Booktube-a-thon is a readathon that took place from July 15th to July 21st and was created by Raeleen and Ariel over on YouTube. The goal is to read as much as you can during the week, as well as trying to complete mini-challenges (re-read a book, average 300 pages a day, etc.) For more info watch the girls' videos linked above on each of their names, or visit the Booktube-a-thon twitter!
Here are the books I read this past week during Booktube-a-thon!
- Across The Universe by Beth Revis - This is the first book in the Across the Universe trilogy and I actually started reading it right before Booktube-a-thon officially began. I couldn't put it down! I really really enjoyed it and I'm super excited to start the sequel, A Million Suns! (Which I definitely would have started if I had it on hand at the time!)
- Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion - Immediately after finishing ATU, I picked this one up. I had requested it at the library forever ago and it finally came in, so of course I had to dive in. I ended up really liking it, which wasn't much of a surprise seeing as I enjoyed the movie as well.
- Specials by Scott Westerfeld (Complete a series/trilogy) - I read Uglies and Pretties a few years back and I remember starting Specials but only getting a few chapters in before returning it to the library. I picked it up again and forced myself to finish it and...I hated it. Well maybe that's a little harsh but seriously I'm just glad it counted toward the complete a trilogy challenge.
- Free Four : Tobias Tells the Story by Veronica Roth - I read this short little novella (that I've been meaning to get to for a while now!) from the Divergent series and just...yes, good. It was perfect and tacked on 13 pages to my total page count.
- Percy Jackson & the Olympians / The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (Re-read a book) - After Specials I decided to delve into a book I know I love, and the Percy Jackson series definitely fit the bill. With Sea of Monsters coming out so soon, I knew I wanted to re-read the books before seeing the movie anyway and I figured now would be the perfect time to start!
In the end, I read 4 books (and one novella) with a total of 1375 pages altogether! I was able to squeeze in two of the challenges (re-read a book and complete a series/trilogy) which is pretty fantastic considering I went into the read-a-thon without any plans of completing any challenges whatsoever. Woo!
