Bout of Books 30 Sign Up!

Hey fellow book bloggers! Man, it's been a long time since I last joined a Bout of Books challenge!  I actually miss doing this!  Anyway, it's time for another Bout of Books readathon, which will start on January 4th - January 10th! I have always enjoyed doing this readathon and I'm hoping to complete at least one chapter book during this readathon! If you want to join in the fun, sign up HERE.

READING UPDATES:

JANUARY 4TH, 2021:  NONE

JANUARY 5TH, 2021:

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Bout of Books Readathon #26 Sign Up!

Hey fellow book bloggers!  It's time for another Bout of Books readathon, which will start on August 19th - August 25th!  I have always enjoyed doing this readathon and I'm hoping to complete at least one chapter book during this readathon! 

If you want to join in the fun, sign up HERE.

Bout of Books (25) Wrap Up!

Challenges
**This is the overall list for the challenges offered during Bout of Books 25. Make sure you check the blog each day of the read-a-thon for instructions and details on how to complete the daily challenges**

Monday 5/13
Introduce yourself #insixwords

Books Read: 1 (Illuminae)
Pages Read: 20 pages (pages 1-20)  
Notes:  The book is a bit confusing with the unique narrative, but it's slowly growing on me.

Tuesday 5/14
Bookish favorites

Books Read: 1 (Illuminae)
Pages Read: 30 pages (pages 20-50)  
Notes:  The book is starting to get interesting now. I'm really loving Ezra and Kady so far!

Wednesday 5/15
Book plot emoji

Thursday 5/16
If this, then that

Friday 5/17
Favorite hero/favorite villain

Saturday 5/18
Share the love

Sunday 5/19
Stretch goal

I haven't been reading much this time around because I was preparing for my cousin's baby shower that week and I didn't have time to read any books.  Luckily though, "Illuminae" is proving to be a quick read since I made it to 50 pages, which is awesome!

Bout of Books Readathon #25 Sign Up!

Hey fellow book bloggers!  It's time for another Bout of Books readathon, which will start on May 13h - May 19th!  I have always enjoyed doing this readathon and I'm hoping to complete at least one chapter book during this readathon! 

If you want to join in the fun, sign up HERE.

Bout of Books 22 Wrap Up Post!

**This is the overall list for the challenges offered during Bout of Books 21. Make sure you check the blog each day of the read-a-thon for instructions and details on how to complete the daily challenges**

Monday 5/14

Introduce yourself #insixwords

Books Read: 1 (This Savage Song)
Pages Read: 40 pages (pages 20 - 60)  
Notes:  I'm really loving this book so far and I can't wait to see the growing relationship between Kate and August!

Tuesday 5/15

Year of You

Books Read: 0
Pages Read: 0
Notes:  I haven't read anything for the day!

Wednesday 5/16

Show Me Your Precious

Books Read: 0
Pages Read: 0
Notes:  Still haven't read anything for the day!

Thursday 5/17

Read Alikes

Books Read: 0
Pages Read: 0
Notes:  Man! I'm really slacking off this time around!

Friday 5/18

Space Scavenger Hunt

Books Read: 1 (This Savage Song)
Pages Read: 30 pages (pages 60 - 90)  
Notes:  Finally back on track!  Now we are finally getting a better insight on both Kate and August's home life and I'm curious to see if Kate figures out that August is actually a monster!

Saturday 5/19

Share Your Favorite Bout of Books Moment

Books Read: 1 (This Savage Song)
Pages Read: 20 pages (pages 90 - 110)  
Notes:  This book just keeps getting better and better!  Now we are getting into the deeper myths of this story!

Sunday 5/20

Stretch Goal

Books Read: 1 (This Savage Song)

Pages Read: 50 pages (pages 110 - 160)  

Notes:  Now, I'm really curious about Callum Harker's true nature and how that will affect Kate as the story progresses. I'm really interested now!

I noticed that I haven't been reading as much as I should have this time around (missed 3 days of reading) but, at least I was able to get in much further in this book and I can't wait to see what happens to Kate and August next!

