A To Z Challenge 2014 Is Open For Business

Let the joyous news be spread!

The wicked old witch... wait... that's something different.

Anyway the sign up list for the Blogging From A To Z Challenge 2014 is now open.

Spread the word!

To sign up and for more information click here.

Teaser Tuesday

I'm still reading the same book as last week however I am reading another book at th same time - this one non-fiction. So this week's teaser will come from that.

All you have to do to take part in Teaser Tuesday is:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Then head over to Should Be Reading and add your link to the comments.

Here's mine:

When you think about it, the sneaky marketing tactics employed by skin care manufacturers are almost identical to those used by the food industry. Just as you can't walk through the ground floor of any department store without being accosted by an overly eager saleswoman, supermarkets are organized in a way that flaunts the stuff you don't need, urging you to splurge.

Page 51, Feed Your Face by Dr Jessica Wu

Random Quote #167

Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn't matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough. 

Richard P. Feynman

Reading Challenges 2013-14

I meant to post this not long after the new year but PS3 games life got in the way... but better late than never.

So last year I took part in three reading challenges... and here are the results.

I took part in two challenges that were hosted by Book Chick City. The first of which was the Zombie Reading Challenge.

There were 4 levels to choose from: one chomp (6 books), two chomps (12 books), three chomps (18 books) and four chomps (24 books).

I opted for one chomp... and managed to read a total of two zombie books... so I failed that one :(

The second Book Chick City challenge I took part in last year was the Urban Fantasy & Paranormal Romance Reading Challenge.

Again there were 4 levels to choose from: one howl (12 books), two howls (24 books), three howls (36 books) and four howls (48 books).

I opted for one howl and ended up reading a total of ten urban fantasy books... so I failed that one as well but not quite so drastically.

The final reading challenge I took part in was hosted by Literary Escapism - the New Authors Challenge.

With this challenge the 'new' authors have to be new to you rather than new to the publishing world.

The options for this challenge were 15, 25 or 50 new authors. I went for 15 and I read a total of...

...drum roll please...

...17 new authors! Yay I managed to complete a challenge!

This year I'm sticking with the New Authors Challenge, again hosted by Literary Escapism, and I'll try for 15 again.

Teaser Tuesday

After some time I have finally got back in to some kind of blogging routine. And with it comes the return of Teaser Tuesday.

All you have to do to take part is:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Then head over to Should Be Reading and add your link to the comments. 

Here's my first teaser of 2014:

Mrs Massey was gone, Horace Derwent was gone, they were securely locked away in the boxes he kept far back in his mind, but the Overlook was still not done with him. Written on the mirror, not in lipstick but in blood, was a single word:

REDRUM

Page 75, Doctor Sleep by Stephen King