Challenge Update!

As much as I hate to wish this year away 2012 is closing in on it's finish line which means I should be winding up my challenges..... Whoops!
I seem to have lost momentum despite challenge progress being one of my October goals so I'm using this update post to see where I am and what I want to read!

Those Books I Should Have Read 2012 Reading Challenge

Aim=12! So far 6....

So I'm actually halfway through this one!
Books I should of picked up!
To Read
The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien, Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer and Percy Jackson and the Lightening Thief by Rick Riordan.
Books sat on my shelf brought and unread!
To Read
Daughter of the Flames by Zoe Marriott, Forest Born by Shannon Hale

Finishing the Series Reading Challenge 2012

Aim- Finish 2 series So far- *tumbleweed*

By far the least progress, even posting Top Ten Series I Haven't Finished didn't fire up progress like I hoped it would!

Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor
To Read- ArchEnemy
Tales of Otori by Lian Hearn.
To Read Heaven's Net is Wide and Harsh Cry of the Heron

Dystopia 2012 Challenge
Aim=5 books *changed* 15 books. So far 8.... 

I achieved my original aim! But I set a new one so I'm hoping to reach it too!
To Read
Insurgent by Veronica Roth
Delirium by Lauren Oliver
Crossed by Ally Condie
Reached by Ally Condie
Spark by Amy Kathleen Ryan
Across the Universe by Beth Revis

Sad truth about my lack of progress is every single book in this post apart from Reached is currently in my possession whether I brought it , borrowed from a friend or the library! Just need to read them!

How are you doing with your challenges?
Much Love!
Lettie
Xxx

Monday Round Up!

One of my favourite memes hosted by the lovely Shelia over at Book Journey!

This is my first non wrap up Monday post all month! Not as much reading last week but my week was eventful!
I got stuck at the train station for two hours until my Grandpa graciously came to my rescue- we then took over an hour to drive a fifteen minute journey due to traffic! A nightmare made worse by the fact I had nothing to read as my phone (kindle app) had died on the train!
I went to see Wedding Video- funny film but I wasn't keen on the ending.

Other posts!
Discussion post- Stand Alones Vs Series- New kind of post which I finally got round to posting. Go check it out and let me know your thoughts!
Top Ten Books I've read- This one is pretty interesting as it really made me think about the books I've read during this blog and which ones will stand the test of time.

Read!

I got so many comment on this beautiful cover last week- the book inside definitely lives up it! I probably should of read Callum and Harper first as I did get a little confused but I loved it all the same!

Reading

So far so good- this is the only dystopia book I picked up myself without hearing anything about it so I'm glad it's proving a good read!

To Be Read

 I did start this one last week but I think it was a bit too heavy after my contemporary readathon so I'm hoping to pick it up again soon!

Upcoming Reviews

You may have noticed a lack of reviews- I have been invited on a last minute long holiday in September so I am stockpiling reviews so this blog can be updated regularly while I'm gone!
I will post at least one review this week tho.

Upcoming Posts

Goodreads- I've been trying to get more involved in the social side of blogging so I might do a post on that!
I've also been thinking about doing a post clarifying my position on reviews and books in general- maybe a what I do if I don't like a book/why my reviews always seem positive?

Any opinions/feedback on my upcoming posts is always welcomed- how else will I know what people want to see!
Let me know what you've been up to blog or life wise!

Much Love
Lettie
Xxxx

Monday Round Up/Wrap Up

One of my favourite memes hosted by the lovely Shelia over at Book Journey! This week my Weekly Round Up has been hijacked (again!) as a Readathon wrap up! The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organised by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal .


Read!

Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire
Just as good as I'd hoped!
Going Under by Georgia Cates
Great read- cover was misleading but it was so easy to read and the characters were great :)
The Boy Who Sneaks In My Bedroom Window by Kirsty Moseley.
Started strong but really weakened- not a fan! I really wanted to like it!
While It Lasts by Abbi Glines.
This one was all over my twitter so I just had to read it! Replaced Beautiful Disaster at the last minute as my favourite book of the week!

Goals Met?

