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Bout of Books Read-a-thon 10.0 update 5!

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The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized 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 12th and runs through Sunday, May 18th 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 10 information and updates, be sure to visit the  Bout of Books   blog.  - From the Bout of Books team Now on to what I read on Friday! :)  Friday, 5/16 Books I've Read today: 1 ~ The Liberator by Victoria Scott Books I've finished today: 0 Editions I read the books in: on a Kindle Pages I've read today: I read more than half from The Liberator (around 250 pages (the book has 352 pages.) Pages in total that I've read this week: 1714 Pages Time I spe

Bout of Books Read-a-thon 10.0 update 4!

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The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized 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 12th and runs through Sunday, May 18th 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 10 information and updates, be sure to visit the  Bout of Books   blog.  - From the Bout of Books team Hey everyone!, I didn't do an update on Thursday and Friday because I was so busy reading haha, and I wanted to do both updates today ( not in the same post though)  This is what I read on Thursday:  Thursday, 5/15 Books I've Read today: 2 ~ Half' Blood by Jennifer. L Armentrout, and The Collector by Victoria Scott. Books I've finished today: 2 Editions

Bout of books 10.0: Spell it out Challenge

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The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized 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 12th and runs through Sunday, May 18th 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 10 information and updates, be sure to visit the  Bout of Books   blog.  - From the Bout of Books team Today I am going to do the Spell it out challenge that is held on Kimberlyfaye Reads blog  Use the first letter in any book you’ve read or want to read to spell out a word. You can choose first name, initials, your birthday month, or your zodiac sign. I went through my bookshelf and I tried to spell out my full name but I only had one book that started with E so I couldn

Bout of Books Read-a-thon 10.0 update 3!

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The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized 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 12th and runs through Sunday, May 18th 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 10 information and updates, be sure to visit the  Bout of Books   blog.  - From the Bout of Books team Hey everyone today is Thursday as you may know and I wanted to do my update for Wednesday since I didn't do it yesterday because I spent all night reading and just decided to do it today instead. Yesterday I didn't read as much as I wanted to so I wasn't that happy with myself, but I did read a little so at least it wasn't nothing. Wednesday, 5/14 Books I'

Waiting on Wednesday: Talon by Julie Kagawa

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"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill from Breaking the Spine , that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. Book Title: Talon (Talon #1) Author: Julie Kagawa Expected Publication: October 28th 2014 by Harlequin Teen Hardcover has: 400 pages Synopsis:   Long ago, dragons were hunted to near extinction by the Order of St. George, a legendary society of dragon slayers. Hiding in human form and growing their numbers in secret, the dragons of Talon have become strong and cunning, and they're positioned to take over the world with humans none the wiser. Ember and Dante Hill are the only sister and brother known to dragonkind. Trained to infiltrate society, Ember wants to live the teen experience and enjoy a summer of freedom before taking her destined place in Talon. But destiny is a matter of perspective, and a rogue dragon will soon challenge everything Ember has been taught. As Ember struggles to accept h

Bout of Books Read-a-thon 10.0 update 2!

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The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized 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 12th and runs through Sunday, May 18th 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 10 information and updates, be sure to visit the  Bout of Books   blog.  - From the Bout of Books team Well, It's the end of day two and I wanted to do my update for today. Tueday, 5/13 Books I've Read today: 1 Book: Onyx by Jennifer. L Armentrout ~ Lux #2 Books I've finished today: 1 Editions I read the books in:   Onyx on a Kindle Pages I've read today: 416 pages Pages in total(counting today and yesterday): 723 Pages Time I spent reading: around 7 hou

Bout of books 10.0: Books You're Looking Forward to Challenge

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Today's challenge is all about books you are looking forward to reading this summer, so I have to make a list of the 10 books I am most looking forward to reading this summer. 1. Take me on by Katie Mcgarry ~ Pushing the Limits #4 2. Since you've been gone by Morgan Matson 3. Amy and Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson 4. To all the boys I've loved before by Jenny Han ~ To all the boys I've loved before #1 5. Open Road Summer by Emery Lord 6. Faking it by Cora Carmack ~ Losing it #2 7. All lined up by Cora Carmack ~ Rusk University #1 8. Rebel Belle by Rachel Hawkins ~ Rebel Belle #1 9. Side effects may vary by Julie Murphy 10. Biggest flirts by Jennifer Echols ~ Superlatives #1 So those are all 10 books I am most looking forward to reading this summer. How about you ? What are you looking forward to reading this summer ? (you don't have to mention 10 books haha)

Bout of Books Read-a-thon 10.0 update 1!

