Diversity on the Shelf 2015: Wrap Up Post and News

Again, I know this is seriously late but here is...Diversity on the Shelf 2015 Reading Challenge Wrap Up.  

  Please have a direct link to your wrap up post to the linky.  No links to blog home pages please.  If you don't have a blog, please link to your Goodreads, Amazon, Facebook, LibraryThing or other account where you are reviewing the books for this challenge.

Books that qualified for this challenge were by people of color or with a main character of color.  All shades and races of color were welcomed and encouraged here.  If you still need more clarification on what a person of color is Click Here.

Links here are for your wrap up post that you have read and reviewed for 2015 only.  Did you meet your original goal? Did you come close?  I read a lot of books but I didn't hit my goal because I didn't review them all.  I need to count and see how many books I still need to review.  

Add your wrap up post below.

 ~ Wrap Up Post Linky ~

In other news...

Diversity on the Shelf 2015: November & December Review Linky

I know this is seriously late but here is...Diversity on the Shelf 2015 Reading Challenge.  

  Please have a direct link to the book you are reviewing to the linky.  No links to blog home pages please.  If you don't have a blog, please link to your Goodreads, Amazon, Facebook, LibraryThing or other account where you are reviewing the books for this challenge.

Books that qualify for this challenge are by people of color or with a main character of color.  All shades and races of color are welcomed and encouraged here.  If you still need more clarification on what a person of color is Click Here.

Links here are for book you read an reviewed for November & December 2015 only.  There will be a wrap up post shortly.

 ~ November & December Review Linky ~

Wrap Up Post and new Diversity on the Shelf news coming soon.

Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-Thon: Hour 13 - 16

Hosted by 24 Hour Read-A-Thon

Welcome to 7:10 pm in Los Angeles.
Update time!!  I am so unfocused and I am a little freaked out by the number of book reviews I have to do too!  ARGH!

Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-Thon: Hour 9 - 12

Hosted by 24 Hour Read-A-Thon

Welcome to 1:30 pm in Los Angeles.
Update time!! I just showered and feel great.  A few biscuits helped too! 

I have changed books.  I think this will be the read-a-thon of reading a few things here and there.

Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-Thon: Hour 5 -8

Hosted by 24 Hour Read-A-Thon

Welcome to 11am in Los Angeles.
Update time!!  So far I am finally not sleepy and I have drank (2 cups) an ocean of green tea with lemon and honey. 

Hour 5: 

Back to reading after a quick nap.  And I am hosting the hour 5 read-a-thon mini challenge.  It's wrapping up soon so jump to this link to enter to win a great prize.  It's  fun!

The 5th Hour Challenge - Closed

 

Welcome to My Little Pocketbooks 

5th Hour Challenge!

This awesome read-a-thon is hosted by DEWEY'S 24 HOUR READ-A-THON

Right now it's 9:00 am here is Los Angeles, California.

How are you feeling? Just waking up and had your coffee yet.  Second cup?

 

 Well...You have been reading for 5-ish hours now.  And I know you are eying your  food reserve. 

Would a Challenge get your mind off of it?  Get you motivated and focused a bit?  

What about an easy challenge with a great return?  

That's what I thought!  

Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-Thon: Hour 1 - 4

Hosted by 24 Hour Read-A-Thon

Welcome to 5am in Los Angeles.
Hi everyone!  And welcome to my quarterly updates as I am reading my eyes off for the next 24 hours.  I will update this post for the first four hours then do another post for the next quarter and so on.  So let's do this...  

2015 Audiobook Challenge: 1st Quater Update

Hosted by The Book Nympho and Hot Listens

This is my post for the 1st Quarter Update for the 2015 Audiobook Challenge.  

I have to say that this year I have not been listening to as many audiobooks as I did last year.  Mostly I have not commuted as much but that is going to change soon.  If you didn't know I listen to my audiobooks on my 1 hour drive to and from work everyday.  Then I read physical books on the weekend.  Unless I am at the end of an audiobook.  I hate being the middle of my commute and an audiobook comes to an end.  I would rather end the book at home and start a new one on the road.

So here is my first update.

