I was M.I.A. last week, but I have a very good reason: I was participating in BookTube-A-Thon 2017!! If you don’t know what that is, it is an annual summer read-a-thon put together by Ariel Bissett. Bookstagrammers, booktubers, bloggers, & readers from around the world come together to read as much as possible and participate in fun challenges. Even though it was an emotionally and physically exhausting week, I had so much fun and already can’t wait for next year. I kept track of my reading so I could share my journal with you. Here it is:
📝 Challenges & My TBR:
• Read a Book With a Person on the Cover – The Mystery of the Stone Tiger by Carolyn Keene
Source: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dana-Girls-25-Mystery-of-the-Stone-Tiger-PC-early-1963-/150962660375
• Read a Book in One Day – The Mystery of the Stone Tiger by Carolyn Keene
• Read a Hyped Book – Heartless by Marissa Meyer
• Read a Book Featuring a Character Who is Very Different From You – Wicked Autumn by G.M. Malliet
• Read a Book You Purchased Because of the Cover – Wicked Autumn by G.M. Malliet
• Read a Book Outside – Kristy’s Great Idea by Ann M. Martin
• Read 7 Books – Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories by Agatha Christie
📝 Daily Progress:
DAY 1 – JULY 24
📖 The Mystery of the Stone Tiger – 20 chapters, 175 pages | I finished this book & completed the “One Day Read” and “Person on the Cover” challenges. ✅
📖 Heartless – 10 chapters, 93 pages
📚 Total: 30 chapters, 268 pages, 1 book complete, & 2 challenges complete
DAY 2 – JULY 25
📖 Heartless – 15 chapters, 131 pages
📚 Total: 15 chapters, 131 pages
DAY 3 – JULY 26
📖 Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls – 15 chapters, 153 pages | Book complete! ✅
📖 Kristy’s Great Idea – 15 chapters, 157 pages | I finished this book & completed the “Read a Book Outside” challenge. ✅
📖 Wicked Autumn – 5 chapters, 40 pages
📚 Total: 31 chapters, 350 pages, 2 books complete, & 1 challenge complete
DAY 4 – JULY 27
📖 Heartless – 10 chapters, 98 pages
📖 Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories – 5 chapters, 76 pages
📖 The Truth About Stacey – 5 chapters, 60 pages
📚 Total: 20 chapters, 234 pages
DAY 5 – JULY 28
📖 Heartless – 8 chapters, 64 pages
📖 Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories – 10 chapters, 186 pages
📖 The Truth About Stacey – 10 chapters, 120 pages | Book complete! ✅
📚 Total: 28 chapters, 370 pages, & 1 book complete
DAY 6 – JULY 29
📖 Heartless – 11 chapters, 73 pages | I finished this book & completed the “Hyped Book” challenge. ✅
📖 Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories – 5 chapters, 104 pages | Book complete! ✅
📚 Total: 16 chapters, 177 pages, 1 book complete, & 1 challenge complete
DAY 7 – JULY 30
📖 Wicked Autumn – 19 chapters, 211 pages
📚 Despite my best efforts, exhaustion took over, and I was unable to complete Wicked Autumn therefore failing the “Cover Buy” and “Read 7 Books” challenges. I chose The Truth About Stacey as my replacement book for the “Character Who is Different From You” challenge. Stacey is from the East Coast and has diabetes. If that isn’t enough, I could pick Catherine from Heartless who is a future queen and very wishy-washy when it comes to speaking up. I could also pick Miss Marple who is an elderly woman & amateur sleuth. Basically, I completed the challenge in more ways than one.
🎉 Final Numbers: 159 chapters, 1,741 pages, 6 books complete, & 5 challenges complete. Not too shabby for my first year!
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