So, you might have heard that I am shooting for the near impossible: reading 18 books in December in order to complete my Goodreads challenge. I’m on track so far… but I can feel a lull coming on. Spotting the End of the Year 2013 Readathon hosted by Jenny from Juliababyjen’s Reading Room and Dana from Danasquare was just the motivation I needed!
They’ve got daily challenges and events scheduled – so there is plenty to keep me motivated. I am going to be using this post for daily updates and to post my challenge entries. It should be fun!
Progress
5/12 read!
I’ve got to get through 18 books before January 1st, and 12 books during this readathon.
December 9 – The TBR Pile
My TBR Pile for this challenge is based off my December TBR posted a few days ago:
- The Sign of Four by ACD – 3 stars
- Endgame by Ann Aguirre – 5 stars
- Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins
- The Carpet People by Terry Pratchett
- I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have to Kill You by Ally Carter – 3.5 stars
- Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
- Let it Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle
- Succubus Heat by Richelle Mead
- Shadowed Summer by Saundra Mitchell
- Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston
- The Infinite Moment of Us by Lauren Myracle
- Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor by Lisa Kleypas – 3 stars
- Letters from Santa Claus by J.R.R. Tolkien
– 4 stars
December 10 – Teaser Challenge
All you have to do is open the current book you are reading to a random page and post 2 sentences. – Book Loving Hippo
So, I am cheating on this challenge a bit! But this quote is too funny to select just two sentences from…
“You’re never going to let me live this down, are you?”
“Probably not. It is possible, however, that in five hundred turns, neural decay will set in, and I will no longer recall how hilarious this is.”
“You’re an evil, evil Bug.”– Endgame by Ann Aguirre
December 13 – Favorite Book-to-Movie Release in 2013
Today’s challenge is hosted by Falling for YA.
Quite predictably, my favourite Book-to-Movie adaptation of the year is Catching Fire. Surprise, Surprise. BUT, if TV Shows counted, I’d say my favourite adaptation is the TV show Elementary. That show is beyond fantastic and probably edging out Sherlock (BBC) as my favourite Sherlock Holmes adaptation!
December 14 – Seasonal Challenge
This challenge is hosted by Book Briefs. We’ve got to choose books we’ve read in 2013 to fit these categories…
Recommend a book good for a snow day:
Letters from Santa Claus by J.R.R. Tolkien
Recommend a book good for a rainy day:
These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman
Recommend a book good for a beach day:
Heist Society by Ally Carter
Recommend a book good for a spooky night:
Sweetly by Jackson Pearce
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- Review: Magic Burns by Ilona Andrews - November 22, 2015
Not too bad an idea! I still have 7 books to read through by the end of the month, and I know I’m going to have to fit a couple of short books in there just to make goal, because the normal length of books that I tend to read will take too long. If I didn’t have to work, sure I’d be able to get them all done. But life being what it is…
Best of luck with getting those last few books in before the end of the year!
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18 books left? That’s the stuff readathons were made for! Good Luck & Good Reading!
Great list! I really need to go out and buy Horde!! Good luck!
That’s a great list! And doing the readathon certainly will be great motivation for you to finish all these books!
Good luck! 🙂
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