Sweet Summer, Crazy for YA Books, and Library Books Readathons: Day 5 Wrap-up (Friday, June 13)

Reading Completed

Today I was able to read 609 pages.  I exceeded my goal of 300 pages.  Here is what I read:

• Finished Rose (Bone # 0) by Jeff Smith (read 115 pages, total pages=136)
• Started and DNF Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol (read 86/221 pages)
• Continued Everfound by Neal Shusterman (read 59 pages, total 170/500)
• Finished Beautiful Creatures: The Manga by Kami Garcia (manga, 238 pages)

Thoughts

I enjoyed Rose, but not as much as I enjoyed the first book in the Bone graphic novel series.  The ending was good, but the rest was a little slow.  It was nice learning more about Rose's past.  I gave this book a 3.5/5 stars.  Review will be coming soon.

I started Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol.  I enjoyed the interactions that Anya had with the ghost, but there were too many sexual references and foul language.  I DNF this book.

I liked  Beautiful Creatures: The Manga, but it was not my favorite graphic novel.  I gave this book a 3.5/5 star rating.

Sweet Summer, Crazy for YA Books, Library Books Readathons: Day 4 Wrap Up (Thursday, June 13)

Reading Completed

Today I was able to read 429 pages.  I exceeded my goal of 300 pages.  Here is what I read:

• Started and finished Chaos by Ted Dekker (graphic novel based on the book, 144 pages)
• Started and finished White by Ted Dekker (graphic novel based on the book, 132 pages)
• Started and finished Red by Ted Dekker (graphic novel based on the book, 132 pages)
• Started Rose (Bone series #0) by Jeff Smith (graphic novel, 21/136 pages read)

Thoughts

I finished all of the Ted Dekker graphic novels that I had gotten from my library.  I gave Chaos and Red a 4/5 and White a 4.5/5 stars.  A series review will be coming soon.

I started the prequel to the Bone series.  It is great so far.

Book Review: Ice Dogs by Terry Lynn Johnson

Book Title: Ice Dogs

Author: Terry Lynn Johnson

Publish Date: February 4, 2014

Genre: Young Adult, Survival

Plot (from Goodreads):  

Victoria Secord, a 14-year-old Alaskan dogsled racer, loses her way on a routine outing with her dogs. With food gone and temperatures dropping, her survival, and that of her dogs and the mysterious boy she meets in the woods, is entirely up to her.

Author Terry Lynn Johnson is a musher herself and her crackling writing puts readers at the reins as Victoria and Chris experience setbacks, mistakes, and small triumphs in their wilderness adventure.

Why I Read this Book: I saw this book in the new release section of my library and I thought it looked really interesting.  I have been interested in reading realistic survival stories lately.

 

Review 

This is a great survival story!  The author owns her own sled dog team, so this story seems really accurate to real life situations.  The adventure and the risk of surviving seemed real and kept me reading.  I needed to know what happened to Vicky and if they survived.

I feel in love not only with the human characters in this book, but also with the sled dogs.  I loved the writing style.  This book is marketed as a Children's Fiction novel, but it is written with elevated language and I feel it is more suited to a Young Adult audience.

I think this book would be great for fans of the Hatchet series by Gary Paulsen.  Although I have not read this book in a really long time, Ice Dogs reminds me of this novel.

 

Final Statements

Recommended Reading Age: 16+ for some sexual inuendos

Overall Rating: 4.5/5

Sweet Summer, Crazy for YA Books, and Library Books Readathons: Day 3 Updates (Wednesday, June 11)

Reading Completed

Today I was able to read 1288 pages.  I exceeded my goal of 300 pages.  Here is what I read:

• Started and finished Friends with Boys by Faith Erin Hicks (graphic novel, 220 pages)
• Continued Scorch Trials audiobook by James Dashner (1 hour ~ 12%, total of 51% read)
• Continued Everfound by Neal Shusterman (read 72 pages, total read 110/500)
• Started and finished Cross Game 1 (Vol. 1-3) by Mitsuru Adachi (graphic novel, 572 pages)
• Started and finished Chosen by Ted Dekker (graphic novel based off of the book, 136 pages)
• Started and finished Infidel by Ted Dekker (graphic novel based off of the book, 144 pages)
• Started and finished Renegade by Ted Dekker (graphic novel based off of the book, 144 pages)

Thoughts

Friends with Boys was a great graphic novel!  It was about a girl who had always been home-schooled who was going to her first day of high school.  She was trying to find a way to fit in and also trying to find friends.  She had never had an friends outside of her family.  I gave this book a 4.5/5 because it had some foul language.  Full review will be coming soon.

