Bout of Books Readathon #11
The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, August 18th and runs through Sunday, August 24th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure, and the only reading competition is between you and your usual number of books read in a week. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 11 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. – From the Bout of Books team
Huzzah, another readathon is upon us! I am a big fan of Bout of Books, and this time it falls in a perfect spot, just a bit before college starts back up in the first week of September. It’s been a little while since I tried to do a readathon, and I do say try because it hasn’t gone well in recent times. However, this go around I’ve got specific books I want to get to and plenty of time to do so! Without further ado, my potential list of books that I’ll try to read most of! (The goal if I have one is 10+ books at least)
Prodigy by Marie Lu
Another Little Piece by Kate Karyus Quinn
Something Strange and Deadly by Susan Dennard
Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson
The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater
You Killed Wesley Payne by Sean Beaudoin
Everneath by Brodi Ashton
Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi
Evolutionary History by Edmund Russell
Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
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Currently Reading:
Books Finished: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, The Epic of Gilgamesh, Evolutionary History by Edmund Russell, The Book of Contemplation by Usama Ibn Munqidh, Europa and the Bull, I Want It That Way by Ann Aguirre, The Double by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Pages Read: 1,196
Snacks: Bananas and Water
Sunday Post #10
Sunday Post
The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by the amazing Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It is a chance to share news, recap the past week on your blog, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead.
It has been almost a month since the last Sunday Post I participated in. The amount of books I’ve received is a tad on the crazy side so alas I won’t be including pictures this time, but hopefully you’ll enjoy anyway. On to the books!
New Releases
This Song Will Save Your Life by Leila Sales
The Burning Sky by Sherry Thomas
The Brokenhearted by Amelia Kahaney
Fear the Reaper edited by Joe Mynhardt
The House of Hades by Rick Riordan
Kinslayer by Jay Kristoff
Once We Were by Kat Zhang
Emerald Green by Kerstin Gier
Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson
Vicious by Victoria Schwab
David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell
Long Overdue to Read
The Program by Suzanne Young
Bartimaeus: The Ring of Solomon by Jonathan Stroud
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Fallen by Lauren Kate
The “I Love This Series and I Need to Own All of it NOW” Section
Artemis Fowl Books 1-8 by Eoin Colfer
Random
The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud
William Shakespeare’s Star Wars by Ian Doescher
Book Haul Talk
So this haul is pretty crazy and that comes from a few areas. The Artemis Fowl series buy was because I mentioned it as part of a Top Ten Tuesday post and realized that I had stopped reading that series for no good reason, I’m now working on fixing that. The Screaming Staircase and a couple of the “long overdue” books, as well as Steelheart were bought at a book signing I went to. William Shakespeare’s Star Wars is one I saw at Target and had to grab. As for the rest, well, the “new releases” section is essentially all pre-orders with the exception of The Brokenhearted (awesome premise & cover buy) and Fear the Reaper (Has Jeremy C. Shipp in the anthology and I want a complete collection of his work). So ya, that’s why I got so many freaking amazing books in this haul. However, I may not do another one of these until sometime in early November because, besides pre-orders, I don’t plan on buying many books in the near future. So ya.
Thanks for stopping by, feel free to leave a link to your Sunday Post or whatever other bookish meme you partake in over the weekend and I will be sure to stop by! Enjoy your Sunday and I’ll see you in about a month for another Sunday Post! ^.^
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