Vlog: Tackle Your TBR Week 2

Last week the second and final week of the Tackle Your TBR vlog and while I was going through some difficult things in my family life, I managed to continue reading. It was actually quite therapeutic over the last few days to be able to focus on a book. One of my favorite booktubers, Dana from The Book Hoarder, posted a very appropriate vlog a few days before my grandfather passed away that basically sent the message that books will always be there for you. In good times and bad, you can always pick up a book and be transported to a world where your worries are non-existent and you can just shut off your brain for a while. It's exactly what I needed through this tough time.

Grampy & I making sure my cousin doesn't tip over. XD

I hope you enjoy this vlog! As I mention at the end of this video, I'll be taking a couple weeks off from readathoning but I have a few lined up for the end of October and one for the beginning of November (which I am hosting)! Hopefully you don't miss my readathon posts too badly... ;)

Vlog: #DiverseAThon + Tackle Your TBR Week 1

Last week was the first week of the Tackle Your TBR readathon as well as the #DiverseAThon! I managed to read 3 full books and a good chunk of a fourth. I thoroughly enjoyed participating in the #DiverseAThon, pushing myself to read diversely, learning about the perspectives of other identities, and learning from the other people participating in the chat! I've reflected so much on my own privilege and identity, the challenges others face solely based on their various identities, and felt myself thinking and growing in different ways which is one of my favorite experiences as a person. This vlog is loooooong but I had so much to say that I didn't want to cut and could have added in much more! I hope #DiverseAThon will come around again soon because I had an incredible time. I hope you enjoy this vlog! <3

Tackle Your TBR Week 2 Daily Progress Updates

Happy Week 2 of Tackle Your TBR! I've decided to split up my daily progress updates into two weeks so keep things a bit easier to navigate. If you're interested in checking out my progress updates from Week 1 and the #DiverseAThon, you can check it out here. I will be posting my vlog from the first week of this readathon on Thursday so be on the look out for that, but for now, enjoy my daily updates for the remainder of Tackle Your TBR! As always, this post will be pinned to the top of my Twitter page for east access and re-visitation to this post!

Tuesday, September 20th

Books read today: Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Pages read today: 44
Time listened today: 0:00:00
Books completed today: None

Wednesday, September 21st

Books read today: Slumdog Millionaire by Vikas Swarup, Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (62 pages) & Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella (22 pages)
Pages read today: 84
Time listened today: 1:02:17
Books completed today: 1 - Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Thursday, September 22nd

Books read today: Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella
Pages read today: 78
Time listened today: 0:00:00
Books completed today: None

Friday, September 23rd

Books read today: Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella (186 pages) & The Dinner by Herman Koch (50 pages)
Pages read today: 236
Time listened today: 0:00:00
Books completed today: 1 - Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella

Saturday, September 24th

Books read today: Slumdog Millionaire by Vikas Swarup (2:45:56) & The Dinner by Herman Koch (93 pages)
Pages read today: 93
Time listened today: 2:45:56
Books completed today: None

Sunday, September 25th

Books read today: The Dinner by Herman Koch (149 pages) & Lord of the Flies by William Golding (48 pages)
Pages read today: 197
Time listened today: 0:00:00
Books completed today: 1 - The Dinner by Herman Koch

Monday, September 26th

Books read today: Lord of the Flies by William Golding & Slumdog Millionaire by Vikas Swarup
Pages read today: 154
Time listened today: 0:26:41
Books completed today: 1 - Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Total pages read: 2,206
Total time listened: 9:19:52
Total books completed: 7

Tackle Your TBR Week 1 & #DiverseAThon Daily Progress Updates

You all know the drill by now! Here is my blog post where I will keep my daily progress updates for the #DiverseAThon and Week 1 of the Tackle Your TBR readathon, which are happening simultaneously. Check out my TBR posts for both the Tackle Your TBR readathon and the #DiverseAThon (TBR subject to change) to see what I will be reading this week! As usual, I will be keeping this post pinned to the top of my Twitter page so you can easily find your way back to it throughout the week. I will also be vlogging throughout these readathons so you will be seeing my experience and my thoughts on each book as I read them. I hope you all have a fabulous week and if you are participating in either of these readathons that you have so much fun!

Monday, September 12th

Books read today: Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman

Pages read today: 206

Time listened today: 0:00:00

Books completed today: None

Tuesday, September 13th

Books read today: Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman (102 pages) & Mr. Smith Goes to Prison (41 pages)

Pages read today: 143

Time listened today: 0:00:00

Books completed today: 1 - Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman

Wednesday, September 14th

Books read today: Mr. Smith Goes to Prison by Jeff Smith

Pages read today: 27

Time listened today: 0:00:00

Books completed today: None

Thursday, September 15th

Books read today: Mr. Smith Goes to Prison by Jeff Smith (142 pages) & Slumdog Millionaire (audio) by Vikas Swarup (1:24:14)

Pages read today: 142

Time listened today: 1:42:14

Books completed today: None

Friday, September 16th

Books read today: Slumdog Millionaire by Vikas Swarup (1:43:48), Mr. Smith Goes to Prison by Jeff Smith, & Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (10 pages)

Pages read today: 50

Time listened today: 1:43:38

Books completed today: 1 - Mr. Smith Goes to Prison by Jeff Smith

Saturday, September 17th

Books read today: Slumdog Millionaire by Vikas Swarup (1:05:48) & Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (110 pages)

Pages read today: 110

Time listened today: 1:05:48

Books completed today: None

Sunday, September 18th

Books read today: Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie & American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang

Pages read today: 352

Time listened today: 0:00:00

Books completed today: 1 - American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang

Monday, September 19th

Books read today: Slumdog Millionaire by Vikas Swarup (0:51:08) & Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Pages read today: 253

Time listened today: 0:51:08

Books completed today: None

Total pages read: 1,317

Total time listened: 5:04:58

Total books completed: 3

Tackle Your TBR Readathon | TBR Selection!

Clearly, I've been loving this readathon thing. It's been keeping me motivated throughout this busy time of year to continue to read and discover new stories! Because I've been loving it so much, I will be participating in a second readathon during this month called the Tackle Your TBR readathon, hosted by Wishful Endings. Tackle Your TBR is a two-week readathon - lasting from Monday, September 12th at midnight to Monday, September 26th at 11:59PM - which means much more opportunity to read my eyeballs out! Here is my TBR for this readathon:

Mr. Smith Goes to Prison by Jeff Smith

A political memoir

250 pages

Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella

286 pages

The Dinner by Herman Koch

A book that was translated to English

292 pages

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

A book that takes place on an island

202 pages

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

192 pages

The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness

479 pages

I of course have uploaded a TBR video in which I explain a little bit about each book and my reasoning behind selecting each title, so make sure you hit play to find out more about each one! I am also planning on vlogging, as usual, and since there is two weeks worth of readathon I will be doing one vlog for each week to try and cut down on the time. Please let me know in the comments or on Twitter if you are planning to participate in Tackle Your TBR - I would love to interact with you! :)