Category Archives: Reading Challenges

2020 Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge #AlphabetSoupReadingChallenge

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UPDATED 1.13.21

I fudged some of the entries because I completely lost track of what the hell was going on last year!

See the rules HERE.

This is one of my favorite challenges. I review all the books I share, but that is not a requirement. Why not join in?

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2019 Blogger Shame Challenge

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Blogger Shame Challenge. Yes! This one has been such a good challenge for me over the last couple years. It’s helped me address some of those issues that haunt me…overdue reviews. I put the pressure on myself, not the authors. We’d love to have you join us. Click the link below to check it out.

SIGN UP HERE!

This is my final update for the year. I have completed my goals for this year and I will be going through all my emails and notes to see what, if anything is left. I have a feeling there are some I missed and I will be finishing them off in 2020..

Click the title to see my review, the cover to go to Amazon.

Do The Dead Talk? For My Brother by John C Dalglish @JohnCDalglish

For My Brother (Jason Strong, Detective, #3)

Books From The Backlog – Gem Stone by Dale Mayer @DaleMayer

Gem Stone

Monday Mini – Sketcher in the Rye by Sharon Pape @sbpape

Sketcher in the Rye (Portrait of Crime Mystery, #4)

So Sweet – Dragon’s First Valentine by Emily Martha Sorensen @CleanYAFantasy

Dragon's First Valentine (Dragon Eggs, #6)

Monday Mini – The Competition by Marcia Clark @thatmarciaclark

The Competition (Rachel Knight, #4)

Monday Mini – Guilt By Degrees by Marcia Clark @thatmarciaclark

Guilt by Degrees (Rachel Knight, #2)

Monday Mini – Seal Team Six: Hunt The Fox by Don Mann & Ralph Pezullo

SEAL Team Six Book 5: Hunt the Fox

Monday Mini – Hiding in Sunshine by John & Caitlin Stuart

Hiding in Sunshine

Junkyard Magic – Enchanter’s Echo by Anise Rae @AniseRae

Enchanter's Echo (Mayflower Mages, #2)

The Life and Lessons of a Young Author Sunayna Prasad – 7.26.18

The Life and Lessons of a Young Author

A Kidnapping & A Conspiracy – 3 Lies by Helen Hanson @HelenHanson – 4.23.15

3 Lies (Masters CIA Thriller, #1)

21 Dares by J C Gatlin #JCGatlin – 1.15.17

21 Dares

Update: 10.2.19

This is my final update for 2019.

Have your read any of these books? What did you think?

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2019 Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge #Alphabet Soup #Reading Challenge

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This is my final update and I have finished the challenge. I love doing this one and will be joining again next year, so stay tuned.

I am a bit late to the party, but I do love this challenge…so…here we go.

To learn the rules and participate in the challenge, visit Great Escapes Virtual Book Tours.

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2020 Library Love Challenge #LibraryLove

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Welcome to the fourth annual Library Love Challenge hosted by Angel’s Guilty Pleasures & Books of My Heart.

Enter your monthly linkups for the giveaway HERE.

I hope you will join us in celebrating and support libraries.

I have some authors on my radar and will need to check them out from the library. To motivate myself to knock some of them off my reading list, I figure this challenge will do so. If it looks like something you would enjoy…come on…sign up.

I really haven’t set any specific goals, but I hope to read and review…at least…one library book a month.

The Silent Corner (Jane Hawk, #1)
The Whispering Room (Jane Hawk, #2)
The Crooked Staircase (Jane Hawk, #3)

Look For Me by Lisa Gardner (Read 8.4.20 – Reviewed 8.28.20)

Look For Me (Detective D.D. Warren, #9)

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Blog Ahead October Challenge #ReadingChallenge

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You can see the rules for the October Blog Ahead Challenge at herding cats & burning soup

That time of year already? I am behind and updating the challenges I want to participate in, but this will help motivate me to get the rest of the year scheduled, except for tours and giveaways.

