Category: Bout of Books

It was a very busy day for me.  I had a meet up with my walking group to walk around Lake Merritt (about 3 miles) in the morning and then had to head across the Bay for an appointment.  I didn’t get home until around 5 pm, and the only reading I got in was while I was on the bus. I only managed to read a bit of Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert.

• Time Read:  49 minutes
• Pages Read: 33
• Books Finished: 0
• Total Number of Books Read: 0

I read a decent amount of Big Magic and listened to a bit of Strange the Dreamer.  Not bad for the 1st day.

• Time Read:  2 hours and 44 minutes
• Pages Read: 109
• Books Finished: 0
• Total Number of Books Read: 0

My Goals

• Read.  Read.  Read.
• Finish the books I’m currently reading.
• Finish at least one more book from my TBR.

Books to Read

One or two of these might already be finished by the 14th.

• Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
• Castle in the Air by Diana Wynne Jones
• Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
• Spoonbenders by Daryl Gregory
• The Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss

Updates

I will be posting an update each day with the amount of time I read, the number of pages read that day and the titles of any of the books I’ve finished.

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, January 8th and runs through Sunday, January 14th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 21 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. – From the Bout of Books team

I didn’t get much reading done, but I did listen to a bit of Dharma Punx by Noah Levine on my way to and from the grocery store.  It wasn’t until the afternoon when I finally got some time to return to Blood Rites by Jim Butcher.

• Time Read:  1 hours 30 minutes
• Pages Read: 62
• Books Finished: The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, The Little Book of Hygge by Meik Wiking
• Total Number of Books Read:2

Overall, this wasn’t my best Bout of Books, but I also didn’t have the luxury of being on vacation this time and my life hasn’t gotten significantly busier the past couple of weeks.  Still, I did manage to finish 2 books and get nearly half-way through 2 others.  I’m looking forward to the next Bout of Books in May!

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, January 8th and runs through Sunday, January 14th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 21 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. – From the Bout of Books team

I spent most of my day practicing the art of Hygge while reading The Little Book of Hygge by Meik Wiking and then I fell asleep after reading a few pages of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer.

• Time Read:  5 hours 45 minutes
• Pages Read: 235
• Books Finished: The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, The Little Book of Hygge by Meik Wiking
• Total Number of Books Read:2

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, January 8th and runs through Sunday, January 14th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 21 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. – From the Bout of Books team

I finally finished The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss!  I also listened to some more of Dharma Punx by Noah Levine and took Blood Rites by Jim Butcher to bed with me.

• Time Read:  2 hours 45 minutes
• Pages Read: 115
• Books Finished: 1
• Total Number of Books Read: 1

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, January 8th and runs through Sunday, January 14th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 21 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. – From the Bout of Books team

This Bout of Books has not been great for me reading-wise.  I never seem to have the time to just lay around and read.  Being an adult sucks.  I’m determined to finish The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss by the end of the week.

• Time Read:  1 hour 30 minutes
• Pages Read: 62
• Books Finished: 0
• Total Number of Books Read: 0

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, January 8th and runs through Sunday, January 14th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 21 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. – From the Bout of Books team

I ended up working some overtime so I didn’t get much time to read.  I only listened to a bit more of Dharma Punx by Noah Levine while I ate lunch.

• Time Read:  1 hour
• Pages Read: 40
• Books Finished: 0
• Total Number of Books Read: 0

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, January 8th and runs through Sunday, January 14th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 21 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. – From the Bout of Books team

I listened to a bit of Dharma Punx by Noah Levine while I ate dinner and then I read some more of The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss before bed.  So, better than yesterday, but still not as much as I would like.

• Time Read:  2 hours 45 minutes
• Pages Read: 115
• Books Finished: 0
• Total Number of Books Read: 0

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, January 8th and runs through Sunday, January 14th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 21 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. – From the Bout of Books team

I read some of The Name of the Wind before bed, but that was it.  Monday’s are always difficult, but even more so when it’s the first day back to work after vacation.

• Time Read:  1 hour
• Pages Read: 36
• Books Finished: 0
• Total Number of Books Read: 0