Bout of Books Read-a-thon Wrap-up

 

It must have been love , but it's over now,

Hey faithful readers!

Today I'll be discussing my overall progress for the Bout of Books read-a-thon. This will include my total amount of books read, pages read,whether or not I triumphed my targets and more.


Let's begin :

Total Book Count - 5 and 1/2 Books

Unfortunately I didn't read all 7 books I set for myself however I'm still pretty pleased with the amount I managed to read as I usually only read 3 books in a week.

Also I had an extremely busy week so it's good that I managed to read so much.

The main thing I'm pleased that read-a-thon accomplished is that my reading slump is officially over ! One cannot dwell on ones failures when something like that is achieved.

In case you haven't kept up to my daily updates (please check them out), the books I read where :
Boys for Beginners by Lil Chase
The Prom Queen (Fear Street) by R.L Stine
Sweet Valley High #88 - Love letters for sale by Francine Pascal
P.S Longer letter later (Elizabeth and Tara*Starr #1) by Paula Danziger and Ann M. Martin
Megastar Mysteries #6 - SongBird by Annabelle Starr
Sweet Valley High #23 - Say Goodbye by Francine Pascal (I read this but only halfway - hence the 5 books and 1/2)

Did I stick to the TBR I organised for myself ? - Partially

In my defence 4 of the books I read where from the TBR but the other two weren't.

Basically my reasons for not reading the three I missed was because of my prioritisation , distaste (Point Horror - The Prom Date by Diane Hoh),time and emotions regarding reading them at the time they could have been read.

I decided to read P.S Longer letter later rather than Chasing Redbird by Sharon Creech because it appealed to me more.

The Crush by Alex Shearer ended up being axed because it had that Friday feel (unintentional Fanta Quote) about it. On Friday you may remember I only read 10 pages of my book (oh the shame) so I couldn't read it.

Usually I have tendency to veer from my monthly TBR's as well because I'll buy something or see a book on my shelf that looks more interesting than the book/s from the TBR.

In addition the main reason for steering away from certain books on the TBR is simply because I don't have the time to read them.

Total Page Count -  1,067 !

Very impressed and enthused by this total in order to the fact that mainly I read around 3,000 pages a month so to read almost half that amount of pages in a week means that I've colossally contributed to a successful page count month !

 In addition this prediction is secured as I've got a week off from Friday 24th May and I always read a book a day whilst I'm off. YAY !

Will I be doing another Read-a-thon in the future ? - YES !!

I certainly will be as I can clarify two definites and one possible read-a-thon I'll be participating in, in the near future.

Firstly Bout of  Books is hosting another wonderful read-a-thon from August 19 - August 25th. I'll probably do better than I did this time because that read-a-thon occurs during the School summer holidays.

Plus on October 12th Dewey's 24 hour read-a-thon is happening again. Unfortunately I was busy on the day when the previous one occurred therefore I was unable to participate. Hopefully though I will be able to this time.

The one I'm unsure about is my schools.I don't really know much about it but my Book Club leader mentioned there might be one last week.

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A review should arrive tomorrow,

Mimi

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Review - Boys for Beginners by Lil Chase and Read-a-thon Update #2

Review-a-thon and Read-a-thon it seems,

I'm back Today with another review (basically the only feature that will appear on the Blog this week).

This book was part of my Read-a-thon TBR pile - I did a whole post on that pile so be sure to read it if you haven't already - and I finished it yesterday evening during a long reading session.

Read-a-thon Update #2 :
Triumphed my second novel today - Fear Street - The Prom Queen ! Review ,as you've probably already guessed, will be posted tomorrow. Starting Sweet Valley High #88 - Love Letters for Sale tonight and is the book I'm most excited for from my TBR for the read-a-thon. Hope I love it as much as or better than Dear Sister (#7 in SVH) my favourite so far from the series.

Anyway let's begin the review :

Book name - Boys for Beginners

Author - Lil Chase

Page count - 278 pages

Time spent reading - 12th - 13th

Review :

This book has been sitting on my shelves since November when I purchased it for 10p in my favourite charity shop.

I'm so glad I picked to read it this week because it has made for a smashing start to the Read-a-thon experience!

It's a humorous contemporary that's a necessity for any fun-loving girl.