Listened to and Reviewed

1.  *Vicious by V. E. Schwab
2.  *Skin Deep by Brandon Sanderson 
3.  *Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness
4. *Time Traveler's Wife, The by Audrey Niffenegger
5. Mom and Me and Mom by Maya Angelou
6. *Book of Life, The by Deborah Harkness  

TBR Read-a-Thon: Goals

Hosted by Caffeinated Book Reviewer

Start Date: March 13th
Ends: March 16th

 Rules

1. Link-up
2. Read/listen to books from your TBR pile published before 3/01/15. Can be arcs, novellas, audios, comics etc. Remember for those doing Take Control they must be 100 pages or more.
3. Books Must be read from March 13th through 11:59 pm on the 16th to be counted.
4. Read at least one- 300 page book to enter raffle or three- 100 page books -post mini review(s)This can be to blog, Goodreads, Tumblr, Facebook etc.
5. Share Add the button or share on social media
6. Share updates via Twitter with hashtag #TBRreadathon

Diversity on the Shelf 2015: March Review Link-Up

Welcome to the March review linky of Diversity on the Shelf 2015 Reading Challenge.  

Every month I will post a linky for you to add your reviews.  Please have a direct link to the book you are reviewing to the linky.  No links to blog home pages please.  If you don't have a blog, please link to your Goodreads, Amazon, Facebook, LibraryThing or other account where you are reviewing the books for this challenge.

Books that qualify for this challenge are by people of color or with a main character of color.  All shades and races of color are welcomed and encouraged here.  If you still need more clarification on what a person of color is Click Here.

If you haven't signed up for the challenge yet, don't fret you still have time.  Just sign up here! 

If you need a few suggestions on what to read for this challenge check out the list of links to blogs, book list and more. (Links here)

  February Stats

(as of 2/27)

  50 participates

  43 books read and reviewed

Book Blogger Organization Challenge: January

Hosted by The Book Addict's Guide

I decided to jump on this challenge so I can step up my blogging and get a bit more organized.  For me, I need to have things written down so I can cross them off my list. So for the month of January the challenge items I have listed here along with my notes and progress on each item in blue. 

If you want to join me and 81 other book blogger in this 6 month cleaning and organization challenge, just simply click the button up top and add your blog to the linky.

Sunday Delight: Another Challenge or Two

Happy 1st Sunday of 2015!

I have signed up for two more challenges and yes I know that was not my first intention.  I signed up for 13 reading challenges last year and failed at 3 of them.  This year the goal was to sign up for about have of that, around 7.  Well there are two more I want to add to the list, making it 9.
First I am signing up for:

Hosted by Tanya @Mom's Small Victories, I'm Lost in Books and Savvy Working Gal

Purpose:  Travel the world in books, of course! Expand your horizons and read books set in or written by authors from countries other than the one you live in. Visit as many different countries in books as you wish.

My Goal: For the year of 2015 I will 5 books set in another country outside of the U.S. and 5 books by non-American authors

The second one is not a reading challenge but a helping/motivating group that I saw on Tanya's blog.

Hosted by The Book Addicts Guide

Purpose:  To get my blog organized by June 2015.

My Goal: To complete each months theme and challenge.

So there they are the (hopefully) last two challenges I am planning on tackling for 201.  I hope!  God it's hard saying No! LOL!

Here and Now

Time: 12:01 pm
Drinking: Green Tea with Lemon and Honey

Eating: Apple Slices

 Listening To: Gospel Radio on Pandora.com

Watching: Nothing much

Quick Fix Reading Challegne: Wrap Up

Host: Jessie's Book Place

Purpose: This is a challenge about reading books with less than 300 pages.

Level:  Paperclips (15 books)

This was another easy challenge because I like reading books with about 250 pages in them.  So most of the first 15 book I read went to this challenge

Here are the numbers

Favorite Book

Number of books by Women: 12 

Number of books part of a series: 7

Number of New to Me Authors: 23

Number of Audiobooks:  18 (denoted by an *)

Number of Children Books: 3

Total Books Read: 22

2015 Reading Challenges

 

It's that time again everyone.  Time to pick your challenge.  Your reading challenges that is.

This year I think I took on way to many and I didn't knock them all out like I wanted.  Out of the 13 reading challenges I signed up for I completed only 11 of them.  So this year, I am only going to sign up for half of that because 13 is a bit over the top for me.  And let me tell you it was soo hard just settling for these and not signing up for 13 new ones. So here they are.  My Reading Challenges for 2015.  

