Bout of Books Update #7 & Wrap Up

I read 34 pages in This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Medical Resident by Adam Kay and finished it, read 94 pages in Convenience Store Woman Sayaka Murata and finished it too. I started and read 14 pages in How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question Michael Schur and started and read 5 pages in A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny.

This week was crazy with my mom being in the hospital for 6 days of it. I really wanted to finish This is Going to Hurt & All Systems Red. Accomplishing that plus finishing Convenience Store Woman was great.

147 pages read today

540 pages read total 

3 Books Finished

Bout of Books Update #6

I read 71 pages in This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Medical Resident by Adam Kay and 31 pages in Convenience Store Woman Sayaka Murata. 

102 pages read today

393 pages read total 

1 Book Finished

Bout of Books Update #5

I read 15 pages in All Systems Red by Martha Wells and finished it then read 28 pages in This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Medical Resident by Adam Kay and 38 pages in Convenience Store Woman Sayaka Murata. 

81 pages read today

291 pages read total 

1 Book Finished

Bout of Books Update #4

 

I read 34 pages in All Systems Red by Martha Wells.

34 pages read today

210 pages read total

Bout of Books Update #3

 

I read 36 pages in All Systems Red by Martha Wells and 29 pages in This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Medical Resident by Adam Kay. 

65 pages read today

176 pages read total 

Bout of Books Update #2

I read 26 pages in All Systems Red by Martha Wells.

26 pages read today

111 pages read total 

Bout of Books Update #1

I read 38 pages in All Systems Red by Martha Wells and 47 pages in This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Medical Resident by Adam Kay.

85 pages read today

I'm Taking Part in Bout of Books!

This will be our 25st 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, January 2nd and runs through Sunday, January 8th 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 36 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

Closing Survey!

 

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 

Hour 19

 

I finished Saga and am calling it a night.

I read for 15 minutes

I read 18 pages

Hours 16-18

 

I finished my first book! Then I started Saga.

I read for 163 minutes

I read 186 pages

Finished

Hours 13-15

 

Got dinner the first hour so no reading then.

I read for 115 minutes

I read 36 pages

Mid-Event Survey!

 

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.

Hours 10-12

 

I read for 184 minutes

I read 80 pages

Hours 7-9

 

Change of scenery as of hour 8. Went to Starbucks.

I read for 124 minutes

I read 56 pages

Hour 4-6

 

Starting out with Deathless Divide which I am about halfway through.

I read for 94 minutes

I read 41 pages

Hour 1-3

  

I was sleeping but here's my TBR. 

Opening Survey!

 

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.

Dewey's 24 Hour Read-A-Thon

 

                                   I'm signed up and ready to go!

Bout of Books Update #7 & Wrap Up

 

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