#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, August 22nd
and runs through Sunday, August 28th
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 17 information and updates,
be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog.
 From the Bout of Books team

WHAT I READ ON DAY 3:

1. Time and Regret, by M.K. Tod = 53 pages
2. Exit Strategy, by Colleen Cross = 5 pages read + 5 translated =  10 pages

TOTAL PAGES IN DAY 3= 63 pages
PAGES READ SO FAR=  188/490  pages

ALSO:

1. Did the challenge of the day: Instagram picture
2. I did a post on WWW Wednesdays

NOTES:

Actually impressed I managed to read all this n the evening though I had a two hour workshop at my library on how use Pixlr – great free tool by the way for us book bloggers – for cool collages, for instance

WHAT I READ ON DAY 2:

1. Time and Regret, by M.K. Tod = 36 pages
2. Exit Strategy, by Colleen Cross = 7 pages read + 7 translated =  14 pages
3. Patristic Theology, by John Romanides = 0 page
   

TOTAL PAGES IN DAY 2= 50 pages
PAGES READ SO FAR=  125/490  pages

ALSO:

1. Did the challenge of the day: Mix ‘n Match
2. I posted a review on The House Between Tides, the awesome novel by Sarah Maine

NOTES:

Well, I knew it would not be a good reading day, with a prayer service at Church, followed by a lecture – that’s why I ended up skipping my religious book. And tonight I have a two hour workshop at my library

WHAT I READ ON DAY 1:

1. Time and Regret, by M.K. Tod = 49 pages
2. Exit Strategy, by Colleen Cross = 6 pages read + 6 translated =  12 pages
3. Patristic Theology, by John Romanides = 14 pages

TOTAL PAGES IN DAY 1= 75 pages
PAGES READ SO FAR=  75/490  pages

ALSO:

1. I took part in the insane Twitter Chat party. I’m a bit disappointed that we have the same questions every year, but I met many new book bloggers
2. Did the challenge of the day on movies to books
3. I posted a bookgiveaway
4. And I posted another interview + giveaway of The House of Kane, by Barbara Casey

NOTES:

I did mange to read over 70 pages, but this is actually a bad week. I can only read in the evenings, and I have a Church function tonight, a class at the library on Wednesday, and my block book club meeting on Friday! Will have to catch up on the other days!

Here is the rest of the schedule:

Challenges/Giveaways

Wednesday 8/24
Bout of Books — Show Off Your Shelves Photo Challenge

Thursday 8/25
The Book Junkie — Titles in the Tabloids

Friday 8/26
Janey Canuck — Book in a Song

Saturday 8/27
FREE DAY!

Sunday 8/28
FREE DAY!

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

Saturday: 10am CST (TZC)

My challenge this week is to read 490 pages (average of 70 pages/day).
Not counting some time for audiobooks as well.