#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, August 22nd
and runs through Sunday, August 28th
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 17 information and updates,
be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog.
 From the Bout of Books team

Bout of Books 17 is over. I read 80 pages less than my goal, due to a crazy busy week. I’ll have to look more carefully at my calendar next time before committing.
Anyway, it was nice connecting with some new to me book blogger and do a couple of fun challenges.
I announced the winner to my giveaway here. Check if you are the winner

See you maybe for Bout of Books 18 on January 2nd

WHAT I READ ON DAY 7:

1. Patristic Theology, by John Romanides = 7 pages
   
2. The Paris Librarian, by Mark Pryor = 65 pages

TOTAL PAGES IN DAY 6= 72 pages
PAGES READ SO FAR=  410/490  pages

NOTES:

Sunday = another long Church service, which I enjoy very much, don’t take me wrong. So I end up usually reading less in week-ends

WHAT I READ ON DAY 6:

1. Patristic Theology, by John Romanides = 14 pages
   
2. The Paris Librarian, by Mark Pryor = 16 pages

TOTAL PAGES IN DAY 6= 30 pages
PAGES READ SO FAR=  358/490  pages

NOTES:

Well, another prayer service at Church shortened my reading time tonight. In case you don’t know yet, I’m Christian Orthodox, and my Church follows the old calendar – 13 days behind the current civil calendar. So August 15 + 13 = August 28: tomorrow Sunday we celebrate the Dormition of the Theotokos (what the West calls the Assumption), and so I went to the Vespers of the Feast tonight.
I should definitely have thought that through before signing up for Bout of Books this week…

WHAT I READ ON DAY 5:

1. Time and Regret, by M.K. Tod = 26 pages – BOOK FINISHED
   
2. Exit Strategy, by Colleen Cross = 1 page read + 1 translated! = 2 pages

TOTAL PAGES IN DAY 5= 28 pages
PAGES READ SO FAR=  318/490  pages

NOTES:

This is my worst Bout of Books ever, I read even less than a regular week. This week was nothing but irregular, with tons of things going on.
Yesterday night was also our block book club, with a record assistance of 14 members. As you may know, in our book club, everyone comes and presents the book of their choice they read during the previous month. So it’s high in energy and enthusiasm, and sometimes I need to keep alert to lead the discussion. End result, I was totally dead after and did not do much reading after that. Glad though I finished MK Tod’s amazing book on WWI!

WHAT I READ ON DAY 4:

1. Time and Regret, by M.K. Tod = 76 pages
2. Exit Strategy, by Colleen Cross = 8 pages read + 8 translated =  16 pages

TOTAL PAGES IN DAY 4= 92 pages
PAGES READ SO FAR=  280/490  pages

NOTES:

Ah! Finally a rather normal day of reading, though still no time for audio!
And I didn’t the challenge, the topic did not really interest me.

WHAT I READ ON DAY 3:

1. Time and Regret, by M.K. Tod = 53 pages
2. Exit Strategy, by Colleen Cross = 5 pages read + 5 translated =  10 pages

TOTAL PAGES IN DAY 3= 63 pages
PAGES READ SO FAR=  188/490  pages

ALSO:

1. Did the challenge of the day: Instagram picture
2. I did a post on WWW Wednesdays

NOTES:

Actually impressed I managed to read all this n the evening though I had a two hour workshop at my library on how use Pixlr – great free tool by the way for us book bloggers – for cool collages, for instance

WHAT I READ ON DAY 2:

1. Time and Regret, by M.K. Tod = 36 pages
2. Exit Strategy, by Colleen Cross = 7 pages read + 7 translated =  14 pages
3. Patristic Theology, by John Romanides = 0 page
   

TOTAL PAGES IN DAY 2= 50 pages
PAGES READ SO FAR=  125/490  pages

ALSO:

1. Did the challenge of the day: Mix ‘n Match
2. I posted a review on The House Between Tides, the awesome novel by Sarah Maine

NOTES:

Well, I knew it would not be a good reading day, with a prayer service at Church, followed by a lecture – that’s why I ended up skipping my religious book. And tonight I have a two hour workshop at my library

WHAT I READ ON DAY 1:

1. Time and Regret, by M.K. Tod = 49 pages
2. Exit Strategy, by Colleen Cross = 6 pages read + 6 translated =  12 pages
3. Patristic Theology, by John Romanides = 14 pages

TOTAL PAGES IN DAY 1= 75 pages
PAGES READ SO FAR=  75/490  pages

ALSO:

1. I took part in the insane Twitter Chat party. I’m a bit disappointed that we have the same questions every year, but I met many new book bloggers
2. Did the challenge of the day on movies to books
3. I posted a bookgiveaway
4. And I posted another interview + giveaway of The House of Kane, by Barbara Casey

NOTES:

I did mange to read over 70 pages, but this is actually a bad week. I can only read in the evenings, and I have a Church function tonight, a class at the library on Wednesday, and my block book club meeting on Friday! Will have to catch up on the other days!

Here is the rest of the schedule:

Challenges/Giveaways

Wednesday 8/24
Bout of Books — Show Off Your Shelves Photo Challenge

Thursday 8/25
The Book Junkie — Titles in the Tabloids

Friday 8/26
Janey Canuck — Book in a Song

Saturday 8/27
FREE DAY!

Sunday 8/28
FREE DAY!

Twitter Chats
(chats last approximately one hour)
TZC = Time Zone Conversion

Saturday: 10am CST (TZC)

My challenge this week is to read 490 pages (average of 70 pages/day).
Not counting some time for audiobooks as well.