Participating in Bout of Books 16!

Happy Saturday everyone! :) I just wanted to put together an update post to let you all know that I'm participating in Bout of Books 16! I've participated in the past and I really enjoyed it. I also think that this time around I'll have a lot more time to read. I am working a lot this week, but most of them are morning shifts and I plan on bringing a book to work everyday. I've been getting so many ARCs lately and I really need to make a dent in that pile ;) So expect a TBR list post coming either later tonight or tomorrow before the kick-off begins. 

I'm still undecided if I will have update posts daily or just a wrap-up post on the blog. I will most likely be tweeting about it as well, so please follow me over on twitter @padfootslibrary!

For those of you wondering what on earth Bout of Books 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 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

Are you participating in Bout of Books this round? Let me know in the comments below! 

Bout of Books 13 | Day 2 Update

Books I read today:

• Revenge, Ice Cream and Other Things Best Served Cold by Katie Finn

• Rat Queens Volume 1: Sass & Sorcery by Kurtis J. Wiebe

Number of pages read today: 128 pages

Books I completed reading overall: 

• Rat Queens Volume 1: Sass & Sorcery by Kurtis J. Wiebe

Total # of pages read overall: 258 pages

So yesterday's progress, I was able to complete a graphic novel, one that I've been meaning to read for a while. You can expect a review for that soon. I really hope to read more of the Katie Finn novel today and hopefully finish it since yesterday I wasn't able to! 

How are you doing so far on boutofbooks? Let me know in the comments below! 

Bout of Books 13 | Day 1 Update

Good morning everyone! I hope that your #boutofbooks is all going well. It started yesterday but I was away all day at a conference. I only got a teensy bit of reading done right at midnight the night before and then a bit last night. I hope to finish more today. Here is my progress for day 1:

Books I read today:

• Revenge, Ice Cream and Other Things Best Served Cold by Katie Finn

Number of pages read today: 130 pages

Total # of pages read overall: 130 pages

I am enjoying the sequel a lot more than the first one and the storylines are picking up nicely. I hope to finish this one by today! :D 

How is your progress so far for Bout of Books? Let me know in the comments below! 

Bout of Books 13 Goals & TBR!

Hi everyone! So here we are on the eve of Bout of Books 13! I am so incredibly for this week to begin. I have quite a busy week but I am actually setting aside time later this week to have a bout of books hangout/read session with a friend too, so I hope I can accomplish a lot! With the usual tradition of Bout of Books, this post will include my goals and my To-Be-Read pile of books.

Bout of Books 13 Goals

• Finish a minimum of three books. 
• Participate in at least two of the challenges. 
• Post a daily update everyday or every other day. 
• Try to read for at least an hour a day. 

Bout of Books To-Be-Read Pile

So first off, I have The Improbable Theory of Ana & Zak by Brian Katcher, which comes out next week. I also have another YA read and that is the second book in a series by Katie Finn: Revenge, Ice Cream, and Other Things Best Served Cold. I am also going to include Chuck Palahniuk's newest release which is a book of short stories titled Make Something Up. And lastly, I have two graphic novels, Nimona by Noelle Stevenson and Super Mutant Magic Academy by Jillian Tamaki. 

This is a rough TBR pile and things can change depending on my mood and I will more than likely add a few comic issues to the mix, but I think this sounds like a pretty decent list so far. I am quite excited to start reading these ones! 

Anyways, that is it for me today. I will try and read a bit right at midnight, but I have to be up early tomorrow for a conference presentation out of town. I hope that everyone has a good start to Bout of Books, and please share with me below your goals and TBR, I would love to know! ;)

Bout of Books 12 | Day 5 Update

Hi everyone. A little late with my update post from Day 5, but I've been busy prepping for the week and working on some homework. Anyways, I just finished off a book yesterday and fell asleep early because of my coughing fits. But hey! that is another book to the read list.

