Hello Everyone,
One more Top Five Wednesday! Enjoy.
Gateway Books to Your Favorite Genre
--What books do you think are good to introduce people to your favorite genre? If you have more than one favorite genre, feel free to split it up to cover both.
Genre: Dystopian
1. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Great book for anyone who just wants to read, but it was one of the first books that got me into dystopian.
2. Delirium by Lauren Oliver
You want a little more romance. Read this dystopian series.
3. Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
Interesting idea. Okay ending.
4. Divergent by Veronica Roth
As many people have already read this book, it is an easy and interesting read for dystopian books.
5. Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Such a lovely and different idea.
Other amazing books to read in this genre:
The Fifth Wave by Rick Yancey
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
Happy Reading
-Amanda Lyn
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Crooked Kingdom Release
Hello everyone,
As you have figured out if you have been keeping up with my posts the past few months I am in love with Leigh Bardugo's Six of Crows. I am excited to say that today is the release of Crooked Kingdom, the second and final book in the series. As I had to do, I went to the store and bought it. I am thrilled to be reading this book and will keep you all updated as it goes.
Happy Reading
-Amanda Lyn
As you have figured out if you have been keeping up with my posts the past few months I am in love with Leigh Bardugo's Six of Crows. I am excited to say that today is the release of Crooked Kingdom, the second and final book in the series. As I had to do, I went to the store and bought it. I am thrilled to be reading this book and will keep you all updated as it goes.
Happy Reading
-Amanda Lyn
Friday, September 23, 2016
Read 5 Buy 1 #4 Completed
Hey Everyone,
One more finished! So thrilled with how much I have been able to read this year.
Read:
1. Raven: Delirium Series 2.5 by Lauren Oliver
2. Cinder by Marissa Meyer
3. Annabel: Delirium Series 0.5 by Lauren Oliver
4. Hana: Delirium Series 1.5 by Lauren Oliver
5. Slaughter House Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Bought:
1.Empire of Storm by Sarah J Maas
One more finished! So thrilled with how much I have been able to read this year.
Read:
1. Raven: Delirium Series 2.5 by Lauren Oliver
2. Cinder by Marissa Meyer
3. Annabel: Delirium Series 0.5 by Lauren Oliver
4. Hana: Delirium Series 1.5 by Lauren Oliver
5. Slaughter House Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Bought:
1.Empire of Storm by Sarah J Maas
Happy Reading
-Amanda Lyn
Monday, September 19, 2016
Try a Chapter Book Tag
Hey Everyone,
So the point of this challenge is to find a next great book to read. I am supposed to pick five books on my TBR and read the first chapter of each, talk about them, and then pick on to read. Here are the books that I am picking between:
1. The Fall of Five by Pittacus Lore
2. The Winner's Kiss by Marie Rutkoski
3. The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau
4. Paper Towns by John Green
5. Nevernight by Jay Kristoff
Now I hate reading like this. I usually have three books at a time that I am reading and I simultaneously read all three. But due to this challenge I will be picking up five books and then setting down four of them. Now all four of these I want to read pretty soon, but it stresses me out to start so many books and stop a bunch of them. We will be lucky if I don't just pick up the first book I try out and continue through with that.
#1- The Fall of Five
I have this as an audiobook and the first chapter is 18 minutes long. I listen at 1.5 speed for this series, because the readers are too slow for me.
While I didn't mind this chapter, I wasn't hooked to it. Let's move onto the next book.
#2- The Winner's Kiss
I have this book in a hardback and the first chapter is 14 pages long.
I got a few pages into this book and knew it wasn't the right time to read it.
#3- Paper Towns
I have this book in a paperback and the first chapter is 8 pages long.
I liked the beginning of this. It had me caught right away, and I was in the mood for this kind of writing.
#4- The Testing
I have this book in hardback but as I sat reading the summary I found myself not in the mood to start it. So I moved on.
#5- Nevernight
I have this book in hardback. But a few things stopped me from reading it. First my interest was piqued with Paper Towns. Second I am expecting a book to come next week that I will be picking up as soon as soon as it gets here. So I want to start something short, and this book is not as short as I want. Saying that, this will be next on my list to try the first chapter of once I am done with that other book.
