October Creep-Fest

Hey guys! In case you've just woken up from a month-long hibernation, it's FINALLY October! There are a couple of reasons why October is my favorite month- First, it's my birthday month! Whoot! Second, Halloween!!

Two awesome holidays in one month? (Wait, what do you mean my birthday isn't a nationally celebrated holiday????)

Seriously though, Halloween is a great holiday, and the perfect time of the year to knock some creepy reads off our TBRs. So, in celebration of the season, I'll be trying to read at least two creepy reads this month:

 
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski


I'll also be participating in a read-a-long hosted by Jackie's Bookbytes and reading Salem's Lot by Stephen King. You guys should all go check out her blog and join in, even if you don't have the book (Jackie has links to a free version of the book online, either as actual book or audiobook!)

What do you all have planned for this October?

Until next time,
xox

Bout of Books 11 TBR!

Hello fellow book lovers! Guess what? It's that time again! Bout of Books time!

In case you don't know what Bout of Books is, here's a quick blurb, straight from the Bout of Books team:

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


This is my second time participating in Bout of Books, and let me tell you, I'm super pumped! Bout of Books 11 will be going on during my first week back on campus (thankfully not during classes-I have band camp the 16-22), so I've decided to make a TBR of 3 e-books and 3-physical books- while I do need to cut down my physical TBR, I have an equally massive e-book TBR that needs to be shortened!

So, the books I'll hopefully be finishing/starting this round are:
The Dark Monk by Oliver Potzsch
The Secret History by Donna Tart
Jackaby by William Ritter
Blazed by Jason Myers
The Wolf of Wall Street by Jordan Belfort
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

I hope to see you all participating if you have the opportunity and I can't wait to check out what you plan on reading!

Until next time,
zoz

Full List of Last Blast Readathon Challenges

1- A book you didn't think you'd like but ended up loving

2- A book you thought you'd love but ended up hating

3- A book you couldn't finish

4- The biggest book you've ever read

5- A ROYGBIV stack

6- Your favorite author

7- Your favorite series

8- A stack of your favorite color

9- A book set in your state/country

10- A book written by an author from a different country than you live in

11- A book you own as both a physical and e-book copy of 

12- The last book you read that made you cry

13- A childhood favorite

14- A book you've read more than once

15- Your most beautiful book

16- Your ugliest book

17- Your most well-loved book

18- The last book you bought

19- A book from your favorite genre

20- A book you feel was over-hyped

21- A book you read only because everyone else was reading it

22- Your oldest book (copyright)

Last Blast Readathon Details!

Alright guys, I promised you some details, and here they are!

1- As you may or may not know, I'm hosting a readathon from midnight August 3- midnight August 10.

2- I've got some super fun photo challenges for all of us to do! I think I'm going to have you post them to either Instagram or Twitter under #lilysreadsreadathon

3- I've also decided to take a page out of the Booktubeathon readathon book and have come up with a few reading challenges that I'll post down below!

4- That's really all there is! If you plan on participating, do me a favor and take a picture of you planned stack of reads and tag me on Twitter and/or Instagram @lilysreads

Okay, so here are the reading challenges! I like numbers that end in 0 and 5, so I decided to pick 5 categories, giving you a total of five books to try to complete during this week, which should be totally doable!

1. Read a classic
2. Read a book by an author you've never read before
3. Read a nonfiction book! (A memoir, biography, science textbook, etc.!)
4. Read a book that has fewer than 250 pages
5. Read a book outside your preferred genre

Alrighty! That's all there is! I hope to see at least a few of you participating!

Until next time,
xox

Last Blast Readathon!

Hello everyone! Even though I really didn't get much of a response about the possibility of a readathon, I've decided to host one anyway! Worse case scenario, I'll end up participating by myself. :)

I've decided that it'll be from midnight August 3 to midnight August 10- midnight from whatever time zone you live in. This readathon will give you a week of recovery after the BookTubeAThon, and a week recovery before Boutofbooks.

I'll give more details in the coming week. I do have a few daily challenges lined up, and I really hope you all find them fun!

Until next time,
xox

Possible Read-a-thon?

Hey guys! So, it's getting pretty close to the time when we (or I, at any rate) start heading back to college. Now, I don't know about any of you, but I personally have a TBR pile a mile high. It would be so amazing to knock that pile down before I head back to school.

So, what I'm proposing is a week long read-a-thon. I know Boutofbooks is the week of August 18th, but that's my first week back on campus and also my band camp, so I'm not too sure how well my participation will be. I was really hoping to get a bunch of people together and try to do a read-a-thon a couple of weeks prior, either the week of July 27, or the week of August 3.

Let me know what you think in the comments below or on twitter if you'd be interested!

Until next time,
xox

Bout of Books Day 7 Update/Wrap-Up

Hello guys! Today is the final day of the Bout of Books read-a-thon, and although there were a couple of shaky days for me, I'm pretty proud of what I managed to get read! So here are today's stats:

73 pages read of The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie

162 pages read of The World of Pooh by A. A. Milne

11 pages read of Every You, Every Me by David Levithan

Total pages read today- 246

Total pages read this week- 1370

Books finished-
1. Magyk by Angie Sage
2. The Darke Toad by Angie Sage
3. The Body in the Library  by Agatha Christie
4. The World of Pooh by A. A. Milne

Books Started-
1. The Dark Monk by Oliver Potzsch
2. Flyte by Angie Sage
3. Every You, Every Me by David Levithan

This week was fun, and even though I wish I could have gotten a little more read, I'm pretty happy with what I did get done. Congratulations to everyone who participated! You all did great, and I can't wait to join you all again in August!

