2017 Love-a-Thon - Mini-challenge #8: On the Road (Trip)!

 

Pick 3-4 bookish people you'd take on a road trip- describe the trip and your destination!

 

 

This is such a fun idea! I am going to pick all book characters for this one because it's not everyday (more like never) that I'd get to see my favourite fictional characters let alone go on a trip with them so I'm going to dream a little ;)

 

Lila from V.E. Schwab's Shades of Magic series was the first person to come to my mind when I saw road trip. She'd be such fun company. I have a feeling I'll probably be nonstop laughing at her snark. We will be joined by Will Herondale from Cassandra Clare's The Infernal Devices! Another character that will bring lots of sarcasm and laughs to our group. Ismae from Robin LaFevers's His Fair Assassin series will be the level-headed person in the car. She's resourceful and calm and will get us out of any unfavourable situation that we just might find ourselves in (Lila and Will are bound to do something silly and get us in trouble right?). Last person in the car will be Cath from Rainbow Rowell's Fangirl. She's a girl after my own heart so we'll be shyly fangirl-ing and gawking at the other characters. We made an amusing bunch haha...

 

     

 

And our destination is: Universal Studios Orlando! More specifically we'd be going to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Before we left, we'd all have gotten sorted into our Houses so once we've arrived, we'd all change into our House robes. Then we'd wander around the theme park drinking frozen butterbeer and eating chocolate frogs~ I imagine Cath would be longing for Simon and Baz but that's okay because I'd pull her back in and we'd have an amazing time seeing the looks on Lila, Will and Ismae's faces~ The magic of Harry Potter for all! *wink* :D

 

Also, I'd never want this trip to end lol...

2017 Love-a-Thon - Mini-challenge #3: Book Spine Poetry

Use book spines to make poetry!

I love making book spine poetry~ I hope you guys enjoy this one :)

2017 Love-a-Thon - Mini-challenge #2: Mix + Match

 

For the Mix and Match Challenge, we're suppose to mash-up a non-bookish hobby/passion/talent/fandom with our bookish life.

 

 

This isn't exactly a hobby but I enjoy taking pictures of my cats with my books. Bonus that they sometimes have just the perfect facial expressions! ;) These are a few I shared on my Instagram!

  

*stab stab stab*

 

*pie face*
 

It's Sherlock time!

 

In all honesty, I am really just a crazy cat lady... XD But I hope these photos make you laugh <3

2017 Love-a-Thon - Mini-challenge #1: Mad Libs: Fairytale Edition

 

An original Mad Lib story created by the Love-a-thon ladies!

 

Big thanks to the Love-a-thon ladies for coming up with this wonderful story! I tried to be quirky coming up with the words and here's the turnout ;)

 

Once upon a time, in a far away London Institute, there lived a smart thief. She lived alone in a grocery store, where she had grown up with the deceased owner. She had beautiful fingers, and was known for her shiny red stamp, the only thing she had left of her parents. 

Alas, the Knight of the country became jealous and wanted to own this stamp. So, she became a wanted person and had to flee into the forest to find a place to hide. After kissing around for hours, hungry and tired, she stumbled upon a/an cave. An old lady appeared, offering her shelter from the bitter cold. She looked at her with frustration and said: "I will protect you, but I need your help first. Years ago I lost something precious and I want it back. You need to climb into the sky and get my triangle back. Here is a magical calamari, throw it into the earth, sprinkle with water and it will sprout a beanstalk. You have five days to return before the stalk withers."

She followed the instructions given to her, and lo and behold, a beanstalk grew and grew and grew all the way up to the clouds. After an exhausting climb, she saw a huge bungalow. She walked to the door and knocked. A shrill voice said: 'Fee-fi-fo-fum, who dares to come and enter my house?" She was not afraid and said: "My name is Jamie and I've come to collect an item."  

The door made a whining sound when it opened and revealed a large kitchen filled with golden scissors. She stepped inside and walked towards the spiraling staircase, where a figure moved, cloaked in darkness. 

"Who are you? Step in to the light, so I can see your face." The beast growled angry. "Why did you come here? I just want to be left alone." Still, she moved and stood in front of it. There were three horns on his head, and hair all over his face and his mouth was filled with large teeth. He wore a pressed shirt and stained jeans. 

"What happened to you?" She reached out to touch one of the horns, but the beast flinched. "Many years ago I was cursed by a witch. I have one year left hopping so I can break the spell, but I'm not brave enough."

"If you give me the triangle, I will help you." 

In keeping her promise, the beast and she worked for a few hours and that afternoon, the beast transformed into an ordinary older guy. "I can't wait to return to my job as police officer in the normal world. Can I come with you?" Together they climbed down the beanstalk, carrying the instrument for the old lady. The moment she saw the guy and her beloved instrument, she started to weep. 