Prediction= 6 Result= 4. Total Page count- 1,356

Same as last week! But this week I seemed to have an impromptu YA contemporary week which I really enjoyed! I also read more pages than last week so slight improvement.
I did have to cover two extra days at work which is why I read ebooks- easier to read during lunch and breaks!
I learnt the pitfalls of being taken in by Kindle samplers and cheap ebooks!
I really enjoyed Bout of Books- Unfortunately I missed all the Twitter chats which I was looking forward to.
I will definitely be taking part again :)

Readathon posts!
Goals Post!
Update post.

Reviews Posted!
Better blogging week!
Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire- How quick was this one reviewed!
The Selection by Kiera Cass- Finally finished up this review.

Reading 

This one was just missed out on the Bout of Books! So far it's living up to my expectations!

To Be Read

 So excited for this one- hopefully it won't disappoint!

I really enjoyed the Bout of Books readathon- definitely going to be taking part in it again!

Let me know what you've been reading and loving!
Much Love!
Lettie
xxxx

Summer Wrap-Up Readathon! 4th August to 12th August 2012

 

This Readathon is hosted by Jennifer at Some Like It Paranormal  and Jude at In Between!

Details-

It will take place August 4th-August 12th. It will provide some motivation to finish up all the reading you were hoping to get done over the summer. You can read whatever you want and as much or little as you want. If you can only participate during a few days of the read-a-thon that is okay too.

Aim

Going on my last readathon I am aiming for six books!
I think this is a more realistic goal than last time :)

Books

This time I'm attempting slightly bigger books seeing as this is a longer readathon and the aim is to *finish* up planned summer reading so I've included a couple of my anticipated summer reads.

1. Divergent by Veronica Roth
2. Starcrossed by Josephine  Angelini
3. Across the Universe by Beth Revis
4. Delirium by Lauren Oliver
5. Someone Else's Life by Katie Dale
6. Aces Up by Lauren Barnholdt

Two days to go!
Let me know if you're taking part and what you plan on reading!

Much Love!
Lettie
xxx

July Round Up!

New Monthly Feature which will round up all the books I've read, progress on challenges and  review my blogging! I will be posting it the last Monday of the the month :)
It is kind of an expansion (?) of my favourite memes hosted by the lovely Shelia over at Book Journey!


What I read in July!

What I Reviewed!
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
If I Stay and Where She Went by Gayle Forman
Second Chance Summer by Morgan Matson
Love of the Party by Lauren Barnholdt
Matched by Ally Condie
Pushing The Limits by Katie McGarry

As you can see this month I tried to post more reviews. The readathon really helped as I read a lot of books = more reviews!
I changed my review style to a What I Loved/What I didn't layout which I feel is better and have had positive feedback on. I would love more opinions!

Challenge Progress!

Dystopia 2012 Challenge hosted by Bookish Ardour= Completed- Completion post!

Those Books I Should Have Read 2012 hosted by Reading With Martinis. = 4 out of 12!

What I hope to read in August!

1. Glow by Amy Kathleen Ryan
2. Across the Universe by Beth Revis
3. Divergent by Veronica Roth
4. Delirium by Lauren Oliver
5. Under the Never Sky by Veronia Rossi 
6. Someone Else's Life by Katie Daley
7. Daughter of the Flames by Zoe Marriott
8. Sam Cruz's Infallible Guide to Getting Girls by Tellulah Darling
9. Ten Girl's to Watch by Charity Shumway
10. Starcrossed by Josephine Angeli

What I hope to achieve blog wise!

1. Post at least one review and one book non meme post a week.
2. Make strong progress on my challenges.
3. Take part in more 'activities' like readthons and read alongs.
4. Beat my total monthly posts of 17!

So that's been July- my first solid blog month!
Let me know how your July/week was!
Also if you like the idea of a monthly round up :)
Have a lovely week!

Much Love
Lettie
xxx

Challenge Complete! Dystopia 2012

Dystopia 2012 Challenge

hosted by Bookish Ardour

Objective: To embrace theYA Dystopia genre at last. Check out my pre challenge post here!

Aim
Asocial Level= 5 Books

Result!
Just under 6 weeks later I have fully embraced dystopia!
I've read-

1. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
2. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
3. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
4. Matched by Ally Condie
5. The Selection by Kiera Cass

All five are set in a dystopian America and by women allowing me to achieve the extra challenges!
I loved this challenge- it was easy and led me to a new genre to enjoy.
I enjoyed all five of these books and I've got several other dystopia novels on my To Be Read list.
Overall a successful challenge!

