I really enjoyed the Reading Bingo Challenge I did in 2015, so I decided to make my own Bingo Challenge for 2016! I made it completely from scratch, but I modeled it after the gorgeous reading bingo card from Random House’s website because I love theirs but wanted one of my own. (Okay, so it’s not as professional looking and epic as theirs is…but I tried.) It was a lot of fun to make and it’s definitely something I’d be […]
I don’t usually do things like this, but it looked so fun that I couldn’t help myself! I may end up participating in a couple of other challenges this week, who knows :) Would you rather… Lend books to someone who dog-ears pages or to someone who reads with cheesy Cheetos fingers? Eeek. Both are equally horrible, but I’d have to go with dog-eared pages. They can be folded back into some semblance of normal, but cheese? That sh*t ain’t […]
Goals Finish Winter and Bluescreen (I literally JUST started both) Read at least 3 books (or 1,500 pages) Read for at least a little bit every day Progress Monday 1/4 Currently reading: Winter, Bluescreen Pages read today: 142 pages Time spent reading today: 1 hour, 15 minutes Books completed today: n/a I had to work 12 hours! Tuesday 1/5 Currently reading: Winter Pages read today: 201 Time spent reading today: 2 hours 15 minutes Books completed today: n/a Wednesday 1/6 […]
It’s time for another year of the Prequel & Sequel Challenge! Last year I was happy to adopt Melissa @ Writer Grrl Reads as a wonderful co-host, and we’re giving it another go in 2016! Last year we slacked quite a bit on putting fun things together. We’re hoping to do a lot more with the challenge this year! Welcome to the 2016 Sequel & Prequel Challenge, hosted by Novel Heartbeat and Writer Grrl Reads! The goal: To read as many prequels and sequels […]
*This post is replacing this week’s Heartbeat Weekly because I have no news to share and no new books this week! HOLY CRAP you guys, there are so many readathons this month!! There’s ARC August going all month, #5books7days (Instagram) from the 10th to the 16th, Bout of Books from the 17th to the 23rd, and finally Beat the Heat from the 24th to Labor Day! Basically my August is going to be one giant readathon XD I’m just going to […]
One readathon ends… Last week I participated in the Instagram readathon, #bbbreadathon, hosted by @bbbgirlies! Goal: 5 books and 3 challenges Books: Read: Illuminae by Jay Kristoff & Amie Kaufman, 608 pages Off the Page by Jodi Picoult, 356 pages Queen of Zombie Hearts by Gena Showalter, 464 pages The 100 by Kass Morgan, 323 pages This Song Will Save Your Life by Leila Sales, 288 pages DNFed: Untreatable by J. Laslie, stopped at 106 pages Finished: The Eighth Guardian […]