Summer Wrap-Up Read-A-Thon: Where I Read

What a fun challenge! Jude at In Between is asking for pictures of where we have been reading this summer so I thought I would share.

At the beginning of the summer before it got really hot you would often find me in the backyard here:

Then as it got hot, you would more often find me here (my reading/blogging/tv chair):

And sometimes when the breeze is good, on the front porch here:

But my favorite place is with my tail parked in this chair:

With this view (Cape Lookout, NC, which is about a 10 minute boat ride from the ramp that is 5 minutes from my house, yes I live in paradise and if it wasn't cloudy and rainy that is where I would be today!):

Wicked Summer Cover Challenge #SWUR

What a fun challenge, it's simple, look for the following items on the covers of books I'm reading and on the covers of other participants books.  Here are the items and as I find them I will come back and add more "finds".  Thank you to Wickedly Bookish for hosting this wonderfully innovative challenge.  I will have a great time with this one all week!

Sun

A teeny bikni

Beach umbrella

Sandcastle

Oceanscape or a beach scene

Sunflower

An American flag (4th of July)

Lemonade/Iced Tea

Sunset (I'm going with this as sunset, it looks like it to me)

Sailboat

Camping equipment (tent, sleeping bag, etc.)

Sunglasses

Swimming Pool

Sun bather

Picnic

Summer Wrap-up Read-a-Thon Start-Up: Show off your pile + Bookmark giveaway

I'm up and reading and looking forward to participating in this read-a-thon for the next week.  The introductory post can be found at Some Like it Paranormal and it's a show off your pile challenge.

We're off to do the official summer thing for where I live, head out in the boat.  Can't wait, but a book will be going with me.  I have about 100 pages left of:

Then here are some things I have coming in the tbr pile.  Some are review books, some are just books I want to read. I'm not good at narrowing down, because my mood changes, but I hope to read 3-5 more books besides If I Die during this week.

There are also some books on my Kindle (the Never to Sleep novella by Rachel Vincent will surely be read because I have Before I Wake on the way from the library), and this list is bound to change, but here are some examples.  I'm pretty sure Dark Frost is going out on the boat with me today as I plan to finish If I Die in a little bit.

Are you joining in?  Comment and let me know and I'll do a drawing on the 13th for some bookmarks  and assorted swag that can fit in an envelope from various authors and bloggers to send to you (who doesn't love bookmarks?)