My Long Day at Bookcon

My video was supposed to be 23 minutes long. But unfortunately, capture had a problem uploading the entire thing and only decided to upload 7 minutes.  I'm so upset because I already put all my books away.  Anyway, here's the list of the books I got at bookcon.  The 3 paid books are listed below the free ones.

FREE MIDDLE GRADE:
Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-so-Fabulous Life by Rachel Renee Russell

Bringing Down the Mouse by Ben Mezrich

The Luck Uglies by Paul Durham (Signed by author)

Dead Jed: Adventures of a Middle School Zombie by Scott Craven (signed bookmark by author)

Ben Fox: Squirrel Zombie Specialist at your service by Daisy Whitney (signed by author)

The Hero's Guide to Beging an Outlaw by Christopher Healy (signed by author)

FREE BOOKS
Beyond Texting: The Fine Art of Face to Face Communication for Teenagers by Debra Fine

Let's Get Lost by Adi Asaid

Nest by Ester Ehrlich

Home Grown: Adventures in parenting off the beaten path, unschooling and reconnecting with the natural world by Ben Hewitt (signed by author)

At First Sight by Heather Todd (signed by author)

Mama gone geek: calling on my inner science nerd to help navigate the ups and downs of parenthood by Lynn Brunelle (signed by author)

Always on My Mind by Bella Andre

I hunt killers by Barry Lyga (signed by author)

spellbound by Sylvia Day

Of Breakable Things by A. Lynden Rolland (signed by author)

The Wedding Contract by H.M. Ward (signed by author)

To Bear an Iron Key by Jackie Morse Kessler (signed by author)

Alex by Pierre Lemaitre

PAID BOOKS
Meant to Be: The Lives and Loves of a Jersey Girl by Lauren Pizza (paid $10 Hardcover)

Strictly Business by Lisa Eugene (Paid $5) Adult

Steal My Heart (book 2) by Lisa Eugene (paid $5) Adult

Flipagram - Bookcon 2014 (+playlist)

May Wrap Up-June TBR

Going to Bookcon

Fangirling - Katie McGarry

Okay, I'm fangirling! I just started to use twitter like last month.  I started to follow some authors.  I received a bookmark and ribbon from Katie McGarry after purchasing her book Pushing the Limits 

Book 2 - Dare to You

Book 3 - Crash Into You

Book 4 - Take Me On  - May 27th release date

Novellas

1.1 - Crossing the Line

1.5 - Breaking the Rules - Dec 30 release date

Here's the tweet that I sent her.  My daughter was so excited she wrote us back.

here's what my bookshelf looks like:

Right now she also has a free kindle book on amazon

Library Books Read-a-thon June 9-16

Now this sounds fun.  Anyone want to join me?  You can find out more information here.

Bout of Books 10.0 Wrap Up

Bout of Books 10.0 Update Day 6 and Day 7 Challenge

Updates

Saturday

Number of pages I’ve read today: 125

Books I read from: 

Labor Day pg 96-221 (125 pages) completed

Books I completed: 1

Bout of Books 10 – Retitle Your Current Read Mini-Challenge!

Final mini-challenge of the readathon, come up with a new title for our current read, or really anything you’ve read during this Bout of Books 10.0.

I’m currently (FINALLY) reading Sleep No More by Aprilynne Pike.  I would rename this I See Your Future or Seeing the Future

May Huge Library Sale Book Haul

Bout of Books 10.0 Day 5 Update

Updates

Friday

Number of pages I’ve read today: 256

Books I read from: 

Hidden (graphic Novel) (76 pages)

Everyday a Friday: How to Be Happier 7 Days a Week

 by Joel Osteen (audio) (100 pages)

Labor Day pg 16-96 (80 pages)

Books I completed: 2

Hidden by Loic Dauvillier

**** - My Review:

Graphic novel told by a grandmother who tells the story of when she was little and how she survived the Holocaust in France to her grandchild.  It's written for little children to understand what happened during World War II.  

Every Day a Friday: How to Be Happier 7 Days a Week

 by Joel Osteen

***** - My Review:

I have been listening to this in the car on audio. I really enjoyed this book. He certainly makes you think differently. If you need a pick me up I certainly recommend you listening or reading his book.

Bout of Books 10.0 Day 4 Update - Day 5 Challenge

Updates

Thursday

Number of pages I’ve read today: 52

Books I read from: 

Angelfall (52 pages) 

Books I completed: 1

Angelfall

Didn't reach my goal of 100 pages but did complete one book.

Challenge Day 5

Rainbow of Books Challenge

Monstrous Beauty by Elizabeth Fama (black)

Unremembered by Jessica Brody (Violet)

Fly Away by Kristin Hannah (purple)

Dreamland by Sarah Dessen (blue)

City of Woman by David R. Gillman (green)

Don't Breathe a Word by Holly Cupala (yellow)

The Running Dream by Van Draanen (orange)

Geek Girl by Holly Smale (red)

Burned by Ellen Hopkins (white)

These are books I own on my bookshelf but I haven't yet read.  #boutofbooks #katherinereads

Bout of Books 10.0 update day 2 & 3

Bout of Books 10.0 Update Day 3 - Challenge Day 4

Updates

Wednesday

Number of pages I’ve read today: 84

Books I read from: 

Angelfall (25 pages) 

All the Boys I loved Before (31 pages)

Deltora Quest (12 pages)

Labor Day (16 pages)

Books I completed: 1
All the Boys I Loved Before

Didn't reach my goal of 100 pages but did complete one book.

