May 2018 – ChristyESWriter

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, May 14th and runs through Sunday, May 20th 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 22 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. – From the Bout of Books team

Goals:

I am a little late in signing up for this one as the readathon started yesterday but am hoping to finish at least two books over the course of the week and will update this post each day (leaving out Monday obviously.)

Tuesday:

Pages read: 17

Notes: Didn’t get much reading done as was out most of the day but will be able to get a bit more done tomorrow.

Wednesday:

Pages read: 80

Total pages read: 97

Notes: am hoping to finish reading The Little Friend by Donna Tartt tomorrow which has been in my TBR for over a year now, am also hoping to participate in the challenge tomorrow.

Thursday:

Pages read: 192

Total pages read: 289

Notes: Did not quite manage to finish The Little Friend today and will probably be the weekend before I manage the last hundred pages. However, these two books arrived today:

War Storm by Victoria Aveyard and The Girl Who Raced Fairyland All The Way Home by Catherynne M. Valente

And as I have been wanting to read both these books for a long time, I started reading them yesterday and will be reading them over the weekend as well.

Friday:

Pages read: 24

Total Pages Read: 313

Notes: Knew I wouldn’t be able to get as much reading done today as I was in work most of the day but did get more done than I thought!

Saturday:

Pages Read: 35

Total Pages Read: 348

Sunday:

Pages Read: 110

Total Pages Read: 458

Notes:

Even though I did not manage to finish The Little Friend by Donna Tartt I have made huge progress in that book considering it has been on my TBR pile for over a year and I will be able to finish it soon. If I had remembered to sign up for the readathon on Monday I would have been able to reach 500 pages so for the next one I need to put it into my calendar so I don’t forget! Despite not finishing a book I always enjoy the Bout of Books readathon and set myself more goals for the next one.

“there was nothing I liked more than to see my own name drawn out by my own hand, and so I wrote it everywhere I could, including places I knew were forbidden”

The story follows Ursula Flight as she vows while young to become an actress and the twists of fate that must happen for a respectable woman to become an actor in the 17th century.

“”She tried to cure the baker with a toasted toad,” said Mary. “But she only gave him warts.””

The book is well researched and the characters are well rounded making them feel real as you are reading it.
The book is a bit slow considering it is mainly just the story of Ursula’s life and though the pay off at the end is great for Ursula, it doesn’t feel like enough to warrant the build up of all the previous chapters.

“SIBELIAH: I cannot look at the sunset!

URSULA: Plainly you must open your eyes first or you will not see it.”

The writing includes some scripts and lists which make the reading easier and quicker as you go along and the writing style is humorous without ever going anachronistic in it’s style.

Month: May 2018

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Book Review: The Illumination of Ursula Flight (Anna-Marie Crowhurst)