I am continuing the audiobook of The Scorch Trial and I am enjoying it, but this is not my favorite series.  I am curious to see what will happen.  I am also continuing Everfound.  So far this is a great concluding book to the series.

Cross Game 1 was a good graphic novel that included the first three volumes in the series.  I really want to continue the series, but my library does not have the next volumes.  I gave this book a 3.5/5 star rating.  Full review will be coming soon.

I finished the first three graphic novels in the Lost Books series.  These books are based off of novels by Ted Dekker.  This books were great, although they did not follow the novels perfectly.  I hope to finish the last in this graphic novel series tomorrow (probably directly after this post goes up).  I gave each of these books a 4.5/5 star rating.

Book Review: Relentless by Dave Donaldson

Book Title: Relentless

Author: Dave Donaldson

Publish Date: March 7, 2013

Genre: Christian Nonfiction

Synopsis (from Goodreads):  

Relentless takes an honest look at some of the tragic problems many people face who are struggling against the odds and fighting a losing battle. But bigger than all these problems are the hearts and desires of the relentless individuals who are joining forces with others and allowing God to do something great in and through them. Do you feel a movement of hope gaining force all around you, drawing you toward making the world a better, safer, healthier, and hope-filled place? Then you may be part of the relentless: people who never of helping the needy because they believe in, and live from, the apostle Paul's words. "We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down but not destroyed" (2 Corinthians 4:8-9).

Why I Read this Book: I was given an electronic copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This in no way influenced my review.

 

Review 

I enjoyed the overall message of this book: As Christians, we need to reach out and help others.  There were some things that really bothered me about this book.  I felt like the book was relying on the guilt factor in order to get you to help others.  I also felt like the book was a promotional for certain organizations, mainly Convoy for Hope which the author founded.

I really enjoyed some of the messages in this book.  For instance, it showed how Jesus looked at others with compassion and how we should do the same.

I also enjoyed the personal testimonies and the other stories that were told in the book in order to evoke emotions from the reader and to show why the author was moved to serve.

Overall, I found the book depressing as it talked about all the people who are suffering around the world.  It has always been one of my strongest desires to help others and it hurts to see others suffering.  I do feel led to serve others, but I do not think that this book approached this topic in the best way. I feel like the book Thrive by Mark Hall approached this topic a lot better than this book did.

If you are looking for organizations that serve others and want to know more about these organizations, than I think this would be a good book for you.  Personally, this book did not live up to my expectations.

 

Final Statements

Recommended Reading Age: Any Age

Overall Rating: 3/5

Sweet Summer Readathon: Day 3 Daily Spell It Out Challenge

Today, Hannah from The Book Tower is hosting the Spell It Out challenge for the Sweet Summer Readathon.  The rules are simple; spell out your name or the name of your blog using book titles.  I chose to spell out my name with books that I am looking forward to reading.  Some of these are on my readathon TBR.

Jesus Is by Judah Smith
Everfound by Neal Shusterman
Scarlet by Marissa Meyer
Summerhill Secrets (Volume 1) by Beverly Lewis
Insurgent
Cross Game 1 (Vol 1-3) by Mitsuru Adachi
Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld

Sweet Summer, Crazy for YA Books, and Library Readathon: Day 2 Updates (Tuesday, June 10)

Today, along with reading.  I also participated in rainbow spines challenge as part of the Sweet Summer Readathon.

Reading Completed

Today I was able to read 408 pages.  I exceeded my goal of 300 pages.  Here is what I read:

• Started and completed Death Note, Vol. 1 (graphic novel, 195 pages)
• Continued The Scorch Trials audiobook by James Dashner (34 minutes, 6%, total of 39% complete)
• Finished Once Upon a Curse by E.D. Baker (pages 69-244)
• Started Everfound by Neal Shusterman (YA novel, pages 1-38)

Thoughts

Death Note. volume 1 was a reread for me.  I originally read it last summer.  I have seen the anime series and I want to read all of the manga novels.  I reread the first volume in preparation to reading the rest of the series.  I enjoyed this volume even though this is a dark series.  I love the psychological aspects of the book.  This series keeps you on your toes. 

