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. Sign-up page - From the Bout of Books team. 

Goals

Books & Pages Read

Wonder Woman: Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo = 40pgs

Caraval by Stephanie Garber = 147pgs

The Lies They Tell by Gillian French = 30pgs

Pages Read Today = 217

Total Pages Read = 567

Total Books Finished = 1

Daily Update

Today I had a really hard time getting into any book, hence why I read a little bit of Wonder Woman and a little bit of The Lies They Tell before Caraval gripped me at night.

During the day, nothing was holding my attention long enough to really go for a reading sprint of any sort. #Boutofbooks had a Twitter chat today, I was patiently waiting for it, then I picked up Wonder Woman, and for some reason just missed it! I remembered 15 mins before the end, I did still answer the questions, but I'll definitely going out of my way to participate in the next one...again.  

Daily Challenge 

Share a book that was published the year you were born

I went to Goodreads Listopia, and didn't really know any of the books there but this one that I chose. There were a few Stephen King books, but they weren't stories I knew. I do love Roald Dahl so glad I found one of his books.

Wednesday May 16th

Books & Pages Read

Caraval by Stephanie Garber 83 pages

Tyranny of Petticoats edited by Jessica Spotswood 20 pages

Gemina by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff 170 pgs

Pages Read Today = 273pgs

Total Pages Read = 840pgs

Total Books Finished = 1

Daily Update 

I had playgroup with my son today from 10.30am-2pm so didn't get much reading done. I did get a few hours after we came home and had dinner etc but I didn't read as long I normally do as I was exhausted and my eyes just wasn't cooperating. I did listen to the Gemina audiobook and did a few hours of reading along with the audiobook. This tale is so gripping I tried to persevere but too tired.

Thursday May 17th

Books & Pages Read

Gemina by A Kaufman & J Kristoff 138pgs

Caraval by Stephanie Garber 95pgs

Pages Read Today = 233pgs

Total Pages Read = 1073

Total Books Finished = 2 

Daily update 

I read Caraval when I had time, listened to Gemina in the car to and from my appointment and then readalong and finished it...Illuminae Files series is truly epic. 

Daily challenge 

If you like...

You'd probably like...

Friday May 18th

Books & Pages Read
Caraval by Stephanie Garber = 77pgs
Glitter by Aprilynne Pike = 150pgs

Pages Read Today = 227

Total Pages Read = 1300

Total Books Finished = 3

Daily Update

I think mid-week I finally got the groove into the readathon. I've been happily meeting my 200/day goal! I also enjoyed this Space Scavenger Hunt, something different. 

I did struggle with Novellas & Short stories, Nature and the Dog one. I originally put Marley & Me for the dog one, and changed it to this non-fiction that I really enjoyed. It's funny despite being a manual on how to look after a dog. I just loved how they wrote it, as if it was literally an instructional manual. They also have one for babies.

Daily Challenges

Space Scavenger Hunt
Mercury - Short stories/novellas

Venus - Female protagonist

Source: Wikipedia

Earth - About nature/nature word in the title

Mars - Red cover

Jupiter - Tome over 500pgs

Saturn - Cover with circle/ring on the cover/in the title

Uranus - Set in winter

Neptune - Set at sea, on a boat or under water

Pluto - Featuring a dog/dog on cover

Moon - Set anywhere other than Earth

Sun - Set in summer 

Space - Set in Space

Saturday May 19th

Books & Pages Read
Glitter by Aprilynne Pike 217pgs

Pages Read Today = 217

Total Pages Read = 1517

Total Books Finished = 4

Daily Update 

I got to more than half of this book and didn't really want to finish. It is gripping and entertaining there was just things I didn't like about it. Keep posted on my review.

Sunday May 20th

Books & Pages Read
Renegades by Marissa Meyer 20pgs
The Royces 70pgs
Carve of the mark by veronica roth 10pgs

Pages Read Today = 100

Total Pages Read = 1617

Total Books Finished 4

Daily Update

I've still got approx half hour to go, I did listen to Legion Kagawa about an hours worth but I don't know how to translate to pages but I've reached my 200 daily average goals so Im happy! I'm kind of not in the mood for reading today, and happily taking a break.

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 9th and runs through Sunday, May 15th 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 16 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

Goals

Wrap-up Update

Daily Updates

Monday 9th May

Challenge - Describe yourself #insixwords #boutofbooks 

Tuesday 10th May

Challenge - Bookshelf Pic

Wednesday 11th May

Challenge - Top 5 Books Written by Australian YA Authors

1. Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
2. Obernewtyn Series by Isobelle Carmody
3. Between the Lives by Jessica Shirvington
4. Pretties Series by Scott Westerfeld
5. Illuminae by Amie Kaufman

Thursday 12th May

Friday 13th May

Saturday 14th May

Sunday 15th May 

Beat the Heat (BtH) Read-a-thon is in it's 3rd year running hosted by Jessi at Novel Heartbeat and Reanna at Phantasmic Reads. This is a low-pressured 3-week Read-a-thon so set your own goals and read away! Sign-ups are now open and if you'd like to enter the Grand Prize Giveaway make sure you Sign-Up BEFORE August 28th! Now onto the official stuff...

