March 2018 Reading Wrap Up & #Emojiathon Spring 2018 Final Stats

March & the #EmojiAThon are over and HOLY MOLY did I have a fantastic reading month! Out of the 13 books that I managed to finish, 12 of them were 4 or 5 star ratings. WHAT. That doesn't happen. Unfortunately I was only able to complete one BINGO for Emojiathon, but I'm damn close to getting a couple more on the board, so I'm pretty proud of what I was able to accomplish this month! I really enjoyed my time with Emojiathon and I'm definitely thinking that I'll be participating in another round in the future!

WEEK 5 STAT BREAKDOWN

Books completed this week...

Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater

391 pages

Completes the TWO DANCERS emoji: A buddy read

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
303 pages
Completes the TALKING HEAD emoji: A book that everyone has been telling you to read

Books in progress...

The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic
64/256 pages
BALL emoji: A book involving sports

FINAL STATS FOR #EMOJIATHON

Pages read: 5,134

Books completed: 12

Challenges completed: 12/22

*please note that these stats do not include the 3 books I read prior to the readathon

READING STATS FOR MARCH

Particpated in 2 readathons (#ReadYourFaceOff & #Emojiathon)

Completed 3/10 books from 10 Book TBR #1 (10/10 total)

Completed 3/10 books from 10 Book TBR #2 (3/10 total)

Started 1 series

Continued 2 series

Completed 2 series

5,448 pages read

13 books completed

BOOKS COMPLETED

Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt

Physical copy, 5/5

My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologizes by Fredrik Backman

Physical copy, 5/5

TBR Jar pick from 10 Book TBR #1

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

Physical copy, 4/5

Book 2 of 2 of the Six of Crows Duology

Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia

Physical copy, 4/5

Eat Only When You're Hungry by Lindsay Hunter

Physical copy, 4/5

Book of the Month pick from 10 Book TBR #2

Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

Kindle eBook, 5/5

Kindle pick from 10 Book TBR #2

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Physical copy, 4/5

Buddy read with Anita

Obsidio by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff

Physical copy, 5/5

Book 3 of 3 of The Illuminae Files

The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes

Kindle eBook, 5/5

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling

Physical copy, 5/5

Book 3 of 7 of the Harry Potter Series

Buddy read with Michael

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

Audiobook, 2/5

Book 1 of 8 of the Outlander Series

Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater

Physical copy, 4/5

Buddy read with Michael

Book 3 of 4 of The Raven Cycle

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Beck Albertalli

Physical copy, 5/5

#Emojiathon Week 4 Update | Spring 2018 Round

We're coming down to the end of it, y'all! We have roughly 2.5 days left of the month and 2.5 days left of #Emojiathon. I haven't gotten a BINGO yet, but I'm hoping I can squeeze a few more books in by 11:59PM on Saturday. My ultimate goal is to get two BINGOs, and in order to do that I'm going to focus on finishing three books: Blue Lily, Lily Blue (currently reading), The Foxhole Court (currently reading), and Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda. I did some quick math, and that means I have to read 739 pages by the end of the day Saturday, which roughly averages out to 246 pages per day. GAHHHHH! Can I do it?! We shall see!

WEEK 4 STAT BREAKDOWN

Books completed this week...

The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes

80 pages

Completes the PHONE emoji: An eBook

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
435 pages
Completes the WIZARD emoji: A fantasy book

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

850 pages

Completes the HEADPHONES emoji: An audiobook

Books in progress...

Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater
156/391 pages
TWO DANCERS emoji: A buddy read

The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic
55/256 pages
BALL emoji: A book involving sports

TOTALS AFTER WEEK 4

Pages read: 4,587

Books completed: 10

Challenges completed: 10/22
*please note that these stats do not include the 3 books I read prior to the readathon

GOALS FOR WEEK 5

1. Finish Blue Lily, Lily Blue (TWO DANCERS, 235 pages remaining)
2. Finish The Foxhole Court (BALL, 201 pages remaining)
3. Read Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (TALKING HEAD, 303 pages)

#Emojiathon Week 3 Update | Spring 2018 Round

We're three weeks into #Emojiathon and I'm making some really great progress! This past week I read some INCREDIBLE books (one of them may even make it onto my favorite books of the year list!) and it's honestly making me feel so motivated to read. I'm also close to making some BINGOs on my Emojiathon board, and I have my fingers crossed that you'll see at least one by my next update! I hope everyone else's Emojiathon is continuing to go well, and I hope you all are able to finish strong in this remaining week and a half! (Can you believe March is almost over?!)