Happy Reading
-Amanda Lyn
So the point of this challenge is to find a next great book to read. I am supposed to pick five books on my TBR and read the first chapter of each, talk about them, and then pick on to read. Here are the books that I am picking between:
1. The Fall of Five by Pittacus Lore
2. The Winner's Kiss by Marie Rutkoski
3. The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau
4. Paper Towns by John Green
5. Nevernight by Jay Kristoff
Now I hate reading like this. I usually have three books at a time that I am reading and I simultaneously read all three. But due to this challenge I will be picking up five books and then setting down four of them. Now all four of these I want to read pretty soon, but it stresses me out to start so many books and stop a bunch of them. We will be lucky if I don't just pick up the first book I try out and continue through with that.
#1- The Fall of Five
I have this as an audiobook and the first chapter is 18 minutes long. I listen at 1.5 speed for this series, because the readers are too slow for me.
While I didn't mind this chapter, I wasn't hooked to it. Let's move onto the next book.
#2- The Winner's Kiss
I have this book in a hardback and the first chapter is 14 pages long.
I got a few pages into this book and knew it wasn't the right time to read it.
#3- Paper Towns
I have this book in a paperback and the first chapter is 8 pages long.
I liked the beginning of this. It had me caught right away, and I was in the mood for this kind of writing.
#4- The Testing
I have this book in hardback but as I sat reading the summary I found myself not in the mood to start it. So I moved on.
#5- Nevernight
I have this book in hardback. But a few things stopped me from reading it. First my interest was piqued with Paper Towns. Second I am expecting a book to come next week that I will be picking up as soon as soon as it gets here. So I want to start something short, and this book is not as short as I want. Saying that, this will be next on my list to try the first chapter of once I am done with that other book.
Happy Reading
-Amanda Lyn
Sunday, September 18, 2016
30 Books Read in 2016 Finished!
Hello Everyone,
So today I finished my goal of reading 30 books in 2016. This is just a short post to mark the moment. If you want to see a list of all the books I have read this year, check out my Goodreads, which is linked on the side of the page. And remember to check back in as I will continue to read more and more books this year.
Happy Reading
-Amanda Lyn
So today I finished my goal of reading 30 books in 2016. This is just a short post to mark the moment. If you want to see a list of all the books I have read this year, check out my Goodreads, which is linked on the side of the page. And remember to check back in as I will continue to read more and more books this year.
Happy Reading
-Amanda Lyn
Top 5 Books I Read This Summer
Hello everyone,
I read a lot of books this summer, way more than I planned to read. You can go and see just how many on my Goodreads page which is liked to the left. Anyways, I decided to tell you about my top five favorite books that I read.
1. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Rated 5/5 Stars
2. The Last Star by Rick Yancey
Rated 4.5/5 Stars
3. The Kiss of Deception by Mary E Pearson
Rated 4/5 Stars
4. Fight CLub by Chuck Palahniuk
Rated 4/5 Stars
5. Entire Percy Jackson Series by Rick Riordan
Average Score 3.5/5 Stars
I had to put all of these together because I read all five of them this summer. I felt like they were talked about so much as I was growing up and I never managed to read them. While I liked them, I fell that the appropriate time in my life to read them had passed, and I enjoy different things more now. Still, I liked them enough to add to this list, and I plan on reading the next two
Happy Reading
-Amanda Lyn
I read a lot of books this summer, way more than I planned to read. You can go and see just how many on my Goodreads page which is liked to the left. Anyways, I decided to tell you about my top five favorite books that I read.
1. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Rated 5/5 Stars
2. The Last Star by Rick Yancey
Rated 4.5/5 Stars
3. The Kiss of Deception by Mary E Pearson
Rated 4/5 Stars
4. Fight CLub by Chuck Palahniuk
Rated 4/5 Stars
5. Entire Percy Jackson Series by Rick Riordan
Average Score 3.5/5 Stars
I had to put all of these together because I read all five of them this summer. I felt like they were talked about so much as I was growing up and I never managed to read them. While I liked them, I fell that the appropriate time in my life to read them had passed, and I enjoy different things more now. Still, I liked them enough to add to this list, and I plan on reading the next two
Happy Reading
-Amanda Lyn
Thursday, September 8, 2016
Reading List 2016 (September Update)
At the beginning of this year, I planned to read 30 books. I sat down and made a list of 30 books that I planned to read, but I knew that the list would change a lot. So every three months I sit down and edit my list.
But as I sat to write out my September list, I realized that I was going to end up reading way more than 30 books this year. I wrote extra books at the end to give myself more of a challenge!
I am reading 30 books in 2016. Here is my September update.
These are in no particular order, just how I typed them out.
Read Already:
1. Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas
2. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
3. City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
4. Queen Song by Victoria Aveyard
5. The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey
6. Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard
7. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
8. I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore
9. The Crown by Kiera Cass
10. A Wicked Thing by Rhiannon Thomas
11. The Winner's Curse by Maria Rutkoski
12. Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
13. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
14. The Last Star by Rick Yancey
15. The Kiss of Deception by Mary E. Pearson
16. The Winner's Crime by Marie Rotkoski
17. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (Reread)
1. And I Darken by Kiersten White
2. Queen of Shadow by Sarah J Maas
3. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
To Read:
1. Graceling by Kristen Cashore
2. Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo (Will be released in September)
3. Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
4. The Winner's Kiss by Maria Rutkoski
5. Empire of Storm by Sarah J Maas (Will be released in September)
6. Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo
7. Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo
8. Damien by Herman Hesse
9. The Beauty of Darkness by Mary E Pearson
10. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
11. Nevernight by Jay Kristoff
12. Paper Towns by John Green
Happy Reading
-Amanda Lyn
But as I sat to write out my September list, I realized that I was going to end up reading way more than 30 books this year. I wrote extra books at the end to give myself more of a challenge!
I am reading 30 books in 2016. Here is my September update.
These are in no particular order, just how I typed them out.
Read Already:
1. Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas
2. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
3. City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
4. Queen Song by Victoria Aveyard
5. The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey
6. Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard
7. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
8. I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore
9. The Crown by Kiera Cass
10. A Wicked Thing by Rhiannon Thomas
11. The Winner's Curse by Maria Rutkoski
12. Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
13. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
14. The Last Star by Rick Yancey
15. The Kiss of Deception by Mary E. Pearson
16. The Winner's Crime by Marie Rotkoski
17. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (Reread)
18. The Power of Six by Pittacus Lore
19. The Heart of the Betrayal by Mary E Pearson
20. The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan (Reread)
21. The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan (Reread)
22. The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan (Reread)
23. The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
24. Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi
25. The Rise of Nine by Pittacus Lore
26. Raven: Delirium 2.5 by Lauren Oliver
27. Cinder by Marissa Meyer
28. Annabel: Delirium 0.5 by Lauren Oliver
29. Hana: Delirium 1.5 by Lauren Oliver
Currently Reading:19. The Heart of the Betrayal by Mary E Pearson
20. The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan (Reread)
21. The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan (Reread)
22. The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan (Reread)
23. The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
24. Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi
25. The Rise of Nine by Pittacus Lore
26. Raven: Delirium 2.5 by Lauren Oliver
27. Cinder by Marissa Meyer
28. Annabel: Delirium 0.5 by Lauren Oliver
29. Hana: Delirium 1.5 by Lauren Oliver
1. And I Darken by Kiersten White
2. Queen of Shadow by Sarah J Maas
3. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
To Read:
1. Graceling by Kristen Cashore
2. Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo (Will be released in September)
3. Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
4. The Winner's Kiss by Maria Rutkoski
5. Empire of Storm by Sarah J Maas (Will be released in September)
6. Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo
7. Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo
8. Damien by Herman Hesse
9. The Beauty of Darkness by Mary E Pearson
10. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
11. Nevernight by Jay Kristoff
12. Paper Towns by John Green
Happy Reading
-Amanda Lyn
Sunday, September 4, 2016
Read-A-Theme Read-A-Thon September
Hello Everyone,
Recently I was asked to join the Read-A-Theme Read-A-Thon group on Goodreads. I found the bio interesting so I will now be participating in month Read-A-Thons with a predetermined theme.
