Announcing the Lux Readathon!

Coming soon!

LUX Readathon

July 29th - August 5th

 

Ready for Opposition!?

Valerie from Stuck in Books and I are sponsoring a readathon to re-read the books in the Lux series so we are completely ready for August 5th and the release of Opposition!

What's up with this readathon?

We'll be re-reading

SHADOWS

OBSIDIAN

ONYX
OPAL
ORIGIN

 or

Lux Beginning
Lux Consequences

It doesn't matter if this is the first time you've read the series.

It doesn't matter if it's the tenth time you've read the series.

It doesn't matter if you read the original covers or the new ones.

We will be coming together to read them all before OPPOSITION.

There will be prizes.

There will be no pressure.

There will be no challenges to take away from reading time.

There will be a Facebook group where we can talk about the books.

Each book will have a time frame to read and then we'll be doing discussion on the FB page and/or Twitter.

You can choose to participate as much or as little as you want.

There will be tweeting.

There will be squealing.

There will be sighing.

There will be fangirling! 

What do you do to participate?

Fill out the Google Form.

Request to join the FB group.

Or you can find the form here!

Dante Walker Readathon Kickoff!

Hey, everybody! Today kicks off the readathon Steph from Ohana Reads and I are hosting for the Dante Walker trilogy by Victoria Scott! I posted about this fun little event here, and now I'm going to rehash the details and add a few little updates. WOOT.

 -  The Readathonstarts today and ends on the 16th!

- Through the Readathon, we'll be reading all three books in the series. If you're curious about the reading order, then check this out:

 

(All the covers are linked to their Goodreads pages)

- When reading the books, tweet your progress with the hashtag #ReadDanteWalker. Or tweet a favorite (non-spoilery) quote. Or tell us how you adore the eff out of Dante. Just be sure to use the hashtag so we all can see it!

- We will be running a group on Goodreads and a group on Facebook, so there's MORE ways we all can chat about the awesome that is Dante Walker. I'll generally be running the Facebook group, while Steph will hold the reigns of the Goodreads group, but we can both totally join in and help out on either site if we want. It's going to be all kinds of fun!

 Goodreads | Facebook

- There will be giveaways! We have a few super cool swag packs to give away to some lucky winners participating in the Readathon (they will be randomly chosen from Facebook, Goodreads, and Twitter).

- We will have a Twitter chat at the end of the Readathon, on May 16th at 8 PM CST. Victoria Scott will be joining us to answer some questions and give away some swag!

- If you want to only participate in part of the readathon (i.e. you only have time to read The Warrior so you only stick to one book instead of all three, or if you have to join late), that is totally okay! Everyone is welcome. This whole thing is to bring Dante readers together to interact and have some Dante fun. ;)

And that's it! Read some Dante, have some fun, and if you have any questions--any at all--feel free to contact me or Steph and we'll help you out. Pow! 

My Twitter: @jessbooklover
My email: makesmeworse12@gmail.com

Steph's Twitter: @OhanaReads
Steph's email: ohanareads@gmail.com

Dante Walker Readathon!

Hello, lovely people! Sorry I've been kind of absent this past week. I was siiiiiick. But I'm past the worst part and on the road to getting better, so I'M BAAAAACK. And I have plans. As you can probably tell from all the readathon talk in the title/at the top of this post. So let's get to it, yes?

As I'm sure you know, seeing as you follow my blog and all, the third and final book in the Dante Walker trilogy is releasing on May 6th. So Steph and I wanted to do something fun to celebrate. THIS IS IT. Stephanie from Ohana Reads and I are going to host a Dante Walker Readathon! WOOT!

The Details:
 -  The Readathon is from May 9th-16th, so there should be enough time for everyone to get their copies of The Warrior and mentally prepare themselves for the awesome.

- Through the Readathon, we'll be reading all three books in the series. I'm not sure how you don't know the reading order by now, given how much I talk about these books, but if you do not know, here they are in order:

 

- When reading the books, tweet your progress with the hashtag #ReadDanteWalker. Or tweet a favorite (non-spoilery) quote. Or tell us how you adore the eff out of Dante. Just be sure to use the hashtag so we all can see it!

