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The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized
by Amanda @ On a Book Bender
and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal.
It is a week long read-a-thon that begins
12:01am Monday, May 14 and runs through Sunday, May 20
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 22 information and updates,
be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog.
From the Bout of Books team

Bout of Books 22:

Day 5 Challenge

Space Scavenger Hunt

You all like a scavenger hunt, right? This one is space themed.
Use the guidelines below. Participate as much as you can.
This is a challenge, so you don’t have to get them all to win. If you have fun, you win.

Mercury – Favourite short story/novella
Venus – Favourite book with female protagonist
Earth – Favourite book about nature/nature word in the title
Mars – Favourite book with a red cover
Jupiter – Favourite tome over 500 pages
Saturn – Favourite book with circle/ring on the cover/in the title
Uranus – Favourite book set in winter
Neptune – Favourite book set at sea, on a boat, or under water
Pluto – Favourite books featuring a dog/with a dog on the cover
Moon – Favourite book set anywhere other than Earth
Sun – Favourite book set in summer
Space – Favourite book set in space

Thanks to Liz (@LizHannah25) for today’s challenge.

Here is a fun challenge. I have to admit the book I chose is not necessarily my favorite of all times in that category, but at least, that’s the one that came first to mind. So here we go. Click on the book covers to access my review/book on Goodreads

	Mercury Favorite short story/novella
	Venus Favorite book with female protagonist
	Earth Favorite book about nature/ nature word in the title
	Mars Favorite book with a red cover
	Jupiter Favorite tome over 500 pages
	Saturn Favorite book with circle/ring on the cover/in the title
	Uranus Favorite book set in winter
	Neptune Favorite book set at sea, on a boat, or under water
	Pluto Favorite books featuring a dog/ with a dog on the cover
	Moon Favorite book set anywhere other than Earth
	Sun Favorite book set in summer
	Space Favorite book set in space

WHAT’S THE RESULT OF

YOUR SPACE SCAVENGER HUNT?

 

 

WWW Wednesdays

 BOOKS JUST READ

click on the covers to know more about them

CURRENTLY READING

BOOKS UP NEXT

BOOKS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
FOR REVIEW

Paris RunAway – women’s fiction
The Madeleine Project – biography/history
Both are set in Paris!
Plus another book posted later on today!

CURRENT GIVEAWAYS

  May book of the month giveaway
available on France Book Tours

WHAT ABOUT YOUR READING?

#boutofbooks

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized
by Amanda @ On a Book Bender
and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal.
It is a week long read-a-thon that begins
12:01am Monday, May 8th
and runs through Sunday, May 14th
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 19 information and updates,
be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog.
From the Bout of Books team

WHAT I READ ON DAY 7:

1. Manderley Forever:  118 pages
2. A Curious Collection: 2 pages
3. Men Without Women, by Murakami: 83 pages- FINISHED
4. Le Regard du Ressuscité: 24 pages

TOTAL pages in DAY 7= 227
+ 45 mn hour of audiobook: Sherlock Holmes: finished The Adventure of The Solitary Cyclist, The Adventure of the Priory School, and started The Adventure of Black Peter
TOTAL PAGES:  714 /525

SO:

• Wow, it got almost better every day of the week!

• I managed to read 714/525 pages, so an average of 102 pages per day, whereas my challenge was 75!

• Plus, I managed to have 5H10 of audio time, which is an average of 44 mn/day

• So I think that makes it my best result for Bout of Books, I think this is the 8th time I was participating

• I finished 2 books:

  – Men Without Women, by Murakami

  – My Cousin Rachel, by Daphne du Maurier

  – and listened to 6 Sherlock Holmes stories (in the collection: The Return of SH)

WHAT I READ ON DAY 6:

1. Manderley Forever: 14 pages
2. A Curious Collection: 2 pages
3. My Cousin Rachel: 56 pages FINISHED
4. Men Without Women, by Murakami: 32 pages
5. The Novel of the Century: 25 pages
6. The Typikon: 3 pages
7. Le Regard du Ressuscité: 24 pages

TOTAL pages in DAY 6 = 156. Ah ah, getting closer to my total goal!
+ 45 mn hour of audiobook: Sherlock Holmes: still in The Adventure of The Solitary Cyclist
TOTAL PAGES SO FAR:  487 /525

ALSO:

• I did NOT do the challenge “Seasons of Books”. I didn’t have time early in the day, and then forgot all about it!

