Starting Back with a Bang

Now that my life is calming down, I am up and running again. I figured what better way to get back into the swing of things than with a read-a-thon.

I am going to join in on the Bout of Books Read-a-thon which is being on Monday the 13th.

Here is their official blurb:

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 13th and runs through Sunday, May 19th 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 7.0 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. 
- From the Bout of Books team

 My personal goal is to read 2-3 novels in the week. I think that is a reasonable goal. I guess we'll see if I'm right next Sunday.

Number Eighteen (Audiobook)

Title: Academ's Fury

Author: Jim Butcher
Publication Year: 2006
Publishing Company: Ace
Number of Pages: 704
Part of a Series: Yes (Book Two)
Read for Pleasure or School: Pleasure
Would Recommend: Yes
Rating: 4 out of 5

Struggling to Find Time

With school coming to a close I am truly struggling to find time for anything.

Here are the next few weeks of my life:

This week

• 15 page paper
• presentation
• 33 hours at work

Next week

• 10 page paper
• 5 page paper
• 2 presentations
• 31 hours at work

The following week

• 3 finals
• 12 hours at work
• trip to New Jersey/New York

The up side? After that I am done with college! Even better? I have a full time job waiting for me in the middle of May.

Yes, yes I'll get to the point. What does this mean for you? Basically the rest of this month I will not be around. I doubt I will post again until May. I am truly sorry about this. May will be another story though. I will have a set work schedule therefore I can plan my life accordingly. You can expect 2 (maybe 3) posts a week. Also I will have time read again. 

I can not express in words how thrilled I am about having time for the things I love again. I am sorry that I still have a few more weeks to wait though.

Number Seventeen (Audiobook)

Title: Thirteen Reasons Why

Author: Jay Asher
Publication Year: 2007
Publishing Company: Razorbill
Number of Pages: 304
Part of a Series: No
Read for Pleasure or School: Pleasure
Would Recommend: Yes
Rating: 5 out of 5

Coming to a Close

My final semester as an undergrad is coming to a close. As it finishes, I realize that there is so much left to do. I have presentations, papers, and exams galore. That is not even including the extra hours I took on at work. Something is going to have to be let go. Since I can't ditch school or work, it will be reading that is lost in the madness.

Don't misunderstand me, I will still be posting on here and trying to make videos. Also I will still read, just not at the same pace. If I am going to be completely honest with myself, March was a slow month of reading as well. Had it not been for audiobooks I would have fallen behind on my goal. So this month, I will continue listening to audiobooks, and I will read as much as I find time for.

This is just a heads up that if I want to graduate in May (which I desperately do) I will need to have less reading time. Come May it will be an entirely different story. I will only be working (and looking for a big girl job) so there will be more than enough time to catch up next month.


P.S. After graduation I also plan to put much more effort into this blog as well as my videos. That's something to look forward to.

Success and Failure

So currently I am sitting 4 books ahead of schedule to complete my 50 Book Challenge this year. Go me! Clearly this is my success, but I didn't just challenge myself to read 50 books. The second layer to my challenge was to read a certain number of books in the following categories.

Read 3 Classics

•  Lolita
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Read 3 2013 Releases

•  Etiquette and Espionage
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 Read 2 Non-fiction

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Complete 3 Series

• Hush, Hush Saga
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As you can see, in this regard, I am failing. Yes, yes, it is only the 4th month of the year, but that is almost halfway through. My fear is that the last few months of the year I will be suck trying to finish out these challenges and not getting the chance to read what I want at that moment.

Now is the time to kick it into gear. I am not worried about the 2013 releases, but the others I am going to try harder on. That will start today with the beginning of April.

Number Sixteen (Audiobook)

Title: Entwined

Author: Heather Dixon
Publication Year: 2011
Publishing Company: Greenwillow Books
Number of Pages: 472
Part of a Series: No
Read for Pleasure or School: Pleasure
Would Recommend: Maybe (To the right reader)
Rating: 3 out of 5