The "Books You're Looking Forward to Challenge"  is the second challenge that we'll be taking part in for the "Bout of Books 10". This is basically a challenge for us to list some of the books that we've been wanting to read, but haven't. Since there are three of us, and we all have a lot of books we're looking forward to reading, each of us will only list 10 books each.

And let the lists begin...

YanLin:
Looking for Alaska (John Green)
Shatter Me (Tahereh Mafi)
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer (Michelle Hodkin)
Bitten (Kelley Armstrong)
Never Fade (Alexandra Bracken)
Thirteen Reasons Why (Jay Asher)
Control (Lydia Kang)
Underworld (Meg Cabot)
Delirium (Lauren Oliver)
Crescendo (Becca Fitzpatrick)

Jasper:
Just One Day (Gayle Forman)
Otherworld Nights (Kelley Armstrong)
Mansfield Park (Jane Austen)
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
Prodigy (Marie Lu)
Eat Pray Love (Elizabeth Gilbert)
Where She Went (Gayle Forman)
Antigoddess (Kendare Blake)
The Host (Stephenie Meyer)
The Program (Suzanne Young)

Manali:

Let the Sky Fall (Shannon Messenger)
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Maze Runner (James Dashner)
Across the Universe (Beth Revis)
Obsidian (Jennifer L. Armentrout)
Uglies (Scott Westerfeld)
White Cat (Holly Black)
The Goddess Test (Aimée Carter)
Mind Games (Kiersten White)
The Luxe (Anna Godbersen)

That's it for this challenge. If you want to see more of what we want to read, visit each of our Goodreads shelves (on the side). We will also have another Bout of Books challenge up later today.

Bout of Books 10: Challenge #1 - If You Like X, Try Y

This is the first challenge for the Bout of Books 10, created by Raquel and Sharon, over at The Book Barbies. For this challenge, you start of with the formula "If you like ________, try ________." The recommendation could be based on anything at all (genre, author, etc.) as long as it fits in the formula.

Some of Our Recommendations:

If you like 'Divergent' (Veronica Roth), try 'Cinder' (Marissa Meyer).

If you like bawling your eyes out, try 'The Fault in Our Stars' (John Green).

If you like to read about myths brought into the present with a twist, try 'The Goddess Test' (Aimée Carter).

If you like sad, contemporary romances, try 'Gabriel's Inferno' (Sylvain Reynard).

If you like reading the book before seeing the movie, try 'If I Stay' (Gayle Forman).*

*before the movie comes out August 22, 2014

So yeah, that's it for this challenge. Check back tomorrow for another challenge for Bout of Books 10!

Our Bout of Books May 2014 Goals

So after much deliberation (another 10 minutes) we decided on our goals for this Book Bout. We appear to be a having a little calm in the storm known as school so we should be able to read quite a bit this week!

Goals:

Hours spent reading everyday: AT LEAST 10 hours between us or roughly 3 1/3hrs each.

Number of Books: 20 between 3 of us or roughly 7 each. We do not have a set list of these books. We will post the title when we decide to read them but we have decided on these following books for the first 2...

Jasper~ The Infinite Moment of Us
                Mansfield Park (third time trying)

YanLin~ The One
                Bitten

Manali~ Elegy
                Under the Never Sky

Extra Goal: Read and Review at least 2 R&R books each

We really hope that we can accomplish these goals. Thanks in advance for your support along the way!

Bout of Books 10!!!

Hullo!

    So...after thinking about it (for 10 minutes), we've decided that we're going to take part in this year's "Bout of Books read-a-thon". We've been seeing/hearing a lot about it, and we thought it'd be a fun way to get ourselves to read even more. Also since we're new to the book-blogging community, this read-a-thon is a good way for us to get involved in different events, befriend more bloggers (seems cheesey, but it's true), and to reach more readers.

For those who don't what the read-a-thon is... 

                                 

"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 12th and runs through Sunday, May 18th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure, and the only reading competition is between you and your usual number of books read in a week. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 10 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. 

- From the Bout of Books team".    

