I read TEN books in April, which is probably the most I’ve ever read in a single month before. I was so proud of myself for finding time for all of this, and I filmed this wrap up video to tell you all about it!

I participated in Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathon yesterday, April 25th. I cheated a little, starting Friday night, but I had the evening to myself so I wanted to get reading early. Technically I was supposed to start at 5am my time, but I started around 7pm the night before because I knew I’d be sleeping through many of the pivotal reading hours.

Basically I just made my personal 24 hours of reading a little more convenient to keeping a regular sleeping schedule.

My goal for the readathon, as I stated in a previous blog post, included a stack of a two books I was halfway through and a couple graphic novels I’d been meaning to read. As I got closer to the actual event, I revised my goal to include one more short novel and to read at least 500 pages over the course of the day.

Here’s how I did:

Since You’ve Been Gone by Morgan Matson: I read the 275 pages I had left. 5 hours.
Saga Vol. 3 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples: I read all 144 pages. 1 hour.
Sex Criminals Vol. 2 by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky: I read all 128 pages. 1 hour.
Doll Bones by Holly Black: I read 133 pages, making it about halfway. 2.5 hours.

Total pages read: 680 pages
Total books completed: 3 books
Total hours read: 9.5 hours

I didn’t do quite as well as I was hoping, but I had a fantastic time and I knocked a few books off my TBR, which really was the ultimate goal. I still haven’t finished Sorcerer’s Stone and now I’m always halfway through Doll Bones as well, but.. I’ll finish those soon. I’m looking forward to getting really serious about my TBR after this, because I have to start whittling it down. I have to.

I believe the next readathon I’ll be doing is Bout of Books, and I am very much looking forward to it. I might also host a readathon this summer for my book club, if anyone is interested. Happy reading!

Ugh, I said I wasn’t going to buy any more books for awhile, but then this happened.

I swear, my book fast starts now. Pinky swear.

I’ve been craving a readathon lately, and luckily – there’s one this Saturday! If you haven’t heard of Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathon, I highly encourage you to go check it out. It’s fun and relatively low commitment, since it’s only 24 hours. Here’s my TBR:

I realize this is incredibly ambitious for a 24 hour period, but I am about halfway through both Since You’ve Been Gone and Sorcerer’s Stone already. I hope to finish each of those books, and get through two graphic novels I’ve been sitting on for awhile. It’ll be tough, but I’m gonna try!

Are you taking part in the readathon? If so, what books are you hoping to read? Leave a comment, let me know, and join me on twitter this Saturday! I’ll be tweeting about my progress when my nose isn’t in these books. So excited!

Hello lovely blog readers! This is my reading wrap up for the month of March. I read mostly audiobooks and ebooks this month, but there are a few physical books in there. It was a busy month with cosplay construction also going on, but I still managed to read 7 different things!

Hey guys! Here’s my March book haul!

I’m super happy with the new books I’ve added to my collection, but I’ve also realized I need to take an active stance on not buying any MORE books until I’ve put a healthy dent in the ones I already own. What’s your TBR like? Excessive? Let me know in the comments!

Here are the books I completed in February! I read a total of 9 books, hitting 9 of the challenges in the Popsugar Reading Challenge.

I am zooming ahead of schedule for reading 50 books this year, but I have a feeling that convention season is going to slow me down a bit — and that’s just around the corner!

What are you reading right now? Have you read any of the books I talked about in this video?

Okay, I wasn’t going to do this reading challenge, but hearing other people talk about things is the biggest catalyst in making me want to do those things. So here I am. Doing the Popsugar 2015 Reading Challenge. I’ll be updating this list all year long as I tackle the challenges, so check back if you want to see how I am doing.