I continued The Scorch Trials.  I actually had to re-listen to some of it that I had listened to before because I had forgotten what had happened.  I am only 39% finished with the book, but it is good so far so I hope to continue more on this tomorrow.

I finished Once Upon a Curse by E.D. Baker which is a middle-grade fantasy novel about a 15 year old princess witch that has a curse put on her family.  She seeks for a way for the curse to be removed.  This book was really good.  This is actually the third in a series of which I have not read the first two books, but it was really easy to follow.  I gave this book a 4/5 stars and I will be writing a full review of this book soon. 

I started Everfound (Skinjacker #3).  This is a great book so far, although I have forgotten some things that happened in the second novel in this series.  This book is 500 pages so hopefully I will finish it tomorrow, but I am not sure if I will be able to read that much in one day.

Children's Book Review Tuesdays: Two Picture Books

Book Title: Are You Sleeping Little One?

Author:  Hans-Christian Schmidt and Cynthia Vance

Publish Date: August 14, 2012

 Why I Read this Book: I received a free copy of this book for review purposes from NetGalley.  This in no way influenced my review.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Review

This is a cute book about animals and how they sleep.  This would be a great bedtime story.  It is both educational and fun!  It has great illustrations.

Final Statements

Recommended Reading Age: Any Age

Overall Rating: 5/5


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Book Title: Monsters, Monsters Everywhere!

Author:  Shawn Shields

Publish Date: May 6, 2014

 Why I Read this Book: I received a free copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.  This in no way influenced my review.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Review

This is a cute book with gorgeous illustrations!  There is not much of a storyline or a theme, but it would be great for young children.  This book is optimized for iBooks and can be found here.  I do not own any Apple products other than an ancient iPod, so I was unable to enjoy the enhanced features, but the book alone was well worth it!  The book is currently free on iTunes.

Final Statements

Recommended Reading Age: Any Age

Overall Rating: 4/5

Sweet Summer Readathon: Day 2 Rainbow Spines Challenge (Tuesday June 10)

Today's daily challenge for the Sweet Summer Readathon was the Rainbow Bookshelf Challenge.  The host for this challenge is Sof from The Rainbow Bookshelf.  Here are the rules:

1. Stack up your books in the following order according to the spine color.

• Black
• Purple or Violet
• Blue
• Green
• Yellow
• Orange
• Red
• White

2. Take a picture. It can be as creative as you want.

3. Add your link to the link-up to the host's post.

Sweet Summer, Crazy for YA Books, and Library Book Readathons: Day 1 Wrap-Up (Monday, June 9)

I am participating in three readathons this week.  I have completed a good amount of reading today.  I was in the mood for some graphic novels, so this consisted of most of my reading.  I earned 8 points for the Crazy for Young Adult Books readathon.  I also completed a challenge (that I hosted) for the Sweet Summer Readathon.  You can find that challenge here.  I did not listen to any of the The Scorch Trial audiobook (for the Sweet Summer Readathon optional challenge) but I hope to listen to some of that tomorrow.  Below are the details of what I read and my thoughts.  To see how what I read applies to each of the readathons, please see my updates post here.

Reading Completed:

Today, I read a total of 411 pages.  I surpassed my goal of 300 pages.  Here is what I read: 

• Read 18 pages of the first volume of Fables by Willingham and DNF due to adult situations and some foul language 
• Started and finished Bone: Out from Boneville (graphic novel, 142 pages) 
• Started and finished Harry Potty and the Deathly Boring (graphic novel,  64 pages)
• Started and finished Black, Graphic Novel version, by Ted Dekker (graphic novel based on a book, 
• Started Once Upon a Curse by E.D. Baker (children's novel, 69 pages read)

Today's Thoughts:

I began reading Fables because I was interested in the premise: characters from the fairy tales that we all know and love reimagined and fighting crime.  Sounds awesome right?  I found that this first volume just was not for me.  I do not like reading books with adult content or even references to it.  I also do not like foul language and so this series was just not for me and I decided to DNF the series.

