A Booktubeathon Challenge: My Reading List for August

As I reflect on last year's reading experiences, I realize that I have a book that I've been meaning to read for quite some time. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Cortes is a novel that has been on my shelf forever, with numerous awards under its belt. The book tells the story of two boys, Dante and Aria, who are complete opposites. Dante can swim, while Aria struggles with self-doubt and suffers from difficulties with words. Despite their differences, they support each other through various challenges, making them an emotional and poignant read. I've heard that this book has made many people cry, and I'm eager to experience it for myself.

My second challenge is to read the last book I bought, which is Just One Year by Gayle Forman. This book is a companion to Just One Day, another novel by Forman that I recently finished. While I gave Just One Day five out of five stars, I'm curious to see things from Williams' point of view in this sequel. The format is similar to Midnight Sun, but not quite the same since it's an actual published book. I'm excited to read Williams' perspective and uncover any unanswered questions that remained after finishing the first book.

The third challenge involves reading a book without putting it down. For this, I've chosen The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket, the first book in the beloved series A Series of Unfortunate Events. With its slim page count of 150 pages and enormous font, I'm confident that I can finish this book in one sitting. As a child, I loved reading this series, and the Netflix original adaptation is soon to be released, although it's not confirmed yet due to fan-made content.

My fourth challenge is to read a book that I really want to read. For this, I've selected Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling. As I'm currently re-reading the series, I need to finish this book before moving on to the next one in the series. With its massive page count of 700 pages, I should be able to wrap it up quickly. The magical world of Harry Potter is still so captivating, and I find myself entering a "Harry Potter mood" whenever I think about reading this book.

As part of the Booktubeathon challenges, my seventh challenge involves reading seven books. So far, I've listed six books that I plan on reading during the month. First up is The Golden Elite by Richelle Mead, the second installment in her Bloodline series. Having already read the first book and created a review video for it, I'm eager to dive into this sequel. Next, I have Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan, the second book in the Heroes of Olympus series. Although I've been meaning to finish this book for months, I still haven't sat down and read it. This month, I'll make sure to get around to reading it when I'm on a plane headed to London.

