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

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

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

Summer of Series: Series No 1

Hey guys! As you may know, during the months May, June, July, and August, I'm going to attempt (and hopefully succeed) in finishing 13 series' of books (56 books total). I decided, in an attempt to keep you all updated, that I would make a post letting you know what series I'm currently working on/ give you my thoughts on the series I just finished (I promise this will make more sense once things get rolling).

Without further ado, the series I'm going to start the SoS with is The Hangman's Daughter series by Oliver Potzsch. I'm not entirely sure what this series is about, but I'm very excited for it! Hopefully it won't take me too long to get through.

Feel free to join in and read these books with me! Or, if you've already read them, let me know how you feel about them!

I'll try to keep you updated on twitter, so if you don't follow me, you can follow me here.

See you soon!
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

March TBR

So, I'm really bad at sticking to a set schedule of what books I'm going to read in a particular month, but I'm going to try really hard to do this, only because I have SO many books in my 'to be read' pile, mostly due to the fact that I buy books faster than I can read them... So, here's a tentative list of the books I'm going to read this month.

These books are going to be definitive reads for this month. I might add a couple more books to the list, but these are my top priority.

1. The Death Cure by James Dashner

2. War of Wings by Tanner McElroy (Comes out March 21 by Brown Books)

3. The Here and Now by Ann Brashares (Comes out in April by Delacorte Press)

4. The Dark Lady by Irene Adler

Okay, I know this reading list is pretty sparse, but I don't like having a massive to-read pile. I like being able to add books if I need. But, yes, this is what I'll definitely be reading this month. I'll give you guys a little wrap-up at the end of the month on what I actually read.

Alright, I'll see you all soon!
xox