30 Books in 30 Days/SimsAThon {Week 2 Progress // June 8-14}

TBR for Week 2

🎤 On the Come Up by Angie Thomas

🌟 Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

🚀 Saga, vol. 4 by Brian K. Vaughn

📝 The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo*

🤫 The Lying Game by Ruth Ware

⚙️ Fullmetal Alchemist, vol.13-15 by Hiromu Arakawa

*not on my SimsAThon TBR

DAY 8

🎤 FINISHED Read 216/447 pages (447/447 total) - Completes the "Take a Bubble Bath" challenge // Book 8/30

🚀 Read 50/152 pages (50/152 total)

Day 8 Totals

Pages read: 256

Books completed: 1

SimsAThon challenges completed: 1

SimsAThon points earned: 3

DAY 9

🚀 FINISHED Read 102/152 pages (152/152 total) - Completes the "Geat a Job (Astronaut)" challenge // Book 9/30
🌟 Read 8/192 pages (8/192 total)

Day 9 Totals

Pages read: 110

Books completed: 1

SimsAThon challenges completed: 1

SimsAThon points earned: 6

DAY 10

🌟 Read 40/192 pages (48/192 total)
📝 FINISHED Read 361/361 pages - Book 10/30

Day 10 Totals

Pages read: 401

Books completed: 1

SimsAThon challenges completed: 0

SimsAThon points earned: 0

DAY 11

🌟 Read 52/192 pages (100/192 total)

Day 11 Totals

Pages read: 52

Books completed: 0

SimsAThon challenges completed: 0

SimsAThon points earned: 0

DAY 12

🌟 FINISHED Read 92/192 pages (192/192 total) - Completes the "Have a Baby" challenge // Book 11/30

⚙️ Read 158/576 pages

Day 12 Totals

Pages read: 250

Books completed: 1

SimsAThon challenges completed: 1

SimsAThon points earned: 6

DAY 13

⚙️ FINISHED Read 418/576 pages (576/576 total) - Completes the "Get a Promotion" challenge // Book 12/30
🤫 Read 26/370 pages

Day 13 Totals

Pages read: 444

Books completed: 1

SimsAThon challenges completed: 1

SimsAThon points earned: 4

DAY 14

🤫 Read 152/370 pages (178/370 total)

Day 14 Totals

Pages read: 152

Books completed: 0

SimsAThon challenges completed: 0

SimsAThon points earned: 0

WEEK 2 TOTALS

Pages read: 1,665

Books completed: 5

SimsAThon challenges completed: 4

SimsAThon points earned: 19

OVERALL TOTALS

Pages read: 3,548

Books completed: 12

SimsAThon challenges completed: 9

SimsAThon points earned: 39

30 Books in 30 Days/SimsAThon {Week 1 Progress // June 1-7}

In order to stay on track with my big reading challenge undertaking this month, I thought I would post weekly stats and progress updates here on my blog. I'm filming weekly vlogs as well (my week 1 vlog will be uploaded later today!) so you can hear my thoughts on each book as I complete them, but for those of you like me who like to nerd out over reading stats, these blog posts will give you all the numbers from each day!

Week 1 has started this challenge off on the right foot. Things have been surprisingly manageable! While I would have liked to have completed all 9 of the books on my TBR this week, I still managed to read 7 books in 7 days and am on track for achieving my 30 book goal! I'm feeling very motivated to read and I'm looking forward to a successful week two. :)

TBR for Week 1

🧚 I Hate Fairyland, vol. 1 by Skottie Young

💁‍♀️ Giant Days, vol. 4 by John Allison

💀 Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

😍 The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli

😇 Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman*

💞 Listen to Your Heart by Kasie West*

⚔️ Giant Days, vol 5 by John Allison

🎤 On the Come Up by Angie Thomas

👗 21 Proms edited by David Levithan

*not on my SimsAThon TBR

DAY 1

🧚 FINISHED Read 128/128 pages - Completes "Create a Sim" challenge // Book 1/30 

💁‍♀️ FINISHED Read 112/112 pages - Completes "Buy a House" challenge // Book 2/30

💀 Read 60/254 pages (60/254 total)

😇 Read 104/415 pages (145/415 total)

Day 1 Totals

Pages read: 404

Books completed: 2

SimsAThon points earned: 10

DAY 2

💀 FINISHED Read 194/254 pages (254/254 total) - Completes the "Meet the Grim Reaper" challenge // Book 3/30

😇 Read 42/415 pages (187/415 total)

Day 2 Totals

Pages read: 236

Books completed: 1

SimsAThon challenges completed: 1

SimsAThon points earned: 4

DAY 3

😇 FINISHED Read 228/415 pages (415/415 total) - Book 4/30

😍 Read 100/336 pages (100/336 total)

Day 3 Totals

Pages read: 328

Books completed: 1

SimsAThon challenges completed: 0

SimsAThon points earned: 0

DAY 4

😍 Read 127/336 pages (227/336 total)

💞 Read 112/336 pages (112/336 total)

👗 Read 42/289 pages (42/289 total)

