Month in Review: January 2012

My first monthly review of 2012 is a bit late, but better late than never!

Books Read in January: 5
I read five books in January.

The Art of Life by Sabin Howard and Traci L. Slatton ~ nonfiction
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand ~ nonfiction
No Story to Tell by KJ Steele ~ contemporary fiction
The Secret of the Sacred Scarab by Fiona Ingram ~ middle-grade fiction
Nate Rocks the World by Karen Pokras Toz ~ middle-grade fiction

Reviews Written: 6
I wrote six reviews in January. The first is for a book I read in December: Shanghai Girls by Lisa See. I also reviewed all of the books I read in January. You can click on the links above to read the reviews.

Year-to-Date Totals:

Nonfiction: 2
Contemporary Fiction: 1
Historical Fiction: 0
Mystery/Thriller: 0
Middle-Grade Fiction: 2

For review: 4
For book club: 1
For me: 0

Non-Fiction Non-Memoir Reading Challenge

I read two books toward this challenge during January: The Art of Life and Unbroken. I'm keeping track of my progress on my sidebar.

Narnia Reading Project

I have not started this challenge but hope to read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe sometime during February. I'm keeping track of my progress on my sidebar.

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Freedom to Read Giveaway Hop

I Am A Reader, Not A Writer and Mundie Moms are hosting the Freedom to Read Giveaway Hop in honor of Independence Day in the United States, and I've decided to participate.

To stick with the theme of Independence Day, I'm doing what I did last year for this hop:

I'm giving away a book of your choice that is written by an author from the United States.
It can be any genre as long as the author is from the United States. You choose the book (up to $15), and I'll order it and have it mailed to you from Book Depository.

The contest ends on Thursday, July 5th at midnight Eastern Time. The winner will be notified by e-mail. If they do not respond within 48 hours, a new winner will be drawn.

Happy 4th of July! I hope you have a safe and fun holiday!

Enter here:
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Now check out all of the other giveaways you can enter at the links below!

Getting back to blogging

It seems that blogging has dropped to the bottom of my list for the past year, and was pretty low for the year or two prior to that. I love to read, and am continuing to do so, but as my regular readers know I haven't been around much. My last blog post was almost a year ago!!

There are many things that have taken me away from blogging. Work has been much more challenging and interesting these past few years, but that means I really don't want to get back on the computer when I get home at night - or on the weekends.

Family life has been more busy with kids having multiple activities in the evenings, leaving little time to just hang out and write about the books that I read.

I will admit to a bit of a Facebook addiction, which means way too much time spent scrolling through my newsfeed instead of doing something more productive. This is one of the things I'm working on and hoping that this will free up some time for getting back to the blog.

Overall, life is good. Work is …

Leap into Books Giveaway Hop!

This week, I'm participating in the Leap into Books Giveaway Hop hosted by I'm a Reader, Not a Writer.

I'm giving away a book of your choice
up to $10 from Book Depository.
It's that simple. Just visit Book Depository and choose any book that is selling for $10 or less.

This giveaway is open to international entries as long as Book Depository ships to your address (click here to check). The contest ends on Monday, March 5, 2012, at midnight Eastern Time. The winner will be picked using Random.org and notified by e-mail. If they do not respond within 48 hours, a new winner will be drawn. To enter, just leave a comment telling me what book you want to win.

Check out all the other participants in the giveaway hop!

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