BOUT OF BOOKS 29
Day 4 recap

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Here is what I read on DAY 4:

L’énigme de la chambre 622, by Joël Dicker = 10 pages
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, by Haruki Murakami = 18 pages
Audiobook: Pandemia, by Franck Thilliez = 58 pages

Total for Day 4: 86 pages
TOTAL so far: 432 /525

A pathetic 43 pages, as I had something else going on yesterday night, the only time I can really read.

📚 For the 9:30 p.m. Central reading-in-place:
I totally forgot to participate! I was so engrossed in reviewing my Russian. A sure sign I’m getting totally obsessed by languages right now. Learning Russian with a tutor and doing practice with 8 different sources, plus teaching myself Italian for reading

And I forgot the Instagram challenge of the day!!

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Here is what I read on DAY 3:

L’énigme de la chambre 622, by Joël Dicker = 5 pages
Audiobook: Pandemia, by Franck Thilliez = 38 pages

Total for Day 3: 43 pages
TOTAL so far: 346/525

A pathetic 43 pages, as I had something else going on yesterday night, the only time I can really read.

📚 For the 9:30 p.m. Central reading-in-place: I couldn’t participate

I did the Instagram challenge, featuring a recent 5 star read

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Here is what I read on DAY 2:

Le livre de Perle, by Timothée de Fombelle = 60 pages
L’énigme de la chambre 622, by Joël Dicker = 17 pages
Audiobook: The Big Four, by Agatha Christie = 18 pages – FINISHED
Audiobook: Pandemia, by Franck Thilliez = 4 pages

Total for Day 2: 99 pages
TOTAL so far: 303/525

I caught up with the pages I needed to read for my read along with a student on Le Livre de Perle, so I started reading L’énigme de la chambre 622, for a French read-along on Discord – we read and comment in French. Let me know if you are interested.

📚 For the 9:30 p.m. Central reading-in-place, I read 30 pages.

I also did the Instagram challenge, featuring a beautiful book cover.

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Here is what I read on DAY 1:

Le livre de Perle, by Timothée de Fombelle = 63 pages
Audiobook: The Big Four, by Agatha Christie = 141 pages

Total for Day 1: 204 pages
TOTAL so far: 204/525

I had a lot of house chores to do today: wash, gardening, cooking, dishes, so ended up with almost 3 hours of audiobook listening!

📚 For the 9:30 p.m. Central reading-in-place, I read 27 pages.
Not many, because I take notes to help for reviews.
I didn’t participate in the Twitter Chat, but I already met interesting readers through the #boutofbooks hashtag

I also did the Instagram challenge

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I’m setting my goal at 525 pages, that is, 75 pages per day.

Here are the books I plan to read from. Some I’m currently reading.

Killer, Come Back to Me: The Crime Stories of Ray Bradbury
Le livre de Perle, by Timothée de Fombelle
L’énigme de la chambre 622, by Joël Dicker
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, by Haruki Murakami
Vesper Flights, by Helen Macdonald
Psalm 118: Commentary by Theophan the Recluse
Audiobook: The Big Four, by Agatha Christie FINISHED
Audiobook: Pandemia, by Franck Thilliez

SCHEDULE

For Bout of Books 29, no daily challenges will be hosted on our blog. Instead, we’ll have reading-in-place times!

Reading-in-place times, or reading sprints, happen daily on Twitter. If you don’t have Twitter, make note of these times and report your reading progress on your platform of choice.

All reading-in-place times last 30 minutes.