Bout of Books 7.0 - The Plan

Finally, I've had some time to think about which books I want to read for the Bout of Books 7.0 Read-A-Thon.  And I think I've come to a conclusion of the books I want to give a go. :)

For the beginning of the week, I'm going to need something fast paced and interactive to keep me reading, at least a little bit, while I finish up my last two days of school.  So for the beginning of the week, I'm going to FINALLY read Vortex by Julie Cross.  Tempest was one of my favorite books last year and it was a suuuper fast read, and I'm already immersed in the story, so I think I'll be able to read it in 2 days.

What to read next?  Since I have a book I'm starting for a read-along with a friend over the weekend, I need a small book to fill my time.  I'm thinking any one of these:

  

Any of those will do, but I'm going to leave it up to how I feel when I've finished Vortex to decide what book to read.  Sometimes, you just gotta leave it up to mood. ;)

Annnnnd you're probably wondering what book I'm reading with my friend that weekend?  Welllll let me show you.

YES I KNOW I HAVEN'T READ IT YET DON'T BE MAD AND THROW THINGS AT MY HEAD.

I'm reading it next weekend because OMG I hear the best things ever and.....don't be jealous...I MET CASSANDRA.  ;)  She had already gone through 200 people and there were still 200 people behind me when I got there, but she took the time to stop me and ask me about my book bag, which she then proceeded to name all the books the quotes were from.  This woman is a literary genius and so therefore, I must read her books.  'Nuff said.

Anyways...I'm getting REALLY excited for this read-a-thon!  My goal is to read 3 books, hopefully 4.  I'm optimistic.  But 3 is more realistic.  We shall see!

Anyone else participating?  Any thoughts on the books I've picked?  Which of the 5 "up-in-the-air" books do you think I should read?  I'd love to hear your thoughts! :)

Best of the Bunch (3 & 4)

Better late than never, right?? ;)

MARCH

5/5 stars for Requiem by Lauren Oliver (#3)

I wanted to pick Delirium because it's still my favorite of the whole series, but I'd read it 3 times already, and Pandemonium and Requiem come very close behind. :)

Other March reads:

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APRIL

(This is really hard because I read 4 equally good books this month!  But I'm going to have to go with...the most surprising best read!)

5/5 stars for The Host by Stephanie Meyers

This book surprised me sooo much with how amazing it was - and the movie was just as good!  Highly recommended!

Other April reads:

ANNOUNCEMENT! Amazing Summer Read-Along sign ups!

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME AWESOMENESS?!

Because...HERE IT IS!!  The big news you've all been waiting for...

Yearning to Read is co-hosting a Read-Along for the first time ever!!

CONFETTI AND CAKE ALL AROUND!

And can I get a shout out to the AWESOME Ems @ In Which Ems Reviews Books who is helping me plan and host??  She's a rockstar, which we all know.  Or, even better, a superhero. :)

Caption: Ems being super awesome.  Shhh!  Don't tell her I spilled the beans about her identity! ;)

"What are we reading?" you're probably asking...  Well, basically, we're reading my favorite books ever, Inkheart, Inkspell, and Inkdeath, and the read-along lasts all summer!!  We realize these books are long, so we're making it easy and spending four weeks on each one.  We've set them up for you so you know when to start and what chapters to read per week and all that.

Here are the details:

INKHEART

 June 1st-7th: Chapters 1-15 @ Yearning to Read
June 8th-14th: Chapters 16-26 @ Ems Reviews Books
June 15th-21st: Chapters 27-43 @ YTR
June 22nd-30th: Chapters 44-59 @ Ems

INKSPELL
July 1st-7th: Chapters 1-17 @ YTR
July 8th-14th: Chapters 18-35 @ Ems
July 15th-21st: Chapters 36-57 @ YTR
July 22nd-30th: Chapters 58-77 @ Ems

INKDEATH

August 1st-7th: Chapters 1-18 @ YTR

August 8th-14th: Chapters 19-40 @ Ems

August 15th-21st: Chapters 41-58 @ YTR

August 22nd-30th: Chapters 59-81 @ Ems

RECAP with both Ems and Sierra takes place on both blogs on Monday, September 2nd!

