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Bout of Books Read-A-Thon Updates

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Update: So, it;s the end of the Bout of books. I didn’t quite accomplish what I wanted, but I am happy where I am. I didn’t want to just speed read books, I want to take time to enjoy them. I’m glad I finished City of Glass, I didn’t think I was ever going to get to it. This was an experience and I am ready for my next reading challenge !

My Goals : 


Finish 

Devilish by Maureen Johnson

The Next Door Boys by Jolene B. Perry


Read

Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare

City of Glass by Cassandra Clare

Saving June by Hannah Harrington

Specials by Scott Westerfeld

Extras by Scott Westerfeld


Updates

All my updates will be in this post !


10/24

Number of books I’ve read today: 2

Total number of books I’ve read: finished Devilish and The Next Door Books. Started City of Glass

Today #insixwords: Audiobook actors affect male voices badly

Books:

10/25

Number of books I’ve read today: 2

Total number of books I’ve read: 3

Today #insixwords: I read better with some caffeine

Books: Finished City of Glass, Started Clockwork Angel

10/26

Number of books I’ve read today: 1

Total number of books I’ve read: 3

Today #insixwords: Not my best day, slacked off.

Books: Clockwork Angel

10/27

Number of books I’ve read today: 1

Total number of books I’ve read: 3

Today #insixwords: at least I finished a review

Books: Clockwork Angel

10/28

Number of books I’ve read today: 1

Total number of books I’ve read: 3

Today #insixwords: ugh, disappointed–really slacked off today

Books: Clockwork Angel

10/29

Number of books I’ve read today: 1

Total number of books I’ve read: 3

Today #insixwords: Didn’t quite complete challenge, next time . . .  




Bout of Books Read-A-Thon

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So, I am participating in Bout of Books, a read-a-thon hosted at  On A Book Bender.

That means cutting back on internet time and waking up early to read.

If you want to join, you can find the sign up here, it’s open until Oct.28th.

I will be sure to update everyday with my progress on the blog and on Twitter. Because I am participating in a contemp challenge next month my goal is to finish a lot of the non-contemp books I have.

My goal is to finish these books I’ve started :

The Next Door Boys by Jolene B. Perry

Devilish by Maureen Johnson

Books to Read :

Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare

City of Glass by Cassandra Clare

Saving June by Hannah Harrington

Specials by Scott Westerfeld

Extras by Scott Westerfeld

It seems ambitious, but I’ll do my best. I’ll post my first update tomorrow.

Waiting on Wednesday Vol. 5

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Each week Books and Sensibility participates in Waiting on Wednesday, a meme hosted by Breaking The Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating.

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Book Review : Unwind by Neal Shusterman

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“You can’t change laws without first changing human nature.”

-Nurse Greta 

“You can’t change human nature without first changing the law.”

-Nurse Yvonne”

― Neal Shusterman, Unwind

For me, Unwind is the perfect book to fit into the dystopian triangle of  Suzanne Collin’s Hunger Games and Scott Westerfeld’s Uglies series. The novel is about a horrific norm that develops in a society where teenagers can be unwound and a group that decides to fight against it.

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In My Mailbox Vol. 4

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Books & Sensibility is taking part in the In My Mailbox meme started by The Story Siren. Each week bloggers post books that have arrived in their mailbox, picked up from the bookstore or purchased. Here are some books I’m getting ready to read.

 

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Book Review : Beautiful Darkness by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

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“She was my destination. I was always on my way to Lena, even when I wasn’t. Even when she wasn’t on her way to me.” – Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, Beautiful Darkness

Synopsis : Together Ethan and Lena can face anything Gatlin throws at them, but after suffering a tragic loss, Lena starts to pull away, keeping secrets that test their relationship. And now that Ethan’s eyes have been opened to the darker side of Gatlin, there’s no going back. Haunted by strange visions only he can see, Ethan is pulled deeper into his town’s tangled history and finds himself caught up in the dangerous network of underground passageways endlessly crisscrossing the South, where nothing is as it seems.

In the sequel to Beautiful Creatures, Lena and Ethan find themselves dealing with the sad aftermath of the first novel.  Slowly, they began to deal with the fissures and distance in their relationship, while darkness begins to close in on them. Along the way, we get introduced to a few new villains and meet a new cast (lol) of characters.

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