Hello! It’s day 6 of the Bout of Books 14 Read-a-thon, meaning, just one more day! Yesterday I didn’t participate in the challenge, because it involved shipping people from different books, and I find it so hard to do that, I’ve been putting off doing the Rip it or Ship it book tag because of it. But that’s ok!
Today’s challenge is a bit more manageable, the Road Trip Challenge, hosted by Steph in Wonderland. “For this challenge, I’d like for you to come up with a list of the top 4-5 states/places you’d love to visit and find a book (you either read or want to read) that takes place in that state/place or a book by an author who lives or is from there. :]“
Because this felt somewhat similar to the challenge from day 1, I decided to use TBR books for this one, and mark a real possible road trip, starting from Barcelona, where I live… so, here it is.
I’ve also started my third book, Shatter Me, today! Finished The Wrath and the Dawn yesterday evening and I’m still a bit hungover by it, such a stunning book, such heartbreak 😦 …
My Tiny Obsessions 
Cool road trip!!! And I am so excited to hear your thoughts on Shatter Me! Not everyone likes Mafi’s style of writing, but I loved it.
I’m just in chapter 4, it’s so unusual, but kind of intriguing as well. I love how conflicted Juliette is (I just know her name because of the internet, because she hasn’t said it yet).
It’s really funny when she tells you her name though. Something like Shakespeare stole her name or so hahaha
🙂 I love the cut down words… so unique
it’s like it’s written just like the character is thinking, which is kind of awesome
That’s what I love too! The fact that she doesn’t even allow herself to think certain things is just so intriguing. It’s also really interesting to see her change during the course of the books.
oh, I need to advance more to see that. Right now I’m looking at a page that has “I am not insane” written and crossed about 100 times.
Oh yeah, she’s changing a lot throughout the series. She never turned into my favourite character though. That spot is reserved for two other people 🙂
I’m guessing a guy name Warner is one of them?
Yes and the other name is Kenji. You’ll get there, but don’t spoil yourself any further. It is much more fun if you have no idea.
i just met Adam, he’s the only one I know so far…
You’re just at the beginning it makes sense.
yep, I started Armada last night as well
I just now realised that I’ve read every book you used for the road trip hahaha my mind is so slow.
Well, you recommended me most of them!
Well they are all pretty good books.
Did I tell you that I met Cecelia Ahern? That was an awesome day!
I think I saw it on your blog somewhere, a while back… was she nice? 😀
Very, I even got to take a picture with her. Also, she signed two books even though they told us she only had time for one per person.
😀 I saw the pic (don’t know where, but somewhere)
I have yet to read a book by her, but i’ll get to it
She’s veeeery romantic. I haven’t read anything by her for ages and it seems weird now that I used to read all those cheesy romantics when I was younger. I liked them though. I flew through Where Rainbows End
this book scares me a bit, it’s big! also, I LOVE romance, but I usually like my romance with a big of action, you know?
It is big, but it’s really easy to take breaks and it felt really short to me. Since it’s all written in text messages, letters, notes, etc. it just looks like a lot more than it actually is.
Action isn’t in there though …
I think I’ll leave it for my christmas break reading 🙂 I’ll have enough action with the kids in real life 😉
I got that book for Christmas once and therefore read it at the same time. Good choice! 😉
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Awesome roadtrip! I agree that It’s hard to ship people from different books. The only book I`ve read out of those 5 is The Fault in Our Stars 😀
i need to read it… sometime, but from all the 5 books there, it’s the one that’s bottom on my list 😉
Lol. It`s an amazing book and I absolutely loved it. I cant wait to see what you think of it.
i’ll get to it and share my thoughts… sometime…
As always, I`m not trying to rush even if I seem like I am 😀
no worries 😉
Oh I feel you! I finished The Wrath and the Dawn yesterday and I’m so hungover. That ending… How will I survive until the next book comes out?! 😭
I don’t know 😦 It will be torture! I needed one more chapter at least, something that told me that there was some kind of hope… 😦
I know right. 😭
I needed some closure, at least I wanted to know about Despina and Jalal, and we didn’t even get that 😦
Yes! I wanted to see what happened to those two! Hopefully the next book will show their relationship… ❤
let’s hope so. And also, I want Shazi doing her best to return to Khalid… I don’t even care how, but she has to
She better. If she decides to give up, I’m going to cry. I want to see her fight and fight hard to get to him! I have a feeling this series is going to hurt my heart a lot! xoxo
she’s a fighter, so I don’t think she will abandon him in any way. I do fear because of her father, I think he’ll be the real enemy here, and I think she’ll be stuck between the two people she loves the most…
But she has to get back to him, because really, how perfect are they for each other? That goodbye?! *swoon*
She definitely is. She’s one of my favourite female protagonists, hands down!
Yes, oh my gosh, her father! I was literally screaming “WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!” at the end of the book. I’m so scared.
They are so damn perfect for each other. So much swooning.
she’s also one of my favs now, and I love their relationship, Khalid respects her so much and is so aware of how strong she is. That scene with the dagger in her room, it broke my heart for a moment…
her father is CRAZY!!! He’s doing exactly what his first wife’s dad did, it’s gonna end badly
That dagger scene… Gosh, I was reading it while at work and I swear I had such a hard time concealing my feelings.
Yes! I was panicking because it was basically like a replay of what happened the first time. I’m so scared of the result of all of this.
me too! I can’t wait for the second book. I wish we had had more time of Shazi and Khalid just being happy together…
I knew the moment that they fell for each other and got their happy moment, that the book was going to destroy me. I wish it did too..
oh well… we just have to wait 1 year to see what happens next… 😦
*cries* 😦
(you’re not alone 😦 )