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2018 Mount TBR Reading Challenge wrap-up

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I pared down my reading challenges this year to stay true to my 2018 One Little Word of LIGHTEN. To help with my word and lighten up my bookshelves, I repeated one of my favorite challenges hosted by Bev at My Reader’s Block. 

Mount TBR Reading Challenge 2018

I’ve done this challenge every year of its existence so this was year #7. Because of some changes to my life this year, my reading was highly curtailed and I barely made my goal of 48 books and the top of Mt. Ararat. I literally squeaked in during the last week, but I made it! Here’s my list for the year: [Read more…] about 2018 Mount TBR Reading Challenge wrap-up

2018 Reading Stats

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istock-booksAnother reading year has come to an end and here’s the tally for the year. Lots of things in my life conspired to really slow down my reading and I read 40 fewer books than the year before. I missed time spent with books, but I still read and moved a bunch off my shelves through reading or donating.

Books read: 122
Pages read: 41,700
Of the books read:
Non-fiction: 10
New-to-me authors: 25
Continuing series books: 56
Re-reads: 23
Audio-books: 52
Various book club reads: 9
Challenges completed: 9 of 9
Ongoing tally of Newbery winners: 77 of 97
5 star ratings by me: 10 [Read more…] about 2018 Reading Stats

2018 BYU & Utah quilts

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A trio of gifts for the sibs

Both patterns are by Bag Lady Creations, the Collegiate Strip Quilt and the kit is from the Fabric Mill in Orem. The BYU quilt on the left was actually finished last December. I made a strip and a patchwork version and let Mark choose which one he wanted for Christmas in 2017. He chose the patchwork, so the strip quilt went in my stash for future gift giving. During the year I decided to make two more and give them for gifts to my siblings for Christmas 2018. You’ll notice that one is not like the other, as one of my brothers has become a die-hard Utah fan.

Minky backing

I used BYU Minky on the backs of the BYU quilts, and Utah Minky on that quilt. It is very soft and cuddly but makes a mess of lint when cutting and sewing. I had the two new ones both quilted at Utah Valley Quilting using their own design of a block BYU with footballs and a block UTAH with footballs. They were very well-received by my family members. My Utah brother said it was the best Christmas gift ever!

What’s In a Name 2018 wrap-up

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What's In A Name 2018 logoWhat’s In a Name 2018

The eleventh annual What’s In A Name challenge is once again hosted by The Worm Hole. I began the fun in 2009 so I played again, although in keeping with my One Little Word for this year, LIGHTEN, I pared down my reading challenges. This fun challenge made the cut & helped me cut down my TBR stacks.

The rules are simple-Read one book from each category during the year. [Read more…] about What’s In a Name 2018 wrap-up

2018 Cruisin’ Thru the Cozies wrap-up

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Cruisin’ Thru the Cozies 2018

This was the eighth annual Cruisin’ thru the Cozies hosted by Yvonne at Socrates’ Book Reviews and 2018 is my 6th year to participate. I always reach Level 4 – Sleuth Extraordinaire, but in keeping with my word for this year, I lightened my load and rather than jettison this fun challenge, I lowered my level to Level two (Investigator) and chose option B.  This turned out to be a good choice as many things happened this year to keep me from reading and I barely made it with two weeks left in the year. [Read more…] about 2018 Cruisin’ Thru the Cozies wrap-up