My Goal: I have 33 scheduled posts (from October 1 on) + 31 new posts = 64, minimum.

Woo Hoo! I started with 33 and ended with 68.

I surpassed my goal YAY!

And if it wouldn’t have been for a couple of spur of the moment road trips, I would have had more. Mr Wonderful is always surprising me, so I can’t plan for that. 🙂

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Sherry’s Shelves #196 – Weekly Update

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Sherry’s Shelves #195 is my weekly update from 9.15.19 – 9.21.19.

LATEST HAPPENINGS

Hello fellow bloggers. I hope you have all had a great week, filled with family, fun and a lot of great books. It’s been a while and I just returned from a vacation to the north. We spent ten wonderful days touring and visiting friends and family in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Boston and Cape Cod. You can see the pictorial tour HERE.

I did a lot of binge reading while traveling. Does anyone else hate to fly?

The weather here in the Florida Panhandle is still warm and sunny and I am lovin’ every minute of it. It was twenty degrees cooler during the day and even more at night up there. For the first time in a long time, we got rained out one day. We still toured around, but I shot all my photographs from the dryness of the car that day. Have I turned into a wuss? LOL

I have some great giveaways going on and a few reviews to share, so feel free to browse to your heart’s content.

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  • Sherry’s Shelves
  • Giveaway – Fatal Strike by DiAnn Mills (this giveaway will be live at time of posting
  • Had The Brakes Been Cut – Strand of Truth by Colleen Coble
  • Music Monday – Shut Up and Dance by Moon Walk
  • Monday Mini – A Might Rolling Thunder by Kerry Alan Denney
  • Giveaway – Protecting Yourself from Emotional Predators by Steven J Wolhander
  • Giveaway & Review – The Root of Murder by Lauren Carr
  • Giveaway – Moonlight, Movies and Magic by January Bain
  • Do You Believe In Aliens – Area 51 Raid Anthology
  • Empathy For A Psychopath – Duplicity by Sibel Hodge
  • Giveaway – Kingdom Cold by Brittni Chenelle
  • Books From The Backlog – The Folks at Fifty-Eight by Michael Patrick Clark
  • Giveaway – Sapphire Flames by Ilona Andrews
  • I Am A Super Fan of Leine Basso and D V Berkom
  • Giveaway – A Series of Moments by M L Broome
  • One Sentence Review – The Last Dinner Party by Carly M Duncan

What are you up to this week? Reading any good books? Watching any good movies?

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So Sweet – Dragon’s First Valentine by Emily Martha Sorensen @CleanYAFantasy

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Emily Martha Sorensen writes some fabulous clean fantasy and I have been loving every minute of my time with her. One of my favorites is the baby dragon, Virgil, in the Dragon’s Egg series.

Dragon's First Valentine (Dragon Eggs, #6)

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MY REVIEW

I love this sweet cover and the ‘human’ romance is just as sweet.

With each novella in the Dragon’s Egg series, we learn more about the pitfalls and perils, along with the job, of raising a baby dragon.

Rose reminds me of Temperance Brennan in Bones and I feel bad for Henry at times. He has such a soft soul and is easily hurt, innocent and naive about many things.

Try to imagine potty training a dragon, especially when it doesn’t want to be trained. LOL

Animated Animals. Pictures, Images and Photos
4 Stars

GOODREADS BLURB

There’s a new dragon visiting from Chicago, and she’s green, like Virgil! Unfortunately, this might cause a few small problems nobody anticipated.

As well as a few revelations and surprises.

And all while Rose is trying to figure out what to give her husband for Valentine’s Day.

ABOUT EMILY MARTHA SORENSEN

Emily Martha Sorensen

Emily is a prolific writer with many titles to choose from. She writes of fairies, dragons, fantasy, science fiction, steampunk, world peace in short stories and flash fiction.

You can find her on Goodreads & Amazon

MY REVIEWS FOR EMILY MARTHA SORENSEN

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