Crazy For Summer Read-A-Thon - Day 4 (Summaries)

Crazy For Summer Read-A-Thon - Day 4 (Summaries)

Today's challenge is simple. You can use 140 words or less to summaries books!!

These are the books that I have been reading so far in the read-a-thon.

A Court of Thorns and Roses:

A different universe. Bad-ass heroine. Steamy love. Good guys. Bad guys. Epic fight. The End. #ACOTAR #sassy #lovin'

Second Chance Summer:

Girl does something bad. Has to face what she does and learns all about second chances. #summer #beach read 

Crazy For Summer Wrap Up - Day 3

Crazy For Summer Wrap Up - Day 3

Here is my progress for Day 3. I'm in a bit of a rut at the moment, slowing down on my reading :"(

My Progress:

Books That I Was Reading Today:
Second Chance Summer by Morgan Matson

Pages Read:

Second Chance Summer - 60 pages 

Total - 60 pages
Complete Total - 343 pages

Books Finished:

1/6

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

Crazy For Summer Wrap Up - Day 2

Crazy For Summer Wrap Up - Day 2

Day 2 is now done and dusted!!

My Progress:

Books That I Was Reading Today:
Second Chance Summer by Morgan Matson

Pages Read:

Second Chance Summer - 78 pages 

Total - 78 pages

Complete Total - 283 pages

Books Finished:

1/6

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

Crazy For Summer Read-A-Thon - Day 2 (Poetry)

Crazy For Summer Read-A-Thon - Day 2 (Poetry)

Today's the second day of the Crazy For Summer Read-A-Thon and today's challenge is to write a poem in the style of George Ella Lyon to express your feelings and thoughts about reading, blooging and books and how they have affected you in your life. 

I'm not the best with poetry, but I'm giving this challenge a go so here it is!! :)

I am from books, from walker and bloomsbury.

I am from the land like no other, where people live a thousand lives through the eyes of others.

I am from the trees, the breathing pulp that creates the soft, comforting feel of the pages between my fingers. 

I am from reading before bed and turning the lights down low, from dreaming of Will, Karou and Snow.

I am from getting lost in the words and forgetting about reality. 

From 'You have too many books' and 'Don't spend all day reading'.

I am from a complicated relationship, that makes me jump for joy and breaks me into pieces. 

I'm from a different world, a different time, past or future.

From the no more room on my shelves to the having too much room.

I am from a world like no other and one I will never leave. 

And click here for the template that I used also :P      

Thank you!!

Crazy For Summer Wrap Up - Day 1

Crazy For Summer Wrap Up - Day 1

This post is my wrap up for the first day of the Crazy For Summer Read-a-thon and I can tell you that I had a blast!! I had so much fun today, reading my books and with a very eventful twitter chat with Tessa @ Crazy For YA and Adriana @ She's Got Books On Her Mind. It was such a productive chat that we even scheduled a buddy read for Dreams of Gods and Monsters!! So I can finally read this book and finish up this awesome series, it will be sad though :'(

Now down to my progress for Day 1!!

My Progress:

Books That I Was Reading Today:
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
Second Chance Summer by Morgan Matson

Pages Read:

A Court of Thorns and Roses - 126 pages (finished book)

Second Chance Summer - 79 pages 

Total - 205 pages

Books Finished:

1/6

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

Answer To Two Truths and A Lie

Dun, Dun, Dun, my lie was that 'I live in the city.' 

I actually live in a quite remote area out in the countryside with farms and stables as my neighbours and a mountain just a couple miles away, quite a stunning view from my kitchen window actually. 

But yes I actually do have 6 pets, 2 dogs, a cat, a leopard gecko and 2 goldfish and I also don't know how to ride a bike, which may be shameful, but the situation never arised after I left stabilisers :P

Congrats to everyone who got it right!! :)

Crazy For Summer Read-A-Thon Day 1

Crazy For Summer Read-A-Thon Day 1

Today is the day!! It's the start of the Crazy For Summer Read-a-thon and I am extremely excited!! For this read-a-thon I am really pushing to complete my set tbr because I have not done this yet for any read-a-thon that I have participated in so far.

