Reading Slumps

Hey guys,

So my last post was my #Cramathon TBR. And do you want to know what I accomplished? I read about twenty pages of the book I am currently reading (The Probability of Miracles) and nothing more.

Truth is, I've been in a major reading slump for like

                                              months.

 

 

I can finish the odd book here or there, but I just have no motivation for any hardcore reading.

 

 

I haven't experienced a reading slump this bad since last year. It was the end of February/beginning of March and I had just finished the Divergent Series (and if you've all read this series, you know what happens in Allegiant). But anyway, I was in a reading slump from March until the end of June. I managed to read from June to the end of August a whopping 20+ books.

 

                                                                                                    It was a m a z i n g.

 



 

So my recent slump has been going on for about the same length of time. I wanted to read during June but I had exams to prepare for and I couldn't afford to lose my honours with all of the hard work I had put into getting there.

 

So here I am, July 20th, and I am approximately 15 books behind schedule on my Goodreads goal for the year.

 

I know I can catch up and exceed that goal if I really tried. I just need some motivation.

 

Hopefully that comes soon. Wish me luck!

#Cramathon

Hello hello!

I am happy to say I am back, summer vacation began two weeks ago and I finally have time to blog and read!

Today's post is about the books I am going to be reading for #cramathon this summer! If you don't know what CramAThon is here are some links to take you where to find out about it click here.

Here are the challenges try to read a:

1. Children's book
2. A hardcover
3. Two books in 24 hours
4. A graphic novel
5. A book written in verse
6. A novella
7. Five books in total

Here are some of the books I am going to try and read:

Children's Book:


The BFG by Roald Dahl.

Summary: Captured by a giant! The BFG is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and jumbly. It's lucky for Sophie that he is. Had she been carried off in the middle of the night by the Bloodbottler, the Fleshlumpeater, the Bonecruncher, or any of the other giants-rather than the BFG-she would have soon become breakfast.
When Sophie hears that they are flush-bunking off in England to swollomp a few nice little chiddlers, she decides she must stop them once and for all. And the BFG is going to help her!


Hardcover:

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

Summary: A beautiful and distinguished family.
A private island.
A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy.
A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive.
A revolution. An accident. A secret.
Lies upon lies.
True love.
The truth.

We Were Liars is a modern, sophisticated suspense novel from National Book Award finalist and Printz Award honoree E. Lockhart.

Read it.
And if anyone asks you how it ends, just LIE.

Graphic Novel:

Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol

Summary: Anya could really use a friend. But her new BFF isn't kidding about the "Forever" part.
Of all the things Anya expected to find at the bottom of an old well, a new friend was not one of them. Especially not a new friend who’s been dead for a century.
Falling down a well is bad enough, but Anya's normal life might actually be worse. She's embarrassed by her family, self-conscious about her body, and she's pretty much given up on fitting in at school. A new friend—even a ghost—is just what she needs.
Or so she thinks. Spooky, sardonic, and secretly sincere, Anya's Ghost is a wonderfully entertaining debut from author/artist Vera Brosgol.

Verse:

The Realm of Possibility by David Levithan

Summary: One school. Twenty voices.

Endless possibilities.

There's the girl who is in love with Holden Caulfield. The boy who wants to be strong who falls for the girl who's convinced she needs to be weak. The girl who writes love songs for a girl she can't have. The two boys teetering on the brink of their first anniversary. And everyone in between.

As he did in the highly acclaimed Boy Meets Boy, David Levithan gives us a world of unforgettable voices that readers will want to visit again and again. It's the realm of possibility open to us all - where love, joy, and the stories we tell will linger

Novella:

The Selection Stories: The Prince & The Guard by Kiera Cass

Summary: Two novellas set in the world of Kiera Cass's #1 New York Times bestselling Selection series are now available in print for the first time. The Prince and The Guard both offer captivating views into the hearts and minds of the two men fighting to win America Singer's love. This collection also features exclusive bonus content, including a sneak peek at The One, the eagerly anticipated third novel in the Selection series.

Before America arrived at the palace to compete in the Selection, there was another girl in Prince Maxon's life. The Prince opens the week before the Selection begins and follows Maxon through the first day of the competition.

Raised as a Six, Aspen Leger never dreamed that he would find himself living in the palace as a member of the royal guard. In The Guard, readers get an inside look at Aspen's life within the palace walls—and the truth about a guard's world that America will never know.