Showing posts with label Read-a-thon. Show all posts
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Monday, November 25, 2019

Tis The Season A Thon: TBR





I love December and the Christmas season, with my move and everything else going on, I've been super excited about Christmas this year. Which in turn has made me happy about this upcoming read-a-thon! I found out about Tis The Season A Thon over on Youtube and if you would like to know more about it you can CLICK HERE. Oh and this read-a-thon will be taking place on Dec 2nd through the 8th.


Anyway, below you will find all the books that I plan to read, there are five great challenges as well that I'll be trying to figure out. Cross your fingers for me. I've picked books for each of them except one. I can't figure out the last one, maybe help me out in the comments below with some suggestions. That would be an awesome help! So let's get to it. 






10 Blind Dates by Ashley Elston
 (This is the buddy read for the read-a-thon!) 

I've been wanting to read this one, so it's perfect and I can't wait to read it with everyone else.

 Sophie wants one thing for Christmas-a little freedom from her overprotective parents. So when they decide to spend Christmas in South Louisiana with her very pregnant older sister, Sophie is looking forward to some much needed private (read: make-out) time with her long-term boyfriend, Griffin. Except it turns out that Griffin wants a little freedom from their relationship. Cue devastation.

Heartbroken, Sophie flees to her grandparents' house, where the rest of her boisterous extended family is gathered for the holiday. That's when her nonna devises a (not so) brilliant plan: Over the next ten days, Sophie will be set up on ten different blind dates by different family members. Like her sweet cousin Sara, who sets her up with a hot guy at an exclusive underground party. Or her crazy aunt Patrice, who signs Sophie up for a lead role in a living nativity. With a boy who barely reaches her shoulder. And a screaming baby.

When Griffin turns up unexpectedly and begs for a second chance, Sophie feels more confused than ever. Because maybe, just maybe, she's started to have feelings for someone else . . . Someone who is definitely not available.

This is going to be the worst Christmas break ever... or is it?







An Alaskan Christmas by Jennifer Snow 
(Snow On Cover) 

I have to read this one for a blog tour, so it's the perfect fit! Plus look at this cover. So pretty! 



In Alaska, it’s always a white Christmas—but the sparks flying between two reunited friends could turn it red-hot…

If there’s one gift Erika Sheraton does not want for Christmas, it’s a vacation. Ordered to take time off, the workaholic surgeon reluctantly trades in her scrubs for a ski suit and heads to Wild River, Alaska. Her friend Cassie owns a tour company that offers adventures to fit every visitor. But nothing compares to the adrenaline rush Erika feels on being reunited with Cassie’s brother, Reed Reynolds.

Gone is the buttoned-up girl Reed remembers. His sister’s best friend has blossomed into a strong, skilled, confident woman. She’s exactly what his search-and-rescue team needs—and everything he didn’t know he craved. The gulf between his life in Wild River and her big-city career is wide. But it’s no match for a desire powerful enough to melt two stubborn hearts…






 (Holiday Themed Book and Read a Book While Enjoying A holiday Treat)

Another book I need to read for a tour, plus I love author Brenda Novak's Silver Springs novels and I can't wait to read this one. 


 Come home to Silver Springs for the holidays, where broken hearts learn to love again…together.

So much for forever. When Elle Devlin’s rock star husband ditches her on his way to the top, she takes her two daughters to her sister’s place in Silver Springs for the holidays, hoping family can heal her broken heart. But comfort comes in unexpected places when she crosses paths with Tobias Richardson.

The moment Tobias spots Elle, he recognizes a sadness he knows all too well. After spending thirteen years in prison paying for his regretful past, Tobias is ready to make amends, and maybe helping Elle is the way to do it. But offering her a shoulder to cry on ignites a powerful attraction and a desire neither saw coming.

Fearing her reaction, Tobias doesn’t divulge his ex-con status, let alone the shameful details. So when Elle’s ex shows up in Silver Springs and reveals the truth in a bid to win her back, Tobias is sure he’s lost her for good. But maybe this Christmas he’ll receive the forgiveness—and the love—he deserves.



A Wedding in December by Sarah Morgan
 (Received as a Gift) 

This is a bit of a stretch, it's for a tour, but I was gifted it to review lol...That counts right? 


This funny, charming and heartwarming new Christmas novel is USA TODAY bestselling author Sarah Morgan at her festive best!

