Hey guys! I honestly can’t believe April is already over and we are on our 2nd day in May. I swear these months are just flying by. It’s crazy to me. Anyway, in April I ended up participating in OWLS Magical Readathon. I did end up switching some books because I didn’t like a couple I picked. Some of the books I read I loved and a couple I really didn’t like at all. I ended up reading 10 out of 12 of the categories. I feel if I ended up enjoying a couple of the books more I probably could have got in another book or 2. I am super excited to say that I did pass all the OWLS for my career which is Auror. I am excited to do the next readathon. So let’s dive in! Continue reading “OWLS Magical Readathon Wrap-up”
Tag: Lauren Oliver
My OWLS Magical Readathon TBR (Aka My April TBR)
Hey guys, so I’m sure you’ve been seeing a lot of these posts going around. I am super excited to announce that I will be participating in the OWLS Magical Readathon which is hosted by the lovely G @ Book Roast. Here is the announcement video for this years readathon.
This is a readathon I’ve wanted to participate for a while now. I just never did. So this is new to me but I am very excited about it. I know this year G really went above and beyond. She made a whole booklet which has all the prompts for the readathon, which you can find here, as well as requirements for wizarding careers, which you can find here, for the NEWTS readathon that happens in August.
So for this readathon I did pick a career. I decided to pick the Auror career. It sounded really badass and just something I knew I would never do if had the chance. So I decided I’d live dangerously through this readathon. I also picked books for the other prompts as well just in case I wanted to read more for the readathon. So I’ll be posting all my picks for all the prompts. So let’s dive in! Continue reading “My OWLS Magical Readathon TBR (Aka My April TBR)”
Top Ten Tuesday: Books On My Spring 2019 TBR
Hey guys!!! It’s time again for another Top Ten Tuesday hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s theme is Books On My Spring 2019 TBR. I have done this one in the past and am excited to do it again. I tried picking books that I mostly own. I am trying to read more of my owned books instead of buying. I also added some books for the Magical Readathon. My full TBR for that will be up sometime next week. So let’s dive in! Continue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Books On My Spring 2019 TBR”
Top Ten Tuesday: Books with Red, White, & Blue Covers
Hey guys!!! It’s time again for another Top Ten Tuesday hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl.This week’s theme is, Books with Red, White and Blue Covers. For this challenge I decided to find books I haven’t read that have red, white and blue on the cover. Some of these books are my most anticipated books of the year. Other books I only just found out about this year. They all sound amazing and I can’t wait to get to them. So let’s dive in!Th
1. The Woman in the Window By A.J. Finn
2. The Cheerleaders By Kara Thomas
3. The Last Time I Lied By Riley Sager
4. The Broken Girls By Simone St. James
5. The First to Know By Abigail Johnson
6. After Anna By Lisa Scottoline
7. Broken Things By Lauren Oliver
8. Children of Blood and Bone By Tomi Adeyemi
9. I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have to Kill You By Ally Carter
10. The Wife By Alafair Bruke
Have you guys read any of these? If so what did you think? If not, are there any you’d really like to read? I would love to hear from you guys!
Down The TBR Hole #43
Hey guys! It’s time for another Down the TBR Hole which was created by Lia @Lost In A Story! I got rid of a good amount of books last week. I am hoping to get of more. This week looks like it has some good books though. We will see what happens. Now let’s dive in! Continue reading “Down The TBR Hole #43”
March Book Haul
Hey guys! I am so excited to share with you my March book haul. I ended up having a good month of books. I bought a couple of them. Some had some really good deals on them. I traded some books for books I haven’t read. I got some arcs for books I needed to review and from a giveaway I won. Lastly my boyfriend surprised me with Owlcrate so this has been such a great month for me. So let’s dive in! Continue reading “March Book Haul”
Down The TBR Hole #11
Hey guys!! It’s time for another Down the TBR Hole which was created by Lia @Lost In A Story! Wow I am up to my 11th post of this. My TBR continues to grow. I added a couple of new books in the last couple days. Hopefully I can get rid of some more this week. Let’s dive in and see!
- Go to your goodreads to-read shelf.
- Order on ascending date added.
- Take the first 5 (or 10 if you’re feeling adventurous) books
- Read the synopses of the books
- Decide: keep it or should it go?
The fact that I will be repeating this process every week means that I have to keep track of where I ended and where I’m going to continue. E.g. in week one I do book 1 – 5, in week two book 6 – 10, and so on, until I’ve filtered out my entire TBR. Continue reading “Down The TBR Hole #11”
Down The TBR Hole #5
Hey guys! It’s time for another Down the TBR Hole which was created by Lia @Lost In A Story! It’s officially my 5th cleaning out. I’ve slowly being adding more books to my list but it’s nice going through 10 books every week. I love seeing my TBR list slowly drop to a number I hope one day will be manageable. So let’s do this!
- Go to your goodreads to-read shelf.
- Order on ascending date added.
