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Sunday, August 12, 2012

Summer Wrap-Up Read-a-thon QUOTE CHALLENGE!!!

Today's the last day of the Summer Wrap-Up Read-a-thon Challenge!!!

And I have a challenge for all of you that are reading along with us :)

My challenge to you is a quick and easy one, thanks to Jude of In Between!

All you have to do is match the quotes to their books

and leave your answers in the rafflecopter below :)

I have even given you a hint by adding the page numbers, hee hee!

Good luck!!!

1. "The water is the Goldilocks kind of perfect. I want to splash around in it."

~ page 154

2. "The smaller the backpack, the bigger the ego."
~ page 66

3. "She was like a bandage on his heart,
and she tried to be the best bandage she could be,
though what she was trying to help him heal from, she wasn't sure of."
~ page 244

4. "I just find it disturbing that people - we ordinary, mortal, dumbass people - are in charge of all this. And we've covered it up for, what, millennia? You really expect me to believe that?"

"Just because it's the biggest secret in the history of the world, doesn't make it any less true."
~ page 76

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Friday, August 10, 2012

Summer Wrap-Up Read-a-thon Day 7

Hi everyone! I've started a new Read-a-thon early Saturday morning!!!
I was so wrapped-up in starting my reading that I completely forgot to post my goal post, lol, so sorry!!!

The "Summer Wrap-Up Read-a-thon" is being hosted by
Jude of In Between and Jennifer of Some Like It Paranormal...
You can find all of the read-a-thon details here!

My goals are to read:

~~- (finish reading) Pushing The Limits by Katie McGarry (YA)~~

~~- (finish reading) Partials by Dan Wells (YA)~~

- Aldo's Fantastical Movie Palace by Jonathan Friesen (MG)

~~- The Spindlers by Lauren Oliver (MG)~~

- Shadows (Lux #0.5) by Jennifer L. Armentrout (YA)

- Kiss of Steel (London Steampunk #1)by Bec McMaster (Adult)

~~- Echo and the Bat Pack: Treasure in the Graveyard by Roberto Pavanello (MG)~~

I'm pretty sure that I won't be reading all of these, but if I can at least finish what I started and read two or three more from this list, I'll continue to stay ahead of my overall reading goal :)

I will be updating this post and adding in my progress as the week goes by!

Updates...

August 4th:
I am participating in "The Pile Challenge" at Some Like It Paranormal!

Number of books I read today: 0

Books read:

- Pushing The Limits read up to page 162

- Partials, read up to page 134

My thoughts so far...

I'm off to a slow start. I was hoping to not only have been almost done with one or both of these by now, but to have also been able to comment on a few fellow participants by now too. SO sorry!

I hope to catch up and rectify this by Sunday night ;)

Hope everyone is having a great reading time!!!

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August 5th:

I am participating in the "Hotter Than Summer Boys Challenge" at A Book-lover's Review!

I think that Daemon from Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout is a boy that is 'hotter than summer', hee hee!

Number of books I read today: 0

Books read today:

- Pushing The Limits, read from page 162 to 239

- Partials, read from page 134 to 202

- Aldo's Fantastical Movie Palace, read up to page 39

My thoughts for today...

Still off to a slow start, and tomorrow is going to be a super busy day for me, lol! Hoping to catch up after that... seems like everyone is doing great with so many great reads too!

Happy reading :)

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August 6th:

Boo hoo :( No reading was done today! Super busy and fun-filled day with my family, we finally got to see Brave :)

Hoping to catch up tomorrow!!!

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August 7th:

Today, I participated in Abibliophobic's "Summer Wrap-Up Read-a-thon Mystery Title Challenge"

Number of books I have read so far: 1

Books read today:

- Pushing the Limits, finished!

- Partials, read from page 203 to 278

- Aldo's Fantastical Movie Palce, read from page 40 to 121

- The Spindlers, read up to page 25

My thoughts for today...

I am so thrilled to have been able to finish one book today! And I am right where I want to be right now. Especially since I have such a hard time from starting other books too, lol!

Looks like a lot of people are better, yay!!! Keep it up :)

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August 8th:

Number of books I have read so far: 2

Books read today:

- Echo and The Bat Pack: Trasure in the Graveyard by Roberto Pavanello, finished!

- Partials, read from page 278 to 319

- The Spindlers, read up to page 26 to 95

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August 9th:

Number of books I have read so far: 2

Books read today:

- Partials, read from page 319 to 349

- Aldo's Fantastical Movie Palce, read from page 121 to 184

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August 10th:

Today, I participated in Chocolate Covered Reviews "Book Cover Challenge"

Number of books I have read so far: 4

Books read:

- The Spindlers - finished!

- Partials - finished!

My thoughts for today...

I am SO happy to have been able to finish reading two books today! I have been lacking in time and energy this week - that is not suppose to happen during a read-a-thon, lol! BOTH books were amazing reads! I am in LOVE with everything about The Spindlers, and I cannot wait to share my review for it next week!

