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I just made a bet.

With who? My sister. Why? Because she’s the complete opposite of me when it comes to reading. I love to read and she doesn’t. Gasp. Yeah, I know. But since she’s in high school she has book requirements she has to read for a grade. Like really? The way they act it’s like a punishment. My last years of high school that was a freaking award. She doesn’t like to read and I suppose it’s because she can’t find a book she likes. She’s picky when it comes to them and the fact that she has an attention span of an ant. She zones out easily  so reading is hard for her. Plus, she’s in like five different sports, goes to school full time, so she doesn’t exactly have time to read. Now, I was in the same boat as her. I played sports in high school, made good grades, and yet when I was given the requirements to read four books in nine weeks, I finished them in the first week.

Reading was an award for me. I loved it. it was a passion.

Not so much for her.

So tonight she came to me – this is an occurring thing – asking me what book she can read to get points. After inwardly complaining that I’ve already tried this dozens of times and yet she wouldn’t take my advice, I pull out a couple books and tell her about them to which she doesn’t show much interest. I tell her a few things, she reads the back of them to see what they are about, and then when she’s done I go back to the one series that I’ve been trying since LAST YEAR to get her to read. What series you ask? The Lux Series. The idea of aliens turns her off I suppose. And after telling her repeatedly over and over again, reassuring her that she’ll like the book, she keeps shooting me down.

Long story short, I tell her that possibly the only book she’s ever liked (Slammed by Colleen Hoover) that Will is like the complete opposite of Daemon, we make a bet. We bet that after she finishes the book she’s currently reading, she will read the first few chapters of Obsidian and she can’t lie about what she thinks about it. I told her she would hate herself for pushing me off for MONTHS about not reading this series and if she truly LOVES it, she owes me $10. Ten dollars… not much to me if you ask me if i lose the bet. And her bet is if she loses interest within the first few paragraphs (I just stared at her, just knowing what happens within those first few pages) and I make the bet with her.

I’m confident she’ll like it. Why you ask? Because I’ve got a younger sister who I tried for months to read the book. She first read V is for Virgin and she loved it. She was wanting another book to read so I was like “just please read Obsidian. Read the first chapter and tell me what you think”

Want to know what happened?

She finished the entire series within two weeks. Which, honestly is FAST for her. She loved it. Loved it so much she’s both angry and happy at me for telling her about it because she knows she can’t find another book to compete with it.

Same for me. She’s angry at herself for putting it off for so long. The same thing I know my other sister will react with.

So, like I’ve previously said, I fell in love with reading three years ago (in 2013) and ever since then it’s been a goal of mine to read 100 books in a year. In 2013 I read 97 books (SOOOO CLOSE) and that’s - sadly - is the closest I’ve gotten to that goal. In 2014 I read 79 books. I suppose my excuse for that is, I graduated high school in 2014 and no doubt I had more time to read in high school. The last half of 2014, I was a freshman in college and used just about every bit of my time making sure I got the hang of college, homework, and keeping my scholarship. Thus, so when 2015 rolled around, I had NO TIME to read - at all. Which is why I only read wait for it... only 37 books. [INSERT CRINGE HERE] That’s so... depressing. I guess in total I can say I’ve read 215 books, including 2016.

In ending, this is my year to read 100 books before January 1, 2017.

So I should start with explaining how much I LOVE READING. Love surely isn’t a strong enough word for it. I’m always reading, so much to the point my punishment – when I actually do something wrong, which is ever because I’m always reading – is I get my book taken away. It’s never happened because why would I do such a thing to risk that? Anyways, my point is, reading is a passion and one that I’m so glad I found. There aren’t many things out there that I love more than reading.

That being said, last week my church announced that they would be dedicating one week – 7 days – of prayers and fasting. I’ve never participated in fasting before but it’s something that I’ve always wanted to do. Giving something up that I adore to grow closer to God and Jesus. (You probably already see where this is going) Now the “there aren’t many things out there that I love more than reading?” my relationship with Jesus is one of them. I’m a Christian and though it’s a religion but with the so many negative views on Christianity these days I’ve considered it not a religion but a relationship. No relationship is perfect and I surely as heck am not perfect. (I know this is getting deep but like I said, I take this seriously)

Now my point is, I wanted to take up a personal challenge. When my church announced they would be fasting I tried deciding what I wanted to give up. I don’t drink coffee – I’m a chocolate milk kind of girl – and my house rarely ever has cokes in it. I’m from the south, it’s either sweet tea or milk. (Daemon Black would approve) and my social media could use some improvement because I’m not on it all the time. Finding the solution to what I would give up was easier than I thought. My problem was: I was in the middle of rereading the Lux Series and one of the last things I wanted to do was stop in the middle of reading it for a week. That is just wrong and beyond a level of torture. After finding out that fasting started today and not Monday like I thought, I read over two hundred pages on Opposition in one day and FINALLY finished the book last night. Let me tell you, finishing the Lux Series is never easy and I’m emotional over it all over again. As I was rereading the series I took my time, not wanting to finish it but push came to shove and I devoured the book. (The first time I read the book, I finished it in less than a day. I just couldn’t stop reading it) I won’t go into detail on how much I love the series – because I do, it’s my favorite series EVER – but I just want to tell you guys about this challenge.

I’m going to give up reading for a week. Something that is going to be hard for me but surprisingly I’m excited about it. Usually I read at night, before I go to bed but instead of that I’m going to do something that I started doing months ago. It’s called Illustrated Faith. (Look it up if you like) I won’t go into detail on what it is but I will say it helps me read the bible, grow closer to Jesus, while being creative.

Now if you aren’t a Christian or aren’t really that religious but want to challenge yourself – or torture yourself because why the heck not – I challenge you to give up reading for a week. The end goal will be so worth it.

Sorry for the long post but I just wanted to share this. I’ve been itching to say it since I decided.

On a completely unrelated note I wanted to do a video post but I’ve got a big family and my room is like right there to the living room and I didn’t want to them to overhear me and think “what the heck” but if you guys are interested in video post I’ll overcome that awkward fear of that and upload some videos about me, I don’t know, talking about books that I’ve read, want to read, stuff like that.

Thank you for reading and sorry if this isn’t your cup of tea.

So, I became a hardcore reader in 2014 after I got my first Nook. (Best gift I’ve ever gotten) and by some miracle I came across the Lux Series. I was new to reading so I was open to pretty much anything at the time. When I read what this book was about I was like: Aliens? Well, I did read a book about vampires so why not? What’s the worst that could happen. Thus my life was changed forever. This series... dang. There’s absolutely NOTHING I would change about them. They are so freaking funny, I love the chemistry between Daemon and Kat, Daemon Black became my one true Book Boyfriend (absolutely no other book that I have read - which is A LOT - doesn’t even compete) This series is put on a completely higher pedestal that no other book can touch. I could reread this series and never get tired of them. Which is what I’m doing right now.

I just finished Oblivion and Wow, I fell in love all over again. It’s sad that it’s over because I had to deal with the heartbreak of finishing the series all over again (I’m sure there are people that relate to this) but I am definitely one of the fans that had been hoping that JLA would give us at least one of the books in Daemon’s POV but yet she gave us all three. I’m so happy, elated, and thankful I stumbled across this amazing series.