It's Monday, What are You Reading? (2011-2)

"It's Monday. What are you reading?" is a meme hosted by One Persons Journey Through a World of Books. This is where you list what you've read in the past week.

It's been a LONG time since I've participated in this meme, but I really wanted to join in this week. Partly since it's been a really good year for reading so far and partly because I miss my reading meme friends.

Without further ado, here's my list for this past week:

Kringle ~ Tony Abbott 1/30

The Lightning Thief ~ Rick Riordan 1/30

The Sea of Monsters ~ Rick Riordan 1/31

Beast Master Vol. 1-2 ~ Kyousuke Motomi 1/31

Backstage Prince Vol. 1-2 ~ Kanoko Sakurakoji 1/31

Boyfriends, Burritos and an Ocean of Trouble ~ Nancy Rue 2/1

The Titan's Curse ~ Rick Riordan 2/2

Moe Kare Vol. 1-7 ~ Go Ikeyamada 2/2

The Battle of the Labyrinth ~ Rick Riordan 2/3

The Last Olympian ~ Rick Riordan 2/4

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle ~ Avi 2/5

Lyddie ~ Katherine Paterson 2/6

Jip: His Story ~ Katherine Paterson 2/6

So, my goal this year was to read as many books as possible that I own that I either haven't read in YEARS or just haven't read at all yet. My total books towards that goal since January 1st: 33. I think I'm doing pretty well so far.

As for my To Be Read this week list:

I am currently finishing up I Am Number Four ~ Pittacus Lore and Under the Lilacs ~ Louisa May Alcott.

I intend to begin and complete The Lost Hero ~ Rick Riordan and possibly start on the other two books by Avi that I haven't read yet. If not Avi this week, then I'll read Northanger Abbey and Mansfield Park. (Not really looking forward to reading those two no matter how much I love Jane Austen.

What did YOU read this week?

New Year's Readathon with Kristen

Okay. I have no idea how many hours I read. 9 - I think. I feel like I read more, but when I look at my book list I know that's not possible. Here's the breakdown:

New Year's Eve:

Extras - Scott Westerfeld = 1 hr.

New Year's Day:

Finished Extras = 2 hr.
Magic or Madness - Justine Larbalestier = 3 hr.

January 2:

Martha's Secret Wish - Ella Gibson = 1 hr.

January 3:

A New Name - Grace Livingston Hill = 2 hr.

To be completely honest with you, I expected to read ALOT more than what I actually did however, life always seems to get in the way. On Sunday, for example, I started a 1500 piece puzzle with my future sister-in-law. I'm still working on the puzzle today and on Sunday, I only read and finished one book. Terrible! Oh well, at one book per day since January 1st, I'm still well on my way to my goal.

Reading into the New Year

So I joined the Reading into the New Year readathon last night. You can see the original challenge at Bookworming in the 21st Century. The idea was to read through midnight. Whether you were starting 5 minutes before the year changed or hours before, but to finish reading after 12:01am. I read Extras by Scott Westerfeld last night. On and off for hours before midnight, but I definitely made sure I was reading while the clock changed. This was definitely something different for me. Usually I'm the one yelling the loudest when the ball in New York hits the bottom. It was rather thrilling to read instead. A little out of place, but thrilling nonetheless.

I actually sat in the basement with my little family last night while I read. Joseph was watching TV, while Titus, Shayla, and their friends, Matt and Jessica stood around the ping pong table. Joseph isn't normally the person that lets me read through something, but he let me do it this time so that was HUGE! very fun. I'm totally gonna be doing this again!

I figured doing this challenge was a great way to get myself into the mood for my own personal goal for reading in 2010. I'll post more about that later. Just wanted to leave an update on here.