24 in 48 readathon plans

The 24 in 48 readathon is tonight at 12am on Saturday 27th January until 11:59pm on Sunday 28th January

I usually try to participate in this readathon as much as I can and I always love the challenge, especially as I am someone who struggles to stay focused while reading for long periods of time (ADHD kicking in I think)

Luckily i do have the weekend off and the only thing that i may have to do is take my brother to a party so i may have some reading time there as well

As usual with my readathon TBR I have decided to make a pile that is definitely too big to get through but i make it this way so that I have a lot of choice when i am stuck for what to read next

Three of these books I have already started and I hope to at least finish one of them during the 24 hours

My TBR is:

1. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare which i am already 196 pages in to
2. The Elite by Kiera Cass which i am already 114 pages into
3. Miss Peregrine's home for peculiar children by Ransom Riggs. Currently 106 pages into and i do own the audiobook in case i want to take a break from physically reading a book
4. The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
5. Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier
6. The Afterlife of Holly Chase by Cynthia Hand
7. Shatter me by Tahereh Mafi
8. This Savage Song by V.E Schwab
9. The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
10. The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken

The Selection Review

Title: The Selection
Author: Kiera Cass
Publisher: Harper Collins
Date I read it: January 10th - January 14th 2018

Rating: 4.75 / 5 stars

Synopsis:

In a world of glittering gowns and priceless jewels The Selection is the chance of a lifetime to compete for gorgeous Prince Maxon's heart. But for America Singer it means turning her back on her secret love and leaving home for a prize she doesn't want

Then America meets Maxon and all her plans start to crumble. Can the life she's always dreamed of compare to a future she never imagined

My thoughts on the book:

I first started reading this book a few years ago but for one reason or another i never ended up finishing it, but recently I finally bought the full series off Amazon and decided to finally read the series

The main thing that I kept hearing about this book was that most people didn't like it because they thought that America could be whiny at times. I didn't think that she was one of the worst characters but i would say that I can see where people are coming from

The main thing that i would say i didn't like about the book was the way that some of the other girls acted, even though i know that it was part of the point, they all wanted the same thing and would do whatever they could to secure it

The main reason that I loved this book was Maxon, and he is definitely a book boyfriend for me. I loved how teasing his relationship with America was and that we could see him slowly falling for her, and the same for her

I would say that, even from the beginning, I wasn't a big fan of Aspen. I don't know what it was about him, but there was something that put me off him from the start

Overall i loved this book and am looking forward to reading the rest of the books in the series

Do I recommend this book?:
Definitely, it is an interesting take on the dystopian genre and it manages to be a cute fluffy book, something that this genre doesn't have much of

My 24 hour readathon TBR and plans

Since one of my favourite readathons to participate in are the ones that last for 24 hours I decided to hold my own readathon

I didn't exactly have a very good start to this since i didn't wake up in time and started at 11am but decided instead to do it from 11am on 7th January until 11am 8th January

I knew almost immediately that I wouldn't be reading for the whole 24 hours but i would do my best despite this

My initial TBR:

• City of Bones: Starting on page 140
• Miss Peregrine's home for Peculiar Children: Starting on page 106
• Six of Crows: Starting on page 216
• The DUFF
• The Selection

I have learnt from participating in previous readathons that i wouldn't end up sticking to this TBR but i made this as a guide to what i might end up reading 

2018 reading plans

2017 wasn't that great of a reading year for me and the thing that I was worst at last year was recording the books that I had actually read

That was why, this year, I have decided to participate in the #Theunreadshelfproject2018, where participants try to read as many of the unread books on their shelves as possible

I have a bad habit of starting books and then never finishing them and I am hoping that this year long readathon will help accomplish this task for me

I do have some other things that I would like to acheive this year reading wise that relate to this challenge for me:

• I would love to try and read 100 books this year or even more, as well as keeping better track of my reading 
• I would like to try and read more genres than just YA contemporary and in particular read more fantasy, both YA and adult, as well as try to read more New Adult books
• To try and buy less books, at least without reading more of the ones that I already own beforehand
• To finish as many of the series that I already own and have started before starting too many new series
• My main goal that I will hopefully achieve is to read as many Cassandra Clare books as possible, and try to at least read all the main novels in the Shadowhunter Chronicles