Reading Rush 2019 TBR

Hey, guys! 

It's time for the first-ever Reading Rush readathon! This readathon was previously called the Booktube-A-Thon! I'm so excited about the changes that Ariel and Raeleen put into place! What are you reading for this awesome readathon?

Stay tuned for my Twitter engagement and Instagram reading updates! I'll also be updating on my Reading Rush page and Goodreads! 

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Challenge 1:

Purple on the cover

Renegades (Renegades #1) by Marissa Meyer

I plan on reading this with a couple of friends! I'm so excited to continue catching up on Marissa Meyer's books!

Challenge 2:

Read a book in the same spot

The Near Witch by V.E. Schwab & Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu

Back when The Near Witch was repackaged and republished in March, Alex (my boyfriend) and I decided to preorder gorgeous hardbacks from the UK book store Forbidden Planet. We were so intrigued by the premise and we've really enjoyed the Schwab books we've picked up previously. Alex managed to read the entire book in under 12 hours and he really enjoyed it. I'm eager to see what I think. 

Mooncakes was available to read through NetGalley without any problem, so I'm really excited to see what I think of this lovely little graphic novel. It looks so colorful and cute. 

Challenge 3:

Read a book that you meant to read last year

Sky in the Deep by Adrienne Young

I've been meaning to read this since it came out, but I only acquired this early this year. My boyfriend, Alex, really adored the audiobook for this book. I cannot wait to dive in! 

Challenge 4:

An author's first book

The Near Witch

I plan on doubling up on this challenge. This is Schwab's first published work, just with a new cover and some extra bits. I also plan on reading the short story at the end: The Ash-Born Boy. 

Challenge 5:

Non-human character

I believe that the main character of The Near Witch is a witch or comes in contact with a witch. Either way, there is some paranormal activity! I think there might be a god-character in Sky in the Deep too. I'm not quite sure, but with all the books I'm reading, I'm pretty sure I'll be encountering a non-human character. 

Challenge 6: 

A book with 5+ words in the title

The Lost Kingdom of Bamarre (The Two Princesses of Bamarre #0.5) by Gail Carson Levine

I picked this up for this challenge really late last night before the readathon started. I plan on listening to this via audio through my library. When I was young, my favorite books were by Gail Carson Levine and I'm so eager to see what I think of this prequel to the 

Challenge 7: 

Read a book and watch its adaptation

The Spring Girls by Anna Todd



This is a modern-day retelling of Little Women - one of my all-time favorite books..ever. The reviews on Goodreads are looking pretty bleak for this one, so I'm not surprised if I end up DNF-ing it. Though I'm hopeful for the best. I plan on starting this book via audio through my library and seeing how it goes from there. I also have the physical book on my shelves.


What are you reading for the readathon?

Happy reading!
Olivia
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{Summer BookTube-A-Thon #3} Wrap Up & Day-By-Day Update

Hey, guys!

      This past week was so much fun! I was actually really busy, surprisingly. I wasn't expecting to do much when it came to participating in this readathon, but I actually was pretty active in the Instagram (bookstagram) challenges and I did quite a few reading sprints throughout the week. I couldn't actively do the sprints, but I did some. Last year, I was really into the sprints, but this year I found myself doing the sprints for about 45 minutes and then just binge-reading my books. 

     This week I managed to read 6 books. Next year I'll read the seven, but this year it wasn't meant to be. The last couple days of booktubeathon were much busier and I was getting slumpy. I'm actually writing this up Monday afternoon and I'm majorly slumpy. I have two books I'm actively reading and neither are doing it for me. I have another book I'm considering starting, but I have 8 books on my "currently reading" shelf on Goodreads, and that is just excessive. It's time to finish those books!

The Books I Read & Finished:

1. The Demigod Diaries by Rick Riordan
• 4 stars
2. The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy by Sam Maggs
• 4 stars
3. All the Feels by Danika Stone
• 4.25 stars
4. Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne
• 5 stars
5. This Adventure Ends by Emma Mills
• 5 stars!!!
6. The Ever Never Handbook by Soman Chainani
• 4.5 stars

Challenges:

1/ Read a book with a person on the cover.

