I feel like I am finally coming to the end of school, projects are due, summatives are done, exams are coming, and I only have four more days of class! It is crazy! And I am crazy excited for summer!
With summer comes time! I can finally spend a whole day reading/writing/blogging and not have to worry about school work!
There are a few reading plans/goals I have for summer ’17, so I thought I’d share them!
#1: Read 20 books!
I am SO behind on my goodreads goal… like too far to even admit, so I have to use my time to catch up! I think I read about 15 books last summer, so I thought I’d challenge myself with 20 this year!
#2: Finish the Throne of Glass series!
This month I finally started Sarah J. Maas’s first series, and I want to finish them before Tower of Dawn comes out, and summer is the perfect time! I’m also already on Crown of Midnight so only 4 more after this one!
#3: Start/finish at least 3 more series!
Half of my shelves are full of series that I’ve either started and not finished, or haven’t even started at all, so this summer I need to knock some of them off my TBR! Some choices are:
- Illuminae & Gemina
- The Grisha Trilogy & The Six Of Crows Duology
- The Darkest Minds Trilogy
- The Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy
- This Savage Song & Our Dark Duet
- The Miss Peregrine’s Series
And honestly there is more. I NEED to read some of these!
Those are my three goals/plans for summer reading! Pretty simple but I don’t want too much pressure while summer reading because 1) It is for fun! and 2) I don’t want to fall into a slump!
Do you have any reading plans for the summer? How many books are you planning on reading?
Also, if you love any of the series I mentioned in #3, please let me know! If a lot of people suggest one I’ll read it first!
I am also thinking about doing a little follow up post to this in September, to see if I met my goals, so stay tuned for that!
Good luck reaching your goal!! I don’t have an actual amount of books I’d like to read, but I do have a more generalized goal of “read more.” lol hopefully that encourages me 😛
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Thank you! Yeah I tried the ‘read more’ method last summer and read a ton, so I thought I’d give myself a goal this summer!
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YES YES YES SIX OF CROWS DEFINITELYYYYYYYYY. ❤ ❤ It is honestly SO amazing and you will never be the same after reading it. (Okay, maybe not THAT extreme. XD) Daughter of Smoke and Bone… everyone seems to love that but I DNFed the last book (though I did SOMEWHAT enjoy the first books). I'm planning on buddy reading Illuminae, so I'm looking forward to that! I've heard it's a great book. Good luck on your GR reading challenge! ❤
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Thanks May! I’ll definitely read the Grisha series and then SoC then! I’ve heard so many good things I’m SO EXCITED! I’ve heard sm about Daughter of Smoke and Bone too but haven’t had the urge to pick it up yet so we shall see!
If you need someone to buddy read Illuminae with I’d love too! (If you already have people I understand though! We can still talk about our thoughts!) ❤
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And if you don’t like the Grisha trilogy as some do, definitely read SoC because it is SO good!
Agh, I already have someone to buddy read with! I can always invite you though! Do you know who Jackie is? Her blog is https://toomuchofabooknerd.wordpress.com.
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Yeah for sure!
And YES OMG I love Jackie and her blog! I’d love to join you guys if you don’t mind!
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I love her blog too! I’ll be sure to ask her if you can join us; we’re starting July 8th.
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Ok perfect!! How are you guys communicating about it?
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Lol right now, we’re communicating through comments on WordPress but we’ll probably move to email soon. XD
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Okay cool!! Sounds good!
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Haha, I was just talking to Jackie and she said it’s completely fine if you join us! We’re figuring out how we’re going to communicate. 😉
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Okay YAY! Thanks! Just let me know whenever!
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Just sent an email! 😀
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These sound like great goals! I really want to read Illuminae and Gemina this summer as well!
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Thanks! They are super raved about, I’m sure we will love them! ❤
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Good luck! I don’t have a number of books, just a really long tbr😂 Once you finish ToG, let me know what you think 😊
xx
Em
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Thanks Em! I’ve finished the first ToG, and loved it, so I’m sure it’ll be the same for the rest of the series!
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Id recommend daughter of smoke and bone and the six of crows duology.
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Okay! Thanks!
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Summer reading is the best. I haven’t Gemina yet, but Illuminae was really interesting 😊!
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It truly is!!! And thanks! I’m excited for them!
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Six of Crows is super awesome!!! But so is Illuminae! 🤔
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I think those two are the ones I’m going to go for!
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Good luck with all of your goals!
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Thank you!
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Oohhh so many great goals! Fingers crossed that you achieve all of them! And I think 20 books is quite manageable! Whenever I go on vacation (especially if it’s near a beach lol) I always tend to read a lot more books! Good luck and have fun ☺️
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Thank you! Me too! and me and my family are going on a road trip so I’ll get loads of reading done in the car!
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All the best !! I am sure you will be able to complete your goal without falling into a reading slump 🙂 I would recommend reading Illuminae 🙂 have a happy reading 🙂
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Thank you!!
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Great goals! The series you chose are amazing!! I plan to read the daughter of smoke and bone trilogy very soon too!
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Thank you!
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Good luck with your goals!!
The Illuminae Files is my favourite series. I love it soo much. The Darkest Minds is another favourite of mine too!! I’ve only read Six of Crows and Daughter of Smoke and Bone, but they were both amaing too!! Hope you enoy them all ♥
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Wow, there were a lot of typos in this hahaha. I wish there was an edit button 😂
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LOL it’s ok!!!
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Thank you so much Lauren!
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Now I only have three more days of class, two exams, and then I’m free for the summer! Next week on Monday after my exam begins my rush to catch up on blogging and reading! Also, I hope you enjoy the Throne of Glass series!!
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I have two now! (I am thinking that we end at the same time hahaha) but only one exam thankfully! (Although I was dying last semester from exams LOL)
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Same!! First semester I had four exams, but second semester I had only 2 (which I’m so thankful for because I got summer two days earlier).
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Same!!!
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