It's the End of 2014 Read-A-Thon Day 11

It's Day 11 and I am the host today, so if you would like to let me know what your list is for today, then enter your URL in the comments or tweet @booking_awesome.

Today's game is...Most Anticipated of 2015... Just list the top ten books you are most anticipating.

I don't really know of any many books coming out in 2015 so, I'm just going to list the books I know are that I want to read.

1.) Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare

2.) Miss Mayhem by Rachel Hawkins

3.) A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas 

4.) The Heir by Kiera Cass

5.) The Fifth Wave #3 by Rick Riordan

6.) Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

7.) A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab

8.) Passenger by Alexandra Bracken

9.) Vanishing Girls by Lauren Oliver

10.) Dead of Winter by Kresley Cole

There's my list! Please let me know what your most anticipated releases of 2015 are by entering in the comments below!

It's the End of 2014 Read-A-Thon Day 7

It's already a week into the read-a-thon! Wow, time flies. I am today's host so if you would like to enter into today's game, just put your link in the comments below or tweet @booking_awesome with the #Endof2014Read.

Today's game is... Tell Me A Story... Use book titles and author names to write a little story.

This one is really hard, but here is my attempt:

Jack's Run home felt like the longest run in history. He crashed through the kitchen door and into his mother's unexpecting arms. "Jack, honey, what's wrong?" She asked as tears streamed down his face.
     "The kids down near Monument 14 told be to go swimming in an Infinite Sea so I'll never come back!"
     "Kids have the Darkest Minds, don't they?" Jack nodded. Jack's mother knew that the move was difficult for him and that he has felt like he was all alone, didn't even fit in with The Outsiders. Jack's mother felt like The One cause for his troubles.
     "Then I told them," Jack began, "To try Catching Fire so they will all burn!"
     "Jack, that was not the right thing to do, although it may look like it is At First Sight. You have to make sure that your knowledge of right and wrong Never Fade when the other kids treat you like that. In the Afterlight, the only thing that will be matter is if you are who want to be, right?"
     "Right." Then Jack ran off to the Safe Haven of his room and his mother went back to making dinner not knowing she provided The Rescue that Jack needed.

It's not the best story, but it doesn't have to be top quality, does it? Make sure to enter into the game today and I will have some honorable mentions tomorrow!

It's the End of 2014 Read-A-Thon Day 6

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! (You know, if that's your thing) AND WE MADE IT TO THE HALF WAY POINT! Today our host is Sarah at YA Bookaholic. If you want to enter today's game, just comment your name and URL to submission after clicking on the above link. You can also enter if you tweet @Read_Endof2014!

Today's game is entitled Winter Wonderland and all you have to do is create a Wintery scene with either natural materials or things inside that are associate with the season showcasing the book you are currently reading. This one sounds like fun!

Since I haven't yet opened up my Christmas presents, there will not be a picture right now, but when all of the presents have been opened and I decide which one to read, I will have a nice wintery picture for you guys!

Reading Update: I didn't read anything yesterday because I had to finish some Christmas presents and I am really sick now, so I had only gotten two hours of a good, quality sleep the night before so I spend a lot of yesterday sleeping and being super sick. It was not fun. I feel a little better today, just a little. I might read some today, I don't know. I may just sleep. It kind of sucks that I am spending my Christmas break being sick, but there is still a week left, so maybe I won't be sick for the whole break. I'M BEING OPTIMISTIC. Optimism is always good.

I hope your read-a-thon is going better than mine and you have read tons of books! Let me know your progress and I will see you all tomorrow with another post!

It's the End of 2014 Read-A-Thon Day 5

Welcome to Day 5 of the read-a-thon and I hope your reading is doing awesome. Today, our host is Once Upon a Time over at Once Upon A Time A Review, so if you are interested in entering in today's game, click on the link and and comment your name and URL.

Today our game is Movie Marathon. What you have to do is list your top 5 books that you think would make awesome movies and why. (How weird... we're asking you to make a top 5 list on day 5...hmm...)

It is so hard for me to create a list of books I want turned into movies because sometimes I feel like movies do not do the books justice, so I'm doing television shows too because I can!

