Bout of Books Update #7 & Wrap Up

I read 6 pages in Carry On, Warrior by Glennon Doyle. I read 32 pages in One of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus and finished it. I started Underworld by Meg Cabot and read 173 pages.


211 pages today
854 pages total for Bout of Books


I finished three books and got well over half way through another one. This was a really good Bout of Books for me.

Bout of Books Update #6

I read 38 pages in Carry On, Warrior by Glennon Doyle. I read 154 pages in One of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus.

192 pages today
643 pages total for Bout of Books

Bout of Books Update #5

I read 86 pages in Dead Is the New Black by Marlene Perez and finished it. I read 19 pages in One of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus.

105 pages today
451 pages total for Bout of Books

Bout of Books Update #4

I read 23 pages in Dead Is the New Black by Marlene Perez and 32 pages in One of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus.

55 pages today
346 pages total for Bout of Books

Bout of Books Update #3

I read 46 pages in Dead Is the New Black by Marlene Perez and 78 pages in One of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus.

124 pages today
291 pages total for Bout of Books

Bout of Books Update #2

I read 35 pages in Dead Is the New Black by Marlene Perez and 57 pages in One of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus.

92 pages today
167 pages total for Bout of Books

Bout of Books Update #1

I read 75 pages in and finished The Ghostwriter by Alessandra Torre.

So good!

I'm taking part in Bout of Books!

This will be the sixteenth time I've taken part on Bout of Books and I can't wait to get started!

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. 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. There are challenges, Twitter chats, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 27 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

Closing Survey

How would you assess your reading overall?
I beat what I had read the last few years and I really enjoyed what I read.

Did you have a stategy, and if so, did you stick to it?
Start with easy books in the morning as it's my toughest time. I stuck with it and it worked.

What was your favorite snack?
Reese's pumpkins

Wanna volunteer for our next event?
Sure

Our book pile

Hour 19

I read for 44 minutes and read 21 pages in The Turn of the Key. I'm tired and ready to call it a night.

718 minutes read
679 pages read
5 books Finished

Zombie skittles - No!

The required sock pic.

Hours 16-18

I read for 107 minutes and I finished Mary: The Summoning. I started The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware, the first Ruth Ware Book I've read. We also had a cupcake break.

Mary: The Summoning - 45 pages - Finished!
The Turn of the Key - 30 pages

674 minutes read
658 pages read
5 books Finished

Hours 13-15

I read for 94 minutes and read 45 pages in Mary: The Summoning.

567 minutes read
583 pages read
4 books Finished

Mid-Event Survey

1. What are you reading right now?
Mary: The Summoning by Hillary Monahan

2. How many books have you read so far?
Finished Four

3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Read-a-thon?
Wolfpack or The Turn of the Key

4. Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those?
Not too many really. Being in a hotel really helps.

5. What surprises you most about the Read-a-thon, so far?
How much I'm getting read.

Books Read so Far

Hours 10 - 12

I read for 146 minutes and read 73 pages in Mary: The Summoning. 90 pages to go!  Cutting this reading time a bit short as we're meeting my mom for dinner.

473 minutes read
538 pages read
4 books Finished

A Trio of Readers

Hours 7-9

I read for 126 minutes and I finished  Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell which was absolutely delightful. It was nice to switch to something lighter. I then returned to Mary: The Summoning by Hillary Monahan which I started last night. I read 57 pages in it and it's fairly creepy.

Pumpkinheads - 82 pages - Finished!
Mary: The Summoning - 97 pages

333 minutes read
465 pages read
4 books Finished

Lunch

Hours 4 - 6

I read for 153 minutes and I finished The Test by Sylvian Neuvel. Such an intense book! I started Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell.

The Test - 86 pages - Finished!
Pumpkinheads - 136 pages

207 minutes read
326 pages read
3 books Finished

Breakfast

Opening Survey!

1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today?
Shenandoah, TX

2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?
The Test by Sylvan Neuvel & Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell

3) Which snack are you most looking forward to?
Candy Corn Cupcakes!

4) Tell us a little something about yourself!
I love to read and should hit 100 books read for the year during this readathon. I'm obsessed with Supernatural and love to bake.

5) If you participated in the last read-a-thon, what’s one thing you’ll do different today? If this is your first read-a-thon, what are you most looking forward to?

This is our 25th readathon. Staying at a hotel really helps. We got less snacks this time and I have a good collection of short and long books.

Hour 1 - 3

I slept for the first two hours then got up and got a start with some short Judy Blume books.

I read Freckle Juice by Judy Blume - 1 - 47 = Finished!
The One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo by Judy Blume - 1 - 39 = Finished!
The Test - 1-18 = 18

Pages so far = 104

Dewey's 24 Hour Read-A-Thon

I'm so excited for Dewey's 24 Hour Read-A-Thon to begin!  We're again staying at a hotel this weekend, as it worked so well last time. My TBR pile is to come!

Bout of Books Update #7 & Wrap Up

I read 198 pages in Betrayed by P.C. Cast.

198 pages today

863 pages total for Bout of Books

1 book finished and 83% into another.