Category: Social Saturday

Social Saturday: March 22, 2020
Social Saturday

Social Saturday: March 22, 2020

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At the beginning of the year I vowed to make Saturdays more social. With so many of us in quarantine, lockdown, practicing social distancing, or just staying in to avoid COVID19, any socializing feels essential. You are always welcome to join and I have made it as simple as possible. You can either comment below or link up a post of your own answering two big questions.

How are your 2020 reading challenges this week? 

What are some of your favorite posts from this week?

READING CHALLENGES

Start on Your Shelfathon from The Quiet Pond.

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This week? HAH! I haven’t updated this in forever. Here are my books from February AND March.

The Toll by Neil Shusterman

The Philosopher’s Flight by Tom Miller

Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything by Lydia Kang, MD and Nate Pedersen

These three lonely little books are kind of a pathetic considering I have added more than 20 to my physical shelf. I need to actually start on my shelf!

Challenge: Beat the Backlist from Novel Knight

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Nothing! Well, that is not entirely true. Many of my audiobooks are from my backlist because they are easier to pick up from my library than physical books. But, this year I am trying not to double count books. Still, if this continues I reserve the right to change my mind on this.

Challenge: Audiobook Challenge – Caffeinated Reader & Hot Listens

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Me by Elton John

The Alchemyst by Michael Scott

The Greatest Love Story Ever Told by Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally

The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman

Cary Grant: A Class Apart by Graham McCann

MY FAVORITE POSTS FROM THIS WEEK

Simply Sherri posted for PopCultureUncovered.com about all of the new releases that will be available to rent or those going directly to streaming services during the COVID19 crisis.

If you are looking for something different to do while at home, there is a poetry competition that is fully explained on The Nerdy Book Club.

BookerTalk has a great list of technology solutions for staying inside during this time. From audiobooks to online learning, there are some really fun resources here!

Speaking of audible and audiobooks, Hashanti has dived deeply into them! You can read the post here about the audible books Hashanti has been enjoying and, perhaps, find something new for yourself.

Finally, I am pretty inspired by Liz’s Stay at Home Club. I just love this idea and, if I can get organized enough, maybe I will even start one myself!

Tell me, please!

How are you being social today? Everyone okay out there?

 

 

Social Saturday: January 18, 2020
Social Saturday

Social Saturday: January 18, 2020

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One of my resolutions for 2020 was to more fully participate in my challenges and to be more social. So, Saturday I try to sit down and think about my challenges and socialize. You are always welcome to join and I have made it as simple as possible. My challenges are still too new to really have an update so instead I will focus on the social this week. So, tell me;

What are some of your favorite posts from this week?

This week I am highlighting people being BRAVE! All of these posts are bloggers stepping out of their comfort zone for 2020!

Nikki @ The Night is Dark and Full of Books is going to try reading series books. Check out her choices! I can’t imagine not reading series books but I can imagine why other people don’t like them.

Laurie @ Relevant Obscurity has made it her goal to read like a snail this year and I cannot applaud it enough. I mean, how many of us has met a challenge requirement by picking the shortest book or the quickest read? I certainly have done that before! And that isn’t what reading is all about is it?

Sofi @ A Book. A Thought is diving into Science Fiction this year. Sofi should totally start with Illuminae Files am I right?

It is a short but sweet list this week but since I missed last week I wanted to just keep trying to become more social. Always moving forward right?

Tell me, please!

What are your favorite posts from this week? How are you being brave in 2020?

 

 

 

 

Social Saturday: January 4, 2020
Social Saturday

Social Saturday: January 4, 2020

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One of my resolutions for 2020 was to more fully participate in my challenges and to be more social. Which is why Saturdays will be dedicated to socializing. You are always welcome to join and I have made it as simple as possible. You can either comment below or link up a post of your own answering two big questions.

How are your reading challenges this week? 

What are some of your favorite posts from this week?

READING CHALLENGES

It is so early in the year. Later, when I have more accomplished (fingers crossed!), I would like to head over to the hosting sites and enter my progress and see what else is going on. But, this week is really more about checking in on 2020 intentions.

Start on Your Shelfathon from The Quiet Pond.

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CW @ The Quiet Pond is so incredibly nice! In the one brief interaction we’ve had (me asking to join the challenge late) CW made me feel welcome. Also: its turns out you can join this one anytime throughout the year so don’t despair! You can view details of the challenge and join here.

For this challenge I put together a list of my Stunning Stack which will be stuck to the top of my page here. And, I made a Stunning Shelf Jar! That way I can take a color coded slip of paper out when I need a new book.

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So far, I haven’t needed to take anything out of the jar or off my shelf because I am still wrapping up ARCs and books I started in 2019. Soon though. Soon.

 

Challenge: Beat the Backlist from Novel Knight

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I’m in it to win it this year! I joined the Borrowers team and my plan is to work through my Goodreads TBR list by borrowing books instead of buying them. This should work (in theory) together with my Start On Your Shelf Challenge. Only time will tell. You can still join the challenge here.

Challenge: Audiobook Challenge – Caffeinated Reader & Hot Listens

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Hot Listens and Caffeinated Reviewer co-host this challenge. I’m hoping to reach Binge Listener (more than 20 audiobooks!). Or maybe My Precious (more than 30). I LOVE this challenge! I always (always) have something cued up to listen to and this week I am half way through Me by Elton John and a quarter into The Alchemyst by Michael Scott.

There are a ton of wonderful blog participating in this challenge so if you head over to sign up make sure and check out some of the participants. Here are some of my favorites I found this week.

Maybe it is because the name looks similar to my own or because of the beautiful yellow but I just love the bright and cheerful look of Sunny Buzzy Books.

Lola’s Reviews which lead me to another social post called Sunday Post hosted by Kimberly @ The Caffeinated Reviewer. #SundayPost has a different purpose than my Social Saturday but it might just be perfect for you.

MY FAVORITE POSTS FROM THIS WEEK

I blog-bumped into Elizabeth @ ComplexChaos somehow this week and our 2020 reading goals are nearly identical. Elizabeth is also a Ravenclaw and Netflix addict so I started to worry that I might actually have a clone out there. But then I saw her post about her TBR. I’m too much of a mood reader to even put one together! Whew! Not a clone after all just an awesome blogger. You can check out her Jan – Mar TBR here.

Have you all ever seen the meme Six Degrees of Separation? It is a monthly link up hosted by Kate at  Books Are My Favourite and Best. Each month a book is chosen as a starting point and linked to six other books to form a chain. A book doesn’t need to be connected to all the other books on the list, only to the one next to it in the chain.

Every month I sit in awe of the participants because I just can’t seem to get my chain organized past the third degree of separation. Fine. Sometimes it’s the second link that stumps me. But, this week the link up took me to Margaret @ Books Please.  I’m pretty much in awe of her post this week and I love her blog so everyone should absolutely check it out. It’s masterful.

Finally, in 2019 I found this fantastic blog Captain’s Quarters. On it, The Pirate Captain has hilarious and insightful reviews. Really, the whole blog is a true delight. Today happens to be the fourth anniversary of the blog so head over there to check it out and say Happy Blogiversary (Blog-a-versary? BlogAversary?)

Tell me, please!

How are you being social today?