Read-a-Thon(s) Day Five

So today went much better than yesterday, although still not as well as I would have liked it to go. There are still three hours left of the day, so I might managed to get a little bit more reading in, however I discovered two new shows today, and it might prove to make reading a little bit difficult for the rest of the night.

For at least one of the two shows I started today to make sense, there is something that you need to understand. I ADORE HBO's Hannibal. If you have watched any of my tag videos on youtube, you probably know that Hannibal Lecter is my favorite villain of all time. The show came out at the perfect time for me, and I loved every minute of it. The show was started by an amazing man named Bryan Fuller, who has worked on several other TV shows, including Star Trek Voyager  and Heroes. However he also had another TV show called Pushing Daisies, staring Lee Pace (who you may know more recently as Thranduil from the Hobbit films). The show is amazing, and I think you all should watch it. It is only two seasons long, with nine episodes per season, but it is potentially the cutest show to ever exist. Thank you Bryan Fuller for all of the awesome shows in my life at the moment!

The other show that I discovered is called Princess Jellyfish. It is an anime which was recently added to American Netflix, and upon reading the synopsis, I had to give it a go. The story follows a girl who is obsessed with Jellyfish, and moved to Tokyo to become an illustrator or a manga artist. She lives in a building which only houses women, all of whom are a little bit eccentric (and a couple of them are rather annoying, but easy enough to look past). One night she meets a lady who is the picture of beauty, and the two sort of become friends. However it turns out that this beautiful woman is actually a man who just likes to cross dress as a hobby. I just don't even know where to begin with how adorable this anime is! I can't wait to continue watching it.

However, as this is meant to be a book blog, and this particular post is supposed to be an update on my reading for these Read-a-Thons, maybe I should get back to the books, yes?

I continued reading Dark Eyes by William Richter today, however have not yet finished it. I have made a rather large dent in it though. The book was difficult to get used to at first, having gotten used to the eloquent first person narratives of the last two books. The narrative in Dark Eyes is third person, and very street, using a lot of profanity and slang. However, the narrative fits the feel of the story, and once the plot came into play, the book became much more interesting. I read 91 pages of this book today, an am currently sitting on page 100. With only 237 pages left of this book, I am hoping that I will be able to finish it tomorrow so that I can move onto the next book on my bookshelf, The Daughters by Joanna Philbin!

{Friday}

Number of pages I’ve read today: 91

Total number of books I’ve read: 2 (And 1 Short Story)

Total number of pages I've read: 730

Books: A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray, Starters by Lissa Price, The Lady, or the Tiger? By Frank Richard Stockton.