Bout of Books 13
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, May 11th and runs through Sunday, May 17th 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 13 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. – From the Bout of Books team
I’ll be using this post to update my progress all week long.
Time Devoted to Reading
I’ll be trying to read as much as possible this week. I have a 5-year-old in Kindergarten and a 2-month-old, so I’ll just have to get the reading in whenever I can.
My Goals
- Finish A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab. That’s really my only goal this week. I’d love to get more read as well, of course!
Number of books/pages I’ve read today: Um, none.
Total number of books/pages I’ve read: 0
Books: I should have been reading ADSOM…
Notes: I joined the readathon kind of late, and I just really didn’t have any time to read today, so I read 0 pages. Dang. But I did do the challenge!
Today’s Challenge: Bookish Survey at Writing My Own Fairy Tale
Here are my answers!
1. How do you organize your shelves?
2. What is one of your favorite books that’s not in one of your favorite genres?
3. What is the last 5 star book you read?
4. What book are you most excited to read during the read-a-thon?
5. What book do you recommend the most?
Cinder by Marissa Meyer, Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, The Lover’s Dictionary by David Levithan, and Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell.
Tuesday, May 12
Number of books/pages I’ve read today: 38 pages
Total number of books/pages I’ve read: 38 pages
Books: ADSOM
Notes: Kiddo 1 was sick today and he didn’t go to school, so I had both kids all day and we also went to the doctor and ran a couple errands so I didn’t get as much reading done as I wanted.
Wednesday, May 13
Number of books/pages I’ve read today: 9 pages, woohoo!
Total number of books/pages I’ve read: 47 pages
Books: ADSOM
Notes: Kiddo 1 stayed home from school again today, and Kiddo 2 is having trouble sleeping during the day, so once again, I got very little reading done. I tried to read a bit after both of them were down for the night, but I was too tired.
Today’s Challenge: Book Haiku at Kristina Horner
I’m reading A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab, and here’s my haiku about it:
Three unique Londons,
A fourth is lost forever,
Kell might just change that.
Thursday, May 14
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Friday, May 15
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Saturday, May 16
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Sunday, May 17
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Wrap Up
Are you participating 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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Emma Marandola
May 12, 2015 at 12:35 amI'm planning to read A Darker Shade of Magic later in the week. So far I'm on page 197 and am loving it. I hope you also enjoy it, let me know what your thoughts on it are :)
Julie @ Smiling Shelves
May 15, 2015 at 12:50 amHope your little one is feeling better soon (and that you have the chance to get a bit more reading in this week)! A Darker Shade of Magic seems like a great book for a read-a-thon. I'm looking forward to reading that one when I can. Happy reading!