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August 19, 2019

Bout of Books 26 Update Post

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, August 19th and runs through Sunday, August 25th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, Twitter chats, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 26 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

My TBR:

Monday 8/19

Challenge: Introduce Yourself #insixwords - Mom, girlfriend, cat person, hockey lover!

Books Finished:

New Books Started: Red Rising by Pierce Brown and Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff

Pages Read Total: 113

Books Finished Total:

Tuesday 8/20

Challenge: Adaptation Aspirations - I would love to see Red Rising made into a movie or show. I'm not sure which I'd prefer. But it's just got so much content and story to work with. You could really make something amazing out of it.

Books Finished:

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So no reading got done today. Just completely distracted by other stuff.

Wednesday 8/21

Challenge: Recreate Your Favorite Book Cover

Books Finished: Red Rising by Pierce Brown

New Books Started: Golden Son by Pierce Brown

Pages Read Total: 382

Books Finished Total: 1

Thursday 8/22

Challenge: If This, Then That

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Friday 8/23

Challenge: I Want This Book

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Saturday 8/24

Challenge: Leave a Review

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Sunday 8/25

Challenge: Stretch Goal

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August 16, 2019

Bout of Books 26 Sign-Up & TBR

My TBR:

Aurora Rising (The Aurora Cycle #1) by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
Finale (Caraval #3) by Stephanie Garber
A Gathering of Shadows (Shades of Magic #2) by V.E. Schwab
With The Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
Again, but Better by Christine Riccio
King of Fools (The Shadow Game #2) by Amanda Foody
Red Rising (Red Rising #1) by Pierce Brown

About half of these I'll be listening to on audio so I'm pretty excited about that! I'm also feeling like I should enjoy most, if not all of these! So I'm really excited about my Bout of Books TBR this go around! :D

May 13, 2019

Bout of Books 25 Sign-Up & TBR

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, May 13th and runs through Sunday, May 19th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, Twitter chats, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 25 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

My Goal:

Catch up on a few advanced copies and try to get out of my reading slump!

My TBR:

Aurora Rising (The Aurora Cycle #1) by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
A Question of Holmes (Charlotte Holmes #4) by Brittany Cavallaro
King of Fools (The Shadow Game #2) by Amanda Foody
Finale (Caraval #3) by Stephanie Garber

August 27, 2018

Bout of Books 23: Wrap-Up

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, August 20th and runs through Sunday, August 26th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 23 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

Links:

My Sign-Up Post

TBR & Updates Post

Whole Books Finished:

To All The Boys I've Loved Before (To All The Boys I've Loved Before #1) by Jenny Han
Legion (Talon #4) by Julie Kagawa
Inferno (Talon #5) by Julie Kagawa
Ignite The Stars by Maura Milan
Hollow City (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children #2) by Ransom Riggs

Partial Books Finished:

Dreams of Gods & Monsters (Daughter of Smoke & Bone #3) by Laini Taylor
P.S. I Still Love You (To All The Boys I've Loved Before #2) by Jenny Han
Shadow of The Fox (Shadow of the Fox #1) by Julie Kagawa

So I finished the last half of Dreams of Gods & Monsters Monday night. I had started it before Bout of Books and wanted to finish it. So half a book there. I also got halfway through P.S. I Still Love You and almost halfway through Shadow of the Fox before Bout of Books ended. So not bad.

Total Whole Books Finished: 5

Total with Half Books Included: 6 1/2

Total Pages Read: 2,638

I'm pretty happy with all I got read last week! I finished a number of books and started two I should easily finish in the beginning of this week. I also did manage to participate in one of the two twitter chats. I had full intentions of participating in the second but slept through it. And I totally forgot to set my alarm for it. Oops. I did finish 4 whole books I had on my TBR, and got halfway through another. So I think that's a huge success as well!! :)

August 20, 2018

Bout of Books 23: Updates Post

My Official TBR:

Legion (Talon #4) by Julie Kagawa
Inferno (Talon #5) by Julie Kagawa
Shadow of the Fox (Shadow of the Fox #1) by Julie Kagawa
Hollow City (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children #2) by Ransom Riggs

Shadow and Bone (The Grisha Trilogy #1) by Leigh Bardugo
Everless (Everless #1) by Sara Holland
Furyborn (The Empirium Trilogy #1) by Claire LeGrand
Ignite The Stars by Maura Milan

So I kept Shadow and Bone, Everless and Hollow City from my original BoB TBR. But I switched up others. I put Legion and Inferno in because I wanted to read them this past week, but didn't get the chance to grab Legion. But I'll have it for BoB so I moved it to my TBR for it. I also started the first chapter of Shadow of the Fox and want to continue it this week, so I moved it to BoB as well.

