2014 Book Blogger Summer Reading Program

I'm signing up for the 2014 book blogger summer reading program hosted by Katie's Book Blog. This program runs from the beginning of May to the beginning of September and is a great way to challenge yourself and tackle your TBR pile!

I remember as a child, reading challenges involved getting stickers and trading in said stickers for personal pan pizzas at Pizza Hut! Wow, that brings me back!! So why not participate in a grown- up reading challenge? There are prizes....

You can set your own goal and any format/genre counts toward your final goal.

My goal will be 20 books. Seeing that it is May 22, I will include the books I have already read in May as logged on my Goodreads account. I will be updating this post with my read books!!

Books Finished

1. Dear Nobody: The True Diary of Mary Rose by Gillian McCain

2. A Bird on Water Street by Elizabeth O. Dulemba

3. We Are the Goldens by Dana Reinhardt

4. Don't Let Go by Sharla Lovelace
5. Birthmarked by Caragh M. O'Brien
6. Stupid Girl by Cindy Miles
7. Coin Heist by Elisa Ludwig
8. Oliver & the Seawigs by Philip Reeve
9. The Art of Arranging Flowers by Lynne Branard
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Challenge Accepted!

I am totally a newbie when it comes to this whole book blogging/reviewing thing. I am even newer to requesting/receiving/reviewing advanced reader copies!! I have been completely consumed by requesting e-galley copies from NetGalley. As of this post, I have 19 approved copies and only 4 reviews. This isn't too shabby seeing that I went click crazy when I first made my account back in March and requested 30+ books! My current ratio is 19.0%. (For those that aren't familiar with NetGalley, they recommend your feedback to approval ratio to be at least 80%.) I'm clearly slacking a bit in the ratio department.

And then, like fate, I stumbled across the NetGalley Reading Challenge over at Ariel Avalon. The goal of this year long challenge is to keep reading those advance copies and inch closer to an 80% ratio!!!

Ah yes Barney, you took the words right out of my mouth...this is my post to proclaim I will be joining in! Seeing that I have 15 books waiting to be read with more pending, I will set my goal for 16-20. I guess I can include the 4 that I have already reviewed? Even if I don't, I will strive to meet my goal!

Join me, won't you?