The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, May 8th and runs through Sunday, May 14th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 19 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. – From the Bout of Books team
So there’s the possibility that I forgot this readathon was happening, but as the sign up form is still on the website then I will gladly participate! My goals for the readathon are:
- Finish reading The Name of The Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
- Listen to The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
- Participate in three challenges throughout the week
and if I manage all that then I will try and read 1000 pages throughout the week as well! I will update this post with my progress at the end of each day.
Monday:
Pages Read: 26
Challenges: one – introduce yourself in six words: voraciously reading while drinking decaf tea
Notes: I would have liked to have read a few more pages but as I didn’t know the readathon was happening until quite late in the day I only had time to read before I went to sleep. On Tuesday I will easily break the 100 page mark!
Tuesday:
Pages read today: 91
Total pages read: 117
Notes: I listened to the first few chapters of The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood and will probably finish it on Friday when I have the day off work. Having broken the 100 page mark I am hoping to break the 500 page mark by Friday!
Wednesday:
Pages read today: 22
Total pages read: 139
Notes: I had a few other things to do today that didn’t leave much time for reading so I only managed to listen to a few chapters of The Handmaid’s Tale but 22 pages is better than 2 pages!
Thursday:
Pages Read Today: 45
Total pages read: 184
Notes: So I no longer have the day off on Friday, instead having the day off work on Saturday instead. I am not in work until the afternoon on Friday so will be able to listen to a good few hours of The Handmaid’s Tale in the morning.
Friday:
Challenges: two: Bookspinerainbow -There’s more than seven books because I was trying to make the colours blend into each other – I think it sort of worked…
The books are: Coraline by Neil Gaiman, The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherine M. Valente, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, Amanzimtoti: The Ridge by Carmen Shea Hepburn, King’s Cage by Victoria Aveyard, A Year at The Star and Sixpence by Holly Hepburn, A Hat Full of Any by Terry Pratchett, A Storm of Swords – Blood and Gold by George R.R. Martin.
Pages read today: 90
Total pages read: 274
Notes: Not that bad for a day when I had an 8 and a half hour shift at work – ok I didn’t start until 2:30 but still that’s a pretty good amount – Tomorrow with my day off I am hoping to reach 500 pages. This should mean I finish The Handmaid’s Tale and read a few chapters of The Name of The Wind.
Saturday:
Pages read today: 124
Total pages read: 398
Notes: Might not have broken the 500 page mark today but am going to listen to the last few chapters of The Handmaid’s Tale before work tomorrow.
ChristyESWriter 