Day 4 Totals

Pages read: 281

Books completed: 0

SimsAThon challenges completed: 0

SimsAThon points earned: 0

DAY 5

😍 FINISHED Read 109/336 pages (336/336 total) - Completes the "Fall in Love" challenge // Book 5/30

Day 5 Totals

Pages read: 109

Books completed: 1

SimsAThon challenges completed: 1

SimsAThon points earned: 4

DAY 6

🎤 Read 155/446 pages (155/447 total)

Day 6 Totals

Pages read: 155

Books completed: 0

SimsAThon challenges completed: 0

SimsAThon points earned: 0

DAY 7

💞 FINISHED Read 224/336 pages (336/336 total) - Book 6/30

🎤 Read 76/446 pages (231/447 total)
⚔️ FINISHED Read 112/112 pages - Completes the "Eat a Cookie" challenge // Book 7/30

Day 7 Totals

Pages read: 412

Books completed: 2

SimsAThon challenges completed: 1

SimsAThon points earned: 2

WEEK 1 TOTALS

Pages read: 1,883

Books completed: 7

SimsAThon challenges completed: 5

SimsAThon points earned: 20

May 2019 Reading Wrap Up! (Featuring BOTM Month, #BorrowAThon, & Bookémon Badgethon 🌊🔥⚡)

May has been quite the busy month for reading! I've been loving getting back into the swing of reading on a more regular basis. It's been a struggle over the last few months but it's been great making it a priority again and having fun participating in the book community a bit more actively than I've been able to. I'm hopeful that this is a sign of things returning back to normal!

This month I had three different bookish type projects that I worked on. First off, I wanted to focus on reading some of my Book of the Month books, as I have quite a few that have gone unread, so all of my owned physical TBR books that I picked up this month were from my Book of the Month collection. You will be able to see which books are BOTM books below as I've marked them with a little "*".

I also participated in two readathons this month! This first was Bookémon Badgethon, a month-long readathon created by Megan from Tome Infinity, which centered around earning badges Pokémon trainer style! Each page you read and badge you earned allowed you to collect points for your team (I was obviously Team Mystic 💙). I think in the future they're planning on hosting a round where you catch different Pokémon and the type of badges you have will dictate which kinds of Pokémon you can catch, so I'm obviously SO PUMPED for that! I collected a total of 3,332 points for Team Mystic and I am so excited for when this readathon makes its return.

BOOKÉMON BADGEATHON READS

Small Fry by Lisa Brennan-Jobs

Library book (audio), 3/5

Badge earned: The Know-It-All Badge (Non-fiction)

383 pages

The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman*

Physical copy, 5/5

Badge earned: The Fantastical Badge (Fantasy)

369 pages
Challenge completed: A book with magic in it

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

Library book (audio), 4/5

Badge earned: The Archival Badge (Historical Fiction)

531 pages

Dog Heaven by Cynthia Rylant

Physical copy, 5/5

Badge earned: The Pictorial Badge (Book with pictures)

40 pages

Challenge completed: A book you will read within 24 hours

The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan*

Physical copy, 4/5

Badge earned: The Diversity Badge (Main character or author who is a POC)

462 pages
Challenge completed: A bestseller from 2018

The Perfect Mother by Aimee Molloy*

Physical copy, 3/5

Badge earned: The Chiller Badge (Crime/Thriller/Mystery/Suspense)

317 pages
Challenge completed: A book that was published in your birth month

The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish
Library book (audio), 3/5
Badge earned: The Jester Badge (Humor/Comedy)
288 pages
Challenge completed: A book written by an actor

When Katie Met Cassidy by Camille Perri*

Physical copy, 3/5

Badge earned: The Rainbow Badge (LGBTQIIA+ representation)

272 pages

No Exit by Taylor Adams*

Physical copy, 5/5

Badge earned: The Panic! Badge (Horror)

336 pages

And then, of course, I participated in Round 6 of #BorrowAThon! I honestly can't believe we've had 6 rounds of this readathon already, but here we are. Every time BorrowAThon comes around again I'm reminded of all of the reasons why I'm part of this bookish community. The folks who participate in this readathon are so kind and silly and fun and just always brings such joy into my life. If you watched my May Wrap Up vlog you know I've been struggling with my mental health lately, but the folks that I interact with each round of BorrowAThon make me feel so comforted and at ease in this community. UGH I love it so much. 💖

#BORROWATHON READS

9 Days & 9 Nights by Katie Cotugno

Library copy, 4/5

263 pages

Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson

Library book (audio), 4/5

329 pages

The Wizards of Once by Cressida Cowell

Library copy, 3/5

393 pages

By Your Side by Kasie West

Library copy, 3/5

342 pages

OTHER READS

Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty
Library book (audio), 4/5
415 pages
Challenge completed: A book set in Australia

Night Film by Marisha Pessl
Kindle eBook, 1/5
624 pages
Challenge completed: A book with a time of day in the title

TOTALS FOR MAY

Books completed: 15

Pages read: 5,380

2019 challenges completed: 7

10 Book TBR #3 books completed: 0 (7/10 total)

TOTALS FOR 2019

Books completed: 42/150

Pages read: 15,528

2019 challenges completed: 32/52