I next grabbed the first book in the Bone graphic novel series.  I loved this first volume.  The humor that is child friendly was wonderfully placed and made me chuckle.  The story was also very well written.  I gave this graphic novel a 5/5 stars and I will discuss it more in an upcoming review.  I do plan on continuing this series.

I then went to the library to return some books and pick up a few I had on hold.  I decided that I was really in the mood for graphic novels right now.  On an impulse, I picked up Harry Potter and the Deathly Boring, a graphic novel parody of the Harry Potter series.  I loved the Harry Potter series and I was in the mood for some humor.  This story really disappointed me.  The book's language and humor seemed to be written for a younger audience, but the foul language suggested that it was written for a YA audience.  Some of the jokes were funny, but most were dry.  I gave this book a 1.5/5 stars and I will not be writing a review on this graphic novel.

While at the library, I also saw some graphic novels that are based off of books by one of my favorite Christian Fiction authors, Ted Dekker.  I have been wanting to read them for a while, so I picked up the entire Circle graphic novel series (3 books) and the Lost Books graphic novel series (4 books).  They are each around 150 pages or less.  I hope to read most of them this week.  Today, I read the first of the Circle graphic novel series, Black.  I loved this book.  It has great illustrations and the writing sticks to the feel and the storyline of the original novels.  I gave this book a 5/5 stars and will talk about it more in my upcoming review.

Finally, I read some of a middle grade fairy tale story, Once Upon a Curse by E.D. Banks.  So far, I am enjoying this book.  I also got this by impulse at the library without realizing that it is the third in a series.  So far it has been easy to pick up what is happening in the book, so I think I will continue reading it even though I have not read the first two books in the series.

Sweet Summer Readathon Daily Challenge: Share Your Shelves

I am excited to be hosting the Share Your Shelves challenge for the Sweet Summer Readathon.  The task is simple.  Take a photo (or photos) of your shelves and post them either on your blog, in the comments of this blog, or on twitter.  If using twitter, don't forget to use the hashtag, #sweetsummer.

Here are some of my shelves.  I have decided to show you the shelf that I use for books that I have gotten from the library and the shelf that has a lot of my adult and YA books (with some children's fiction).

Library Books Shelf.  The books on top are my box collections.

Top shelf is Christian.  Middle shelf is mostly non-Christian adult novels with some YA and some childrens books.  The bottom shelf is all YA.

Hope to see your shelves soon!

Book Review: The Summer I Became a Nerd

Book Title: The Summer I Became a Nerd

Author: Leah Rae Miller

Publish Date: May 7, 2013

Genre: Young Adult Contemporary

Plot (from Goodreads):  

On the outside, seventeen-year-old Madelyne Summers looks like your typical blond cheerleader—perky, popular, and dating the star quarterback. But inside, Maddie spends more time agonizing over what will happen in the next issue of her favorite comic book than planning pep rallies with her squad. That she’s a nerd hiding in a popular girl's body isn’t just unknown, it's anti-known. And she needs to keep it that way.

Summer is the only time Maddie lets her real self out to play, but when she slips up and the adorkable guy behind the local comic shop’s counter uncovers her secret, she’s busted. Before she can shake a pom-pom, Maddie’s whisked into Logan’s world of comic conventions, live-action role-playing, and first-person-shooter video games. And she loves it. But the more she denies who she really is, the deeper her lies become…and the more she risks losing Logan forever.

Why I Read this Book: I read this book last summer.  I checked it out from my local library.

 

Review

I read this book last summer, so I do not really remember all of the details, but it has left a lasting impression on me.  I like reading some  clean contemporary novels, but a lot of them seem too girly for my tomboy self.  This book was perfect.  It was filled with all the typical YA contemporary romance, but it also has an extremely nerdy aspect that I could relate to.  In short, this was an amazing book. The characters are so well developed and it is not the typical cliche teenage love novel. I loved all the characters, especially Logan. I believe this is a good novel both for nerds and non-nerds alike.