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The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized 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 12th and runs through Sunday, May 18th 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 10 information and updates, be sure to visit the  Bout of Books   blog.  - From the Bout of Books team Since it's the end of the day I wanted to do an update on what and how much I read. Right now it's 23:25 here in Norway and for me today was a very productive day, I managed to start and finish a book, read a little from another book and I am about to start another. Monday, 5/12  Books I've Read today: Today I was reading 3 books ~ Obsidian, Onyx, and Cinder. Boo

Bout of Books Challenge 1: If you like X, try Y

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All you have to do is give one or more recommendations based on the formula "If you like ____, try ___." The specifics are entirely up to you . You can give a recommendation based on an entire genre, an author, a title, a random subject, whatever! I am going to go with Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles, so if you like/love that book these are the books I recommend to you: 1. Pushing the Limits by Katie Mcgarry ~ Book 1 in the Pushing the limits series. 2. Dare you to by Katiee Mcgarry ~ Book nr 2 in the Pushing the limits series. 3. Crash into you by Katie Mcgarry ~ Book nr 3 in the Pushing the limits series. (My favorite out of the three that are out.) So those were my recommendations I hope you liked them and I hope you check them out.

Bout of Books read-a-thon

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The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized 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 12th and runs through Sunday, May 18th 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 10 information and updates, be sure to visit the  Bout of Books   blog.  - From the Bout of Books team Hi everyone! This month I decided to join the Bout of books read-a-thon, I've never been in a read-a-thon and I wanted to try it, it seems fun! haha. I have started reading Cinder by Marissa Meyer and Obsidian by Jennifer l. Armentrout, I am very excited to read these books and hopefully everything will go well! I plan on reading: (If I finish a book during this read-a-tho

Beers, Hens and Irishmen by Meghan Quinn - Book Review

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Book Title: Beers, Hens and Irishmen (Warblers Point #1) Author: Meghan Quinn Pages: 264 Synopsis: Fiona O’Leary wants nothing more than to flee away from the small town she grew up in, her three extremely over protective brothers, and her Irish parents. But leaving Warblers Point is not that simple, especially when she is the bar maid at the local pub she owns with her three brothers. After a two year relationship with local Irishman, Murphy Ryan, sharing nothing but each other’s beds, she realizes she wants more out of a relationship besides sex. But somehow she keeps winding up in his arms wishing she could break away but finds the task impossible when her family is head over heels in love of the idea of Murphy and Fiona together. Booker Hall, world re-known director, finds himself living an empty and unfulfilled life. The people around him are fake, narcissistic and only care about his money. In an act of desperation he decides to enlist his sister for some h

Top 10 Favorite songs (May 2014)

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Hey everyone!, I was slacking a lot in the music department on my blog so I decided to start doing top 10 favorite songs again every month and this month my special guest Claire from BooksWithClaire will be joining me so I will tell my top 5 and she will tell her top 5 favorite songs. Photo not made by me My top 5 songs this month are: ( lol this month I loved 1D wayy too much haha, I just really love their new songs) 1. Little Black Dress - One Direction 2. Diana - One Direction 3. You&I - One Direction 4. Give me love - Ed Sheeran 5. Sweater Weather - The Neighbourhood And Claire's top 5 are:  1 Bastille - Oblivion 2. London grammar - Waiting my young years 3.Muse - Map of the problematique 4. Poliça - Dark star 5. Daughter - Amsterdam  So those are our top favorite songs that we have on repeat this month, I know I've been listening to 1D songs over and over this month (and this past year lol) What about you guys ? What have you been listening

Waiting on Wednesday: The retribution of Mara Dyer

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"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill from Breaking the Spine , that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. Book title: The Retribution of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer #3) Author: Michelle Hodkin Expected Publication: November 4th 2014 Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15768409-the-retribution-of-mara-dyer Synopsis: It had to end sometime, but Mara had no idea it would end like this. Experience the mind-blowing conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Mara Dyer trilogy. Loyalties are betrayed, guilt and innocence tangle, and fate and chance collide in this shocking conclusion to Mara Dyer’s story. What I think: So far I've only read the first book and I wanted to read the second book right away because I did really like the first book, but then I was spoiled by what was going to happen at the end of the second book so I decided to wait to read it until the third and last book came out, that