Books I read on Day 5: 

• Frostfire by Amanda Hocking 

Total # of pages read on Day 5: 201 pages

Books I completed reading overall:

• The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
• Lumberjanes Issue 1
• Lumberjanes Issue 2
• Lumberjanes Issue 3
• Lumberjanes Issue 4
• Lumberjanes Issue 5
• Lumberjanes Issue 6
• Lumberjanes Issue 7
• Bee and Puppycat Issue 3
• Bee and Puppycat Issue 4
• Bee and Puppycat Issue 5
• Bee and Puppycat Issue 6
• Bee and Puppycat Issue 7
• Love & Other Theories by Alexis Bass 
• Frostfire by Amanda Hocking

Total # of pages read overall: 1,345 pages

Pretty pleased with myself so far. That brings the total novel count to 3 and it was actually my first time reading something by Amanda Hocking which I really enjoyed. I hope to read a bit more of a book I started early this morning today and maybe finish it off, so we shall see. 

How are you doing so far on #boutofbooks? Let me know in the comments below! 

Bout of Books 12 | Day 4 Update

Hi everyone! I hope that everyone is doing well. We are basically more than half-way through the read-a-thon now which is insane! :D Here is my progress from yesterday - day 4!

Books I read on Day 4: 

• Love & Other Theories by Alexis Bass 
• Frostfire by Amanda Hocking (120 pages read) 

Total # of pages read on Day 4: 497 pages

Books I completed reading overall:

• The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
• Lumberjanes Issue 1
• Lumberjanes Issue 2
• Lumberjanes Issue 3
• Lumberjanes Issue 4
• Lumberjanes Issue 5
• Lumberjanes Issue 6
• Lumberjanes Issue 7
• Bee and Puppycat Issue 3
• Bee and Puppycat Issue 4
• Bee and Puppycat Issue 5
• Bee and Puppycat Issue 6
• Bee and Puppycat Issue 7
• Love & Other Theories by Alexis Bass 

Total # of pages read overall: 1,144 pages

So far, I completed two books and I am about 30% in for the next one by Amanda Hocking. I haven't had the chance to complete any challenges yet so I hope to do so soon. 

What is your progress so far for #boutofbooks? Let me know in the comments below!

Bout of Books 12 | Day 3 Update

So yesterday was a lazy day for me. I'm still feeling incredibly sick and with no voice, so I spent most of yesterday sleeping but I was able to read some comic issues. :D

Books I read on Day 3: 

• Vanessa and Her Sister by Priya Panmar (only read 43 pages) 
• Lumberjanes Issue 1
• Lumberjanes Issue 2
• Lumberjanes Issue 3
• Lumberjanes Issue 4
• Lumberjanes Issue 5
• Lumberjanes Issue 6
• Lumberjanes Issue 7
• Bee and Puppycat Issue 3
• Bee and Puppycat Issue 4
• Bee and Puppycat Issue 5
• Bee and Puppycat Issue 6
• Bee and Puppycat Issue 7

Total # of pages read on Day 3: 331 pages 

Books I completed reading overall:

• The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
• Lumberjanes Issue 1
• Lumberjanes Issue 2
• Lumberjanes Issue 3
• Lumberjanes Issue 4
• Lumberjanes Issue 5
• Lumberjanes Issue 6
• Lumberjanes Issue 7
• Bee and Puppycat Issue 3
• Bee and Puppycat Issue 4
• Bee and Puppycat Issue 5
• Bee and Puppycat Issue 6
• Bee and Puppycat Issue 7

Total # of pages read overall: 647 pages

So far, I've completed one book and 12 comic issues. I am quite proud of my progress thus far. I also finished a book earlier today, but that will be in my page count for tomorrow. 

How are you doing so far on #boutofbooks? Let me know in the comments below! 

Bout of Books 12 | Days 1 & 2 Update

Hi everyone! Besides the awful weather out, my cold is back with full force. It is more a flu than anything, but I've been in bed for the past few days and just feeling awful. I was able to get some reading done, but not as much as I've wanted of course, because I've been mainly sleeping. Anyways, here is my update for the last two days and my progress thus far.

Books I completed reading:

• The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

Total # of pages read overall: 316 pages

My day for today is just starting, so I'm gonna try and read some more today and my update for Day 3 should be up later tonight or sometime tomorrow. I'm pretty happy with my progress so far because I've already completed a book! A full review for it will follow shortly on the blog tomorrow. 