The Rules

1. The Beat the Heat Readathon runs from August 24th at 12:00 AM to September 6th at 11:59 PM. 
2. There will be mini-challenges throughout the Readathon for participants, along with a grand prize giveaway at the end! 
3. Sign up at Novel Heartbeat or over at Phantasmic Reads. You may join whenever you like, but to be eligible for our grand prize giveaway, you must sign up by August 28th. 
4. To join, all you have to do is make a sign-up post – even if it’s just a “Let’s do this!” thing – and add your post URL to the linky! You can put your goals and progress (will be required for the final giveaway) in your sign-up post, or you can make it separate. Totally up to you! (You are welcome to use the template we provide in the kick-off post as well.) 
5. In order to enter for the grand prize, you must have a post to keep track of your progress so we can see that you participated. 
6. Follow along on Twitter and share your progress with the hashtag #BtHReadathon!

Goals

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 17th and runs through Sunday, August 23th 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 14 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

Goals

Read, Sleep, Repeat has been hosting ARC August for 3 years now and it's a really great time for me to catch up with my Netgalley ARCs along with other few ones here and there, but mostly my main goal is to catch up on my Netgalley ARCs, I know I probably won't ever have 100% as there are DNFs but I'd like to get at least the 80-90%, does anyone have 100% for their Netgalley? Click on the button above or the link to sign up, and hope to see you there! 

• It may be a physical ARC or and eARC but it MUST be an ARC 
• Yes it can be an ARC that has released as long as it’s an ARC I’m not going to nit pick much
• HAVE FUN WITH THIS! Feeling like you are being “forced” to read is the best way turn a fun event into a yucky obligation 
• Update post! I personally will do a post for each Saturday in August but that’s just me. You can update once a week, every other week or once for the whole darn event. This update can be in the form of a blog or tumblr post, vlog, link to your “ARC August 2015″ shelf or even an instagram pic! I want to make this as easy and low pressure as possible for you

Crazy for Summer Read-a-thon is the debuting read-a-thon hosted by Tessa and Max from Crazy for YA. Starting today, June 21st till June 27th, it's not too late so sign up now. Here's the intro post so check that out too for more instructions and info regarding Twitter chats and challenges. 

Book List 

Goals

Sunday June 21st Introduction

Getting To Know You

Two Truths & A Lie

1. I've got 4 Dogs
2. I've got a 3 month old daughter I've got a 3 month old SON called Riley. 
3. I've lived in 3 countries in my lifetime

Which do you think is a lie? Please leave the # in the comments section below, and tell me why you think it's the lie over the others. Please also leave your link for your #CFSReadathon post.

Tuesday June 23rd Letter to Character

Since I've got a Confessions Series by Louise Rozett feature happening on my blog, I think I'd like to write a letter for one of the characters from The Confessions Series. Please check out the Feature if you haven't read the series as yet, so you'll understand my letter a little bit more, and also if you like what you read on the feature posts which includes reviews and Character Interviews. 

There are also two fantastic giveaways, one hosted by moi, book 1 in the series and the other is a chance to win book 3, the latter is hosted by YA Bound Blog Tours. 

Dear Rose:

I know the feeling of anger and grief is not one to go away so soon, but as you've seen in the past, doing something out of anger alone doesn't work too well. I know this is a bit cliche but I promise you that time will heal all wounds. 

This letter isn't to lecture you, but to simply tell you how proud I am of not just Rose 2.0 but Rose 1.0 as well. I am so proud of how you've turned yourself from the victim, to the survivor. I'm proud of the way you've become a more beautiful, confident and strong person and despite all that you've been through these last few years, you ARE a survivor and I'd like to tell you this so you don't forget, because I personally don't think you really "get it" at times, how well you are doing considering the circumstances. 

I want you to know, to keep your chin up and continue to do all the things that you have planned to do for your future. Stay strong, and know that despite what you feel at times, anger is not the answer. You have worked through your problems in a way that not even many adults can do. Your doing great and I want you to continue to live your dreams, that's how your Dad would have wanted you to live it, to the fullest. He gave his life to be able to give you and Peter the best chances in life, so live that life in his honour. 

From your friend unknown,

Angelica 

Wednesday June 24th Twitter Summary

The Confessions Series by Louise Rozett

#Raw, #heartwrenching and very #realistic. It's a series about #life in its #true form, the good AND the bad and how people deal with it. 

Thursday June 25th Guess Who

The characters I'm naming belong to one of these books, so each book has a character described. Hope this makes it slightly easier to guess. Tell me which characters you think these are! 