 

Final Statements

Recommended Reading Age: Any Age (clean from my memory)

Overall Rating: 5/5

Sweet Summer, Crazy for Young Adult Books, and Library Books Readathons: Goals and Updates

Today is the start of the Sweet Summer Readathon, the Crazy for Young Adult Books Readathon, and the Library Books Readathon.  Here is a combined list of my goals.  Also, my daily updates will be at the end of this post and will also be in individual daily posts.  For an updated TBR (it may change throughout the week) please see this link.  For information regarding each readathon, please see my signup posts (posted last weekend) or follow the links above.

Goals

• Read 2100 pages
• Read 3oo pages a day (completing the optional challenge for the Sweet Summer Readathon)
• Post daily update posts during the read-a-thon
• Post a wrap-up post after the read-a-thon 
• Finish The Scorch Trials audiobook (somewhat completing the optional challenge for the Sweet Summer Readathon)
• Participate in the daily challenges for the Sweet Summer Readathon
• Read a book set in the summer for the Sweet Summer Readathon optional challenge
• Read as many library books as I can for the Library Books Readathon

 

Daily Updates

Monday

Number of novels started: 1
Number of novels completed: 0
Number of novels DNF: 0
Number of graphic novels started: 4
Number of graphic novels completed: 3
Number of graphic novels DNF: 1
Number of minutes of Audiobook: 0 :(
Pages read: 411
Challenges completed: 1 (Share Your Shelves)

Books: 

• Read 18 pages of the first volume of Fables by Willingham and DNF due to adult situations and some foul language 
• Started and finished Bone: Out from Boneville (graphic novel, 142 pages) 
• Started and finished Harry Potty and the Deathly Boring (graphic novel,  64 pages)
• Started and finished Black, Graphic Novel version, by Ted Dekker (graphic novel based on a book, 136 pages)
• Started Once Upon a Curse by E.D. Baker (children's novel, 69 pages read)

Tuesday

Number of novels started: 1
Number of novels completed: 1
Number of novels DNF: 0
Number of graphic novels started:1
Number of graphic novels completed: 1
Number of graphic novels DNF: 0
Number of minutes of Audiobook: 34
Pages read: 408
Challenges completed: 1 (Rainbow Spines)

Books:  

• Started and completed Death Note, Vol. 1 (graphic novel, 195 pages) 
• Continued The Scorch Trials audiobook by James Dashner (34 minutes, 6%, total of 39% complete) 
• Finished Once Upon a Curse by E.D. Baker (pages 69-244)
• Started Everfound by Neal Shusterman (YA novel, pages read 38/500)

Wednesday

Number of novels started:0
Number of novels completed: 0
Number of novels DNF: 0
Number of graphic novels started: 5
Number of graphic novels completed: 5
Number of graphic novels DNF: 0
Number of minutes of Audiobook: 60
Pages read: 1288
Challenges completed: 1 (Spell It Out)

Books: 

• Started and finished Friends with Boys by Faith Erin Hicks (graphic novel, 220 pages)
• Continued Scorch Trials audiobook by James Dashner (1 hour ~ 12%, total of 51% read)
• Continued Everfound by Neal Shusterman (read 72 pages, total read 110/500)
• Started and finished Cross Game 1 (Vol. 1-3) by Mitsuru Adachi (graphic novel, 572 pages)
• Started and finished Chosen by Ted Dekker (graphic novel based off of the book, 136 pages)
• Started and finished Infidel by Ted Dekker (graphic novel based off of the book, 144 pages)
• Started and finished Renegade by Ted Dekker (graphic novel based off of the book, 144 pages)

Thursday

Number of novels started:0
Number of novels completed: 0
Number of novels DNF: 0
Number of graphic novels started: 4
Number of graphic novels completed: 3
Number of graphic novels DNF: 0
Number of minutes of Audiobook: 0
Pages read: 429
Challenges completed: 0

Books:  

• Started and finished Chaos by Ted Dekker (graphic novel based on the book, 144 pages)

• Started and finished White by Ted Dekker (graphic novel based on the book, 132 pages)
• Started and finished Red by Ted Dekker (graphic novel based on the book, 132 pages)
• Started Rose (Bone series #0) by Jeff Smith (graphic novel, 21/136 pages read)

Friday


Saturday

 
Sunday 

 

Weekly Totals

Since I am doing three readathons this week, I have broken up this section to show the overall progress and the progress for each individual readathon. 