How is everyone else doing so far with the read-a-thon? Let me know in the comments below! 

Bout of Books 12 Goals & TBR

Hi everyone! I hope that you are all doing well. It is the Sunday before school starts up, but that also means tonight at midnight, Bout of Books 12 is starting up! If you don't know what it is, I will link you to my post about it here! This year, BoB has decided to kind of omit the goals link-up because a lot of people are discouraged by not meeting all their goals by the end of it. I still like writing up a list for myself and also putting together a rough TBR for the week, so here we go!

Bout of Books 12 Goals

• Finish a minimum of three books. 
• Participate in at least two of the challenges. 
• Post a daily update everyday or every other day. 
• Try to read for at least an hour a day. 

I think that sounds pretty reasonable. It is my first week back at school, so hopefully it won't be too bad so I can accomplish a lot of reading. The last BoB that took place in January last year, I was able to complete 8 books so that was pretty amazing starting the year off like that. I really hope I can accomplish a good chunk of reading this week as well. 

Bout of Books TBR

I have received many arcs, so I would like to catch up on all of those this week, but mostly, I have a lot of unread books so I will choose whatever I feel is right in the moment. Here are some I hope to tackle this week:

Julian by William Bell // Love & Other Stories by Alexis Bass // The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins // Frostfire by Amanda Hocking 

Well that is it from me for today. Good luck to everyone participating in Bout of Books 12. I will see you all tomorrow with an update post and hopefully some challenges ;) 

Bout of Books 12

Hi everyone. It is that time of year again - where Bout of Books is once again upon us. The last bout of books was definitely a bit of a fail for me in the summer. I was caught up with school and other things, but I will try to participate this January in bout of books. The first time I participated was in January and I actually ended up reading a lot - so I am going to try and do that again this year.

For those of you that don't know what Bout of Books 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, January 5th and runs through Sunday, January 11th 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 12 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

It is low-pressure and meant to encourage more reading, so definitely not something to stress about it but there is also fun activities that you can participate in and giveaways as well. I will try and do daily updates with Bout of Books. It starts right when school starts up again, so I will try my very best.

Will you be participating in Bout of Books 12? Let me know in the comments below! :D

Bout of Books 11 TBR List and Goals

Hi everyone! So Bout of Books 11 is going to starting in a few days and I thought I would post my current TBR list and goals that I have or next week. I am going to be pretty busy with work and school, so I am not going to participate as much as I would like to, but I will try my best to read every day and as much as I can this year. If you haven't signed up yet, be sure to soon and head over to the registration page here :)

So for my TBR list.. it is quite small so far, but it is subject to change. I am also behind on a bunch of comic issues, so I am sure that I will be reading a lot of comics. Also, there are some books that I have ordered and I am waiting to arrive in the mail, so they aren't pictured below.

(I tried to be artsy and include a mug in the photo to make it more appealing lol!) 

•  The Art of Getting Started At by Laura Langston - This is an ARC that I received from Penguin and I am so excited to read it. I think the read-a-thon will be the perfect time to read it and I will definitely have a review of this up shortly after!
• Say What You Will by Cammie McGovern - I am actually going to read this with my best friend Michelle who also writes a book blog over at Musings of a Writer :) I am super excited. 
• Seconds by Bryan Lee O'Malley - Michelle also recommended this to me. I am in the process of reading the Scott Pilgrim series but Michelle raved about this so much that I decided to pick it up. The artwork looks stunning and the hardcover edition is just so pretty. I am pumped to read this! 

My goals for the week will be:

• Finish the three books listed above. Easy enough (I hope) to complete all of them in a week!
• Participate in at least one of the twitter chats.
• Participate in at least two of the challenges. 
• Post a daily update everyday. 
• Try to read for at least an hour a day. 

I think that those are fairly decent goals for the week and I really hope that I can accomplish them. Bout of Books is definitely my favorite Read-A-Thon yet, and I have participated in all of them thus far. It is so much fun. Great opportunity to meet fellow book lovers and discover fantastic reads. Let me know in the comments below if you are participating and what books you are reading! 

