30 Days of Books-Day 4

Favorite book from your favorite series

My favorite book from the Harry Potter series is Order of the Phoenix. This was my favorite because it's the longest. I've always enjoyed reading long books the best because they take more time to get through. I read short books as well, but I get through them so fast that I think I feel that I don't get much out of them, so that's why I like longer books.

30 Days of Books-Day 3

Your favorite series

I'm currently reading three different series that I really enjoy, but I'm going to have to say that my favorite series is Harry Potter. I was introduced to this series in seventh grade when one of my teachers read to us from Sorcerer's Stone. The story resonated with me because I often wanted something special to happen to me so I could escape from my life, if not all the time, then at least for a little bit.

30 Days of Books-Day 2

A book that you've read more than 3 times

I've read two or three books more than three times, but the one that I've read the most is Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by JK Rowling. This book I've read about seven times. The second time I read it was because I wanted to read the series in succession. I read 1 and 2, then 1 through 3, and so on, but I have yet to read straight through the series. I also read Philosopher's Stone in college and noted the differences between the UK and US versions. Then when the 10th anniversary edition came out I got that and read it as well. I look forward to reading it again when the time comes for me to read the whole series, but that won't be for a while because I have a lot of other books on my to read list.

30 Days of Books-Day 1

The Best Book I Read Last Year

Well, I have to think back to last year and sift through all of the books I read. I read a lot of books last year, but I think the one I enjoyed the most was Steamed: A Steampunk Romance by Katie MacAlister. I've been into romance books for a while, but this was the first one I read about steampunk. I enjoyed the world that was created and look forward to finding another steampunk novel that catches my interest like this one.

Goal 3

Okay, so I failed at my March goal. I was supposed to read five books, but I only read three. I got distracted by the new Pokemon games(I chose Black and my husband chose White). I blame myself, but I blame my husband more because he's the one who really wanted to get the games. :) I agreed because they sounded fun, but I thought I would be able to ignore my game. It turns out I was wrong. I shouldn't have even started playing because once I did I got into the game and didn't want to stop. I read two books before we got the games, but the third was a struggle. I did have some days where I didn't want to play Pokemon, but there were other days when I would get distracted. Of course I did get distracted by other things such as Facebook and Smallville(I'm watching every episode so I can fill in any details I missed from earlier seasons when I didn't catch an episode), but I mostly blame Pokemon because I feel that I could have accomplished my goal if I had not started playing that game. I should have learned by now that I get too distracted by something new that other things fall by the wayside, but I guess it hasn't stuck yet.
April is going to be puzzle month. I already started the puzzle I'm going to be working on a few years ago, but I figure now is the best time to work on it. And since I'm going to be working on a puzzle I think I'll be able to keep on playing Pokemon at the same time, so April might be more of a game month than just a puzzle month.

Goal 2

It's the first day of March and February became a month of many goals. I thought my goal for February was going to be working on a story, but I ended up working on a few other goals as well. I started out working on a story, but then the urge to work on fleece creatures overtook my wanting to write a story. So as of now I have eight creatures drawn and have one or two more to plan: actually working on them will come at a later time when I have money I can use to buy fleece and cotton batting. I also cleaned up the house a little bit more before my parents came to visit.
Now on to March's goal...March is reading month. I will be trying to read five books, that are each between 300 and 330 pages, by the end of the month. Wish me luck. :P

Goal 1

It's the first day of February and my goal for January is complete. We didn't get all of the boxes and unpacked and everything put away, but we got enough done that I consider the goal for January accomplished. Now on to February's goal...