Got bored with keeping up with challenges, so stopped. Not sure I'm going to keep up with posting and am going to lock down the journal entries, so I don't have to keep coming by and deleting spam messages. Not going to delete journal yet.

I'm going for the Dweller level in the Futuristic/Sci-Fi Challenge - 12 books.

1. Nomansland by Lesley Hauge
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And for Obsessed in the Fantasy Challenge - 20 books. Done June 2011

1. Intrigues by Mercedes Lackey
2. The Enchantment Emporium by Tanya Huff
3. Wren To the Rescue by Sherwood Smith
4. Wren's Quest by Sherwood Smith
5. Wren's War by Sherwood Smith
6. The Bards of Bone Plain by Patricia A. McKillip
7. Trio of Sorcery by Mercedes Lackey
8. Wren Journeymage by Sherwood Smith
9. Side Jobs by Jim Butcher
10. River Marked by Patricia Briggs
11. Mercy Blade by Faith Hunter
12. Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris
13. "Magic" series by Ilona Andrews
14. re-read the Harry Dresden series by Jim Butcher
15. books 2-5 in the Rachel Morgan series by Kim Harrison
16. books 6-9 in the Rachel Morgan series by Kim Harrison

Mystery & Suspense calls for 12 books:DONE June 2011

1. Crescent Dawn by Clive & Dirk Cussler
2. Dexter Is Delicious by Jeff Lindsay
3. Outwitting Trolls by William G. Tapply
4. Coming Back by Marcia Muller
5. Christmas Mourning by Margaret Maron
6. The Taken by Inger Ash Wolfe
7. Fatal Error by J.A. Jance
8. Though Not Dead by Dana Stabenow
9. Dead Zero by Stephen Hunter
10. Killing Kelly by Heather Graham
11. Cross Fire by James Patterson
12. Mourning Gloria by Susan Wittig Albert

Horror & Urban Fantasy calls for 24 books: Done July 2011

1. Fatal Error by F. Paul Wilson
2. Labyrinth by Kat Richardson
3. River Marked by Patricia Briggs
4. The Good, the Bad, and the Undead by Kim Harrison
5. Every Which Way But Dead by Kim Harrison
6. A Fistful of Charms by Kim Harrison
7. For a Few Demons More by Kim Harrison
8. Side Jobs by Jim Butcher
9. Mercy Blade by Faith Hunter
10. Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris
11. Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews
12. Magic Burns by Ilona Andrews
13. Magic Strikes by Ilona Andrews
14. Magic Bleeds by Ilona Andrews
15. Magic Mourns by Ilona Andrews (short story)
16. Magic Slays by Ilona Andrews
17. The President's Vampire by Christopher Farnsworth
18. The King of Plagues by Jonathan Maberry
19. The Outlaw Demon Wails by Kim Harrison
20. White Witch, Black Curse by Kim Harrison
21. Black Magic Sanction by Kim Harrison
22. Pale Demon by Kim Harrison
23. The Heat by Heather Killough-Walden
24. Kitty's Big Trouble by Carrie Vaughn

Young Adult - going for the mini-sized - 12 books.

1. Wren To the Rescue by Sherwood Smith
2. Wren's Quest by Sherwood Smith
3. Wren's War by Sherwood Smith
(Won #4 in the series on LibraryThing's Early Reviewers and needed to re-read the first ones as it had been a *very* long time.)
4. Nomansland by Lesley Hauge
5. Three Black Swans by Caroline B. Cooney
6. Wren Journeymage by Sherwood Smith


The Pub - 11 books published in 2011. Done June 2011

1. Fatal Error by J.A. Jance
2. Though Not Dead by Dana Stabenow
3. Mourning Gloria by Susan Wittig Albert
4. River Marked by Patricia Briggs
5. Sick by Brett Battles
6. Strategic Moves by Stuart Woods
7. Mercy Blade by Faith Hunter
8. Cold Wind by C.J. Box
9. Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris
10. Magic Slays by Ilona Andrews
11. The King of Plagues by Jonathan Maberry

