New Challenge Ideas

So next month is the end of the Hogwarts Reading Challenge 2011. Many of you have expressed that you would like to keep the challenge going. All the prizes from the challenge come out of my pocket. They are not donated so I can only afford to do one challenge that involve prizes. So here the options I would like y'all to vote on:

Hogwarts Reading Challenge 2011-2012
It will start on the 1st of September (like the books) to June 30th 2012. It will have the same classes. There will be mini challenges. I'll throw some twists in there to keep it interesting.

Generic High School Challenge 2011-2012
It will start from Sept 1 through June 30th 2012. . There will be the 4 main subjects (English, Math, History, and Science), a lab (you choice of a Math or Science lab) and two electives (Music, Art, P.E. or your choice of an extra class of the main 4). There will be mini challenges for this as well. Instead of houses there will be homerooms.

Robert Langdon Reading Challenge 2012
It will be from January 1st to December 15th. There will be teams. The will be puzzles, clues, and code breaking (you have to solve a puzzle, clue, or code to move on to the next part of the journey). There will also be mini challenges. Mini challenges will give a winning team an advantage on the next puzzle, clue or code.

To vote use the poll on the sidebar. Thanks everyone!

Midsummer 's Eve Giveaway Hop June 21-24

Midsummer 's Eve Giveaway Hop
June 21st - June 24th

This is my first giveaway Hop so please bear with me. For this hop I will be giving away Nora Roberts Gallagher trilogy. Jewels of the Sun, Tears of the Moon, and Heart of the Sun. These books are second hand from a library book sale. Winner will be chosen through Random.org

To Enter:

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Extra Chances To Win:

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WINNER: TeamWolf1988

Thank you to everyone who participated in my first ever hop won't be my last.

Booking Through Thursday May 19

Booking Through Thursday is a meme hosted here

This weeks question:

In contrast to last week’s question–What do you think of censoring books BECAUSE of their intended age? Say, books too “old” for your kids to read?

Yes I absolutely do. I'm going back to read The Babysitters Club series for YA of the 80s and 90s Reading Challenge. If it wasn't for that challenge I probably wouldn't re-read those books as I feel I'm too old for them. I definite wouldn't read any meant for an even younger age than that.

As far as censoring books no I don't believe in it, for the most part. Should a young child read some of the urban fiction or erotica books I read, no. However, I think most books that have been censored are not censored because it's explicit but because it deals with uncomfortable situations such as religion, sexuality, and such.

Waiting on Wednesday: Justify My Thug

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill @ Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.





This week it is Justify My Thug. I am one of those people who once I have started a series I have to finish it out. This book is the newest in Wahida Clark's thug series. It has just came out but I haven't been able to get it yet.

From Borders:

Justify My Thug continues the scintillating drama of Wahida Clark’s bestselling Thug series. Following the action of Thug Lovin’, the story rejoins the saga’s favorite couple, Tasha and Trae, as they try to overcome their troubles and make their marriage work. Meanwhile, Jaz is facing drama of her own. In the torrid world of sex, drugs, and crime, Wahida Clark continues her definitive Hip-Hop soap opera that fans have come to love.

Teaser Tuesday: Divergent

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

Grab your current read
Open to a random page
Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My Teaser:
Then, with a gasp I can't contain. I shift my hand forward, and my blood sizzles on the coals.

pg.47 Divergent by Veronica Roth

Payback With Ya Life by Wahida Clark

Payback With Ya Life by Wahida Clark
Tradeback pgs.302
rating:3.5stars
05/15/2011


From back of book:
She lost her integrity, her best friend…and nearly wound up dead. Now Shan is making her move, far away from Memphis’s mean streets, to wipe the slate clean and start over. But she can’t hold back what she’s feeling for Briggen, a wealthy drug dealer who want her to be his one and only for life. Her brother, Peanut, can’t afford to lose her – or the one shot he has at getting back on top of the drug game. And the ruthless convict who tricked Shan into loving him is out of lockdown…and out to settle lethal scores with her and Peanut. Now, with everything at stake and a vicious turf war taking no prisoners, Shan must put it all on the line to save her future - or die trying.


My Reviews:

This was a good book but it did not hold my attention for long periods of time. Usually I can read these books in 2 to 3 days it took over a week for this one. There was a lot going on. Fans of urban fiction will like this as it gives you all that you've come to expected from these types of books. Clark touched on just about every subject in this book. Miscarrages, infidelty, drug dealing, prison, murder, rape...you name it, it's in here. TBR list#3 *if you are not an urban lit fan this is NOT for you


Challenges:
Clue Board Reading Challenge
2011 Where Are You Reading?
Outdo Yourself Reading Challenge 2011

Ice Cold by Tess Gerritsen

Ice Cold by Tess Gerritsen

narrator: Tanya Eby
9cds approx 10hrs
rating: 5stars
05/13/2011



From back of book:
In Wyoming for a medical conference, Boston medical examiner Maura Isles joins a group of friends on a spur-of-the-moment ski trip. But when their SUV stalls on a snow-choked mountain road, they’re stranded with no help in sight.
As night falls, the group seeks refuge from the blizzard in the remote village of Kingdom Come, where twelve eerily identical houses stand dark and abandoned. Something terrible has happened in Kingdom Come: Meals sit untouched on tables, cars are still parked in garages. The town’s previous residents seem to have vanished into thin air, but footprints in the snow betray the presence of someone who still lurks in the cold darkness—someone who is watching Maura and her friends.
Days later, Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli receives the grim news that Maura’s charred body has been found in a mountain ravine. Shocked and grieving, Jane is determined to learn what happened to her friend. The investigation plunges Jane into the twisted history of Kingdom Come, where a gruesome discovery lies buried beneath the snow. As horrifying revelations come to light, Jane closes in on an enemy both powerful and merciless—and the chilling truth about Maura’s fate.

My Review:
This book was great. It moved forward and never seemed to get bogged down. The story pulled you in. The characters each had their own personalities and though Gerritsen doesn't go into the back story of the characters you get a sense of what type of people they were. The one character that got on my nerves though was Arlo (no sure if I'm spelling the name right). All he kept talking about was food. I mean really with all that was going on.... Oh and he was a food snob. The ending had a twist so you think you know how things ended up the way they did but nope it all started in an expected way. Perfect name for the village too...Kingdom Come. I just knew something bad had happen and was going to happen there. In fact, if it was me I would've been reluctant to even step foot pass the gate. Narrator voice was great. She did a great job of reading the suspense. TBR list #1





Challenges:
Mystery and Suspense Reading Challenge
Whisper Stories in My Ear 2011
I Spy Reading Challenge