#boutofbooks

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 4th
and runs through Sunday, January 10th in whatever time zone you are in.
Bout of Books is low-pressure.
There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional.
For all Bout of Books 15 information and updates,
be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog.
From the Bout of Books team

WHAT I READ ON DAY 4:

1. Albertine Disparue, by Marcel Proust =  10 pages
2. The Secret of the Old Clock, by Carolyn Keene (Nancy Drew #1) – audio = 20 mn

TOTAL PAGES IN DAY 4=    10 pages
PAGES READ SO FAR=  208 /455 pages

ALSO:

1. I didn’t do the challenge, which was of no interest to me.

NOTES:

Well, I thought my Christmas celebration yesterday would only be in Church, but I also had something going on yesterday night, so another day with hardly any reading. It’s turning out rather bad so far, will try to catch up! I should have thought that doing Bout of Books the week of my church Christmas celebration was not a good idea!

AND BE SURE TO ENTER MY GIVEAWAY

WHAT I READ ON DAY 3:

1. Albertine Disparue, by Marcel Proust = 10 pages

TOTAL PAGES IN DAY 3=  10  pages
PAGES READ SO FAR=  198 /455 pages

ALSO:

1. I did the fun Rainbow Challenge

NOTES:

As I mentioned yesterday, today is my religious Christmas, so I had a long servide in Church yesterday night, hence basically no reading time. Should be better tonight

AND BE SURE TO ENTER MY GIVEAWAY

WHAT I READ ON DAY 2:

1. Couple Mechanics, by Nelly Alard =   90 pages

TOTAL PAGES IN DAY 2= 9o  pages
PAGES READ SO FAR=  188 /455 pages

ALSO:

1. I didn’t do the Challenge of the day, which was of no interest at all to me
2. I posted for Teaser Tuesdays
3. I announced the French Bingo 2015 winner!

NOTES:

Funny, I spent a lot more time commenting on other blogs, for several memes and Blogging University, and ended up reading less than on Day 1!
Tonight (and I don’t have time to read during the day), I’m not going to be able to read much at all, as this is my Christmas Eve – I’m Russian Orthodox, with the Old Calendar, 13 days behind the civil calendar, so Christmas is January 7 for me, and tonight is the big night.

AND BE SURE TO ENTER MY GIVEAWAY

WHAT I READ ON DAY 1:

1. Couple Mechanics, by Nelly Alard =  69 pages
2. Toward the Endless Day, by Olga Lossky =  17 pages
3. Albertine Disparue, by Marcel Proust = 12 pages
4. The Secret of the Old Clock, by Carolyn Keene (Nancy Drew #1) – audio = 26 mn

TOTAL PAGES IN DAY 1= 98/455 pages
PAGES READ SO FAR=  98/455 pages

ALSO:

1. I took part in the crazy Twitter Chat and met many new book bloggers
2. I posted my task of the day on Twitter: Introduce Yourself #insixwords. I says it all!
3. I posted a bookgiveaway
4. And a book review: The Lady Agnès Mystery, vol 2

NOTES:

I’m amazed I managed to read all this, even with an hour of the chat taking on my reading time.
On the other had, I still need to send New Year greetings…

Here is the rest of the schedule:

Challenges/Giveaways

Friday 1/8
The Book Monsters — Scavenger Hunt

Saturday 1/9
Once Upon a Chapter — The Comfy Reading Spot

Sunday 1/10
FREE DAY!

What will I am reading from:

• Couple Mechanics, by Nelly Allard
• Albertine Disparue, by Marcel Proust
• Toward the Endless Day, by Olga Lossky
• Gaspar, Melchior & Balthazar, by Michel Tournier, maybe
• Audio: The Secret of the Old Clock, by Carolyn Keene (Nancy Drew #1)
• Maybe: La cache, by Christophe Boltanski

My daily reading average for 2015 was 63 pages a day.
So my challenge this week is to read 455 pages (average of 65 pages/day).
Not counting some time for audiobooks as well.

HOW DID YOU DO ON DAY 1?