The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy

2/ Read a hyped book.

This Adventure Ends

3/ Finish a book in one day.

All the Feels

4/ Read about a character that is very different from you.

The Demigod Diaries

5/ Finish a book completely outdoors.

Winnie-the-Pooh

6/ Read a book you bought because of the cover.

This Adventure Ends

7/ Read seven books.

THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN BUT IT WILL NEXT YEAR!!!!!!!!

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Week Day-by-Day:

•Monday: 

~I finished The Demigod Diaries by Rick Riordan at 11:58PM
~I didn't participate in any of the BTAT bookstagram challenges, but Emmie and I got really competitive and we decided to do a couple more challenges together this week.

•Tuesday:
~I finished The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy by Sam Maggs around 11AM 
~I got about 1/2 way through All the Feels by Danika Stone 
~Emmie and I managed to create a *gorgeous* picture for Day 2 #btatoldfave (bookstagram). It features Grimm's Fairy Tales and has a bunch of gorgeous flowers around it.

•Wednesday:
~I finished All the Feels right after work ..such an adorable book. I recommend to all of my nerdy, fangirl friends
~I got 2/3 of the way through Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne it's so cute and it fulfills the challenge to read a book completely outside!
~I DNF'd one of my TBR books: Marlena by Julie Buntin. I just wasn't into it.
~I started This Adventure Ends by Emma Mills! 

•Thursday:
~I finished Winnie-the-Pooh outside! I had at least 10 ants explore my legs
~I started Seraphina by Rachel Hartman via audiobook  I have this book in print as well, but I wanted to listen and paint today.
~I read about 100 more pages of This Adventure Ends under my belt.
~I posted 2 pictures today on Instagram. One was for the cosplay challenge, so go give it a like! The other was another pic that Emmie helped me take.

•Friday:

~I finished This Adventure Ends by Emma Mills (It's going to be one of my favorite books of the year, I'm sure.)

~I got about 15 more pages into Seraphina by Rachel Hartman

~I finished The Ever Never Handbook by Soman Chainani (I really want to reread/binge the trilogy again).

~The Instagram challenge

•Saturday: 

~I had a pretty eventful Saturday, but not a very good reading day. I spent my day with my lovely boyfriend and the evening with his family at a baseball game. I didn't get much reading done, but I already had 6 books read, so I wasn't worried. 

~I got about 10 more pages of Seraphina by Rachel Hartman read

~I got about 60 pages into The Summer of Chasing Mermaids by Sarah Ockler

~The Instagram challenge


•Sunday:
~The last day of the booktube-a-thon! Today I spent the day with Julia. We did our live discussion of book club book of the month: The Glittering Court! You can check out the hour long live show on my Instagram page!
~I read about 40 pages of The Summer of Chasing Mermaids by Sarah Ockler 
~I listened and read Seraphina for about 2.5 hours...just until midnight and I read about 60 pages
~I was dead tired by 11:45PM, so my plans to stay up reading 'til 12 did not happen. I went to bed and didn't look back. 
~The Instagram challenge


Number of Pages Read: 1,750

Happy reading!

Olivia
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{Book-Tube-A-Thon 2017} TBR

Hey, guys! 

Once again, I'm putting my TBR up really late! It's already 10:45 AM on Day 1 of  booktube-a-thon and I haven't really read anything. I stayed up and read 13 pages for the first sprint, but I've had a long weekend so I needed sleep. 

I've been taking part in the BookTube-A-Thon since the summer of 2015, so I'm so excited to do my third summer BTAT! I've been waiting for this all summer! I really want to read 7 books this week, but if I don't get my butt in gear, it won't happen! Today I'm going to type up the two reviews for this week and then I'll get cracking on my reading. I'm so excited to do some sprints tonight!!!

Ariel (from Ariel Bissett) released the challenges a couple weeks ago, so if you'd like to check out the video I'll leave the links you'll need!

