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The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, January 7th and runs through Sunday, January 13th 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 24 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. – From the Bout of Books team

BOUT OF BOOKS 24
DAY 6 RECAP

Here is what I read on Day 6:

1. Don Quixote, by Cervantes = 12 pages
2. The Plotters, by Un-Su Kim = 94 pages
3. Prayers by the Lake, by Nikolaj Velimirovic = 12 pages
4. Audiobook [28 minutes]: The Moonstone, by Wilkie Collins = equivalent to 11 pages

Total for Day 6:  129
TOTAL so far: 632/805

And I participated in the Instagram challenge of the day. Some people liked the picture, fine, but no one answered! You were supposed to try to guess my favorite genre from my montage (bad quality, because I too a picture of my computer screen). Any idea?

Be sure to enter my giveaway – last day!

Check my Bout of Books 24 ultimate goal

SCHEDULE

Challenges

**This is the overall list for the challenges offered during Bout of Books 24. 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 1/7
Introduce yourself #insixwords

Tuesday 1/8
Character dinner party

Wednesday 1/9
Six degrees of separation – based on an idea I submitted

Thursday 1/10
Synopsis rewrite

Friday 1/11
If this, then that

Saturday 1/12
Dream cast

Sunday 1/13
Stretch goal

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

Monday: 8pm CST (TZC)
Saturday: 10am CST (TZC)

BOUT OF BOOKS 24
DAY 5 RECAP

Not sure why, but this was another rather slow day.

Here is what I read on Day 5:

1. Don Quixote, by Cervantes = 48 pages
2. The Plotters, by Un-Su Kim = 1 page!
3. Prayers by the Lake, by Nikolaj Velimirovic = 12 pages
4. Audiobook [15 minutes]: The Moonstone, by Wilkie Collins = equivalent to 6 pages

Total for Day 5:  67
TOTAL so far: 503/805

And I participated in the Instagram challenge of the day, and the like this/try that challenge

 

BOUT OF BOOKS 24
DAY 4 RECAP

Yesterday was an exhausting day, with a very long and difficult article to translate, among other things. Plus, I had a conference call I absolutely needed to attend for my Church, and that was in the evening on my usual reading time.
Yes, one of my jobs is now to translate daily articles related to worldwide Orthodox news. And now, I’m thrilled to be translating from French to English, instead of the usual way round. Which means, you can now read my work, if you are interested in what’s going on in the world. Obviously, my English is not perfect, but I hope it is getting more and more acceptable.
So the reading result for the day is quite pathetic, and it’s putting my total below my expected average for this week.

Here is what I read on Day 4:

1. Berlin AlexanderPlatz, by Alfred Döblin = 20 pages
2. Don Quixote, by Cervantes = 11 pages
3. The Plotters, by Un-Su Kim = 13 pages
4. Audiobook [23 minutes]: The Moonstone, by Wilkie Collins = equivalent to 7 pages

Total for Day 4:  51
TOTAL so far: 436/805

And I participated in the Instagram challenge of the day

BOUT OF BOOKS 24
DAY 3 RECAP

Here is what I read on Day 3:

1. Are We French Yet?, by Keith Van Sickle = 74 pages – FINISHED
2. Hear Our Defeats, by Laurent Gaudé = 5 pages – FINISHED
3. Berlin AlexanderPlatz, by Alfred Döblin = 7 pages
4. Prayers by the Lake, by Nikolaj Velimirovic = 12 pages
5. The Plotters, by Un-Su Kim = 6 pages
6. Audiobook [24 minutes]: The Moonstone, by Wilkie Collins = equivalent to 11 pages

Total for Day 3: 115
TOTAL so far: 385/805

The challenge was based on an idea I submitted, so here is what I did. I’ll be visiting blogs today to see what YOU did with it.
And I participated in the Instagram challenge of the day

BOUT OF BOOKS 24
DAY 2 RECAP

Here is what I read on Day 2:

1. Are We French Yet?, by Keith Van Sickle = 43 pages
2. Hear Our Defeats, by Laurent Gaudé = 55 pages
3. Berlin AlexanderPlatz, by Alfred Döblin = 14 pages
4. Don Quixote, by Cervantes = 6 pages
5. Prayers by the Lake, by Nikolaj Velimirovic = 11 pages
6. Audiobook [36 minutes]: The Moonstone, by Wilkie Collins = equivalent to 12 pages

Total for Day 2: 141
TOTAL so far: 270/805

And I participated in the Instagram challenge of the day

BOUT OF BOOKS 24
DAY 1 RECAP

Yesterday, January 7, was the big day to celebrate Christ’s Nativity for me. I’m an Orthodox Christian, and my Church follows the Julian calendar, which runs 13 late compare to the Gregorian (civil) calendar. So December 25 + 13 days = January 7.
It’s actually nice to be far from the crazy commercial stuff surrounding the Christmas frenzy and be able to focus only on the essential.
After the Church celebration, we had a very simple meal at home and time with friends.
But in the evening, I was able to have regular reading time.

So here is what I read on Day 1:

1. Are We French Yet?, by Keith Van Sickle = 56 pages
2. Hear Our Defeats, by Laurent Gaudé = 46 pages
3. Audiobook [1H07]: The Moonstone, by Wilkie Collins = equivalent to 27 pages

TOTAL so far: 129/805

Because of the very special day, as explained above, I didn’t have time to participate in the challenge of the day, nor in the Twitter chat.
But I posted a giveaway!

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