ALA Summer Read-A-Thon Wrap Up

Yesterday was the last day of our ALA Summer Read-A-Thon. Unfortunately I did not meet my goal. However, I did finish Dark Companion by Marta Acosta and read about 100 pages of SEAL in Wolf's Clothing by Terry Spear. SEAL is actually really fun and I hope I can finish it tonight. 

Total Pages Read: 468

While this isn't the most impressive number, I am still happy that I finished one book off of my list. I had a lot of fun hosting with Crystal and Nicole, and maybe we will do another one before the end of the year. Thanks for stopping by. 

If you participated, how did you do?

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ALA Summer Read-A-Thon Update

OK so I am not doing so well at the Read-A-Thon right now. My parents just left and I seriously have not had much time to read since they got here. I am on page 130 of Dark Companion right now. It's interesting but the pacing is a little slow. There are hints of darker things to come, but I want those dark things to happen NOW. Or soon, at least. My goal is to at least finish one book during the challenge. If I can do that, I will still consider it a success. I'll check back in at the end of the challenge with a final update.

Hope everyone is managing to stay cool. It's over 100 degrees where I am and I am just trying to hide from the heat. :( 

 

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ALA Summer Read-A-Thon Commences!

Today we are kicking off the ALA Summer Read-A-Thon hosted by Nite Lite, Crystal at Elegantly Bound Books, and Nicole at The Reader's Antidote.  If you missed my original post on it and would like to know more or sign up, check it out here.

So far, I haven't made a huge dent in my ALA pile yet. July was an insane month and August is looking pretty busy, too. My parents are also coming in for a last minute visit this weekend and I am not sure how much reading time I'll actually have. Therefore, my  read-a-thon list is going to be pretty sedate. I am hoping to finish 3 books over the read-a-thon, which I think will be do-able. I am not the fastest reader (at least compared to bloggers because they read fast), and I think three books is challenging but achievable. These are the three books I am planning to read for the challenge (click on the covers to go to their GR pages).

    

I really want to try to read Dark Companion before a signing on the 16th where Maria will be. The other two just look like fun. So wish me luck. I think I'll need it. Happy reading!

ALA Summer Read-A-Thon: Aug 8 - 13

Hi, everyone! I just got back home from Comic Con as I am writing this. I had a great time but, needless to say, I am super exhausted. I hope to have a recap up soon but, in the meantime, look what I have planned for the blog!

After my trips to ALA and Comic Con, my review pile is a little out of control. My friends Nicole from The Reader's Antidote and Crystal from Elegantly Bound Books have decided to team up to tackle those ALA books so we don't get too far behind. The ALA Summer Read-A-Thon will run from August 8 - 13, 2012, a week in which I will try to read as many ALA books as we can. 

But what if you didn't go to ALA? Don't worry. This read-a-thon is not just for people that went to ALA but for anyone who wants to get through a bunch of review copies or books that you've been wanting to read but haven't had the chance! The only thing you need is some sort of site where you can prove that you've read the books (either your blog or your Goodreads page), and then the day after the read-a-thon is over, you have the chance comment on any of the three host's ending blog posts telling us what books you've read or how many books you read!

There are no prizes. This is just something that Crystal, Nicole and I decided would be fun to do, especially since we received so many books at ALA. Here's the button, if you feel like participating and putting it on your blog.

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The linky list I'll post below is open until the 12th, a day before the read-a-thon ends. Please feel free to spread the word! Here are the other two wonderful and lovely hosts:

Nicole @ The Reader's Antidote

Crystal @ Elegantly Bound Books

I am not sure what my goal for the read-a-thon is going to be just yet. I am not the fasted reader and I don't always have time to read a lot. But it is a read-a-thon so I want to challenge myself. Right now I am thinking of going for 3 books during the week, which is more than what I normally read. I'll pick the books closer to the start date.

Everyone who joins will have their own goals so don't feel like you have to do what I do. Maybe you can read 3 books a day or only 1 a week. Whatever your goal is, just try to stick to it. When you comment on the post on the last day, tell us how many books you finished so we can all compare. And you can even comment on the post when you review the books how ever many days later; we all love reading what other reviewers have to say about these exciting reads.

So enter the links to either your Goodreads page or your blog, and start figuring out what you're going to read! This should be a lot of fun!

Linky list:

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