Overall Progress

Number of novels started: 2
Number of novels completed: 1
Number of novels DNF: 0
Number of graphic novels started:14
Number of graphic novels completed: 12
Number of graphic novels DNF: 1
Number of minutes of Audiobook: 94
Pages read: 2538
Challenges completed: 3 (Share Your Shelves, Rainbow Spines and Spell It Out)

Books: 

• Read 18 pages of the first volume of Fables by Willingham and DNF due to adult situations and some foul language 
• Started and finished Bone: Out from Boneville (graphic novel, 142 pages) 
• Started and finished Harry Potty and the Deathly Boring (graphic novel,  64 pages)
• Started and finished Black, Graphic Novel version, by Ted Dekker (graphic novel based on a book, 136 pages)
• Started and finished Death Note, Vol. 1 (graphic novel, 195 pages) 
• Finished Once Upon a Curse by E.D. Baker (middle grade novel, 244 pages)
• Started Everfound by Neal Shusterman (YA novel, pages read 110/500) 
• Started and finished Friends with Boys by Faith Erin Hicks (graphic novel, 220 pages) 
• Continued Scorch Trials audiobook by James Dashner (1 hour and 34 minutes ~ 18%, total of 51% read) 
• Started and finished Cross Game 1 (Vol. 1-3) by Mitsuru Adachi (graphic novel, 572 pages) 
• Started and finished Chosen by Ted Dekker (graphic novel based off of the book, 136 pages) 
• Started and finished Infidel by Ted Dekker (graphic novel based off of the book, 144 pages) 
• Started and finished Renegade by Ted Dekker (graphic novel based off of the book, 144 pages) 
• Started and finished Chaos by Ted Dekker (graphic novel based on the book, 144 pages)
• Started and finished White by Ted Dekker (graphic novel based on the book, 132 pages)
• Started and finished Red by Ted Dekker (graphic novel based on the book, 132 pages)
• Started Rose (Bone series #0) by Jeff Smith (graphic novel, 21/136 pages read)

Sweet Summer Readathon

Anything counts for this readathon.  There is an optional goal regarding an audiobook and also one regarding a book set in the summer.

Number of novels started: 2
Number of novels completed: 1
Number of novels DNF: 0
Number of graphic novels started:14
Number of graphic novels completed: 12
Number of graphic novels DNF: 1
Number of minutes of Audiobook: 94
Pages read: 2538
Challenges completed: 3 (Share Your Shelves, Rainbow Spines and Spell It Out)

Books: 

• Read 18 pages of the first volume of Fables by Willingham and DNF due to adult situations and some foul language 
• Started and finished Bone: Out from Boneville (graphic novel, 142 pages) 
• Started and finished Harry Potty and the Deathly Boring (graphic novel,  64 pages)
• Started and finished Black, Graphic Novel version, by Ted Dekker (graphic novel based on a book, 136 pages)
• Started and finished Death Note, Vol. 1 (graphic novel, 195 pages) 
• Finished Once Upon a Curse by E.D. Baker (middle grade novel, 244 pages)
• Started Everfound by Neal Shusterman (YA novel, pages read 110/500) 
• Started and finished Friends with Boys by Faith Erin Hicks (graphic novel, 220 pages) 
• Continued Scorch Trials audiobook by James Dashner (1 hour and 34 minutes ~ 18%, total of 51% read) 
• Started and finished Cross Game 1 (Vol. 1-3) by Mitsuru Adachi (graphic novel, 572 pages) 
• Started and finished Chosen by Ted Dekker (graphic novel based off of the book, 136 pages) 
• Started and finished Infidel by Ted Dekker (graphic novel based off of the book, 144 pages) 
• Started and finished Renegade by Ted Dekker (graphic novel based off of the book, 144 pages) 
• Started and finished Chaos by Ted Dekker (graphic novel based on the book, 144 pages)
• Started and finished White by Ted Dekker (graphic novel based on the book, 132 pages)
• Started and finished Red by Ted Dekker (graphic novel based on the book, 132 pages)
• Started Rose (Bone series #0) by Jeff Smith (graphic novel, 21/136 pages read)

 

Crazy for Young Adults Readathon 

The audiobook that I am listening to does not count for this readathon because I started it before the readathon began.  Only books started during the readathon gain points for this readathon.  This readathon assigns points for each book read in order to have a competition aspect to the readathon.  For more information on this, please see the official guidelines.


