TBR readathon - wrap up.

Hi booklovers

Yesterday, the #TBRreadathon, created by Irina from BeautifulPages, ended. I really enjoyed this two month long readathon. By giving myself a couple of options per challenge I was actually motivated to keep reading.

I managed to read 9 books and I completed 8 of the challenges. I call this a success :-)

Let's take a look at which books I read for the different challenges.

 

1. Read a book from a series you're in the middle of. 
Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb.

2. Read a book you own for a while.

Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence.

 3. Read a book you got recently. 
Lifel1k3 by Jay Kristoff.

 4. Read a short book. 
Quidditch through the Ages by J.K. Rowling

I listened to this on audio, but I actually had it on my physical TBR as well, so I'm counting it :-)

5. Read a long book (over 500 pages or around that).

Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman. This has 504 pages.

6. Read a book you're excited about. 
 Legendary by Stephanie Garber.

7. Read a book out of your comfort zone (or a book from a genre you don't normally read). 

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott.

8. Read a book with a beautiful cover. 
Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor.

9. Read 12 books. It is preferable if you choose 9 different books for the challenges and then have other 3 books of your choice :) The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling.

I started Assassin's Quest by Robin Hobb last week, but since that book has 800+ pages, I wasn't able to complete it because the story is moving along very slowly :-s 

So, like I said I reduced my TBR by 9 books, by I kind of also added 9 books to my TBR because I placed a BookDepository order three weeks ago :-s Ooops.

Oh well, at least it was evened out :-D

 

I had a lot of fun participating in this readathon, so I want to thank Irina for hosting it and hopefully she'll do it again in the future.

 

Bye for now

 

Annelies 

TBR readathon update #3

Hi booklovers

I sort of, kind of, didn't get around to keeping you up to date on my reading for the TBR readathon, created by Irina. Go check out her channel. You can find my TBR post here.

This update is for the 3rd, 4th and 5th week of the readathon.

 

I read Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb during the entire third week (it's 648 pages). This one fits the challenge of 'Read a book from a series you're in the middle of'.

I enjoyed this book very, very much and I definitely want to read the third one very soon.

After that chunker of an adult fantasy, I decided to pick up Lifel1k3 by Jay Kristoff for the challenge 'Read a book you got recently', because I had literally gotten this book the week before. This was one of my anticipated releases for 2018, but unfortunately, I didn't like it as much as I thought I would. I think I'm getting a bit too old for the 'teenage slang' Kristoff uses in this one.

At the same time I started listening to Little Women which goes towards the challenge of 'Read a book out of your comfort zone'. I hardly ever read classics, but I've had this one for a while and I decided to get the audiobook as well, so I can alternate between the two formats. I'm still reading / listening to it and I'm enjoying it a lot.

The next book I picked up for the challenge to 'Read a book you're really excited about' is Legendary. I have about three chapters left, so I'm hoping to finish it tonight.

This book is making me feel all the feels.

I'm thinking about picking up Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence for the challenge of 'Read a book you've owned for a while'.

I think my reading is going pretty well. I've currently completed 5 out of the 9 challenges and there are three weeks left of the readathon. I'm not sure if I'll be able to read 12 books (challenge 9) but we'll see.

Bye for now

Annelies 

TBR readathon - update #2

Hi booklovers

This is my update for the second week of the #TBRreadathon, created by Irina from Beautiful Pages on YT. You can find my TBR post here. 

I finished Strange the Dreamer and I really, really enjoyed it. That ending really got to me :-s

I also read The Tales of Beedle the Bard. I found the different fairy-tales to be very interesting, but I enjoyed the footnotes by Albus Dumbledore even more. I'm counting this towards the 'read 12 books' challenge. I also picked this up because I needed something short and light to read after finishing Strange the Dreamer.

After finishing The Tales of Beedle the Bard I started reading Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb for the challenge 'read a book from a series you're in the middle of'. I'm currently on page 107 of 648. I'm enjoying it a lot. 

I'm not sure if I'll be able to read anything else besides this chunck of a book this week, we'll see, but since I'm on my fourth book of the readathon, I think I'm doing pretty good :-)

Bye for now

Annelies

TBR readathon - update #1

Hi booklovers

This is my update for the first week of the #TBRreadathon, created by Irina from Beautiful Pages on YT. You can find my TBR post here.

The readathon started on Sunday 13th May, but I was still reading The Queen of the Tearling, which I finished on Monday.

So, on Tuesday I was finally able to start reading for the readathon.

The first challenge I chose is 'Read a book with a pretty cover'.

I had only one choice for this challenge, which is Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor. I'm so in love with this cover and the blue sprayed pages. (And this weekend they announced that Muse of Nightmares is going to be orange and there is an edition with orange sprayed pages!!)

This edition has 536 pages and at the moment of writing this post, I've read 398 pages. I took me a couple of pages to get used to Laini's writing style, but once I did I was quickly immersed in the story.

I also started listening to Quidditch through the Ages. I finished this already. This was such a fun story to listen to, especially the 1,5 hour of extra material.

This book fits the challenge of 'Read a short book'. 

I hope to finish Strange the Dreamer this week. I'm not sure yet what I'll pick up next. I might read The Tales of Beedle the Bard, which could count for challenge 9 'Read 12 books'. :-)

Are you participating in this readathon? If so, how was your reading this week? Let me know in the comments.

Bye for now

Annelies