Once Upon a Read-a-Thon: July 13, 2011 Update

July 13, 2011: Update 
As I suspected, I didn't time this Read-a-Thon well with my schedule. With working from 8 to 6:30 yesterday, I didn't get home til 7 and then had to go straight to the dentist's office. When the novicane wore off, I found myself in the grips of tooth pain and went straight to bed. Therefore, yesterday I read no books. That leaves me with three books to finish today which I could do if I wasn't at work from 11 to 8:30 today. I'm afraid my reading goals for this Read-a-Thon will be sorely underacheived.

Consequently, my progress:
The Hellion and the Highlander: Finished.
Sinful in Satin: Not Started
Much Ado About You: Not Started
Dangerous Highlander: Not Started

It's sad when real life responsibilities take us away from reading, which is what appears to be the case for this Read-a-Thon. Ah, well, better luck next time!

Once Upon a Read-a-Thon: July 11, 2011 Update

July 11, 2011: Update 

So today I didn't get as much reading done as I'd hoped, what with being gone from noon to ten PM at a friend's lake house (oh, the sacrifices we make for our friends...)

 

Consequently, my progress:

1. The Hellion and the Highlander: 278 out of 366ish pages completed. Review, obviously not finished.

2. Sinful in Satin: Not Started. Review: Not Started.

3. Much Ado About You: Not Started. Review: Not Started.

4. Dangerous Highlander: Not Started Review: Not Started.

 

I have a feeling what with the 16 hours of work I'll be putting in, my vocal lesson, and my dentist appointment, I'll either be losing a LOT of sleep... or I won't reach my goal of these four books. What a shame.

 WISH ME LUCK!

Once Upon a Read-a-Thon: July 2011

So on rather short notice I discovered the 'Once Upon a Read-a-Thon' hosted by Reading Angel, Lori at Pure Imagination, and Candace at Candace's Book Blog! Even on such short notice I believe I've trained rigorously enough these past few months to make a pass at this challenge... right. I'm very excited, even though I have to enter the giveaway as an under 18 year old and thus cannot receive 'adult' books. Which amuses me to know end, because I'm going to be READING 'adult' books for the Read-a-Thon. Geesh, people are picky.
But I did once love me a good YA so I'd be grateful to win one of those anyway! Swag is always pretty sweet too. :) Anyways, the Read-a-Thon goes from July 11 to July 13, and the challenge is to read more than I normally would. A pretty big task considering I devour at least a book a day. Here are my plans:

Reviews that I have already on my computer and am thinking about posting during this time period but may save til after the Read-a-Thon:

July 12 - Resurrection by Boone Brux. I think. This review was up on Siren's Song earlier today, which means I can post it on July 12. However now that I look for it, it has disappeared. I'm... not quite sure what that means. Stay tuned.
July 11 - This one is also a maybe-post. It's called The Auction, a Dark Erotica by Kitty Thomas.
July someday - I'm just submitting my review of Chasing the Sunset by Barbara Mack to the lovely ladies at Siren's Song tonight or tomorrow mornng, so I dont know when I'll be able to post it. It depends on when they do. Sorry ladies.

Now, I normally read one to two books a day - however I happen to be going to a friend's lake house tomorrow all day and I'm working 8 hours both the 12th and the 13th, so that severely limits my time in an abnormal fashion. Therefore I'm going to say four books. And here they are:

Noticing a trend? Sexy highlanders and pretty dresses abound! Anyways, wish me luck as I hunker down and read with fervor! I'll report to you every day on my progress, hopefully with a review in hand! If you follow me on goodreads, you'll note I've been 'reading' 3 of these 4 books since June 30th. I assure you I haven't picked them up yet - and it never takes me that long to read a book. I simply entered all nine of the books I picked up at the library that day!

I'm off! A good night's rest is required before such strenuous reading! Farewell my fellow bookish people!