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Jenna likes to read…

Jenna — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:41:44 +0000

…but Jenna doesn’t really like to blog about it. :)

I went through a funk this fall where I didn’t really want to read as much as normal. I did end up finishing most of 2011 challenges, but some where very last minute. This year I’ve decided to do the PBS YA Challenge again, but that’s it. We’ll see how far I get on it, but I am not going to push myself. I need to read because I want to, not because I have to for a challenge or a swap. Just for fun.

So my little blog here will probably be pretty quiet this year. Maybe I’ll start blogging again, maybe not. We’ll see.

Grrr…

Jenna — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:29:52 +0000

I updated my blog theme yesterday and it overwrote my banner! I may have the old banner on my old computer at home, but I guess this is an excuse to update the books in the picture. :)

And I lost all the modifications I’d made! I’ll definitely make a list of the changes I’m remaking now for next time. And I won’t delete my back up until the new one is running correctly…

Secret Santa and In My Mailbox 12/29/09

Jenna — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:22:38 +0000

I have been way slack in doing In My Mailbox this month. I’ve received and bought a whole lot of stuff and probably won’t be able to come up with the full list at this point. Oh well! :) I haven’t even put it on my TBR list, so that is going to be fun to update. I’ve read a couple books recently that I later realized weren’t on the TBR yet. Oops!

But in other news, I did get a package from my Secret Santa! This is the stuff I got… (ignore the stack of paper in the background. That’s my “filing system” at work.)

It’s a card, a book light, peppermint sticks, a mini scrapbook, a box of Hershey Kisses, and a way fun Santa bird pen. I mean, seriously, how fun is this thing?

I took him to meetings last week when I didn’t really want to take notes or pay attention. I’m not sure my boss appreciated that, but my coworkers were amused. The note in the box said I am also getting a book from The Book Depository, so hopefully that will be here soon! I can’t wait! Thanks so much, Secret Santa who didn’t sign the card! :)

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! Mine was really good – spent time with my dad’s extended family, then my mom’s extended family the weekend before Christmas, then spent Christmas Eve/Day with my parents (and dog). I have this week off, then my parents and I are heading up to NC to see my sister and brother in law this weekend. I have been a reading maniac recently and I’m a little behind on putting my thoughts up on here, but I should probably catch up before I read too much more or I won’t remember anything!

Out With the Old Challenge – Week 4 Recap

Jenna — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:51:23 +0000

The challenge is over! I didn’t get to read as much this week because I have a big project for work that is taking up a lot of my time, but I still feel I did pretty okay. Short books helped! :) I can’t wait for my project to be over so I can read some of the exciting 2009 books I’ve been putting off for most of this challenge!

Number of Books Read: 7
Number of Books Not Finished: 0
Total Points: 3100
Books Read:

Angels Watching Over Me by Lurlene McDaniel (1996) – 500 pts
Lifted Up By Angels by Lurlene McDaniel (1997) – 500 pts
Until Angels Close My Eyes by Lurlene McDaniel (1999) – 500 pts
Nick & Nora’s Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan (2006) – 250 pts
Little Men by Louisa May Scott (1871) – 1000 pts
Such a Pretty Girl by Laura Wiess (2007) – 250 pts
The Ex-Games by Jennifer Echols (2009) – 100 pts

Hopefully I’ll have good new tomorrow when I come back to update my placement!

I do have good news! I ended up in 5th out of 34. I won two PBS credits! (I don’t exactly need those, but hey – I won something!)

Out With the Old Challenge – Week 3 Recap

Jenna — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:53:17 +0000

So Week 3 is done! Only one week left. Yay! The Challenge has been fun, but I’m ready to just grab something off the shelf and read it and not worry about how long it is or how many points it is worth. :)

Number of Books Read: 9
Number of Books Not Finished: 0
Total Points: 3700
Books Read:

Size 14 Is Not Fat Either by Meg Cabot (2006) – 250 pts
Confessions of a First Daughter by Cassidy Calloway (2009) – 100 pts
Big Boned by Meg Cabot (2007) – 250 pts
Beauty by Robin McKinley (1978) – 500 pts
Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane (1895) – 1000 pts
Run With the Horsemen by Ferrol Sams (1982) – 500 pts
Bed of Roses by Nora Roberts (2009) – 100 pts
Put Me In Coach by Barbara Dooley (1991) – 500 pts
Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen (1998) – 500 pts

I am still in 4th this week!