Happy reading all.. and I will see you next week with an update! ;)

Bout of Books 11

Hi everyone! I hope that you are all doing well. The time has come for yet another read-a-thon! If you are new to my blog, then let me explain what Bout of Books is for you. I have participated in two Bout of Books now and you can track my previous progress from the here! Below is the blurb from the official website explaining the read-a-thon for you all:

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, August 18th and runs through Sunday, August 24th 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 11 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

It is definitely low-pressure and meant to be a week to encourage more reading. You can set yourself some goals if you want. Because it does not start for over a week, I will not have my goals list and tbr list until next week sometime. I am most definitely signing up. I will be busy with some final school work, so I don't know if I will accomplish as much reading as I have in the past, but I will definitely try my best. The challenges are also super fun and the twitter chats that happen. It is a great way to get to know other people in the booktube/bookblog community. :)

Are you going to sign up? Let me know in the comments below!

Bout of Books 10 | Day 7 Update & Wrap-Up Post

Books I am currently reading: 

• Countdown City by Ben H Winters

Total # of pages read today: 763 pages

Books I completed reading:

• Blood Red Road by Moira Young
• Loki: Agent of Asgard - Issue #004
• Serenity: Leaves on the Wind - Issue #004
• Rebel Heart by Moira Young
• Raging Star by Moira Young
• The Last Policeman: A Novel by Ben H Winters

Total # of pages read overall: 1,903 pages

Total # of challenges completed: 5 (4 posted on here and 1 on twitter) 

I was able to read and finish two books today and I am about 100 pages away from the second book by Winters, so I will finish that off before bed. Overall, I think I did pretty good, not as good as my last boutofbooks, but I accomplished 4 books and 2 comic books, and about 2/3 of another book so that is pretty good. I am happy I caught up on all of my comic issues and also finished the Dust Lands trilogy, which has been on my tbr for quite some time now. I sadly missed all the twitter chats so I was not able to participate in that, but I did participate in 5 challenges so that was awesome. All in all, I had a great week of reading :) I can't wait for the next bout of books! ;)

How did you make out for this boutofbooks? Let me know in the comments below! 

Bout of Books 10 | Day 6 Update

Books I am currently reading: 

• Raging Star by Moira Young

Total # of pages read today: 205 pages

Books I completed reading:

• Blood Red Road by Moira Young
• Loki: Agent of Asgard - Issue #004
• Serenity: Leaves on the Wind - Issue #004
• Rebel Heart by Moira Young

Total # of pages read overall: 1,140 pages

I got to read a good chunk of Raging Star yesterday, but I actually ended up going out so I was not able to finish it. I am hoping to finish it today and possibly squeeze in one more book? *fingers crossed*

How are you doing so far? 

Bout of Books 10 | Day 5 Update

Books I am currently reading: 

• Raging Star by Moira Young

Total # of pages read today: 371

Books I completed reading:

• Blood Red Road by Moira Young
• Loki: Agent of Asgard - Issue #004
• Serenity: Leaves on the Wind - Issue #004
• Rebel Heart by Moira Young

Total # of pages read overall: 935

Today was a much more productive day of reading. I was able to finish Rebel Heart, which is the second book in the Dust Lands trilogy and I am now starting the final book in the series, Raging Star. I have a relatively calm day tomorrow, so I hope to possibly finish it tomorrow. I can't believe how quickly this read-a-thon has gone by, there are only two more days left of it! I hope you all are making good progress on yours! Let me know in the comments below how you are doing :) 

Bout of Books 10 | Day 4 Update

Books I am currently reading: 

• Rebel Heart by Moira Young

Total # of pages read today: 53

Books I completed reading:

• Blood Red Road by Moira Young
• Loki: Agent of Asgard - Issue #004
• Serenity: Leaves on the Wind - Issue #004

Total # of pages read overall: 564

Yesterday was a pretty busy day too and I was feeling quite tired from the events of the previous day, so I was only able to read two comic book issues and I fell asleep before I could read more of Rebel Heart. I am hoping to get a lot of reading done today since I only finished one book so far and we are already at day five and that is really little compared to my last bout of books. It is also a long weekend, and I don't have much planned so a lot more time for reading.