- Take the first 5 (or 10 if you’re feeling adventurous) books
- Read the synopses of the books
- Decide: keep it or should it go?
The fact that I will be repeating this process every week means that I have to keep track of where I ended and where I’m going to continue. E.g. in week one I do book 1 – 5, in week two book 6 – 10, and so on, until I’ve filtered out my entire TBR.
Down the TBR Hole #2
Hey guys! It’s time for another Down the TBR Hole which was created by Lia @Lost In A Story! I really enjoyed doing last week’s clean. I’m hoping this week’s will be as successful. It’s hard for me to get rid of these first 100 books because these are all books I own but some of them I’ve had for years now and probably need to let go of. Here is how it works:
- Go to your goodreads to-read shelf.
- Order on ascending date added.
- Take the first 5 (or 10 if you’re feeling adventurous) books
- Read the synopses of the books
- Decide: keep it or should it go?
The fact that I will be repeating this process every week means that I have to keep track of where I ended and where I’m going to continue. E.g. in week one I do book 1 – 5, in week two book 6 – 10, and so on, until I’ve filtered out my entire TBR.
The Books:
Guardians of The Galaxy, Volume 1: Cosmic Avengers By Brian Michael Bendis
This is a comic so this is something I could finish within a couple of hours.
Judgement: Keep
The Cuckoo’s Calling By Robert Galbriath
This is another book that I have the first and second book. I feel because of that I don’t want to get rid of it. So I’ll give this a chance.
Judgment: Keep
Mr. Mercedes By Stephen King
Okay but do you see this cover?!?! I love it!
Judgement: Keep
P.S. I Love You By Cecelia Ahern
This is a book I’ve really wanted to try. I want to watch the movie after I read the book.
Judgement: Keep
Sybil By Flora Rheta Schreiber
I saw the movie years ago in school and found it super interesting. I had to get the book to get more details about her.
Judgement: Keep
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West By Gregory Maguire
I really love the play a lot. I thought I would wanna check out the play but I honestly think I’m going to pass.
Judgement: Go
Creep By Jennifer Hillier
This book seems super interesting and seems like something I would really enjoy.
Judgement: Keep
Delirium By Lauren Oliver
I was rereading the summary of this one and it doesn’t really interest me anymore.
Judgement: Go
The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo By Stieg Larsson
This is a series I’ve heard a lot of great things about. I wanna give it a chance still.
Judgement: Keep
If I Stay By Gayle Forman
I really want to read a book by Gayle Forman. I’ve heard a lot about them. This one just doesn’t interest me.
Judgment: Go
This week I made so more progress. I got rid of 3 books which in total now has brought to have removed 7 books in total which I have to say is overall pretty good. If I can remove a couple from my TBR list every week then that’s fine with me. I do feel it’s been a bit tough picking which ones to get rid of. I also feel like I have to get rid of something every week just because but I know I don’t have to. It is nice seeing my list slowly shrink. Already can’t wait to see what books next week tackles!
Top 5: Authors You Want to Read More From
It is time again from another Top 5 Wednesday! I’ve really been enjoying these. I really enjoy switching things up because I always write reviews.
The theme for this week is: Authors You Want to Read More From — Talk about some authors that you’ve only read one or a few books from, and you NEED to read more!
Kathryn Croft – I recently just read The Girl You Lost. I really enjoyed the book. It started off very fast paced and kept me guessing all the way through. I felt very freaked out after reading this book and I’ve never felt that way after reading a book. I know Kathryn has a couple more books. This isn’t even her most popular book. I’m excited to read more of her books in the future.
Megan Abbott – So I’ve read two Megan Abbott books. I didn’t like the first book I read, Dare Me, but I absolutely loved the second book, You Will Know Me. So I really would like to read more of Megan’s books to see if she is an author I actually enjoy or I just ended up getting lucky with the one book. I have been eying reading her other books and I’ve heard a lot of good things about them. I have been wanting to buy them from Book Outlet. So many I will give them a chance soon.
Matthew Quick – I read Silver Linings Playbook a couple years and I really enjoyed it. I’ve been wanting to read more from Matthew for a while now. I actually own a couple of his other books but I just haven’t gotten around to reading them. I am super excited for Every Exquisite Thing. My one friend was raving about it to me. If anything that is going to be the next book I read by him.
Lauren Oliver – I read Before I Fall a couple years ago and absolutely loved it. Now that the movie came out I really wanna reread it and watch it when it comes to DVD. Since then I’ve been really looking forward to reading Lauren’s other books. I recently just picked one up at my Library’s book sale. I am super excited to read more from her.
Augusten Burroughs – I feel I have become close friends with Augusten just from reading his books. I don’t read too many autobiographies but his are some of my favorites. Each book shows you the different stages of his life. I’ve only read two books so far but I feel like I know so much about him from how detailed he is. I really can’t wait to read more of his books and continue to learn more about his life. If you haven’t read his books I would highly recommend. Augusten has a lot of interesting stories to tell and his books do not disappoint.
Bookish In Bed 