Every week either Ems or I will post a quick recap and approximately 5 questions for you to answer and discuss.  If you would like to be reminded that the posts are up, you can sign up (use the form that is linked below) and include your email so we can notify you!

If you're wondering who can sign up, if you have to have a blog or Goodreads - don't worry, you don't have to have either!  You just have to be 12 years or older.  Also, there will be a giveaway for the people who sign up and participate in the discussion, opening on June 1st and ending September 1st! :)

CLICK ON THE PICTURE TO SIGN UP:

Also, if you plan to participate, feel free to grab the button!  We'd be SO honored if you put our blog button on your sidebar, or posted the picture to Facebook, or anything that will spread the news.  We want as many people to be involved in this awesome summer project as we can! :)

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Ems and I can't WAIT to get started!!  We look forward to hearing from (hopefully) all of you and discussing this AWESOME trilogy with you! :) XOXO

Top Ten Tuesday: Words/Topics That Instantly Grab Me

This amazing meme is brought to you by The Broke and the Bookish. ;)

I really love this theme.  A lot.  As always.  Because this meme is flipping awesome.  These are in no particular order, btw.

1.  Love.  I'm a hopeless romantic, so anything with love in it, and I'm in.  It may actually be an illness.  I guess we'll never know...

2.  Myths.  Particularly the Greek ones.  I also love Roman, Egyptian, Indian, etc.

3.  Time/Space travel.  I put these in the same category because I kind of associate them through Doctor Who.  And because, a lot of the time, they do go together.  And they're AMAZING.  Such as Norris's Unraveling and Oppels's Starclimber and Cross's Tempest just blow me away with awesomeness.

4.  Fairy Tales.  TAKE ME WITH YOU!  If there's a fairy tale around, I want to be the first in line to meet it, shake its hand, and quite possibly kidnap it and keep it forever.  Totes creepy.

5.  Jennifer E. Smith.  I know, that's an extremely biased answer.  But it's the TRUTH.

6.  Other Worlds.  Liiiike N. D. Wilson or Cornelia Funke would write - an ordinary character is dropped into an extraordinary world.  Or even, in its own way, Norris's Unraveling!  Or Caitlin Rubino-Bradway's Ordinary Magic, to which I am eternally indebted to for making me laugh so freaking hard.

7.  Assassins.  Since Throne of Glass and The Assassin's Curse, it's become a new turn-on for me.  I'm so down for anything assassin-y.

8.  Aliens.  Ahhhh!  My nerd is showing!  HA!  But for real...aliens rock my socks!  That's why I can't wait to read Obsidian...someday.  It's also why I loved The Host SO DANG MUCH even though I'm a Twi-Hater.  And then there's I Am Number Four, which made me cry it was so beautiful.  I also love the goofy stuff on Star Wars and Star Trek and, most importantly, DOCTOR WHO.  Anything like that and I'll read it and love it forever.

9.  Classics.  That's right.  I'm a huuuuge classics fan.  Dostoevsky is my favorite, but Dickens, Dumas, Sabatini, and Bronte follow close behind.  I own the majority of the B&N classics collection...or at least half.

10.  Tragedy.  Yup, you heard me.  I'm in it for the deep stuff, the sad stuff, the utterly and completely DEPRESSING stuff.  Give me The Iliad any day.  I'll read The Trojan Women and weep.  Anything that's just SO SAD like The Princetta or The Deathly Hallows or The Mark of the Lion trilogy.  I'll cry and cry and cry and then rave about how much I loved it.  The Idiot, to this day my favorite tragedy, is also in my top 5 favorite books ever.  Again with the Dosteovsky.

Link me up below if you want to share your TTT! :)

Bout of Books 7.0 - I'm in! :)

All right, everyone!  I'm super stoked about this!  I'm joining the Bout of Books 7.0 read-a-thon! :)

Here's what it's all about:

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 13th and runs through Sunday, May 19th 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 7.0 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

Basically I'm super excited about it.

I know that that's the last week I have school - I'm done on the 15th.  I can work ahead in one class, which I will do, and the other should be easy peasy.  I don't know what I'm going to set for goals that week, or how many books I realistically will finish.  On a good week I can read 2 books...so I'm hoping 3 or 4?  I'll let you all know once we're closer.

But basically I'm soooo excited!!  Come join the fun!! :)