I’m so excited to be participating in the #ReadThemAllThon, created and hosted by the brilliant Aentee @ Read at Midnight. This readathon celebrates our love of books and our newfound obsession with Pokemon Go! To find out more about the challenges and rules, check out Aentee’s sign up post and her TBR pile!
All graphics in this post were made by Aentee except the trainer card that I made below.
I’m a pretty fast reader so I think I can handle having Magikarp as my chosen Pokemon. Even though it’s kind of useless, it evolves into the fiercest and most wonderful Pokemon there is, Gyarados. In this readathon, Magikarp doesn’t evolve until it reaches 450CP, so I have lots of work and reading ahead of me!
TBR Pile
So my TBR for this readathon is actually made up of books that I’ve been meaning to read for a very long time. They’re all super popular and I’m finally getting to them now. To break things up, I’ve included one new release but I’m hoping to use these three weeks to finally catch up on some books that I should have read ages ago.
It’s been a long time coming but I’m hoping to finally read The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson. The Mistborn series has been sitting on my shelf for far too long and I’m finally going to conquer it next month!
647 pages, potential +64CP
I’m not sure if Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys will make me cry, but I’ve read so many rave reviews that have said that it’s emotional and heartbreaking. I’m a book cryer… I cry super easily so I’m sure this one will fit the category.
400 pages, potential +40CP
For this one, I’ve gone with Vicious by V.E. Schwab. I’ve heard countless good things about it and everyone says it’s their favourite Schwab book so I’m going to trust the hype and dive in.
340 pages, potential +34CP
The Great American Whatever by Tim Federle is the only newish release in my TBR stack but I’ve been dying to read this book! In fact I want to read it right now but I have too many other books that I need to read first T_T. This will probably be the first book I’m going to pick up for the readathon.
288 pages, potential +28CP
I’m going to be meeting Rainbow Rowell at the end of August and early September so I’m going to finally read Eleanor & Park this month. It was the first Rainbow Rowell book I ever bought and I actually started it as soon as I bought it… but somehow it remains the only book of hers I haven’t completed. I’ve heard that Eleanor and Park are great together in this book so I’m looking forward to what the romance has to offer 🙂
325 pages, potential +32CP
For this challenge, I’ll be reading one of my most anticipated releases of the year. I’ve had All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders for months but still haven’t found the time to pick it up. This one has a really interesting synopsis with lots of cool fantasy elements. I’m excited!
432 pages, potential +43CP
I had a hard time choosing a book for this. I couldn’t really find an unread book on my shelf that had a cover that was entirely red. Until I remembered that I still haven’t read A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab. The UK cover for this book is red!
508 pages, potential +50CP
Everyone’s going to yell at me in the comments about this one… but I’ve never read The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Yup. But I do plan on reading at least the first book for this readathon.
374 pages, potential +37CP
There is a +20CP bonus for each gym badge/book I complete, so if I finish all 8 books, my potential total is 488CP!
And since my Magikarp can evolve into Gyarados (+120CP) when it reaches 450CP, I should have a grand total of 608CP before Twitter and review bonuses. BRING IT ON!
How fun. Vicious and Ruta Septys too. Looks like a great reading month ahead. Hope you complete the challenges as well.
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I’m pretty excited to finally read these books. They’ve been on my TBR for so long and it’ll be good to finally get them out of the way.
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I love that you chose magikarp! A dark horse of a pokemon. I still have to finish the Mistborn series. All The Birds in the Sky looks spectacular.
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Haha I tried to choose the most pathetic picture of magikarp for my trainer card 😀
I’ve been so excited about All the Birds in the Sky for so long. I don’t know why I haven’t picked it up yet. It looks magical and sciency and just all the good things! I’m excited to finally read Mistborn. I’m hoping to binge the series in August but it probably won’t happen.
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I’ve been pretty obsessed with Pokemon Go as well! This readathon sounds like a lot of fun! GOOD LUCK! 😀
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Pokemon Go has just been consuming my life! I haven’t caught a new pokemon in a while but I’m always excited to see if anything good pops up no matter where I am!
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OMG this sounds like such a fun readathon!! Happy reading! 🙂
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I’m so excited for this readathon! You should totally join in. It’ll be loads and loads of fun.
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This looks like such a fun readathon – good luck
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Thanks! I’m so excited to get started. I don’t want to wait another two weeks XD
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Oh my gosh! I love the trainer card idea! And I love the books you’ve chosen! 😀
Here’s my entry & TBR!
https://flaviathebibliophileblog.wordpress.com/2016/07/27/readthemallthon-tbr/
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Haha I just tried to copy Aentee’s trainer card, while making it my own. Obviously mine doesn’t look as nice 😀
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Oh wow I hadn’t even seen her actual entry post yet! I’d only seen the sign up post. Wow is suck…
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A Gathering of Shadows and Vicious are amazing! and I really enjoyed All The Birds in the Sky 😀 Awesome TBR pile I love all the books you’ve chosen. 🙂
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Have fun. I’m sure you will blast through your list. I want to read Vicious too. Victoria Shwab wrote a really great blog post about how it irritates her that she’s considered an overnight success. She really, really isn’t. Have you read it? If not, I really recommend it. It made me like her even more.
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Ahh that’s so many books Jenna! Hahahah I love that you choose Magikarp, that must be quite the challenge. I wish you the best of luck! I’m excited for you to finally start Mistborn! I have to finish the last book in that trilogy, The Hero of Ages. But I haven’t gotten to it yet because of it’s size.
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Salt of the sea is a good one, for crying or atleast trying not to cry.
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I’m hoping to read the first Mistborn book for this challenge as well, but I used it for the Vermillion City gym (thunderous hype). You have some great looking titles on your list and a fun pokemon to evolve. Good luck!
Check out my TBR over at Redd’s Reads 🙂
https://reddsreads.wordpress.com/2016/07/31/pokemon-indigo-league-readthemallthon-tbr-choices/
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