Reading with Zakiya!

[Zakiya]

I loved it!!! I think Hourglass and Shatter Me are the best books I've read all year. You've soo got to read it. I bought Timepiece right after I finished it. Hopefully I'm gonna start it in the next few days.

[★Meghan★]

I need to look for Hourglass! I got the next in the series from Netgalley, but want to read Hourglass first :)

[Zakiya]

Yeah I want to just jump into Timepiece so bad, but I need to finish tons of other books before I can do that.

[Mad Scientist]

I couldn't finish Shatter Me. :(

[Zakiya]

Really? Why not??

[Mad Scientist]

I didn't like it. I just stopped reading it. Not sure why. maybe timing.

[Zakiya]

Maybe. I couldn't put it down when I read it. But you know me: I like/love almost everything I read.

[Zakiya]

Finished last Saturday, and just finished .

[Mad Scientist]

Hmm... haven't heard of either one.

[Zakiya]

I'd never heard of Total Blueprint until Jolene contacted me about it; same with Serial Hottie, but I'd heard that her other book, Being Jamie Baker (which I still haven't read), was really good. It's on my must-get-soon list now.

[Mad Scientist]

Ah, it feels good to be contacted. Can't wait to get back and into the groove of things with the blog again! I'm going to have to work hard to get my name back out there again.

[Zakiya]

I'm sure it wouldn't be that hard. You just have to let the followers you already had know that you're back in business.

[Mad Scientist]

I hope it will be that easy.

[Zakiya]

finished as the first book in july.

[Zakiya]

I stopped trying to get through , at 604 pages. I'm currently focusing on , and will then continue and finish .

[★Meghan★]

Let me know what you think of City of Lost Souls. I also have been trying to get around to Fallen.

[Zakiya]

Finished Fallen, loved it. Definitly buying a paperback of the rest of the series.

I started early this morning, just after midnight; it's pretty funny so far.

[Mad Scientist]

I think I had that one and sold it before I came here.

I will def be using the library when I get back to save some money that I don't currently have. ha ha!

[Zakiya]

Yeah I've discovered that my libraries are wayy more up to date on YA books than I thought they were.

Decided to read at another time, and i started (and am almost finished w/)

[Mad Scientist]

I wonder of I have LA Candy. I thought I did but I didn't notice it last night when I was browsing my shelves.

[Zakiya]

It was off to a pretty good start, I just didn't want to read it right now. I'm hoping to finish that series this year, though.

Finished starting

[Zakiya]

So in August I only finished . I started , , and , but I'm aiming to finish all of them this weekend.

[Mad Scientist]

I really liked the last Little Blue Envelope. Not as much as the first one but I'm thinking pretty equal! I have to pick up some more of her books!

[Zakiya]

Same here!

Finished Last Little Blue Envelope, Dog Days, D.Gray-man 5 & 6, and Sailor Moon 3. Currently reading Sailor Moon 4, Torment (still....), and The Power of Six.

[Mad Scientist]

Keep on trucking!

[Zakiya]

I try to so much lol :). It's getting a little better, though!

Finished Sailor Moon 4 & The Power of Six. Have pushed Torment aside for now (will read it later on). Currently reading Nevermore, Flatland, and Catalyst.

[Zakiya]

Finished in November: , , (didn't finish),

Finished in December: ,

Wattpad Books I Finished Before Nov (but will just count them as Dec): Light Dreams, Echoes, The Bet, What They Want, A Breezy Story

Currently reading: ,

[★Meghan★]

Wow! Are your parents really letting you read Fifty Shades of Grey??? That is a very...scandalous book! That is surprising.

[Zakiya]

Between me and you, they're not. Curiosity got the best of me; this one girl at school was letting everyone borrow it. I just wanted to know what all the fuss was about.

[★Meghan★]

All right. That is what I thought. I really want to read it. I have heard so many things about it. You will have to let me know what you think.

[Zakiya]

So far I think it's good. (view spoiler)[The sex scenes are something that you either get into or you look over them. In my case, I look over them. To me, they interrupt the plot. But other than those, the plot is actually pretty good. The BDSM thing is also something you'll either get into for the purpose of reading the book or you won't like it. (hide spoiler)]

[Zakiya]

Reading has been going fairly well over the break. I'm ready for school to start back, but am VERY nervous. I don't want my reading to be knocked off balance because the rest of my life starts back.

[Zakiya]

I've decided that it's about time I give myself a personal readathon. Maybe that would help me knock out some of these lingering books. Thinking about 8 days long.

[Zakiya]

-->Personal Readathon=January 2013<--
Duration: 4/1 - 11/1
Goal: 5 books

~~Tentative Reading List
Until the End (204-846)
Fifty Shades of Grey (404-514)
Leviathan (363 min left)
Behemoth (567 min)
The Coincidence of Callie and Kayden (296)

~~Books I Finished
Fifty Shades of Grey
The Coincidence of Callie & Kayden

[Zakiya]

Didn't reach my goal, but oh well. Another two coming up this weekend!

[Zakiya]

Finished

[Zakiya]

Just finished Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 5.

[Zakiya]

-->One Million Pages & Cover to Cover Jan. RATs<--
Durations: 19/1 - 25/1 (CtCC), 20/1 - 26/1 (OMP)
Goals: 3-4 books

COVER TO COVER
Tall Cool One (71-100%) finished
A Separate Peace (152-204) finished
Bound to You (490 pages) finished
The Ugly Truth (217 pages)
Life of Pi (401 pages)
A Kiss in Time (100%; 388 pages)
Thirst No. 1 (first 195 pages)

ONE MILLION PAGES
A Separate Peace (166-204) finished
Bound to You (490 pages) finished
The Ugly Truth (217 pages) finished
Life of Pi (401 pages)
A Kiss in Time (100%; 388 pages)
Thirst No. 1 (first 397 pages)

[Zakiya]

I'd say I did pretty good this time around!

[Zakiya]

Have been doing pretty good lately. Finished four book sin February. Hoping to finish 10 books in March!

[Zakiya]

For March I've finished

currently reading

Top of TBR Pile (RR) (RR)

[Zakiya]

just finished

[Zakiya]

first book finished in April

currently reading

top of the TBR pile (RR)

[Mad Scientist]

yeah! you finished one!

[Zakiya]

LOL! Yep! I just finished rereading ... Trying to get back in the "always reading" mood, you know?

[Zakiya]

finished

currently reading

top of the TBR pile (RR)

[Mad Scientist]

I started Carnival of Souls when it came out. I never finished and I don't remember it at all. Maybe I should try again.

[★Meghan★]

I also have Carnival of Souls. I need to find time to read it though.

[Zakiya]

I dropped it for a while recently because I had too much going on in my life (when do I not?), but I just got back into it and it's awesome! Don't think Abraham will be started any time soon, though. Just not in the mood for audio.

[Zakiya]

finished

currently reading

top of the tbr pile