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#SlayThat Series Readathon Wrap-up

Yes, I know, the readathon doesn't actually end until tomorrow, but I finished my book and for various reasons I won't be starting a new one (the main reason being I am reading "The Goldfinch" by Donna Tartt and it's a whopper. And I got it from the library, so there's is a deadline for finishing it!). For this readathon I read "Blue Lily, Lily Blue" by Maggie Stiefvater, which is the 3rd book in the Raven Cycle series. For a long time I thought this was a trilogy, so I was honestly a bit disappointed when I found out I wouldn't get to know the end of the story with the end of this book. But I rallied and I am excited for the 4th book! As mentioned, this is the third book of a series. In my view not much new happened, but the plot was still developed. When I say nothing new happened, I mean there wasn't a new plot point introduced or anything. Everything that happened was part of a plot line from the previous books. And that is okay, beca...

Slay That Series TBR

I’ve decided to participate in my first read-a-thon! I’m quite excited! On Youtube I’m subscribed to this really cool girl called Sara from SarawithoutanH ( Check her out! ) and she is hosting a read-a-thon along with another youtuber called Chami from ReadLikeWildFire .   When Sara presented this TBR I knew it was right up my alley. It’s all about finishing series you’ve started, but haven’t quite gotten around to finishing for some reason or other. The dates are September 27th to October 4th, both days included (which is actually 8 days!). Check out the announcement video here:  Announcement video There are no challenges to this read-a-thon, and that really appeals to me. I’ve never done a read-a-thon before, and this one seems like an easy one to get started. The only rule is pretty much to just read books in series you haven’t finished (or maybe starting a new series, if you are all caught up).  My TBR: My TBR for this read-a-thon will consist of...