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| Billie wants cat treats added to the menu next time. |
How would you assess your reading overall?
I finished my book I had going which was my main goal and read Saga. I'm happy.
Did you have a strategy, and if so, did you stick to it?
Yep, see above.
What was your favorite snack?
Red Velvet Cake
I finished my first book! Then I started Saga.
I read for 163 minutes
I read 186 pages
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| Finished |
What are you reading right now?
Deathless Divide. Still working on finishing it.
How many books have you read so far?
Still on #1
What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the readathon?
Saga 10
Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those?
A few, yeah. Tried not to stress and just enjoy it all.
Starting out with Deathless Divide which I am about halfway through.
I read for 94 minutes
I read 41 pages
1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today?
The Woodlands, TX
2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?
Saga 10. It's been a wait!
3) Which snack are you most looking forward to?
Cake from Kenny & Ziggy's
4) Tell us a little something about yourself!
I'm not a morning person so I don't ever read the first few hours. I had a tooth removed Monday so eating is an adventure right now. I have an ebook on my TBR for the first time ever, ater winning a Kindle in my reading group and having an ebook picked as a book club pick.
I read 34 pages in Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus and finished it. I read 158 pages in Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir by Liz Prince and finshed it. I read 62 pages in Nurse Alissa vs. the Zombies II: Escape by Scott M. Baker and 12 pages in The Serial Killer’s Wife by Alice Hunter.
My main goal this week was to finish all three books I had going (Minus my ebook) and I accomplished that. I also loved all three books.
266 pages read today
896 pages read total
3 Books Finished
I read 10 pages in The Ghosts That Haunt Me: Memories of a Homicide Detective by Steve Ryan, 60 pages in Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus, 99 pages in Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir by Liz Prince and 14 pages in Nurse Alissa vs. the Zombies II: Escape by Scott M. Baker.
183 pages read today
630 pages read total
1 Books Finished
I read 70 pages in Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror Speculative Fiction by Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson and finished it. I also read 17 pages in The Ghosts That Haunt Me: Memories of a Homicide Detective by Steve Ryan and 52 pages in Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus.
139 pages read today
447 pages read total
1 Books Finished
I read 20 pages in Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction by Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson, 10 pages in The Ghosts That Haunt Me: Memories of a Homicide Detective by Steve Ryan and 45 pages in Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus.
I read 21 pages in Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction by Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson and 29 pages in Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus. We had a Dash game tonight so I knew my reading time would be less.
50 pages read today
233 pages read total
I read 24 pages in Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction by Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson and 85 pages in Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus.
109 pages read today
183 pages read total
I read 20 pages in Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction by Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson and 74 pages in Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus.
74 pages read today
This will be our 24st time taking part in Bout of Books!
How would you assess your reading overall?
Good
Did you have a strategy, and if so, did you stick to it?
Finish the book I needed to finish first and yep, I stuck with it.
What was your favorite snack?
Cookies
Wanna volunteer for our next event? Stay tuned for the recap post!
Sure
What are you reading right now?
Binti: Home and Bad Things Happen Here
How many books have you read so far?
Finished 2
What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the readathon?
Binti: Home
Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those?
Well I slept so that took time but now I’m all camped out at Starbucks.
What surprises you most about the readathon, so far?
I never read quite as much as I think I will.
Opening Survey!
1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today?
The Woodlands, TX
Home tonight and at our local Starbucks tomorrow. It's a rare event for us to not be there on a Saturday and if we don't show up they might send a search party out!
2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?
Binti: Home
I read the first in the trilogy last month and was surprised how much I liked it.
3) Which snack are you most looking forward to?
Hmmm, we didn't really plan snacks this time. Will probably pick somethig up from Target pickup tomorrow. Oh, or maybe we'll get cookies from Crumble! That's a new fav. (We ordered Crumbl)
4) Tell us a little something about yourself!
It's disgustingly hot in Texas right now so it's the perfect time to stay inside and read.
I have 6 books I need to read/start reading before the end of the month.
I real all over the place, totally different genres and that makes me happy.
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?
It's rare for me to not plan snack food for a RAT. I'm blaming the heat!
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| My TBR |
I read 153 pages in The Secret Keeper of Jaipur by Alka Joshi and 32 pages in The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes.
My goal for this Bout of Books was to finish Mary Jane and Across the Green Grass Fields. I did both, plus finished three other books and got over half way into The Secret Keeper of Jaipur and a little ways into The Shining Girls. I loved what I read this time and was in such a reading mood. It's my best Bout of Books total ever.
185 pages read today
1007 pages read total
5 Books Finished
I read 107 pages in and finished Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire.