In the snowy perfection of Aspen, the White family gathers for youngest daughter Rosie’s whirlwind Christmas wedding. First to arrive are the bride’s parents, Maggie and Nick. Their daughter’s marriage is a milestone they are determined to celebrate wholeheartedly, but they are hiding a huge secret of their own: they are on the brink of divorce. After living apart for the last six months, the last thing they need is to be trapped together in an irresistibly romantic winter wonderland.

Rosie’s older sister, Katie, is also dreading the wedding. Worried that impulsive, sweet-hearted Rosie is making a mistake, Katie is determined to save her sister from herself! If only the irritatingly good-looking best man, Jordan, would stop interfering with her plans…

Bride-to-be Rosie loves her fiancé but is having serious second thoughts. Except everyone has arrived—how can she tell them she’s not sure? As the big day gets closer, and emotions run even higher, this is one White family Christmas none of them will ever forget!

 





Now I can't figure out what to read for the last challenge. The challenge is to Read a book that has a title related to music. I need your help with this one. What book would work, please let me some suggestions below! 
 


Friday, November 9, 2018

HoHoHo Read-a-thon Reading Update








Today is the day, the start of HoHoHo Read-a-ton! This is going to be the post where I will post my updates. I want to track the books I've read and also the pages for this read-a-thon. I'm super excited about reading some of the great books I have ready, though I will not be posting a to be read post for this read-a-thon, mainly because I'm a mood reader. It's just easier for me not to post a TBR. I do have a stack of books at the ready for the week! 

My only goal for this read-a-thon will be to try to read at least 5 to 6 books. Figured that was doable! If you would like to know more about the HoHoHo Read-a-thon you can CLICK HERE



Updates: 


Friday: 2 Books, 421 pages

Snow in Love 
The Christmas Forest

Saturday: 0 Books, 0 Pages

Sunday: 0 Books, 152 Pages
Monday: 0 Books, 100 Pages
Tuesday:
Wednesday:

Thursday:
Friday:
Saturday:
Sunday:






  



Sunday, November 4, 2018

HoHoHo Read-a-thon!








I haven't participated in a lot of read-a-thons this year, but I think this one will be fun. Especially seeing as I have a few holiday reads that need to be read for reviews this year. So I'm jumping on the bandwagon of this read-a-thon. This post really isn't going to be a TBR because I don't post those type of posts anymore, but I wanted to let everyone know that I will be particiapating from Nov. 9th till the 18th. 

My main goal is pretty simple for this read-a-thon, I'm not going to name any books I'll be reading, but I will say I'm going to try to read at least 6 Holiday books during the read-a-thon! I think that is doable, at least I hope so.  

Anyway, if you would like to join in the fun, CLICK HERE to find out more about this fun read-a-thon. There will be challenges as well and a twitter party too. 

On the 9th I will post a goals post and it will also be the place I update the list of books I read. 


Friday, February 2, 2018

Series Crackdown 3.0 Read-a-thon






One of my goals for the year is to participate in a few more read-a-thons, mainly because I seem to get more reading done and I love a challenge! (Even if I fail most of the time lol.) In February there are two that I'm participating in and Series Crackdown is one of them! To learn more about this read-a-thon, you can CLICK HERE.  I'm so excited about this one because one of my other goals is to finish a few of the series that I want to finish. 

For this read-a-thon I'm not sure on what I'm going to read just yet, but like I said I have several series that I would like to finish. Which means I'll have plenty to choose from. I'll be making an update post here on the blog when it comes time to start and wrap up the read-a-thon and I'll be participating on Instagram as well. If you don't follow me there, please do, I would love to be able to follow you back. CLICK here to do so.  

The rules are pretty simple for this read-a-thon they mainly are read series and it's pretty laid back other than that. The instagram challenges are below and I'm going to try to do those as well. 





There is also some Twitter sprints that I'm hoping to join in as well. So many fun ways to join in. 

Friday, July 21, 2017

BookTube-A-Thon TBR




So BookTube-A-Thon starts next week and I'm super excited to participate again. Even though I'll be traveling one of the days, I still want to get some reading finished throughout the whole thing. So one of my books will be an audio book (Of course lol). I'm also going to try to get through the reading challenges just not sure that will happen, but hey it's a goal right? Anyway, it's time to show the books I plan to read. 







Let's talk about the reading challenges first! 


  • 1. Read a Book with a Person on the cover. 
For this challenge I chose the book that I'm adding to my Sittin on the Shelf Challenge for next month.  Which clearly has a person on the cover!