Bout of Books Readathon #22 Sign Up!

Hey fellow book bloggers!  It's time for another Bout of Books readathon, which will start on May 14th - May 20th!  I have always enjoyed doing this readathon and I'm hoping to complete at least one chapter book during this readathon! 

If you want to join in the fun, sign up HERE.

Bout of Books 21 Wrap Up Post!

**This is the overall list for the challenges offered during Bout of Books 21. Make sure you check the blog each day of the read-a-thon for instructions and details on how to complete the daily challenges**

Monday 1/8
Introduce yourself #insixwords

Books Read: 0
Pages Read: 0
Notes:  I haven't read anything for the day!

Tuesday 1/9

Share your 2018 reading goal(s):

1) Be able to read up to 80 books this year.
2) Read up to 10 books per month.
3) Read more adult and young adult novels.
4) Read more books that are over 1,000 pages.
5) Read some classic books like "Dracula" and "Frankenstein."

Books Read: 1 (The Martian)
Pages Read: 30 pages (pages 80 - 110)  
Notes:  This book is getting really exciting so far and I can't wait to see what happens! 

Wednesday 1/10
Book spine rainbow

Books Read: 0
Pages Read: 0
Notes:  Sort of slacked off today!

Thursday 1/11
ALL THE FAVORITES!

Books Read: 1 (The Martian)
Pages Read: 18 pages (pages 110 - 128)  
Notes:  Didn't get much reading in today, but the book is really getting interesting!

Friday 1/12
Newspaper headlines

Books Read: 1 (The Martian)
Pages Read: 52 pages (pages 128 - 180)  
Notes:  Wow! I got in a lot of pages for today! Things are really getting intense for Mark and I hope that the crew rescues Mark soon!

Saturday 1/13
Book spine poetry

Books Read: 1 (The Martian)
Pages Read: 30 pages (pages 180 - 210)  
Notes:  Oooh! This book is getting even more intense! I hope Mark makes it out alive!

Sunday 1/14
Leave a book review

Overall, even though I haven't finished "The Martian" during this readathon, I have managed to get in much deeper in this book than I did before, which is a huge success for me!

Bout of Books 20 Wrap Up Post!

Challenges/Giveaways
**This is the overall list for the challenges offered during Bout of Books 20. Make sure you check the blog each day of the read-a-thon for instructions and details on how to complete the daily challenges**

Day 1 (Monday, August 21, 2017): Introduce Yourself #insixwords Challenge

Books Read: 0
Pages Read: 0
Notes:  I haven't been able to read anything today since I was too busy preparing for the eclipse (which was awesome)!!!

Day 2 (Tuesday, August 22, 2017): Synopsis Rewrite Challenge

Books Read: 1 (Made You Up by Francesca Zappia)
Pages Read: 70 pages (pages 110 -180)
Notes:  YAY! I've managed to read in a good number of pages in this book!  I'm really getting into this book and I can't wait to see what happens between Alex and Miles!

Day 3 (Wednesday, August 23, 2017): Book Spine Rainbow Challenge

Books Read: 0
Pages Read: 0
Notes:  Unfortunately, I didn't get any reading done today since we were celebrating my mom's birthday and we were watching movies all day!  Hopefully, I'll read some more pages tomorrow!

Day 4 (Thursday, August 24, 2017): If you like this, try that Challenge

Books Read: 1
Pages Read: 80 pages (pages 180 - 260)
Notes:  Yay! I've read more pages today than I did the other day! I'm really reading through this book! It's just so interesting in not only seeing the growing relationship between Miles and Alex, but also the mystery with Principal McCoy and Celia, the head cheerleader!
Challenge: If you like Lisa Kleypas's works, then try Julia Quinn's works!

Day 5 (Friday, August 25, 2017): Leave a Book Review Challenge

Books Read: 0
Pages Read: 0
Notes:  SODA CITY COMIC CON!

