Friday, August 22, 2014

Bout Of Books 11.0 Update (Day FIVE)


Day five of the Bout of Books read a thon is officially here and we are nearing the end. I hope to finish my book that I am reading before then, but we'll see! At the same time I'm trying to savor my book because it's one of those that is perfect for a rainy day. It also reminds me quite a bit of another one of my favorite books, Airborn by Kenneth Oppel.



Total Pages Read: 973
Pages Read Today: 125
Total Books Read: 2
Currently Reading: Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
Other Comments: So close to that 1,000 page mark! I'm liking this book so far, but I just find myself getting distracted while reading it.
There were two challenges again today! Hurrah!  The first one was to Recreate a Cover, hosted by Spines and Covers. Now, keep in mind when you look at the cover that all I have is a terrible quality backwards webcam. And ok, maybe it's also that I'm a bad artist. Haha.  
Before:
 
 
After:
 
 
I took great pleasure in ripping this drawing to shreds, I assure you.
 
 
I present...
1/4 of Airborn by Kenneth Oppel cover!
 
Sorry about the glare and the bad drawing and bad handwriting and backwards cover and the small size and the funky arms and faces. I drew this in about two minutes because I wanted to do the challenge but at the same time drawing stuff really frustrates me. So that was the end product.
 
...Anyway, ranting aside, there was also a second challenge hosted by Christian Bookshelf Reviews and it was the Book Chain Challenge. The Challenge was to connect the books by last/first word. Words like "The" "A" or "An" did not count for this challenge. The books I chose for this challenge were...
 
 
 

 
"The Gray Wolf Throne" by Cinda Williams Chima*
"Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas*
"The Glass Castle" by Jeanette Walls
"Castle in the Air" by Diana Wynne Jones **
 
* = book I have read in the past 12 months
** = on my TBR
 
....and that is where I hit a dead end. Oh well?
 
So, I might fix one of these challenges later, but I guess we shall see about that. Anyway, see you soon with an update on my progress tomorrow!
 
 
 
 
 

 



2 comments:

  1. Well at least you gave the recreate a cover challenge a try! It's kind of sad how long I took to do mine haha (:
    I have completely forgotten what Airborn was about because I suck. I used to really like the story too. Good luck on the rest of your books!

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    1. Well, you put more effort into yours! And it turned out really great too.
      Thanks! Good luck to you too

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