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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, May 8th
and runs through Sunday, May 14th
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 19 information and updates,
be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog.
From the Bout of Books team
WHAT I READ ON DAY 1:
- Manderley Forever: 21 pages
- The Novel of the Century: 12 pages
- The Sherlock Holmes Book: 15 pages
- A Curious Collection: 7 pages
- The Typikon: 1 page
TOTAL pages in DAY 1 = 56
quite poor, because of the hour spent in the twitter party, at the time when I can read
+ 40 mn of audio time (Sherlock Holmes: finished The Final Problem and started The Empty House)
TOTAL PAGES SO FAR: 56/525
ALSO:
- I did the challenge:
Introduce Yourself #insixwords
In case you have not seen it, come this way - I posted a book giveaway
- I took part in the chat, it was not as crazy as last year.
I enjoyed Q5. You can live in an author’s imagination for a day. Who would you choose and why?
My challenge:
to read 525 pages (average of 75 pages/day).
Not counting some time for audiobooks as well.
What I am reading from:
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Le Regard du Ressuscité, by Archimandrite Gabriel – a French book on Orthodox icons, received for review
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My Cousin Rachel, by Daphne du Maurier – for The Classics Club
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Manderley Forever, by Tatiana de Rosnay – Daphne’s biography, received for review thru Netgalley
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The Novel of the Century: The Extraordinary Adventure of Les Missérables, by David Bellos
and from books I read a few pages every day:
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The Typikon Decoded, by Archimandrite Job Getcha – Orthodox Liturgics
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Paradise Lost, by Milton – for The Classics Club
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The Sherlock Holmes Book, by DK Publishing
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A Curious Collection of Dates: Through the Year with Sherlock Holmes, by Leah Guinn
The two latest books I read in connection with my audiobook project of listening to all of Sherlock Holmes. So during Bout of Books I will listen to The Hounds of the Baskervilles and his following work: The Return of Sherlock Holmes
If I have finished some of the above before the beginning of BOB, I will edit the list the day before
Challenges/Giveaways
Tuesday 5/9
Not a Font
Wednesday 5/10
Share Your Shelfie!
Thursday 5/11
Character Dating Profile
Friday 5/12
Book Spine Rainbow
Saturday 5/13
Seasons of Books
Sunday 5/14
FREE DAY!
Twitter Chats
(chats last approximately one hour)
TZC = Time Zone Conversion
Saturday: 10am CST (TZC)
Upcoming Read-a-Thons
Bout of Books 20 – 8/21/2017 — 8/27/2017
Bout of Books 21 – 1/8/2018 — 1/14/2018
Words And Peace 
It looks like you got a lot read yesterday!! Good luck with your challenge!
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thanks. you are not part of Bout of Books?
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I’m impressed! I can only read two at time. One print and one audio. Otherwise, I get confused. lol. Enjoy your books!
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It’s convenient for me to have at least 3 always going on: paper, ebook, audio. Plus I usually always have a religious one. I admit this time it’s a bit over the top, but 3 of them are year long projects – sections to read following the calendar. And as long as the books are quite different, it works
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Looks like some great books on your TBR!
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they are 😉
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For the imagination question, I might pick L Frank Baum. The Wizard of Oz has gone through so many reinterpretations and revisionings, I think I’d like to learn how Baum viewed it in his imagination. I would also like to know intinctively his imaginings of the rest of the Oz characters throughout his many books. Who did you pick?
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Nice idea. I chose Haruki Murakami for his always crazy ideas and talking cats, lol. I can’t wait for his latest book
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Im impressed you can juggle so many books at the same time. I suppose it helps if they are different genres/styles?
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yes, it’s essential for me. Also 3 of them follow the year, so I read the pages corresponding to the days of the year.
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