Points Earned: 37
Number of novels started: 2 Number of novels completed: 1
Number of novels DNF: 0
Number of graphic novels started:14
Number of graphic novels completed: 12
Number of graphic novels DNF: 1
Pages read: 2538

Books: 

• Read 18 pages of the first volume of Fables by Willingham and DNF due to adult situations and some foul language 
• Started and finished Bone: Out from Boneville (graphic novel, 142 pages) 
• Started and finished Harry Potty and the Deathly Boring (graphic novel,  64 pages)
• Started and finished Black, Graphic Novel version, by Ted Dekker (graphic novel based on a book, 136 pages)
• Started and finished Death Note, Vol. 1 (graphic novel, 195 pages) 
• Finished Once Upon a Curse by E.D. Baker (middle grade novel, 244 pages)
• Started Everfound by Neal Shusterman (YA novel, pages read 110/500) 
• Started and finished Friends with Boys by Faith Erin Hicks (graphic novel, 220 pages) 
• Continued Scorch Trials audiobook by James Dashner (1 hour and 34 minutes ~ 18%, total of 51% read) 
• Started and finished Cross Game 1 (Vol. 1-3) by Mitsuru Adachi (graphic novel, 572 pages) 
• Started and finished Chosen by Ted Dekker (graphic novel based off of the book, 136 pages) 
• Started and finished Infidel by Ted Dekker (graphic novel based off of the book, 144 pages) 
• Started and finished Renegade by Ted Dekker (graphic novel based off of the book, 144 pages) 
• Started and finished Chaos by Ted Dekker (graphic novel based on the book, 144 pages)
• Started and finished White by Ted Dekker (graphic novel based on the book, 132 pages)
• Started and finished Red by Ted Dekker (graphic novel based on the book, 132 pages)
• Started Rose (Bone series #0) by Jeff Smith (graphic novel, 21/136 pages read)

 

Library Books Readathon 

Only books that I checked out from the library count for this readathon and are recorded below.

Number of novels started: 2 Number of novels completed: 1
Number of novels DNF: 0
Number of graphic novels started:14
Number of graphic novels completed: 12
Number of graphic novels DNF: 1
Number of minutes of Audiobook: 94
Pages read: 2538

Books: 

• Read 18 pages of the first volume of Fables by Willingham and DNF due to adult situations and some foul language 
• Started and finished Bone: Out from Boneville (graphic novel, 142 pages) 
• Started and finished Harry Potty and the Deathly Boring (graphic novel,  64 pages)
• Started and finished Black, Graphic Novel version, by Ted Dekker (graphic novel based on a book, 136 pages)
• Started and finished Death Note, Vol. 1 (graphic novel, 195 pages) 
• Finished Once Upon a Curse by E.D. Baker (middle grade novel, 244 pages)
• Started Everfound by Neal Shusterman (YA novel, pages read 110/500) 
• Started and finished Friends with Boys by Faith Erin Hicks (graphic novel, 220 pages) 
• Continued Scorch Trials audiobook by James Dashner (1 hour and 34 minutes ~ 18%, total of 51% read) 
• Started and finished Cross Game 1 (Vol. 1-3) by Mitsuru Adachi (graphic novel, 572 pages) 
• Started and finished Chosen by Ted Dekker (graphic novel based off of the book, 136 pages) 
• Started and finished Infidel by Ted Dekker (graphic novel based off of the book, 144 pages) 
• Started and finished Renegade by Ted Dekker (graphic novel based off of the book, 144 pages) 
• Started and finished Chaos by Ted Dekker (graphic novel based on the book, 144 pages)
• Started and finished White by Ted Dekker (graphic novel based on the book, 132 pages)
• Started and finished Red by Ted Dekker (graphic novel based on the book, 132 pages)
• Started Rose (Bone series #0) by Jeff Smith (graphic novel, 21/136 pages read)