My Goals:

I want to read at least 6 of the 8, though all 8 would be awesome!
Participate in more Twitter Chats and Challenges.

UPDATES:

Monday:

Challenge: Introduce Yourself in Six Words - Mom, fiance, book lover, hockey fan!

Books Finished: To All The Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han

New Books Started: Finishing Dreams of Gods and Monsters by Laini Taylor

Pages Read Total: 355

Books Finished Total: 1

Tuesday:

Challenge: Book Plot Emoji

Books Finished: Dreams of Gods & Monsters by Laini Taylor

New Books Started: Shadow of the Fox by Julie Kagawa, Hollow City by Ransom Riggs

Pages Read Total: 634 + 2 chapters of Shadow of the Fox (eARC and no specific page numbers)

Books Finished Total: 1 1/2

Wednesday:

Challenge: Literary Villain - Warner from Shatter Me (before we find out he's good)

Books Finished: Legion by Julie Kagawa

New Books Started: Inferno by Julie Kagawa

Pages Read Total: 1,061

Books Finished Total: 2 1/2

So I put Hollow City and Shadow of the Fox on a small hold since Legion came in the mail and I was really wanting to get back on track with finishing the Talon Saga this week!

Thursday:

Challenge: Book Trip -

Books Finished: Inferno by Julie Kagawa

New Books Started: Ignite The Stars by Maura Milan

Pages Read: 1,518

Books Finished Total: 3 1/2

Despite being about halfway through Hollow City last night, I decided I'm going to continue it on audiobook even though it is a bit slower instead of reading the physical book like I planned.

Friday:

Challenge: Bookish Playlist -

Books Finished: Ignite The Stars by Maura Milan

New Books Started: None

Pages Read: 1,918

Books Finished Total: 4 1/2

Saturday:

Challenge:

Books Finished: Hollow City by Ransom Riggs

New Books Started: P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han

Pages Read: 2,316

Books Finished Total: 5 1/2

Sunday:

Challenge:

Books Finished:

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August 07, 2018

Bout of Books 23: Sign-Up & TBR Post

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, August 20th and runs through Sunday, August 26th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 23 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

I'm so excited to participate in another Bout of Books! Despite my fail in the January one, I did relatively well in my May one. Only falling half a book short of my initial goal. So I'm setting my bar a little higher for this Bout of Books since I've been in a bigger reading mood!

My Goal:

To read 6 books during Bout of Books, though I'd love to finish all 8 I put on my TBR
Be more active with the challenges and the twitter chats.

So in May's I ended up sleeping through some of the twitter chats cuz I was exhausted. And I totally flopped on doing at least 2 or 3 challenges. This time I want to engage more on Twitter with participants and try to do all the challenges! August has been a good month for me with working on talking more and doing challenge type things. So I'm aiming high for Bout of Books! :D

My Tentative TBR:

*Subject to change before Bout of Books begins, but I'll update it if it does*

Hollow City (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children #2) by Ransom Riggs
Everless (Everless #1) by Sara Holland
Bruja Born (Brooklyn Brujas #2) by Zoraida Cordova
Breaking The Ice (Juniper Falls #2) by Julie Cross

Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin #1) by Robin LaFevers
Shadow and Bone (The Grisha Trilogy #1) by Leigh Bardugo
Shatter (Glitter #2) by Aprilynne Pike
The Darkest Minds (The Darkest Minds #1) by Alexandra Bracken

So 3 of these books come from my August TBR. 3 come from my ARC August TBR and the other two are two older books I've yet to get my lazy butt to reading (Grave Mercy and Shadow and Bone). I'm really excited to read a lot of these books, so I'm hoping that will mean I'll enjoy reading them!

Are you participating in Bout of Books?? Let me know if you are and what you plan on reading! :D

May 21, 2018

Bout of Books 22 Wrap-Up Post

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, May 14th and runs through Sunday, May 20th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 22 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

So my goal was to read 5 books and I got incredibly close to it, 4 1/2 books. I'm happy with this outcome! I'll finish the 5 book I was reading sometime Monday so not a big deal.

