Bout of Books 6.0
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, January 7th and runs through Sunday, January 13th 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 6.0 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. – From the Bout of Books 6.0 team
I’ll be using this post to update my progress all week long.
Time Devoted to Reading
I’ll be reading all week, as much as I can while my son naps and after he goes to bed at night.
My Goals
- Read at least 2 books (my reading is horribly slow so 2 books in a week is good for me, but 3 would be even better!)
- Try to comment on other blogs every day (since my reading is so slow, I don’t know that I’ll be able to comment too much, but I’m going to try!)
- Glow by Amy Kathleen Ryan (it’s a reread, so it should go by pretty fast)
- Spark by Amy Kathleen Ryan
- Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor
Number of books I’ve read today: 0 (78 pages)
Total number of books I’ve read: 0
Books: Glow by Amy Kathleen Ryan
I really wanted to get halfway done with Glow today, but it just didn’t happen. But I’m glad I got 1/4 of the way in! And I got some commenting done today, too, yay!
Tuesday, January 8
Number of books I’ve read today: 0 (157 pages)
Total number of books I’ve read: 0
Books: Glow by Amy Kathleen Ryan
I didn’t get any commenting done today, but I did reach my goal of reading 150 pages for the day! Only 72 pages to go for Glow!
Wednesday, January 9
Number of books I’ve read today: Finished 1, started another
Total number of books I’ve read: 1
Books: Glow by Amy Kathleen Ryan, Spark by Amy Kathleen Ryan
I read a total of 150 pages today (the last 72 pages of Glow and the first 78 pages of Spark). I didn’t get any commenting done, but I hope to do some tomorrow!
Thursday, January 10
Number of books I’ve read today: 0 (83 pages)
Total number of books I’ve read: 1
Books: Spark by Amy Kathleen Ryan
I only read 83 pages today, which is a tad disappointing, but when I think about it, it’s still more pages than I’m usually able to read in a day, so it’s okay! I also didn’t get any commenting done. But hopefully I’ll be able to do more of that this weekend!
Friday, January 11
Number of books I’ve read today: 0 (100 pages)
Total number of books I’ve read: 1
Books: Spark by Amy Kathleen Ryan
Almost done with Spark! I didn’t get any commenting done today, either. Hopefully I’ll have lots of time to read and comment this weekend!
Saturday, January 12
Number of books I’ve read today: Finished 1, started another
Total number of books I’ve read: 2
Books: Spark by Amy Kathleen Ryan, Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor
I finished Spark today! I read a total of 118 pages today (the last 48 pages of Spark, and the first 70 pages of Days of Blood & Starlight), but I didn’t get any commenting done. I need to get on that!
Sunday, January 13
Number of books I’ve read today: 0 (58 pages)
Total number of books I’ve read: 2
Books: Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor
I kind of wound down today and didn’t want to do much reading.
Wrap Up
I reached my goal of 2 books! I didn’t, however, comment hardly at all. I wish I had been able to more! But I will be responding back to those of you who commented on my blog! Overall a pretty successful first attempt at Bout of Books! I’ll definitely be participating again!
Did you participate too? Leave me a link to your updates or wrap up page in the comments, and I’ll stop by your blog!
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Jessie Marie
January 7, 2013 at 12:33 pmWoohoo! Glad you decided to play along. : ) Sounds like you set pretty reasonable goals so good luck!
fakesteph
January 7, 2013 at 2:40 pmGood luck! It feels like I'm the only one not participating in this one!!!
Midnyte Reader
January 7, 2013 at 5:29 pmGood luck to you. I read slow too, so I'm hoping to finish 2 books this week as well.
Naddy
January 7, 2013 at 6:45 pmI've been reading slow these days as well, I don't know if it's the book or just me! Good luck!! :)
Naddy @ Interested in ALL
Kate Midnight Book Girl
January 7, 2013 at 7:03 pmYou got this!! I think if you get the Laini Taylor book you might be able to reach 3 books- it was hard to put down! Although, with a small child I guess every book has to be made put down-able.
Kimberly @ On the Wings of Books
January 8, 2013 at 3:04 amI'm glad you decided to do it, this is one of my favorite readathons (a lot less pressure than the 24 hour readathon) I hope you get to all your books.
Sarah Elizabeth
January 8, 2013 at 11:21 amI've had Glow sat on my shelf for ages and still not read it! Need to get down that review pile a bit so that I can read some of the books I keep buying! Good luck!
bahnree
January 10, 2013 at 5:44 pmGo go go! With Glow! Good luck with the Bout! :)
Sarah Elizabeth
January 12, 2013 at 10:55 amDoing well! Good luck :)
Joli @ Actin' Up with Books
January 15, 2013 at 1:43 amCongrats on meeting your goal. Two books in a week is great. I didn't comment a lot either this week but I'm trying to make up for it now. Good luck on your next readathon!