Bout of Books 16 is Coming Tomorrow!
I signed up for Bout of Books again! What else is new? I love participating even if my reading doesn’t increase as much as I always think it will. At least it motivates me to finish some things! More details on Bout of Books:
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 9th and runs through Sunday, May 15th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 16 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. – From the Bout of Books team
Goal and TBR
Original goal: Read only ARCs during Bout of Books!
Newish goal: Read ARCs and required reading books (whoops?)
So I wanted to get a good start for the Clean Sweep ARC Challenge this month by reading only ARCs during Bout of Books… but it looks like that will get derailed. Based on books I just got and books I NEED to read, my TBR will be a little stricter and a little less ARC-oriented. I plan to read between 3 and 6 books this week! This TBR is subject to change because I may read/finish these earlier than I thought.
Let’s see what I’ll be potentially picking from:
For book club:
For the blog tour
For Book Buddies
Because they’re ARCs I need to get going on:
Other options → ARCs from BEA and ALA | eARCs on my Kindle | Other physical ARCs
Because I’m excited they’re released:
Because it’s a library book:
Tracking Updates
Monday
- Started: Out on Good Behavior, Scarlett Epstein Hates It Here
- Continued: A Court of Mist and Fury, The Selection
- Finished: N/A
Running total: 0
Tuesday
- Started: N/A
- Continued: Out on Good Behavior, A Court of Mist and Fury, The Selection
- Finished: Scarlett Epstein Hates It Here
Running total: 1
Wednesday
- Started: The Elite
- Continued: Out on Good Behavior, A Court of Mist and Fury
- Finished: The Selection
Running total: 2
Thursday
- Started: Ask Me How I Got Here
- Continued: Out on Good Behavior, A Court of Mist and Fury, The Elite
- Finished: Ask Me How I Got Here
Running total: 3
Friday
- Started: N/A
- Continued: A Court of Mist and Fury, The Elite
- Finished: Out on Good Behavior
Running total: 4
Saturday
- Started: N/A
- Continued: A Court of Mist and Fury, The Elite
- Finished: N/A
Running total: 4
Sunday
- Started: Secrets of my Hollywood Life: On Location
- Continued: A Court of Mist and Fury, The Elite
- Finished: Secrets of my Hollywood Life: On Location
Final Numbers
Number of books finished: 5
2 ARCs and 3 regular books
Number of books still reading: 2
Goal met? Yes!
Challenges
Me in Six Words:
Hmm, me #insixwords: reader, AFOL, football lover, coffee & pizza #boutofbooks (yes, I just used food/drink to describe myself)
— Lauren (@bookmarklit) May 9, 2016
Show Off Your Shelves:
Using an old picture to share what my shelves kind of generally look like! I recently changed them around but don’t have great photos. Right below this one you’ll see my new rainbow shelf too because I can’t resist 😉
A photo posted by Lauren @ Bookmark Lit (@bookmark_lit) on
Five Favorites:
Everybody loves sharing favorites and now we’re giving you free rein to do just that. Pick the topic of your choice and share your 5 favorite books that fit. Topics could be a favorite genre, a favorite trope, book boyfriends, or ANYTHING. There’s no limit to where you can take this!
Five Favorite Second Chance Romance
and/or Childhood-Friend-Turned-Romance Books
Second Chance Summer by Morgan Matson | a girl returns to her childhood vacation home and sees her first love again, while spending time with her entire family for potentially the last time
The One That Got Away by Bethany Chase | an adult novel where a woman encounters a one-night-stand again
Emmy & Oliver by Robin Benway | a kidnapped boy comes home again to all of the friends he doesn’t remember anymore, including the girl-next-door he was close with
Magnolia by Kristi Cook | hate-to-love story where childhood family friends fall for each other during a tornado
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han | both books in this duo involve the main character falling for a childhood best friend after her love letters get leaked to their intended recipients
If You Like This, Try This…
I haven’t really done one of these before! I did a TTT where I recommended books if you like certain elements of Second Chance Summer by Morgan Matson, so I encourage you to check that out too 🙂
If you like sassy and/or sarcastic characters, try…
If you like to cry when you read sometimes, try…
If you like books by Sarah Dessen, try these authors…
YA: Jenny Han, Morgan Matson, Kasie West
NA: Dahlia Adler, Ellie Cahill
Adult: Bethany Chase, Taylor Jenkins Reid
Good luck with your reading. You have some amazing books to choose from!
I’ll be also reading The Unexpected Everything. I am starting it today actually. It wasn’t even on my tbr, but I am sooo in a mood for it that I bought myself an ebook so I can devour it. 🙂
Thank you! I need to start that one. I’ve been stuck on a few others this week so far.
I am reading A court of mist and fury for Bout of Books right now and I am LOVING it! Looks like you have some great books on your TBR for this week. Happy reading!
Yesss, it’s great so far! Glad you’re enjoying it too 🙂
WooHoo! Already got 1 book under your belt. Good luck for this week!
Thank you 😀
Lauren you have so many books on your shelves that I’ve got LOL…great minds think alike 😉
I’m loving that library book’s cover, may I ask what the title is?
I cannot wait to read A Court of Mist & Fury, I was just getting ready by re-reading the last few chapters in ACOTAR a few days ago.
Oh didn’t realize how bad of an image it was! It’s the second book in the Secrets of my Hollywood Life series by Jen Calonita 🙂
Your shelves are beautiful. 🙂 Good luck with the rest of BOB.
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Thank you !