BOUT OF BOOKS 31
Finale recap
and Day 7 recap

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FINAL RECAP

This past week didn’t have great surprises, so I was able to take good chunks of reading time every evening after dinner, including during the weekend, which is unusual for me.
I ended up reading 827 pages (I include here the equivalent in pages from books I listened to, and I had cleaning projects and various house chores around the house, so I had a lot of listening time), which is an average of 118 pages/day (my goal was 75 pages/day).
That’s more 302 more pages than my goal.
So obviously, I will raise my goal next time for Bout of Books 32 (August 16-22).

Plus I finished 6 books (1 print, 1 ebook, and 4 audiobooks), so I am very happy with that.

I didn’t participate in the reading-in-place, which distract me too much.
And I only did one Instagram challenge, not being very inspired by the others.

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Here is what I read on DAY 7:

1. People Like them = 112 pages = FINISHED
2. Project Hail Mary = 66 pages

Total for Day 7: 178  pages
TOTAL so far:  827/525 pages

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Here is what I read on DAY 6:

1. L’Archipel d’une autre vie = 72 pages = FINISHED
2. People Like them = 37 pages
3. Project Hail Mary = 3 pages

Total for Day 6:  112 pages
TOTAL so far:  649/525 pages

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Here is what I read on DAY 5:

1. Audiobook: Sad Cypress = 2 Hours 4 minutes = 114 pages
2. People Like them = 28 pages

Total for Day 5:  142 pages
TOTAL so far: 537/525 pages

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Here is what I read on DAY 4:

1. Project Hail Mary = 23 pages
2. Audiobook: The Book of Isaiah = 2 hours = 29 pages = FINISHED
3. Audiobook: Sad Cypress = 50 minutes = 43 pages

Total for Day 4:  95 pages
TOTAL so far:  395/525 pages

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Here is what I read on DAY 3:

1. La Disparition = 14 pages
2. Cinq cartes brûlées = 49 pages
3. Project Hail Mary = 19 pages
4. Audiobook: The Book of Isaiah = 29 minutes  = 7 pages

Total for Day 3:  89 pages
TOTAL so far:  300/525 pages

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Here is what I read on DAY 2:

1. The Andromeda Strain = 85 pages
2. La Disparition = 9 pages

Total for Day 2:  94 pages
TOTAL so far:  211/525 pages

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Here is what I read on DAY 1:

1. The Andromeda Strain = 52 pages
2. Audiobook: The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories
   = 52 minutes  = 32 pages = FINISHED
3. Audiobook: The Book of Zechariah = 33 minutes  = 13 pages = FINISHED
4. Audiobook: The Book of Malachi = 10 minutes  = 4 pages = FINISHED
5. Audiobook: The Book of Isaiah = 1H05  = 16 pages

Total for Day 1:  117 pages
TOTAL so far:  117/525 pages

📚 I did the Instagram challenge

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Like for Bout of Books 31, 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.
A whole bunch, as 3 of them are buddy-reads, so I only read a set number of pages per week.

1. The Andromeda Strain, by Michael Crichton
2. La Disparition, by Georges Perec
3. People Like them, by Samira Sedira = FINISHED
4. Cinq cartes brûlées, by Sophie Loubière
5. Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir
6. L’Archipel d’une autre vie, by Andreï Makine = FINISHED
7.  Audiobook: The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories by Agatha Christie
   = FINISHED
8. Audiobook: The Book of Zechariah (Bible) = FINISHED
9. Audiobook: The Book of Malachi = FINISHED
10. Audiobook: The Book of Isaiah = FINISHED
11. Audiobook: Sad Cypress, by Agatha Christie

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