I want to thank you all for playing along with my new quiz format.  It’s so much fun playing book games with you 🙂  The final results are here.   The next round will begin March 9th.  On to the winners…

Jennifer of Rayment’s Rants & Ramblings has won my First Quiz Series!!!  Out of a possible 300 points over 3 weeks Jennifer earned 235 points.  Since this was a trial run of my Quizzes that are worth something the prize will be an easy one.  Jennifer gets her pick of one of the books in Tuesday’s quiz.  Congratulations, Jennifer!!!

And because Scout was jealous that Max was helping with the blog yesterday she wanted to help me pick the winner today…

So, the randomly chosen winner from the rest of the participants and the next winner is Cee Cee of Book Splurge!!  To make this easy on me (can you tell that I’m hours aways from vacation?) Cee Cee will get second choice of a book from Tuesday’s quiz. Congratulations Cee Cee!!!

I hope everyone is enjoying their Labor Day weekend.  Today we are heading to Kelley’s Island for the week.  It is a short drive (less than 1 1/2 hours) and it is a small island in Lake Erie.  We rented a house there a few years ago and this year we’ve rented a condo.  There’s no bridge, so we have to take a ferry.   There is a winery (they also have great pizza) and a nice butterfly preserve.  It is a relaxing place in the off season.  Which starts tomorrow.

I have a couple of reviews that will be posted this week AND and interview with Carly Phillips with A GIVEAWAY!  Check back on Friday for that.  So, I’ll have posts up this week, but you won’t see any of my oh-so-witty comments  til we get back.  Have a great week!

I was tagged by Carrie over at Books and Movies for this fun meme. 

The Rules:
– Link to the person who tagged you
– Share your ABCs
– Tag three people at the end by linking to their blogs
– Let the three tagged people know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their website
– Do not tag the same person repeatedly but try to tag different people, so there is a big network of bloggers doing this tag.

Available or single?
I’m neither available nor single.  I’ve been married for 10 years  (11 in October).

Best Friend?
Well, my husband, of course!  And my wonderful mom 🙂

Cake or Pie?
Chocolate cake with chocolate icing, please.

Drink of choice?
Coffee in the morning, Diet Coke during the day, and red wine in the evenings.

Essential item for every day use?
Without a doubt my toothbrush.

Favorite color?
Red.

Google?
Everyday.

Hometown?
Heath, Ohio

Indulgences?
Book buying.  Big surprise right?  Take a look at my May post for proof.

January or February?
I do not understand the choice here.  Neither? 

Kids and their names?
Well, I have a cat Scout, who is 11 and a dog Max, who is 5.

Life is incomplete without…?
Faith, family, and friends, oh, and a good book!

Marriage date?
October 1998

Number of siblings?
Zero.  My husband is also an only child.

Oranges or apples?
Apples.

Phobias and fears?
I hate to fly and all phobias or fears pale in comparison.

Quote for the day?
“When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and could say: I used everything you gave me.”   Erma Bombeck

Reason to smile?
Life is good.

Season?
Spring and Fall

Tag 3 people?
Are you reading this?  YOU are tagged.

Unknown fact about me?
If you only know me from my blog you may not know I sell Mary Kay cosmetics…and no, I do not have a pink Cadillac!

Vegetable you hate?
Broccoli, cauliflower, asparagus, beets, … this list could go on forever.  I think you get the idea.

Worst habit?
Procrastination.

X-rays you’ve had?
None

Your fave food?
Love Chinese.

Zodiac sign?
Libra

Now it’s your turn!

Obviously, I missed the exact 6 month mark, but close enough for me!  I’ve enjoyed seeing other recaps for the year so far and thought I’d take stock of where I am.

Books read – 68    Goal for the year – 130 – This goal is definitely doable, but I’m wishing I hadn’t set my goal so high!

Books I’ve added to my Top 100 list so far this year – The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, Watchers by Dean Koontz, The Time Machine by HG Wells, Joy School by Elizabeth Berg, The Pigman by Paul Zindel, The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom, Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts, Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil by John Berendt.

Challenge Progress-

Read Your Own Books challenge – My goal is 50 and I’ve read 40 so far.  I’m feeling pretty good about this one!

A-Z Challenge – I chose the difficult path of reading a title AND and author for each letter of the alphabet.  That is 52 total.  At the moment I am 9 short, but the 2 books I’m currently reading will count for this which will get me down to 7.  Shouldn’t be a problem.

Southern Reading challenge – 3 books in 3 months.  I’ve finished 2 and have to read the last one by August 15th.  Not worried.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Everything Austen challenge – 6 books or movies before Jan 1st.  I’m currently listening to my first one in the car.  Still have plenty of time.

New things on my blog this year–

My 9 in ’09 author interviews.  I’ve done 10 so far and have enjoyed the authors who have participated. I still have not gotten a male author to say yes!  I’m working on that.

Quizzes on Mondays.  Sometimes I make them too hard, but I love when you guess anyway!  My censored covers seems to be the most popular.  Maybe you’ll see it again on Monday 🙂

My favorite movie reviews.  This is relatively new.  I came up with my favorite 100 movie list and started writing mini-reviews of these movies.  I’ve only done 3 so far, but look forward to more.

And finally, the post that generated my favorite comments –I loved the responses to my Book Problem Year 2  post.  Everyone refused to believe my piles had gotten smaller!

And thanks for helping me clear my shelves. So far this year I’ve sent readers 28 books from my shelves.  I always post these on the 1st or 2nd  of each month.