I hope that everyone is feeling pretty accomplished and are enjoying their reads too! Hope to visit some more of the participating blogs and such tomorrow :)

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Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Summer Wrap-Up Read-a-thon Day 4

My goals are to read:

~~- (finish reading) Pushing The Limits by Katie McGarry (YA)~~

- (finish reading) Partials by Dan Wells (YA)

- Aldo's Fantastical Movie Palace by Jonathan Friesen (MG)

- The Spindlers by Lauren Oliver (MG)

- Shadows (Lux #0.5) by Jennifer L. Armentrout (YA)

- Kiss of Steel (London Steampunk #1)by Bec McMaster (Adult)

I'm pretty sure that I won't be reading all of these, but if I can at least finish what I started and read two or three more from this list, I'll continue to stay ahead of my overall reading goal :)

I will be updating this post and adding in my progress as the week goes by!

Updates...

August 4th:
I am participating in "The Pile Challenge" at Some Like It Paranormal!

Number of books I read today: 0

Books read:

- Pushing The Limits read up to page 162

- Partials, read up to page 134

My thoughts so far...

I'm off to a slow start. I was hoping to not only have been almost done with one or both of these by now, but to have also been able to comment on a few fellow participants by now too. SO sorry!

I hope to catch up and rectify this by Sunday night ;)

Hope everyone is having a great reading time!!!

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August 5th:

I am participating in the "Hotter Than Summer Boys Challenge" at A Book-lover's Review!

I think that Daemon from Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout is a boy that is 'hotter than summer', hee hee!

Number of books I read today: 0

Books read:

- Pushing The Limits, read from page 162 to 239

- Partials, read from page 134 to 202

- Aldo's Fantastical Movie Palace, read up to page 39

My thoughts for today...

Still off to a slow start, and tomorrow is going to be a super busy day for me, lol! Hoping to catch up after that... seems like everyone is doing great with so many great reads too!

Happy reading :)

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August 6th:

Boo hoo :( No reading was done today! Super busy and fun-filled day with my family, we finally got to see Brave :)

Hoping to catch up tomorrow!!!

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August 7th:

Today, I participated in Abibliophobic's "Summer Wrap-Up Read-a-thon Mystery Title Challenge"

Number of books I have read so far: 1

Books read:

- Pushing the Limits, finished!

- Partials, read from page 203 to 278

- Aldo's Fantastical Movie Palce, read from page 40 to 121

- The Spindlers, read up to page 25

My thoughts for today...

I am so thrilled to have been able to finish one book today! And I am right where I want to be right now. Especially since I have such a hard time from starting other books too, lol!

Looks like a lot of people are better, yay!!! Keep it up :)

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Sunday, August 5, 2012

Summer Wrap-Up Read-a-thon Day 2

My goals are to read:

- (finish reading) Pushing The Limits by Katie McGarry (YA)

- (finish reading) Partials by Dan Wells (YA)

- Shadows (Lux #0.5) by Jennifer L. Armentrout (YA)

- Aldo's Fantastical Movie Palace by Jonathan Friesen (MG)

- Kiss of Steel (London Steampunk #1)by Bec McMaster (Adult)

- The Spindlers by Lauren Oliver (MG)

- (re-read) Half-Blood (Convenant #1) by Jennifer L. Armentrout (YA)

I'm pretty sure that I won't be reading all of these, but if I can at least finish what I started and read two or three more from this list, I'll continue to stay ahead of my overall reading goal :)

I will be updating this post and adding in my progress as the week goes by!

Updates...

August 4th:
I am participating in "The Pile Challenge" at Some Like It Paranormal!

Number of books I read today: 0

Books read:

- Pushing The Limits read up to page 162

- Partials, read up to page 134

My thoughts so far...

I'm off to a slow start. I was hoping to not only have been almost done with one or both of these by now, but to have also been able to comment on a few fellow participants by now too. SO sorry!

I hope to catch up and rectify this by Sunday night ;)

Hope everyone is having a great reading time!!!

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August 5th:

I am participating in the "Hotter Than Summer Boys Challenge" at A Book-lover's Review!

I think that Daemon from Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout is a boy that is 'hotter than summer', hee hee!

Number of books I read today: 0

Books read:

- Pushing The Limits, read from page 162 to 239

- Partials, read from page 134 to 202

- Aldo's Fantastical Movie Palace, read up to page 39

My thoughts for today...

Still off to a slow start, and tomorrow is going to be a super busy day for me, lol! Hoping to catch up after that... seems like everyone is doing great with so many great reads too!

Happy reading :)

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Saturday, August 4, 2012

Summer Wrap-Up Read-a-thon Goals and Update!

My goals are to read:

- (finish reading) Pushing The Limits by Katie McGarry (YA)

- (finish reading) Partials by Dan Wells (YA)

- Shadows (Lux #0.5) by Jennifer L. Armentrout (YA)

- Aldo's Fantastical Movie Palace by Jonathan Friesen (MG)

- Kiss of Steel (London Steampunk #1)by Bec McMaster (Adult)

- The Spindlers by Lauren Oliver (MG)

- (re-read) Half-Blood (Convenant #1) by Jennifer L. Armentrout (YA)

I'm pretty sure that I won't be reading all of these, but if I can at least finish what I started and read two or three more from this list, I'll continue to stay ahead of my overall reading goal :)

Updates...

August 4th:
I am participating in "The Pile Challenge" at Some Like It Paranormal!

Number of books I read today: 0

Books read:

- Pushing The Limits read up to page 162

- Partials, read up to page 134

My thoughts so far...

I'm off to a slow start. I was hoping to not only have been almost done with one or both of these by now, but to have also been able to comment on a few fellow participants by now too. SO sorry!

I hope to catch up and rectify this by Sunday night ;)

Hope everyone is having a great reading time!!!