- We will be running a group on Goodreads and a group on Facebook, so there's MORE ways we all can chat about the awesome that is Dante Walker. I'll generally be running the Facebook group, while Steph will hold the reigns of the Goodreads group, but we can both totally join in and help out on either site if we want. It's going to be all kinds of fun!

**If you'd like to join the groups now, you can do so: Goodreads | Facebook

- There will be giveaways! We have a few super cool swag packs to give away to some lucky winners participating in the Readathon (they will be randomly chosen from Facebook, Goodreads, and Twitter).

- We will have a Twitter chat at the end of the Readathon, on May 16th! We're still working out specifics (because we want Author Chick--aka Victoria Scott--to be there, right?), but there WILL be more swaggish goodness to give away, and it WILL be a good time.

And that is all! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or Steph, and we'll get back to you as soon as we can.

I am seriously excited about this, you guys! I LOVE readathons, and I LOVE Dante Walker, so I have, like, double love going on right now. *flails*

LUX Readathon ♥ Sign-Ups!

 

Y'all know how much I LOVELOVELOVE Jennifer L. Armentrout, eh?

 

And you know how much I adore her Lux series, yes?

 

And that Daemon Black is so incredibly magnificent?

 

Weeeeeellllllll...

 

On August 27, Origin is releasing.

 

HOLY CRAP, right? Especially if you've read Opal. Personally, I can't wait. I have been bouncing off the walls about this ever since I closed Opal on Christmas Eve. And then when we saw the cover of Origin? OH GOSH.

 

Now, I KNOW I am not the only person excited out of their freaking minds for the next book.

 

And in preparation for all that awesomeness, I've been in a very LUX mood, you know? I want to read about my favorite characters and get back in that world again.

 

So I teamed up with Val from Stuck in Books and Kay from K-Books to do the...

 

LUX Readathon!

 

Eeeeeep! I am so excited for this!!!!

 

This is JUST a readathon.

 

What does that mean? We're not doing any challenges. We are seriously going to sit out booties down and READ the books of our favorite series.

 

And we will totally be tweeting or whatnot to fangirl together because, HELLO. Fangirling just needs to happen. It is the way of the world.

 

There are going to be prizes, too!

 

What prizes? We'll let you know more about that later ;) Just know that they are totally grabby-hands-worthy. I seriously squee-ed!

 

Wait. WHEN is all this awesomeness going to happen?

 

August 1st, 2nd, 3rd.

 

WOOT!

 

What are we reading, specifically?

 

ALL of the Lux books:

Shadows, Obsidian, Onyx, and Opal!!

 

Do you want to take part in all the fabulousness?!

 

Sign-up below!!

 

 

Yay! This is going to be so much fun!!

 

♥Jessica(:

Wicked Wildfire Read-a-thon Wrap Up

All right, so the read-a-thon ended yesterday. Now it's time to see what I finished . . .

1. All These Things I've Done by Gabrielle Zevin (354 pages)

2. Exiled by M.R. Merrick (264 pages)

3. Fire by Kristin Cashore (461 pages)

4. As I Wake by Elizabeth Scott (269 pages)

5. The Disenchantments by Nina LaCour (307 pages)

TOTALS:

5 books

1655 pages

I finished my goal! I read all the books on my list. I didn't have that many books on my list, but I'm glad I finished them. We have to factor in the fact that I went to a book signing during this, and the fact that I LOVE TO SLEEP. So sleeping got in the way just a little bit. Either way, my first read-a-thon was a total success, and I'll definitely be participating in another one sometime.

Have a great night, Friends!

♥Jessica(:

Lauren Kate Signing Recap♥

Yesterday, my dear friends, I got to meet the wonderful author of the Fallen series, Lauren Kate. I know, I know, I'm SUPPOSED to be reading my booty off in a read-a-thon, but she was at my personal favorite indie bookstore (because it's where I always go to book signings--they've had some amazing authors there). So since I'd been excited about this for a while, I went. This read-a-thon is my first, so it's mostly a test run for me. You know, to see how it goes and how I like doing read-a-thons and such. As a little update, I can tell you that I'm almost done with All These Things I've Done and plan to finish it tonight. Not the point I'm here to make, though, so let's talk books signings, yes?

