2013 Netgalley Knockout

Hosted by Goldilox and the Three Weres

Are you overwhelmed with the amount of egalleys you have to read?

Do you keep requesting those egalleys anyway?

Feel like Netgalley and Edelweiss are going to hunt you down?

Knock out those egalleys!

2013 Netgalley Knockout!

Here's all the details you need to know:

• Netgalley Knockout will run from July 1 - September 30
  
• You are not limited to ebooks from Netgalley! You can include any ebook you have received for review from Netgalley, Edelweiss, or from a publisher or author directly. It just must be an ebook and it must be a review book.
  
• You can only count books that you read from July 1 to September 30. Nothing read before the challenge starts or after it ends will count toward the challenge!
  
• You do not have to only include books released during the months July, August, or September - but you can include these, of course! Any electronic review book counts, whether it has already been released or is still yet to be released!
  

Again, even if the book has already been released, if you're reading a review ebook copy of it then it counts toward the challenge!

***And if you find this challenge after July 1st - no worries! You can join the challenge through the linky all the way up to September 1st if you'd like!***

PLUS

There will be a giveaway for any blogs who link up their wrap up post at the end of the challenge in September! Every blog on that linky will be entered and one winner will be randomly chosen to receive an ebook of their choice under $15.00 from the ebook seller of their choice!

Just link up your post about joining the Netgalley Knockout challenge at the host's blog, Goldilox and the Three Weres! Your post can be as simple as "Here's a new challenge I'm joining, here's the link to find out more information".

And feel free to grab the button above and add it to your blog's sidebar. That would be *awesome* of you!

Share in the comments below or in your sign up post how many of your egalley books you plan to knockout during this challenge!

SIGN UP!

Since I've managed to accumulate about 14 review galleys that I need to read, I'll be aiming for a nice even 10 books for this challenge.

The Fire Inside by Raymond Rose ~ Amazon | GoodReads

Moon Spell by Samantha Young ~ Amazon | GoodReads

Moonstone by Marilee Brothers ~ Amazon | GoodReads

Moon Rise by Marilee Brothers ~ Amazon | GoodReads

Moon Spun by Marilee Brothers ~ Amazon | GoodReads

Shadow Moon by Marilee Brothers ~ Amazon | GoodReads

Her Majesty's Will by David Blixt ~ Amazon | GoodReads

The White Oak by Kim White ~ Amazon | GoodReads

Blüd & Magick by Preston Norton ~ Amazon | GoodReads

School Spirits by Rachel Hawkins ~ Amazon | GoodReads

Ink by Amanda Sun ~ Amazon | GoodReads

The Companions by R. A. Salvatore ~ Amazon | GoodReads

The Godborn by Paul S. Kemp ~ Amazon | GoodReads

I figure between all of these, I should be able to get at least 10, if not more. Overall, I'm pretty excited to give this a try.

How about you all? Got any review ebooks waiting to be cracked open?
Leave a comment below, and wish me luck!


Keep track of my progress on my Reading Challenges page.

That's a Wrap! - Challenge Wrap-Up

Reading Challenge Addict
Hosted by Reading Challenge Addict

Completed: 0/6

Girl Power Reading Challenge 2012
Hosted by The Wolf's Den!

Completed: 11/35

1. Vamplayers ~ Rusty Fischer
2. The Dig ~ Audrey Hart
3. Settling ~ Shelley Workinger
4. Grave Mercy ~ Robin LaFevers
5. Crushed ~ K.C. Blake
6. Shatter Me ~ Tahereh Mafi
7. The Immortal Rules ~ Julie Kagawa
8. Bitterblue ~ Kristin Cashore
9. Original Sin ~ Lisa Desrochers
10. Detention of the Living Dead ~ Rusty Fischer
11. Daughter of Smoke & Bone ~ Laini Taylor

2012 Reading Challenge
Hosted by GoodReads

Completed: 23/50

Amazon's Best Books of 2011 Challenge
Hosted by Wickedly Delicious Tales

Completed: 1/5

1. Daughter of Smoke & Bone ~ Laini Taylor

Audiobook Challenge 2012
Hosted by Teresa's Reading Corner

Completed: 5/12

1. Stardust ~ Neil Gaiman
2. Bitterblue ~ Kristin Cashore
3. Personal Demons ~ Lisa Desrochers
4. Original Sin ~ Lisa Desrochers
5. Daughter of Smoke & Bone ~ Laini Taylor

