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Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about:
Do you have to carve out time in your day for reading (due to work and other obligations), or does your reading just happen naturally? (Question courtesy of MizB)
     Over the past 6 months, I had plenty of time to read due to not being able to do much in way of household obligations and limited activity.  Now, since the surgery, I have even more time to read while recuperating.  And according to the surgeon, the little activity I am allowed will probably be for 3 months or longer.  Now, in the morning I work on the computer and my afternoons are for reading and dozing (because of the pain waking me up at night, I don’t get a very long restful sleep).  For the future, I have thought about this a lot.  I have much to do in way of mine and my mother’s house, which will not give me much time to read.  I will probably be very selective in the books that are for “requested reviews”.

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This week I received:

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This is a meme to list the books completed last week, the books currently being read, and the books to be finished this week.
Finished last week:
   05/02/10 The Memory Thief by Rachel Keener 
   05/03/10 Our Promised Land by Michael T. Darkow     
   05/07/10 Still Midnight by Denise Mina……gave up on
Currently Reading:
   Death Of A Cure by Steven H. Jackson      then next will be
   So Cold The River by Michael Koryta
   Midnight Falls by Vincent Zandri…..see Guest Author today to meet Mr. Zandri

Hosted by Rebecca at Just One More Page http://rebeccavoy.blogspot.com/
Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about:
Do you have to carve out time in your day for reading (due to work and other obligations), or does your reading just happen naturally? (Question courtesy of MizB)
     Over the past 6 months, I had plenty of time to read due to not being able to do much in way of household obligations and limited activity.  Now, since the surgery, I have even more time to read while recuperating.  And according to the surgeon, the little activity I am allowed will probably be for 3 months or longer.  Now, in the morning I work on the computer and my afternoons are for reading and dozing (because of the pain waking me up at night, I don’t get a very long restful sleep).  For the future, I have thought about this a lot.  I have much to do in way of mine and my mother’s house, which will not give me much time to read.  I will probably be very selective in the books that are for “requested reviews”.

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This week I received:

Hosted by Kayla at The Eclectic Element http://www.theeclecticelement.blogspot.com
Slapdash Sunday is a day for your proverbial week ‘leftovers.’ Is there something you wanted to say, but just forgot? Is there something you want to write about, but isn’t worth a whole page? Do you have a random thought, funny or otherwise that needs to be written down?
That is what Slapdash Sunday is for!

One item on my Saturday Blog-To-Do list is to update my Challenge progress meters, which got me to thinking and is going to be the topic of today’s Slapdash Sunday.

     Many of my Challenge meters are not progressing.  First let me say that this is my 1st year of Challenges.  I signed up for most of the challenges when I was a newbie and first went “public” with my blog.  They looked like fun and at the time, I wanted to join in and participate in this great world of book blogging.  However, all this was before I was encouraged to start accepting requests for reviews that some of my blogging mentors thought I was ready for.
     So today’s thoughts are regarding this situation.  I know I am way behind, a whole month behind, due to my surgeries and hospitalizations.  Hoping that I can play catch up but thinking, believing, know for sure that I will probably, definitely not complete the 100+ challenge.  When it comes to requests, I feel that I should read and review them first.  As of today there are 10 books with more coming that I know of.  I have noticed on the experienced blogger sites that they have more challenges than I do and are making great progress.
     My questions for discussion are these:  Do you alternate between books that are “requested reviews” and books for your challenges?  Do you feel that the “requests” take priority?  How long do you think is adequate from the time of receiving a “request” to finish reading and reviewing it?  What was the longest time span that you had from the book being delivered and actually writing your review?  Have you ever not completed the challenges you signed up for? 

What are your thoughts on this topic? Let’s have a Slapdash !!!!!

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Slapdash Sunday is a day for your proverbial week ‘leftovers.’ Is there something you wanted to say, but just forgot? Is there something you want to write about, but isn’t worth a whole page? Do you have a random thought, funny or otherwise that needs to be written down?
That is what Slapdash Sunday is for!

One item on my Saturday Blog-To-Do list is to update my Challenge progress meters, which got me to thinking and is going to be the topic of today’s Slapdash Sunday.

     Many of my Challenge meters are not progressing.  First let me say that this is my 1st year of Challenges.  I signed up for most of the challenges when I was a newbie and first went “public” with my blog.  They looked like fun and at the time, I wanted to join in and participate in this great world of book blogging.  However, all this was before I was encouraged to start accepting requests for reviews that some of my blogging mentors thought I was ready for.
     So today’s thoughts are regarding this situation.  I know I am way behind, a whole month behind, due to my surgeries and hospitalizations.  Hoping that I can play catch up but thinking, believing, know for sure that I will probably, definitely not complete the 100+ challenge.  When it comes to requests, I feel that I should read and review them first.  As of today there are 10 books with more coming that I know of.  I have noticed on the experienced blogger sites that they have more challenges than I do and are making great progress.
     My questions for discussion are these:  Do you alternate between books that are “requested reviews” and books for your challenges?  Do you feel that the “requests” take priority?  How long do you think is adequate from the time of receiving a “request” to finish reading and reviewing it?  What was the longest time span that you had from the book being delivered and actually writing your review?  Have you ever not completed the challenges you signed up for? 

What are your thoughts on this topic? Let’s have a Slapdash !!!!!