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Off to an excellent start with the Seasonal Reading Challenge at Goodreads. I manage 11 books and 175 points. I just need 210 more point to beat my personal best of 380.

And speaking of seasonal. . .I created a tracking page for the Seasonal Reading List here. I haven’t decided if I will update it weakly, monthly, or something in between.  I’m off to a great start with this, too: 8 of the 14 prompts, and 1 of the 4 Daughters of England books.

In September, I got back into doing read-a-thons, which helped me have a good reading month.  The wrap-up post for the Tackle Your TBR Read-a-thon is here.  I also created a tracker for read-a-thons.

Also in September, I started using the Ultimate Book Blogger plug-in.  So far, I’m loving it!  It came in handy for the Spotlight On posts, too.  At this time, I have no plan to re-do older reviews.

I completed the Historical Fiction Challenge and I still haven’t done the wrap-up post for Romance Reading yet.  I’m close to finishing two more challenges — Quick Fix and Sequels.  There is a good chance I will complete them well before the end of October, so I’ll wrap up all four in one post.  And, as stated in the previous update, I removed the Off the Wall Challenge from my list below.

Looking Ahead — I scrapped my plans for a 2014 Reading Has Its Rewards Challenge.  I wasn’t satisfied with how it was coming together.  I still want to do one personal challenge (besides the Daughters of England) and I want it to be simple and one I might actually complete by the end of the year!

• My Fair Concubine (Lin, Jeannie) (4 Sep 13) – 5 stars – Historical Fiction, Quick Fix
• Death in the Stocks (Heyer, Georgette) (5 Sep 13) – 3 stars – Vintage, Heyer, Mt. TBR, Baker’s Dozen
• A Deadly Grind (Hamilton, Victoria) (6 Sep 13) – 4 stars – Cozy, Quick Fix
• Lament for a Lost Lover (Carr, Philippa) (11 Sep 13) – 4 stars – Ebook, Daughters of England, Mt. TBR
• After the Funeral (Christie, Agatha) (13 Sep 13) – 4 stars – Ebook, Quick Fix
• A Touch of Midnight (Adrian, Lara) (16 Sep 13) – 4 stars – Seriously Series, Quick Fix, Baker’s Dozen
• Ice Blue (Stuart, Anne) (17 Sep 13) – 5 stars – Mt TBR
• Love at First Flight (Force, Marie) (18 Sep 13) – 5 stars – Mt. TBR
• Books Can Be Deceiving (McKinlay, Jenn) (19 Sep 13) – 3 stars – Quick Fix, Cozy
• Midnight Reckoning (Castle, Kendra Leigh) (22 Sep 13) – 5 stars – Sequels
• Blue Forever (Bruhns, Nina) (29 Sep 13) – 4 stars – Quick Fix, Baker’s Dozen

Reviews added this month.

• Primal Bonds
• Archangel’s Kiss
• Saraband for Two Sisters

Challenges Completed this month:
Historical Fiction – 15/15

Incomplete (Ended in September)
NONE

2013 Challenges:
A Baker’s Dozen (personal) – 26/39
Cruising’ thru the Cozies – 9/12
E-book Challenge – 18/25
Mt TBR – 26/48
Quick Fix  – 29/30
Sequel Reading – 11/12
Seriously Series – 9/12
Vintage Mystery – 4/8

2013-2014 Challenges:
Daughters of England (personal) – 5/19

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♥ Georgette Heyer (Month): 1
Georgette Heyer (Year): 2
Grand Total since 2008: 7
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♥ In Death (Month): 0
In Death (Year): 0
Grand Total since 2010: 3

Totals (Monthly/Yearly)

Total Read (Month): 11
Total Heard (Month): 0
Grand Total (Year): 66
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Total Audio Hours(Month): 0
Total Audio Hours (Year): 0
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Total Pages Read (Month): 3,356
Grand Total (Year): 19,245

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