The Dusty Bookshelf Challenge 2012
Hosted by Books: A True Story

Completed: 7/10

1. Vamplayers ~ Rusty Fischer
2. The Dig ~ Audrey Hart
3. Settling ~ Shelley Workinger
4. Crushed ~ K.C. Blake
5. Borderline ~ Bonnie Rozanski
6. Stardust ~ Neil Gaiman
7. Original Sin ~ Lisa Desrochers

Free Reads Challenge 2012
Hosted by Bookish Ardour

Completed: 13/15

1. Vamplayers ~ Rusty Fischer
2. The Adventures of Johnny Bunko ~ Daniel H. Pink & Rob Ten Pas
3. The Dig ~ Audrey Hart
4. Settling ~ Shelley Workinger
5. Grave Mercy ~ Robin LaFevers
6. Crushed ~ K.C. Blake
7. Borderline ~ Bonnie Rozanski
8. The Immortal Rules ~ Julie Kagawa
9. Bonds of Fenris ~ S.J. Bell
10. Original Sin ~ Lisa Desrochers
11. Guardian ~ Heather Burch
12. Detention of the Living Dead ~ Rusty Fischer
13. The Werewolf Asylum ~ Gareth Barsby

NetGalley Reading Challenge 2012
Hosted by Red House Books

Completed: 4/11

1. Grave Mercy ~ Robin LaFevers
2. The Immortal Rules ~ Julie Kagawa
3. Sneak Peek of The Archived ~ Victoria Schwab
4. Guardian ~ Heather Burch

Off The Shelf Challenge 2012
Hosted by Bookish Ardour

Completed: 7/15

1. Vamplayers ~ Rusty Fischer
2. The Dig ~ Audrey Hart
3. Settling ~ Shelley Workinger
4. Crushed ~ K.C. Blake
5. Borderline ~ Bonnie Rozanski
6. Stardust ~ Neil Gaiman
7. Original Sin ~ Lisa Desrochers

Witches & Witchcraft Reading Challenge 2012
Hosted by Melissa's Eclectic Bookshelf

Completed: 2/16

1. Crushed ~ K.C. Blake
2. Stardust ~ Neil Gaiman

Read-A-Phrase Challenge 2012
Hosted by Books, Crafts, & Life In General

Completed: 9/25

W erewolf Asylum, The by Gareth Barsby
H alflings by Heather Burch
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I mmortal Rules, The by Julie Kagawa
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D ig, The by Audrey Hart
O riginal Sin by Lisa Desrochers
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B orderline by Bonnie Rozanski
T raitor's Son by Hilari Bell

S ettling by Shelley Workinger
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D etention of the Living Dead by Rusty Fischer

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Well, there goes another year that I didn't meet any of my goals. I think next year I'll limit myself to 3, then add only if I'm doing well with them. I still think 50 books isn't unreasonable for the Goodreads challenge... And I think my recently dusted books will finally get read this year. Plus I hope to finally check off those requests I keep meaning to get to.

Another year, another plan. I hope the next year brings better progress and surprises than this year did! Happy New Year everyone!!!

No Shortcuts

Ever since I joined Pottermore and was sorted into Hufflepuff, much to my initial surprise and disappointment, (I've since come to terms with my placement and embraced it) I've wanted to make a comic about it. I mean, what better premise than a girl who hates sunshine, plants, and yellow who is thrown into an environment filled with all three?

Unfortunately, I was not blessed with the artistic bug - at least not visually - and my sister, the artist of the family, is busy with her own projects, so mine fell by the wayside.

Until last week when I decided I'd give it a shot. Hence my absence...

I mapped out the first comic completely. So it was on the back of a library receipt, it didn't have to be perfect, right? Here's basically what the first panel looked like.

Then I took it to paper.

I figured I should be able to sketch out my comic then photograph/scan it in and do only minor tweaking. Thing is, I'm a little too much of a perfectionist and my 'minor tweaking' turned into completely re-tracing it. Which would be fine, if I had a tablet or something, but no, I just have a standard mouse.

So there I was, panel one completed, except for the text. It had only taken 8 hours.

Yeah, 8 hours.

UGH! At that rate, it was going to take forever. Might as well scrap it.

But then I thought, maybe I could streamline everything, just use the line and circle tools to cut out some of the steps. And then I'd be ahead of the next panel through the magic of copy/paste.

So I started over and came up with this.

Not very pretty. And the real kicker is that it took me just as long to do! And I'm still not happy with it.

Serves me right for looking for shortcuts and still expecting quality work.

Now I just have to decide if I'm still willing to put the effort in, or if I should scrap it and leave it scrapped. Why does XKCD make it look so easy?!