Three Months Down--How's Everybody Doing?

Well this is embarrassing--we're a quarter of the way through the year, through the challenge, and I have yet to read a single book for it. I promised myself, back in December that I wasn't going to accept so many review books. But Trish and Lisa at TLC Book Tours keep dangling great books in front of my face like they're some drug I'm desperately addicted to (well, honestly, they are). And, I'm not reading nearly as much as I did last year and as I had anticipated reading this year. I may just have to read "Eloise" soon just to get something on the board!

How are you all doing? I'm enjoying reading your reviews and hope that everyone takes a minute to stop by and say hello when people post new reviews. I'm loving that Mr. Linky in the sidebar--I can see immediately when there's a new review. I have no idea how I got it to work like that so I will never be able to do it again. That's pretty much how most of the things I do on the computer work!

Just for fun, let's say that you're Rory and you're packing for a weekend trip. It's only two days, but you know that Rory would pack far more books than you could reasonably read in that time period. What's sitting in your TBR pile that you'd have to pack to take along?

How's Everybody Doing?

I see that some of you are really hitting the books--you must have been the "A" students! I'm still working on my first book; if I'm going to reach Rory level, I've got to get reading. I raided my daughter's bookshelf and am now working on The Perks of Being a Wallflower, having given up on A Christmas Carol for the time being. I also found Alice in Wonderland and can't wait to read that before the movie comes out.

Speaking of movies, have you signed up for the movie mini-challenge yet? I've watching a couple now but have yet to get reviews written. There are so many movies to choose from; click on the link in the right column.

Leaving Your Reviews

I've added a Mr. Linky in the side bar for you to add your reviews. Also, I've added an "About The Challenge" on the sidebar which has a link back to the list of books for easier reference. Can't wait to see what you're all reading!

Movie Mini-Challenge

I told you there'd be big news this week from Sheila at One Person's Journey Through The World Of Books. And here it is: Sheila is hosting a movie mini-challenge starting today and running through March 8, 2010. There are as many movies referred to in The Gilmore Girls as there are books so the challenge is to fire up that DVD player, grab a cup of coffee (if you're like Sheila) or tea (if you're like me) , prop up your feet and feast your eyes on some of the great and not so great movies on the list. To sign up, head on over to Sheila's blog. Psst--there's a prize involved! Just for watching movies! How great is that?

One More Thing and Something to Look Forward To!

Thanks, Kath, for pointing out to me that I had forgotten to mention that audiobooks can be counted. I love to listen to audiobooks while I work; no way I wouldn't count them!

Also, be sure to check back later this week. We've got a movie mini-challenge coming up, thanks to Sheila from One Person's Journey Through A World of Books.

And We're Off And Reading!

Today is the official kick-off the The Gilmore Girls Reading Challenge! Anybody already reading? I started Charles Dickens' The Christmas Books in December by reading from A Christmas Carol to my family when we were snowed in on Christmas Eve but never got further than the first chapter. So, first up for me is to finish that book.

I'm still trying to work out how we'll post our reviews. For the time being, if you have a review to post, use the Mr. Linky at the bottom of the first post. Put your name and URL in the first box and the name of the book in the second box. If you don't have a blog, just leave a comment in the most recent post with a way to contact you, and I'll get hold of you to get a review we'll post right to the blog.

It's Almost That Time!

We're almost ready to officially kick off the challenge! Has anyone started doing any reading yet? I had every intention of reading Charles Dickens' "The Christmas Books" over the holidays but who was I kidding? I didn't even have time to do Christmas cards this year! We did read some of "A Christmas Carol" from it as a family on Christmas Eve. It's so much easier to get the family to sit and listen when the weather has made them a captive audience!

I've joined a number of challenges this year but I was only able to join so many of them because this one has such a wide variety of books available that can cross over into other challenges. If I pick my books right from this list, there are a couple of challenges I could finish without even picking up an extra book. I'm liking the idea of double pats on the back without twice the work!