The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, August 13th and runs through Sunday, August 19th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure, and the only reading competition is between you and your usual number of books read in a week. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 5.0 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. -From the Bout of Books 5.0 team
Time Devoted to Reading
I plan to read EVERY day.
My Goals
- Read at least 1800 pages (up 300 pages from the last BoB goal)
- Participate in some challenges
- Participate in a Twitter chat
- Write at least one review
- Meet some new bloggers and cheer them along
- Have Fun!!
Books to Read
- start Pride and Prejudice (part of Austen in August) I started it!!
- finish Dear Bully COMPLETED!!
- one e-book
- one library book (my choices: Stolen, Bitter End, or I Am J)
- at least one review book COMPLETED!!
Updates I will post all of my updates here and on Twitter. So that I don't feel bad about myself, I'm going to count the number of pages read instead of total of books.
Updates format created by Amanda of On a Book Bender.
Monday
Number of pages I've read today: 138
Total number of pages I've read: 138/1800
Books: finished Dear Bully, started All about Daisy by O'Dell Hutchison
Tuesday
Number of pages I've read today: 90
Total number of pages I've read: 228/1800
Books: still reading All about Daisy by O'Dell Hutchison
Wednesday
Number of pages I've read today: 59
Total number of pages I've read: 287/1800
Books: still reading All about Daisy by O'Dell Hutchison
- I haven't completed any challenges YET, but I plan to get to it this weekend. Work and real life have been busier than I anticipated, but thank goodness for the weekend.
Number of pages I've read today: 58
Total number of pages I've read: 335/1800
Books: All about Daisy by O'Dell Hutchison
Friday
Number of pages I've read today: 61
Total number of pages I've read: 396/1800
Books: FINISHED All about Daisy - first complete book!
Saturday
Number of pages I've read today: 0
Total number of pages I've read: 396/1800
Books: none, but I did watch The Hunger Games
Sunday
Number of pages I've read today: 265
Total number of pages I've read: 661/1800
Books: started Pride and Prejudice and started Triangles by Ellen Hopkins
Recap:
So this readathon was pretty much a bust. No excuses, I just didn't give it the time I wanted to. I read one-third of my pages goal but I did finish 2 books and start Pride and Prejudice - 4 pages, but still I cracked it open. I didn't participate in any challenges or twitter chats. Oh, but I did watch The Hunger Games!! All I can do is keep reading and try harder next time.
I really like Pride and Prejudice. I just finished Sense and Sensibility. I hope you enjoy the read-a-thon :)
ReplyDeleteStolen! That one was...good. If you read it, hope you like it. :)
ReplyDeleteI LOVE Pride and Prejudice!
ReplyDeleteGood luck and see you on Twitter! :)
I am so excited to start... come on Monday!!!
ReplyDeleteGood luck!
Angie
Angela's Anxious Life
What an ambitious list! Hope you enjoy ;) Good luck with your goals and have fun!
ReplyDeleteI like how you have included all different types of books for your readathon. Helps you work on all of your lists! Good luck!
ReplyDeleteHey i'm a new follower :). And I'm doing this read a thon too !
ReplyDeleteOMG you're going to read Stolen <3. I read it last year and loved it ! It's a very powerful and heartbreaking book. And the author writing style is beautiful.
Good luck !