Reading Rush TBR

Hello everyone! Today I am super excited because it's the start of Reading Rush! Reading Rush is a 7-day long readathon that starts today and ends on Sunday. There are different challenges for what to read and there's a bunch of fun activities that will go on throughout the week. But, without further ado, here's my to-be-read pile!

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Challenge 1: Read a book with a cover that matches the color of your birthstone.

I was born in August so my birthstone is the peridot which is a bright green color. It was actually quite difficult to find a book for this, so I decided to go with three short novellas instead of a full novel. I've chosen Meeting Sang: Gabriel, Meeting Sang: Nathan, and Meeting Sang: Silas by C.L. Stone. 

  

These are three novellas taking place from different character POVs during the first book in the Ghost Bird series. I've read the first two but haven't gotten to these three yet. I think they'll be short, quick reads and I'll hopefully gain some character insights through them. 

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Challenge 2: Read a book that starts with the word "The."

For this challenge, I decided to go with The Prince and The King by Jennifer L. Armentrout. These are two of the novellas following the Wicked trilogy and I've been eagerly awaiting the release of the final novella before I read these. They're both under 200 pages so I think it will be easy to fulfill this challenge.

 

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Challenge 3: Read a book that inspired a movie you've already seen. 

This might be cheating since I've already read this book, but I chose Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer. This is the final book in the Twilight Saga and I've been rereading the series in preparation for Midnight Sun's release in August. It's been many years since I've actually read this but it was always my favorite in the series so I hope that this will also be a quick read.

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Challenge 4: Read the first book you touch. 

The first book from my monthly TBR that I touched was Burn by Maya Banks. This is the third and final book in the Breathless Trilogy which is a trilogy of companion romance novels following different main couples. I read the first two each in one sitting and I'm surprised that it actually took me so long to finally get around to reading this one. 

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Challenge 5: Read a book completely outside of your house

For this challenge, I'm going with The Queen by Jennifer L Armentrout. This is the final novella in the Wicked trilogy that I mentioned in Challenge 2. This is also relatively short and I think that on the day where the weather is nice that I can get outside and read this easily. Although, I may also take one of the novellas from challenge 1 to fulfill this challenge since they're shorter. Either way, I will be reading this during the readathon no matter what. 

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Challenge 6: Read a book in a genre that you've always wanted to read more of. 

I've chosen nonfiction for this challenge and I actually have two picks for this. The first that I want to read is Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge. This is a nonfiction book about systematic racism and how it impacts all areas of life with a specific reference to the UK. As someone who wants to move to the UK in a couple years, I think it's very important that I'm knowledgable about how structural racism is similar and different to America.

 

The second is Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi. I don't see myself finishing this book this week since it's a super long, dense history book but I would like to make some significant progress. I read a couple chapters last night and already feel as if I've learned more about racial history than in my entire public school education. I can tell that this is going to be an invaluable resource for me and I do want to continue reading it this week even if I can't finish it before the readathon is over. 

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Challenge 7: Read a book that takes place on a different continent than where you live. 

I've chosen two books for this challenge as well. It may be slightly cheating in that I've chosen fantasy books but, to be fair, they don't take place on my continent. The first of these is Curse of the Night Witch by Alex Aster. It's a middle-grade fantasy that came out a month ago and I meant to review before then.

 

The second is The Dark Tide by Alicia Jasinska. This is a YA fantasy that sounds so good. This one comes out in August and I'd also like to have my review up before then. This is actually also the book that I am starting this readathon with today.

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Are you going to be participating in the Reading Rush? Let me know in the comments below! I am super excited to be participating in this readathon for the first time and I can only hope that I'm going to be motivated to actually complete the challenges!

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Thanks for reading!

xoxo

Lauren

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Stay Home Reading Rush TBR

Hey all! I am super excited because, for the first time ever, I am participating in a readathon! Reading Rush (formerly Booktubeathon) is hosting a stay home version of their longer readathon that starts tomorrow. I've never been able to participate in a readathon before due to work, school, familial obligations, etc but now that I'm stuck home due to COVID, I am going to try and participate! I will still have a bit of homework to do on some of the days, but I'm hoping to read at least four books in these next four days!

There are four challenges for the next four days and I am hoping to get through all of them. The first of these challenges is to read a book with the house on the cover. This was a bit of a tough prompt for me because I don't really have books with houses on the cover. In the end, I'm deciding to reread  and annotate House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas. The word "house" is in the title and on the cover, so it technically counts for this prompt. This is a rather long one and it took me days to read it when I read it earlier this month, so I'm not going to be too upset if I don't finish it. As long as a I read four books total, I'll be happy!

The second challenge is to read a book in the same room the whole time. I'm actually going with two books for this because I wanted to binge them this month and I don't want to wait until after the readathon is over to do so. The two books are Finders Keep Her and Losers Reap Her by Hayley Stumbo. I've read the first of these two but want to reread so that I can finally read the last book! They're gripping stories with easy writing so I'm confident that I can read them in one place and possibly both in one day!

The third challenge is to read a book set somewhere you wish to go. I decided to go with These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner for this one because I kind of want to go to space. Plus, this book has been on my shelves for so long and I figure it's time I finally start reading through a lot of my backlist books. If I love this book, I also would like to finish the trilogy this month once the readathon is over!

The last challenge is to read a book that will make you smile. For this one, I am going with She's With Me by Jessica Cunsolo. I did read this in March but I wanted to reread it from the moment that I finished it. It's such a fun, addicting book and it doesn't take that long to read so I figured it would be an easy book to finish out the readathon. 

So my goal is to read five books but if I only read four then I am happy with that number and will consider my first readathon a success! As long as I get quite a bit of homework done today I think I'll be able to devote most of the next four days to this readathon and relaxing. Are you participating? 

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Thanks for reading!

xoxo

Lauren

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