                                                                                                           

                                                                                      

So, our goals are:

-to read 20 books between the three of us

-to finish and review at least 2 review request books (each)

-to meet the previous two goals

Some books that we each plan on reading during the read-a-thon:

*these do not include RR (Review Request) books*

   

~YanLin 

      -The One (Kiera Cass)

      -Bitten (Kelley Armstrong)

~Jasper

      -The Infinite Moment of Us (Lauren Myracle)

      -Mansfield Park (Jane Austen)

~Manali

      -Elegy (Tara Hudson)

      -Under the Never Sky (Veronica Rossi)

Showcase Sunday #1

Showcase Sunday is a bookish meme started by Book, Biscuits, and Tea, where you list the new books or fandom merchandise you've received (from a bookstore, a library, as a gift, etc.) throughout the week. Since there will be a SS post every week, the amount of books and merch shown on each, will vary.

Jasper:

Sea of Shadows  by Kelley Armstrong

Manali:

Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi

Hereafter by Tara Hudson

Arise by Tara Hudson

Elegy by Tara Hudson

YanLin:

Wreck This Journal by Keri Smith

The One by Kiera Cass

Sea of Shadows by Kelley Armstrong

Books We Received From Authors to Review:

Running Secrets by Arleen Williams

Super Saver Saturdays Book Edition (Canada)

So I've been wanting to start this meme for a while now but I haven't had anything to write about. So here it is.... The first edition of SUPER SAVER SATURDAYS: BOOK EDITION!

So, this weeks deal is...

*DRUMROLL*

OF POSEIDON by ANNA BANKS

I've recently read the book Of Poseidon, and I enjoyed it quite a bit. Although Anna's loose interpretation of the Greek mythos kind of annoyed me, overall the book was quite good. But what this post is about is it being available on chapters.indigo.ca for only $5.69!





$5.69 for a HARDCOVER!!
BUY THE BOOK NOW! Click HERE or on the picture. 

Anyways, so I hope I have shown you a great steal and that y'all go buy it if you haven't already. If you're still reading, you should know that I plan to post a review of the book in a couple days, so if you're unsure, read that first. I hope y'all had a great Saturday and happy Mother's Day Weekend!

Reached by Ally Condie (Manali's Review)

Reached by Ally Condie
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Last book in the series. Thank the gods it's over.

Cassia’s journey began with an error, a momentary glitch in the otherwise perfect façade of the Society. After crossing canyons to break free, she waits, silk and paper smuggled against her skin, ready for the final chapter.

The wait is over.

One young woman has raged against those who threaten to keep away what matters most—family, love, choice. Her quiet revolution is about to explode into full-scale rebellion. With exquisite prose, the emotionally gripping conclusion to the international–bestselling Matched trilogy returns Cassia, Ky, and Xander to the Society to save the one thing they have been denied for so long, the power to choose.

Okay. This book bored me to death, and I celebrated when it was over. I had actually started this book in February, gotten about 5 chapters in, and then literally fallen asleep. I tried again in April, and thankfully I finished. I have shamed myself. I gave up in February, and it took my 6 days to finish it this time.

Plot: Huge problem here. It's boring as hell at the beginning,and then in the last hundred or so pages, it starts getting interesting. So the Plague. It seems under control, and then suddenly it mutates. It reminded me of Ebola - the description of the mutation. Bleeding, and more gross stuff. And then of course, everybody's looking for a cure. Cassia's been sent to Central, Ky and Indie are pilots (the best) and Xander and his friend Lei are medics. And the Pilot has revealed himself as the leader of the Rising. All this seems okay, but it's really boring. Cassia's just occupying her time with Archivists, and thinking about Ky, Ky and Indie...they're flying in first-gen Plague cures...which Indie expresses her love towards Ky, and Xander's just being a medic and thinking about Cassia. It only starts to get interesting after Ky goes still, when the Pilot is flying them to Endstone. The other farmers, especially Anna and Oker, make the story much more interesting. And how Hunter is sort of a traitor.

I love how Cassia's is such a rebel. It's nice how Cassia's mom indirectly helped Cassia and Oker to find the cure for the mutation. Actually she discovered it. Annnnnd, it was surprising to find that Nea Lei was Laney (Vick's wife). And I like her with Xander. I was only upset with the ending 0 mostly that neither Cassia or Ky died.

So some good parts (mostly the end), some really bad. Overall, 3 stars. Yay, 3 stars for the whole series!

-Mannytee

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