Jaimie's Book Blog

I've made a book blog!

Go check it out : jaimiesbookblog.blogspot.com

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~ bout of books wrap up ~

I finished my first ever read a thon!! 

I didn't read much over the weekend but I'm still happy with my results :) 

I completed Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith

Legend by Marie Lu

I read 175 pages of The Iron King by Julie Kagawa 

and started reading The White Queen by Phillipa Gregory (which I plan to finish this week)

Grand Total for pages read = 1114 :)

Jaimie x x

~ bout of books Day 4 Update ~

So I seem to have abandoned my original pile oops 

I am just too excited about my library books that I want to read them instead!

I read Legend by Marie Lu.

Legend has been on my goodreads for a while so when I saw it at the library I had to get it. I really enjoyed this book. As I was reading it, I had speculations about certain things that had happened earlier in the book and sure enough I was correct. This book kept me interested all the way through.

Legend is 305 pages which brings my current page count to 1088!

Jaimie x x

picture from google images

~ bout a book 8.0 Day Two and Three Update ~

Day 2 = FAIL :/ 

Sometimes life takes over is all I can say about day 2. 

However, day 3 went very well! I read about 175 pages of the Iron King by Julie Kagawa before I just couldn't go any further. The book failed to keep me interested and I had to move on. I ended up taking my daughter to the library and found some amazing books that I've been wanting to read. I ended up checking out with 10 books!!! I was so excited when I got home that I immediately started reading, The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith and LOVED IT!! Like I said with Anna and the French Kiss I'm a sucker for girl meets girl and they fall in love as we all knew would happen. 

I'm now questioning if I want to read the books in my original pile or start reading my library book . . . . . . decisions decisions hehe

page count as of today 783 :)

Jaimie x x

image from goodreads

~ bout a book read-a-thon Day One Update

Today I met my two hundred page goal but couldn't put the book down so read the entire book! 

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins was really good! I'm such a sucker for the corny, predictable, young adult romance books.

After I read Isla and the Happily Ever After, I will do a full review on the the three Stephanie Perkins' books: Anna and the French Kiss, Lola and the Boy Next Door and Isla and the Happily Ever After.

Until then, onto the next book, The Iron King by Julie Kagawa

Jaimie x x

~bout a books 8.0 read-a-thon~

I have decided -very last minute- to take part in the bout a books 8.0 read-a-thon.

This is my first ever read-a-thon and I'm excited to get started!

"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 19th and runs through Sunday, August 25th 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 8.0 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog." - From the Bout of Books team

I like that I choose my reading goals for the week and I'm not in competition with anyone but myself.

My goals are: 1. To read at least 200 pages a day.
2. To update my blog every day with an update on how I'm doing.

The books I have chosen to read are:

1. Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins 

2. The Iron King by Julie Kagawa 

3. Sirens by Janet Fox 

4. The White Queen by Philippa Gregory 

IF I finish these four books I want to start Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

I better get reading 

Jaimie x x