Thoughtful Thursday: Number of Characters

Hosted by Reading Is Fun Again

Pam over at Reading Is Fun Again started this meme to get a book blogger thoughts on a few bookish things. You know how much I love sharing my thoughts/opinions on stuff, so I thought it would be perfect to add my two cents in too! Stop by her blog and join in on the Thoughtful meme.

I created Thoughtful Thursday, because bookish thoughts kept popping up in my mind while reading, and I wanted to explore these questions and get your opinions too! -From Reading Is Fun Again

Thoughtful Thursday Question

 How many characters do you like to meet and get to know in a book? Do you prefer a book with just a protagonist and a handful of central characters or do you like to meet lots of characters?

Summer 2014 Bloggiesta: Goals

Yeah!  My most favorite Blogging Event is happening THIS WEEEKKKEENNNDD!!

Calendar is cleared!  Kinda!!

Snacks are bought!

Honey has been notified!  (Even though it's his b-day weekend!)

I am on Bloggiesta Time!  OLÉ!!

And this is the first time I DON'T have a few million things I want to do on both of my blogs. Work has been a bit slower and I used that time to get caught up on a few things.  This means I will be spending time hosting a mini-challenge, visiting other participants, Tweeting, and joining all the Bloggiesta activities more!  OLÉ!
(Click the banner to sign up)

If you have a ton of things to do to get your blog on point, perfect and presentable sign up.  That's what Bloggiesta is all about!

Quicky Review #21: Go the F**k to Sleep & Seriously, Just Go to Sleep

Welcome back to another Quicky Review.  

A lot of the time I like to read short stories, prequels and free audiobooks that are short and sweet.  But why do a full review on a story that is say...80 pages long.  So I do Quicky Reviews for the shorties and children books as well.  Basically, the short stories get short reviews.

Here are just a few sentences on two books  (about 20 pages or less).

There are other Quicky Reviews for you to check out too and don't worry there will be more to come. I like short stories because most of them are FREE and I can get in and out of one in no time.

Previous Quicky Review

Quicky Review #18: Night of Cake and Puppet, Agatha Christie, and England My England

Quicky Review #19: The Free, Not A Match and Homeland
Quicky Review #20: How to Be Beyonce? The Nerd's Guide to Being Confident and Are You Lonesome Tonight?

Review: The Happy Wives Club

The Happy Wives Club Author: Fawn Weaver Genre: Faith Based Relationship Publisher: Thomas Nelson Release Date: January 7, 2014 Paperback: 272 pages Source: Free from Publisher at BEA14

Sunday Delight: Need a Week

Happy Sunday everyone!

This week has been a bit busy and I have been making a real effort to get back on my regular blogging schedule.  It's hard when you have been off for a bit!  As of right now I have 4 book reviews to do with 1 of them in draft form, and 4 DNF I want to get back to and finish.  One day!  I need a week of sleep and a week of reading to get myself caught up.  Oh and a week of writing reviews and blog post too!  So...like a month off from EVERYTHING else!

One thing I have started is a book spreadsheet.  More about that later but I just want to say...I love it!

Here and Now

Time: 11:59 am
Drinking: water

Eating: Marie Callendar's Cornbread with honey butter.  YUMMY!

 Listening To: Joss Stone Radio on Pandora.com
Watching: Nothing really!

What I Am Listening To...

Attachments

2014 Half Year Reading Challenge Stats

Can you believe it's July already?  I feel like we were just chatting about all the reading challenges we were going to sign up for and all the others we wanted to sign up for but didn't.  Now it's 7 months later and I thought I would be in better shape with all the reading challenges I signed up for than I am at the moment.  

I purposely picked these challenges and levels so I wouldn't put to much pressure on myself this year.  Well....what happened to that plan?  I don't know!  I thought by now I would have completed over half of them.  

I am not throwing in the towel yet!  I have a game plan and it's all about crossing as many challenges as possible.  

Here are my stats as of today with the 12..yes 12 reading challenges I signed up for.

Review: A Wanted Woman

A Wanted Woman Author: Eric Jerome Dickey Genre: Thriller Publisher:  Random House Audio Release Date: April 15, 2014 Audiobook: 14 hours and 26 minutes Narrator: Zoë Bell and Dominic Hoffman Source: Purchased from Audible.com

Quicky Review #20: How to Be Beyonce? The Nerd's Guide to Being Confident and Are You Lonesome Tonight?

Welcome back to another Quicky Review.  

A lot of the time I like to read short stories, prequels and free audiobooks that are short and sweet.  But why do a full review on a story that is say...80 pages long.  So I do Quicky Reviews for the shorties and children books as well.  Basically, the short stories get short reviews.

Here are just a few sentences on three audiobooks  (about 2 hours or less) I got from Audible.com. 

There are other Quicky Reviews for you to check out too and don't worry there will be more to come. I like short stories because most of them are FREE and I can get in and out of one in no time.

Previous Quicky Review
Quicky Review #17: Miss Moppet, Sleep Donation and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Quicky Review #18: Night of Cake and Puppet, Agatha Christie, and England My England

Quicky Review #19: The Free, Not A Match and Homeland

Diversity on the Shelf: Approved Books pt. 6

 

Inspired by POC Reading Challenge

All of the participates of the Diversity on the Self 2014 Reading Challenge (aka D.O.T.S.) have been keeping up and reading a wide variety of books as well as doing an amazing job of reading, reviewing, and linking up books by People of Color.  

You can see the books and linky here

January Review Link Up
February Review Link Up

March Review Link Up  

April Review Link Up 

May Review Link Up

June Review Link Up 
July Review Link Up

  I have been trying to post helpful book links but I have missed a month (or two).  Every month I will post 12 more books in various genres and release dates that are...what I like to call "Diversity Approved Books"to promote books to you and the D.O.T.S. participants.  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.

Diversity on the Shelf: Approved Books: pt. 1

Diversity on the Shelf: Approved Books: pt. 2

Diversity on the Shelf: Approved Books: pt. 3 

Diversity on the Shelf: Approved Books: pt. 4 
Diversity on the Shelf: Approved Books: pt. 5 

By the way, it's not to late to sign up.  Click the reading challenge button and link up your sign up post.  Non bloggers are welcomed too.