I cannot say that I will be doing all of them, but I am going to start out by trying the September one and seeing how it goes.
September info:
Date- September the 2nd at 6pm till September the 4th at 11:59pm
Theme- Quick reads (books under 300 pages)
I had very few books that fit this category, but after some searching I found two that I wanted to try. I also borrowed two books under 70 pages from the library to try this weekend. I only planned on reading one of these, because of some traveling I was doing this weekend.
Books:
-Slaughter House five by Kurt Vonnegut
-Brave New World byAldous Huxley
-Hana (Delirium 1.5) by Lauren Oliver
-Annabel (Delirium 0.5) by Lauren Oliver
Progress:
September 2nd- I travelled all day and had no time for reading. I had an audio book on in the car, but I only listened to an hour of it and the book is over 600 pages so it does not fit in the category.
September 3rd- Started and finished Annabel (Delirium 0.5) by Lauren Oliver. It was a quick read, perfect to start off this Read-A-Thon.
September 4th- I did a lot more traveling but managed to do some night reading before bed. I started and finished Hana (Delirium 1.5) by Lauren Oliver). It is double the previous one and brought my page count up.
Conclusion:
Pages- 98 Read
Books- 2 Finished
Happy Reading
-Amanda Lyn
Recently I was asked to join the Read-A-Theme Read-A-Thon group on Goodreads. I found the bio interesting so I will now be participating in month Read-A-Thons with a predetermined theme.
I cannot say that I will be doing all of them, but I am going to start out by trying the September one and seeing how it goes.
September info:
Date- September the 2nd at 6pm till September the 4th at 11:59pm
Theme- Quick reads (books under 300 pages)
I had very few books that fit this category, but after some searching I found two that I wanted to try. I also borrowed two books under 70 pages from the library to try this weekend. I only planned on reading one of these, because of some traveling I was doing this weekend.
Books:
-Slaughter House five by Kurt Vonnegut
-Brave New World byAldous Huxley
-Hana (Delirium 1.5) by Lauren Oliver
-Annabel (Delirium 0.5) by Lauren Oliver
Progress:
September 2nd- I travelled all day and had no time for reading. I had an audio book on in the car, but I only listened to an hour of it and the book is over 600 pages so it does not fit in the category.
September 3rd- Started and finished Annabel (Delirium 0.5) by Lauren Oliver. It was a quick read, perfect to start off this Read-A-Thon.
September 4th- I did a lot more traveling but managed to do some night reading before bed. I started and finished Hana (Delirium 1.5) by Lauren Oliver). It is double the previous one and brought my page count up.
Conclusion:
Pages- 98 Read
Books- 2 Finished
Happy Reading
-Amanda Lyn
Friday, September 2, 2016
Read 5 Buy 1 #3 Completed
Hello Everyone,
I completed my third Read 5, Buy 1 Challenge! Here is a little update:
Read:
1. The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan (Reread)
2. The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan (Reread)
3. The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
4. Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi
5. The Rise of Nine by Pittacus Lore
Bought:
1. Vicious by V.E. Schwab
I have already read two books for my next set of Read 5, Buy 1 challenge. I am doing a Read-A-Thon this weekend and I hope that I can finish it so that I can buy Empire of Storm by Sarah J Maas on the release date of September 6th.
Happy Reading
-Amanda Lyn
I completed my third Read 5, Buy 1 Challenge! Here is a little update:
Read:
1. The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan (Reread)
2. The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan (Reread)
3. The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
4. Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi
5. The Rise of Nine by Pittacus Lore
Bought:
1. Vicious by V.E. Schwab
I have already read two books for my next set of Read 5, Buy 1 challenge. I am doing a Read-A-Thon this weekend and I hope that I can finish it so that I can buy Empire of Storm by Sarah J Maas on the release date of September 6th.
Happy Reading
-Amanda Lyn
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