1. I have a "disease" and need to see a counsellor. I've got a brother that is "addicted" to video games and I have a crush on one of my brother's friends. Audrey from "Finding Audrey" by Sophie Kinsella

2. I created a website called "The Shark List", it's a fashionista website where I take pics of all the wonderful fashionable people in my high school. My best friend's name is Rose, my ex's name is Matt. Tracy from "No More Confessions" by Louise Rozette

3. I used to be Dauntless, but changed to Abnegation. Natalie Wright Prior (Tris' Mother) from "Divergent" by Veronica Roth

Friday June 26th Recommended Reads

To continue with my theme of the week which is the Confession Series by Louise Rozett, I will recommend books that you'd most likely be interested in and enjoy if you enjoyed The Confessions Series. Goodreads was a tremendous help for this challenge. 

Saturday June 27th Guess the Last Line

These last lines are only from books mentioned or pictured on this #CFSReadathon Challenge and Update posts.

1. Some people have to wait their whole lives for great love. Some people find it when they're too young to know what to do with it. No More Confessions by Louise Rozett

2. He bends down and kisses me on the forehead. "I love you, Ruth." 

"I love you, too. I'm so sorry I never said it before." Ruthless by Carolyn Lee Adams

3. For now, these steps are enough. These first few precious steps into darkness. Into the unknown.

Into freedom. An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

My Goals

• Participate in the Scavenger Hunt and knock out at least 10 categories
• Participate in 2 Read-a-thons
• Read 20 books average of 2 per week
• Be supportive - 20 blogs/comment/tweet per week
• Participate in one Twitter Chat
• Participate in one of the Social Media Fun per week

The first Read-a-thon for COYER is the "Red, White or Blue" to commemorate the 4th of July Independence Day for the United States. So pick books that have Red, White OR Blue in the cover and a short review to enter in the Rafflecopter giveaway. For all the official stuff including rules and how to get bonus round points click here or the event button above. 

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 19th and runs through Sunday, August 25th 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 8.0 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

Most of y'all know I love Read-a-thons it really gets my butt kicked into gear and read more and I love the whole socialisation and community of Read-a-thons, maybe that's why I love it so much. Anyhow, a new Read-a-thon is taking place, a Beat The Heat Read-a-thon co-hosted by a blog I follow; Phantasmic Reads. To join and for all the official stuff click on the banner above. This page will be updated when the Read-a-thon begins with the books I hope to read during the two week period along with my updates and goals, so stay tuned...

• Netgalley Knockout will run from July 1 - September 30 

• You are not limited to ebooks from Netgalley! You can include any ebook you have received for review from Netgalley, Edelweiss, or from a publisher or author directly. It just must be an ebook and it must be a review book. 

• You can only count books that you read from July 1 to September 30. Nothing read before the challenge starts or after it ends will count toward the challenge! 

• You do not have to only include books released during the months July, August, or September - but you can include these, of course! Any electronic review book counts, whether it has already been released or is still yet to be released! 

• Again, even if the book has already been released, if you're reading a review ebook copy of it then it counts toward the challenge! 

• And if you find this post after July 1st - no worries! You can join the challenge through the linky all the way up to September 1st if you'd like!*** 

• There will be a giveaway for any blogs who link up their wrap up post at the end of the challenge in September! Every blog on that linky will be entered and one winner will be randomly chosen to receive an ebook of their choice under $15.00 from the ebook seller of their choice! 

Updates

Challenge Schedule

Monday 

1. Cold Spell (Fairytale Retellings #4) by Jackson Pearce 
2. Rise of the Arcane Fire (The Secret Order #2) by Kristin Bailey
3. Taste of Darkness (Healer #3) by Maria V Snyder
4. Born of Deception (Born of Illusion #2) by Teri Brown
5. Once We Were (Hybrid Chronicles #2) by Kat Zhang

1. Harry Potter Series by JK Rowling
2. Lord of the Rings series by Tolkien 
3. Anne of Green Gables series by LM Montgomery.

Tuesday 

Wednesday 

Goals

Books

You are graduating today–list your accomplishments big and small for the week. Hop around and congratulate all of your friends on their accomplishments.

It’s good to be Bad….boys that is!! Tell us which bad boys make your heart go pitter patter in all the wrong right ways!

I took these casts from other blogs/websites, but they are sourced, only because I'm terrible at picturing characters let alone looking for an actor/model that looks similar to how I picture them.

The first person I thought of when I read this Participation topic was Damon Salvatore, this is the only time I've loved the bad boy over the good boy, not so much from when I was reading the book but when I was watching the show.

The pic of Yuu Tomohiro is taken from Book Passion for Life, however, she had him down for Akiva from Daughter of Smoke & Bone but this is how I picture Tomohiro from Ink.

Damon Salvatore from Vampire Diaries by LJ Smith

Source: Fanpop

Yuu Tomohiro from Ink by Amanda Sun

Source: Book Passion for Life

W.W. Hale the 5th from The Heist Society by Ally Carter

Source: Tumblr

Finn Belastra from Born Wicked by Jessica Spotswood 

Source: hardcoverobsession.blogspot.com

Four aka Tobias from Divergent by Veronica Roth

Source: Divergentfans.com