Booktube-a-thon Wrap-up

Booktube-a-thon is over!

And I didn't get everything done.

Just letting you know that now.

I'm not upset by this by any means. I still read everyday, and didn't feel overwhelmed and actually really enjoyed the week. Which I believe is the point.

So I'll treat this like an end of the month review and give some stats, and as I get into books I'll talk about the book challenges and at the end some of the video/instagram challenges. Good? Good!

So over all I was able to read 4 books for this read-a-thon

Format:

0 - Audio 
2 - Graphic Novels
2 - Hard Cover
0 - Soft Cover
0 - E-books

Genre:

1 - Fanatasy
1 - Fantasy/Dystopian
1 - Screenplay
1 - Middle Grade Fantasy

Star Ratings:

0 - 1 Star
0 - 2 Stars
2 - 3 Stars
0 - 4 Stars
2 - 5 Stars

Giving the week and average rating of  4.

Pages:

I read a total of 924 pages. Giving a daily page average of  132.

52 Books Around the Year Challenges

2) A book from the 2017 Goodreads Choice Awards

Books and Challenges

Challenge One: Let a coin toss determine your first read.

So if you remember from my Booktubeathon TBR  this was The Mistress of All Evil. However when i started reading it, I was lost. Turns out it was the fourth book in a series. So I did the coin toss again and got:

Rat Queens Vol 1: Sass & Sorcery by Kurtis J. Wiebe, illustratated by Roc Upchurch

Published March 2014

This comic book series follows 4 women who are "maiden's-for-hire" as in will kill for profit, and is described as Buffy meets Tank Girl in a Lord of the Rings setting on crack.

In this first volume, our four main characters get into a bit of trouble after having one too many drunken brawls. As punishment the mayor of their town sends them and those they were brawling with (several other for-hire groups) on minor errands to help the town. However, these annoying yet simple tasks or more than they seem when all groups are meet assassins trying to kill them.

For some reason I hesitated buying this comic book. I think I was worried that the art style wouldn't suit me. That the lack of character detail on the cover and the extreme detail of the monster would be a constant through out, and that was by no means the case. I loved this book and whole heartedly agree with the description of this series. It has this element of listening to a DnD play where all involved are strong willed drunk women. Everything from the art to the plot to the language I was game for and immediately bought the next two volumes. Five out of Five stars.

Challenge Two: Read a book about something you want to do.

Originally I had A Thousand Paper Birds, but I just could get into the book (you see why I don't do TBR's monthly right?) so instead I picked up:

The Apprentice Witch by James Nicol

Published July 2017

Arianwyn was unable to pass her Witch's assessment. After years of being her grandmother's apprentice (an apparent "old school" way of going about things) Wyn was ready to get her assignment and help the Kingdom like her mom, her dad, and her grandmother have. However when her title still remains "Apprentice Witch" after her assesment, Wyn feels as though she's doomed. Placed in the small town of Lull, Wyn feels dejected and disgraced much to the glee of her arch-rivel Gimma. Lull is not as boring as it seems, however. Strange things are being sighted in the Great Wood, hexes are creeping into town, and magical visitors are giving Wyn a helping hand. When Wyn feels as though she's getting the hang of her magic, a darkness continues to loom in her spells, and there may be much more at stake than her pride.

This book was pretty cute. I would love to be an apprentice witch like this. This book gave me Practical Magic meets Howl's Moving Castle vibes. The magic system was interesting and made me reflect on other fantasies that I've read. However, I did find somethings a little irritating. I didn't contect with Wyn. Her name is not only odd but she didn't have much for me to connect with. There wasn't much personallity there, and from what there was it came from her troubles and her self doubt. I have issues with the plot of a book hinging on the lack of communication, and that's all this book relied on. I also found it lack luster and lazy how the magical rabbit was named, after everyone else in the book had a name that took me several times to figure out how to pronounce. There were also questions that were never answered, which in some cases I understood but in other thought they'd be leading somewhere and never did. Otherwise I loved the idea of this book. Three out five stars.

Challenge Three: Read then watch the book to movie adaptation.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay by J.K. Rowling

Published November 2016

If you've seen the movie you've pretty much read this book. So why would I bother reading it? Because I figured it would help explain some of the questions I had in the movie, and it did. There were emotions the actors were supposed to be feeling or reasons they were doing something in a scene that didn't translate, and this book spelled it out for me. I loved reading some of the minor details that didn't get translated into the movie, that just helped me enjoy the movie over all. 5 out of 5 stars.

Challenge Four: Read a book with green on the cover

Rat Queens or The Apprentice Witch could count for this.

Challenge Five: Read a book while wearing a hat the whole time you're reading said book

Did not complete this. Had an idea for this and just ran out of time.

Challenge Six: Read a book with a beautiful spine

The Apprentice Witch counts for this. This book has a gorgeous cover that wraps onto the spine.

Challenge Seven: Read seven books

Nope.

So I read four and only talked about three so lets talk about that last one.

The Girl from the Other Side by Nagabe, translated by Adrienne Beck, Lettered by Lys Blakeslee

Published January 2017

In this book there are two Kingdoms, The Dark, known as "The Outside" where twisted creatures roam, and with a touch "curse", and The Light, known as "The Inside" where people are protected and safe. The girl and the Beast should never have met, and when they do a fairytale blooms.

This was interesting enough, but aside from that I don't have much to say about it. The art contrast between the girl and the creature is nice, the background is entertaining, however the manga as a whole is a bit slow moving, we kind of go about this day by day and it kind of drags by. I do intend on picking up the next volume but I'm in no rush to do so.

So that was my Booktubeathon wrap up, I did complete more challenges but I'm going to hold that information back from here and say that if you want to know more information about that you'll have to watch my Vlogs and/or my Wrap-up.

Otherwise

until next time,

Litta