Finish line: #ReadingCram

Today marks the last day of my first read-a-thon! What an experience. I never fully got the point of a read-a-thon before except that it made you rush, but now I understand that it also provides a goal (I'm a goal-oriented person) and a community (I love communities) making it even more fun to read. Also, it's pretty nice to say how many books you read at the end of it all. In case you forgot what I aimed to read during the two week period, here is the link. 

What I ended up reading: 

• Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen
• Graceling by Kristin Cashore
• Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
• Everbound by Brodi Ashton
• Dark Triumph by Robin LaFevers
• All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill
• Welcome, Caller, This Is Chloe by Shelley Coriell 
• See Jane Run by Hannah Jayne - DNF
• Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas - started today

Total pages: 2,804

Favorite book: All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill

Runner-ups: Graceling by Kristin Cashore and Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen

What next: 

There's no more #ReadingCram, but I still want to read as many books as possible before school starts back up. I plan on finishing Throne of Glass and then working on Edelweiss galleys (i.e. Prisoner of Night and Fog by Anna Blankman, Maybe One Day by Melissa Kantor, basically all the Harper titles). Problem? I need to finish my library books (i.e. Not a Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis and I'll Be There by Holly Goldberg Sloan), and reread Girl of Fire and Thorns (since I don't remember any of it and need to get to Hector). Maybe I should start a poll someday. Until then, comment below what you think I should read next! 

What have you been reading? What should I read next?

And happy belated birthday to one of the best blogger friends out there, Emily!

End of the Year 2013 Reading Cram Read-a-thon!

End of Year 2013 Read-a-Thon #ReadingCram is hosted by Jenny from Juliababyjen's Reading Room and Dana from Dana Square and will run from the 9th of December (today!) to the 22nd of December.

Why should you participate? 

1. To chisel off some of your TBR pile. 

2. Do all the fun challenges and win some prizes. 

3. Encourage others to read like a speed demon (and yourself) + reading with others is loads of fun. 

 So let's get in our last books of 2013 together in the #ReadingCram!

Embarassingly, most some of these books are ones I've been saying all year that I'll be reading. I posted about them in the summertime, in the spring, every season. But now I have this challenge to really push me. I already completed 3 books these past couple of days so I won't add those. 

Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen | Graceling trilogy by Kristin Cashore | Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas | Dark Triumph by Robin LaFevers | Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein | Gilt by Katherine Longshore | 

 And if I can actually achieve the above titles, I'll dig into Edelweiss.

Maybe One Day by Melissa Kantor | The Last Best Kiss by Claire LaZebnik

There are other Edelweiss copies that I won't download until the last possible second because I really think I would like them better as an actual book in my hands. I'm still wary about ebooks, but they're so tempting.

My goals: If I really wanted to complete my goal, it would be to finish every one of these. But life gets in the way so I would like to finish at least four books, which means that if I finish a trilogy, that's three right there. A mini-challenge may be fun, but that's secondary to me.

This is my first read-a-thon or challenge of any sort so hopefully I don't completely fail. If anyone else is dong this read-a-thon (or any reading goal for December), I'd love to hear what your goals are and what books you'll be reading. Did I miss a certain book that is a NECESSITY?

Do you have a December goal? Any personal reading challenges before 2013 ends?