Going for Obsessed (20 books) in the E-Book Reading Challenge: Done June 2011

1. Sick by Brett Battles
2. Little Girl Gone and Just Another Job by Brett Battles (short stories)
3. The Good, the Bad, and the Undead by Kim Harrison
4. Mercy Blade by Faith Hunter
5. Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris
6. Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews
7. Magic Burns by Ilona Andrews
8. Magic Strikes by Ilona Andrews
9. Magic Bleeds by Ilona Andrews
10. Magic Mourns by Ilona Andrews (short story)
11. Magic Slays by Ilona Andrews
12. Every Which Way But Dead by Kim Harrison
13. A Fistful of Charms by Kim Harrison
14. For a Few Demons More by Kim Harrison
15. Off the Clock and Perfect Gentleman by Brett Battles (short stories)
16. The Outlaw Demon Wails by Kim Harrison
17. White Witch, Black Curse by Kim Harrison
18. Black Magic Sanction by Kim Harrison
19. Pale Demon by Kim Harrison
20. The Heat by Heather Killough-Walden
(not including re-reads)

TBR Lite - going for option B, which lets me change my list throughout the year - 6 books.

For the list, go to me@LibraryThing and click the TBR tag - it needs some updating, but I'll be choosing from here - over 80 books.

1. Travel Wisdom by Lynne & Hank Christen
2.

Challenges are linked in the sidebar. Tags are 100+ and SYLL. Books NOT counted in the SYLL challenge will be marked with an *. Otherwise, all books are for the 100+, SYLL and my general list of all books read in 2011. Going for Mega-size in SYLL, which is 51+ books.

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Year total: 78
100+ total: 78
SYLL total: 35

 I have been reading, but have neglected to update and make challenge posts. I'm cutting down on challenges this year - only doing 9 of them:

100+, Support Your Local Library, Mystery/Suspense, Horror/Urban Fantasy, E-book, Futuristic/SF, Fantasy, TBR Lite, and YA.

Will be making placeholder posts, so I apologize for the soon-to-be spamming of your f-list. 

Happy reading :)

Hmm.. Well, I finished the 2 challenges where I was keeping track of books read up to a certain point, so I've decided to repost my
on-going reading list here, so I could mark that post done :)

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Year end stats: 182 books

and possibly win your wishlist! Woo hoo!

Here are the details: Happy Haul-idays!

Here's my wishlist

Mine generally falls into four categories: knitting, cats/animals, photography, and miscellaneous :)

Knitting: The Field Guide to Knitting, Holiday Knits, Knitting Pretty, Lace Knitting To Go, Picture Perfect Knits, The Knit It Kit For Kids (for my niece, a new knitter), and The Sock Knitting Kit.

Cats/animals: Creature, Curious Cats, Glamourpuss, On This Earth, So Cute You Could Die (all crossovers with photography[g])

Photography: Beaches, Pinhole Cameras, Still, The Art of Terroir (for a wine loving friend), Trees, and Waves.

Misc: The Complete Worst Case Scenario Handbook

Hmm, so I like knitting, pretty pictures and disasters... Actually, yeah, that fits!

Also, if you like my list, comment here and we've both got a chance to win it :) Cool, huh?

 You're planning a trip to a developing country. You spend most of your pre-travel time worrying about infectious diseases and getting shots. Not a bad thing - getting your shots is important.

Studies looking at the causes of death of travelers from affluent countries to developing countries show that infectious diseases account for 1% of deaths. One percent. Around half of the deaths are due to heart attacks and strokes - mostly in the elderly.

Your biggest chance of death? Road traffic accidents.

And in the US, over 60% of RTAs occur in drivers. In the developing countries, drivers account for fewer than 10% of fatalities. Urban pedestrians alone account for about 65% of auto-related deaths in developing countries.

And no 911 - no operator standing by. "You hitchhike, taxi, walk, or crawl to the nearest medical facility, which, if you are in a rural area, may consist of little more than a well-intentioned village healer."


From The Adventurous Traveler's Guide to Health by Christopher Sandford, M.D.

Interesting book, so far. Informative, with a good sense of humor.