Bout of Books Goal Post

Posted May 12, 2014 by shooting in Uncategorized / 7 Comments

My post before this explains what the Read-A-Thon is and gives you a link to find more information. This post, on the other hand, is where I will keep track of my reading every day. The read-a-thon goes from Monday the 12th to Sunday the 18th, so I will hopefully get a bit of reading done everyday!

Time Devoted to Reading

I will aim to read something everyday, but I know some days will be better than others.

My Goals

My main goal is just to have fun. This is my first read-a-thon and I’d really like to read as many books as I can, since I’m not a super fast reader. I might try and do some challenges too but my schedule this week is already full, so I don’t want too many posts on the same day.

Books to Read

I really want to read at least two books this week – See You In Hell by Demelza Carlton (for a review) and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie (for a book club). Besides those, it would be fun to read at least one or two other books that I just have on my shelf!

Updates

Monday

Number of books I’ve read today: 0
Total number of books I’ve read: 0
Books: Currently reading See You In Hell (at 30 percent) and Absolutely True Diary (read about 30 pages)

Tuesday

Number of books I’ve read today: 0
Total number of books I’ve read: 0
Books: See You In Hell (30 percent still) and Absolutely True Diary ( pg. 150)

Wednesday

Number of books I’ve read today: 1
Total number of books I’ve read: 1
Books: I finished Absolutely True Diary, I’m halfway through See You In Hell and I’m about a 100 pages into a library book called I Had Brain Surgery, What’s Your Excuse?

Thursday

Number of books I’ve read today: 0
Total number of books I’ve read: 1
Books: I’m still reading Brain Surgery and See You In Hell. I’m more than halfway finished; I hope to get at least one book finished tomorrow.

Friday

Number of books I’ve read today:1
Total number of books I’ve read: 2
Books: I finished I Had Brain Surgery, What’s Your Excuse? I’m more than halfway through See You In Hell…almost finished!

Saturday

Number of books I’ve read today: 2
Total number of books I’ve read: 4
Books: I finished See You in Hell and The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt today. That makes my read-a-thon total at 4 books. I never read that much in a week, so I’m super excited!! I don’t think I can get any more finished by tomorrow night, but I’ll definitely start something new.

Sunday 

Number of books I’ve read today: 1
Total number of books I’ve read: 5
Books: I finished The Baker Street Letters by Michael Robertson. It was great, and a quick read!

7 responses to “Bout of Books Goal Post

  1. I also like the idea of read-a-thons but have yet to participate in one myself. Perhaps this would have been a good one to start with as it doesn't sound too restrictive – oh well, maybes another time.

    Good luck.

  2. I have seen this one around lately and it looks like a lot of fun. good luck with all your reading goals and I agree, the most important thing is to have fun!

  3. Darn it! I meant to sign up for this and combine it with my Clean Sweep ARC reading. Ugh!!!

    You're about half way through the read-a-thon so how are you doing? I hope life is cooperating and letting you read!

  4. Goals to read something every day and have fun are perfect for Bout of Books! Glad your week is going well & thanks for stopping by my blog 🙂

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