107 pages read today
822 pages read total
5 Books Finished
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| Up to date on this series now. |
I read 41 pages in Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau and finished it. I started Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire and read 43 pages. I also started The Secret Keeper of Jaipur by Alka Joshi and read 47 pages in it.
131 pages read today
715 pages read total
4 Books Finished
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| Loved this book! |
I read 98 pages in Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau.
98 pages read today
584 pages read total
3 Books Finished
I read 74 pages in Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau. Slow day of reading but I am enjoying my book.
74 pages read today
486 pages read total
3 Books Finished
I read 18 pages in Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau, read 74 pages in Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire and finished it and started and finished Inheritance: A Visual Poem by Elizabeth Acevedo for 48 pages.
140 pages read today
412 pages read total
3 Books Finished
I read 26 pages in Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau, Started and finished Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts by Rebecca Hall for 208 pages and read 38 pages in Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire.
272 pages read today
1 Book Finished
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| This book was amazing. |
This will be our 23st time taking part in Bout of Books!
1. How would you assess your reading overall?
Great! I finished the two books I really wanted to, added another and started a third.
2. Did you have a strategy, and if so, did you stick to it?
I did. I had a goal to finish the two I did and picked books I really enjoyed.
3. What was your favorite snack?
Apples with carmel dip.
4. Did you add any new books to your TBR/wishlist after seeing what everyone else is reading?
I did! A Thousand Sisters: The Heroic Airwomen of the Soviet Union in World War II by Elizabeth Wein
5. What was your favorite book or experience from this readathon?
Run by John Lewis. Absolutely life changing.
I enjoyed the hotel we stayed at and would definitely go back.
I finished Drama, which was really cute but ended kind of weird. Then I started Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire. I'm calling it a night now.
I read for 74 minutes
I read 140 pages
3 book Finished
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| Snacky Snack |
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| Book #3 |
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| The Required Sock Pic |
I finished March which was just so good. My fav book of the year so far. I switched to something lighter, Drama by Raina Telgemeier
I read for 127 minutes
I read 109 pages
2 book Finished
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| Cheesecake break! |
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| Amazing book |
Dinner time! I'm on the last stretch of Run which has small writing and definitely inspired discussion, so slowing down a bit but it's so good!
I read for 160 minutes
I read 53 pages
1 book Finished
What are you reading right now?
Run by John Lewis
How many books have you read so far?
Finished 1 and am almost half way through a second.
What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the readathon?
Finishing Run, which so far I like even more than the March triology. After than either Wake or Across the Green Grass Fields
Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those?
A few from moving from home, to Starbucks then the hotel. But our room here is comfy and quiet so that's nice.
What surprises you most about the readathon, so far?
How much I've enjoyed the books I've read so far.
I finished Maus II which was amazing and got into Run by John Lewis.
I read for 154 minutes
I read 109 pages
1 book Finished
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| So good |
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| Snacky Snack |
This hour we went packed up, went to Starbucks, picked up dinner for later then headed to the hotel. Hoping for some uninterrupted reading time now.
I read for 103 minutes
I read 50 pages
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| My new shirt for today. |
What fine part of the world are you reading from today?
The Woodlands, TX Starting the day out at home, then heading to Starbucks for a bit and spending the evening at a hotel.
Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?
Maus II
Which snack are you most looking forward to?
Carmel dip and apples
Tell us a little something about yourself!
I hate mornings so sleep through the first couple of hours. I've tried starting at 8 before and I wind up falling back asleep. So now I just start between 10-11.
I love this readathon and look forward to it all year long. My husband and best friend take part too and we wouldn't miss it.
If you participated in the last readathon, what’s one thing you’ll do different today? If this is your first readathon, what are you most looking forward to?
Staying at a hotel again which generally works really well for us.
I read 153 pages in Gone Crazy in Alabama by Rita Williams-Garcia and read 52 pages in Shiver by Allie Reynolds.
I wanted to finish The Echo wife and Rock Paper Scissors during this Bout of Books and accomplished both. I also got over half into Gone Crazy in Alabama and got a start on Shiver. Not a bad week.
I read 115 pages in Rock Paper Scissors and finished it and started Gone Crazy in Alabama by Rita Williams-Garcia and read 12 pages in that.
127 pages read today
484 pages read total
2 Books Finished
I read 73 pages in The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey and finished it and 12 pages in Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney.
I read 44 pages in The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey.
44 pages read today
272 pages read total
I read 84 pages in Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney. Chemo day with my mom so not as much reading today.
I read 31 pages in The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey and 21 pages in Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney.
52 pages read today
144 pages read total
I read 64 pages in The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey and 28 pages in Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney.
92 pages read today
This will be our 22st time taking part in Bout of Books!