Challenge Day 4

L - Legend by Marie Lu ****

O - Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman *****

V - Vampire Academy Graphic Novel by Richelle Mead ***

E - Emma's Secret by Steena Holmes ****

M - Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (book 2 Hunger Games) ****

A - All the Boys I've Loved Before ****

Y -You'll like it here (everybody does) by Ruth White
middle grade (my kids own it but I haven't read it yet)

Bout of Books 10.0 Update Day 2 - Challenge Day 3

Updates

Tuesday

Number of pages I’ve read today: 76

Books I read from: Angelfall (20 pages) and All the Boys I loved Before (56 pages)

Didn't reach my goal because I had eye doctor appointments for the kids.

Challenge Day 3

Today’s challenge is Book Pairings hosted by My Overstuffed Shelves. ‘This’ made me think of ‘that’: Just think about the book you are reading now, or one you’ve read before, and tell me something you think goes with it and why.

As I read Angelfall I think of how angels can be also bad.  Sort of like there are good cops and bad cops.  Angels can also be bad and good.  Also thinking of God a lot more.  And each time she talks about her sister I think of the boy on Switched at Birth who is in the wheelchair.  It's a great fast paced book and really enjoying it so far.

TOTALS

Books Completed:

Pages total:  135

Bout of Books10 Day 2 - Books I'm Looking Forward to

These are in no particular order:

1.Blackbird by Anna Carey Sept 16

2.On the Fence by Kasie West - July 1

3.Messenger of Fear by Michael Grant - Sept

4. The Half Life of Molly Pierce - July

5. Prisoner of Night and Fog (out now)

6. Landline by Rainbow Rowell - July 8

7. We were Liars by e. lockhart - out now

8.The Things you Kiss Goodbye by Leslie Connor - June 24

9.  Falling into Place by Amy Zhang - Sept 9

10.  Wild by Alex Mallory - July 8

@rivercityreadin and #boutofbooks

Bout Of Books 10.0 TBR

Bout of Books 10 Goals

Time Devoted to Reading

I will be reading 100 pages a day/200 pages on the weekend/900 pages all week.

My Goals

• To read 900 pages for the week
• To complete 5 books
• To complete books I already started

Books to Read

• To all the Boys I've Loved Before  (126 pages)
• Labor Day (241 pages)
• Heist Society (287 pages)
• Deltora Quest The Forests of Silence (131 pages)
• Angelfall (115 pages)  = 900 pages
• 
  

Updates

Monday
Number of books I've read today:
Angel fall pg 162 to 187 - 25 pages
All the boys I loved before pg 242-268 - 26 pages
Wonder pg 91 - 99 - 8 pages
Total number of books I've read:
Page Count: 59 pages
Books:
Why?  (Vet today)

Tuesday
Number of books I've read today:
Angelfall pg 187-207 - 20 pages
All the boys I loved before pg 315-324 (56 pages)
Total number of books I've read:
Page Count: 76 pages
Books:
Why?  (eye doctor)

Wednesday

Number of books I've read today: 1
Total number of books I've read:
Angelfall pg 207-232 - (25 pages)
All the Boys I Loved before pg 324-355 (31 pages)
Deltora Quest book 1 (12 pages)
Labor Day (16 pages)
Page Count: 84 pages
Books:1

Thursday
Number of books I've read today: 1
Total number of books I've read:
Angelfall pg 232-284 (52 pages)
Page Count: 52 pages
Books: 1

Friday

Number of books I've read today: 2
Total number of books I've read:
Hidden by Loic Dauvillier (graphic novel) (76 pages)
Every Day a Friday by Joel Osteen (Audio) (100 pages)
Labor Day pg 16-96 (80 pages)
Page Count: 256 pages
Books: 2

Saturday
Number of books I've read today: 
Total number of books I've read:
Labor Day pg 96-221 (125 pages)
Page Count: 125 pages
Books:

Sunday
Number of books I've read today:1
Total number of books I've read:
Labor Day pg 221-241 (20 page)
Sleep No More pg 1-130 (130 pages)
Page Count: 150 pages
Books:1

TOTAL PAGES FOR WEEK:   802

TOTAL BOOKS COMPLETED: 5

Bout of Books 10

I'm participating in the Bout of Books Read-a-thon 10.  Come join me it starts tomorrow.

For those that don't know what Bout of Books is... here you go:

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 12th and runs through Sunday, May 18th 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 10 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

[As a reminder, you can also add your goals to your official sign-up post - but that IS NOT required.]

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April Huge Library Sale Book Haul

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April Small Book Haul and Bookcom

April Amazon Unboxing