Well it’s day 2 of reading The Martian and oh man. Lots of science and it was a little hard to follow but I got the jist of it.
I am happy in chapter six they broke away from Mark’s pov. That made me sink my teeth back into it.
I am enjoying it so far. Had a family crisis today so I couldn’t focus but read the 3 chapters after 12am.
Goodnight all you lovely people!!
So this past week was the BookTubeAThon that the lovely Ariel Bissett hosted. (I will link her YouTube channel down below)
I tried to read as much as I could during the week but between life and horrible migraines it was very hard.
Day 1
These are the books or pages that I read.
135 pages in Gerald’s Game- Stephen King
82 pages in Aria by M.D. Luis
Total pages read: 217
Day 2
175 pages Into The Volcano- Don Wood (GN) ~ Finished in one sitting
55 pages in Gerald’s Game
55 Pages in Aria
120 pages in House- Ted Dekker
Total pages read: 405
Day 3
Read 179 pg -finishing Aria
12 pgs in Gerald’s Game
110 pgs in House
38 Pages in PUSH- Sapphire
Total pages read: 339
Day 4
278 pages in The DoppleGanger Chronicles- The First Escape
Days 5-7
Read Absolutely Nothing
Total read pages for the week
1,239!!!
I also won the copy of Ready Player One – Ernest Cline from the Twitter challenge. Over all I read as much as I could and for me that was a lot.
I do plan on taking the “reading sprints” to heart and give myself timed reading limits. To see if I can push myself to read faster.
Thank you for visiting !
Happy Reading!
https://www.youtube.com/user/ArielBissett
House– https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19747756-house?from_search=true&search_version=service
Aria– https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22446048-aria?from_search=true&search_version=service
Gerald’s Game– https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32692.Gerald_s_Game?from_search=true&search_version=service
Into The Volcano- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3366825-into-the-volcano?from_search=true&search_version=service
The First Escape- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3296718-the-first-escape?from_search=true&search_version=service
I can not believe how fast June went by. Anyone else feel that way too? It went by so fast that I kept saying that I haven’t read enough books. That I feel like I need to read more. That is not the case though. Without really knowing it I have either read or listened to 11 books. I was very surprised and then I was able to relax a little and not stress out about not reading all of the books I wanted to.
So here is the break down of June’s wrap up.
Audiobooks
I haven’t finished Graceling yet but I will b the end of the day today!! Then my review will be up soon!!!
Graphic Novels/ Manga
Novels
I do not think I will be making a July TBR but we will see. I tend not to stick to them but I know I am going to be doing a readathon for the first time in July!!!
I haven’t really had the time to get to my volunteer job due to the fact that it is summer and my kids are out of school!!!
I did however went in today and man was it a mess!!! I did find some jewels among the hundred of books. These have to be the BIGGEST books I have ever held in my possession!!!
Coming in at #1 with 1376 pages
This is the biggest book that I have ever owned!!!!!
Coming in at #2 with 1296 pages
Coming in at #3 with 848
So I have the bad habit of picking out to many library books and not getting the chance to read them all. Im sure I am not the only one in this situation….anyone? anyone?
So I returned most of the books I took out last week except one, Angelfall by Susan Ee. I am only 6 chapters in and I am very hooked!!!! SO when I am done with it I will put up my review on that one. Here are the other books I picked out…..
Synopsis: Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now Simon is actually being blackmailed: if he doesn’t play wingman for class clown Martin, his sexual identity will become everyone’s business. Worse, the privacy of Blue, the pen name of the boy he’s been emailing, will be compromised.
With some messy dynamics emerging in his once tight-knit group of friends, and his email correspondence with Blue growing more flirtatious every day, Simon’s junior year has suddenly gotten all kinds of complicated. Now, change-averse Simon has to find a way to step out of his comfort zone before he’s pushed out—without alienating his friends, compromising himself, or fumbling a shot at happiness with the most confusing, adorable guy he’s never met.
Synopsis: During nine months of captivity, Kate Winters has survived a jealous goddess, a vengeful Titan and a pregnancy she never asked for. Now the Queen of the Gods wants her unborn child, and Kate can’t stop her–until Cronus offers a deal. In exchange for her loyalty and devotion, the King of the Titans will spare humanity and let Kate keep her child. Yet even if Kate agrees, he’ll destroy Henry, her mother and the rest of the council. And if she refuses, Cronus will tear the world apart until every last god and mortal is dead. With the fate of everyone she loves resting on her shoulders, Kate must do the impossible: find a way to defeat the most powerful being in existence, even if it costs her everything.
Even if it costs her eternity.
We all looked up By: Tommy Wallach
Synopsis:Before the asteroid we let ourselves be defined by labels:
The athlete, the outcast, the slacker, the overachiever.
But then we all looked up and everything changed.
They said it would be here in two months. That gave us two months to leave our labels behind. Two months to become something bigger than what we’d been, something that would last even after the end.
Two months to really live.
Synopsis: The monster showed up after midnight. As they do. But it isn’t the monster Conor’s been expecting. He’s been expecting the one from his nightmare, the one he’s had nearly every night since his mother started her treatments, the one with the darkness and the wind and the screaming…
This monster is something different, though. Something ancient, something wild. And it wants the most dangerous thing of all from Conor.
It wants the truth.
Synopsis: Three lives. Two worlds. One chance to save them all. As a parapsychologist working for Seattle Psi, Tess has devoted her life to studying psychic phenomena. But when doppelgangers begin appearing from a parallel world that’s been struck by an asteroid, nothing in her training will help her survive what’s to come. After dislocating to Seattle Psi from the other Earth, Jake is confined by a special task force for study. But when he drains life energy from Tess, almost killing her, it causes a ripple effect across two worlds — and creates a bond neither of them expected.
Ross is an FBI agent ordered to protect Tess while she studies Jake. His assignment is not random — he and Tess have a history, and a connection the Bureau hopes to use to its own advantage. By the time Ross realizes his mission could be compromised, it’s already too late — he’ll have to choose between his love for Tess and his duty to protect the people of his own Earth.
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Here are some of the books that I want to read this month. I can’t wait to get started on this list. I just hope I can get to all of them. Let me know if you have read any of them and if you liked it!!!
Last month I read about 11 books. Hopefully I can get to read all of these. I will be posting reviews of the books when I am done reading.
*Books are subject to change due to me getting distracted and moving on to a different book*
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