Booktube-a-thon 2014 | Wrap Up

Booktube-a-thon is over :(

I had such a blast participating.  I had to work all week and on the weekend I was at camp with the family.  I thought it would be rude to read instead of doing something with them, therefore I didn't read then.

I managed to complete a few challenges though. 

A book with pictures: 

-Alice's Adventures In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll and Camille Rose Garcia

A book chosen by someone else | a book with red on the cover

-Vampire Academy

A book from the genre you read the least this year

- Something Borrowed 

This was also supposed to be par to the start and finish a series. I started on the second book in the duology, Something Blue, but didn't finish it yet. ( still working on it )

Vampire Academy or Something Borrowed could have been my book to movie adaptation but I didn't get to watch any movie this week. Good thing they doubled on another challenge anyway *muahahaha* lol

So the only thing i failed on was reading/ watching a movie adaptation and reading 7 books or 2100 pages.

However, I still read more then the usual for one week and I'm very proud of that.  Had I been a teenager with school out for the summer and no job or a part time job, I could have accomplished this. Not chosen smaller books or not change my TBR!  I changed by TBR list 10 times before the read-a-long and still a few more during the read-a-thon.. Horrible mistake!  Had we had more time to know what the challenges were, I think that would of helped a lot.

I liked the video aspect of the booktube-a-thon a lot.  It originated on YouTube so I really liked the video challenges.  I have yet to watch most of them but I plan on watching them all ASAP.

I wished the booktube-a-thon happened more often but now that it's here, it's very exhausting! But I love it and am sad it's over for another year.  Maybe they'll have a Christmas booktube-a-thon this year.  If not. I can't wait until summer 2015! Haha

Anyway, happy reading and let me know how you did this week. How many pages did you read?  I only read 969.

Booktube-a-thon 2014 | Day 7

I didn't get to read anything today :(

I went to camp with the family and was well worth it though.  I brought some books but just never had the time.

I do plan on reading the rest of Something Blue by Emily Giffin and reading Champion by Marie Lu. That way I would have completed the challenges of 1- start and finish a series and 2- read a book with red on the cover. Even if it's a week later, those are my emediate reads this coming week.

Booktube-a-thon 2014 | Day 6

2 days left!

Here are the challenges I have left:

1-  start and finish a series

2-  a book with red on the cover

3- a book from the genre you read the least this year

4-  read 7 books or 2100 pages

I am working on a series right now from a genre I read the least this year. (Adult for me) These books are Something Borrowed and Something Blue by Emily Giffin (a duology)

I then plan on reading Champion by Marie Lu for my book with red on the cover.

Then read 2 more books or complete the page count of 2100.

Today I completed Something Borrowed. I moved on to reading Something Blue (60 pages) and even read a few pages of If I Stay. (12 pages)

Total pages read this week: 969

 

Booktube-a-thon 2014 | Day 5

3 days left! 

At the beginning of the day I was no where near I wanted to be.  I tried my best to make a dent in Something Borrowed.  I started the day half way through chapter 7 of 26. I read for 3.5 hours before heading to work.  I didn't finish the book but I'm 65% through it and plan on finishing it tomorrow morning.

Total pages read spoor the read-a-long : 784

Booktube-a-thon 2014 | Day 4

Day 4 already! 

After day 3, I was beginning to be discouraged.

I read a book with pictures. (Alice's adventures in wonderland)

I read a book someone chose and is a movie adaptation. (Vampire Academy)

I have yet to watch the Vapire Academy movie to finish that challenge but will probably Friday.

Today, I started reading Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin.  (Book 1 of a duology)

I also read the first chapter of Champion by Marie Lu (book with red on the cover) 16 pages haha

Not my best reading day but the twitter sprints help. Even if I catch them at an off time, I still act like they just posted it and keep track of time and read the next tweet when the previous tweet said to.

Loving the booktube-a-thon.  I just wish I had more spare time instead of work and sleep.

Total pages read so far for the read-a-thon: 643

Booktube-a-thon 2014 | Day 3

Today, I read from chapter 16 of Vampire Academy to the end.  I now plan on watching the movie in the morning when I come home from work.

