Bout of Books 9.0

January 5, 2014 Uncategorized 0

Bout of Books

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 6th and runs through Sunday, January 12th 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 9.0 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. – From the Bout of Books team

So, I don’t normally do read-a-thons but this one sounded ideal. I like that it’s low pressure! Also, it fell at the perfect time! The forecast is so abysmally cold that they’ve cancelled school on Monday so I don’t have to work 🙂 That should give me a great jumpstart on the week. Here are my goals:

Time Devoted to Reading:
I plan to read some everyday. I don’t have a set number of minutes but I hope to devote a the majority of my free time to reading and writing blog posts. 

My Goals:
1. Read at least one book a day, more on weekends/days off.
2. Write at least one blog post a day.
3. Participate in 2 challenges.
4. Engage in #boutofbooks talk on twitter.
5. Visit other blogs participating each day. 


Books to Read:

Mistwalker by Saundra Mitchell
Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith
Defy by Sara B. Larson
Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor (re-read)
E-Galleys:
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
Elusion by Claudia Gabel and Cheryl Klam
Biggest Flirts by Jennifer Echols
Phoenix Island by John Dixon
Rebel Belle by Rachel Hawkins

Bold text = read

This list is pretty ambitious. Basically my goal is to read from this list… not necessarily all of it!

Updates:
Monday:
Number of books I’ve read today: 3.5
Total number of books I’ve read: 3.5
Books: 
Magic Study by Maria V. Snyder (Started in Sunday, read last half on Monday.)
Defy by Sara B. Larson
Biggest Flirts by Jennifer Echols
Rebel Belle by Rachel Hawkins

I also completed one challenge, wrote a blog post, and checked out some other Bout of Books posts. Day one = SUCCESS! 

Tuesday:
Number of books I’ve read today: 2 
Total number of books I’ve read: 5.5
Books:
Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor (re-read)
Mistwalker by Saundra Mitchell

Also wrote a review! Tomorrow I’m supposed to go to dinner and a movie with my mom and aunts. I’m hoping I’ll still get a novella read 🙂 

Wednesday:
Number of books I’ve read today: I listened to 6 chapters of an audio and read a novella so I’m counting it as .5 of a book. Went to dinner and The Book Thief with my mom and aunt 🙂
Total number of books I’ve read: 6
Books:
6 chapter of The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater (audiobook)
The Assassin and the Underworld by Sarah J. Maas (novella)

Thursday:
Number of books I’ve read today: a novella and some audiobook chapters so… like .5?
Total number of books I’ve read: 6.5
Books:
Night of Cake & Puppets by Laini Tayolr
8 chapters of The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater (audiobook)

Wrote my review for Defy AND scheduled a post for next week to make up for skipping yesterday 🙂 

Going to dinner and a show choir preview show tonight so won’t get much reading done. Look at me, being all social! 

Friday:
Number of books I’ve read today: 1.5
Total number of books I’ve read: 8
Books: 
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater (finished second half)

Saturday:
Number of books I’ve read today: 2
Total number of books I’ve read: 10
Books:
Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith
Phoenix Island by John Dixon

Sunday:
Number of books I’ve read today:
Total number of books I’ve read:
Books:

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