***The Starry-Eyed Revue***: read-a-thon

So, the Summer Wrap-up Read-a-thon ended yesterday, but family takes precedence and mine was rather demanding of my attention over the weekend. :D But better late than never, right?
Here are the books I completed:

Cinder
Spell Bound
Girl of Nightmares
My Super Sweet 16th Century
Fever
The Girl of Fire and Thorns

The Girl of Fire and Thorns (Fire and Thorns, #1)

And I started Seraphina but was unable to finish it before the end of the read-a-thon, though I do expect to complete it today.

And as for my favorite place to read, that's easy: my back patio. I'm sure you can see why:

Of course, I also listened to audiobooks while at work, and I tend to stare dreamily out the window while doing so instead of getting any actual work done...hehe. Here's the view of downtown Dallas from my office:

I didn't accomplish as much as I wanted to with this read-a-thon, but it did push me to read more than I normally would have. Now I just have to write a ton of reviews and I'll be all caught up! :D

Labels: read-a-thon, summer, TBR pile

This is the first read-a-thon I've actually ever participated in. I've always wanted to, but I like to do things big, and I just never thought I'd have the time to actually get much read within the time constraints of a read-a-thon. But this particular read-a-thon spans NINE days, so I think my odds of completing at least a few books are pretty good, barring any natural disasters, of course. ;0) I honestly don't know how many of the challenges I'll be able to participate in along the way because I do have a 4yo and a full-time job, but I'll do my best. :D

So, here are the books I'm hoping to read over the course of the next nine days:

Cinder - finish the last 80% of the audiobook
Spell Bound - finish the last 187 pages
Girl of Nightmares - finished copy from publisher for review
Outpost - ARC from publisher for review
My Super Sweet 16th Century - galley from publisher for review/blog tour
Monstrous Beauty - galley from publisher for review
Sweet Evil - personal purchase
For Darkness Shows the Stars - personal purchase
Fall for Anything - finished copy for publisher at ALA Midwinter
Easy - persona purchase
Fever - audiobook, personal purchase
Bloodrose - audiobook, personal purchase
Seraphina - personal purchase
The Girl of Fire and Thorns - personal purchase - audiobook

I'm really hoping to finish all of those. It won't make much of a dent in my TBR, but I'll still be breathing a sigh of relief if I can at least accomplish that list.

Are you participating? If so, share a link to your #SWUR TBR list!