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 4th and runs through Sunday, January 10th 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 15 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team
My Sign-up Post and Read-a-thon TBR
Bout of Books Read-a-thon 15 Wrap-up
Overall Bout of Books Stats:
Total Pages Read: 375
Total Pages Read: 375
Total Books Read: 5
Total Books Completed:4
Dispite the fact that my progress seemed to die out towards the end of the week, I am very happy with the books I completed and read. The first three books were short stories, so they didn't take me long to read. I picked shorter books this time for this reason. Also because it is a great way to stock pile reviews. The last book I was in the middle of when the read-a-thon began, so it was nice to be able to finish that up.
Unfortunately I didn't participate in all of the challenges and I didn't interact very much with the other participants. Hopefully I will remedy that when the next read-a-thon comes around.
Sunday Stats:
Total Pages Read: 0
Books Read: 0
Challenges Completed: 0
Comments: Yep.. big fat zeros all down the board for me on this last day of BOB. Basically I slept.. all day long and didn't pick up a book at all. Not a great way to cap off the week, I know, but it happened
Saturday Stats:
Total Pages Read: 35
Total Pages Read: 35
Books Read:
The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick
The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick
Books Completed: 0
Challenges Completed: 0
Comments: Do you ever have those days where you thought that you read more than you actually did? Yep that was Day 6 for me. I didn't participate in the challenge either. :(
Overall Bout of Books Stats:
Total Pages Read: 375
Total Pages Read: 375
Total Books Read: 5
Total Books Completed:4
Friday Stats:
Total Pages Read: 28
Books Read:
The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick
Books Completed: 0
Challenges Completed: 0
Comments: Clearly not such a great day in reading. And I didn't participate in the challenge. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.
Overall Bout of Books Stats:
Total Pages Read: 340
Total Pages Read: 340
Total Books Read: 5
Total Books Completed:4
Thursday Stats:
Total Pages Read: 61
Books Read: 1
The Day the World Came to Town by Jim Defede
Books Read: 1
The Day the World Came to Town by Jim Defede
Books Completed: 1
Challenges Completed: 0
Comments: I'm glad I was able to finish off this book that I had been reading previous to the read-a-thon. Unfortunately I didn't participate in the challenge.
Overall Bout of Books Stats:
Total Pages Read: 312
Comments: I'm glad I was able to finish off this book that I had been reading previous to the read-a-thon. Unfortunately I didn't participate in the challenge.
Overall Bout of Books Stats:
Total Pages Read: 312
Total Books Read:4
Total Books Completed:4
Wednesday Stats:
Total Pages Read: 40
Total Pages Read: 40
Books Read:
The Day the World Came to Town by Jim Defede
Books Completed: 0
Challenges Completed: 1
Challenge 3: The Rainbow Author Challenge hosted by Ranty Runt of a Reader
R- Rosnay, Tatiana de
O- Oke, Janette
Y- Young, Wm. Paul
G- Gowda, Shilpi Somaya
B- Brashares, Ann
I- Ius, Dawn
V- Vonnegut, Kurt
Challenges Completed: 1
Challenge 3: The Rainbow Author Challenge hosted by Ranty Runt of a Reader
R- Rosnay, Tatiana de
O- Oke, Janette
Y- Young, Wm. Paul
G- Gowda, Shilpi Somaya
B- Brashares, Ann
I- Ius, Dawn
V- Vonnegut, Kurt
Comments: Eh, only 40 pages read today. Not so great, but I did participate in the challenge and I am enjoying the book I'm reading. I hope to get it finished on day 4.
Overall Bout of Books Stats:
Total Pages Read: 251
Total Books Read:4
Total Books Completed: 3
Tuesday Stats:
Total Pages Read: 62
Books Read:
Steak in a Drawer by Eric Conroy
Books Completed: 1
Total Challenges Completed: 1
Challenge 2: Would You Rather? Hosted by Writing My Own Fairy Tale
Challenge 2: Would You Rather? Hosted by Writing My Own Fairy Tale
- Would you rather: Lend books to someone who dog-ears or to someone who reads with cheesy Cheetos fingers?Both of these options make me cringe, but I'd go with someone who dog-ears because then I could still read the book again.
- Would you rather: Be able to meet one character of your choice or meet one author of your choice?I would rather meet the author because they know their characters better than anyone else, so in turn you are essentially meeting both.
- Would you rather: Never be allowed in a bookstore again or never be allowed in a library again?I would go with never being allowed to go into a bookstore again. Mostly because it would save me a lot of money, ha!
- Would you rather: Have to choose one of your favourite characters to die in their book or have to pick one of your favourite couples to break up in their book?One of my favourite couples to break up because that way at least I can still enjoy these individual characters. And there is always the chance they could reunite.
- Would you rather: Be required to read Twilight once a year for the rest of your life or The Scarlet Letter once a year for the rest of your life? I have never read either of these books, but reading The Scarlet Letter interests me more than Twilight.
Comments: I didn't spend as much time reading on day 2, but I did start and finish 1 book. I also participated in the challenge. So far I am happy with my progress.
Overall Bout of Books Stats:
Total Pages Read: 211
Total Books Read: 3
Total Books Completed: 3
Total Challenges Completed: 2
Monday Stats:
Total Pages Read: 149
Books Read: 2
Total Time Read: 2.1 hrs
Books Completed:
The Mitford Snowmen by Jan Karon
Full House by Maeve Binchy
Total Challenges Completed: 1
Challenge 1: Introduce yourself using only 6 words.
#insixwords #boutofbooks
A Canadian blogger and book lover.
Comments: I am really happy with my progress for Day 1. I read two short stories and participated in the first challenge.
Overall Bout of Books Stats:
Total Pages Read: 149
Total Time Read: 2.1
Total Books Completed: 2
Total Challenges Completed:1
You are doing great! Short stories is a great way to get that book finished buzz. I will have to remember that for next BoB!
ReplyDeleteThank you Sarah. It also gives me a chance to stockpile some reviews to schedule for future weeks. That is one of my favourite parts about participating in week long read-a-thons.
DeleteThank you for stopping by Sarah.