Design: No Boys Allowed

Long ago, I belonged to a site called Cafemom. It's basically the Facebook for Moms. It was great if you stuck to small itty bitty groups - when you got to the big groups, things got REAL cray. I have met some of my very best friends there though including: Amber [who I've gotten to meet IRL too], Melissa, and this lovely lady, Bri. [plus many others - you know who you are, Clammies!]





Bri is taking a little blogging break at the moment, but her design is still beautimous and I wanted to share it. When she started blogging, it was just her and her two daughters [who are so cute!]. Then she met her amazing husband, Jesse, and got married. So we came up with the tagline [with the help of Amber & Melissa]: "Just the girls & the mister".

Bri wanted chevrons, arrows, and cute handwriting font. She also sent me a pin with a swatch of adorable colors that are so bright and happy. I used the fonts Sketch Nice & Pea Katrina.

Before:

After:

See Bri's design live...

..and leave her some love for when she comes back!

Vampire Academy [Review]

Stats:
#1 in Vampire Academy series
340 Pages [Kindle]
Published: 16 August 2007
ASIN: B000UZPIE8
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Bout of Books 7.0 Goals & Book List

This is my 5th time participating in Bout of Books readathon and I'm super stoked! :) Last readathon was a complete failure for me: I read 1 book and 359 pages. Last BOB, I read 4 books and 1456 pages. I was pretty proud of that. I'm setting the goals low this time and seeing how I do. Nick's deployed, so I have a lot of spare time at night when I'd normally be spending time with him.

The Goals:

• Read 200 pages each day.
• Finish 4 books
• Participate in at least 3 challenges 
• Participate in one Twitter chat

Books To Read:
1392 pages total with these four books.



Extras, if I have time:

Beautiful Darkness [Review]

*3.5 stars*

Stats:
#2 in Caster Chronicles
508 Pages [Kindle]
Published 12 October 2010
ASIN: B003UBTX6S
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May TBR List

This month, I plan on reading the books that are leftover from Feb/Mar/April during the 7th Bout of Books readathon. I am so excited for it - BOB is my favorite :) This also marks the first full month that I will have with a deployed hubs, so I am curious to see how my reading progress will change! It's kind of sad that before he left he kept teasing me about how much reading I'll get accomplished when he's not here :P

Books from February:

• Override by Heather Anastasiu

Books from March:

• After the Snow by S.D. Crockett

Books from April:

• Vicious Deep by Zoraida Cordova
• Beautiful Chaos by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl [We Heart YA - Series Read Along] 

Books for May:

• Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin
• Something Blue by Emily Giffin
• Hot Six by Janet Evanovich
• Plum Pudding Murder by Joanne Fluke
• Bloodlines by Richelle Mead [We Heart YA - Theme BOTM]
• Beautiful Redemption by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl [We Heart YA - Series Read Along] 
• Spellbinding by Maya Gold [NetGalley]
• Dare To You by Katie McGarry [NetGalley]

My Reading Challenges from We Heart YA Books! group on Goodreads:
50 States Challenge: 16/20 completed (ends 12/31)
A-Z Title Challenge: 17/26 completed (ends 12/31)
Spring Cleaning Challenge: 10/20 completed (ends 6/30) 
Spell out MOTHER (ends 5/31)
Read 2 books with flowers on the covers (ends 5/31)

Since I haven't read the first of the Percy Jackson books, I am going to be reading the first one for my random read this month :)