Shame

I have been struggling with some health issues. Congestive heart failure has kicked my ass, and a bad flare of RA has made me useless. I have owed at least one review for a terrible amount of time and that will be next. I just wanted to keep you in the loop, so you would know I was still alive! I have missed everyone.

Long Story Short-A New Year 2012

Happy New Year to all and I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season. Thank you to all of my faithful readers and to all the authors, and publishers who provided me with books this year!

Sad to say, the pneumonia has kicked my ass. The Dr. said to forget about Christmas (yeah right) but I think he was right. I am still not well. 

I am going to have to do something that is one of my biggest pet peeves, and post quite a few catch up posts.

Not right now, because the coughing is killing me.

I did not read 10 Steampunk books, only 9. So one challenge failed.

I did read 102 books and my goal was 100, so Yea! I actually succeeded at my 100 book challenge.

My favorite book of 2011 was Open Wounds by Joe Lunievicz. His story was original and his characters were wonderful!

I will be accepting fewer review books in 2012, and reading from my own shelves and using my local library. I am looking forward to reading some of the books I have chosen to purchase.

I will be posting some catch up reviews soon and hope I hear from you soon!

Long Story Short

This will be a semi-regular feature here on Life Happens.  Basically, it will be my pet peeves with blogs, and bloggers, as well as catching up on personal stuff.

My first peeve is a tiny one…why, oh why do you make you writing in yellow? or something so pale it cannot even be read? I have many blogs in my reader, and I don’t have time to adjust for every weird thing I cannot read. So I deleted your blogs from my reader after a long frustrating time. Sorry!

Next is the blogger who has 19 entries all on the same day. I mark  you as all read. Why oh why can’t you schedule them to run over a few days? You remind me of Harriet Klaussner, from Amazon. It just makes me crazy! (maybe I am)

Last for this time, is book trailers…what is up with that? It is a book, not a movie. I like to picture the characters in my head, not what some slick producer thinks they look like. So when I see them, I pass.

On a personal note, I did go to the movies and saw Harry Potter. It was a wonderful conclusion to a great series. It makes me sad but happy at the same time, since it was done so well. (now I am resting up from my outing)

We have been watching a lot of movies at home. Red Riding Hood, Rango, and I spent a weekend watching the Lord of the Rings trilogy. (pretty good, a decade late, don’t you think?)

And on our last trip we listened to our first audio book! It was the perfect length and ended as we pulled up to the house!! Talk about timing.

Enough about me…..what are your pet peeves?