12 by 12 Reading Challenge: February

In January, I mentioned that I was participating in the 12 by 12 Reading Challenge that is designed to have us read more novels. In January, I only read two novels since I began the challenge on the 20th.

The month of February is being hosted by J. Kaye's Book Blog. If you'd like to play along, just write up your post and link it up to Kaye's blog for February. She also has a list of the hosts for the rest of the year. Feel free to participate in any or all months you would like.

Here is my list for February:

1. The Last Report o the Miracles at Little No Horse by Louise Erdrich

Until next time..... Lorie

{I'll add more books and repost as I finish reading them}

Blogger Buddy Award

My friend Kaye from J.Kaye's Book Blog has graciously awarded me the Blogger Buddie Award. I was very happy to receive it from her because I love Kaye's blog and visit it every day. She has tons of information on books of all kinds and has lots of different book challenges. Plus Kaye shares lots of tips on how to make your blog better - she is really smart and has great ideas on how to get traffic to your blog and how to write wonderful posts for your blog. Head on over to J.Kaye's Book Blog to see all she has to offer.

I have mentioned my really close blogger buddies {Maria, Alexis, Crystal, Shannon, Felicia, Piera, Jennifer and Erin} several times. This time, I would like to pass this wonderful award on to some of my new blogger buddies who have been so wonderful to me. This award goes to the following wonderful bloggers :

~ Annette of Fairy Blog Mother

~ Michelle of Flying Giggles and Lollipops

~ Tami of Misc. Ramblings

~ Kaylen of It's Serious This Time

~ Noelle of Jumpin Beans; and

~ blueviolet (I wish I knew her real name) of A Nut in a Nutshell

Please take the time to visit the wonderful blogs I have mentioned, I am sure you will not be disappointed.

Until next time..... Lorie

1/21/10 EDIT: I am SO mad at myself for forgetting to mention one special person who has been so very wonderful to me in the last few months, so I wish to rectify this immediately!! Please head on over to this blog:

~ Connie of The Young & The Relentless

12 by 12 Reading Challenge: January

I learned of this great reading challenge from J. Kaye's Book Blog - a wonderful blog that is a terrific source for all things book related. If you love books, you HAVE to check out Kaye's blog.

Here is the idea behind the challenge:

The 12 by 12 Reading Challenge will be twelve book bloggers, each hosting their own Just Read More Novel’s Month throughout 2010. Participants can join in one, two, or all twelve of these separate reading challenges. Each month starts a brand new reading challenge. And the goal? To simply read more novels.

January is hosted by National Just Read More Novels Month and I'll be posting the novels that I've read here. I have only read one so far this month, but I will be reading more, and I will post the final count at the end of the month.

1. The Inquisitor: A Medical Thriller by Peter Clement