I'd love to hear from my readers about what they plan on reading during August and if they're participating in the Booktubeathon. Please let me know your plans and updates throughout the challenge. I'll be doing daily videos of my progress, so you can follow along with me as I tackle these challenges. Thank you for watching, and I look forward to hearing from you soon.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey YouTube it's Zoe or read by Zoe and today I'm going to my August and booktubeathon TV ours my August TBR is basically just my booktubeathon TBR with one lore book added to it because I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to read that much this month except for the booktubeathon I am leaving for London for studying abroad on August 26th so all of my reading is probably going to have to be before that or on the plane I will start with my TBR there are some challenges for which books to read and I have seven books to go along with these seven challenges big first challenge is to read a book with blue on the cover and for that I have Harry Potter and the order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling probably not going to read the entire book because it's like eight hundred and something pages long but I want to at least start it because I'm currently rereading this series and this is my favorite of all of the books I just love everything Dolores Umbridge I hear so much it's just so much fun to hate her the second challenge is to read a book by an author who shares these same first letter of your last name so for this I have PS I still love you by Jenny Han my last name is hurt which starts with an H so H and H there we go this is a sequel to to all the boys I've loved before which I loved and I read last year and I have to read this book I hear really good things about this book actually which is surprising usually sequels to contemporary books aren't the best the third challenge is to read someone else's favorite book and for this I have Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe by Benjamin Benjamin Benjamin Alire a sense I always say scienze but that's not correct and I don't remember the correct pronunciation so is it Shawn's Shawn's I think that's it I know a lot of people who enjoy it some shirts someone's favorite and this has been on my shelf forever it has so many awards so I'm expecting great things just reading the back I can Seifer that it's about two children I think they're both boys named Dante and Ari's short for Aristotle I believe and they're very opposites says Dante can swim Aria can't Dante is articulate and self-assured Aria has a hard time with words and suffers from self-doubt so the really opposites but I'm pretty sure that they helped each other through things and it seems really emotional I hear it's made people cry and I love crying in books challenge number four is to read the last book you bought and this is just one year by Gayle Forman this is the sequel or the companion to just one day by Gayle Forman which I just finished and I'd love to give it five out of five stars and this is the same story but from Williams point of view so it's kind of like Midnight Sun but not really because this is actually published and I'm pretty sure it's going to be actually good so I am excited to read this I hear it's a great companion and I really want to hear Williams point of view because there were a lot of unanswered questions challenge number five is to read a book without putting it down and for this I have the bad beginning by Lemony Snicket this is the first book in a series of unfortunate events and it's very small it's like a hundred and fifty pages and the font is pretty darn humongous so I'm sure that I can read this in one sitting I really want to reread this because I loved it when I read it as a kid and also the Netflix original series is going to come out soon not actually sure when it's going to come out because we've gotten a lot of fan made stuff but it's not actually real even though it looks real challenge number six is to read a book that you really want to read and this is a Harry Potter of the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling like I said I am rereading the series and I'm currently rereading this book I'm a hundred pages in and it's like 700 pages long so I can finish this up and then go on to the next book and then probably read other books in between that too I guess you make just such a Harry Potter mood right now these sevens challenge is to read seven books and I only have listed six so these seven books that I am planning on reading the golden elite by Richelle Mead this is the second book of a bloodline series which is the spin-off of the Vampire Academy series and I have already read bloodlines obviously I have an entire review video of it up on my channel so I will link that down below if you want to check that out and I loved it so I need to read the second book so those are all the books that I'm planning on reading during the booktubeathon and like I said I have one more book that I am planning on reading in the month of August and this is the Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan this is the second book in the Heroes of Olympus no yes I was fixed it up with Percy Jackson and the Olympians okay this is the second book in the Heroes of Olympus series which I have been reading for a long time I started this book a couple of months ago and it's been on like every other TBR since then so I actually have to get around to finishing this book it's really good I just haven't sat down and read the book but I will this month if I just have to shack up myself down in the plane when I'm going to London and just read this book so that was my August and booktubeathon TBR please tell me down below what you are planning on reading during August and if you're planning on joining in on the booktubeathon if you are tell me down below because I'm going to be doing all of my update videos and the challenges here on my channel I'm going to be doing daily videos so you can see my progress during the booktubeathon I definitely want to check yours out if you're doing the same thing thank you so much for watching and I'll talk to you later byehey YouTube it's Zoe or read by Zoe and today I'm going to my August and booktubeathon TV ours my August TBR is basically just my booktubeathon TBR with one lore book added to it because I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to read that much this month except for the booktubeathon I am leaving for London for studying abroad on August 26th so all of my reading is probably going to have to be before that or on the plane I will start with my TBR there are some challenges for which books to read and I have seven books to go along with these seven challenges big first challenge is to read a book with blue on the cover and for that I have Harry Potter and the order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling probably not going to read the entire book because it's like eight hundred and something pages long but I want to at least start it because I'm currently rereading this series and this is my favorite of all of the books I just love everything Dolores Umbridge I hear so much it's just so much fun to hate her the second challenge is to read a book by an author who shares these same first letter of your last name so for this I have PS I still love you by Jenny Han my last name is hurt which starts with an H so H and H there we go this is a sequel to to all the boys I've loved before which I loved and I read last year and I have to read this book I hear really good things about this book actually which is surprising usually sequels to contemporary books aren't the best the third challenge is to read someone else's favorite book and for this I have Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe by Benjamin Benjamin Benjamin Alire a sense I always say scienze but that's not correct and I don't remember the correct pronunciation so is it Shawn's Shawn's I think that's it I know a lot of people who enjoy it some shirts someone's favorite and this has been on my shelf forever it has so many awards so I'm expecting great things just reading the back I can Seifer that it's about two children I think they're both boys named Dante and Ari's short for Aristotle I believe and they're very opposites says Dante can swim Aria can't Dante is articulate and self-assured Aria has a hard time with words and suffers from self-doubt so the really opposites but I'm pretty sure that they helped each other through things and it seems really emotional I hear it's made people cry and I love crying in books challenge number four is to read the last book you bought and this is just one year by Gayle Forman this is the sequel or the companion to just one day by Gayle Forman which I just finished and I'd love to give it five out of five stars and this is the same story but from Williams point of view so it's kind of like Midnight Sun but not really because this is actually published and I'm pretty sure it's going to be actually good so I am excited to read this I hear it's a great companion and I really want to hear Williams point of view because there were a lot of unanswered questions challenge number five is to read a book without putting it down and for this I have the bad beginning by Lemony Snicket this is the first book in a series of unfortunate events and it's very small it's like a hundred and fifty pages and the font is pretty darn humongous so I'm sure that I can read this in one sitting I really want to reread this because I loved it when I read it as a kid and also the Netflix original series is going to come out soon not actually sure when it's going to come out because we've gotten a lot of fan made stuff but it's not actually real even though it looks real challenge number six is to read a book that you really want to read and this is a Harry Potter of the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling like I said I am rereading the series and I'm currently rereading this book I'm a hundred pages in and it's like 700 pages long so I can finish this up and then go on to the next book and then probably read other books in between that too I guess you make just such a Harry Potter mood right now these sevens challenge is to read seven books and I only have listed six so these seven books that I am planning on reading the golden elite by Richelle Mead this is the second book of a bloodline series which is the spin-off of the Vampire Academy series and I have already read bloodlines obviously I have an entire review video of it up on my channel so I will link that down below if you want to check that out and I loved it so I need to read the second book so those are all the books that I'm planning on reading during the booktubeathon and like I said I have one more book that I am planning on reading in the month of August and this is the Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan this is the second book in the Heroes of Olympus no yes I was fixed it up with Percy Jackson and the Olympians okay this is the second book in the Heroes of Olympus series which I have been reading for a long time I started this book a couple of months ago and it's been on like every other TBR since then so I actually have to get around to finishing this book it's really good I just haven't sat down and read the book but I will this month if I just have to shack up myself down in the plane when I'm going to London and just read this book so that was my August and booktubeathon TBR please tell me down below what you are planning on reading during August and if you're planning on joining in on the booktubeathon if you are tell me down below because I'm going to be doing all of my update videos and the challenges here on my channel I'm going to be doing daily videos so you can see my progress during the booktubeathon I definitely want to check yours out if you're doing the same thing thank you so much for watching and I'll talk to you later bye\n"