Out with the Old Challenge – Week 2 Recap

Jenna — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:37:23 +0000

So this was week 2 of the Challenge. I thought my total would be lower this week because Jane Eyre was a beast, but it helped that I read several shorter books around it. (BTW, Jane Eyre was great! I am glad I read it.) Pretty Monsters just didn’t hold my attention, so I gave it up after reading the minimum to get points.

Number of Books Read: 8
Number of Books Not Finished: 1
Total Points: 3875
Books Read:

That Summer by Sarah Dessen (1996) – 500 pts
A Room with a View by E. M. Forster (1908) – 500 pts
Persuasion by Jane Austen (1817) – 1000 pts
Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott (2008) – 250 pts
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (1848) – 1000 pts
Wake by Lisa McMann (2008) – 250 pts
Fade by Lisa McMann (2009) – 100 pts
Size 12 is Not Fat by Meg Cabot (2006) – 250 pts

Books Not Finished (and abandoned):

Pretty Monsters: Stories by Kelly Link (2008) – 25 pts (I only read 100 pages)

I’ll update tomorrow with my placement. I moved up to 4th!

Out with the Old Challenge – Week 1 Recap

Jenna — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:43:45 +0000

As I mentioned earlier this week, I am participating in a 4 week challenge on PaperBackSwap to read older books. I’m still reading a little YA and will blog about that, but probably won’t blog about non YA stuff. Here’s a recap of my Week 1!

Number of Books Read: 9
Total Points: 3100
Books Read:

I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith (500 pts)
Watership Down by Richard Adams (500 pts)
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart (250 pts)
Mossflower by Brian Jacques (500 pts)
Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery (500 pts)
Wuthering High by Cara Lockwood (250 pts)
The Scarlett Letterman by Cara Lockwood (250 pts)
Moby Clique by Cara Lockwood (250 pts)
School for Dangerous Girls by Eliot Schrefer (100 pts)

I listened to the Mossflower audiobook while working this week. It was a lot of fun – I recommend the Redwall series audiobooks! I was able to download it for free from my local library.

I decided not to blog about the last two I read. I didn’t like either of them very much, so I decided not to waste my time blogging about them!

I’ll update this post tomorrow with my rank in the game! I’m in 6th of 34 this week!

Saturday Night in Athens

Jenna — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:24:02 +0000

I love college football. Really really love it. I went to the University of Georgia and have had season tickets to the UGA home games since I was 10 or 11. My dad went to UGA and my parents have had season tickets for as longer than I’ve been alive. My mom’s parents and my dad’s grandmother used to go to the games with my parents. I think Mama Nancy was in her 80s when she stopped going.

Going to football games just makes me happy in a way I can’t explain. Growing up, we moved around a lot, so my sister and I said that Athens felt the most like home. It was a place that was a constant in our lives. We both went to college there and went to all the home games and a few away games. I have so many good memories wrapped up around UGA football.

So of course I was ecstatic to go to the first home game this year. The first game of the season, at Oklahoma State, was a total disappointment, and this first home game was big – going 0-2 was unacceptable, plus it was at home, the SEC opener, and against Steve Spurrier. Very big deal. My sister was home this weekend, and my aunts weren’t using their tickets, so I ended up sitting with my sister, a friend of ours, and a friend of his in the endzone.

The game was a lot of fun. It probably wasn’t the best played game ever, but there was a lot of scoring and several big plays. The game came down to 4th and goal from the 7 with about 30 seconds left. If USC scores, they win. If the defense stops them, we win. The pass was deflected and incomplete, and we won!

I doubt anyone that didn’t go to UGA will like these, but here are two videos that are shown pregame. The first one I took a couple years ago. The voice is Larry Munson, the legendary “Voice of the Dawgs” for some like 50 years. He just retired, but they still use this voice-over. The video has changed a little this year. It gives me goosebumps!

This one is similar to one of the other videos they play. They use the Elton version of Saturday Night’s All Right for Fighting instead of Nickelback (thank God) and it isn’t quite as long, but this gives you an idea!

The game this week is away, but I will be watching!

Seriously, WordPress?

Jenna — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:59:54 +0000

I don’t know what happened, but a week’s worth of comments disappeared this morning. I’m still trying to figure out if I can recover them, but it’s not looking so great.

Between this and my laptop screen starting to go out, today has not been my day technologically. Ugh!

Hello!

Jenna — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:35:35 +0000

Hi! My name is Jenna and I like to read. This blog will mostly be about books, but it will also be about whatever is on my mind. Some things that might be on my mind: Football, Baseball, Baking, lots of other randomage, and my cutie dog, Marshall:

Marshall's ready to swim!

Hopefully I’ll write decent reviews and host some contests and all that fun stuff!