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If so -- your linky is down, unless you found out about the change & managed to pay before it switched. Unfortunately, I managed to miss that headline so our linky is down until I have some time to actually review other comparable sites.

Thank you all for your patience!!

Do You Have a Recommendation?

Do you have that one book stuck in your head?

You know which book I mean...
The one you dream about.
The one that catches you wondering how they're doing until you remember that it was just a book.
The one that you just know you'll read again, even though you may not have given it a terrific rating when you first read it.

This isn't something I think about normally but I will say that Nora Robert's books are usually the ones that do this to me. For instance, I've read the Key trilogy several times and still I'll sometimes catch myself wondering if their business is still going well. Or thinking that I need to stop by and grab a book. It's not even real! but to me it just is.

Another one? Well, in one of the JD Robb books (I'm not telling which one) an entire family is murdered in their sleep. All except for one. She was spared because she had a friend spend the night and went down the back staircase to get a drink and the 'team' missed her. I frequently either wake up to check on my kids or to just walk around the house.



Which book catches you?

What have we done?

Good morning, Team!!

So how is everyone doing with this challenge?

This month I've read two books that have been suggested to me:

1. I read A Christmas Carol, which was put on my son's reading list for school & he suggested demanded that I read it with him and his class.
2. I was also recommended Here Lies Bridget by A Blog About Nothing. I had seen it on Netgalley but blew it off because it was a YA (which I generally don't enjoy) but after reading her review I decided to give it a go. That review won't be up for a few days but I thought I'd mention it.

So do you have any books that you'd like to read because someone has mentioned them?

Do you need help remembering them?

Enter them in the following linky:
Please, use this format to keep it straight:
Gina ~ Hott Books wants to read Blind Man's Alley
Link it to the review you read that made you want to read that book.

When you've finished your book, just let me know & I'll remove it from the list.

I hope this helps each of us keep our reviews straight!!

A Little, Small, Mini Challenge

I just realized something......DUH!!!only took me a couple of weeks for my brain to catch up. I suffer from those 2 dreaded diseases, C.R.S. and well most other people have senior moments but I have "senior days" lol. I have trouble remembering to do things for 1 blog and now my dahsboard is full and the three of us are trying to get into the same parking spot....only have parking permit. Where was I? Oh Ok..got it...one of my partners (can't remember which one) thought it would be fun if all the cohost had a "R" nickname. So I got right to work, even though very lame but thought Julie would be Rook as she owns a Nook, Gina has both a Nook and Kindle so she was Rindle and me, who has a Sony, was Rony...ok...you can stop laughing at me now and, if you have to,  run to the bathroom (because you are laughing so hard). So Self and I was thinking today, that this will be a mini challenge within the challenge,..What nicknames would you give us? Remember...the more comments the more chances of winning for a surprise giveaway so get those thinking caps on and let us know what you think. Can't wait to see what you think!!!

How About You?

I know, I know, I've been slacking! It just requires me much thought and contemplation before I start blogging. For some reason I need to stop and think before I start typing.

I'm already so off topic!

I love this Challenge but... well, it has occurred to me that I have no idea who has given me the recommendations for many of the books on my TBR list. Sure, I'm part of book clubs so they obviously recommended those, but beyond that? I've not a clue.

Cheryl uses a simple but effective post-it method that just won't work for me because... well, first of all, I have a TBR list of more than 1000 and second, I read ebooks and just don't have a large enough Nook to keep all of the post-it's I need.

So, I've come up with a method I believe will be effective. I use goodreads to generally track my TBR list of books I've not yet bought so I've just started adding the name of the person who recommended it to me. I also keep a spreadsheet of the books I own that and I've started adding the names of the wonderful people who send me the books or suggest books the books I add to my list from a galley site. I'm hoping this will work for me.

How are you planning to track your list?

Get Ready, Set, Go

 

Happy New Year Every One!!

Today is the official start of The Three Rs Challenge!!!  I am so excited!!!! And as Gina will tell you.."I'm easy" (no...not in that sense  lol) but what makes me happy.  I am hoping that we find some really great books, have discussions, recognize those bloggers that take the time to write the reviews, and recheck them them 2-4 times before publishing them ( you know...we all to it), have some laughs, form new friendships, get to know each other a little bit better and have some giveaways (just what you need....more books to shove into your already overflowing bookshelves).  So ...if you come across, in your travels around the blogosphere, and see a really great review, let the rest of us know, leave the blogger's link here (and it would be nice if you comment on that blogger's post that you are doing so) so that we can check it out, and when you read the book let us know what you think of it.  OK enough of my rambling....off to search....ttys!!!

Welcome

Hi Everyone!!  So glad you decided to join us in the 2011 The Three Rs Challenge.   As Gina stated, we will be having both, quarterly and surprise giveaways throughout the year.  Stop by often and let us know about all the great reviews you have found.   And remember to leave the blog's link so that we can all visit and possibly add another book to our already growing tbr lists.  I know that I have personally added so many books that I want to read because of all the phenomenal reviews I have read this past year, my first full year being part of this friendly and fun book blogging community.

A little history...I met Julie and Gina this past year from visiting their blogs and writing comments.  And from that, friendships have formed.  Not only do we share a love for books, but have found that we share similarities in real life too.  One thing you will notice is that we love to laugh and tease each other.  So please visit this site often and feel free to comment and join in the fun. 

My vision for this challenge is that it not only be a reading and recognizing challenge, but also being a BIG BOOK CLUB BLOCK PARTY!!!  We are hoping that more friendships will be formed, that we have a few laughs, share our thoughts and have discussions on books we read and give our blogging buddies the recognition they deserve for writing fantastic reviews.  Hope to see you on January 1st.  And until then, have a very Merry Christmas and a Healthy and Happy New Year!!!