Kaniesha's November 2014 Roundup

Finished:

Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride Rating: 5/5 stars

The Young Elites by Marie Lu Rating: 3/5 stars

Burn Out by Kristi Helvig Rating: 4/5 stars

The Rose Master by Valentina Cano  Rating: 4/5 stars

Started:

Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas

Still Reading:

Amity by Micol Ostow

Acquired:

None

Edelweiss & Netgalley:

Under My Skin by Shawntelle Madison

The Rose Master by Valentina Cano

Our posts from November:

Monthly Releases: November 2014

Kaniesha's TTT: Top Ten Books I Want To Reread

Heather's Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Books I Want to Reread

Heather's Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Sequels I Can't Wait To Get

Heather's Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Books On My Winter TBR

Summary:

My reading for November was a lot better than past months but still not my best! I doubt I'll go over my page goal if I hit it at all - which is 20k. I'm sitting at around 19200 pages for the year, last time I checked. But hitting that last goal is the last thing on my todo list, so hopefully I can accomplish it and set myself some (realistic) new goals for next year! See you guys next month for our yearly hauls ;)

Booking Through Thursday: November 27

Booking Through Thursday is a book blog meme presented by BTT2 at Wordpress. They post a question about books every Thursday and you have the whole day to reply back!  Let's look at this week's question:

How much do you actually read? Few of us get as much time as we’d really LIKE for reading, but do as much as we can, so … how many books do you read? How many hours a day?

Heather:  (Due to book slump~) Lately when I read I usually devote about three hours to it.  I can't guarantee I read every day though, not only because of the book slump but also because I work out and then try to spend a few hours with my grandma.  When I do read, I try to make sure I read two books at the same time.

Kaniesha:  When I'm really into reading, I regularly read six books a month. I know that's not a lot in comparison with a lot of book nerds but I do other time consuming things and have a short attention span so it's my best. I have a lot of free time though, so I kind of disappoint myself but I'm also easily burnt out so I'm okay with my mood-reading.

If I'm really into a book, I can read it for 2-3 hours in a go in different intervals until I'm finished. If I'm not, it'll take 30 min-1 hour intervals until I'm finished or put it off until later. My reading habits are just all over the place! Not to mention when I'm in a book slump, I'll one read one or two books a month and pick up other hobbies. I just really don't like forcing myself to do things I do for fun.

Heather's Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Books On My Winter TBR

Top Ten Tuesday is the creation of The Broke and the Bookish, each week they post a list and one of their writers answers.  This week's topic is Top Ten Books On My Winter TBR.

Heather's Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Sequels I Can't Wait To Get

Top Ten Tuesday is the creation of The Broke and the Bookish, each week they post a list and one of their writers answers.  This week's topic is Top Ten Sequels I Can't Wait To Get.

Heather's Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Books I Want to Reread

Top Ten Tuesday is the creation of The Broke and the Bookish, each week they post a list and one of their writers answers.  This week's topic is Top Ten Books I Want to Reread.

Kaniesha's TTT: Top Ten Books I Want To Reread

Top Ten Tuesday is a book blog meme created and hosted by The Broke and The Bookish. This week we're choosing the top ten books we want to reread!

1. Eragon by Christopher Paolini
2. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
3. The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
4. Shadowland by Meg Cabot
5. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

6. Infinity by Sherrilyn Kenyon
7. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
8. Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
9. The Merchant of Death by D.J. MacHale
10. Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

Coming up with this list was harder than I thought! All of these are my favorites - I probably wouldn't be who I am today without having read them. It's amazing how much books can open your eyes, even if it's - and maybe especially - not something you'll ever experience. A few of these I'm very, very fuzzy about on the details at this point (I read a few when I was in middle school!) so I really want to re-read them soon.

Monthly Releases: November 2014

As of August 2014, Kaniesha and Heather will be posting their most anticipated to-be-released books of the month instead of individual WoWs every week.

Kaniesha's:
   

Not my most impressive list but let's be honest, publishing slows down at the end of the year! I'm really looking forward to Nikolas Lee's newest titles. He's a really impressive writer!

Heather's:
 

Two.  =/  Ah, well.  As Kan said, publishing slows down at the end of the year.  That said, I'm extremely excited to be getting my signed copy of Waistcoats & Weaponry (hopefully next week!).  I want to read it as soon as I can.

Kaniesha's October 2014 Roundup

Finished:

Never Fade by Alexandra Bracken Rating: 5/5 stars

The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan Rating: 5/5 stars

The Perilous Sea by Sherry Thomas Rating: 4/5 stars

Blood Orange Soda by Michael Larranaga Rating: 2.5/5 stars

Started:

Amity by Micol Ostow

Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride

Still Reading:

None! (Yay!)

Acquired:

None

Edelweiss & Netgalley:

None

Posts from October:

Monthly Releases: October 2014

Booking Through Thursday: October 2, 2014

Deux Lectrices Talks: Reading Slumps

Kaniesha's TTT: Ten Books For Readers Who Like Character Driven Novels

Kaniesha Reviews: Salt & Storm ARC by Kendall Kulper

Kaniesha's TTT: Top New Series I Want To Start

Heather's Top Ten Tuesday: Ten New Series I Want To Start

Booking Through Thursday: October 23, 2014

Heather's Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Movies / Shows To Read Or Watch To Get In The Halloween Spirit

Booking Through Thursday: October 30, 2014

Kaniesha Reviews: Blood Orange ARC by James Michael Larranaga

Summary:

I'm finally getting back into the habit of reading :D 4 books finished this month! Better than the past two months where I read one and two respectively. I've kinda faded out of my video game and youtube obsession - so I'm back to doing what I like to do best. Reading! Mostly. I'll still be gaming and watching youtube videos, I'll just have to manage my time and hobbies better! How was everyone else's October? :)