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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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18 comments:
Welcome to the Read-a-thon. I hope you can reach all your goals :) Have fun
I hope you enjoy your first Bout of Books Read-a-thon. Good luck with your goals!
I hope you had a great first day of Bout of Books. Hope to catch you in one of the Twitter chats. :)
Have fun on the read-a-thon, Angelica! :)
Good luck achieving your goals! looking forward to seeing you in the vampires challenge.
Good luck with all your goals :) Thanks for stopping by my blog!
We do have similar goals. Have you decided what you're reading yet? Thanks for stopping by today.
Awesome goals :) I hope you get all your books read! I also want to participate in several of the challenges! Good luck!
Good luck to you!
Good luck with your goals!
Aw I hope you get better news soon.
Cinder is a great read though so I hope you find some more time to read it.
Happy reading!
Hope things are better today, and that you get some quality reading time in - sounds like you could use a little R&R! I totally know what you mean about being on the computer too much - I've visited loads of blogs today and been around Twitter a fair bit, but my page count is rather on the small side. Strange, that... ;)
Happy reading for day 3!
Ellie @ Musings of a Bookshop Girl
Hope things get better for you! It's hard to balance reading and other commitments. Take your time and have fun!
Jessica @ Literary, etc
Angelica
I can attest to the fact that you have been commenting on blogs, thanks for comment on mine and hope you do get to do the fun twitter chat.
Sometimes reading plans go awry, but life is like that! Hopefully you will get the time and space you need in next few days.
I hope everything is okay. :/
Cinder is one of my favorite books and I really hope you enjoy it.
Good luck! There's still lots of time left in the bout. :D
Don't sweat it! You're 's the only one that's having a hard time keeping up...so is this girl *points at self*. It's not easy balancing reading in epic proportions and ya know, life! lol
You're kicking ass in your others goals so that's awesome!
Hope everything is okay with your bf's family!
Good luck,
Isalys / Book Soulmates
I hope you enjoy Cinder as much as I did! And good luck with the rest of the week! :)
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