1. The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michele Hodkin would make an awesome television show because, if the writers are really talented, then they can leave every episode on a cliffhanger to make the audience come back. And the first season could end where that thing with Noah and Joseph happens (if you've read the book you know what I'm talking about) or the end of the actual book which would be a great season finale for any television show.
2. The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken, I think, would translate fantastically through film or television and I tend to lead towards film on this one because there are some things that could be taken out and I would totally fine with and I would be okay if some things were altered a bit and I think the action would make a really good film. I also think that there isn't too much to explain, so that would be fine in a movie. But, this book would do just fine as a television show as well.
3. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. Yes I know that this is already a movie, but it's not a good movie. It needs redone to be more true to the book. It was like the writers just decided to use the same names and basic basic premise and then write a whole new story. I think (and this is not popular opinion) that the movie by itself is okay, but as a book to movie adaptation, it is utterly horrible. It needs to be remade by different people.
4. The Restoration Series by Terri Blackstock. This is a sort of a post-apocalyptic series about an EMP crippling America who knows where else. This series does deal with religion, so I think it would be a great movie to make people think. I also think that the action/events would create a very suspenseful movie. This series would also make a great television show.
5. Enclave by Ann Aguirre would make an excellent movie or television show because of the weird society and the captivating characters would really draw an audience in. The world is just so interesting and I think it would be great to see it come to life.

That all for today and remember, if you would like to enter, click on the link to Once Upon A Time's blog and type your name and the link to your post of video in the comments of her post. 

It's the End of 2014 Read-A-Thon Day 4

It's Day 4!!!!!!!!!! Today's host is Charlotte over at Bookmarks and Blogging so go check out her blog. If you would like to enter in today's game, just post click on the link above and comment your name and URL to your submission.

Today's game is called Psychic Or Not is to try to predict what will happen next in the book your are currently reading.

Since I am rereading a book currently, I am not going to predict anything since I know what is going to happen. I don't want to spoil anyone!

My read-a-thon hasn't been going too well. I haven't finished my first book yet which I started before the read-a-thon even began and I've been sick since day one. There are still eight days left, so hopefully things pick up. I'm almost done with The 5th Wave and I am going to try to finish it today. Let me know how your read-a-thon is going so far, hopefully it's going better than mine!

It's the End of 2014 Read-A-Thon Day 3

Congrats! You've made it to Day 3! Today's host is Once Upon A Time over at Once Upon A Time A Review (Yes, this is a change)! So if you are entering today's games, make sure to click on the link above or tweet your submission to @Read_Endof2014!

Today's games is................ drum roll, please...............Spell It Out where you just have to spell any Wintery or Christmas words with the books you have read this year.

Here is my attempt!

My word was SNOW and I used:

Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan

Never Fade by Alexandra Bracken

The One by Kiera Cass

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Spark Notes

Make sure to enter either in the comments of Once's post or on Twitter and the winner will be announced tomorrow!

Also, yesterday, I hosted a game of my own where you had to put your books in a rainbow and I have a few people I would like to honorably mention...

The first is Emily Schroeder from Rawrdy Rawr Book Dino and this is her rainbow!

The second is Emma from Twitter @_BooksOhMy and you can see her picture if you search #Endof2014Read and you can see the third, Melissa @melissacuratolo the same way

There were also some other amazing entries:

Katie

Alex

It's the End of 2014 Read-A-Thon Day 2

Yes!!! Welcome to Day 2 of the Read-A-Thon!!! How is your reading going??? Today the host is... ME! Yes, I am the host!

Today's game is...

COLOR THE RAINBOW- All you have to do is take books from your shelves and put them together as if they were a rainbow.

All you have to do to enter is to put the link to your post of video in the comments or I will even let you tweet it at me @booking_awesome with the hashtag #Endof2014Read. I will announce the winner (or winners) on this blog tomorrow within my post for the read-a-thon.

Here is my attempt....

Make sure to enter in the comments or on Twitter and let me know how your read-a-thon is going so far.

It's the End of 2014 Read-A-Thon Day 1

It's the first day of The End of 2014 Read-A-Thon!!!! Today's host is Sarah at YA Bookaholic and the game is to state your TBR for the read-a-thon. If you would like to enter the in the game, go over to Sarah's post for the day and post the link to your blog post or video in the comments. I am not going to enter the game, but I will participate, so here it is!

1. The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey: I started reading this during the mini read-a-thon and I've been reading it since so I would like to finish it.
2. The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken: I would like to reread this one because if I don't get In the Afterlight for Christmas, I will buy it myself and I want to remember everything. 
3. Never Fade by Alexandra Bracken: Same deal as the book above
4. I Have No Earthly Idea: I did not realize that this sounded like a book title when until I actually wrote it... anyway, it's not. It's just me telling you that I don't know what I am reading after those books and I am waiting until Christmas to see what books I am getting.