WEEK 3 STAT BREAKDOWN

Books completed this week...

Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
465 pages
Completes the CAMERA emoji: A book that has been adapted

Obsidio by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
608 pages
Completes the ALIEN emoji: A science fiction book

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
453 pages
Completes the CAUTION emoji: A book you're cautious to start

Books in progress...

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

583/850 pages

HEADPHONES emoji: An audiobook

The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes

19/80 pages

PHONE emoji: An eBook

TOTALS AFTER WEEK 3

Pages read: 3,613

Books completed: 7

Challenges completed: 7/22
*please note that these stats do not include the 3 books I read prior to the readathon

GOALS FOR WEEK 4

Knock out the center column!

1. Finish Outlander (HEADPHONES, 267 pages remaining)
2. Finish The Hundred Dresses (61 pages remaining)

3. Read Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (WIZARD, 435 pages)

4. Read Church of Marvels (BOOKS, 320 pages)
5. Read Blue Lily, Lily Blue (TWO DANCERS, 391 pages)

#Emojiathon Week 2 Update | Spring 2018 Round

This week was significantly more successful for my #Emojiathon reading! I managed to complete 3 books and make some good progress on two others that I'm listening to on audiobook. I feel like I balanced my time a lot better this week when it comes to my reading life and my other responsibilities, and I'm feeling really motivated to get some more books completed in the coming week! I hope everyone else's Emojiathon is going well - we're nearly at the halfway mark!

WEEK 2 STAT BREAKDOWN

Books completed this week...

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
536 pages

Completes the HOURGLASS emoji: A book you're in the middle of

Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia

385 pages

Completes the BRAIN emoji: A mental illness book

Eat Only When You're Hungry by Lindsay Hunter
209 pages
Completes the CAR emoji: A book involving travel

Books in progress...

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
95/453 pages
CAUTION emoji: A book you're cautious to start

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

389/850 pages

HEADPHONES emoji: An audiobook

TOTALS AFTER WEEK 2

Pages read: 1,969

Books completed: 4

Challenges completed: 4/22
*please note that these stats do not include the 3 books I read prior to the readathon

GOALS FOR WEEK 3

1. Finish Jane Eyre (CAUTION, 358 pages remaining)

2. Read Big Little Lies (CAMERA, 458 pages)

3. Read Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (WIZARD, 435 pages)

4. Read Blue Lily, Lily Blue (TWO DANCERS, 391 pages)

5. Start Obsidio (ALIEN, 608 pages)

#Emojiathon Week 1 Update | Spring 2018 Round

Week 1 of the #Emojiathon is over, so it's time for an update! This week I read a lot slower than I thought I would and I was absolutely exhausted over the weekend. I took part in another round of #ReadYourFaceOff with some of my bookish pals (vlog to be posted tomorrow!) but being as sleepy as I was made reading much more difficult than usual. It's okay, though, because we still have a whole month ahead of us and so many AWESOME books to get to! Woop woop! :D Anywho, here's my #Emojiathon progress thus far:

WEEK 1 STAT BREAKDOWN

Books completed this week...

Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt

355 pages

Completes the SHRUG emoji: A book you haven't read and you don't know why

Books in progress...

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

310/536 pages

HOURGLASS emoji: A book you're in the middle of

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

239/850 pages

HEADPHONES emoji: An audiobook

TOTALS AFTER WEEK 1

Pages read: 904

Books completed: 1

Challenges completed: 1/22
*please note that these stats do not include the 3 books I read prior to the readathon

GOALS FOR WEEK 2

1. Finish Crooked Kingdom (HOURGLASS, 214 pages remaining)

2. Read A Tale for the Time Being (PEACE SIGN, 422 pages)

3. Read Eliza and Her Monsters (BRAIN, 385 pages)

4. Start Jane Eyre (CAUTION, 453 pages)

#Emojiathon Plans | Spring 2018 Round

YOU GUYS.

