days 6 + 7 and that's the end!

So yesterday, day 6, I didn't read. At all. It felt so bad but so good at the same time. I think I just needed a break. I was also driving and I went to a wedding that was 4 hours away and I had to stay overnight so I didn't get a chance to read much. Today, though, when I got back I immediately started reading A Wizard of Earthsea again. It is a pretty hard book to read. It is short but because of the language in it, it doesn't just glide by like some books do. So once I saw that I had only about an hour and a half left of the booktube-a-thon, I picked up Fat Pig by Neil LaBute. It's another play so I knew that it would be a quick read and easy as well. And I did it! I read 7 books and completed ALL of the challenges! I can't really believe that I did it!

Books so far:
day 1:
Marked - finished, 306 pages
daily total: 306
day 2:
City of Bones - not finished, 403 pages
daily total: 403
day 3:
City of Bones - finished, 82 pages
Persepolis - finished, 153 pages
Persepolis 2 - finished, 187 pages
daily total: 422
day 4: 
Anna and the French Kiss - not finished, 181 pages
daily total: 181
day 5:
Anna and the French Kiss - finished, 191 pages
A Wizard of Earthsea - not finished, 15 pages
Detroit - finished, 100 pages
daily total - 306
day 6: 
nada
day 7: 
A Wizard of Earthsea - 69
Fat Pig - 84
BOOK TOTAL: 7
PAGE TOTAL: 1,771

Challenges: 

A book with pictures. completed (Persepolis, Persepolis 2)
Start and finish a series. completed (Persepolis, Persepolis 2)

A book with red on the cover. completed (Persepolis)
A book someone else picks out for you. completed (Detroit)
A book from the genre you've read the least this year. completed (graphic novels)
A book to movie adaptation half way (Persepolis) 
Read seven books/ average of 300 pgs per day. completed

Almost there! Day 5

So I did a whole lot better today than I did yesterday. I was able to finish Anna and the French Kiss this morning before I went to sleep and then start on A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin. This afternoon I read the entirety of Detroit, a play by Lisa D'Amour. (and by the way that's how plays are meant to be read. in one sitting within a few hours... I'll make a post on this specifically) I didn't get to read much of A Wizard of Earthsea because I had work today but it's pretty short and seems to be pretty easy to read. I remember that I really liked it the first time I read it too. So I feel pretty confident in all that I've read and that I'll even be able to complete the challenges. I am going away this weekend to a wedding (an entire post on that coming soon!) so I won't be able to read much because there will be lot's of driving and partying involved but since I've already read 6 books I'm still on track to finish.

Books so far:
day 1:
Marked - finished, 306 pages
daily total: 306
day 2:
City of Bones - not finished, 403 pages
daily total: 403
day 3:
City of Bones - finished, 82 pages
Persepolis - finished, 153 pages
Persepolis 2 - finished, 187 pages
daily total: 422
day 4: 
Anna and the French Kiss - not finished, 181 pages
daily total: 181
day 5:
Anna and the French Kiss - finished, 191 pages
A Wizard of Earthsea - not finished, 15 pages
Detroit - finished, 100 pages
daily total - 306
BOOK TOTAL: 6 + a smidge
PAGE TOTAL: 1,618

Challenges: 

A book with pictures. completed (Persepolis, Persepolis 2)
Start and finish a series. completed (Persepolis, Persepolis 2)

A book with red on the cover. completed (Persepolis)
A book someone else picks out for you. completed (Detroit)
A book from the genre you've read the least this year. completed (graphic novels)
A book to movie adaptation half way (Persepolis) 
Read seven books/ average of 300 pgs per day. on track 

xoxo, Jennie

day 4... oops

So today didn't really go as planned. I've only read about half of Anna and the French Kiss. I've just been busy and I think that since I've already read 4 books this week I was a bit tired of it. But I'm still feeling pretty good about the whole read-a-thon. Hopefully I can do pretty well tomorrow because I'm going to a wedding on Saturday and won't be back until Sunday afternoon because it's like 4 hours away and I'm going to be staying over there. oh well

Books so far:
day 1:
Marked - finished, 306 pages
daily total: 306
day 2:
City of Bones - not finished, 403 pages
daily total: 403
day 3:
City of Bones - finished, 82 pages
Persepolis - finished, 153 pages
Persepolis 2 - finished, 187 pages
daily total: 422
day 4: 
Anna and the French Kiss - not finished, 181 pages
BOOK TOTAL: 4 1/2
PAGE TOTAL: 1,312

Challenges: 

A book with pictures. completed (Persepolis, Persepolis 2)
Start and finish a series. completed (Persepolis, Persepolis 2)

A book with red on the cover. completed (Persepolis)
A book someone else picks out for you.
A book from the genre you've read the least this year. completed (graphic novels)
A book to movie adaptation half way (Persepolis) 
Read seven books/ average of 300 pgs per day. on track ish

xoxo, Jennie

books books books day 3

Totally feel like I'm actually doing well on this read-a-thon. wow. I didn't expect to at all. I actually read 2 books today as well as finishing City of Bones. Granted, they were graphic novels so it was pretty easy. I read Persepolis and the sequel Persepolis 2. I really enjoyed these books. I read the first one for a gender studies class in high school so it had been a while so I kinda wanted a refresher. I knew generally what it was about but I had forgotten all of the details. I really like the kind of memoirs that these 2 books are because you see the growth that the character/author goes through. I'm thinking that I might reread Anna and the French Kiss next but I'm not really sure. I think I might read one of the books that my Uncle has bought for me for the 'a book someone else picks out for you' challenge. 

Books so far:
day 1:
Marked - finished, 306 pages
daily total: 306
day 2:
City of Bones - not finished, 403 pages
daily total: 403
day 3:
City of Bones - finished, 82 pages
Persepolis - finished, 153 pages
Persepolis 2 - finished, 187 pages
daily total: 422
BOOK TOTAL: 4

Challenges: 

A book with pictures. completed (Persepolis, Persepolis 2)
Start and finish a series. completed (Persepolis, Persepolis 2)

A book with red on the cover. completed (Persepolis)
A book someone else picks out for you.
A book from the genre you've read the least this year. completed (graphic novels)
A book to movie adaptation half way (Persepolis) 
Read seven books/ average of 300 pgs per day. on track

xoxo, Jennie