How are you doing with the read-a-thon? 

Bout of Books 10 | Day 3 Update

Books I am currently reading: 

• Rebel Heart by Moira Young

Total # of pages read today: 52

Books I completed reading:

• Blood Red Road by Moira Young

Total # of pages read overall: 511

Yesterday was not a really good reading day for me, since I was only able to read a few pages in the morning. I was out all day, and the reason of that you will find out soon in a new series on my blog, but I have started the next book in Moira Young's series and I am really enjoying that there is Jack's perspective already and it is shifting to Saba's perspective to, so awesome! :D Can't wait to read more of it today and I hope to finish it today too since my boutofbooks is off to a bit of a slow start compared to the last one. 

How is your reading going?

Bout of Books 10 | Day 2 Update

Books I am currently reading:

• Rebel Heart by Moira Young

Books I completed reading:

• Blood Red Road by Moira Young 

Total # of pages read today: 255 pages

Total # of pages read overall: 459 pages

So I finally finished Blood Red road yesterday and I really enjoyed it overall. It was a bit difficult in the beginning to get into the language, but overall, it really picked up the pace for me once I got used to it. I really enjoyed reading Saba's story and Emmi's story. I am currently onto reading the next one, so I am hoping to see more of Lugh's perspective and Jack's. 

I will be attempting to go to a movie set today, so a lot of the day will be spent waiting, so hopefully I get a lot of reading done. I hope you are all doing well with your reading! :D

Bout of Books 10 | Day 1 Update

Hi everyone, I hope that you are all doing well. Right now marks the end of the first day of the read-a-thon. I was finishing up the #AYearAThon stuff last night so I did not read a whole lot right at midnight and today was a busy day where I met up with friends for a book signing, so I did not read a whole lot today, but I am proud of the progress I made thus far and cannot wait to continue reading tomorrow. 

Number of books I am currently reading: 1

Books:

• Blood Red Road by Moira Young

Total # of pages read today: 204 pages

I am really enjoying Blood Red Road at the moment. It took me a little while to get into it because of the language, but once I got used to it, it really started picking up for me. I am really enjoying the characters and the overall plot of the story and I can't wait to see where the rest of the story is headed. I hope to finish this by tomorrow and start (and maybe even finish? hopefully! we shall see) the next book in the series. I picked up the final book today (so pretty btw) so that I might continue on and finish the series or pick something else up from my tbr, I really haven't decided yet. 

How did you make out for the first day? Let me know in the comments below!

Bout of Books 10 Goals

So Since Bout of Books 10 starts on Monday, I thought I'd post my goals list earlier which includes my goals for next week and my TBR list. :)

Goals for Bout of Books 10:

• Read a minimum of 6 books. (I gave myself this goal for the last read-a-thon and I definitely surpassed it but also, I will be working on some school work, so I don't want to overwhelm myself) 
• Participate in at least one of the twitter chats. 
• Participate in a minimum of two challenges. 
• Write a daily update everyday for the read-a-thon. 
• Read a minimum of an hour a day. (I have some friends staying with me next week and they are both participating in it, so this will definitely be do-able) 

My To-Be-Read List:

• My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick
• Blood Red Road by Moira Young
• Rebel Heart by Moira Young
• Raging Star by Moira Young (Not pictured, I am getting it Monday)
• The Last Policeman by Ben Winters
• Countdown City by Ben Winters
• We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
• Love Letters to the Dead by Ava Dellaira 

I am going to the Moira Young signing on Monday, so I definitely want to read some of her books by then, so I might start those earlier during the #AYearAThon read-a-thon, but who knows. Also, I want to read the Winters series because the third book of the trilogy comes out later this year. Of course this TBR is subject to change because it all depends on the mood, but I will update you on that as we go along. I am really excited for the bout of books read-a-thon. I had a blast last time around and I am doing it with friends this time too so that will be super exciting. 

What are your goals for the Bout of Books 10 read-a-thon? What is your TBR list?