What Next?
Don't think this counts officially but I will now attempt to achieve the level of Contagion which is 15 books!
So far I'm planning on-  

1. Glow by Amy Kathleen Ryan
2. Across the Universe by Beth Revis
3. Divergent by Veronica Roth
4. Delirium by Lauren Oliver
5. Under the Never Sky by Veronia Rossi
6. Crossed by Ally Condie
7. Reached by Ally Condie

This time I'm giving myself to December as I've got double the amount of books to read and two other challenges to complete!


Thanks go to Bookish Ardour for hosting this challenge, I'm so glad I took part in it!

Let me know of any other must read dystopia novels I should add!

Much Love!
Lettie
xxx

Monday Round Up!

One of my favourite memes hosted by the lovely Shelia over at Book Journey!

Crazy hectic week- full of 21st parties, surprise work, goodbye drinks,  visiting injured friends and driving around the countryside! Which means I had less time to blog as these events were all pretty spontaneous. This is a rushed post purely as I'm leaving for Graduation in half an hour!!

Reviews Posted
If I Stay and Where She Went by Gayle Forman- two amazing books!
Other posts
Stacking the Shelves- Find out what I picked up this week!
Follow me through my Readathon journey!
First Post ->Last Post


Read!

Loved all of these- great reading week although it tapered off after the readathon.


Reading and To Be Read

Heading back for Graduation week and taking these with me so depends on which one I pick up first :)
I'm thinking Someone Else's Life!

Upcoming Reviews
To be Rewritten (still) due to random busy week!
- Matched by Ally Condie
- Mockingjay/Hunger Games Review- eaten by Blogger so being rewritten grrr!!
- I Heart Lindsey Kelk- basically an overview of Lindsey Kelk's fabulous books. Also eaten by Blogger!


Upcoming Posts
Series Vs Stand Alones- The biggest casualty of blogger eating posts! I am furiously rewriting this one :(
I will also be putting together my bookcase so maybe a bookcase post??
Signed up for another Readathon so I'll be posting my top ten books for that!


Let me know what you've been up to blog wise this week and your plans!
Much Love
Lettie
xxx

Stacking The Shelves!

What is Stacking The Shelves all about?

 Stacking The Shelves is hosted by Tynga all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!

Picked up a few books this week and I stumbled across this meme! Such a good idea :)

Brought

I brought this with a Waterstones gift card!

It's been all over Goodreads and blogs and it sounds awesome!

Borrowed

Across The Universe by Beth Revis- Finally picked this one up from the library :)

Someone Else's Life by Katie Dale- This one kept being recommended to me by Amazon so I took their advice!

Delirium by Lauren Oliver- Tracked this one down finally and I think I'm going to keep it until my next readathon! I still find the cover a little weird though..

Previewed

I'm on a self imposed Amazon ban so I've been taking advantage of Kindle preview!
In Honour by Jessi Kirby- Loved the bit I read- will be buying it soon!
All That Matters by Kels Barnholdt- Haven't read this one yet!

Let me know what you've brought/borrowed/previewed!
Much Love!
Lettie
xxx

Monday Round Up!

One of my favourite memes hosted by the lovely Shelia over at Book Journey

Remember last week when I felt I had had such a hectic week.... Well last week was just tiring! I worked 38 hours, fell down my stairs and bruised all of my back, attempted to unpack, met up with a few friends and was ill! Not a good week!

Reviews Posted
Blogger for some reason ate my prepared reviews! :( and with work and being ill I didn't have time to rewrite them!
Other posts
 Top Ten Recommended Books if you love Lindsey Kelk- If you are as big a fan as I am or just a fan of fun romantic comedy reads check out what I think you should add to your TBR list!
Once Upon A Readathon- Yes right now I am taking part in the readathon! So I can stockpile some reviews if blogger behaves!


Read!

I found this one in my bedside drawer and immediately devoured it!

Such a good read- reminded me of my love of Sophie Kinsella.

Reading! and To Be Read

With my planned readathon these two are very similar this week!