BTAT Website: {click here}
BTAT YouTube Channel: {click here}
BTAT 2017 Intro Vid: {click here}
Reading & Video Challenges: {click here}
BTAT Pick: {click here}
IG Challenges: {click here}
BTAT Twitter: {click here}

Here's My TBR!

1/ Read a book with a person on the cover.

The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy: A Handbook for Girl Geeks by Sam Maggs

I started this on a whim when I got it on Saturday. I think it will be super cute and a bit informative too.

2/ Read a hyped book.

Red Rising by Pierce Brown

This book is raved about by Tasha from Tashaopolis, so I'm so excited to dive into this one.

3/ Finish a book in one day.

Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne

I've been such a fan of A.A. Milne's creation for the longest time...well since birth... and I'm so excited to go back to the world of Winnie-the-Pooh!

4/ Read about a character that is very different from you.

Marlena by Julie Buntin

This book deals with teen consumption of drugs, alcohol, and other dangerous substances; along with teen suicide. I'm interested to see where this book will go. 

5/ Finish a book completely outdoors.

I'm banking on Winnie-the-Pooh to get me through that challenge. 

6/ Read a book you bought because of the cover.

I don't usually buy books because of the cover. I'm frugal enough that I buy books because I've either: heard of them and genuinely want to read them, I love the author, it's a part of a series that I plan to read or have yet to finish, or because I've already read it but want a finished copy/my own copy.

I guess I'll have to pick The Ever-Never Handbook by Soman Chainani. It has all of the qualities that I've mentioned above (I love the series and author, I wanted to read it, it's a part of the SFG&E series, and I wanted to read it before Quests for Glory came out) not to mention it has a gorgeous cover!

7/ Read seven books.

All the Feels by Danika Stone

The Demigod Diaries by Rick Riordan

I picked All the Feels because I'm always down for a contemporary, a nerdy protagonist, and a fandom fueled plot. I'm so excited for this book. The main character's name is Liv!!!!

I picked The Demigod Diaries because I love Rick Riordan, I've been needing to read this, it's short, and there's a short story by his son Haley. I just need this in my life. Maybe this will convince me to do a reread of the series. I really want to read and discuss them with everyone. I need that nostalgia!

   

I'm so excited to dive into these! Join me on Twitter to do some reading sprints this week!

Happy reading!
Olivia

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The BFG by Roald Dahl

Page Count: 195

Published on: November 1, 1982

Published by: Puffin

Genre(s): Children's, Fiction, Classics, YA

Source: Paperback

Age Rating: PG

Where To Find It: Goodreads // Amazon

Twitter: @roald_dahl

My Rating: 3 stars

Goodreads synopsis:

Captured by a giant! The BFG is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and jumbly. It's lucky for Sophie that he is. Had she been carried off in the middle of the night by the Bloodbottler, the Fleshlumpeater, the Bonecruncher, or any of the other giants-rather than the BFG-she would have soon become breakfast. 
When Sophie hears that they are flush-bunking off in England to swollomp a few nice little chiddlers, she decides she must stop them once and for all. And the BFG is going to help her!

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Hey, guys!

       I read this book for the BookTube-A-Thon and I wasn't as impressed as I thought I would be. This was a really cute & funny story, but it wasn't the best children's story I've ever read. The main character, Sophie was so innocent and adorable and it was really nice to read about a little girl who was as innocent as Sophie. I can see why children love Roald Dahl's work, but I do believe that it's not written for someone my age. I am very familiar with Dahl's Charlie & the Chocolate Factory and Matilda, but I've never read the books! And to be honest, I'm not sure if I will. I've seen the movies so much that I may just pass. Comment down below if you think I should read them, though. 

      The hype around the movie for this book is unreal, and from what I got from the trailers, it looks like it could be really cute. So, I read the book. It didn't live up to the hype...at least for me. The hype led me to believe that his would be a phenomenal children's book and movie. And though this book was cute, it wasn't what it was hyped up to be. I know that I'm definitely going to watch the movie because it was a super cute book, but I think the movie would improve upon the story. I felt like the book was really rushed and it could have been executed better. The conflict was a minuscule part of the story and it was resolved too quickly and it was very anticlimactic. Overall, it was too easy and disappointing.

