Bout of Books: Books & Shoes Mini Challenge

Todays Bout of Books challenge is hosted by The Reading Housewives of Indiana.  Her challenge is to select a book and a shoe that either goes with the cover or goes with the a character in the book.  I had trouble finding the the same kind of purple.  

These might work as well

Bout of Books: Zombie Cover Mini Challenge

Yesterdays Bout of Books challenge was hosted by Bookgoonie. The challenge was to identify the zombie covers shown.  Even though I completed the challenge yesterday I did not submit it because I already own the prize.  All the covers were easy to identify as I own a few or some are on my wishlist.  Only 1 I had to actually search for #3 but once I found it I realized it is a book on my wishlist.

1 - Hungry for You
2 - Zombies Don't Cry
3 - The First Days
4 - My Life as a White Trash Zombie
5 - Warm Bodies
6 - Zombies vs Unicorns
7 - Rot & Ruin
8 - Feed
9 - Deadtown
10 - Pride & Prejudice & Zombies
11 - Patient Zero
12 - World War Z
13 - The Girls Guide to Dating Zombies
14 - Bad Taste in Boys
15 - Dearly, Departed
16 - The Forest of Hands & Teeth

Bout of Books Mini Challenge 3: Re-Title It

Todays Bout of Books Read-a-thon challenge is hosted by Books Devoured.  Her challenge is to take any book cover and re-title it. It was fun so I did a few covers.  I would have done a few more but need to get back to reading; plus I have a lot of things to do today.  I have never read these books so the new titles may not make any sense with what the book is about.

Real Title

 

Real Title

 

Real Title

Real Title

Bout of Books Mini Challenge 2 - Book Confessions

Nyx Book Reviews is hosting today's Bout of Books mini challenge.  Below is her challenge.

"PART ONE: Share your most shocking, embarrassing or funny book related story.

- Or -

PART TWO: Answer all of these "this or that" questions.

Physical book or eBook?

Paperback or Hardcover?

Reality or Make-believe?

Adult or Young-Adult?

Dog ears or Bookmarks?

Breaking the spine or Barely open the book?

Tea or Coffee?

Reading in bed or On the couch?

 Series or Standalone?

Original or TV Adaptation?

 Defy motion sickness or Audiobooks?

Author crushes or Who-was-that-guy-again?

Interview or Guest post?"

I decided to do Part Two.

Physical book or eBook?

I loved physical books and then I got a Kindle. So now I prefer eBooks.

 

Paperback or Hardcover?

Hardcover

 

Reality or Make-believe?

Make-Believe

 

Adult or Young-Adult?

Young-Adult

 

Dog ears or Bookmarks?

Bookmarks!!  Dog ears drive me crazy!

 

Breaking the spine or Barely open the book? 

Barely open the book!  Breaking the spine drives me crazy!

 

Tea or Coffee?

Coffee!!

 

Reading in bed or On the couch?

Though I read every night in bed I prefer reading on the couch.

 

 Series or Standalone?

Series

 

Original or TV Adaptation?

Usually Original though sometimes TV adaptations are good.

 

 Defy motion sickness or Audiobooks?

I don't like audiobooks but I don't like motion sickness either but since I have to choose then audiobooks.  

 

Author crushes or Who-was-that-guy-again?

Who was that guy again

 

Interview or Guest post?

Interview

Well now I am off to play a little Diablo III before reading.  I know, I know...I should be reading but its Diablo III!  

Bout of Books Mini Challenge 1

Sarah Says Read is hosting the first mini-challenge for Bout of Books.  Her challenge is to answer the following questions.

“What do you like best about readathons? Do you have any readathon traditions or rituals? If this is your first readathon, what do you like so far?”

I love read-a-thons and have participated in ones that are 24 hours and week long read-a-thons.  24 hour read-a-thons are a little easier to do as I am able to postpone my daily routines with out any problems but week long ones are harder as I can't just stop everything for a week.  What I like most about them besides the obvious which is reading is meeting new people that enjoy reading as much as I do. From them I am able to find more books to add to my already insanely large tbr pile.  Most of my friends don't really read so we never talk about books.  I read every night but read-a-thons allow me to read a lot more through out the day as I set aside more time for reading so I can reach my read-a-thon goals.

For week long read-a-thons I don't really have any traditions or rituals.  For 24 hour read-a-thons I make sure to have plenty of snacks, coffee, energy drinks and water readily available so I have the energy to stay awake for the full 24 hours.  Plus my husband always makes sure to take care of lunch, dinner and make sure I am supplied with the snacks and drinks I mentioned.

I hope everyone is having fun!  Happy Reading!!