Hey everyone, it's Leandra!
And today I'm coming at you guys with my Winter
Biannual Bibliothon TBR.
For those of you who do not know what the
Biannual Bibliothon is about, it is an event
hosted by a bunch of YouTubers twice a year.
And they bring out seven types of reading challenges
about the books that you're supposed to be
reading.
And they bring out seven video challenges,
which give YouTubers an opportunity to win
books.
This is also my first time joining in, and
I'm really excited.
I'm also kinda nervous, because I have a paper
that is due in about three weeks, for my college,
and it seems like it might take up a bit of
my time.
So, I definitely do not think that I can get
seven books done.
So I'm gonna be doubling up on some of the
challenges and I will hopefully get through
them.
I will be linking all of the information for
the Biannual Bibliothon in the description
box down below.
I do not know whether I will be joining in
with the video challenges.
I do not have that much time.
But, I will definitely be posting updates
with my reading progress on Twitter, Goodreads.
So, please subscribe if you want updates and
also, sort of, wrapups that I will be doing
and also the reviews of the books that I will
be doing.
Let's get started with my TBR.
The first challenge is to read the group book,
which is Otherworld by Jason Segel and Kirsten
Miller.
I have no idea what this book is about.
I know that it's about like a virtual reality,
game, world.
But I'm extremely excited, and I cannot wait
to get into this book.
The second challenge is to read a sequel.
For me, this will be the book that I will
be putting at the bottom of my TBR list, just
because I do not know which book that I will
choose.
One of my candidates for this challenge is
Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas.
I've only read the first two books in the
Throne of Glass series.
So this would be a great opportunity to finally
get to the third book.
But, because it's such a long book, it's definitely
way over 500 pages, I was thinking that maybe
I will leave this at the bottom of my TBR
so see if I can get through it maybe at the
end of the week.
I also kind of have, like, a cop-out sequel-challenge.
It's kind of a cheat.
Because, it's not really a book.
It's kind of like a book/game.
For those of you who don't know the Fighting
Fantasy series, it is an amazing book, kind
of concept.
Which basically has like a story that you
have to work your way through.
So, for example, in the book, there will be
choices that you can make.
In most of the books, you are an adventurer
or a fighter or something, and you have to
make your way through the end of the book
or the end of the story.
Usually you have to find various items, in
order to unlock further rooms or places.
Sometimes you need to find passwords or pieces
of information.
And they're not really books, but they're
just really fun.
You play with a pair of dice and a piece of
paper and a pen.
I don't know whether it's considered like,
a book.
But there's book number 1...book number 2.
Sometimes there are, kind of like, sequels
to each other.
So if I do not get to Heir of Fire, I am seriously
considering doing Stormslayer by Steve Jackson
and Ian Livingstone.
I've done the first three books, this is the
fourth one.
I have about forty of them, lying around.
I don't know why.
I used to do these when I was younger, they
are super fun.
I don't know whether it's considered a book
or a novel.
But, I've seen people who are putting things
like poetry on their TBRs and this is a book
you can mark as "read" on Goodreads.
So, I think this counts.
And if not, please call me out and then I'll
definitely get to Heir of Fire.
But, I've been meaning to do this one for
a really long time.
They're really fun.
If you haven't tried the Fighting Fantasy
books, and you're sort of like a fan of like
video games and books, this is the perfect
combination.
Even if you don't like playing video games,
they're super cool.
They're very mysterious, and kind of, creepy
sometimes.
But, I really love them.
They're really fantastic.
Challenge number three is read a book that
you've never heard of before.
Because I'm doubling up on challenges, I will
be choosing Otherworld for this one.
Before I stumbled upon the Biannual Bibliothon
video, I had never heard of this book.
I know Jason Segel, I've heard of him before,
but I've never heard of this book.
I don't know anything about this book.
So I think that this definitely counts.
And I will be taking it as my second challenge
for this book.
Challenge number four is read a book about
mental illness.
And I'll be choosing Faking Normal by Courtney
Stevens.
It sounds really interesting.
I think it's about a girl who something happened
to over the course of the summer, and she's
sort of trying to come to terms with what
happened.
It says that "she hides in her closet, and
compulsively scratches the back of her neck,
trying to make the outside hurt more than
the inside does".
This is listed as a mental illness book on
Goodreads.
I'm really interested to get to this book.
I've never heard of the author before.
I've seen this book on some people's TBR lists.
It was also on my TBR.
So I'm interested to get to this book.
And, I'll be letting you guys know what I
think of it.
Challenge number five is read a book that
was mentioned in another book/movie/tv show.
And for that I'm choosing Fahrenheit 451 by
Jay Bradbury.
I don't know that much about this book other
than that it is a dystopian book and the society
is basically, burning books that are outlawed
by the government.
I think that it is even considered a classic
book.
So, I'm excited to read it.
It's been on my TBR for a while now and yeah,
I've heard great things.
I've heard loads of YouTubers talk about it
and it seems like a really interesting book,
also very thought-provoking book.
And I can't wait to get into it.
Challenge number six is a read a book under
200 pages.
And for that I've chosen Winnie-the-Pooh by
A.A.
Milne.
Winnie the Pooh is definitely one of my favorite
Disney cartoon movies.
It's the movie that I watch when I need to
be cheered up or when I'm having a bad day
or when I'm sick or whatever.
I've always wanted to read the, like, original
work.
The pictures are just so adorable.
I bought this special edition, which is supposed
to be, like, the exact replication of the
original Winnie-the-Pooh that came out in
like, 1926 or something.
I think this is really cute.
I'm really excited.
I know that I've been saying that about all
of my books but I am just like, really excited.
And yeah, I can't wait to read it.
Number seven is read a backlist title.
Which basically means any book that was published before 2018.
Because I'm doubling up on this, I'll be choosing
Winnie-the-Pooh for this as well, so I'll
be doing two challenges for this book.
So that gives me a total of 5 books.
If you're planning on on joining the Winter
Biannual Bibliothon as well, please leave
me your TBRs in the comment section down below.
I hope that you guys will have a great time
reading.
And have loads of fun and yeah, enjoy your
time.
Thank you guys so much for watching and I
will see you guys soon with another video.
Bye!