If you have a younger sibling, friend, or child that loves magical stories like this, then I highly recommend it!

Don't forget to check out the LivTheBookClub read-along too! We're reading Scarlett Epstein Hates It Here by Anna Breslaw! 

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Happy reading, everyone!

Olivia

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Summer Cram-A-Thon & Summer BookTube-A-Thon 2016 Wrap Up

Hey, guys!

The Summer 2016 Cram-a-Thon is now over so that means it's time to share the books that I've read in the past few days. I didn't really start reading seriously until day 2 or 3 of the cram-a-thon because weekends have been really busy lately. So I didn't read all of the books on my TBR even though they weren't very long. 

Here are the books that I've read in the past 4 days:

• Fantastic Beast & Where To Find Them by Newt Scamander (J.K. Rowling)
• Attack On Titan Volume 1 by Hajime Isayama & Sheldon Drzka
• Attack On Titan Volume 2 by Hajime Isayama & Sheldon Drzka
• Attack On Titan Volume 3 by Hajime Isayama & Sheldon Drzka
• The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan (only 70 pages)

Pages Read: 724

Number of Books Read: 4

Challenges Completed:

1. Read a book under 200 pages (Fantastic Beasts, AoT #1 & 2)
2. Read a graphic novel (AoT #1-3)
3. Read a book you've never finished  (AoT #1)
4. Read a novella/short story (Fantastic Beasts)
5. Read a book written in verse
6. Read 5 books total (This almost happened, but I had a third of The Hidden Oracle left so only 4 counts. ;) )

     I finished 4 challenges this time around (1-4) and I completed 4 books. 3 graphic novels and a short story/book. I wasn't exactly trying to complete any challenges, but I was trying to read as much as I could. I actually read the most on the last day of the read-a-thon, which surprises me because it was my busiest day.

BookTube-A-Thon Wrap Up

      Guys! I am so proud of myself! I read 7 books for the BookTubeAThon! Granted, four were manga volumes of Attack On Titan, but I consider graphic novels and manga to be literature and actual books. Graphic novels and manga both have so much work put into them -- just like an orthodox novel. I don't think they should be left out of the literature label. Anyway, I had a great week of reading and I can't wait for the next BookTubeAThon! I loved this so much. I enjoyed this year much more than I did last year because I actually got involved with Twitter-sprints and the Instagram challenges. Next year, I hope to get involved with the video challenges as well. This year, that just couldn't happen. I loved watching everyone's video updates, their Goodreads updates, and the tweets that everyone posted. It was so lovely to see this amazing community united and enjoying the written word. I'm pretty sure this community is the best community to be in.

Challenges:

1. Yellow on the cover 
2. Only read a book after sunset
3. Read a book that you discovered on BookTube
4. Read a book by your favorite author
5. Read a book that is older than you
6. Read & watch a book and it's movie adaptation
7. Read 7 books

      I managed to complete 5 &1/2 challenges! I did read 7 books, but I did not read a book that was older than me and I didn't manage to watch the movie adaptation of The BFG..but I did rewatch an episode of Attack On Titan :D Does that even count? I don't even know. Anyway, I loved these challenges. Anyway, I've read all of Reagan's Attack On Titan volumes, so there may not be any more AoT updates for a while. (Manga volumes are so expensive! Reagan just bought 3 volumes and the total price was ridiculous! I don't think I will ever buy manga volumes...library here I come...) Here are the books that I read this week and how they fulfilled the challenges.

Here are the books I read:

1. Rules of the Road by Joan Bauer ~ Challenge 1
2. Attack On Titan Volume 4 by Hajime Isayama ~ Challenge 2
3. The BFG by Roald Dahl ~ Challenge 2 ~ Challenge 6? 
4. Attack On Titan Volume 5 by Hajime Isayama ~Challenge 6?
5. Attack On Titan Volume 6 by Hajime Isayama ~ Challenge 2
6. Broken Hearts, Fences, & Other Things To Mend by Katie Finn (Morgan Matson) ~ Challenge 3 & 4
7. Attack On Titan Volume 7 by Hajime Isayama ~ Challenge 2

# Of Pages Read: about 1,596 pages

# Of Books Read: 7 & about 40 pages of Six Of Crows

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Happy reading, everyone!