Until then, I switched up my TBR. I'm exchanging Under The Never Sky trilogy by Veronica Rossi to Something Borrowed  &. Something Blue by Emily Guffin.  This is a duology. This will count as my start and finish a series challenge as well as a genre I haven't read much this year. I tend to stick a lot to YA books so I want to read a few adult books right now. This is also a book to movie adaptation but I'm still using Vampire Academy for that.

Total pages read so far this week: 543

Booktube-a-thon 2014 | Day 2

Today I read chapter 6-15 of Vampire Academy. Not a whole lot. I'm about %60 through though and should finish it on day 3. I really want to finish it so I can watch the movie. Also, I really want to read Champion by Marie Lu next so that I can know how that trilogy ends.

Total read so far: 9 chapters... Not sure what that results to because I'm reading it as an ebook.

Booktube-a-thon 2014 | Day 1

Day 1 = success

Typically in read-a-thons, I start off really strong.  Today not so much but still successful.

I started by finishing a book I was already reading.  Prodigy by Marie Lu. (52 pages)

I have Champion by Marie Lu on my TBR this week and is the last book in the trilogy.  Champion is my book with red on the cover so I had to finish Prodigy.

I then moved on to Alice's Adventure In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll and Camille Rose Garcia (book with pictures). I managed to finish it just in time for Day 2 to start. (159 pages)

I also read the first 5 chapters of Vampire Academy. I'm reading it as an ebook so I'm not sure exactly how many pages it results in.

211 pages + 5 chapters of VA = success

I'll be able to track the pages once I'm done that book.

Booktube-a-thon TBR

The booktube-a-thon 2014 has arrived!

I'm so excited to participate again this year. I am not a booktuber. I don't make videos but watch them religiously and participate in read-a-longs through them. The booktube community on YouTube got me into reading again. They have such good recommendations! So here we go.. Booktube-a-thon 2014! Let's start with some basic info:

*photo courtesy of booktubeishthings on Instagram*

Ariel Bissett has just posted a video to YouTube to tell is the challenges. I will now let you know what I plan on reading and how I will kick down this challenges.

http://youtu.be/X_XOtGOUdUg

Reading Challenges:

1- a book with pictures

2- start and finish a series

3- a book with red on the cover

4- a book someone else picks out for you

5- a book from the genre you read the least this year

6- a book to movie adaptation (in which you watch the movie after you read it)

7- read 7 books or 2100 pages

Ps: can only combine 2 challenges at any given time.

Example: book to movie adaptation has red on the cover = 2 challenges done

But can't add a book with pictures.. That would be 3 challenges at once and Ariel said "otherwise you're just messing with my whole system" Haha

How I will tackle the challenges:

1- Alice's Adventures In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll and Camille Rose Garcia

This book has such beautiful artwork.

2: Under The Never Sky, Through The Ever Night, Into The Still Blue by Veronica Rossi

3: Champion by Marie Lu

4&6: Vampire Academy

Chosen at random on my kobo ereader and it's a movie I haven't watched yet.

5: Landline by Rainbow Rowell

I don't read much adult novels like I used to. This is a contemporary adult novel... and a new release. yay!

7- If I read all these books or manage to read 2100 pages for the week, this challenge will be complete.

There are also some video challenges but I won't be participating.

What will you be reading?

Make sure to follow booktubeathon on Twitter for the reading sprints.  Those help bring the community together and makes the reading week so much fun!

Take care,

Sarah

TBR shame

Today, I spent a good couple hours going through my bookshelf.  I wanted to add the books I own to my Goodreads account. I wanted this for reference while shopping for books in store or online. 

I simply added a few categories on there. There is the basics such as read, currently reading and to read. I already have a few categories for what year I read them. An easy way to track how much I read each year.  Today, I added a books I own and Ebooks I own.

It amazed me how much books that fit on my shelf. I had to be creative on how I fit them all on there but I did it.

So...TBR shame huh?! 

Well here are the basic numbers..

Books I own: 190

Ebooks I own:90

Books TBR:129

Ebooks TBR: 41

Total books to be read:169

By the way, this TBR shame is of only the books I own.. I got 318 books on my to read list on goodreads that interest me.

But the 169 is the ones I'll be focusing on in the months to come.

What is yor TBR pile shame?

Sarah