October Challenge Wrap Up

This year I signed up for fewer year long challenges and I'll do more short-term challenges. Last month I participated in the Blog Ahead challenge which encourages bloggers to write and schedule their posts ahead of time. 

Grab a drink, get comfy, and get ready! 

October's Balancing the Books

Inspired by Fantasy Is More Fun and The Geeky Blogger's Book Blog, I decided to start tracking my book expenses this year. I'll do a wrap up post at the end of each month.

I've given myself $10 real money each month to spend on books, whether for myself, as gifts, or blog giveaways. "Real money" being cash from my bank account as opposed to gift cards and store credits. I am counting money spent to ship giveaways and Paperbackswap.com books. Books from my personal shelves, borrowed from the library or a friend, and books received for review do not count against my purchases.

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!

October Challenge Wrap Up

Wrap Up

I went a bit nuts this year with challenges; I hope I can accomplish them all. The only one I'm not tracking is my goodreads reading challenge; all the rest I'll include in my monthly wrap up post.
Grab a drink, get comfy, and get ready!

For this month, November, there are 3 challenges that I'm taking part in: the 30 Day Blog Ahead challenge, the Month of Giving Thanks, and NetGalley November. For NetGalley November, I'm aiming for the medium level of 5-10 books. I have more than 10 but I won't get to them all.

Reading BINGO Challenge

Aaaanad, again, nothing. I am so failing with this one.

TOTAL: 16

Witches & Witchcraft Reading Challenge - Goal: 1-5

Nothing last month

September Challenge Wrap Up

Wrap Up

I went a bit nuts this year with challenges; I hope I can accomplish them all. I'm doing pretty well so I have a good chance. The only one I'm not tracking is my goodreads reading challenge; all the rest I'll include in my monthly wrap up post. Although I haven't been tracking my goodreads challenge on here, I made my goal during September. My goal was 200 and currently I'm up to 203. :)

Grab a drink, get comfy, and get ready! 

Reading BINGO Challenge

I've stalled on this one. I need to kick my butt and get back in gear.

TOTAL: 16

Witches & Witchcraft Reading Challenge - Goal: 1-5

1. Cursed by Angela Addams
2. Shifting Shadows by Patricia Briggs

October Kindle Fire Giveaway

 

It’s time for the next $229 Kindle Giveaway Hosted by I Am A Reader.

We are giving away 2 great prizes both valued at $229.

Winner’s choice of a Kindle Fire HDX or $229 Amazon Gift Card or $229 Paypal Cash!

 

The first prize is available via the rafflecopter below.

The 2nd is available only to those share this giveaway. You can find info on how to enter the 2nd giveaway in the rafflecopter.

Win a Kindle Fire HDX 7", Amazon Gift Card or Paypal Cash ($229 value)