Sign-up & Tracking Post for Ho-Ho-Ho Read-a-thon 2016

Once again, I'm joining in this read-a-thon. It's one of the few I do It's a lot of fun, challenging but not insanely so, and doesn't make you jump through endless hoops. The idea is to read as many winter or holiday themed books as you can in the week from November 9th through November 15th.

Ho Ho Ho Read-A-Thon Wrap Up

The read-a-thon is over and I made my goal. Whoo hoo! *tosses confetti*

Hosted by hosted by Bookshelfery and Caffeinated Book Reviewer Nov. 12th-17th, the idea was to read holiday or winter themed books. I had an extensive list of titles to choose from and added two more during the challenge.

My goal was 5 titles from my list. I read 7 1/3, though only 7 count. I got a third of the way through book 8 but then the read-a-thon ended. The stories ranged from short stories to 300+ page novels and the genres were romances, mystery, and even erotica.

I read:

1. A Silver Wolf Christmas by Terry Spear (Read 11/17, review to come)
2. Summer Beach Vets: Playing Santa (Christmas Special) by H.Y. Hanna (Read 11/12; Click to see review)
3. The Christmas Bake-Off by Abby Clements (Read 11/12; click to see review)
4.  What Happens At Christmas (Millworth Manor) by Victoria Alexander (Read 11/14; click to see review) 
5. Christmas Kink: Five Festive Fantasies by Kay Jaybee (Read 11/12; click to see review)
6. The Cop Who Stole Christmas by Christie Craig - (Read 11/13-11/14; click to see review)
7.  Killer Christmas by Harper Lin (Read 11/14; click to see review)

 How did you do? If you didn't participate, do you plan on reading any holiday themed books?

Ho Ho Ho Read-A-Thon Sign Up & Updates

It's that time of year again! Time for hot cocoa, warm blankies on the couch and a good winter holiday themed book. And I have lots waiting to be read. :D

The Caffeinated Reviewer and The Book Shelfery are once again hosting the Ho Ho Ho Read-A-Thon. This year it runs from November 12th through the 17th. There will be challenges, prizes to be won, a Twitter chat, or you can just curl up and read. Whatever floats your boat. :)

The Details:

1. Write a sign up post - done!
2. Link up - done! 
3. Grab the button and share - when this post goes up
4. Tweet your progress using #HoHoHoRAT - if I remember :D
5. Twitter Party! Tuesday November 17, 2015 at 7 pm (EST)  Come chat about the books you have read. There will be prizes.
6. Read-a-thon starts on November 12th 12:01 am (your time zone) and ends on November 17 at 11:59 pm (your time zone)
   Challenges will be open from 8 am (EST) on the 12th and remain open until Nov 17th at 11:59 pm (EST)
   Grand Prize Raffle will be open until November 18th at 11:59 pm (EST) to allow you to submit entries.
7. Challenge schedule and Grand Prize widget and rules will post on November 12th at/by 8 am (EST)
8. Participate in at least one challenge to be eligible for grand prize.

October Blog Ahead Challenge

Anna at Herding Cats & Burning Soup is once again hosting her Blog Ahead challenge and this time she's joined by Kimberly at Caffeinated Book Reviewer. The idea is to write and schedule posts ahead of time and have a cushion. The goal is 31 posts, scheduled for November onward.

Any blogger or author can join and pretty much any posts counts: memes, reviews, discussions, guest posts, cooking posts, etc. The posts do not have to be book related.

Want to join in? Go here and sign up.

I don't know if I can actually get 31 posts written but I'll try. I want to do 8 Cat Thursday posts, 2 Waiting on Wednesday posts, 2 Soapy Saturday posts, and a mix of reviews and discussion for the rest. I track all of my challenges in a monthly wrap up post and I'll try to remember to also track them in my weekly Sunday Share post.

Come join the fun and get ahead on your blogging!