January Wrap Up

So Jan is over! This month has flown by, I started up school just a few weeks ago and got back into the habit of consistently blogging & reading. Unfortunately I didn't read everything I wanted to this month but I had a great month overall. Here's what happened.

Books Purchased:

  

Books Read:

      

Additional Books Started:

    

Reviews Posted:

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

Uglies By Scott Westerfeld

Tiger's Quest by Colleen Houck

Spell Bound by Rachel Hawkins

Legend by Marie Lu

Challenge Updates:

Novel In Verse: 0 books read = 6 until goal

Outdo Yourself: 37 books until goal reached

E-book: 0 books read = 10 books until goal

Let Me Count The Ways: 1,737 pages read = 8,263 pages until goal

Book Blogger Recommendation: 1 book read = 4 more until goal

Dystopia: 1 book read, no goal

Library: 4 books read = 14 until goal

A-Z: letters D,G,S & T fulfilled

Blog News:

This month I decided to change the look of the blog. This new layout is darker than I would like but I'm learning to love it. I'm going to work on creating a new blog badge & signature soon to go with the new look. I also decided to buy my own domain name! I'm excited because I got a great deal, only $1 for the first year and $8 each year afterwards. I'm moving on up in the blog world.

I joined a new book site called Riffle. It's pretty interesting so far, we'll see how I feel about it in the future. I also decided to start using Google+ a few days ago so hopefully more people will see my blog now. I also gained 2 new followers through GFC, 65 through FeedBurner, 27 on Twitter, had over 1,000 pageviews & was added to 2 circles on Google+

Hopefully February is even better!

Discussion: Does Captcha Getcha?

Question of the week: Does captcha getcha? 

I have been trying to be more friendly in the blog world and comment on more posts on other blogs but sometimes I get turned off from it.For some reason I really hate it when I write a good comment and click to post it and then the captcha thing comes up. I really don't like looking at & trying to decipher small fuzzy numbers & letters just to post a comment. I really really hate it when I post from my phone. I know it serves the purpose of keeping spam comments off your posts and all that but it's really just annoying.

I took the captcha verification off my blog for the simple fact that I didn't want to bother my readers with it when they wanted to leave a comment. I haven't ever had a spam comment & if I ever got one i'd just delete it. Interacting with people is supposed to be fun & easy, not work.

How do you guys feel? Does captcha prevent you from commenting on blogs? Do you not mind it? Do you have it on your blog? Why or why not?

Wordy Wednesday #13

This is a meme I'm doing where I literally open the dictionary to random pages and post words. I figure every reader has had a few times where we come across a word in a book that we have no idea what it means. So every week I'll be posting  new words, until I complete the whole dictionary. If you do your own Wordy Wednesday post, please link back to mine since I created this.



Pequot - n- : a member of an American Indian people of eastern Connecticut

Geode - n -: a nodule of stone having a cavity lined with mineral matter

Periphery - n -:  the boundary of a rounded figure

Review: Legend by Marie Lu

Title: Legend
Author: Marie Lu

Series: Legend #1
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
Release Date: November 29, 2011
Pages:  305 pages - Hardback
Age: YA
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                   Synopsis:

What was once the western United States is now home to the Republic, a nation perpetually at war with its neighbors. Born into an elite family in one of the Republic's wealthiest districts, fifteen year old June is a prodigy being groomed for success in the Republic's highest military circles. Born into the slums, fifteen year old Day is the country's most wanted criminal. But his motives may not be as malicious as they seem.

From very different worlds, June and Day have no reason to cross paths- until the day June's brother, Metias, is murdered and Day becomes the prime suspect. Caught in the ultimate game of cat and mouse, Day is in a race for his family's survival, while June seeks to avenge Metias' death. But in a shocking turn of events, the two uncover the truth of what has really brought them together, and the sinister lengths their country will go to keep its secrets.