The Bout of Books readathon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It’s a weeklong readathon that begins 12:01 am Monday, August 19th and runs through Sunday, August 25th in YOUR time zone. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are reading sprints, daily Discord questions, and exclusive Instagram challenges, but they’re all completely optional. For all Bout of Books 41 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. – From the Bout of Books team

I haven’t participated in “Bout of Books” in several years, and I sadly learned that this one will be the last. They’ve moved most of the activities to Discord, which I don’t use (it gives me flashbacks to IRC chat rooms from the 90s) so I’ll only be participating in the actual readathon by reading as much as possible instead of doing other things like watching TV. I’ll mostly be finishing the books I’ve been reading, all of which I’m nearly at the halfway point.

My Goals

• Read.  Read.  Read.
• Finish at least 3 books.

Books to Read

• Packing for Mars by Mary Roach
• The Undays of Aralias Lyons by K.L. Horvath
• A Fatal Groove by Olivia Blacke
• Another book from my TBR.

Updates

Unlike past Bout of Books readathons, I will only be posting a wrap-up at the end instead of a daily update.

Are you participating in Bout of Books? Let me know in the comments!