BOUT OF BOOKS 26

FINAL RECAP

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The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized
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It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, August 19th
and runs through Sunday, August 25th in whatever time zone you are in.
Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, Twitter chats, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional.
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FINAL RECAP

I’m super happy with Bout of Books 26.
I managed to read 959 pages, that is, an average of 137 pages a day.
Some of these pages were in audio, a total of 9H36, that is, an average of 1H22 minutes per day.

My goal was 805 pages (average of 115 pages a day), so I managed to read.
So I read 154 ages beyond my goal, and my daily average went from 115 to 137, so an extra 22 pages.

I finished:

Don Quixote, by Cervantes = finally!!
The Dark Lake, by Sarah Bailey
Audiobook: Le mystère de la chambre jaune, by Gaston Leroux

I will announce the giveaway winner tomorrow

Here is what I read on DAY 7:

Quichotte, by Salman Rushdie = 41 pages

Total for Day 7: 41 pages
TOTAL so far: 959 /805 pages

I managed to do a bit of reading in the evening.

Here is what I read on DAY 6:

Quichotte, by Salman Rushdie = 29 pages

Total for Day 6: 29 pages
TOTAL so far: 918/805 pages

As announced yesterday, I knew I wouldn’t have time for much reading. I hope to do more tonight

Here is what I read on DAY 5:

Don Quixote, by Cervantes = 38 pages = FINISHED!!!
Audiobook: Surface, by Olivier Norek
= 1H25, equivalent to 68 pages

Total for Day 5: 106 pages
TOTAL so far: 889/805

The challenges didn’t inspire me, so I didn’t do any.
I’m glad I reached my challenge, because I actually don’t have much time to read on week-ends, especially this week-end, with 3 different Church long activities.

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Here is what I read on DAY 4:

The Dark Lake, by Sarah Bailey = 90 pages = FINISHED
Don Quixote, by Cervantes = 14 pages
Audiobook: Le mystère de la chambre jaune, by Gaston Leroux = FINISHED
= 1H35, equivalent to 51 pages
Audiobook: Surface, by Olivier Norek
= 1H40, equivalent to 80 pages
= total of 3H15
Unbelievable how many things I can find to do around the house, just because I need the pretext to do manual work for more audio time: cleaning, ironing, gardening, painting, cooking. The house will be much cleaner at the end of Bout of Books week, lol!

Total for Day 4: 235 pages
TOTAL so far: 783/805

Going super well so far, but tonight I’m hosting our monthly block book club, so I won’t have as much time for reading. BUT I need to clean the house before they come, so that will be good for audio time!!

I also did 1 challenge:
– on Instagram, I posted about a favorite genre.

For those who are not on Instagram, a new favorite to me genre is techno-thriller. Any recommendations?

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Here is what I read on DAY 3:

The Dark Lake, by Sarah Bailey = 119 pages
Don Quixote, by Cervantes = 14 pages
Audiobook: Le mystère de la chambre jaune, by Gaston Leroux
= 2H45, equivalent to 95 pages

Total for Day 3: 228 pages
TOTAL so far: 548/805

I also did 1 challenge:
– on Instagram, I posted about a favorite book cover

I wanted to do the other one, but forgot later in the day!
Anyway, I’m really happy with this reading week.

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Here is what I read on DAY 2:

The Dark Lake, by Sarah Bailey = 100 pages
Quichotte, by Salman Rushdie = 16 pages
Audiobook: Le mystère de la chambre jaune, by Gaston Leroux
= 1H15, equivalent to 46 pages

Total for Day 2: 162 pages
TOTAL so far: 320/805

Humming along. I also managed to post a review yesterday, on Diary of a Murderer, an original collection of South Korean short stories.

I also did 2 challenges:

– on Twitter, I proposed one title for Adaptation
– on Instagram, I posted about a favorite series

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DAY 1 RECAP
NB: This is my 13th participation in #boutofbooks

Here is what I read on DAY 1:

Elder Leonid of Optina = 20 pages
Don Quixote, by Cervantes = 14 pages
The Dark Lake, by Sarah Bailey = 68 pages
Audiobook: Le mystère de la chambre jaune, by Gaston Leroux
= 56 minutes, equivalent to 31 pages

Total for Day 1: 158 pages
TOTAL so far: 158/805

I’m super happy with Day 1, especially as I used one hour of my usual evening reading time to participate in the Twitter Chat!

I also did 2 challenges:

– on Twitter, Introduce yourself #insixwords
– on Instagram, currently reading

And I participated in the twitter chat. I enjoyed meeting a few new bloggers, and getting a couple of books recommendations. It was nice to have a few new questions.
Every year we are asked how many boutofbooks we’ve participated in, and I never really know. So I took time to go through my blog, and the answer is BoutofBooks26 is my #13!
And posted a giveaway!!