If you'd like to check out my updates, they are here:

Bout of Books 22 Updates Post

The Books I Finished:

The 5th Book I Got Halfway Through:

So I flew through Glass Sword, Caraval & Legendary in the first 3 days. Thursday I took a bit of a break and read a few pages here and there. Friday I flew threw The Art of French Kissing. Saturday I was a responsible adult and did adult things like laundry and dishes and cleaning. LOL. And watching the Royal Wedding of course! It started at 4am on TV for me so I was up early. Lol. Jk. No I actually just stayed up all night and watched all the pre-wedding coverage and just went to bed earlier Saturday and slept til 11am Sunday to make up for it. It was worth staying up for though! I do not regret it! I watched Will & Kate's wedding in 2011 so I wasn't missing Harry & Meghan's! :)

But anyways. I got some solid reading in! And I watch a number of others get some successful reading in as well! Congrats to everyone that got some good reading done! :) The only thing I didn't get to do was participate in a Twitter chat. I completely spaced the timing on the first one and then I was sound asleep after staying up 24 hours during the second one. Next time I'll definitely make sure to get to chat in one of them!

And guys! 2 of my reads were NetGalley books that I got to knock off the pile! Score!!

I hope everyone had a successful Bout of Books! I can't wait til August for the next one! :)

May 15, 2018

Bout of Books 22 Update Post

My Bout of Books Reading Goals:

Finish At Least 5 of these!

Glass Sword (Red Queen #2) by Victoria Aveyard
Nyxia (Nyxia Triad #1) by Scott Reintgen
Nyxia Unleashed (Nyxia Triad #2) by Scott Reintgen
Caraval (Caraval #1) by Stephanie Garber
Legendary (Caraval #2) by Stephanie Garber
An Ember In The Ashes (An Ember In The Ashes #1) by Sabaa Tahir
A Torch Against The Night (An Ember In The Ashes #2) by Sabaa Tahir
Talon (Talon #1) by Julie Kagawa

Daily Updates:

All updates will be posted around midnight or morning of the next day. The page count will be a total of all pages read up to said point during Bout of Books!

Monday:

Introduce Yourself In Six Words: Mom, Fiance, Hockey Fan, Cat Person!

Books Finished: Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard

New Books Started: Caraval by Stephanie Garber

Pages Read Total: 420

So I really wanted to read more yesterday and even participate in the Twitter chat but I had an upset stomach most of the day. So I ended up just trying to sleep it off. But I did read Glass Sword in the wee hours of the morning right after Bout of Books started! So I have one book finished already! YAY!

Tuesday:

Year Of You

This book was published in 1993. Wow. I feel old knowing that since I read these books as a kid.

Books Finished: Caraval by Stephanie Garber

New Books Started: Legendary by Stephanie Garber

Pages Read Total: 774
Books Finished Total: 2

Wednesday:
Show Me Your Precious

My precious is my hardcover original copy of Shatter Me. I love the super shiny original cover! And This was the first book I ever got that was signed! I won it! Definitely my most precious I think!

Books Finished: Legendary by Stephanie Garber
New Books Started: An Ember In The Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
Pages Read Total: 1,190
Books Finished Total: 3

Thursday:
Read-Alikes
So I decided to do a Zombie type of Read-Alikes (throw people off since I'm sure they expected me to do a dystopian type of one. LOL)

If You Liked:

You May Like:

Books Finished: No New Books Finished
New Books Started: Nyxia by Scott Reintgen, The Art of French Kissing by Brianna R. Shrum
Pages Read Total: 1261
Books Finished Total: 3

So I took a small break and just worked on blog things Thursday since I have been doing great and finished 3 books already. Small break felt good! And plus now I'm feeling ready to go into the weekend and finish strong! :)

Friday:
Space Scavenger Hunt
Mercury - Favourite short story/novella: Queen Song (Red Queen #0.1) by Victoria Aveyard
Venus - Favourite book with female protagonist: Ignite Me (Shatter Me #3) by Tahereh Mafi
Earth - Favourite book about nature/nature word in the title: The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson
Mars - Favourite book with a red cover: Diety (Covenant #3) by Jennifer L. Armentrout (The Original Cover for the book)
Jupiter - Favourite tome over 500 pages: The Host by Stephenie Meyer
Saturn - Favourite book with circle/ring on the cover/in the title: The Secret Circle by L.J. Smith
Uranus - Favourite book set in winter: Unrest (Unknown #2) by Wendy Higgins
Neptune - Favourite book set at sea, on a boat, or under water: Just For Fins (Fins #3) by Tera Lynn Childs
Pluto - Favourite books featuring a dog/with a dog on the cover:
Moon - Favourite book set anywhere other than Earth: Shades of Earth (Across The Universe #3) by Beth Revis
Sun - Favourite book set in summer:
Space - Favourite book set in space: Spark (Sky Chasers #2) by Amy Kathleen Ryan

Books Finished: The Art of French Kissing by Brianna R. Shrum

New Books Started: Same as Thursday's!