  • 2. Read a Hyped Book 
For this one, I had to think about it for a few minutes. I have so many books to read that would work for this one, but in the end I chose one that I had heard so much about when it came out and I have been dying to start it.







  • 3. Finish a Book in One Day
For this challenge I'm going to do this one for my audio book and the day I'll be traveling. It's also a hyped book lol.







  • 4. Read a Book About a Character Whose Really Different Than You
Since again, I'll be traveling on Tuesday, I'm going to add another audio book to this list since The Lightning Thief isn't that long.  I have a sixteen hour drive that day so the this challenge will cover the second book.






  • 5. Finish A Book Completely Outside 
For this book I'm hoping I'll be home and can finish this on my front porch. It's only 104 pages so it won't be too bad!





 

 
  •  6. Finish a Book You Bought Because of the Cover
I don't usually buy books just because of the cover, but this book was one that I bought at #RAGT2017 and I loved the cover and of course the author. So I guess it counts right?

 

  • 7. Finish 7 Books in 7 Days 
Not sure I can finish all 7, but like I said I'm going to try really hard. The last book is a really short one and even the author called them Netflix books lol. I've already finished the first and I think it's time to read the second.






 




Sunday, January 3, 2016

Bout of Books Read A Thon 15!




Bout of Books

I'm so happy that it's that time again and yep I'm talking about Bout of Books Read A Thon! If you don't know Bout of Books is hosted by Amanda @On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading The Paranormal.   It's a week long read-a- thon that isn't crazy pressure and there are twitter chats and lots of fun.

I try really hard to make sure I take part in at least a few read-a-thons a year and Bout of Books is one of them.  So below you will find my TBR for this great read-a-thon and I hope you all will join in the fun.


TBR List 




Pivot Point by Kasie West
A Castle of Sand by Bella Forrest
Passenger by Alexandra Bracken
The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken 


I might add another book, it really depends on if I finish these first.  I'm really excited about these four books though so we shall see if I can finish them.  










Friday, September 18, 2015

Fall into Read-a-thon






I'm super excited about this read-a-thon, I haven't done a read-a-thon in awhile and figured this would be a great one to do.  If you would like to sign up or for more information about this read-a-thon, CLICK HERE. 


Rules:

 Rules for the Fall Into Books Readathon: 

  • This challenge begins Sept 23 at 12:00 AM and ends Sept 29 at 11:59 PM.
  • You may sign up anytime between now and during the readathon. 
  • Read as little or as many books as you want. I want you to choose your own reading goals. This is a low pressure readathon and meant to be fun.
  • You may read any genre for this readathon. I want as many people to participate as possible and I realize not as many will want to do only fall themed books.
  • However, if you want to follow the rules of the Fall Into Books Reading Challenge: Ideally books should be fall/autumn themed but this will not be a rule. I found there wasn't very many books with this theme. Here is a list of books that will count for this challenge: include books with words to do with fall, autumn, leaves, going back to school, holidays including Labor Day, Halloween and Thanksgiving, or autumn weather.  Books with things like colored leaves, hot chocolate, harvest, or a fall scene on the cover can count. I will even allow books with the word "fall" in the title. Books for this challenge MUST be specifically Halloween themed NOT general horror. I will be hosting a horror readathon in October.
  • Use the hashtag #FallIntoBooksReadathon
  • If you could be so kind, please place the Fall Into Books Readathon banner on your blog to help spread the word. 
  • Please link back to this blog, post about it on Facebook, Tweet about it, and so on to help spread the word.
  • You may sign up using your blog, Youtube channel, Goodreads, Twitter, etc. 
  • To sign up for the seasonal Fall Into Books Reading Challenge please go here.


I'm not sure which books I'll be reading for this challenge yet, but I will add my list here shortly.  Seeing as the challenge starts next week, it will be real soon.  I know I am going to shoot for five books! One of which I went ahead and listed below.

  1. Lost in Tennessee by Anita DeVito 
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Saturday, October 18, 2014

Dewey's 24 Hour Read-A-Thon Opening Meme



I'm so behind on reading, but I'm here and getting ready to start now! The first thing I want to do is the beginning meme so here we go. 



1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today? 

I'm reading from Kentucky! 

2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?

The first one I'm reading is the one that I'm dying to read.  Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning

3) Which snack are you most looking forward to?

