Monday, May 18, 2020

Bout of Books Update #7 & Wrap Up


I read 14 pages in The Dance of the Dissident Daughter by Sue Monk Kidd. I also read 51 pages in Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume and finished it. I read 32 pages in A Duke by Default by Alyssa Cole.


Tiger Eyes was good. Charlie agrees.

97 pages read today
1352 pages read total Bout of Books
7 books finished
My highest total ever for Bout of Books!

I finished all these books except the top two.

Sunday, May 17, 2020

Bout of Books Update #6


I read 89 pages in Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume. I read 160 pages in To Drink Coffee with a Ghost by Amanda Lovelace and finished it.


249 pages read today
1255 pages read total Bout of Books
6 books finished

Saturday, May 16, 2020

Bout of Books Update #5


I read 11 pages in The Dance of the Dissident Daughter by Sue Monk Kidd. I started and red 156 pages in To Make Monsters Out of Girls by Amanda Lovelace and finished it. Brilliant book.  I also read 38 pages in Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume.



205 pages read today
1006 pages read total Bout of Books
5 books finished

Friday, May 15, 2020

Bout of Books Update #4


I read 64 pages in A Duke by Default by Alyssa Cole and 17 pages in The Dance of the Dissident Daughter by Sue Monk Kidd.


81 pages read today
801 pages read total Bout of Books
4 books finished

Thursday, May 14, 2020

Bout of Books Update #3


I read 75 pages in The Silence of Our Friends by Mark Long & Jim Demonakos and finished it. I then started The Plain Janes by Cecil Castellucci & Jim Rugg, read 176 pages and finished that. I then started Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume and read 28 pages in that.



279 pages read today
720 pages read total Bout of Books
4 books finished


Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Bout of Books Update #2


I read 14 pages in A Duke by Default by Alyssa Cole, 217 pages in Stepping Stones by Lucy Knisley and finished it and started The Silence of Our Friends by Mark Long & Jim Demonakos and red 124 pages in that.



355 pages read today
441 pages read total Bout of Books
2 books finished

Tuesday, May 12, 2020

Bout of Books Update #1


I read 6 pages in The Dance of the Dissident Daughter by Sue Monk Kidd and 80 pages in I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid for a total of 86 pages. I finished I'm Thinking of Ending Things and have never been so glad to be done with a book.


Saturday, May 09, 2020

I'm taking part in Bout of Books!


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



The Bout of Books readathon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It’s a weeklong readathon that begins 12:01am Monday, May 11th and runs through Sunday, May 17th in YOUR time zone. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are daily challenges, Twitter chats, and exclusive Instagram challenges, but they’re all completely optional. For Bout of Books 28 information and updates, visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team