Readathon: Bout of Books 26:: If you like this...

Challenges

If This, Then That

Put your recommendations hat on, #boutofbooks-ers. For this challenge, pick a book, author, or trope (or whatever!) from your TBR and suggest similar books.

Example 1: If you like Sarah McLean, try Lenora Bell.

Example 2: If you like a modern day, romantic twist on Greek mythology, try Staci Hart's Hearts and Arrows series.

I'm always bad with these but let's try.

If you like.. the girl falls in love with boy she just meets/has known tropes then I recommend most Kasie West books they are always full of those meetings and happiness and cute fluff. :)

If you like.. books themed around carnivals and circus' with paranormal aspects then I recommend Freeks by Amanda Hocking

Readathon: Bout of Books 26: Re-Creating a book cover

Challenges

Recreate Your Favorite Book Cover

Pick your favorite book and recreate it OR reimagine the cover either live (with yourself or a willing participant as the cover art) or drawing, sculpture, crafts, painting, etc.

Thanks for the idea, @vintagevixon94

This was a picture I drew of two twilight book covers meshed together

These were another picture I drew. I suck when it comes to drawing peoples faces. :)

Readathon: Bout of Books 26: Adapt that

Challenge

Adaptation Aspirations

What book would you like to see adapted for another medium? What would be your preferred format? Movie? TV Show? Broadway musical? Something else? If you want to elaborate even further, who would you cast to play the characters? Who would you want to write the script/screenplay? Write the music? Direct? Are there adaptations that exist that you think could be better? Tell us all about your aspirations for the perfect adaptation!

We are just going to start this off by picking a few books and what format I would like for them. I would answer the other question, but I'm horrible with faces of people and characters.

I'm picking books that I have read within the last year.

Freeks by Amanda Hocking I think would make a good movie. It's a stand-alone book and I can see the graphics and carnival/circus theme working great for this.







 Maybe this time by Kasie West- I think maybe a Tv series event where each event is its own hour-long show.

Readathon: Bout of Books 26: Main

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, August 19th and runs through Sunday, August 25th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, Twitter chats, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 26 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

As always I'm ready for Bout of Books. It is one of the few readathons I try to participate in every time. I never get farther than 1 book.

Monday: August 19th

Number of Pages I've read today:  45
Number of books I've read today: 0

Total number of books I've read: 0

Books: 0
Challenges:  In Six Words

Tuesday: August 20th

Number of Pages I've read today: 26
Number of books I've read today: 1

Total number of books I've read: 1

Books: Avenged
Challenges: Adapt That

Wednesday: August 21st

Number of Pages I've read today: 
Number of books I've read today: 

Total number of books I've read: 1

Books: Avenged
Challenges: Recreate a book Cover

Thursday: August 22nd

Number of Pages I've read today: 92
Number of books I've read today: 1

Total number of books I've read: 1

Books: Avenged
Challenges: If you like this...

Friday: August 23rd

Number of Pages I've read today: 75 from 1 book and 25 from another book
Number of books I've read today: 2

Total number of books I've read: 2

Books: Avenged and The Tea Dragon Society
Challenges: 

Saturday: August 24th

Number of Pages I've read today: 100 
Number of books I've read today: 1

Total number of books I've read: 2

Books:
Challenges: 

Sunday: August 25th

Number of Pages I've read today: 
Number of books I've read today: 

Total number of books I've read: 

Books: 

Challenges: 


BOOKS ON THE LIST TO READ 
 I'm pretty pumped to knock out some books. :)

Books

Avenged by Amy Tintera FINISHED

Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes

The Tea Dragon Society by Katie Oneill FINISHED

Aru Shah and The end of Time

Readathon: Bout Of Books 26: In Six Words

Introduce Yourself #insixwords

The challenge is simple: introduce yourself on Twitter, Instagram, or on this post using six words, no more, no less. Use the hashtags #boutofbooks and #insixwords so we can learn all about you.

Example: "Needed for survival: books, dogs, coffee."

So I always have a hard time coming up with just six words because I try to change it up every time this readathon comes around.

A homebody that loves to read.

Readathon: Bout of Books 23: Stretch them Goals

Stretch Goal

It's the last day of the readathon, so today's challenge is to take a look at the goals you set for the week (if you have them) and decide a) how you can stretch yourself to complete them or b) how you can revise them so you can meet them. Because yes, you can revise your goals! If you didn't set goals for the week, set a small one for yourself today!

I didn't really set goals for myself other than having 7 books to read this week. I'm proud to say that I have almost reached that goal. I have about a book and a half to finish so hopefully, I can do it.

Instagram Challenge: Series Love
I know it's not a series, but it's an author I adore.

Readathon: Bout of Books 23: Books Discovered

Discover Books

Bout of Books is known to add to your TBR instead of reducing it. Embrace it by sharing the books you've discovered through Bout of Books.

Thanks to Erica (@2020hines_sight) for today's challenge.

Nimona by Noelle Stevenson

A graphic novel I have seen around a bunch and it just looks really cute.

Furthermore by Tahereh Mafi

I actually have this one on my shelf, and I just need to read it because it sounds magical. Oh, and that cover!

Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum

Another one on my shelf that sounds like a good contemporary read.

Winger by Andrew Smith

I have yet to read an Andrew Smith book, but I have some on my shelf. A friend of mine loves his books. I need to try them out sometime.

Readathon: Bout of Books 23: Songs of the book

Bookish Playlist

What's a song that always reminds you of a certain book? Is it something the characters listen to? Do the lyrics remind you of the plot? Make a list of at least three songs and match them each with a book. Participants could explain their reasoning in greater depth in the form of a blog or twitter thread, show pictures of the books and caption with the song titles in an Instagram post, or even make a playlist on Spotify or YouTube and share it.

Thanks to Emma (@emmareadsthings) for today's challenge.

My playlist is going to be for A Court of Thorns and Roses

The first one is actually a song the artist was inspired by the book.

The others are songs I felt had a bit of connection and I thought about the books when I heard them.

Turn to you by Christina Aguilera
Cold by Crossfade
Broken by Seether Feat. Amy Lee
Tangled up in you by Staind
Feels like tonight by Daughtry
Falling in by Lifehouse

Instagram Challenge: Book/Series I never finished

Readathon: Bout of Books 23: Book Me a Trip

Challenge

Book Trip

Share books set in places you want to visit. Make a road trip of settings in the US or a dream vacation. Or you can think outside the box and choose fantasy, paranormal, historical, or sci-fi setting. Like Hogwarts!

Thanks to Stacie (@SincerelyStacie) for today's challenge.

Real

Paris from Anna and the French Kiss

New York City from Hold me like a Breath

Fantasy

Prythian from A Court of Thorns and Roses

Hogwarts from Harry Potter

Caraval from Caraval 

The Night Circus From The Night Circus

Instagram Challenge

5 Star Read

Readathon: Bout of Books 23: Literary Bad Guys

Literary Villain

Who are your favorite literary bad guys? Can be a villain, a not-so-good-guy, or anti-hero.

Thanks to Darcus (@darcusmurray) for today's challenge.

There are not a lot of villains I really enjoy, but I'm going to go with Tamlin from the ACoTAR series. He's not as bad as the King, but he has his moments of villainous, and then he redeems himself. Then he goes back to being ehh. I honestly think he's just a broken person. I suppose I would be to with everything that happened to him. So he is a love to hate, hate to love kind of character.

Todays Instagram Challenge
Book Spine Poetry

Banished

Down Among the Sticks and Stones

Echoes of Us

Fragile Spirits

Furthermore

A World Without You

Readathon: Bout of Books 23: Book Plot Emoji

Book Plot Emoji

Tell the plot of a book (recent read, favorite, whatever) with emojis. If you need a little emoji help, try emojipedia.org

Thanks to Rebecca (@rebeccabook17) for today's challenge!