WHAT I READ ON DAY 5:

1. Manderley Forever: 4 pages
2. A Curious Collection: 1 pages
3. My Cousin Rachel: 18 pages
4. Men Without Women, by Murakami: 37 pages
5. The Novel of the Century: 18 pages

TOTAL pages in DAY 5 = 78. Good for my daily goal, but not enough to catch up with my total goal.
+ 45 mn hour of audiobook: Sherlock Holmes: still in The Adventure of The Solitary Cyclist
TOTAL PAGES SO FAR:  331/525

ALSO:

• I did the challenge “Share Your Shelfie”: follow me on Instagram to see it or click on this picture on Twitter
• DON’T FORGET TO ENTER MY GIVEAWAY!

WHAT I READ ON DAY 4:

1. Manderley Forever: 10 pages
2. A Curious Collection: 1 pages
3. My Cousin Rachel: 17 pages
4. Men Without Women, by Murakami: 31 pages
5. The Sherlock Holmes Book: 14 pages
6. The Novel of the Century: 18 pages

TOTAL pages in DAY 4 = 91, getting better everyday!
+ 1.15 hour of audiobook: Sherlock Holmes: finished The Adventure of the Norwood Builder, The Adventure of The Dancing Men, started The Adventure of The Solitary Cyclist
TOTAL PAGES SO FAR: 253/525

ALSO:

• I did NOT do the challenge “Character Dating Profile”, which did not inspire me
• DON’T FORGET TO ENTER MY GIVEAWAY!

WHAT I READ ON DAY 3:

1. Manderley Forever: 10 pages
2. A Curious Collection: 3 pages
3. My Cousin Rachel: 31 pages
4. Men Without Women, by Murakami: 38 pages

TOTAL pages in DAY 3 = 82, finally!
+ 1 hour of audiobook: Sherlock Holmes: finished The Empty House and started The Adventure of the Norwood Builder
TOTAL PAGES SO FAR: 162/525

ALSO:

• I did the challenge “Share Your Shelfie”: follow me on Instagram to see it or click on this picture on Twitter it see it in full
• Did you notice I added another book?? My library got for me the very new Murakami, published 2 days ago, so I HAD to start it! I usually don’t like short stories, but I will definitely make an exception with my favorite Japanese author. The first story was good, in his usual style.

WHAT I READ ON DAY 2:

1. Manderley Forever: 24 pages

TOTAL pages in DAY 2 = 24
That’s IT!! Because of a spontaneous get together with friends.
And NO audio time!
Looks like I’m not going to break any reading record this week!!
TOTAL PAGES SO FAR: 80/525

ALSO:

• I did the challenge “Not a Font”: follow me on Instagram to see it

WHAT I READ ON DAY 1:

1. Manderley Forever: 21 pages
2. The Novel of the Century: 12 pages
3. The Sherlock Holmes Book: 15 pages
4. A Curious Collection: 7 pages
5. The Typikon: 1 page

TOTAL pages in DAY 1 = 56
quite poor, because of the hour spent in the twitter party, at the time when I can read
+ 40 mn of audio time (Sherlock Holmes: finished The Final Problem and started The Empty House)
TOTAL PAGES SO FAR: 56/525

ALSO:

• I did the challenge:
  Introduce Yourself #insixwords
  In case you have not seen it, come this way
• I posted a book giveaway
• I took part in the chat, it was not as crazy as last year.
  I enjoyed Q5. You can live in an author’s imagination for a day. Who would you choose and why?
  

My challenge:
to read 525 pages (average of 75 pages/day).
Not counting some time for audiobooks as well.

What I am reading from:

• Men Without Women, by Murakami

• Le Regard du Ressuscité, by Archimandrite Gabriel – a French book on Orthodox icons, received for review

• My Cousin Rachel, by Daphne du Maurier – for The Classics Club

• Manderley Forever, by Tatiana de Rosnay – Daphne’s biography, received for review thru Netgalley

• The Novel of the Century: The Extraordinary Adventure of Les Missérables, by David Bellos

and from books I read a few pages every day:

• The Typikon Decoded, by Archimandrite Job Getcha – Orthodox Liturgics

• Paradise Lost, by Milton – for The Classics Club

• The Sherlock Holmes Book, by DK Publishing

• A Curious Collection of Dates: Through the Year with Sherlock Holmes, by Leah Guinn

The two latest books I read in connection with my audiobook project of listening to all of Sherlock Holmes. So during Bout of Books I will listen to The Hounds of the Baskervilles and his following work: The Return of Sherlock Holmes

If I have finished some of the above before the beginning of BOB, I will edit the list the day before

Challenges/Giveaways

Wednesday 5/10
Share Your Shelfie!

Thursday 5/11
Character Dating Profile

Friday 5/12
Book Spine Rainbow

Saturday 5/13
Seasons of Books

Sunday 5/14
FREE DAY!

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

Saturday: 10am CST (TZC)

Upcoming Read-a-Thons
Bout of Books 20 – 8/21/2017 — 8/27/2017
Bout of Books 21 – 1/8/2018 — 1/14/2018

 

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