So, for the first time in my very short book-signing-attendee experience, I was EARLY. Yeah, shocking, I know. I'm usually fashionably late (not on purpose, that's just how it often works out). So I got a seat where my tiny self could actually see Lauren's pretty face! Consequently, this also resulted in having to sit and wait for a while. I'm okay with that, though. My mom, who was sitting next to me, was not. She wasn't too fond of the idea of waiting. She did it, though, and we went on with our lives and the signing and had a great time and whatnot. There were a lot of people talking about the Hush, Hush series, too, while we were waiting. I found this somewhat surprising, though I probably shouldn't have. Both series ARE about angels. They're just really different in a lot of ways, too. They aren't that alike in my eyes. I adore both series, though, so I was happy to join some conversations about it.

Then, Lauren got there and before we knew it, she was speaking. She read the prologue of Rapture, and I

have to say--it was a wonderful way to start. Plus, I REALLY want to read Rapture right this moment. But alas, I have a list and other things to read and conflicting emotions about moving said list around. So for now I'll let it be and go with the flow. Another thing I must say--Lauren did a really good job narrating. I'm not a big fan of audio books, but I think Lauren could be a great narrator for them.

Moving on . . . after the prologue, Lauren talked about Rapture and what it was like to be ending the series. She explained that of course this would be bitter/sweet. That's how endings go, as we all know (I'm not trying to rhyme right now, it's just happening that way). We get the answers we've been waiting for, but we're going to miss the characters we've grown to love over time.

After she said what she wanted, Lauren asked us if we had any questions. Lauren was asked questions about many, many things. I'm not going to tell y'all everything because a) I am a very lazy person, b) I don't want to mess up any of her answers, because who could possibly remember EVERYTHING she said word for word? No one, that's who. and c) My computer almost makes me want to kick puppies or babies or something (ALMOST!) and I'd rather not spend all that time. So I'll give you a few bulletpoints of what I learned today (yes, today, but I'm posting it tomorrow, so I should have said yesterday, but oh well):

-Lauren loves all of the covers in the Fallen series (my personal favorite is the Rapture cover--it's so GORGEOUS, I just want to keep petting the cover)

-Lauren loves austin and screamed a little when she found out she got to come here to finish her book tour

-Fallen will be a movie! We didn't get much details on this, though. But there is a script written!

-As far as casting for previously mentioned movie goes, Lauren hopes that there is a brilliant casting director to find unknown actors so they can grow into her characters

-Luce was a super hard character for Lauren to get ahold of at first, until she just let Luce go and do what she does

-Lauren is proud of the arcs her characters have made in this series and likes where they all end

-Lauren has saved 67 rejection letters from writing-related things (random, yes, but randomness is SO MUCH FUN)

-Cam well . . . ah, Cam (I was going to end with seven bullets, and I don't like the number 7, so I added this, hehe)

Random fact: I'm listening to Mr. Jones by Counting Crows right now. I LOVE THIS SONG. Okay, so the point of this post--I had an amazing time meeting Lauren Kate, and she is a truly wonderful person. I don't know why this always surprises me a little bit, but it does. It also makes me unbelievably happy. I got Rapture signed and had a nice little chat with Lauren. The topic of me having a blog came up and I HAD to say how I practically blog-stalk Anna from Literary Exploration. I don't spend eactually stalk anyone, but I'm pretty close, I think, and it makes me feel like a creeper. I have good intentions, though.

Mr. Jones is about to end (for the gazillionth time, since I keep replaying it), so I'll leave y'all with that. AH! I'm go glad I got to meet Lauren Kate! Today was a great day.

Have a magnificent Friday, Friends!

♥Jessica(:

Wicked Wildfire Read-a-thon

I'm a little late with my starting post, but here it is!

The books I hope to finish in this read-a-thon are

(I'm going to exclude Graceling because I started it before the read-a-thon began, even though I finished it after midnight last night)

1. All These Things I've Done by Gabrielle Zevin

2. Exiled by M.R. Merrick

3. Fire by Kristin Cashore

4. The Disenchantments by Nina LaCour

5. As I Wake by Elizabeth Scott

That's my list for now. I'll get through as many of these as I can, and whatever I don't get through will just stay on my TBR. Since this is my first read-a-thon, I'm not putting a bunch of pressure on myself or anything. At the end, I'll let y'all know how I did! :)

♥Jessica(: