Bout of Books 17: Day Six!

» Day Six Recap: «

▫ What I read:

The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan

▫ Thoughts on the book so far:

The ending to this series was just as good as I remembered! I had lots of time to read on day six, so finishing this book was relatively easy. Gripping, fast-paced, action-packed and fun, I absolutely love the Percy Jackson series and I don't need an Oracle to know that there will be many, many PJO rereads in my future.

▫ Challenges I participated in:

NONE

» Day Six Stats: «

# of hours read: 3.5
# of pages read: 272
# of books completed: 1
# of challenges completed: 0

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▫ Total:

Hours: 14.5

Pages: 1,071

Books Completed: 3

Challenges Completed: 1

BoB 14: Road Trip

Today's Bout of Books challenge is "Road Trip," hosted by Steph in Wonderland! For this, we must list books that take place somewhere we would love to visit.



1. Something Strange and Deadly by Susan Dennard [Philadelphia]

2. The Nine Lives of Chloe King by Liz Braswell [San Francisco]

3. Percy Jackson & The Olympians by Rick Riordan [New York]

4. Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins [Paris]

5. Divergent by Veronica Roth [Chicago - I've already been there once, but I would LOVE to go back!]

6. A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab [London]

BoB 13: Favorite Bout of Books Read

Today's Bout of Books challenge is "Your Favorite BoB13 Read," hosted by Once Upon a Chapter! For this, we are supposed to take a picture of our favorite Bout of Books read and post it online.



Here is mine:

 

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

Why: This book had a little bit of everything; action, adventure, romance, humor and a great, kick-ass female protagonist. I found myself thoroughly enjoying this read and finished it in a matter of days. I loved it so much that I broke my book-buying "ban" of sorts and ordered the second book online, immediately after finishing the first!

Bout of Books 10: Day six

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On day six, I knuckled down and finally finished Every Day by David Levithan.

This book ripped my heart out and tore it to pieces. And I loved it. The conclusion was definitely not what I was expecting—I tend to have a love/hate relationship with open-endings—but I really felt like it stayed true to the message(s) that Levithan was trying to convey about love, friendship and identifying oneself in the face of perpetual inconsistency.

» Progress...

▫ Completed Every Day by David Levithan (total books = 2)
▫ Read for about 4 hours (total = 16)
▫ Read 184 pages (total = 679)
▫ Completed the Show an Author Some Love Challenge at Doing Dewey

» Challenges...
Show an Author Some Love

For this challenge, we were asked to list some authors that we believe are deserving of a little more love on Twitter. Here were my choices:

"Alexandra Bracken: Even thought Bracken is already fairly popular online, she is extremely funny, quirky, real and down-to-earth, and I love seeing her tweets on my timeline. Definitely add her if you are a fan of her Darkest Minds trilogy.

Michelle Hodkin: If you love Hodkin's books, then you will definitely want to have her updates within reach. She is always answering questions, posting snippets and fanart and generally being a lovely person; completely deserving of ALL THE FOLLOWERS!

April Genevieve Tucholke: Tucholke's tweets reflect her writing: gothic and unconventional; qualities of which I am a HUGE fan. A relatively new author, her following is not quite as impressive as some of the others out there on the internet and, after reading Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, I definitely think she deserves some more recognition."

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Less than 24 hours until the end of Bout of Books 10. Good luck!!

Bout of Books 9.0: Day six

× On day six I was (still) reading....

Author: Myra McEntire
Series: Hourglass #2
Publisher: Egmont USA
Release Date: June 12, 2012
Pages: 325
Format: Hardcover
Average Rating: 3.87



I spent the majority of day six bruising my ankles—and working muscles I did not even know I possessed—whilst ice skating, so the bulk of my reading was done a bit too close to midnight. I am hoping to finish Timepiece on day seven.

× Day Six Progress:

▫ Continued reading Timepiece (Hourglass #2) by Myra McEntire
▫ Read for: 2.5 hours (Total = 20)
▫ Read 89 pages (Total =793)
▫ Completed the Book Staging challenge at Midnight Book Girl


» Book Staging Challenge:

For this challenge, we were asked to take a picture of a book we are either currently reading or have recently finished, alongside some objects that describe what the book is about. I chose Hourglass by Myra McEntire. WARNING: horrible quality picture is horrible.

"I added the pocketwatch because the book deals with time travel, the "I heart heart The Doctor" pin because Doctor Who is mentioned several times, the masquerade mask because everyone is hiding something, and the "I'm not crazy" notebook excerpt because Emerson spends the majority of the story trying to decide whether or not she actually is."

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2 more hours until the end of Bout of Books. GO! GO! GO!

Bout of Books 8.0: Day Five & Six

Day five and six were pretty uneventful reading-wise, so I figured I might as well combine the two into one update.



As you know, I began reading The Jerk Magnet by Melody Carlson on day four of the Read-A-Thon (Thursday) and ended up putting it down later that evening because it was just... God-awful. I picked it back up on Friday (day five) and continued reading on until Saturday (day six); which was when I finally (finally) finished it. Because the main character was so unlikable and the story literally had no point, depth, or substance, I gave this book two stars.




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Challenges:

~ Day Five ~

There was only one challenge on day five, and that was Bookish Mad Libs hosted by The Space Between. For this challenge, we were given instructions to pick certain characters, places, or verbs/adjectives that were in a book/series or present in the title. My choices were as follows:

A. The Red Pyramid (Kane Chronicles #1) by Rick Riordan [place name or type]
B. President Snow (The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins) [villain]
C. The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortunate Events #7) by Lemony Snicket [adjective]
D. A Million Suns (Across the Universe #2) by Beth Revis [number]
E. Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien [noun]
F. William Herondale (The Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare) [hero/heroine]
G. If you Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff [dessert]

And then we had to insert our choices into a letter. Voila!

Help! I'm being held captive in the Red Pyramid, by President Snow!
It is very vile here!
He is demanding a million rings to set me free!
I have just discovered that William Herondale was captured too!
On second thought, please send cookies, and don't worry if you don't hear from us for awhile!

Much Love,

Samantha

~ Day Six ~

There were two challenges on day six; Bookish Wishes, hosted by Kelsey's Cluttered Bookshelf, and the Acrostic Book Poem by I Read, Ergo I Write. I only participated in challenge one.

Challenge #1 - Bookish Wishes

For this challenge, we were asked to answer one of two questions; if we could be any fictional character, who would it be? And, what book are you dying to read that has not been written yet? I went ahead and answered question one.

If I could be any fictional character, I think that I would probably have to choose Tessa Gray from the Infernal Devices trilogy by Cassandra Clare. Not only does she end up with two extremely cute boys but she is strong, loyal, funny, intelligent, and extremely courageous. I have admired her character from book one.

And she also gets the boys. Did I mention that already?

I actually won this challenge, so that's pretty exciting! Thanks to Kelsey for asking such fun questions. :)

BoB Progress:

Number of Books Read Today: 1
Number of Pages Read Today: 140
Number of Challenges Completed: 7
Total Number of Books: 2
Total Number of Pages: 586

Links:

Friday's post (complete w/ Thursday's challenges!)
Thursday's post (complete w/ Wednesday's challenges!)
Wednesday's post
Tuesday's post (complete w/ Monday's challenges!)
Bout of Book's blog
Goodreads

We are at the final stretch. Good luck on your last day of reading!