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Bout of Books 26 Update Post

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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, August 19th and runs through Sunday, August 25th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, Twitter chats, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 26 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. – From the Bout of Books team

I have some spare time on my hands before my masters starts up again in September, so will be able to participate in the bout of books read-a-thon again!

My goals for the week are subject to change, but I plan to:

  1. Read 1000 pages over the week – this may include some audio books as well.
  2. Participate in one twitter chat – one of them is at 2am for me and I may be at work for the other one, so I’ll have to see.
  3. Participate in 3 challenges throughout the week.
  4. Leave comments on other people’s update posts.

I am hoping to finish reading the Ruby Red trilogy by Kerstin Gier – only having the final book Emerald Green to read.
I also have a Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris from the library and Summerland by Lucy Adlington which is a book I received from readersfirst so will be reviewing once I have finished it.

I also have Wilde Like Me by Louise Pentland, Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo, and The Bear and The Nightingale by Katherine Arden on audiobook, so will be listening to a few of them on my commute to work.

I will be posting updates on here every day.

Monday:
Pages Read: 225
Total Pages Read: 225
Notes: am halfway through Emerald Green by Kerstin Gier so should be able to finish it tomorrow.

Tuesday:
Pages Read: 235
Total Pages Read: 460
Books Finished: Emerald Green by Kerstin Gier
Notes: Having been at work and having to start packing for when I move house in less than two weeks time, I haven’t had a chance to take part in any of the challenges yet but have the day off tomorrow so can take part in tomorrow’s challenge as well as read Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris and listen to an audiobook while I try to catch up on my packing!

Wednesday:
Pages Read: 244
Total Pages Read: 704
Books Finished: Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
Notes: I won’t be able to take part in the twitter chat on Saturday as I’ll be at work but I still have time to do tomorrow’s challenge ‘If This, Then That’.

Thursday:
Pages Read: 30
Total Pages Read: 734
Notes: Was at work all day and completely forgot about the challenge! I still have three I can do though, so long as I start tomorrow!

Friday: 
Pages Read: 60
Total Pages Read: 794
Challenge: Today”s challenge is “I want that!” something that exists in another form of media that you want made into a book. I chose Lingthusiasm – a podcast about linguistics. The podcast is awesome, though as I listen while I’m working on other things, I sometimes forget what’s being said or miss bits, and if it were a book I could read it when I was not busy.
Notes: If I still want to meet my 1000 page goal then I have Saturday and Sunday to read 206 pages, while this is do-able, (although tomorrow I will be at work all day and as a result I’ll be surprised if I get ten pages.) I will have to read a lot more than I have the past two days and possibly start another book after finishing Summerland by Lucy Adlington.

Saturday:
Pages Read: 164
Total Pages Read: 958
Books Finished: Summerland by Lucy Adlington
Notes: I already knew I was going to miss the twitter chat today, but I’m still a little annoyed that I couldn’t time my break at work to fit around it! I also completely forgot about today’s challenge, so won’t be able to do three challenges throughout the week, but will still be able to do tomorrow’s. I am looking to be able to reach my 1000 word goal for the readathon which I have never reached in a bout of books readathon before, so am excited for tomorrow!

Sunday:
Pages Read: 76
Total Pages Read: 1034
Total Books Finished: 3. Emerald Green by Kerstin Gier, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris and Summerland By Lucy Adlington.
Notes: I listened to The first hour of Wilde Like Me by Louise Pentland as I packed for my house move. This is the first read-a-thon that I have managed to read over a thousand pages within the week!

 

 

 

 

 

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Bout of Books 24

Christy.E.S6 Comments

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, January 7th and runs through Sunday, January 13th 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 24 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. – From the Bout of Books team