"My husband, you have returned!" They hugged and looked at her. 

"We have to tell you something," the old lady said. "You are our child. We were separated after the curse, but now we are reunited!" From that day, the three of them lived together in the forest, happily ever after.

I had fun reading the final product so I hope you all had fun reading it too :)

 

Join the This Is Where It Ends: Every Moment Counts Challenge!

 

Hi everyone! Today I'm here to tell you about a fun challenge you can participate in for Marieke Nijkamp’s young adult debut, This Is Where It Ends! The book has been on the New York Times bestseller list for the past 11 weeks so to celebrate, Sourcebooks Fire is running a challenge called:

 

EVERY MOMENT COUNTS CHALLENGE

 

Below is everything you need to know about this challenge and I shared my review of the book HERE if you're interested in checking it out :)

 

 

From June 15-August 7, people are encouraged to create as many “moments” as possible, sharing their progress along the way. For all the details, visit this link:

 

http://books.sourcebooks.com/whereitends/

 

 

Special bonus for participants: Sign up HERE and you'll be entered to win an ‘Every Moment Counts’ prize packs that includes chalkboard + chalk and custom This Is Where It Ends lanyards!

 

 

 So hurry up and join this challenge :D

ARC April Final Update

 ARC April is hosted by the lovely Octavia and Shelly @ Read.Sleep.Repeat and in short, it is an event where everyone participating reads their ARCs (eARCs included) and try to catch up on the ones they've fallen behind on. For more information, head over to Read.Sleep.Repeat!

For this last week, I finished two more ARCs! I enjoyed both ;)

 

Along with these five I read before, my final count for ARC April is 7 read. I'm pretty happy with this so yayy!!

 

 

 

How did you do with ARC April?

ARC April Update #3

 ARC April is hosted by the lovely Octavia and Shelly @ Read.Sleep.Repeat and in short, it is an event where everyone participating reads their ARCs (eARCs included) and try to catch up on the ones they've fallen behind on. For more information, head over to Read.Sleep.Repeat!

This week I only managed to finish one ARC. It was a slower read but still really enjoyable :)

How are you doing on this challenge?

ARC April Update #2

 ARC April is hosted by the lovely Octavia and Shelly @ Read.Sleep.Repeat and in short, it is an event where everyone participating reads their ARCs (eARCs included) and try to catch up on the ones they've fallen behind on. For more information, head over to Read.Sleep.Repeat!

Hooray for reading two more ARCs! Hot Dudes Reading was hilarious and Water's Wrath gave me so many feels!

How are you doing on this challenge?

ARC April Update #1

 ARC April is hosted by the lovely Octavia and Shelly @ Read.Sleep.Repeat and in short, it is an event where everyone participating reads their ARCs (eARCs included) and try to catch up on the ones they've fallen behind on. For more information, head over to Read.Sleep.Repeat!

For the first week, I finished Daughters of Ruin and Wandering Wild. I enjoyed both but wanted more with Daughters of Ruin. It read like a series although there's been no news on it as far as I can tell. Anyways I hope I can keep this up for the second week :D

How are you doing on this challenge?

ARC April Mini Update

 ARC April is hosted by the lovely Octavia and Shelly @ Read.Sleep.Repeat and in short, it is an event where everyone participating reads their ARCs (eARCs included) and try to catch up on the ones they've fallen behind on. For more information, head over to Read.Sleep.Repeat!

I'm currently working my way through My Kind of Crazy! And that's my sister being crazy ;)

 

It's still early but how are you doing on this challenge?

ARC April Introduction!

 ARC April is hosted by the lovely Octavia and Shelly @ Read.Sleep.Repeat and in short, it is an event where everyone participating reads their ARCs (eARCs included) and try to catch up on the ones they've fallen behind on. For more information, head over to Read.Sleep.Repeat!

I'm excited to participate in ARC April! I'm going to go for The Silver Reader Level which is 5-9 ARCs. Hopefully I can make a big dent in my ARC pile. Below is the pile of books I'll be reading from :D

Are you joining ARC April? How many do you plan on reading?

2016 Love-a-Thon - Mini-challenge #3: Book Spine Poetry

Sorry for the late post but here's my book spine poetry! These are always so fun to do! Mine's a bit dark but hope you all enjoy :D

What do you think?

2016 Love-a-Thon - Mini-challenge #1: Mix and Match

For the Mix and Match Challenge, we're suppose to mash-up a non-bookish hobby/passion/talent/fandom with our bookish life.

