BOUT OF BOOKS 35:
Day 7 and final recap

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I am very happy with this Bout of Books week.
I managed to finish 1 printed book (and write its review), 1 ebook, and 1 audiobook.
I have also read the sections needed in two books I’m reading along with some of my French students.
I ended up reading 779 pages (my goal was 525), so that makes a daily average of 111 pages, instead of the 75 I had in mind (that’s 148% better).
Time to adjust my goal for next time: Bout of Books 36 will take place 1/2/2023–1/8/2023

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Here is what I read on DAY 7:

1. The Daughter of Time, by Josephine Tey = 37 pages – FINISHED
2. Ensemble, c’est tout, by Anna Gavalda = 30 pages

Total for Day 7:  67 pages
TOTAL so far:    779/525 pages

This was a very good reading day. Plus I had food to prepare to bring to church today, so nice audio time as well.
I needed to write my review for Human Nature (will be live on Monday), so after I wrote it, I decide to keep reading instead of doing a Sunday Post per se.

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Here is what I read on DAY 6:

1. Human Nature, by Serge Joncour = 27 pages – FINISHED
2. The Daughter of Time, by Josephine Tey = 53 pages
3. Ensemble, c’est tout, by Anna Gavalda = 70 pages
4. Audiobook: It Can’t Happen Here, by Sinclair Lewis = 1H33 = 44 pages

Total for Day 6:  194 pages
TOTAL so far:    712/525 pages

This was a very good reading day. Plus I had food to prepare to bring to church today, so nice audio time as well.
I needed to write my review for Human Nature (will be live on Monday), so after I wrote it, I decide to keep reading instead of doing a Sunday Post per se.

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Here is what I read on DAY 5:

1. Human Nature, by Serge Joncour = 37 pages
2. The Daughter of Time, by Josephine Tey = 22 pages

Total for Day 5:  59 pages
TOTAL so far:  518/525 pages

As expected, I didn’t read much yesterday: I had a big Church event, so no real time to do much around the house (so no audio time).
And then in the evening, at the usual time I do my reading, we had our book club meeting.
I need to finish Human Nature today, and write my review due on Monday!

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Here is what I read on DAY 4:

1. De la Terre à la lune, by Jules Verne = 72 pages
2. The Daughter of Time, by Josephine Tey = 10 pages
3. Audiobook: It Can’t Happen Here, by Sinclair Lewis = 1H50 = 48 pages 

Total for Day 4:  130 pages
TOTAL so far:  459/525 pages

Nice reading time. It will be much less today, as I have book club tonight.

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Here is what I read on DAY 3:

1. De la Terre à la lune, by Jules Verne = 15 pages
2. Audiobook: It Can’t Happen Here, by Sinclair Lewis = 2H11 = 60 pages 

Total for Day 3:  75 pages
TOTAL so far:  329/525 pages

As expected, with Church activity yesterday night, I didn’t have much time for reading. But I had lots of things to do around the house, so that gave me a good amount of audio time.

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Here is what I read on DAY 2:

1. Human Nature, by Serge Joncour = 71 pages
2. De la Terre à la lune, by Jules Verne = 11 pages
3. Audiobook: Jamaica Inn, by Daphne du Maurier = 1H07 = 35 pages – FINISHED

Total for Day 2:  117 pages
TOTAL so far:  254/525 pages

I managed to finish my first audiobook of BoB, and I even wrote a few words on it – click on the link to read.

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Here is what I read on DAY 1:

1. Ensemble, c’est tout, by Anna Gavalda = 69 pages
2. The Daughter of Time, by Josephine Tey = 16 pages
3. Audiobook: Jamaica Inn, by Daphne du Maurier = 1H50 = 52 pages

Total for Day 1:  137 pages
TOTAL so far:  137/525 pages

I am very happy with day 1.
I have church activity Wednesday night and book club Friday night, at the times I usually read, so trying to use best the other days of this week.
I will NOT do the Instagram challenges, as part of my implementation of reducing digital use, after my eye-opening reading of Digital Hell: The Inner Workings of a “Like”.

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My goal as 75 pages/day, that is, a total of 525 pages.

Here are the books I plan to read from.

1. Human Nature, by Serge Joncour – FINISHED
2. Ensemble, c’est tout, by Anna Gavalda
3. De la Terre à la lune, by Jules Verne
4. The Daughter of Time, by Josephine Tey – FINISHED
5. Eventide, by Kent Haruf
6.  Audiobook: Jamaica Inn, by Daphne du Maurier – FINISHED
7. Audiobook: It Can’t Happen Here, by Sinclair Lewis

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