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Goals:
For this readathon, I won’t set myself a page count goal, because I never really reach them and they usually just make me focus more on the amount I’m reading than what I’m reading. I will still provide updates for my page count, but I won’t be too fussed if it’s not a lot (as it often is).
I want to finish reading The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper and if I can I want to read the other three books in the series as well. I will also be re-reading The Cruel Prince by Holly Black before I start the second book in The Folk of The Air series – The Wicked King – if I can finish all these books by the end of the week it will be a miracle as I’m in work every day except tomorrow, but I’m hoping I can at least make a big dent in all of them!
The only other goals I have are to update on here every day and to take part in at least one of the twitter chats – though one of them is at 2am my time, so that really only leaves one as I will be asleep at 2am, and to spend some time either on blogs or on twitter with other people also doing Bout of Books this time around as I usually get so caught up in the reading that I forget the point of a readathon is to make reading sociable!
I will also try to take part in at least three of the challenges throughout the week.
Monday:
Pages Read: 110
Total Pages Read: 110
Challenge: introduce yourself in six words: Reads when not distracted or working.
Notes: Have found that The Wicked King won’t be being released tomorrow but is now being released next week instead – after the readathon has finished – while this means I won’t be able to read the book as part of the readathon, it does mean I have more of a chance of being able to read the other books in my TBR pile this week and if I can get through all of them this week then I have nothing to stop me from reading The Wicked King when it finally does come out next week!
Tuesday:
Pages Read: 10
Total Pages Read: 120
Notes: Today was probably the day that I will be able to read least, although I am in work all day Thursday and Friday too but am hoping that I will be able to finish The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper tomorrow.
Wednesday:
Pages Read: 120
Total Pages Read: 240
Books Finished: The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper
Notes: Have found out that I have the day off work on Saturday so will be able to take part in the twitter chat that is going to be in the middle of the afternoon for me. Finished The Dark is Rising and am thinking of doing a full review of the series when I have finished all five books. I am however, going to be in work earl on Monday morning – so won’t be able to read until midnight on Sunday, so the last bits of my reading will be happening on Saturday.
Thursday:
Pages Read: 41
Total Pages Read: 281
Notes: The Wicked King is now available on my kindle – I think there must just have been a delay in letting me download it. So as I am off work on Saturday, I plan to finish reading The Cruel Prince on Friday night and read The Wicked King on Saturday morning.
Friday:
Pages Read: 76
Total Pages Read: 357
Notes: Won’t have time to finish The Cruel Prince before I get tired and have to go to sleep, but it is a fairly quick book to read, so I do still have time to read it on Saturday. I have to go out in the afternoon, but have Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo as an audiobook so can listen to that while I’m out of the house.

Saturday:

Pages Read: 130

Total Pages Read: 487

Audiobook: 3 hours 39 minutes

Notes: will definitely be able to get up to five hundred Pages Read before the end of the readathon and will hopefully finish the Cruel Prince tomorrow, but won’t ha time to finish Greenwich or start The Wicked King before the end of the readathon.

Sunday:

Pages Read: 24

Total Pages Read: 511

Notes: Only have a few more pages to go of The Cruel Prince but won’t be able to read it before Tuesday now, so will have to finish it then. Over five hundred pages is pretty good going for me during a readathon though, even if it I did only finish one book during the week.

 

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Bout of Books 23 Goals and Update Posts

Christy.E.S2 Comments

Bout of Books
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, August 20th and runs through Sunday, August 26th 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 23 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. – From the Bout of Books team
Goals:
1. To read at least 500 pages throughout the week.
2. To finish at least one book during the week.
3.Participate in three challenges.
4. Maybe participate in one of the twitter chats – it depends though because one is in the middle of the night for me and the other is when I might be out of the house.
Monday:
Pages read: 8
Challenges: Introduce yourself in six words. I did this one on twitter: Writer that reads, Barista drinking tea.
Notes: I knew I wouldn’t get much reading done today, but should be able to make up for it tomorrow when I have the day off work. Am currently reading The Lottery by Shirley Jackson which is a book of short stories, so is easy to dip in and out of during a readathon.
Tuesday:
Pages Read: 109
Total Pages Read: 117
Notes: Was hoping to finish reading The Lottery today but will easily finish it tomorrow. I had already started r adding The Lottery before the readathon so want to try and finish another book before the end of Sunday.
Wednesday:
Pages Read: 74
Total Pages Read: 191
Books Finished: The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
Notes: am hoping to do the challenge tomorrow and start reading The Girl Who’s Raced Fairyland All The Way Home by Catherynne M. Valente.
Thursday:
Pages Read: 29
Total Pages Read: 220
Notes: Have started reading the last in the Fairyland series by Catherine M. Valente and am already enjoying it more than I did the last book in the series.
Friday: 
Pages Read: 4
Total Pages Read: 224
Notes: Knew I wouldn’t get much reading done today and tomorrow is likely to be the same, but as I have Monday off work, I can read Sunday evening all the way through to midnight.
Saturday:
Pages Read: 20
Total Pages Read: 244
Notes: Not bad considering I was travelling for most of the day and couldn’t get much reading done. Unfortunately I had to miss the twitter chat (as I thought I might) as I was on a bus at the time and can’t read while being in a moving vehicle!
Sunday:
Pages Read: 96
Total Pages Read: 340
Total Books Finished: 1 (The Lottery)
Notes: Didn’t quite manage to reach my goal of 500 pages in this readathon but didn’t fall as far behind as I normally do and there’s always the next readathon to try again!
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Bout of Books 21 Update Post

