The Sweet Summer Read-A-Thon: Official Sign-Up, Goals, and TBR (June 9-15)

I was looking through the posts for the blogs that I follow via Bloglovin' and I just saw that there is another read-a-thon that is running next week.  Since I am already planning on doing the Crazy for Young Adult Books read-a-thon (Goodreads page that I am a part of), I have decided to do these two read-a-thons consecutively.  The Crazy for Young Adult Books read-a-thon does not have many rules, but has the point system that I talked about previously, so I do no think that it will be difficult to participate in both read-a-thons.

The Sweet Summer Read-A-Thon is hosted by The Book Tower.  The official post about the read-a-thon is here.  Below is a list of the optional challenges:

• Read a summer themed book
• Listen to an audio book
• Read an average of 200 pages a day

 There are also daily challenges:

• Monday 9th - If you'd like to host a challenge here, please email thebooktower92@gmail.com
• Tuesday 10th - Rainbow Spines hosted by The Rainbow Bookshelf
• Wednesday 11th - If you'd like to host a challenge here, please email thebooktower92@gmail.com
• Thursday 12th- Summer Reads hosted by Bottles and Book Reviews
• Friday 13th - Bookspine Poetry hosted by Social Bookshelves
• Saturday 14th Something Old, Something New hosted by Beth at the Coffee House
• Sunday 15th - Host Created by  ?? (Coming Soon) 

There are not any specific rules except to read as much as you can.  The read-a-thon starts at midnight in whatever time zone that you are in.  I hope that you will also join in with this read-a-thon.

My goals for this read-a-thon will be similar to the Crazy for Young Adult Books read-a-thon with a few additions.  Here are my goals:

• Read 2100 pages
• Read 3oo pages a day (completing the optional challenge)
• Post daily update posts during the read-a-thon
• Post a wrap-up post after the read-a-thon 
• Finish The Scorch Trials audiobook (completing the optional challenge?)
• Participate in the daily challenges for this read-a-thon

My TBR list can be found on Goodreads (as it may change throughout the week).  Currently, here is my TBR.  I may not read all of the books on this list and I may grab some other books too.

• Matched by Ally Condie
• Unsouled by Neal Shusterman
• The Program by Suzanne Young
• These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman
• Proxy by Alex London
• The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
• Scarlet by Marissa Meyer
• Fields of Elysium by A.B. Whelan 
• The Dragon Carnivale by Heidi Garrett
• Death Notes Volume 2
• Inuyasha Volume 2 
• The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

Have you read any of these books?  What did you think of them?  What summer-themed book should I read for the optional challenge?  Are you participating in any read-a-thons this summer?  If so, which ones?  I would love to hear from you in the comments below.