Challenges Completed: (46/50)

A book with more than 500 pages: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
A classic romance (Persuasion)
A book that became a movie: Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison
A book published this year: The Shadow Cabinet by Maureen Johnson
A book with a number in the title: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
A book written by someone under 30: The Last Girlfriend on Earth: And Other Love Stories by Simon Rich
A book with nonhuman characters: The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black
A funny book: Sex Criminals Vol. 2 by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky 
A book by a female author: The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
A mystery or thriller: The Madness Underneath by Maureen Johnson
A book with a one word title: Hazed by Mark Sable
A book with short stories: The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant by Drew Hayes
A book set in a different country: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
A non-fiction book: The Opposite of Loneliness 
A popular author’s first book: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
A book from an author you love that you haven’t read yet: Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
A book a friend recommended: Cinder by Marissa Meyer
A Pulitzer Prize winning novel: All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
A book based on a true story: Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman
A book at the bottom of your TBR list: An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
A book your mom loves: Old North Dakota German Cookbook
A book that scares you: The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson
A book more than a 100 years old: Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter
A book based entirely on its cover: In Real Life by Corey Doctorow and Jen Wang
A book you were supposed to read in school and didn’t: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
A memoir: Bossypants by Tina Fey
A book with antonyms in the title: Glory O’brien’s History of the Future by AS King
A book you can finish in a day: The Woods: Vol 1 by James Tynion IV
A book set somewhere you’ve always wanted to go: Magical Girl Apocalypse
A book published the year you were born (Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency)
A book with bad reviews: Doll Bones by Holly Black
A Trilogy (Magic 2.0)
A book from your childhood: Wait Till Helen Comes by Mary Downing Hahn
A book with a love triangle: The Shadow Cabinet by Maureen Johnson
A book set in the future: Cress by Marissa Meyer
A book set in high school: Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick
A book with a color in the title: Scarlet by Marissa Meyer
A book that made you cry: The Winner’s Crime by Marie Rutkoski
A book with magic: Spell or High Water by Scott Meyer
A graphic novel: A Wrinkle in Time the Graphic Novel by Madeleine L’Engle/Hope Larson
A book by an author you’ve never read before: This One Summer by Mariko and Jillian Tamaki
A book you own but never read: The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
A book that takes place in your hometown: Off To Be The Wizard by Scott Meyer
A book that was originally written in another language: Magical Girl Apocalypse
A book set during Christmas: PS. I Still Love You by Jenny Han
A book by an author who has your same initials: The Kite Runner Graphic Novel by Khaled Hosseini
A play (from joe!)
A banned book: On The Bright Side I’m Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God by Louise Rennison
A book based on or turned into a tv show: The 100 by Kass Morgan
A book you started but never finished: Magonia by Maria Dahvana Headley

I wanted a place to document which books I read this year, in what order, and what I rated them. Because I like when things are organized into lists, and because apparently Goodreads alone isn’t enough. So here it is! My 2015 Reading List:

January:
1. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart (4.5)
2. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (4.5)
3. Hazed by Mark Sable (1.5)
4. All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (4)

February:
5. Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison (4)
6. Cinder by Melissa Meyer (3.5)
7. On the Bright Side, I’m Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God by Louise Rennison (4.5)
8. A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel by Hope Larson (4)
9. Scarlet by Marissa Meyer (2)
10. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (5)
11. In Real Life by Corey Doctorow and Jen Wang (4.5)
12. Off To Be The Wizard by Scott Meyer (5)
13. The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black (4)

March:
14. The Winner’s Crime by Marie Rutkoski (5)
15. Wait Til Helen Comes by Mary Downing Hahn (3.5)
16. Spell or High Water by Scott Meyer (4.5)
17. The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson (4)
18. This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki (4)
19. Cress by Marissa Meyer (2.5)
20. The Woods: Vol 1 by James Tynion IV (4)
21. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (4)

April:
22. Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick (5)
23. The Madness Underneath by Maureen Johnson (3.5)
24. Saga Vol. 2 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (5)
25. The Shadow Cabinet by Maureen Johnson (4.5)
26. Since You’ve Been Gone by Morgan Matson (3.5)
27. Saga Vol. 3 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (5)
28. Sex Criminals Vol. 2 by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky (5)
29. Doll Bones by Holly Black (3.5)
30. Bossypants by Tina Fey (5)

May:
31. Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter (5)
32. Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen (3.5)
33. The Heir by Kiera Cass (3)
34. Talon by Julie Kagawa (1)
35. Attachments by Rainbow Rowell (4.5)
36. The 100 by Kass Morgan (3)
37. The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant by Drew Hayes (3)
38. The Woods: Vol 2 by James Tynion IV (4)
39. An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir (3.5)

June:
40. I’ll Give You The Sun by Jandy Nelson (5)
41. The Martian by Andy Weir (5)
42. An Unwelcome Quest by Scott Meyer (3)
43. Magonia by Maria Dahvana Headley (3)

July:
44. Lumberjanes by Noelle Stevenson (5)
45. The Girl With All The Gifts by M.R. Carey (4)
46. Knocked Out By My Nunga-Nungas by Louise Rennison (3.5)
47. Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen (5)
48. Dancing in My Nuddy-Pants by Louise Rennison (4)
49. Armada by Ernest Cline (3)

August:
50. I Am Princess X by Cherie Priest (4)
51. Fortunately, The Milk by Neil Gaiman (4.5)
52. The Last Girlfriend on Earth: And Other Love Stories by Simon Rich (4.5)
53. To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han (3)
54. Survive The Night by Danielle Vega (1)
55. Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman (5)
56. If This Isn’t Nice, What Is? by Kurt Vonnegut (4)
57. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (4)
58. P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han (2.5)
59. Amber House by Kelly Moore, Larkin Reed and Tucker Reed (3.0)

September:
60. Vivian Apple at the End of the World by Katie Coyle (3.0)
61. The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness (5.0)
62. Not a Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis (4.5)

October:
63. In a Handful of Dust by Mindy McGinnis (3.5)
64. Revival Vol. 1 by Tim Seeley, Mike Norton and Mark Englert (4.5)
65. Carry On by Rainbow Rowell (4.5)

November:
66. The Haunting of Gillespie House by Darcy Coates (3.0)
67. Under Different Stars by Amy A. Bartol (2.5)
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*feel free to bookmark this page and check back over the course of the year to see what I’m reading.

Hello, lovely blog readers!

Yet again I have sort of fallen off the face of the planet, but I’m here to make amends by doing another little roundup of my favorite videos I’ve posted in the past month or so. If you missed any of them… go ahead and catch up! I’ll wait here.

So, first of all.. this video I’m about to show you is probably my favorite video I’ve ever made. Half the views it has are probably from ME, rewatching it and laughing hysterically alone in my room. I have no shame about this. It’s that funny.

Joe and I did a slightly different take on the whisper challenge. Rather than asking each other inane questions sent in on twitter, we just said nerdy phrases at each other. It was amazing.

The next video I want to share is my wrap-up from the #xmasbooktubeathon. I love booktubeathon. In fact, I am really coming around to just loving ALL readathons, and I can’t wait to do so many more in 2015. But this was the weekend long readathon I did right before Christmas, complete with a lot of struggles:

This year I am, of course, doing the 50 book challenge, so there will be MANY more readathons to come. And, I can imagine, more book struggles.

As we get closer to the end of the year, I started getting reflective. About books, of course. I realized too late that the trendy thing to do was your top FOURTEEN books of 2014, so I look a n00b only listing five. Whatever!

Then I had to show off all my NEW books, of course. This is a very book heavy blog post, I’m finding. No regrets! Here is my most extreme book haul yet:

I posted many more videos over the last month or so, so scoot on over to my channel to catch ’em all! Like a Pokémon master. Or you can stay here and leave me a comment telling me what kinds of videos you’d like to see more of in 2015. Whatever you want.

Thanks, as always, for reading my blog! It makes me smile. I like you guys.