Anyhoo, there are all different challenges each day as well as Twitter chats and overall challenges too, so yay!! excitement ahead.

For Day 1, there are 3 different challenges /  things to do and they are as follows:

1. Get To Know You Questions

1. What is your favourite thing about reading?

I just love reading, as I'm sure you can all guess, and the reason I love reading is to get away in a different world, a different story. I just love the escape and adventure part of reading. 

2. What is your favourite thing about blogging?

My favourite thing about blogging is getting to express myself and talk about what I have a passion for with all of you very passionate people too. 

3. What is your favourite thing about Summer?

Summer, Summer, Summer!! Hmmm my favourite part of Summer would be the vacation mostly :P

4. If you could take a summer vacation anywhere in the world, where would you go??

Honestly, I have this whole list of places I would like to go, it's practically everywhere in the world. But for summer,I wouldn't want to go somewhere too hot. I know, summer is all about the heat but the truth is I'm not a fan of it. After all, I come from Ireland and when the temperature push above 20 degrees it is too hot. So round about answer I would go to Venice or Prague :P

5. What is your favourite book of the year so far?

So far this year I have rated 11 books with full 5 stars and to say which one is my favourite is extremely difficult, too difficult so here are just a few:

- I'll Give You The Sun by Jandy Nelson

- The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender

- More Than This by Patrick Ness

- Since You've Been Gone by Morgan Matson

6. Coke or Pepsi?

Neither I only drink water :P

7. Fantasy or Sci-Fi?

Both!!

8. Hardcovers or Paperbacks?

Paperbacks!! I just love them a lot more. They are cheaper, look great and easier to hold while reading it.

9. Chocolate or Vanilla?

Hmm, this really depends on what you're referring too. For ice-cream it's vanilla cause I hate chocolate ice-cream but for everything else chocolate rules!! :D

10. What is your favourite tv show at the moment?

My favourite tv show right now is Pretty Little Liars!! I started watching it a few days ago on Netflix and have just been hooked since. Currently I'm watching Season 1 Episode 13!!

2. Two Truths and a Lie

This one is simple!! I state three facts about myself and you have to decide, or figure out which one is a lie!!

Here are my facts!!

1. I have 6 pets.

2. I live in the city.

3. I don't know how to cycle a bike. 

3. My Crazy For Summer Read-A-Thon Goals

My goals for Crazy For Summer Read-A-Thon are as follows:

- To finish A Court of Thorns and Roses

- To finish The Luxe series (Rumours, Envy, Splendour)

- To read Second Chance Summer

- To finish The Darkest Powers series (The Reckoning)

This way I get to accomplish some of the set goals for the read-a-thon such as:

- TBR Tackler

- Series Smasher

- Summer Sensation

- Genre Guru 

- Rapid Reader

Read-A-Thons

Read-A-Thons

Hey everyone!! This is a little update on the read-a-thons I ma participating in this month. 

Firstly there is:

1. #Rainbowthon - I is currently Day 3 of #Rainbowthon and well I ain't doing so well. I'm just 100 pages into my first book. But anyhoo here is a picture of the books that I am hoping to read but probably won't get to...

• Red - Rumours by Anna Godbesen
• Orange - A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin
• Yellow - Extraordinary Means by Robyn Schneider
• Green - The Sin Eater's Daughter by Melinda Salisbury
• Blue - Second Chance Summer by Morgan Matson
• Purple - Splendour by Anna Godbersen

2. Crazy For Summer Read-a-thon - This doesn't have any particular books that you have to read so I'll just be reading as a go with this one.

3. #CrushYourTBR - This 24hr read-a-thon, I hope to finish 1 book, whatever that will be I don't know..

You can look out for a full wrap up of all read-a-thons towards the end of the month :)

Are any of you guys participating in any read-a-thons this month?? :) If so, let me  know below!!

Top Ten Tuesday #10

Top Ten Tuesday #10

Top Ten Books On My Summer TBR.

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and The Bookish and consists of them picking a topic each week for us bloggers to list our Top Ten.