I am super pumped because EmojiAThon comes back next month! 

I've always been intrigued to join but it's always fallen on times when I was either way too busy or had already committed to another readathon so I wasn't able to join. This time around I'm free and I can't wait to hop in on the fun! EmojiAThon takes place during the entire month of March and the aim of the readathon is to complete as many challenges that correlate to each emoji as possible. 

The hosts have created a fun BINGO board this round (above!) so you can also try to make as many BINGOs with your reading as possible throughout the month. I love when readathons are game-ified so of course I will be attempting to get as many as possible! I've picked a book to correspond to each of the 25 challenges. Of course, there's no way I'm going to get through 25 books in the month of March, but in order to make this experience a fun challenge I decided to pick a 25 book TBR to see just how many BINGOs I can get! 

A few things about how my TBR will work for EmojiAThon:

• You might notice that a couple of books are already checked off on the board. There are four titles that the hosts are asking you to read because they are their favorite books. In Dylan's announcement video, he mentioned that if you have already read these books, you can just check them off. I've surprisingly already read 3 of those titles already so I'm starting with 3 books already checked off of my TBR. WOO! 

• I do have a couple of books that I'm DEFINITELY planning on getting to in the month of March, either because they're a buddy read, a part of my 10 Book TBRs, or a part of my series read throughs. These books are going to be prioritized. I have noted the books that I'm DEFINITELY going to read by highlighting them in yellow.

• Once my priority books are done, I'm going to look at my board to see how I can fit in as many BINGOs as possible before the month is over. My priority books didn't land in a row anywhere on the board, so I'll have to read at least one extra book in order to make at least one BINGO!

Now that all of that is out of the way, here's my TBR BINGO board!

TACO - Dylan's favorite book - We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson (already read)

SHRUG - A book you haven't gotten to and you don't know why - Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt

BRAIN - A mental illness book - Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia

BALL - A book involving sports - The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic

CAR - A book involving travel - Eat Only When You're Hungry by Lindsay Hunger

TWO DANCERS - A buddy read - Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Steifvater (buddy read with Michael)

AVOCADO - Brittany's favorite book - The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls (already read)

CAUTION - A book you're cautious to start - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (buddy read with Anita)

GRAD CAP - A nonfiction book - The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace by Jeff Hobbs

PEACE SIGN - A diverse book - A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki

HEADPHONES - An audiobook - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

CAMERA - A book that has been adapted - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

BOOKS - Free space! Read whatever you want - Church of Marvels by Leslie Parry

WIZARD - A fantasy book - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling (buddy read with Michael)

PHONE - An eBook - The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes

TALKING HEAD - A book everyone is telling you to read - Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

HOURGLASS - A book you're in the middle of - Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

GRANDMA - A book that's older than you - The Long Walk by Stephen King

PURPLE HEART - Jay's favorite book - Keep Her Safe by K.A. Tucker

SUNGLASSES - A book by an indie/unknown author - The Kitchen Daughter by J.A. McHenry

ALIEN - A science fiction book - Obsidio by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff (buddy read with Michael)

DETECTIVE - A mystery or a thriller - The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin by Josh Berk

PAINT PALETTE - A book with your favorite color on the cover - The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

18 - A smutty/new adult book - The 8 Mistakes of Amy Maxwell by Heather Balog

POOP - Chelsea's favorite book - The Hating Game by Sally Thorne (already read)

I'm planning to vlog throughout the month (as I always do with readathons), but instead of my normal vlog where I take you around everywhere, it will be more of a vlog-style monthly reading wrap up. So you'll get one big vlog at the end of the month! I also am planning to do blog updates on my progress each week (similar to how I updated for The Reading Quest back in the summer) so stay tuned here to see how I'm doing! I hope you all join in on this amazing readathon because I think it's going to be a lot of fun. :)

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Chelsea

Dylan

Jay

Brittany