That's all for today, just make sure to enter at the link so you can have the joy of be honorably mentioned and we can all see what each other is reading because that's why we do the blog thing, right? Sorry if that sounds weird, but I just woke up and the brain isn't functioning properly yet. I need some coffee...

It's the End of 2014 Read-A-Thon Mini Read-A-Thon

The Mini Read-A-Thon starts today and ends on Sunday at midnight wherever in the world you may be. Try to get as much reading done as you possibly can! If you haven't already joined, you can go here for more information or just go join the Goodreads group!

It's the End of 2014 Read-A-Thon: Another Update!

We will be having a mini 48 hour read-a-thon to get everyone all excited for the read-a-thon! The 48 hour read-a-thon takes place on the 13th and 14th of December! If you would like to know more about the It's the End of 2014 Read-A-Thon, click here. And if you would like to join, click here to join the Goodreads group, or you can enter yourself in the comments, but we will be sending out tons of messages through Goodreads, so I recommend joining there!

'It's the End of 2014' Read-A-Thon Update!

There is now a Goodreads group for the read-a-thon to make it easier to join and get to know one another! Please go check it out and join and if you would like to know more information about the read-a-thon, you can see all of the info here. And there is more exciting information to come so stay tuned!

It's the End of 2014 Read-A-Thon

Yes, I am doing another read-a-thon.... and I made another logo!!! But, this read-a-thon is different because it's FREAKING AWESOME!

I am going to be hosting 3 out of the 12 days of this read-a-thon along with three other great bloggers, Sarah from YA Bookaholic, Charlotte from Bookmarks and Blogging, and Once Upon a Time who is currently blogging from the Magical World of Books, but that is subject to change. This read-a-thon is for you to finish all of those books you meant to finish this year and to have fun of course. There are going to be a lot of fun games and challenges and reading sprints hosted via Twitter and it's going to be tons of fun. I'm going to tell you all about that right now!

This is the calendar for the read-a-thon! It starts on December 20th and goes to December 31st. I will be hosting on the 21st, 26th, and 30th, so my hosting days are pretty spread out. I personally will not being doing any giveaways and I don't know about the other hosts, so when i get that information, I will relay it to you.

There are only three challenges that will last the entire read-a-thon, so they will be super easy to complete.
1. Read a total of 2,000 pages
2. Reread a favorite of 2014
3. Set Your Own Challenge, like read a book with a red cover or read 20 books. You can be as cautious or ambitious as you like.


And there are a slew of games, one everyday to be exact. And there will be winners, so it'll be great. I will be participating in all of the games, but I will not enter myself as a winner for any of them. If you would like the participate in the games, just create a post or a video about it. To submit your entry, just put your name or username and a link to your submission in the comments of the post for the particular game on the hosts blog. For now, here are the games. And yes, I color coded them to match the calendar.

December 20th- Simply your TBR for the read-a-thon
December 21st- Color the Rainbow.... this is where get book covers from your shelves and make a rainbow
December 22nd- Spell it out.... spell any Wintery or Christmas words with the books you have read this year
December 23rd- Psychic or Not.... try to predict what will happen next in the book you are currently reading
December 24th- Movie Marathon- pick your top 5 books that you think would make awesome movies
December 25th- Winter Wonderland.... create a Wintery scene with either natural materials or things inside that are associate with the season and display the book that you are currently reading
December 26th- Tell Me A Story.... use book titles and author names to create a mini story
December 27th- Building Blocks..... build a structure out of your books
December 28th- Scavenger Hunt.... find items from the covers of your TBR for the read-a-thon or from the covers of the books that you have read so far
December 29th- Shake it up.... reenact or recreate your favorite book cover
December 30th- 2015 Most Anticipated.... list your top ten most anticipated books of 2015
December 31st- 2014 Gems.... list your top ten favorite books of 2014

And if you would like to know about all the spontaneous reading sprints, follow my Twitter @booking_awesome and that of the read-a-thon @Read_Endof2014. Also, if you follow those two Twitter accounts, then you'll get all sorts of news updates.

If you would like to sign up, go join the Goodreads group!



***NEWS!!!!!!!!!!! 

There is a giveaway for this read-a-thon!!! It's to get you all hype for the read-a-thon and it's sort of like a warm up event. There are 5 eBooks up for grabs so make sure you go enter! There will be certain rules, but those are yet to come. We are using Once Upon a Time's co-blog for this, so if you are interested, click here.

***The things above are subject to change