Updates: Today didn't start out so great. I was busy all morning and most of the afternoon babysitting, so I couldn't get much done then. I read like 30 pages of If I Stay by Gayle Forman while the baby was napping. I wasn't expecting to get much reading done today, but oh my god, I don't think I've ever read a book that quickly in my life. I loved it so much! I laughed and I cried and I'm still in that post-book-finishing-haze. And with finishing this book, I have officially completed my goal of reading 4 books during this read-a-thon. I know that I read 2 books that weren't on my TBR, but sometimes you've got to go with your gut and just pick something up. I honestly didn't think that I would be completing my goal so I'm really glad that I have. Now on to the rest of my TBR for the week/month.
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Friday, August 22, 2014
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Bout of Books 11: Day 2
Updates: I finished Lola today. It was incredible. I don't know if I liked it quite as much as I liked Anna but I still gave it 5/5 stars and I'm so looking forward to finally getting a copy of Isla. I'm still reading Dreams of Gods and Monsters (although I said nothing about it in my update yesterday). I just really kinda needed a break from the fantasy so while I'm reading this book slowly, just a few chapters a day, I figured I'd read a couple contemporaries that I could finish pretty quickly. Although, now I'm stuck as to what I want to read next. Do I want to continue with my TBR or read another contemporary (like I want to do)? I know that I can probably read the books in my TBR as well as add another contemporary, but I don't know if I should. Or should I focus on Dreams of Gods and Monsters and try to finish that during this week? I know I'm going to be reading it for the rest of tonight, I just don't know if I'll pick up another book tomorrow or continue with this one or not.
Currently Reading:
Dreams of Gods and Monsters by Laini Taylor (and I have been for like a week now)
Day 1:
Books read:
Finding Cinderella by Colleen Hoover 90 pages (nook style), finished
Pages read: 213
Book total: 1
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Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins
Pages read: 215
Book total: 2
Page total: 428
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xoxo, Jennie
Currently Reading:
Dreams of Gods and Monsters by Laini Taylor (and I have been for like a week now)
Day 1:
Books read:
Finding Cinderella by Colleen Hoover 90 pages (nook style), finished
Pages read: 213
Book total: 1
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Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins
Pages read: 215
Book total: 2
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xoxo, Jennie
Bout of Books 11: Day 1
UPDATES:
So the first thing I read today was a novella. I needed a contemporary read and I knew that I was going to be reading Lola and the Boy Next Door today, but I was searching Barnes & Noble online and I saw that Finding Cinderella by Colleen Hoover was free to download on my Nook. So I thought, "Well this is perfect! Something short and contemporary, and I've heard lots of good things about Colleen Hoover." And it was. It was a really good read (I gave it 4/5 stars on Good Reads, but I could bump that up to like a 4.5) and it was exactly what I needed. I was in this long fantasy kick and I was feeling a slump coming on and was craving a contemporary. (I'm still in the middle of reading Dreams of Gods and Monsters by Laini Taylor, and I will continue to read it throughout this week.) So I decided before I read Lola today, I would read this short novella and give myself a sense of accomplishment. Of course I find out after I read it that it is part of a series, and that it should be read 3rd. But at least it is only a companion to the actual series and I don't think it spoiled too much of the series (the Hopeless series by the way). Maybe I'll do a series review once I read the other two books, which now I will because I liked this novella so much. Barnes & Noble really has to step up their game in telling people if things are part of a series, seriously.
So the first thing I read today was a novella. I needed a contemporary read and I knew that I was going to be reading Lola and the Boy Next Door today, but I was searching Barnes & Noble online and I saw that Finding Cinderella by Colleen Hoover was free to download on my Nook. So I thought, "Well this is perfect! Something short and contemporary, and I've heard lots of good things about Colleen Hoover." And it was. It was a really good read (I gave it 4/5 stars on Good Reads, but I could bump that up to like a 4.5) and it was exactly what I needed. I was in this long fantasy kick and I was feeling a slump coming on and was craving a contemporary. (I'm still in the middle of reading Dreams of Gods and Monsters by Laini Taylor, and I will continue to read it throughout this week.) So I decided before I read Lola today, I would read this short novella and give myself a sense of accomplishment. Of course I find out after I read it that it is part of a series, and that it should be read 3rd. But at least it is only a companion to the actual series and I don't think it spoiled too much of the series (the Hopeless series by the way). Maybe I'll do a series review once I read the other two books, which now I will because I liked this novella so much. Barnes & Noble really has to step up their game in telling people if things are part of a series, seriously.
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