Check out more information on my Once Upon a Readthon post :)

Upcoming Reviews
- The Guy Next Door by Meg Cabot- A repost seeing as my planned reviews have been eaten!
To be Rewritten. 
- Matched by Ally Condie
- Mockingjay/Hunger Games Review- eaten by Blogger so being rewritten grrr!!
- I Heart Lindsey Kelk- basically an overview of Lindsey Kelk's fabulous books. Also eaten by Blogger!

Upcoming Posts
Series Vs Stand Alones- The biggest casualty of blogger eating posts! I am furiously rewriting this one :(
Once Upon A Readthon- expect one update and one experience post at least!
Top Ten Tuesday- This week's theme is open!
I will also be putting together my bookcase so maybe a bookcase post??

Let me know what you've been up to blog wise this week and your plans!
Much Love
Lettie
xxx

Once Upon a Readathon! 9th July to 11th July 2012

I sign up for the Third annual Once Upon a Readathon! This Readathon is hosted by Lori at Pure Imagination, Candace at Candace's Book Blog, and Angela at Reading Angel f. It runs from 12:01 AM on July 9 to 11:59 PM on July 11th.

Objective- To set a goal for yourself to read more books that is beyond your average number of books you read. There is no minimum, it's all up to you!

Aim-To read at least five books

Possibilities* subject to change!

Second Chance Summer by Morgan Matson
The one that keeps hiding from me! Definitely need to read this one!
Under The Never Sky by Veronica Rossi
Seeing as it will be unpacked on Monday- I might as well!
Love of the Party by Lauren Barnholdt
I always read Lauren's books so quickly! I'm hoping this one will kick start the readathon for me!

Library books
If I Stay by Gayle Foreman
Everything I've read suggests it's so powerful you can't put it down!
Glow by Amy Kathleen Ryan.
Rediscovered this one last Tuesday on someones (can't for the life of me remember which blog!) Top Ten Tuesday.
Across The Universe by Beth Revis
Been meaning to read this one for ages- hopefully I can pick it up from the library Monday/Tuesday.

I'm so excited for this readathon! I am working on the 10th but hopefully I can make up for that on the other two days :)
Let me know if you're taking part and what you're planning on reading!

Wish me Luck!
Lettie
xxx

Monday Round Up!

One of my favourite memes hosted by the lovely Shelia over at Book Journey

What a hectic week! I worked 17 hours, entertained a friend, packed up a large amount of my belongings,  moved all of my Uni stuff eighty miles in two packed cars and emptyed my bookcase!


Reviews Posted
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins- This was scheduled to post ages ago didn't realise it hadn't posted!

Other posts
 Top Ten Travel edition- Check out where I plan on visiting before the end of my 'Golden Year'

Read!

So good! Not sure if it's the last we'll see of Angela though :)
I'm thinking of combining all my Lindsey Kelk reviews into one big post instead of individually

Reading!

With all the packing and moving all my books are boxed away! I only get back last night so I've been bookless which is awful!

To Be Read!
So many choices!

• Outside of boxes the only book I haven't read is The Lightening Thief which is on one of my challenge lists here.
• I should be unpacking a few boxes tomorrow so hoping I will find Second Chance Summer or Under The Never Sky but the problem is I have no bookcase until my grandparents drop my new one off so my books have no home!
• I'm also planning to have a mini libary haul tomorrow and pick up Divergent or Across the Universe so who knows!

Upcoming Reviews
- Matched by Ally Condie- this was another scheduled one that blogger didn't like I'm going to try and keep it to the end of the week
- Mockingjay/Hunger Games Review- keeping this back as Catching Fire has only just posted!
- I Heart Lindsey Kelk- Tuesday or Thursday- basically an overview of Lindsey Kelk's fabulous books :)

Upcoming Posts
I'm up late now attemping to prep as many posts as possible as I seem to have got a bad blog schedule of only posting Sunday Monday and Tuesday!
Top Ten Tuesday- This week's theme is recommendations!
Lettie Loves- Will be back this week I'm thinking Wednesday!
Series Vs Stand Alones- this one is proving long so I'm hoping next weekend!

Let me know what you've been up to book wise or life wise!
Have a lovely week!

Much Love
Lettie
xxx