Category: Bout of Books

Bout of Books 14!

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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 12:01 am Monday, August 17th and runs through Sunday, August 23rd 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 14 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. – From the Bout of Books team

 

It’s that time again!  I’m super excited about this Bout of Books because it’s during the week before my final semester of college.  My Summer class ended yesterday, so I don’t have anything, other than laundry and cooking to get in the way of reading.

Time Devoted to Reading

I will be reading every day of the week.

My Goals

  • finish off whatever books I’m currently reading.
  • Read at least one new book off of my TBR shelf.
  • I want to be able to finish at least 3 books, but I’m hoping I’ll be able to finish 4.

Books to Read

This list will likely change by August 17th, so I’ll update it on day one.

  • Abomination by Gary Whitta
  • Uprooted by Naomi Novik
  • Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness
  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling

Updates

I will be posting an update each day with the number of books I’ve read that day, the titles of the books I’ve finished, and the total number of books read.  If I wasn’t able to finish a book that day, I’ll put the number of pages read instead.

Bout of Books 13: Wrap Up

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Though I didn’t read the books I originally had planned, except for The Sparrow, I did pass my goal of 3 books, and all of them, except for The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, were ones I had been reading at the start of Bout of Books 13.  I also read some more of The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon, and I started A Crown for Cold Silver by Alex Marshall.
 Books Read: 4
  • The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
  • The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
  • The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende
  • The Coffee Legacy by Katharina Bordet

Pages Read: 516 pages and the remaining 34% of The Coffee Legacy.

Mini-challenges: 2

Bout of Books 13: Day 6 Progress

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I’m still reading The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, but I spent most of the day feeling cranky.  I also didn’t feel like reading much, and instead wanted to do some gaming, but I participated in the Twitter chat before I fired up my XBox.
  • Pages Read: 55
  • Total Number of Books Read: 3

Bout of Books 13: Day 5 Progress

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The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal.  For all Bout of Books 13 information and updates, please visit the Bout of Books blog. – From the Bout of Books team
I’m veering far away from my goal books and reading The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy in order to balance out the emotional wreckage that The Sparrow induced.  I need laughter.  I’m 29 pages into the book so far, and already feeling better.
  • Books Read: The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
  • Total Number of Books Read: 3
  • Mini-challenges: Cover Color Challenge

Bout of Books Mini-Challenge: Cover Color

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The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal.  For all Bout of Books 13 information and updates, please visit the Bout of Books blog. – From the Bout of Books team

 

Tressa @ Wishful Endings has challenged us to come up with four books of ours that have covers with the same color or colors.  I chose to go with sky blue:

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  • Half the Sky by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
  • The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
  • So You Want to be a Wizard by Diane Duane
  • A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle

Dresden decided he wanted to help me.  Either that or he felt an urge to check out the So You Want to be a Wizard book.  His namesake is a wizard, after all.

Bout of Books 13: Day 4 Progress

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The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal.  For all Bout of Books 13 information and updates, please visit the Bout of Books blog. – From the Bout of Books team
Why is it that when I want to read, I find myself with a to-do list a mile long full of chores and errands that must be handled?  Actually, I know why.  It’s because I kept putting things off in order to finish up the semester and study for Finals.  The laundry monster reared its ugly head, my car desperately needed an oil change, and many things were forgotten on the last trip to the store.  Also, since I was no longer eyeballs deep into research papers and textbooks, the Boyfriend decided to take me out to a fancier restaurant for Date Night to celebrate my victory over the most difficult semester I’ve had so far.  I swear I’m not doing anything for the rest of the week except reading and blogging.
  • Pages Read: 90
  • Total Number of Books Read: 2

Bout of Books 13: Day 3 Progress

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The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal.  For all Bout of Books 13 information and updates, please visit the Bout of Books blog. – From the Bout of Books team
I spent most of the day feeling exhausted from this semester and Finals, so I didn’t get much reading done.  However, I did sleep and enjoy being lazy.
  • Pages Read: 80
  • Total Number of Books Read: 2

Bout of Books 13: Day 2 Progress

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The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal.  For all Bout of Books 13 information and updates, please visit the Bout of Books blog. – From the Bout of Books team
As I figured would happen, due to my last Final exam of the semester, I didn’t get much reading done, but at least I’m managing to finish books that I’ve been reading for awhile, even if they aren’t the ones on my goal list.
  • Books Read: The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende
  • Total Number of Books Read: 2

Bout of Books 13: Day 1 Progress

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The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal.  It’s a week long read-a-thon that begins May 11th and runs through May 17th.  For all Bout of Books 13 information and updates, please visit the Bout of Books blog. – From the Bout of Books team
Unfortunately, due to the Final exam I had yesterday, I didn’t get much reading done.  I’m not likely to do any better today since I have my final Final exam to do, but after that, I should pick up steam.
  • Books Finished: The Coffee Legacy by Katharina Bordet
  • Total Number of Books Read: 1
  • Mini-challenges: Bookish Survey

Bout of Books Mini-Challenge: Bookish Survey

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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 May 11th and runs through Sunday, May 17th.  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
Today’s mini-challenge, a Bookish Survey, is from Lori @ Writing My Own Fairy Tale.

 

The Questions: 

1. How do you organize your shelves?  I organize my shelves by hardcover to mass market paperback and by height.  So, my tallest hardcovers are on the left side of the top shelf and my shortest paperbacks are on the bottom shelf (I have a lot so they’ve got their own shelf)  I try to keep books by an author together, but sometimes that’s impossible, and I also keep series together as long as I own them in the same size/type of book.
2. What is one of your favorite books that isn’t in one of your favorite genres?  I don’t have one; every single one of my favorite books has come from my favorite genres.
3. What is the last five-star book you read? The Dream Lover by Elizabeth Berg.
4. What book are you most excited to read during the read-a-thon? I really want to finish The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon.
5. What book do you recommend the most?  That greatly depends on who I’m recommending a book to.  Sometimes it’s Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, other times it’s The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, still other times it’s The Princess Bride by William Goldman.