Monthly Reflections (#13) ~ January

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Monthly Reflections, where we take the time to reflect on the previous month.

My goals for January were...

☑Read 10 books, including:
☑2 eBooks

In January I...

Read 14 books!
4 eBooks

Books read:

Reviews:

Beauty for Ashes by Dorothy Love
The Messenger by Siri Mitchell
Vanished by Irene Hannon
The Lesson by Suzanne Woods Fisher
A Bride Opens Shop in El Dorado, California by Keli Gwyn
The Truth of the Matter by Andrew Klavan
Choices of the Heart by Laurie Alice Eakes
Love Finds You in Glacier Bay, Alaska by Tricia Goyer & Ocieanna Fleiss
The Dilemma of Charlotte Farrow by Olivia Newport
Waiting for Spring by Amanda Cabot
Tidewater Inn by Colleen Coble
Scream by Mike Dellosso
Breaking Free by Lauraine Snelling

Reviews on Goodreads that I haven't posted here (yet):

The Inn At Shadow Lake by Janet Edgar
The Final Hour by Andrew Klavan
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
Heartless by Anne Elisabeth Stengl
Fatal Loyalty by Sue Duffy

Interviews:

Donna Fletcher Crow
Steve Rzasa
Carey Jane Clark




Check Out My Top 12 Books of 2012!!

My thoughts on this month:

I'm very happy with reading 14 books in January! I did not think I'd be able to read more than 10 (especially with hockey being back which cuts into my reading time - YAY!).

Looking ahead:

Here is what I hope to accomplish in February:

Read 10 books
2 eBooks
1 Nonfiction

If you want to do your own Monthly Reflections, feel free to grab the button and post about it on your blog, then leave a comment with the URL - otherwise, please share your thoughts in a comment!

Now it's your turn! What did you accomplish in January, what do you hope to accomplish in February?

Teaser Tuesdays ~ Jan 29

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My teaser:

"Draw the guy out. Take his focus off the girls." 

- Page 70, Too Close to Home by Lynette Eason

Find the book on: Amazon, Goodreads, B&N.

FYI, this book is FREE right now on Amazon Kindle and Nook!!

Weekend Wrap-Up 1/4-1/6 - Bout of Books Goal - Giveaway Winners!

Weekend Wrap-up is where I share what I read this past week, am currently reading, and hope to read this coming week, and (when applicable) the current giveaways/giveaway winners. Occasionally I'll post some other stuff as well.

Feel free to join along and post your own Weekend Wrap-up on your blog/site (if you do, please leave the link in a comment so I can stop by) or, in a comment, share what you've accomplished (reading-wise) this past week. :)

 What I've read this week:



A couple of those books were really short, but I enjoyed them all. :)

What I'm currently reading:

  What I hope to read next week:

Well, next week is the Bout of Books read-a-thon, so I hope to read a LOT of books! It would be great if I could get all of the following books read, but I probably won't be able to. :(

My goal is to read at least 5 books or 2,000 pages.

Reviews posted this week:

The Shadow of Your Smile by Susan May Warren

Understanding Theology in 15 Minutes a Day by Daryl Aaron

Beauty for Ashes by Dorothy Love

  Current Giveaways!

Enter to win a copy of A Promise to Protect by Liz Johnson! US and Canada only. Ends 1/6



Enter to win a print copy of The Way of Grace by Cathy Bryant! US only.



Enter to win a PDF copy of A Tincture of Murder by Donna Fletcher Crow! Open Internationally!

Giveaway Winners!



The winner is....

Kaylee (bookworm7879@...)*



The winner is...

Amanda (luvs2read4fun@...)+

*Winner has been contacted and has until Jan. 7th to claim their prize.
+Winner has been contacted and has until Jan 11th to claim their prize.

There you have it, that is what I accomplished (reading-wise) this week! What about you?

Monthly Reflections (#12) ~ December

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Monthly Reflections, where we take the time to reflect on the previous month.

My goals for December were...

☑Read 9 books, including:
☑1 non-fiction

In December I...

Read 21 books!
1 non-fiction

Books read:

Reviews:

Evacuation by Jennifer Hartz

Offworld by Robin Parrish

The Irresistible Earl by Regina Scott

Every Perfect Gift by Dorothy Love

Shadow in Serenity by Terri Blackstock

Dark Hearted by D.I. Telbat

Shadows of Pain by Ashley Dawn

Engraved by Amber Garza

A Promise to Protect by Liz Johnson

Full Disclosure by Dee Henderson

The Shadow of Your Smile by Susan May Warren

Understanding Theology in 15 Minutes a Day by Daryl Aaron

Interviews:

Anne Elisabeth Stengl
Melanie Dickerson
Jennifer Delamere
Cathy Bryant



I was awarded the Sunshine award!

My thoughts on this month:

I'm very happy with what I read this month! I read way more than I had hoped! :)

Looking ahead:

Here is what I hope to accomplish in January:

Read 10 books, including:
2 eBooks

If you want to do your own Monthly Reflections, feel free to grab the button and post about it on your blog, then leave a comment with the URL - otherwise, please share your thoughts in a comment!

Now it's your turn! What did you accomplish in December, what do you hope to accomplish in January?