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 21st
and runs through Sunday, August 27th
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 20 information and updates,
be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog.
From the Bout of Books team
Bout of Books 20:
Day 4 recap
WHAT I READ ON DAY 4:
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Salt Creek: 82 pages
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Blackbird Fly: 24 pages – am actually translating it into French, yes, that’s one of my jobs
TOTAL pages in DAY 3 = 106
One more page than yesterday!!
I also listened to my audiobook for 65 mn.
TOTAL PAGES SO FAR: 344/525
BY THE WAY, DON’T FORGET TO ENTER MY GIVEAWAY!
ALSO:
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I did the challenge:
If you like this, try that . . .
In case you have not seen it, come this way
AS AN EXPERT:
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I followed 4 new people on Twitter, left tons of tweets and likes
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Followed 2 more bloggers on Instagram
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Visited and commented on 30 blogs
WHAT I READ ON DAY 3:
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Salt Creek: 93 pages
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Enigma: 12 pages
TOTAL pages in DAY 3 = 105
Finally, a decent day! I also listened to my audiobook for 30 mn.
But I didn’t do the rainbow spine challenge, as it would have looked too much like the one I did a few months ago.
TOTAL PAGES SO FAR: 238 /525
AS AN EXPERT:
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I followed 6 new people on Twitter, left tons of tweets and likes
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Followed 3 more bloggers on Instagram
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Visited and commented on 40 blogs
WHAT I READ ON DAY 2:
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Salt Creek: 50 pages
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Enigma: 12 pages
TOTAL pages in DAY 2 = 62
Pathetic. I had to write a book review, and it took me longer than I expected.
TOTAL PAGES SO FAR: 133/525
ALSO:
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I did the challenge:
Synopsis rewrite
In case you have not seen it, come this way
AS AN EXPERT:
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I followed 8 new people on Twitter, left tons of tweets and likes
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Followed 11 more bloggers on Instagram
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Visited and commented on 30 blogs
WHAT I READ ON DAY 1:
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Salt Creek: 67 pages
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Enigma: 4 pages
TOTAL pages in DAY 1 = 71
Not bad, as we had this crazy Twitter Party for an hour – crazy because of the speed of the tweets, though I have seen worse, lol!
+ 40 mn of audio time: The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper
TOTAL PAGES SO FAR: 71/525
ALSO:
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I did the challenge:
Introduce Yourself #insixwords
In case you have not seen it, come this way -
I posted a book giveaway
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I took part in the Twitter chat, it was not as crazy as last year.
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13 new Twitter followers (@wordsandpeace), 1 new Instagram follower (@wordsandpeace1)
AS AN EXPERT:
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I followed 28 new people on Twitter, left tons of tweets and likes
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Followed 5 more bloggers on Instagram
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Visited and commented on 8 blogs
SCHEDULE
Challenges/Giveaways
**This is the overall list for the challenges offered during Bout of Books 20.
Make sure you check the blog each day of the read-a-thon for instructions
and details on how to complete the daily challenges**
Monday 8/21
Introduce yourself #insixwords
Tuesday 8/22
Synopsis rewrite
Wednesday 8/23
Book spine rainbow
Thursday 8/24
If you like this, try that . . .
Friday 8/25
Leave a book review
Saturday 8/26
Love to hate
Sunday 8/27
FREE DAY!
Twitter Chats
(chats last approximately one hour)
TZC = Time Zone Conversion
Monday: 8pm CST (TZC)
Saturday: 10am CST (TZC)
GOALS
What books will I be reading?
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Le Regard du Ressuscité, by Archimandrite Gabriel – a French book on Orthodox icons, received for review
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A Curious Collection of Dates: Through the Year with Sherlock Holmes, by Leah Guinn
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Salt Creek, by Lucy Treloar
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Enigma, by Catherine Coulter (Netgalley)
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Blackbird Fly, by Lise McClendon – translating it into French
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Merle, by Angela Wren
What books will I be listening?
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The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper, by Phaedra Patrick
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Coule la Seine, by Fred Vargas
As my daily average so far this year seems to be 69 pages/day, my challenge will be to read 525 pages (average of 75 pages/day).
Not counting some time for audiobooks as well.
And as I’m an expert this year, I plan on visiting and cheering 25 bloggers every day
Wow I would have no idea how to translate a book! Good for you for doing something that I’m sure is very time consuming.
Happy reading!
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yes, that takes time, but 1 word at a time, I get there. And the more I do it, the faster I get
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I was an expert a few BoBs ago. It was fun! I hope you’re having fun doing it. It looks like you’re getting some great reading time in! I hope the rest of the week is just as awesome! Thanks for stopping by my blog! 😀
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Thanks Jennie for your encouragement! Yes, doing great with the limited amount of time I have. It’s going to be even less this week-end, lots of things to do at Church
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