Month: January 2012

Victorian Challenge

Victorian Challenge

Victorian Challenge hosted at Laura’s Reviews For the Victorian Challenge, we will focus on the reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1901. We will count books that were written by Victorian authors during this time period, books set during the Victorian age, or books about a Victorian author, history, manners, architecture, Queen Victoria etc. […]

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Two Read-a-Thons

January 5, 2012 Whitney read-a-thon 2 Comments
Two Read-a-Thons

Bout of Books read-a-thon hosted by On a Book Bender Bout of Books will run from 12:01am 1/9 through 11:59 pm 1/15 (your time zone) However, all posts on this blog and the challenges at the co-hosts’ blogs will publish at midnight CST (or UTC-6). Read as much as you can whenever you can. The only […]

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What Would Jane Do Reading Challenge

What Would Jane Do Reading Challenge

What Would Jane Do Reading Challenge hosted by Oh, The Places You’ll Go! The challenge will run from January 1st-December 31st 2012. The books you read count for other challenges. You can count ebooks in addition to regular ones. Just Austen- Books only written by Jane Austen A Touch of Pride: Read 1-3 books Learning […]

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A Classic Challenge January Prompt: The Author

January 4, 2012 Whitney Meme 8 Comments
A Classic Challenge January Prompt: The Author

On the fourth of each month Kathrine at November’s Autumn is posting a prompt for the current classic you are reading to coincide with her classics challenge. This month’s prompt is the Author  Jane Austen Born December 16, 1775 Died July 18, 1817 (aged 41) Chawton Cottage The village of Chawton near Alton in Hampshire. […]

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The “Day After” Readathon Conclusion

January 3, 2012 Whitney read-a-thon 2 Comments
The “Day After” Readathon Conclusion

The “Day After” Readathon was hosted by Allie at A Literary Odyssey taking place during the first days of the new year.  I had a pretty lengthy list of books to read over this weekend not because I’m overly ambitious but because I like having options.  I didn’t get as much reading in as I […]

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The “Day After” Readathon

January 1, 2012 Whitney read-a-thon 2 Comments
The “Day After” Readathon

The “Day After” Readathon hosted by A Literary Odyssey The Details The readathon will go through January 1st and 2nd. You can start anytime you’d like-just read during those two days (do let me know in a comment that you’re participating so I can cheer you on! I will be updating on my blog, as […]

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Gone Classic

January 1, 2012 Whitney Blogging 6 Comments
Gone Classic

I posted earlier my declaration for “going classic”  its the new year and it is now official, She Is Too Fond Of Books has gone classic!  Over the holidays I thought about the format or direction to take the blog, I thought about this long and hard because when I tried to transform before I […]

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My Life According To The Books I Read In 2011

January 1, 2012 Whitney Meme 4 Comments
My Life According To The Books I Read In 2011

It’s the count down to 2012 and time to wrap-up my year in reading.  I’m summing up 2011 with a meme hosted by The Happily Ever After… entitled My Life According To The Books I Read In 2011 Describe yourself:  The Giver by Lois Lowry How do you feel:  I Am Half-Sick Of Shadows by […]

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