Owlowiscious Girls

This will be my first time participating in Bout of Books!  It is too long to wait for the next Dewey Readathon in October so here goes nothing. The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, May 13th and runs through Sunday, May 19th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, Twitter chats, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional.  For all Bout of Books 25 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. I am participating in Bout of Books 25.  This is my first time.  I want to finish at least 5 books.  Monday, May 13, 2019 What I read:   I finished Catching Fire . 

Dewey's 24 Hour Readathon came and went.  I didn't update here because I was updating on Instagram which is new for me since that wasn't really the plan but since I have an actual smart phone now it just kinda happened that way.  I didn't get much reading done any way, but that is fine.  But now I have the next Readathon Date- October 26th and I am going to plan to NOT be teaching Sunday school and maybe find a way to get away...maybe? that might just be a dream for now.  At the very least I can plan to not worry about Sunday school. Any way my reading schedule is OUT OF CONTROL!!!!  It is time to reign it in.  Time to scratch all the "plans" and focus on ONE book at a time.  Okay okay maybe two because...audio books.  I need to get stuff done but I need to read too.  I am torn as to where to focus my reading energy.  I did buy a  Reading Planner to help get me focused and get off the computer and hopefully to inspire me.  ...

It was a busy spring break with my sister and nephew here.  I just barely finished one book- of course that is pretty low for me. It was suppose to be the first prereadathon challenge, too, and I already resigned myself to not participating but now with spring break over and back on regular schedule I am able to participate in the pre-readathon challenge #2.  It is a good one too.  Read for 24 hours before the 24 Readathon on April 6th (which I can't fully participate in any way because that is the Ladies Spring Brunch).  Life is just a series of obstacles keeping me from reading!  I am kinda joking, kinda not.  Any way, the way I figure it I need to read at least 3 hours a day till April 6th to get in my 24 hours.  This is how it is going so far- March 30th: Time Read- 1 hour Pages Read- 48 What I Read- Reading to finish the series March 31st: Time Read- 2 hours Pages Read- 154 What I Read- Reading to finish the series ...

I am so scattered in my life right now but I have been trying to keep up with my reading groups.  On Goodreads my Great American Read Group reads 2 books a month- one stand alone and one from a series from the The Great American Read which I have only been working on since it came out last year.  I also try to participate as often as possible in the Popsugar Monthly read.  Here is what March reading looks like: Reading the Dollanganger Series Book #1 Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews (my original post ) The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead (my original post ) Popsugar Reading for March prompt "a book with a question in the title" Where'd You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple I haven't gotten very far in any of them and with Spring Break right around the corner and my sister coming and my depression I am going to slowly be working my way through these.  I am not sure I will be having much free reading time. 

  March: 9/40 and 1/10 or 10/50 1. A book becoming a movie in 2019: Looking for Alaska* 2. A book that makes you nostalgic: Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett 3. A book written by a musician (fiction or nonfiction): Natalie Grant books 4. A book you think should be turned into a movie: The Ordinary Princess 5. A book with at least one million ratings on Goodreads: The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold 6. A book with a plant in the title or on the cover: APRIL BOOK- The Witch Elm by Tana French 7. A reread of a favorite book: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by JK Rowling 8. A book about a hobby: Absolutely Truly by Heather Vogel Fredrick 9. A book you meant to read in 2018: Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick 10. A book with POP, SUGAR, or CHALLENGE in the title: NOVEMBER BOOK 11. A book with an item of clothing or accessory on the cover:  The Outsiders* 12. A book inspired by myth/legend/folklore:  The Sea of Monsters 13. A book published po...

Another week- another book- or in my case many books.  From my last post I finished It's All Relative by A.J. Jacobs and The Seven and a Half Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton.  But instead of trying to get down to one book a week I have added just one more to my list.  For Make a Friend Day on February 11 I found a list of friendship themed books and started reading The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. MOM'S READING I am going to count it in the "Advanced" section of the challenge "a book with no chapters/unusual chapter headings/unconventionally numbered chapters" because it is an epistolary novel.  I am also thinking of putting it in the 2018 challenge as "a book you meant to read in 2017" but I don't know if I would be lying even though I have wanted to read this book for awhile.  If I ever get back to one book a week I will be able to review them better but let me just say this book is really dep...

  I have six books left to read to finish the 2018 Popsugar Challenge.  I am determined to finish even if I finish late.  *1. A book made into a movie you've already seen:  The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown- DONE *2. True Crime: Truevine: Truevine: Two Brothers, a Kidnapping, and a Mother's Quest: A True Story of the Jim Crow South by Beth Macy-DONE *3. The next book in a series you started: Emily Climbs by L.M. Montgomery-DONE * 4. A book involving a heist:  The Heist by Janet Evanovich- DONE *5. Nordic noir:  The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larson (January Group Read)- DONE  *6. A novel based on a real person: Gods and Kings  by Lynn Austin-DONE *7. A book set in a country that fascinates you: On the Road with Francis of Assisi: A Timeless Journey Through Umbria and Tuscany, and Beyond by Linda Bird Francke- DONE *8. A book with a time of day in the title: Afternoon of the Elves by Janet Taylor Lisle- DONE *9. A book about a vi...