Sequel Smashers Challenge

As part of the new year, I've decided to participate in a reading challenge (and the first one in a while too!) Together with my buds Shannon, Holly, and Rashika (the one who came up with this idea AND name), I'll be reading as many sequels as possible, because honestly I SUCK at continuing on with series. Here I'll be featuring the ones I currently plan to read!

Weekly Updates: Works in Progress

Hello again! I've just finished settling in back at home for a nice long summer vacation.

But instead of reading, I ended up just redoing my whole banner design. Well, I was planning to redo it at one point in time or another, but IT JUST HAPPENED. It's a work in progress though. I'm at the stage where I'm adding characters as usual (I've been wanting to only stick to book characters, but it is so hard! Especially when I can't find a reference for my favorite MCs)

Other than that, I do have a bunch of random updates that need mentioning:

I'm going to be participating in the Semi-Charmed Summer 2014 Book Challenge! 

I probably won't plan book ahead of time, I'll just read what I want and then see what points I can get. It started in the beginning of May and ends August 31st! I'm pretty sure people can still jump in and join!

I'm going on a road trip, starting next Monday! So I'll try to schedule as many posts as I can for the following two weeks, but I will have my laptop with me. I'll definitely get some TTTs up though. And also updates along the way of course.

I'm also participating in the Way of Kings Read along with a bunch of people! I mentioned this in my STS yesterday.

And that's it from me! I hope all of you had a very nice week as I did!

Reading Bingo Challenge 2014

Guys, do you understand how AWESOME this reading challenge is? It's a bingo card! Who wouldn't want to do this. I can't believe I stumbled upon this I am so lucky!
So basically I can go about this in a number of ways, either just fill in 5 in a row, like in normal bingo, or maybe only fill in the four corners. Or just fill in the entire board. I've never finished a challenge before, so maybe I can actually do this one! 

Bingo from Retreat by Random House

Actually, I might just read whatever I want, and if the book matches with any space on the board, then I'll fill it in. And since this started at the beginning of January, let me see if I have any books that fit these requirements.

A BOOK PUBLISHED THIS YEAR: Queen of Hearts by Colleen Oakes

A BOOK WITH NON-HUMAN CHARACTERS: Of Poseidon by Anna Banks

A BOOK WRITTEN BY SOMEONE UNDER THIRTY: These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman (although I'm not 100% sure because it's hard to find the birthdates of authors)

A BOOK BASED ON A TRUE STORY: Orange is the New Black by Piper Kerman

A BOOK WITH A BLUE COVER: The Spirit Thief by Rachel Aaron

Oh wow I already have 5 spaces filled in and it's only February, although this actually doesn't form anything. I have to mark these somehow.

I'm very close to finishing And the Mountains Echoed! But I don't know if I will finished of Triton just because I'm not interested in it anymore. Last week was such a mess for me because I had two exams and a lot of homework assignments and internships to work on. But this week I only have one exam! Woo college life.