etc) declaring your intention to participate and letting us know what series you will be reading. I’ll have my sign up post next week if you need an example… I have to decide which series I’m going to pick of the MANY I’m considering!
Sign-ups are Open through the 15th of August. If you start late, any books you read during the month of August may count toward your series completion. Be sure to link DIRECTLY to your post, not just your blog home page. Sign up HERE.
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I saw this fun challenge, Can You Read A Series In A Month, and thought, “I have the perfect series to read”. I recently won the third book in the Rick Yancey series, The 5th Wave, from Jessica @ a Great Read. When I read it had been made into a movie I checked it out further and found the first two books in a bundle on Amazon and they were on sale, so I grabbed them.
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Will I read more than one…I don’t know.
What series would you read if you joined the challenge?
- To see all my Giveaways, go HERE.
- To see all my reviews, go HERE.
- If you like what you see, why don’t you follow me?
- Look on the right sidebar and let’ talk.
- Leave your link in the comments and I will drop by to see what’s shakin’.
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- Thanks for visiting fundinmental!