Christy.E.S2 Comments

So I’m a little late signing up to this one (a day) but I have a few hours before the sign up link goes!

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, January 8th and runs through Sunday, January 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 21 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. – From the Bout of Books team

Goals for the read-a-thon:

  1. Read 1000 pages throughout the week.
  2. Participate in three challenges and one twitter chat.
  3. Comment on at least three other blogs throughout the week.

The first book I am reading is one I started yesterday: (so can I count the pages I read yesterday if I wasn’t signed up? I think I can.) Moon Signs Helen Haught Fanick.

Day 1:

Pages read: 25

Notes: Considering I didn’t know the read-a-thon was happening yesterday, I’m quite impressed that I decided to read any pages at all as I was out of the house for most of the day!

Day 2:

Pages read: 100

Total pages read: 125

Notes: Was hoping to finish reading Moon Signs by Helen Haught Fanick today but as I only have about 40 pages left I will be able to finish it before I go to work tomorrow.

Day 3:

Pages read: 100

Total pages read: 225

Books finished: Moon Signs by Helen Haught Fanick

Notes: Managed to finish Moon Signs this morning and started The Graveyard Shift by Angela Roquet. I didn’t really enjoy Moon Signs much, I only decided to read it because it has been on my kindle for the best part of a year, but The Graveyard Shift is already much more enjoyable than the last book. I am out for most of the day tomorrow but should be able to do a bit of reading while I’m at the hairdressers!

Day 4: 

Pages read: 45

Total pages read: 270

Notes: Will be out of the house for most of the day tomorrow, but am hoping I will be back in the evening to take part in the challenge for today. And have realised I can’t take part in the twitter chat on Saturday as I will be at work during it.

Day 5:

Pages read: 31

Total pages read: 301

Challenge: Newspaper Headlines – From Pantomime by Laura Lam: Runaway Noble Joins Circus.

Though the first book in this series is not just about the circus. It is where the main plot of the book takes place and I can easily imagine that this headline would appear in a sensationalist newspaper that exists within the world of the book!

Day 6:

Pages read: 107

Total pages read: 408

Challenge: Book spine poetry. Makes me wish I had more books with verbs in the titles, but think this would make quite a good start to some kind of gothic fairytale!

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The Cruel Prince, Red Queen, Cooking With Bones, Through The Woods

Day 7:

Pages read: 365

Total pages read: 773

Books finished: The Graveyard Shift by Angela Roquet, The Pocket Watch by Ceci Giltenan and The In-Betweener by Ann Christy

Challenge: Leave a Book Review: I put a short review of The Pocket Watch by Ceci Giltenan on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2257534434

Notes: only had a few pages of The Graveyard Shift to finish this morning and spent the day going through a few of the e-books I have had on my kindle for about a year without reading. The Pocket Watch – the first in a series – was enjoyable enough to read and relatively quick to read as well. There was nothing in the story that I didn’t expect but I would like to read the other stories in the series. The Graveyard Shift by Angela Roquet is another series that I want to read more of being a concept that I have never come across before – Lana is a reaper in the underworld. And The In-Betweener by Ann Christy was an interesting read about a zombie apocalypse. Most of the book takes place over the course of only a few days with flashbacks to how the apocalypse started and the events that led to where the main character was staying. Considering the only thing that happens in the present timeline of the book is the main character leaves where she is living to go and collect some people who need help and take them back to where she has been living, the book is more gripping than you would think so with that as the main plot line. I’m not sure if I want to read the rest of the books in the series or not, but as zombie stories go it is not the worst one I have read by a long shot.