#AYEARATHON | Diversity Month

This is going to be my TBR for the #AYEARATHON read-a-thon that is this coming week. It runs February 2-8 and the theme is to read diversely. This month we are supposed to read books about or written by people who are different from us, whether it be racially, ethnically, spiritually, socio-economically (etc.). I never really think about diversity when deciding what book I want to read, I really normally just think about whether or not I like the sound of the plot. I'm really looking forward to reading things that are different from what I know. These are the books that I've picked out as possibilities for this week:

How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
An Anthology of Native American Plays edited by Mimi Gisolfi D'Aponte
The Not-So-Star-Spangled Life of Sunita Sen by Mitali Perkins

February TBR | 2015

So for February, I've really thought about what I've been wanting/needing to read. I'm also going to be participating in 2 read-a-thons this month: #AYEARATHON (Diversity month) and the Bookentine Read-a-thon (contemporary with specific challenges). I will go into more detail about what I'm planning on reading for those in specific posts. But here's my general TBR for the month. I wanted to give myself more options than I did in January because I read so much in January and I'm hoping that mood is going to continue (knock on wood) and I'll be able to read a lot in February too (#projectTBR). In January I didn't give myself enough options so I ended up spending a lot of time trying to figure out what I wanted to read and I didn't want to have that much of a problem this month.

Where She Went by Gayle Forman
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo
Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

Monday Updates | January 5, 2015

But seriously, it's going to take me so long to get used to writing/typing 2015. So I haven't updated in a while, but I also haven't read much at all. I've only finished one book from the last weekly TBR that I posted, but I've read more than that. It got super busy at work around the holidays (the joys of working in retail I guess). I was working 30-40 hours a week, which meant I got paid a good amount of money, but it also meant that I didn't get to read much at all. Then there was also all the holidays and getting ready for holidays, so that didn't give much time for reading either. The last book I ended up finishing in December was The Maltese Falcon. I don't know if I'll continue to read Let it Snow this month or if I'll put it down again until next year when I might have more time and it'll be the holidays again. I don't know if I want to read a book about Christmas in January. So here's what I've read since the New Year began.

I'm also going to be participating in the #AYEARATHON this week and the theme is stand alones.

What I read this week: 
Maus I by Art Spiegelman
Maus II by Art Spiegelman

What I've Listened to this week: 
nothing finished

What I'm Reading: 
Starry Night by Isabel Gillies

What I'm Listening to: 
Unwholly by Neal Shusterman

TBR for this week: 
Starry Night by Isabel Gillies
Looking for Alaska by John Green

RYBSAT Round Three and #AYEARATHON | Announcement & TBR

Read Your BookShelf-a-Thon (RYBSAT)

I love read-a-thons. I think we all know that. I seriously participate in as many as I can because I love them! I will also be participating in the #AYEARATHON for this month which sort of overlaps with RYBSAT. The topic for this month is Stephen King/Horror. I don't really have that much horror but I will be reading creepy books instead (well that's what I'm hoping to read all month haha)

RYBSAT runs October 1-8
#AYEARATHON runs October 6-12

TBR RYBSAT:

The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
The Six by K.B. Hoyle
(Skipping Jane Eyre)
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs (which should get me started on the creepy books for...)

#AYEARATHON TBR
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
From Bad to Cursed by Katie Alender
As Dead as it Gets by Katie Alender
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin

I have more in my TBR for this month that I can read that will go with the creepy theme if I make it through these books. But, I am going to be working a lot and I have a show opening in 2 weeks (during both of these read-a-thons) so I'll be super exhausted. But I'm certainly going to try!!

xoxo Jennie

ps I don't really know why this post was this important to write at 2am, but it was...