Monday, 7 January 2013
Bout of Books Read-a-thon
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, January 7th and runs through Sunday, January 13th 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 6.0 information and updates be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog.
~ From the Bout of Books 6.0 Team
Challenges & Giveaways
Day 1 Mon Jan 7th
Scientific Discovery - The Book Barbies
Day 2 Tues Jan 8th
Guess the Cover - Never too Fond of Books
Favorite/Funniest Cover - Ms Buff's Blog
Day 3 Weds Jan 9th
Page 48 Challenge - Booking in Heels
Day 4 Thurs Jan 10th
Book Spine Poetry - Escape Through The Pages
Vampires in Popular Fiction - The One with Rachel's Books
Day 5 Fri Jan 11th
Rewrite the Synopsis - A Daydreamer's Thoughts
Day 6 Sat Jan 12th
Name your Book Crack - Bookgoonie
Bookish Dress Up - Nyx Book Reviews
Day 7 Sun Jan 13th
The New Year Resolution Challenge - Ex Libris
Twitter Chats
(chats approx 1hr in duration)
TZC = Time Zone Conversion
My Goals
This is the first time I'm participating in The Bout of Books Read-a-thon so I'm going to keep my goals nice and simple:-
- Read 4 books from my TBR pile or 100 pages/daily
- Participate in at least 2 of the challenges
- Join at least one Twitter chat
- Visit and comment on 10 participants blogs daily
Books to Read - TBA
Updates
Day 1 - Mon 7/1
Book:- Cinder by Marissa Meyer
No of pages:- 67
Reading time:- 1 hour
Notes:-
I didn't make my goal of at least 100 pages/daily, however, I did make good on my other goals and visited and commented on 20 blogs. I also couldn't figure out the TZC so didn't make the Twitter chat.
Day 2 - Tues 8/1
Notes:-Unfortunately I've been flat out today and have received some bad news for my bf's family, therefore, I wasn't alone much so didn't get the reading time I wanted :( I did visit several blogs and commented. Maybe that's my problem...I should just get off the damn computer and read!!! I will be making up for this tomorrow...promise!
Day 3 - Weds 9/1
Book:- Venom by Fiona Paul
No of pages read today:- 39 pages*
Reading Time:- 45 mins
Total no of books:- 0
Total no of pages:- 106 pages
Notes:-
- Definitely doing really bad in this read-a-thon. Nowhere near close to finishing one book let alone four.
- However, I finally got to participate in a Twitter chat!!! Been trying to participate for a few days but couldn't work out the time converter LOL
- Commented on 10+ blogs each day of the read-a-thon
- Still haven't participated in a challenge as silly me thought that once the challenge begins it goes for the rest of the week, not just a day LOL, will definitely need to participate in at least one
*According to my Nook but I don't think that's correct as I read from Chapter 22 - 27. Anyone got a printed copy that can check my page count please?
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