My Milk Chocolate Milano cookies.

4) Tell us a little something about yourself!

I'm a mother of two and they are going to be home while I participate in this read-a-thon so we shall see how much I actually get done. 

5) If you participated in the last read-a-thon, what’s one thing you’ll do different today? If this is your first read-a-thon, what are you most looking forward to?

This is my first year doing this Read-a-thon so I guess the thing I'm most looking forward to is trying to get some of my reading done, I'm really behind on my tbr list for the year!  


Friday, October 17, 2014

#WWReadathon Starts Today!




The Wonderfully Wicked Read-a-Thon starts today! I love reading during a read-a-thon mainly because of how much reading I actually do during them.  It's a great way for me to get caught up.  So below you will find what I plan on reading during this read-a-thon and a few extra's so I have some wiggle room on what I read.


 
What I Plan To Read: 




Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning (Currently Reading)
Trial By Fire by Josephine Angelini 
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
The Brokenhearted by Amelia Kahaney



A Few Extra: 

These are the just in case books that I might read, depending on what happens!


Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout 
Being Sloane Jacobs by Lauren Morrill

I will be posting a post every day on my status and what I've completed.  I hope you all have a great day! 


Thursday, September 18, 2014

Ho Ho Ho Holiday Read A Thon


Ho-Ho-Ho Read-A-Thon


It's almost time for another read-a-thon, well we still have a few months but it's almost here.  I'll be joining in this one this year and I'm very excited about it.  This readathon revolves around Christmas books and that's the reason I'm joining in the fun.  I have a huge pile of them and want to get through as many as I can this year.

So, if you would like to join in the fun you can do so HERE.

And this great read a thon is hosted by Kimba over at Caffeinated Book Reviewer and Jennifer @ The Book Shelfery.  The rules are below so you can check those out as well.

Read A Thon Rules

  • Read-a-thon Rules Link-up Before or on November 6th post a goals post to your blog. (if you do not have a blog post to another social media site such as Goodreads, Tumblr, Facebook, Google+ etc ) Be sure and link back to Caffeinated Book Reviewer and Book Shlefery.
  • Grab the button and share !
  • Participate in at least one challenge to be eligible for grand prize
  • Tweet your progress using #HoHoHoRAT
  • Twitter Party! Sunday November 9, 2014 at 4pm (EST) chatting and prizes to be had.
  • Challenge schedule and Grand Prize widget and rules will post on November 6th at by 8 am (EST)
  • Read-a-thon starts on November 6th 12:o1 am (your time zone) and ends on November 11 at 11:59 pm(your time zone)
  • Challenges will be open from 8 am (EST) on the 6th and remain open until Nov 11th at 11:59 pm (EST)
  • Grand Prize Raffle will be open until November 13th at 11:59 pm (EST) to allow you to submit entries.
  • All winners of challenges and grand prize will be notified by November 15th. 



My Goals

My goals for this one will be pretty simple, I just want to read five of the ten books I have on my list.  I'll make a post closer to the time with the books on that list.  

So I hope you all will join in the fun and as always...


Saturday, August 16, 2014

Bout of Books 11.0 Goals and TBR




So today I am going to talk about my goals for Bout of Books 11.0 and show you the books that I am going to be reading.  



Time Devoted to Reading

I will be reading every day for the week.  At least from 9 AM till 4 PM, probably even longer on Tuesday and Thursday night's. 

My Goals

  • I really want to get through all five books that I have planned to read.  The total pages for all five is: 1765 pages.  To see the books I want to read, look at the picture below.  I have also added a few extra as just in case books if I get the first five finished.  The first five books will complete two whole series for me as well which is so cool.

Books to Read

I was going to do a video for this TBR pile post, but I'm still learning my editing software and got a bit frustrated so I will work on new vids this upcoming week.


Updates

Monday

Number of books I've read today: 2
Total number of books I've read: 2
Books: The Assassin's Curse and The Pirate's Wish Number of Pages: 625 pages



Tuesday

Number of books I've read today:0
Total number of books I've read: 2
Books:






Wednesday

Number of books I've read today: 1
Total number of books I've read: 3
Books:Article 5





Thursday

Number of books I've read today: 0
Total number of books I've read: 3
Books:





Friday

Number of books I've read today:
Total number of books I've read:
Books:






Saturday

Number of books I've read today:
Total number of books I've read:
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Sunday

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Good luck everyone and....




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