Title

A 👑 of  🌵 and 🌹

Synopsis

👧🔫🐺⛓️🀦 👑💑🤴🤺🐛📖🗡️👨‍👩‍👧‍👦  👧☠️💓

Yep, this is what I came up with!

Want to know what it says highlight below starting with A

A Court of Thorns and Roses

A Girl kills a wolf and gets kidnapped to spring court falls in love with the prince. Fights a worm, reads a wall, kills some faeries. Girl dies and then brought back to life.

Readathon: Bout of Books 23: Main

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, August 20th and runs through Sunday, August 26th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 23 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

I will be participating again this time around. I even took off the whole week to try and get more reading done. (I still needed a vacation though)

As always I'm ready for Bout of Books. It is one of the few readathons I try to participate in every time. I never get farther than 1 book, but this time I will. I love the challenges as well. I say definitely click on and check out the challenges I always have fun trying to make graphics that go with them.

Monday: August 20th

Number of Pages I've read today:  85
Number of books I've read today: 0

Total number of books I've read: 0

Books: 0
Challenges: In Six Words | Currently Reading

Tuesday: August 21st

Number of Pages I've read today: 285
Number of books I've read today: 1

Total number of books I've read: 1

Books: Fall for Anything
Challenges: Book Plot Emoji | Favorite Color

Wednesday: August 22nd

Number of Pages I've read today: 
Number of books I've read today: 

Total number of books I've read: 2

Books: Fall for Anything, Banished
Challenges: Literary Bad Guys | Book Spine Poetry

Thursday: August 23rd

Number of Pages I've read today: 148
Number of books I've read today: 

Total number of books I've read: 2

Books: Fall For Anything, Banished
Challenges: Book Trip | 5 Star Read

Friday: August 24th

Number of Pages I've read today: 303
Number of books I've read today: 2

Total number of books I've read: 

Books: Fall for Anything, Banished, Unforsaken, Deadly Little Secret
Challenges: Bookish Playlist | Unfinished book/series

Saturday: August 25th

Number of Pages I've read today: 160
Number of books I've read today: 1

Total number of books I've read: 5

Books: Fall for Anything, Banished, Unforsaken, Deadly Little Secret, Deadly Little Lies
Challenges: Discover Books| Published in 2018

Sunday:  August 26th

Number of Pages I've read today: 240
Number of books I've read today: 1

Total number of books I've read: 6

Books: Fall for Anything, Banished, Unforsaken, Deadly Little Secret, Deadly Little Lies, Some Girls Are

Challenges: Stretch Goal | Series Love


BOOKS ON THE LIST TO READ 
 I'm pretty pumped to knock out some books. :)

Books

Readathon: Bout of Books 22: Space Scavenger Hunt

Space Scavenger Hunt

You all like a scavenger hunt, right? This one is space themed. Use the guidelines below. Participate as much as you can. This is a challenge, so you don't have to get them all to win. If you have fun, you win.Thanks to Liz (@LizHannah25) for today's challenge. 

(The only books I haven't read on this list are The Faerie Ring And A Dog's Purpose, but I did see the movie.)

Mercury - Favourite short story/novella

The HON Novellas By P.C Cast

Venus - Favourite book with female protagonist

Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

Earth - Favourite book about nature/nature word in the title

The White Rose by Amy Ewing

Mars - Favourite book with a red cover

The Murder Complex by Lindsay Cummings

Jupiter - Favourite tome over 500 pages

Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead

Saturn - Favourite book with circle/ring on the cover/in the title

The Faerie Ring by Kiki Hamilton

Uranus - Favourite book set in winter

Stealing now by Danielle Paige

Neptune - Favourite book set at sea, on a boat, or under water

Daughter of the Pirate King by Trish Levenseller

Pluto - Favourite books featuring a dog/with a dog on the cover

A Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron

Moon - Favourite book set anywhere other than Earth

Alienated, Invaded, and United by Melissa Landers

These took place on Earth, and on another planet.

Sun - Favourite book set in summer

Life, Love, and the List by Kasie West

Space - Favourite book set in space

Illuminae by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman