End of the Year #ReadingCram Read-a-thon Days 7-10

The read-a-thon is almost drawing to an end, and so I thought I'd fit in one last update before my wrap-up post. So here are my updates from Days 7 to 10.

Day 7/Sunday

Currently Reading: The 100 by Kass Morgan (120 pages in)

Pages read today: 518

Total pages read: 1513

Books finished today: 1 – A Million Suns

Total books read: 5

Day 8/Monday

Currently Reading: The Go-Between by L.P Hartley (43 pages in)

Pages read today: 354

Total pages read: 1867

Books finished today: 2 – The 100, The Lake of Tears

Total books read: 7

Day 9/Tuesday

Currently Reading: The Go-Between by L.P Hartley (43 pages), Never Fade by Alexandra Bracken (378 pages)

Pages read today: 378

Total pages read: 2245

Books finished today: 0

Total books read: 7

Day 10/Wednesday

Currently Reading: The Go-Between by L.P Hartley (43 pages), Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

Pages read today: 530

Total pages read: 2775

Books finished today: 2 - Never Fade, Darkness Falls

Total books read: 9

 
Again, here's a little visual representation of my progress so far.

As you can see, I've got six books left to finish. My original goal was to finish at least eight books, which I've now done. I'm hoping to at least finish Ender's Game and The Book Thief before the read-a-thon ends.

GIVEAWAY: The Purgatorium by Eva Pohler

It was only yesterday that Eva Pohler's new book, The Purgatorium, was released. On that day, we made this post celebrating the release. Today, however, we are giving you the chance to win your own copy of the first book in a wonderful new YA series. Enter below before December 24th 2013 for your chance to win. Good luck!

Seventeen year-old Daphne Janus is floored when her parents agree to let her accompany her best friend to a getaway resort on an island off the coast of California. She doesn't know her parents have sent her to the Purgatorium as a last-ditch effort to save their child.

Her best friend and life-long neighbor takes her to a mostly uninhabited island with a wildlife preserve on one side and Chumash Indian ruins on the “haunted” side. The resort might be beautiful, the beach pristine, and the views from the headland amazing, but strange things begin to happen that soon have Daphne running for her life. At first she finds the therapeutic games thrilling: the ghosts that visit her room, the dropping elevator, and the kayak incident are actually kind of fun once she recovers from them. But when her horse bucks her off during a trail ride and she becomes lost on the haunted side of the island, it’s not fun anymore, and she wonders if her parents have sent her there to help her or to punish her.

Goodreads Book Giveaway

The Purgatorium

by Eva Pohler

Giveaway ends December 24, 2013.

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Wishlist Wednesday #7

Wishlist Wednesday is a weekly blog hop hosted by Pen to Paper which allows us to share with you a book each that is on our wishlist, whether it's been on there for a while or just been added. If you'd like to learn more about this meme, check it out here.

This week, the book on Ely's wishlist is:

 Wolfsbane (Nightshade #2) by Andrea Cremer

This thrilling sequel to the much-talked-about Nightshade begins just where it ended.Calla Tor wakes up in the lair of the Searchers, her sworn enemy, and she's certain her days are numbered.

But then the Searchers make her an offer,one that gives her the chance to destroy her former masters and save the pack and the man she left behind. Is Ren worth the price of her freedom? And will Shay stand by her side no matter what? Now in control of her own destiny, Calla must decide which battles are worth fighting and how many trials true love can endure and still survive. 

I've got a hold on this book at the library and I'm the first line, unfortunately the person who had it now doesn't seem to want to return it! It's been overdue for over a month now :( I think I might just give up and buy the book for myself! 

RELEASE DAY: The Purgatorium by Eva Pohler

Today, we have AMAZING news! The exceptionally lovely Eva Pohler has released her next book! The  Purgatorium is the first book in a new YA series. Eva, of course, is the author of The Gatekeeper's Saga which we adore- so I'm sure you can imagine how exciting Eva's new release is for us.

Seventeen year-old Daphne Janus is floored when her parents agree to let her accompany her best friend to a getaway resort on an island off the coast of California. She doesn't know her parents have sent her to the Purgatorium as a last-ditch effort to save their child.

Her best friend and life-long neighbor takes her to a mostly uninhabited island with a wildlife preserve on one side and Chumash Indian ruins on the “haunted” side. The resort might be beautiful, the beach pristine, and the views from the headland amazing, but strange things begin to happen that soon have Daphne running for her life. At first she finds the therapeutic games thrilling: the ghosts that visit her room, the dropping elevator, and the kayak incident are actually kind of fun once she recovers from them. But when her horse bucks her off during a trail ride and she becomes lost on the haunted side of the island, it’s not fun anymore, and she wonders if her parents have sent her there to help her or to punish her.

Eva Pohler writes fiction for teens and adults and teaches writing and literature at the University of Texas at San Antonio, where she lives with her husband, three kids, two dogs, and two rats (Katniss and Prim, of course). She's also an avid reader and book reviewer. 

You can add The Purgatorium to Goodreads.
You can buy The Purgatorium on Smashwords.
You can check out Eva's website/blog.
You can follow Eva on Facebook and Twitter.
You can read our reviews of books one, two, three and four in The Gatekeeper's Saga.

End of the Year 2013 #ReadingCram Read-a-thon Week One Update

Originally, I'd planned on doing daily updates for my reading process but unforeseen circumstances this week meant that I've decided to just make this one post to cover from days three to seven of the read-a-thon.

My stats for day three were as follows...

Currently Reading: A Million Suns by Beth Revis

Pages read today: 567

Total pages read: 977

Books finished today: 2 – Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, Poison Study

Total books read: 4

On day four, I read a grand total of 18 pages of A Million Suns, which bumped up my total pages read to 995. For days five and six, I read nothing- literally, not a single word. I came down with a bid of a cold and I just wasn't up to reading.

But that's okay, because I made up for that today! 

Currently Reading: The 100 by Kass Morgan (120 pages in)

Pages read today: 518

Total pages read: 1513

Books finished today: 1 – A Million Suns

Total books read: 5

I thought I'd do a little visual representation of what I've achieved so far...

The red lines mark the book as finished, and the purple border means that I have yet to start the book, which is why The 100 has no mark at all. 

I should finish The 100 tomorrow, then I'm thinking of staring The Lake of Tears because it will be a reasonably quick read. I'm also hoping to be doing a buddy read with Dana for Never Fade (Can I just say how excited I am to get back into that story?) Otherwise, I haven't really planned which books to read next. I'm open to suggestions!