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2018 Biannual Bibliothon Day 7: Reading Update!

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Helloooo! It is day 7, the final day of the Biannual Bibliothon, and let’s just say I managed to end with a bang.

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Today I managed to complete 2 books, both which I briefly started yesterday. Most of my day was occupied by school and homework, however I managed to squeeze the rest of my reading in during then. I managed to complete the last 6 hours of Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan on audiobook, and I loved it! I cannot wait to listen to more of the Percy Jackson books on audiobook because it is so fun and entertaining to listen to Percy’s adventures. The other book I managed to read was one I picked up late last night and that is London Belongs to Me by Jacquelyn Middleton. This was for the challenge of reading a book I have never heard of before, because before reading it, I had no idea what it was about. I enjoyed it, the writing was a little weak and the characters were kinda flat, but overall I thought the story was light hearted and fun, and was a nice way to end the readathon.

 

Day 7 Reading Count:

Books Finished: 2

Pages Read: 551

I had such a blast participating in the 2018 winter Biannual Bibliothon this year, and highly encourage any of you to participate in the summer session! There won’t be any reading/writing update this weekend for the obvious reason that I have been doing these reading updates all week, but on Monday I will be back online with a new blog post, and later next week I will share my January TBR where I touch on all the books I read this month, as well as what I managed to complete this readathon. Thank you for following me on this readathon journey, and I hope you enjoyed all the blog posts I put out this week! Don’t forget to check out my last blog post: 2018 Biannual Bibliothon Day 7: Write a Book Recommendation!

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2018 Biannual Bibliothon Day 6: Reading Update!

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I know for a fact that what I will be taking away from this readathon, is my newfound love for audiobooks. Especially ones of books I have read previously, thus making it easier to follow the story. Throughout this readathon I have listened to a current total of just over 2 audiobooks, and enjoyed them both! Audiobooks are great for readathons because there is so much time during the day where you can’t physically read a book, but a lot of those times you can spend listing to a book instead.

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Anyways, now for what I read today. This is quite random, but I decided to listen to the audiobook for Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan, the 4th book in the Percy Jackson series. So far I am 4 hours and 30 minutes into it (163 pages) into it, and just decided to start listening to it because I enjoyed the books so much, that I was sure the audiobook would be another amazing experience. So far I am really enjoying it, but no surprise there. I also started London Belongs to Me by Jacquelyn Middleton, and I am liking it so far. The writing is a little weak in my opinion, but I am having fun following the main character as she follows her dreams in London. I am only on page 43 but I’m just so exhausted that I can’t bring myself to read anymore. Hopefully I will be able to power through it tomorrow since it is under 400 pages!

Day 6 Reading Count:

Books Finished: 0

Pages Read: 206

That is all for my day 6 reading update and I hope you enjoyed. Don’t forget to check out my last blog post: 2018 Biannual Bibliothon Day 6: Favourite/Most Memorable Book of 2017!

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2018 Biannual Bibliothon Day 5: Reading Update!

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Day 5 is done of the Biannual Bibliothon and let me tell you, it was a lot better than yesterday. Last night I started the audiobook for Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen for challenge #4, which is to read a book with mental illness. The audiobook is about 12 hours and 45 minutes, and last night I listened to 1 hour and 20 minutes, which means I listened to like eleven hours and twenty minutes of it…to be fair it was at double speed (apparently that is how fast my brain goes) but still, I am really proud of that! I loved listening to this book on audiobook, and since I have read this book a few times I didn’t feel like I was missing anything. As for All the Light We Cannot See, I read about 20 pages and came to a conclusion. A conclusion which is that there is no way I can finish this book by Friday. The writing style is beautiful and complex, and I am really enjoying the story (even just from the 50 pages I have read), but this is not a story I can, nor want to read quickly. Soooo, yeah another change in plans but that is okay! Instead of reading this book for the challenge of reading a book I have never heard about, I have decided to give London Belongs to Me by Jacquelyn Middleton. Honestly, I have no idea what it is about other than it involves London and is a contemporary, which is good enough for me! I will start it tomorrow but overall I am a lot more pleased with my reading progress today than I was yesterday. Hopefully you are all having a good reading time too!

Day 5 Reading Count:

Books Finished: 1

Pages Read: 394

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