~New to Me Reading Challenge~

New To You Reading Challenge
Host: Herding Cats and Burning Soup
Purpose:  Read anything new to you.  New Genre, new author, anything new to you
Level 2: 12 "new to you"s

What's in A Name? 2015

Host: The Worm Hole

Purpose: During this time you choose a book to read from each of the selected categories 

Level:  Challenge accepted! 

2015 Audiobook Challenge

Host: The Book Nympho and Hot Listens

Purpose: To listen to more audiobooks in 2015 than I did in 2014

Level: Binge Listener (Why read when someone can do it for you) 20-30 

 Mocha Girls Read Reading Challenge

Host: Mocha Girls Read

Purpose: Complete one book to make "Mocha Girls 15"

Level: Wrap Speed: Completing levels 1 and 2, AND reading all 2015 Books of the Month (a whooping 24 books) 

New Author Reading Challenge: Wrap Up

Host:  Literary Escapism

Level: 15 New to me Authors

I had no idea how easy this reading challenge would be.  Apparently I read new to me authors all the time.  Go figure!  

Favorite Book

Total Number of Books: 29

Number of books by Women: 21

Number of Audiobooks: 18

Number of YA Books: 5
Number of Non Fiction Books: 3

Oldest Publication Date: 1922 (Siddhartha)

Banned Book Challenge 2014: Wrap Up

photo credit: Old Books by Petr Kratochvil  

Hosted by Buckling Bookshelves
Level: Making Waves: 1-2 Challenged Books

I had no plans on reading more than two books for this challenge but when I looked over the Banned Book List I found there were a few more books on the list that I was reading.  So I ended up doubling my goal of two books.  Yep!  I read 4 Banned Books this year.  Here are my Banned Book Reading Challenge stats...

Complete Diversity 2014 Linky List

Here are the links from the 2014 Diversity on the Shelf Reading Challenge.  

Check out the reviews and the bloggers who joined.  They all did an outstanding job.

2014 Sign up

Links and Resources

January Review Link Up & Giveaway

Diversity on the Shelf 2014: Wrap Up

 Host:  My Little Pocketbooks (me)

Level:  4th Shelf (19 - 24 books)

Completed 20 books and reviews.  

(1 more book to review soon.) 

I was so scared I was not going to complete the reading challenge I was hosting.  Boy that would have been sad.  My first year hosting and not complete the challenge.  That would not be a good look at all. 

But...I DID IT!  I read more than the 19 books I thought I would red this year.  

Here are the stats from the Diversity on the Shelf 2014 reading challenge.  

Next year I will be hosting this challenge again and I will try and do 24 books.  Fingers crossed!  :)

Diversity on the Shelf 2015

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Inspired by the POC Reading Challenge

 Welcome to the 2nd year of the Diversity on the Shelf reading challenge. The aim of Diversity on the Shelf 2015 Challenge is add diversity to you bookshelf by reading books by authors of color and/or about a main character of color.

Challenge Details

1. Any book (by any author) with a main character that is a person of color qualifies for this reading challenge, as well as any book written by an author of color. The goal is to encourage readers have a more diverse reading experience and to support diversity in the publishing industry by reading and reviewing books by or about person of color.

2. The challenge will run from January 1, 2015 – December 31, 2015 (books read prior to 1/1/2015 do not count towards the challenge). You can join anytime before 12/1/2015. Sign up at My Little Pocketbooks

3. Books can be any format (print, ebook, audio).

4. Novellas, Short story collections, Poetry, Graphic novels/manga, Children Books, and all genres are allowed.

5. Books can be of any publication date.

6. You can choose your books as you go or create a list in advance. Re-reads and crossovers from other reading challenges are allowed.

Diversity on the Shelf: Approved Books pt. 11

 

Inspired by POC Reading Challenge

Are you a participant of the Diversity on the Self 2014 Reading Challenge (aka D.O.T.S.)?  Did you have a goal this year to read more books by People of Color?  How are you doing?  

Just in case you aren't hitting your goal or just want to find a few new titles to add to your collection here are what I like to call "Diversity Approved Books".   All of these books are by a person of color OR have a main character of color.  

Sometimes these books don't get the love they should and hearing about them is so very rare.

You can see other books and review link ups by clicking one of the links in the side bar menu under the D.O.T.S. reading challenge button. 

This is the last post of this years approved books.  Hope it helped!

Here are the last 12 books.