This novel details the transformation from female football fanatic to belly-ring make-up obsessed girly-girl of a Tom-boy with a crush.

She is galvanised to enlist the help of others who are superior in the things required for the make-over to be successful - which happens to be a clique of the meanest most popular girls in the school.

But does she need to learn life lessons more than make-up and dress sense lessons ?

The only problem I suffered was that the protagonist ,Gwynnie, seemed to be portrayed as too unbelievably ditsy and naive to girl world. I mean how could she not know what mascara is and also not know how to pronounce it ?

My favourite parts of the book where the transformation scenes and the end where everybody got their comeuppance.

The plot was a mixture between Bend it Like Beckham and Mean Girls therefore if you enjoy either or both of these films (like I do) I think this could be the novel for you.

Due to the fact I definitely will be reading more from this author, I'm rating this :

 4 out of 5 stars


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What was the last book you read? Did you post a review too?

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Hope you too are on track for your read-a-thon,

Mimi

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Read-a-thon Announcement and TBR pile

 

 

 

Exciting news to share with you,

I'll be participating along with over 300 other people in my first ever online read-a-thon (of many I hope) created by Bout of Books.With this post I wish to recruit some more readers to display the read-a-thon button in the sidebar with pride - like me.

More information on the read-a-thon from the website :

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organised by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, May 13th and runs through Sunday, May 19th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure, and the only reading competition is between you and your usual number of books read in a week. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 7.0 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

I'm challenging myself to read 7 books during the entirety of the read-a-thon as I usually spend 2 days reading a book so it'll be over double my prevail book count.

This week I've been in a reading slump therefore I hope this will promote me to escape it.

Everyday there will be a review of my latest triumph so I've allocated schedule for each day per book and the book I'll be focusing on that day.

The books I'll be reading are:
 

 

Monday- Boys for Beginners by Lil Chase

Got to page 10 at the start of the month but PLL happened...You know what the phrase says though - Two times the charm.I

've already begun reading this Today and I'm loving the humour.

Does this sound/look like something you would enjoy reading as well? Click here for more information :
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11866755-boys-for-beginners-by-lil-chase?ac=1

Tuesday- Fear street - Prom Queen by R.L Stine

I was supposed to be having a prom-themed week at the start of the month but the idea was ruined when I borrowed Pretty Little Liars.

I've loved every Fear Street book I've read so far and R.L Stine is one of my favourite authors.

I own two editions of this because one is for reading (skull) and the other for preserving (girl in dress).

Does this sound/look like something you would enjoy reading as well? Click here for more information :
 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/656717.The_Prom_Queen?ac=1

 

Wednesday - Sweet Valley High 88- Love Letters for sale by Francine Pascal

 

To reward myself for getting halfway through the challenge I'm reading something easy to conquer.

 

I've been wanting to read this book for ages so I figure there's no time like the present (or a read-a-thon).

 

Does this sound/look like something you would enjoy reading as well? Click here for more information :

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/412298.Love_Letters_For_Sale?ac=1



 

 

Thursday - Chasing Redbird by Sharon Creech

 

I read Absolutely Normal Chaos by her last summer and enjoyed it so I thought I'd try more of her writing.

 

The plot of this one actually sounds better than that of my previous read by the author but does that mean the book will be better? Only time (and a review) will tell...

 

Does this sound/look like something you would enjoy reading as well? Click here for more information :

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53495.Chasing_Redbird?ac=1

 

 

 

Friday - The Crush by Alex Shearer

 

Another book from my Saturday Showcase of purchases , this book just sounds like the definition of Fun and My taste so I hope it achieves my expectations.

 

Does this sound/look like something you would enjoy reading as well? Click here for more information :



http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6656994-the-crush

 



 

Saturday- Point Horror- Prom Date by Diane Hoh

I'm intrigued by the length of this novel considering that it's longer than the usual Point horrors.

So far my favourite book by Diane is The Invitation but this is a strong contender for replacing it.

Does this sound/look like something you would enjoy reading as well? Click here for more information :
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/601575.Prom_Date?ac=1

 

Sunday - Sweet Valley High #23 - Say Goodbye by Francine Pascal

This will be my reward at the end of the read-a-thon.

Does this sound/look like something you would enjoy reading as well? Click here for more information :
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/412222.Say_Goodbye?ac=1


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Until you read again,

Mimi

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