I wouldn't really call this a hobby or anything but I love taking pictures of my cat. I'm a bit of a crazy cat lady when it comes to my orange tabby, Ripple. You could say I'm his biggest fan ;) I always try to include him in my book hauls which basically means I take all the pictures of him with my books. So I just want to share some of these photos with you guys :D

Ripple channeling his inner pirate ;)

*wink*

"Can we read these yet?"

Vicious.

We <3 Kasie West books~

"Did you say hot faeries?" *stares hard*

Woman, make me some ice cream~~

Ripple's royal pose.

What do you guys think? What about some of your non-bookish hobby, etc.? 

2015 Challenge Wrap-Up!

 

2015 was my first year trying out book challenges and I'm really happy I did because I had a great time! I especially had fun with the'Real' Book Challenge and Debut Author Challenge (I've already signed up for the 2016 challenge)!

2015 Debut Author Challenge hosted by that Artsy reader girl.

1. A Wicked Thing by Rhiannon Thomas
2. Solitaire by Alice Oseman
3. Lola Carlyle's 12-Step Romance by Danielle Younge-Ullman
4. The Witch Hunter by Virginia Boecker
5. Velvet by Temple West
6. Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
7. First & Then by Emma Mills
8. This Monstrous Thing by Mackenzi Lee
9. Inherit the Stars by Tessa Elwood
10. Madly by Amy Alward
11. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

Flights of Fantasy Reading Challenge 2015 hosted by Alexa Loves Books and Hello, Chelly.

1. The Mime Order by Samantha Shannon
2. A Wicked Thing by Rhiannon Thomas
3. These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner
4. The Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkoski
5. Snow Like Ashes by Sarah Raasch
6. Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge
7. Of Beast and Beauty by Stacey Jay
8. Hidden Huntress by Danielle L. Jensen
9. The Witch Hunter by Virginia Boecker
10. Princess of Thorns by Stacey Jay
11. Walk on Earth a Stranger by Rae Carson
12. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
13. Truthwitch by Susan Dennard
14. Air Awakens by Elise Kova
15. Fire Falling by Elise Kova
16. Madly by Amy Alward
17. The Winner's Crime by Marie Rutkoski
18. Thief of Lies by Brenda Drake

2015 Discussion Challenge hosted by Feed Your Fiction Addiction and It Starts at Midnight.

1-12 – Discussion Dabbler

1. Tabby Talk: Reading Time
2. Tabby Talk: Thought Processing
3. Tabby Talk: What About ARCs?
4. Tabby Talk: Taking Notes~
5. Tabby Talk: Drafting and Saving Reviews
6. Tabby Talk: Cover Changes
7. Tabby Talk: Reading Reviews

2015 "Real" Book Challenge hosted by Swoony Boys Podcast and Fic Fare.

 

31-40 - Real Book Aficionado

1. The Mime Order by Samantha Shannon
2. Landine by Rainbow Rowell
3. A Wicked Thing by Rhiannon Thomas
4. These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner
5. The Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkoski
6. Solitaire by Alice Oseman
7. Love and Other Perishable Items by Laura Buzo
8. The Truth About Us by Janet Gurtler
9. Kissing Ted Callahan (and Other Guys) by Amy Spalding
10. Snow Like Ashes by Sarah Raasch
11. Lola Carlyle's 12-Step Romance by Danielle Younge-Ullman
12. The Fill-In Boyfriend by Kasie West
13. Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge
14. Of Beast and Beauty by Stacey Jay
15. Awakening by Shannon Duffy
16. Seriously Wicked by Tina Connolly
17. Velvet by Temple West
18. The Other Daughter by Lauren Willig
19. Princess of Thorns by Stacey Jay
20. Brown-Eyed Girl by Lisa Kleypas
21. Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
22. Paper Towns by John Green
23. Walk on Earth a Stranger by Rae Carson
24. A Curious Tale of the In-Between by Lauren DeStefano
25. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
26. First & Then by Emma Mills
27. Truthwitch by Susan Dennard
28. This Monstrous Thing by Mackenzi Lee
29. Tonight the Streets Are Ours by Leila Sales
30. A Madness So Discreet by Mindy McGinnis
31. My Secret to Tell by Natalie D. Richards
32. Hotel Ruby by Suzanne Young
33. Air Awakens by Elise Kova
34. The Lies About Truth by Courtney C. Stevens
35. The Anatomical Shape of a Heart by Jenn Bennett
36. Madly by Amy Alward
37. The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
38. The Winner's Crime by Marie Rutkoski
39. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
40. My True Love Gave to Me edited by Stephanie Perkins
41. Instruction for the End of the World by Jamie Kain
42. First Touch by Laurelin Paige