Day 7 – Sunday August 25th 2013.

After yesterday I have a LOT of reading to do if I am to complete my goal of reading three books this read-a-thon, which in the end I didn’t manage – although I did get some reading done 🙂

Number of Books Read Today:  1 – (continued) CROWN OF MIDNIGHT
Number of Books Read in Total: 2
Total Pages Read Today: 49

Wrap-Up

So, Bout of Books is now over 😦

I didn’t do as well as I would have liked, only completing one of my goals. But I did have a lot of fun, and it did help me to get back into reading – hopefully I’ll manage to keep it up. Apparently Bout of Books 9.0 will be in January, and I definitely plan to take part. I hope everyone had fun with this one, and I look forward to seeing everyone in Jan.

Number of Books Read: 2 – Biting Bad by Chloe Neill & The Woken Gods by Gwenda Bond
Total Pages Read: 749

Day 6 – Saturday August 24th 2013.

I didn’t do anything towards bout of books today. Instead I spent the day in London with my Mum. I did, however, do something towards my book reading habit 😉 We popped into the V&A and the Science Museum for brief visits, before walking along Exhibition Rd towards Kensington Gardens. We got caught in a major downpour as we walked through Kensington Gardens so I could see the Peter Pan Statue, so we ended up also seeing the Italian Gardens. After that we visited Foyles, then Forbidden Planet before heading to Covent Garden. We also stopped of at Selfridges were I picked up a prize for a giveaway I’m holding here in November. Then we had dinner and went home. All in all it was a fantastic day, but it meant that I got no reading done.

From Foyles:

From Forbidden Planet:  (I came across a signed copy)

Number of Books Read Today:  0
Number of Books Read in Total: 2
Total Pages Read Today: 0
Total Pages Read: 700

Day 5 – Friday August 23rd 2013.

I ended up doing a lot of travelling today, so almost all my reading took place on public transport. When I was home I didn’t end up reading because I was so tired 😦 I also realised that tomorrow isn’t really going to happen for me on the reading front as I’m spending the day with my Mum in London. It also means I’m going to totally fail one of my challenges – taking part in a Twitter Chat. Opps.

Number of Books Read Today:  1 – CROWN OF MIDNIGHT (continued)
Number of Books Read in Total: 2
Total Pages Read Today: 73
Total Pages Read: 700

Day 4 – Thursday August 22nd 2013.

I ended up having quite a bit of reading time today. I made a phone call at 10:40am and then ended up waiting several hours for a response. This gave me plenty of opportunity to catch-up with Bloglovin’, to look at the challenges, and to do some reading. This allowed me to finish reading THE WOKEN GODS and also to have a bit of a break as I felt completely drained because of the stress. I also started CROWN OF MIDNIGHT.

Number of Books Read Today:  2 – THE WOKEN GODS (finished), CROWN OF MIDNIGHT (started)
Number of Books Read in Total: 2
Total Pages Read Today: 119
Total Pages Read: 627

Day 3 – Wednesday August 21st 2013.

Today was not successful. It didn’t even occur to me to start reading until gone 9pm. I just didn’t feel in the mood to read. I did have a look at today’s challenge/giveaway but decided against entering.

Number of Books Read Today: (continued) 1 – THE WOKEN GODS
Number of Books Read in Total: 1
Total Pages Read Today: 28 (Up to page 158 now)
Total Pages Read: 508

Day 2 – Tuesday August 20th 2013.

Today was a late start as well. I managed to write a review for BITING BAD and to take part in this weeks Top Ten Tuesday. Thankfully I had already written the post, so I just had to link up and comment. I also kept an eye on what was going on with everyone today using the #boutofbooks tag on Twitter. I thought it was really interesting to see how everyone was getting on.

As I finished BITING BAD last night, today I started THE WOKEN GODS on my e-reader. I’ve got an eARC, the book is published on September 3rd by Strange Chemistry. I made it about halfway through (at least according to my page count).

Number of Books Read Today: (started) 1 – THE WOKEN GODS
Number of Books Read in Total: 1
Total Pages Read Today: 130
Total Pages Read: 480

Day 1 – Monday August 19th 2013.

So today was the start of Bout of Books 8.0, and I totally forgot. Opps. This means I lost the morning and most of the afternoon – although, this was in part due to my insistence that I had to write the review for TIGER’S CURSE before I could start BITING BAD. I also ended up missing the Twitter Chat tonight because I noted down the wrong start time 😦 Ah well, there are still another two chances. On the plus side, I did manage to enter one of the Challenges today – so that is one goal managed 🙂 I also managed my goal of reading BITING BAD in a single day so I wouldn’t have to stress about reading the other two books to complete my goal.

Number of Books Read Today: 1 – BITING BAD by Chloe Neill
Number of Books Read in Total: 1
Total Pages Read Today: 350

I’m a little behind with this, as you can probably tell from the fact that I am writing this post the day before Bout of Books 8.0 starts. This will be the second time I have taken part in Bout of Books and I’m really looking forward to it. My goals are going to be relatively low this time because at the moment I seem to be reading one book in two weeks, which is not good but hopefully this will get me back on track.

If you want to find out more about Bout of Books 8.0 or want to take part yourself you can find more info here.

Time Devoted to Reading

The idea is that I will be using the whole week around the usual real-life stuff.

My Goals

1. Reading 3 books
2. Taking part in a Twitter chat
3. Taking part in a challenge

Books to Read

1. Biting Bad by Chloe Neill
2. The Woken Gods by Gwenda Bond

Updates

Monday 19th August – Day One

Tuesday 20th August – Day Two

Wednesday 21st August – Day Three

Thursday 22nd August – Day Four

Friday 23rd August – Day Five

Saturday 24th August – Day Six

Sunday 25th August – Day Seven & Wrap-Up