Pages Read Total: 1487

Books Finished Total: 4

Saturday:

Books Finished: None
New Books Started: Same as Thursday (Nyxia)
Pages Read Total: 1487
Books Finished Total: 4

Sunday:

Books Finished: None
New Books Started: Still Nyxia
Pages Read Total: 1649
Books Finished Total: 4

I took another smaller break Saturday to get housework done and watch the Royal Wedding. Sunday I picked Nyxia back up after giving it a break and have had much better luck. I was having trouble reading more than about 2 chapters at a time. Its not a bad book by any means. I just think I was having trouble settling into it. I picked it back up Sunday and flew through almost 200 pages worth. So I didn't finish 5 books total for Bout of Books, but I got about 4 1/2. I'll definitely settle for that! :)

May 01, 2018

Bout of Books 22 Sign-Up Post

The Books I'm Planning To Read:

Nyxia (Nyxia Triad #1) by Scott Reintgen
Nyxia Unleashed (Nyxia Triad #2) by Scott Reintgen
Bruja Born (Brooklyn Brujas #2) by Zoraida Cordova
Legendary (Caraval #2) by Stephanie Garber
American Panda by Gloria Chao
The Art of French Kissing by Brianna R. Shrum

I'm looking to use bout of books to both catch up on some books I've had sitting around for a bit, and to read a few advanced copies I need to get done! Hoping for a more successful Bout of Books this go around (last time I only finished 2 books total).

Bout of Books 21 Wrap Up

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, January 8th and runs through Sunday, January 14th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 21 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

Wrap Up:

So I didn't get as many books as I wanted read, I only finished 2 when I wanted to finish 3 or 4. But I'm not mad. Lol. I'm happy with the two books I did finish, those being:

The Last Girl on Earth by Alexandra Blogier
Warcross by Marie Lu

I also had a great time doing some of the challenges and twitter chats, though I'll admit, I was still sleeping during the 2nd twitter chat. I really meant to wake up and participate but I was just too tired. Lol. But I really had a lot of fun doing Bout of Books! I'll definitely be back for 22 in May!

January 08, 2018

Bout of Books 21 Update Post

So I'm going to make this my update post for the week. I'll come back every day and update it with how I'm doing!

Monday, 1/8/18, Day 1:
Challenge: Introduce yourself #insixwords
Mom, fiance, book lover, hockey lover!

Books Completed:1
The Last Girl on Earth by Alexandra Blogier
Pages Read Thus Far: 256
Book Currently Reading: Breaking The Ice by Julie Cross

Tuesday, 1/9/18, Day 2:
Challenge: Share Your 2018 Reading Goals

Get my review ratio on NetGalley up to 80% (this is definitely one of my bigger goals for the year)
Read 100 books.
Meet all my challenge goals for 2018 (if you wanna see what those goals are, here's my challenge page). The first book I finished for Bout of Books is actually for both the Dystopia and NetGalley challenge! Good start right?!?!

Books Completed: 1 Still

Pages Read: 316

Currently Reading: Warcross by Marie Lu

So my phone which I was going to be reading Breaking The Ice off of died, so I started Warcross while it charges.

Wednesday, 1/10/18, Day 3:
Challenge: Book Spine Rainbow

Sorry about the lighting. It wasn't working with me. However, I tried to include all the colors I could find! :D

Books Completed: Still 1
Pages Read: 350
Currently Reading: Warcross by Marie Lu

So I didn't get as much reading done as I hoped. But I'm planning on making it up today!

Thursday, 1/11/18, Day 4
Challenge: All The Favorites!

Series: The Unknown Trilogy by Wendy Higgins

Books Completed: Still 1
Pages Read: 365
Currently Reading: Warcross by Marie Lu

Friday, 1/12/18, Day 5
Challenge: Newspaper Headline

Books Completed: Still 1
Pages Read: 454
Currently Reading: Warcross by Marie Lu

I had some stuff to do Thursday and part of Friday, but was able to sit down last night and get some good reading in!

Saturday, 1/13/18, Day 6:
Challenge: Books Spine Poetry

Books Completed: 1
Pages Read: 539
Currently Reading: Warcross by Marie Lu

I'm almost done with Warcross! I should have it finished by tomorrow night!

Sunday, 1/14/18, Day 7:
Challenge: Leave A Review

I read The Last Girl on Earth by Alexandra Blogier as part of Bout of Books, so heres the link for it!

Books Completed: 2
Pages Read: 609

January 07, 2018

Bout of Books 21

I definitely need Bout of Books. I fell behind my reading goal at the end of last year, so I wanna start this year off right! I'm hoping to read read read and finish at least 3 books during Bout of Books! I'm hoping though if I can, to actually finish 4-5 Books. Get some reviews scheduled ad get ahead finally! I've also met some awesome bloggers through Bout of Books, so I can't wait to meet and talk with some more! :D