Until next time,
xox

Bout of Books Day 6 Update

I got back in the swing of things yesterday, and probably would have finished a book, had I not gotten sick last nigh. Oh well. Anyway, here are the stats!

100 pages read of The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie

117 of The World of Pooh by A. A. Milne

Total pages for the day- 217

Total pages for the week- 1124


Until next time,
xox

Bout of Books Day 5 Update

Yup. Today wasn't any better than yesterday. But, I did read! And, in my defense, my dad had been dragging me all over the place trying to find a car part. So yes. But, anyway, on with the stats!

34 pages of The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie

36 pages of The World of Pooh by A.A. Milne

Total pages for the day- 70

Total pages for the week- 907


Until next time,
xox

Bout of Books 10.0 Day 4 Update

I think I've tired myself out reading wise, which is why today I really didn't get much read at all. I did manage a few pages though, which is better than none, so I can't be too disappointed. Hopefully I'll be back on track tomorrow!

Read 10 pages of Flyte by Angie Sage

Total pages read today- 10

Total pages read this week- 837

Until next time,
xox

Bout of Books 10.0 Day 3 Update

Even though I spent half the day out and about, I did manage to finish two books and start a third, which, in my mind, is a pretty huge success!

Finished Magyk by Angie Sage- 193 pages read

Finished The Darke Toad by Angie Sage- 96 pages read

Started Flyte by Angie Sage- 11 pages read

Total pages read today -- 300

Total pages read this week-- 827

I'm going to work on Flyte and hopefully get through it today then maybe try to finish The Dark Monk before I go any further in the Septimus Heap series.

Until next time,
xox

Bout of Books 10.0 Day 2 Update

Hey guys! So, I didn't get through as much as I wanted yesterday, partially due to the crazy heat here (hot weather makes me sleepy), partially due to my father insisting on dragging me everywhere with him. Anyway, here are the stats:

370 of 564 pages of Magyk by Angie Sage.

Total pages read yesterday -- 308
Total pages read this week -- 527

I will finish Magyk today, and hopefully also get through The Darke Toad and start Flyte, all by Angie Sage.

Until next time,
xox

Bout of Books 10.0 Day 1 Update

I got a little distracted today, and didn't get through as much as I wanted during Day 1 of Bout of Books. But here are the stats for the day:

157 of 485 pages of The Dark Monk by Oliver Potzsch read.
62 of 564 pages of Magyk by Angie Sage read.

Total pages read -- 219 of 1049

Tomorrow's goal. Finish either The Dark Monk or Magyk. Hopefully both.

For regular, kinda-sorta-up-to-the-minute  updates, check out my Twitter!

Happy reading guys! I'll see you in the am!

Until next time,
xox

Bout of Books 10.0 Tentative TBR

Hey guys! So, I said I'd get back to you with a TBR for the Bout of Books read-a-thon, and well, I honestly have no idea what I plan on reading! So, I'm just going to pick some books from my SoS pile, and hopefully get through them! But here's what I'm going to try to read during the Bout of Books:

1. The Dark Monk by Oliver Potzsch
2. The Beggar King by Oliver Potzsch
3. The Poisoned Pilgrim by Oliver Potzsch
4. The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
5. The Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness
6. Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness
7. Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
8. The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson
9.The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson

It's a hefty pile, and I know I won't get through them all, but I sure as heck will try my hardest!!

What books are you guys planning on reading during Bout of Books?

Until next time,
xox

Bout of Books Read-a-thon-- May12 - May18 2014

Okay, so the Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-thon, was great fun (even if I did get slightly distracted), so I've decided to give the Bout of Books Read-a-thon a try!

If you don't know what Bout of Books is, here's a convenient explanation provided by the Bout of Books team:

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, May 12th and runs through Sunday, May 18th 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 10 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

I'm fairly excited for this, especially since I'll be home from college and working on my Summer of Series. So yes, I can't wait to join in the fun!

Stay tuned for what I plan on reading!

I'll see you all soon!
xox

Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-thon Update

So, I got a little sidetracked earlier and didn't exactly spend the entire day reading (there was a cardboard house building thing going on outside my window and the little kid in me wanted to explore!), but as of 10 minutes ago, I've finished two of the books on my list, The Duff and The Witches of the Glass Castle. So I can't complain to much. Plus there's still some time to add another book at least to the pile! I think I'm going to sway from my original list and try to read Nothing Special by Geoff Herbach.

To everyone else participating, happy reading!!!

xox

Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-thon

I'm a little late to the party, but I've decided to join Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-thon. Check out this link for more details! Here's the link for the start times!

Basically, I'm going to read for 24 hours. Yes. Sounds fun! I'm just going to give you a quick list of the books I hope to read during this time.

1. The Witches of the Glass Castle by Gabriella Lepore
2. The Duff by Kody Keplinger
3. Atonement by Ian McEwan
4. The Wolf of Wall Street by Jordan Belfort

Nothing too heavy, plus I'm kind of cheating because I'm a little over halfway done with The Witches of the Glass Castle, but I just really want to get done with that book, so yes. But I think this will be a fun segway into my Summer of Series, plus, what's more fun than reading for 24 hours straight?

Anyway, I think my timezone starts at 8am, so I'm gonna try to catch a few Zs, then get started! See you all in a few hours!

xox