Olivia

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Summer BookTube-A-Thon 2016 TBR

Hey, guys! 

It's that time again! Last year, I took part of the BookTube-A-Thon and I read 5 books during that week. This year I hope that I read at least 5 books. Lately, I've been in a slump (thanks a lot ACOMF!). So, I've picked a few short books that I've been meaning to read for a while. 

Like last year, there are 7 reading challenges:

1. Read a book with yellow on the cover
2. Read a book only after sunset.
3. Read a book you discovered through booktube.
4. Read a book by one of your favourite authors.
5. Read a book that is older than you.
6. Read and watch a book-to-movie adaptation
7. Read seven books.

Seven books is pretty ambitious for me, because I'm so busy during the week, but I plan non reading as much as I can, even if the books don't coinside with the challenges. So I guess here are those books:

• Challenge 1: Rules of the Road by Joan Bauer
• Challenge 2: Phage by Mark Tamplin (RE, Attack On Titan Volume 4 (not shown), or Never by Shay Lynam (Kindle ARC)
• Challenge 3: Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
• Challenge 4: Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
• Challenge 5: The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
• Challenge 6: The BFG by Roald Dahl

That's 8 books! Hopefully I get through most of these books. I've already started a couple of these books, but not far enough that it would be a big deal. Comment down below if you're participateing in the BookTube-A-Thon and the books that you're planning on reading.

Don't forget to check out the LivTheBookClub read-along too! We're reading Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo! Click {here} to join!

Happy reading!

Olivia

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#BOOKTUBE-A-THON WRAP UP

Hey guys!

        So the #BookTubeAThon has been officially over since Monday. Monday also happened to be my first day back to school. This year will be my last year in high school, and I'm just warning you guys, I will be really busy this year. I have 3 college classes that I'm taking. They are going to be difficult and I don't know how much reading I will get done, but I will do my very best! 

        ALSO! AN ANNOUNCEMENT!

  If you have been following me on Twitter and if you've liked the Liv The Book Nerd Facebook Page then you will have seen that I've set up the new schedule for book reviews and posts. Here it is!

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Here is my BookTubeAThon Wrap-Up!!!

• The Distance Between Us by Kasie West
• Review Here: {click here!}
• My Rating: 5 stars
• The Bad Beginning (A Series Of Unfortunate Events #1) by Lemony Snicket
• Review Here: {click here!}
• My Review: 4 stars
• Rhymes With Witches by Lauren Myracle
• Review coming soon!
• My Review: 2 stars
• The Reptile Room (A Series Of Unfortunate Events #2) by Lemony Snicket
• Review coming soon!
• My Rating: 4 stars
• The Wide Window (A Series Of Unfortunate Events #3) by Lemony Snicket
• Review coming soon! 
• My Rating: 4 stars

Total Pages Read: 1131

Considering that I had a really busy week, I think I did a pretty good job. I completed a few challenges too!

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The Challenges:

1// Read a book with blue on the cover
2// Read a book by an author who shares the same first letter of your last name 
3// Read someone else's favourite book
4// Read the last book you acquired 
5// Finish a book without letting go of it
6// Read a book you really want to read
7// Read seven books

I finished challenge: 1 (The Bad Beginning), 2 (The Distance Between Us), 3 (The Bad Beginning), 4 (Rhymes With Witches), 5 & 6 (The Distance Between)
I finished 6 challenges! I mean I doubled up, but that's ok! The only one I didn't finish was the 7th challenge because I read 5 books :P How did you guys do? Comment down below!

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I'll have reviews of the last three books I read up on Thursday and Saturday and a Weekend Reads Post up on Friday! Hopefully! 

I'm currently reading Uprooted by Naomi Novik. I'm on page 286 out of 438 and it's really interesting, but kind of slow right now...I've been working on it for a bit...since the 3rd of August...It will be finished soon I suppose.

Anyway! Enjoy guys! Happy reading!
Olivia
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