Reading Challenges

I didn't post my 2012 reading challenge goals this year but my goal is to read 100 books this year.  I made it to 91 books last year so I hope to go a little farther this year.  So far I have read 59 books which is 11 books or 11% ahead of where I need to be in order to meet my goal.

I also recently found a challenge on goodread that required reading one book from all 50 states including Washington DC.  I found the challenge on a cozy mystery group so the challenge suggested you try to stick to mysteries but since I don't like to limit myself to any one genre I decided to skip that part. This may take me a little while since most of the books I read are part of a series but the original challenge did not give a deadline so I will not give myself one.  I just want to get as many completed by the end of the year as possible and will keep going until it is complete.

So far I have read books for:

California – How to Kill a Warlock by H P Mallory 6/20/2012
 Massachusetts – Wicked Business by Janet Evanovich set around Salem/Boston 6/21/12
 Minnesota – Undead and Unstable by MaryJanice Davidson set in the twin cities 6/16/12
New Hampshire – Bookplate Special by Lorna Barrett set in Stonehame  6/18/12
Oklahoma – Awakened by P. C. Cast set in Tulsa 6/9/12





 

BzzAgent Brew Over Ice Campaign

I received my Brew over Ice Campaign kit yesterday. 

The kit included 3 sample boxes, each containing one sample of Celestial Seasonings Half and Half (half black tea half lemonade), Celestial Seasonings Southern Sweet Tea, Green Mountain Coffee Hazelnut Iced Coffee and Green Mountain Coffee  Nantucket Blend Iced Coffee. A tumbler and several coupons.

I don't drink coffee or sweet tea and was really hoping this kit would include the unsweet version but no such luck.  My husband who is a fan of Arnold Palmer drinks tried the Half and Half last night but said it had a funny taste.  I took a few sips and thought it was ok and David and Amelia took sips and proclaimed it Delicious.

I did purchase the usnsweet tea on my own and found it to be VERY strong even using the 8oz option and had to add more water to it but once you got that taken care of it was pretty good.