24 Hour Reading Day!

Hi everyone!

Okay, so a week or two ago, Kendra (my sister) and I did a 24 hour reading marathon, where we wanted to see how much reading we could get done in the span of 24 hours!
Now, I didn't start at midnight and go to midnight, cuz... sleep is important, but I did read for as much as I could during the time I was awake. ;)

And I documented it all for a blog post!! :D

Enjoy!

10:30 am-

I've been reading for the past hour now in my Percy Jackson book. I have a feeling that once it gets more into the main quest, I'll get through the book quickly... I think. Not that it's boring. I like it. XD
Kendra just recently surfaced and I assume she'll start reading with me soon! My goal for the day is to finish Percy Jackson and make it almost halfway though another book. :) Now hopefully I can not get distracted by friends or Instagram.... XD XD

*legit just spent ten minutes on Instagram*

*sigh*

10:50-

Back to reading!!!

12:25 pm-

I've gotten over half of the Percy Jackson book read, I definitely think I'll be able to reach my goal! Kendra has now joined me, (late much?) so yayyy!!

1:10-

I'm taking a sort of break from reading to see if my friends can text.... ;)

(This is how you read, right? Oh, and I do have hair it's just up in a bun. O.O XD)

5:30-

Long time no update! I've been reading, but Kendra and I had to run some errands and we got some food. We're back home now and are reading strong! I'm close to finishing Percy Jackson! Only about forty-ish more pages left!

6:20- 

I FINISHED PERCY JACKSON! Definitely getting the next one. And probably the next. And the next. XD
I had been expecting different characters, so it was weird that I had only heard of Annabeth and Percy... I was thinking Leo Valdez, Jason, and Piper and all those characters would show up, but I guess that's for later! NEXT BOOK NOW! ENTWINED!

8:00-

I'm taking a break from reading and now am spending some time drawing and watching a show with my mom. :)

9:20-

I've officially gone back to reading. Let's see how far I can make it in my book in the next hour-ish! PHONE OFF!

10:25-

A whole hour without using my phone, and I got around 80 pages read! WHOO hooo! XD This book is just getting really interesting. I think reading like this is helping my writer's block for NaNo... it's making me think about how much I like stories! :D

10:40-

I'm gonna try to read as much as I can before eleven, when I do my last things and go to bed. I doubt I will have completed my goal, but I still got lots read!

11:05-

I have finished reading for the night. I'm probably a quarter of the way through Entwined, which isn't too bad! Considering I haven't read many books the past YEAR, reading, like, over 400 pages in a day is great! :D

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And by now since I've finished Entwined, I can say IT WAS SO AMAZING! EVERYONE SHOULD READ IT. YES YES YES. 

AND YES.

AGAIN.

5/5.

READ IT.

DO IT.

O.O

I hope you enjoyed the post! I had lots of fun reading, the last time I read all day was probably the day after the "Neverseen" launch party where I just read "Neverseen" all day. XD Good times, good times. ;) I want to do more of these posts where I draw or write for an entire day and share the progress, but I don't know which one to do first. Which one would you like to see more? Me going crazy while writing all day or me going crazy while drawing all day? ;)

-Emma-

What are some of your favorite books? Have you read Percy Jackson or Entwined? :)

Valkyrie - A Book Review

Hi everyone!:)
I had been meaning to make a book review on this book for a while, so I am finally doing it!:D Yay!:)

Valkyrie by Kate O'Hearn

 

The summary reads--

Valkyrie: Norse Goddess.

Reaper of souls.

Defender of the weak.

Not someone you want to mess with....

Freya is dreading her upcoming birthday, when she'll officially take up her duties as a Valkyrie escorting the valiant dead to Valhalla. Once there, the soldiers will spend their time feasting and fighting.... It all seems pointless to her. She wants nothing to do with humans or their wars!
However, when Freya is sent on her first mission, she reaps the soul of a fallen soldier who has unfinished business...business that sends her to the mortal world. There Freya is forced to spend time around humans, and she discovers that she might have been wrong about them. She even begins to wonder what it might be like to have real friends.

But the gods have their own schemes, and before she knows it, Freya must choose between the world of Odin, Thor, and Loki, and the human friends she has come to care about. Will Freya discover what it means to be a real hero, or will she simply accept her destiny?

 

Kate O'Hearn is one of my favorite authors since she wrote the Pegasus series (GAH.), so I knew I had to get this book when I saw it in Barnes and Noble, even though I was a little weirded about Valkyries...I mean, reapers of souls? That might be really weird, but it wasn't in the slightest! I was so happy, O'Hearn did that very wisely!:)

This book is pretty much clean, but O'Hearn does (I think) sometimes have swear words, maybe like two in this book, but it was pretty much only the "H" word or "D" word.;) I can't remember.

There are 344 pages, which means it's a pretty good size, but I finished it in a day or two! It was so good! I loved how she focused on a part of Norse mythology that I haven't ever heard of before (And since Loki was in it, I was pretty much in love!XD), and it was so fun to learn more about it!:)

Although the plot is sort of generic, she made it fresh and interesting with higher stakes and intrigue.:) I loved it.

The characters were really realistic and I loved the relationships created.

The main characters are Freya and Archie, a human boy.:) I loved Archie, he was really fun and I loved how he interacted with Freya!:) I don't really have anything negative to say about this book, I thoroughly enjoyed it and highly recommend it to anyone that loves mythology and/or mythical creatures and a book you don't want to put down!:D

*sniff*

I know I've already said it before, but I loved it.XD

5 out of 5 stars for me!:D

Read it. Love it. Yeah.

-Emma-

Have you gotten any new books lately?:) If so, which ones?