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Love for Books Readathon -- Finish Line

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Pages read today: 88 (Time Enough for Love) + 25 (Sh*tty Mom)

Pages read total: 265

Comments: Well... I didn't really accomplish my goals.  Life just seemed to get in the way this week.  We had too many activities and a cranky baby.  I'm disappointed, but I keep on reading.

Goals:

  • Finish at least one book in progress (Lost Prince or Time Enough) √
  • Read two books
  • Review all books read √
  • Read at least 600 pages

TBR Pile:

  • The Lost Prince by Julie Kagawa
  • The Iron Traitor by Julie Kagawa
  • Time Enough for Love by Robert Heinlein (in progress)
  • Bloodlines by Richelle Mead
  • Wicked by Gregory Maguire
  • Sh*tty Mom by Laurie Kilmartin, Karen Moline, Alicia Ybarbo, Mary Ann Zoellner (in progress)
tags: Love for Books Readathon
categories: Readathon
Monday 02.24.14
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

Love for Books Readathon Day #5

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Pages read today: 111 (The Lost Prince)

Pages read total: 252

Comments: Well...  this week isn't going as I planned.  Baby has decided that he doesn't like it when I read during the day.  I did finally finish The Lost Prince.  I know I won't finish Time Enough for Love before Sunday, but I really want to get at least another 100 pages in.

tags: Love for Books Readathon
categories: Readathon
Friday 02.21.14
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

The Lost Prince by Julie Kagawa

Title: The Lost Prince (The Iron Fey: Call of the Forgotten #1)

Author: Julie Kagawa

Publisher: Harlequin Teen 2012

Genre: YA Paranormal (Fey)

Pages: 377

Rating: 4/5 stars

Reading Challenges: Library; 52 Books - W8; Women Authors; Seriously Series

Don't look at Them. Never let Them know you can see Them.

That is Ethan Chase's unbreakable rule. Until the fey he avoids at all costs—including his reputation—begin to disappear, and Ethan is attacked. Now he must change the rules to protect his family. To save a girl he never thought he'd dare to fall for.

Ethan thought he had protected himself from his older sister's world—the land of Faery. His previous time in the Iron Realm left him with nothing but fear and disgust for the world Meghan Chase has made her home, a land of myth and talking cats, of magic and seductive enemies. But when destiny comes for Ethan, there is no escape from a danger long, long forgotten.

It was refreshing to read a book set in fey that wasn't focused on Meghan.  I'll admit that I was tiring of her by the end of The Iron Fey series.  I needed a change to stay interested.  Ethan is a great change.  We get appearances by Meghan, Ash, and even Puck, but the book is really centered on Ethan and Keirran's journeys.  I liked getting to know these two new-ish characters,  The book definitely ends on a cliff-hanger, but I'm okay with it.  We get a whole new mystery to solve in thus series and I'm on board.  I can't wait to see how this all plays out.

The Iron Fey

  • #1 The Iron King
  • #1.5 Winter’s Passage
  • #2 The Iron Daughter
  • #3 The Iron Queen
  • #3.5 Summer’s Crossing
  • #4 The Iron Knight
  • #4.5 Iron’s Prophecy
  • #5 The Lost Prince
  • #6 The Iron Traitor
  • #7 The Iron Warrior
tags: 4 stars, 52 books in 52 weeks, fey, Julie Kagawa, library, Love for Books Readathon, Seriously Series, women authors
categories: Book Reviews
Friday 02.21.14
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

Love for Books Readathon Day #2

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Pages read today: 75 (The Lost Prince) + 66 (Time Enough for Love)

Pages read total: 141

Comments: A slow start for the first two days of the readathon, but I'm still encouraged to keep reading.  My goal is to finish The Lost Prince tomorrow.  I only have 100 pages left so it's possible.  Time Enough for Love will take me much longer, but I imagine that I will continue to read that at night before bed.

tags: Love for Books Readathon
categories: Readathon
Wednesday 02.19.14
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

Love for Books Readathon -- Starting Line

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As with all my readathons this year, I'm scaling back on goals.  The main idea is to focus on reading instead of being distracted by the internet or television.

Goals:

  • Finish at least one book in progress (Lost Prince or Time Enough)
  • Read two books
  • Review all books read
  • Read at least 600 pages

TBR Pile:

  • The Lost Prince by Julie Kagawa
  • The Iron Traitor by Julie Kagawa
  • Time Enough for Love by Robert Heinlein
  • Bloodlines by Richelle Mead
  • Wicked by Gregory Maguire
  • Sh*tty Mom by Laurie Kilmartin, Karen Moline, Alicia Ybarbo, Mary Ann Zoellner
tags: Love for Books Readathon
categories: Readathon
Sunday 02.16.14
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

Love for Books Readathon

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From Novel Heartbeat:

I loooove readathons and so does Amanda, so we decided it was time for one! What does this readathon entail, you ask? Well, read as much or as little as you want – the main point is to READ! You set your own goal!

  • The Love for Books Readathon runs from Monday, February 17th at 12:01 am through Sunday, February 23rd at 11:59 pm.
  • We will have at least one mini challenge sometime during the week for you to participate in!
  • There will be a giveaway at the end of the readathon for all participants.
  • Sign up at Novel Heartbeat or Confessions of a Bookie Monster. You may join whenever you like, but to be eligible for our grand prize giveaway, you must sign up by February 18th.
  • To join, all you have to do is make a sign-up post and add your post URL to the linky below! You can put your goals and progress (will be required for the final giveaway) in your sign-up post, or you can make it separate. Totally up to you!
  • In order to enter for the grand prize, you must have a post to keep track of your progress so we can see that you participated.

I think it's time for another readathon and this one looks good.

tags: Love for Books Readathon
categories: Readathon
Monday 02.10.14
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

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