The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, May 13th and runs through Sunday, May 19th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure, and the only reading competition is between you and your usual number of books read in a week. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 7.0 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog.
-From the Bout of Books 7.0 team
Read at least three booksFinish the two books I started prior to the readathon- Read at least 1,000 pages
- Update Twitter at least three times per day
- Participate in a few challenges (view the Official Schedule)
Books to read (subject to change):
- Lover Unleashed by J.R. Ward
- Splintered by A.G. Howard
The Twelve by Justin CroninPhoenix Rising by Pip Ballantine and Tee MorrisDon’t Judge a Girl by Her Cover by Ally Carter
Updates:
5/13
Number of pages I’ve read today: 185
Total number of pages I’ve read: 185
Books read today: Phoenix Rising (finished) and The Twelve
Today’s tweet: First book down! Now on to that behemoth I keep pretending I’ll finish: THE TWELVE.
5/14
Number of pages I’ve read today: 106
Total number of pages I’ve read: 291
Books read today: The Twelve
Today’s tweet: I’m falling behind on my #boutofbooks tweet goal! I need to get reading and cover 140 pages to make my daily quota. Gulp.
5/15
Number of pages I’ve read today: 178
Total number of pages I’ve read: 469
Books read today: The Twelve
Today’s tweet: Dang! I missed tonight’s chat! FINE. I GUESS I’LL HAVE TO READ. #boutofbooks
5/16
Number of pages I’ve read today: 272
Total number of pages I’ve read: 741
Books read today: The Twelve and Don’t Judge a Girl by Her Cover
Today’s tweet: 2 books down! Hope to finish one per day from here on out. #boutofbooks
5/17
Number of pages I’ve read today: 235
Total number of pages I’ve read: 976
Books read today: Don’t Judge a Girl by Her Cover
Today’s tweet: Whee! Done with book three! #boutofbooks
5/18
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5/19
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The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, May 13th and runs through Sunday, May 19th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure, and the only reading competition is between you and your usual number of books read in a week. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 7.0 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog.
-From the Bout of Books 7.0 team
Blogging
This week on the blog:
- Book Blogger Confessions - Blogging longevity and evolution
- Top Ten Tuesday - Rewind week – Top Ten Books I HAD to Buy (but are still unread)
- Writing Wednesday - I checked in on my new motivation strategy.
Reading
Finished:
- Spider’s Bite (Elemental Assassin #1) by Jennifer Estep
- I was really enjoying this one until the ending dragged on forever. Plus the writing got irritatingly repetitive. Still a great read, though, and I’ll be continuing with the series.
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- I’m working myself into a fever pitch over the upcoming movie, y’all. I forgot how great this book is.
Acquiring
Borrowed:
- Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy (Gallagher Girls #2) by Ally Carter
- Fun and fluffy. Can’t wait to start.
Watching
- 42 (The Jackie Robinson Story)
- This was an incredible story to see on the big screen. I just wish the screenplay had been better.
Listening
- The video of the National Anthem sung at the Boston Bruins game on Wednesday night gave me chills.
Exercising
- Back full-force into the running. After almost 5 months off, this is not pretty. I also had a Groupon expiring at the Bikram studio, so I had to squeeze in a couple of classes.
- Saturday – 2 miles
- Sunday – 60 minutes on the helliptical
- Monday – Bikram yoga
- Tuesday – 4 miles
- Wednesday – Bikram yoga
- Thursday – 3 miles
What have you been up to this week?
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