Bout of Books Update #7 & Wrap Up

 

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

Bout of Books Update #6

 

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

Up to date on this series now.

Bout of Books Update #5

 

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

Loved this book!

Bout of Books Update #4

 

I read 98 pages in Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau.

98 pages read today

584 pages read total 

3 Books Finished

Bout of Books Update #3

 

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

Bout of Books Update #2

 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

Bout of Books Update #1

 

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

This book was amazing.

I'm Taking Part in Bout of Books!

 

This will be our 23st time taking part in Bout of Books!

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 9th and runs through Sunday, May 15th in YOUR time zone. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are reading sprints, Twitter chats, and exclusive Instagram challenges, but they’re all completely optional. For all Bout of Books 34 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

Closing Survey

 

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.

Hours 19 & 20

 

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

Snacky Snack

Book #3

The Required Sock Pic

Hours 16-18

 

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

Cheesecake break!

Amazing book