The Blonde Diaries

Well, I took a short blogging break during the month of March and some of April and totally missed out on my weekly book posting. Now I don’t even remember what I have read this year and in which month. I am going to have to be better about that in May. After reading a bunch on the cruise ship, I slacked off last week. I have my nightstand loaded up and ready to go so hopefully this will be a good week.

Books completed last week:

1. Party Princess (A Princess Diaries Book) by Meg Cabot

Books I am currently reading:

1. Sweet Sixteen Princess ~ Meg Cabot

Up Next:

1. Undead and Unwed ~ MaryJanice Davidson  (book 1 of the Queen Betsy series)
2. Undead and Unemployed ~ MaryJanice Davidson  (book 2 of the Queen Betsy series)
3. Princess on the Brink ~ Meg Cabot

Hello and happy Monday! I am hoping to have a great reading week this week as I have been slacking big time! I am hoping that I can finish the Sookie Stackhouse series this week and continue my quest to finish the Princess Diaries Series. That will just leave me with the Stephanie Plum series as my only in progress series.  I have the Dead and Unwed series waiting on my TBR stack.

Books completed last week:

1. All Together Dead ~ Charlaine Harris

Books I am currently reading:

1. From Dead to Worse ~ Charlaine Harris

Up Next:

1. Dead and Gone ~ Charlaine Harris
2. Party Princess ~ Meg Cabot
3. Princess on the Brink ~ Meg Cabot

Hello and happy Monday! It is another quick Monday and I only have one thing on my list that I have checked off for work. Eek! I also am mentally preparing a to-do list for chores around the apartment this week since Mike has been doing most of them for the past few months while I’ve been sick and I feel like I need to “pay” him back for it. So while he’s in Beaumont Monday-Friday I think I’ll work on things to make the weekend easier. I did a little bit of reading last week to help relax after a long day at work. I’m excited about the progress I’m making on a few series and hope to have them finished in the next month!

Books completed last week:

1. Visions of Sugar Plums ~ Janet Evanovich
2. To the Nines ~ Janet Evanovich
3. Dead in Dallas ~ Charlaine Harris

Books I am currently reading:

1. Ten Big Ones ~ Janet Evanovich
2. Prada and Prejudice by Mandy Hubbard
3. Full Bloom ~ Janet Evanovich

Up Next:

1. Club Dead ~ Charlaine Harris
2. Dead to the World ~ Charlaine Harris
3. Dead as a Doornail ~ Charlaine Harris

January 2010 is now a thing of the past. My January was extremely busy being that my client decided they wanted to file a Form S-1 with the SEC before the end of January. That meant that my audit that is normally finished on April 30th each year was now due by January 15th. Talk about a lot of stress. To relieve the stress since I couldn’t get to the gym, I read. I read A LOT! Here is my recap below on what I read. I actually finished my Stephanie Plum Challenge for 2010 already and will be extending it to try and finish all the books in the series by June. We’ll see.

January
One for the Money ~ Janet Evanovich *
Two for the Dough ~ Janet Evanovich*
Project Princess ~ Meg Cabot
Princess in Pink ~ Meg Cabot
Princess in Training ~ Meg Cabot
Three to Get Deadly ~ Janet Evanovich*
Oh.My.Gods ~ Tera Lynn Childs*
Four to Score ~ Janet Evanovich*
The Princess Present ~ Meg Cabot
High Five ~ Janet Evanovich*
Hot Six ~ Janet Evanovich*
Seven Up ~ Janet Evanovich*

January Total: 12 books read, 8 borrowed from the library, 4 already owned, 1 reading challenge for 2010 finished!

Reading With Tequila has put together a list of the most recommended books by bloggers from 2009. This list contains over 200 books recommended by 33 bloggers. Talk about a great master list!  I was happy to see quite a few books that I had read already on this list. There were also quite a few books I was already planning on reading this year on the list so I decided to join on in with this challenge.  Like all book challenges, there are rules and levels to help you complete the challenge.  The full list of 2009 books can be found here.  I am aiming for level one as there are exactly 5 books on the list that are on my lists for various challenges and will try for level 2 if I time is on my side.

The Levels:
Level I – Read 5 books from the 2009 Book Blogger Recommendation List
Level II – Read 10 books
Level III – Read 15 books
Level IV – Read 20 books
Level V – Read 20+ books

The Rules:

• Challenge will run January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010. Participants can join anytime throughout the challenge.
• Create an intro post, linking back to this post.
• Sign up with the MckLinky below. Please link to your challenge intro post, not your blog home page.
• Chose your own books from the list. You can decide to read books only on the Top 25 list or from the entire recommendation list. You do not have to make a list of books before the challenge begins.
• All forms of books acceptable (audiobooks, eBooks, etc.)
• Rereads do not count towards the completion of the challenge. The challenge is about discovering books that are new to you.
• You don’t need a blog to participate.
• Reviews, while always appreciated, are not mandatory.