Well this post is going to be something like my summer reading plans post, but instead I'm just going to pick 10 books!!




1. Dreams of Gods and Monsters by Laini Taylor
I bought this book on it's release date over a year ago and I just loved the predecessors of this book, so why I haven't read it yet is beyond me, but this summer I will!!

2. The Young Elites by Marie Lu
I absolutely loved Marie's Lu 'Legend' Trilogy and just can't wait to read her new book. This summer, The Young Elites, I promise... 

3. Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas
I read and loved both Throne of Glass and The Assassin's Blade. With me currently reading A Court of Thorns and Roses I hope to read Crown of Midnight this summer too. I can't wait to get back to Celaena. 




4. Empire of Night by Kelley Armstrong
This is the sequel to Sea of Shadows which I absolutely loved last year and I cannot wait to see how it's sequel will compare!!

5. A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin
This may take me the whole summer but damn, I need to get back to this series!! Besides #ASummerOIAF is on too from June to September.

6. The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa
Everyone just loves this book and I want to see why.




7. Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly
This book is actually a re-read because I loved it so much!!

8. Cress by Marissa Meyer
I just received this gorgeous book in the mail the other day so I can definitely read it now during this summer!!

9. Second Chance Summer by Morgan Matson
I adored Since You've Been Gone by Morgan Matson nd just wanted to get my hands on the newly released cover (pictured above) Besides it is Month of Matson!!




10. An Ember In The Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
This book just sounds amazing!! And amazing reviews have been coming through since its release also but I currently do not own this book so I'm going to have to wait and see can I get to this one..

What is on your list??

Personal Project - Defeating My TBR

Personal Project - Defeating My TBR

I have been in a war with my TBR since I became a reader, yes, even before I discovered BookTube or Blogging. So you can imagine how the war is going now. I honestly can't even remember a time when I didn't have a TBR.

But even though I said I am in a war, I really don't want to get rid of my TBR either. I just want it to become manageable. Manageable being having a TBR of a number between 10 and 20 books. That is manageable. For me anyway. Unfortunately I am no where near this number as many of you may know already. 

As of right now, I have 129 books on my TBR. This number has been staying the same for the last year simply because for the amount of books I read, I buy new books and suddenly the number is the same again.

I have really tried many things to cut down on my TBR though. I have went on the dreaded book buying ban (which have all failed miserably), I have sorted out my shelves, I have done challenges to motivate myself to keep reading but no solution seems to be getting my TBR down... (you can keep an eye out for later discussions about tbr's, book buying bans and unhauls in the future). But for now, yup, none of those means have worked.

I have started a new ritual though. It is of sorts a book buying ban but it is more easier for me and more tailored to suit my means. For anyone who read my wrap-up you know what I'm talking about for those of you who haven't, here's what it is:
From phase 1 - 5 for every 3 books I read, I get to buy a book, then from phase 6 - 10 for every 5 books I read I get to buy a book and this continues along until the maximum for every 10 books I read I get to buy a new book.

Therefore if I keep to this schedule by the end of the year my TBR should be 100 books, as I should be able to finish Phase 10 by the end of he year.

It'll be nowhere near my goal of between 10 and 20 but it would be a massive improvement on how things are currently.

So that is it for this post, and look out for future posts and updates either in my wrap ups or in an individual post of it's own. (I haven't decided yet...)

Top Ten Tuesday #9

Top Ten Tuesday #9

Top Ten Most Anticipated Releases For The Rest of 2015.

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and The Bookish and consists of them picking a topic each week for us bloggers to list our Top Ten.

2015 is a great year for book releases!! In the beginning it was marvelous and the last end of the year is going to be even better. So let's get this list started:




1. Extraordinary Means by Robyn Schneider
2. The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly by Stephanie Oakes
3. The Dead House by Dawn Kurtagich



4. Legacy of Kings by Eleanor Herman
5. Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
6. Walk On Earth A Stranger by Rae Carson



7. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
8. The Rest Of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness
9. Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff



10. Soundless by Richelle Mead

And that's a wrap!! What are your most anticipated reads for the rest of the year??