Day 6 (Saturday, August 26, 2017): Love to Hate Challenge

Books Read: 0
Pages Read: 0
Notes:  SODA CITY COMIC CON!

Day 7 (Sunday, August 27, 2017): FREE DAY!

Books Read: 1
Pages Read: 58 pages (pages 260 - 318)  
Notes:  Unfortunately, I wasn't able to finish this book for this challenge and that was mostly because I was at the Soda City Comic Con for most of the weekend, so I didn't have anytime to read!  

Overall, I haven't been able to get much reading done this week due to me attending a comic con convention this weekend.

If you want to learn more about my adventures at the Soda City Comic Con, check out the photos HERE.

Bout of Books Readathon #20 Sign Up!

Hey fellow book bloggers!  It's time for another Bout of Books readathon, which will start on August 21st - August 27th!  I have always enjoyed doing this readathon and I'm hoping to complete at least one chapter book during this readathon! 

If you want to join in the fun, sign up HERE.

Bout of Books (19) Wrap Up!

Hello everyone! Here's my wrap up post for the 19th annual Bout of Books Readathon!  Even though I didn't finish the book I was reading "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas, I still got a kick out of reading through this book that has been on my shelf for many years and I 'm still kicking myself for not reading this book sooner!  Let's hope I do better on the next Bout of Books readathon!

Day 1 (Monday, May 8, 2017)

Books Read: 0

Pages Read: 0

Total Pages Read: 0

Notes:  I hadn't actually gotten a chance to read "Throne of Glass" for today, but I will tomorrow!

Challenge: Introduce Yourself #insixwords

Day 2 (Tuesday, May 9, 2017)

Books Read:  1 (Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas)

Pages Read:  12 pages (pages 36-48)

Total Pages Read: 12

Notes:  YAY! I finally dived back into "Throne of Glass!"  This is actually less pages than I thought I was going to read, but hopefully I'll catch up tomorrow!

Challenge:  Not a Font: Share a book cover where illustrations are part of the typography for the title.

Day 3 (Wednesday, May 10, 2017)

Books Read: 1 (Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas)

Pages Read: 22 pages (pages 48 - 70)

Total Pages Read: 34 pages

Notes:  Yay! I actually got much further today than yesterday, although I still wanted to read up to 100 pages a day, but this book is really getting good and I can't wait to see more adventures of Celeana! 

Challenge: Share Your Shelfie

Share a picture of your books/shelves/nightstand/e-library/wherever you keep your books on Twitter, Instagram, or on this post. Use the hashtags #boutofbooks and #shelfie4boutofbooks

Day 4 (Thursday, May 11, 2017)

Books Read: 1 (Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas)

Pages Read: 3 pages (pages 70 - 73)

Total Pages Read: 37 pages

Notes:  Unfortunately, I wasn't able to read as many pages today as I wanted since I fell asleep as soon as I got home, but hopefully I'll be able to read more tomorrow!

Challenge: Character Dating Profile

Create a dating profile for your favourite literary character. Where are they from? What are they looking for? What are their likes and dislikes?

Day 5 (Friday, May 12, 2017)

Books Read: 1 (Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas)

Pages Read: 7 pages (pages 73 - 80)

Total Pages Read: 44 pages

Notes:  A bit more today, but I still haven't read over 100 pages from this book yet.

Challenge: Book Spine Rainbow

 Take a selection of your favorite book spines to make a rainbow! Share on Twitter or Instagram with the hashtag #bookspinerainbow and #boutofbooks, or share your picture in the comments below!

Day 6 (Saturday, May 13, 2017)

Books Read: 1 (Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas)

Pages Read: 50 pages (pages 80 - 130)

Notes: YAY!!! This is like the highest number of pages I had read from this book and this book just continues to get even more interesting!

Total Pages Read: 94 pages

Challenge: Seasons of Books

Choose 4 books, each representing a different season. Spring, summer, winter, and autumn. What was your reason for choosing each book? Color of the cover, title, character attitude, setting, or overall theme/feeling of the work? Share your selections on Twitter or Instagram using the hashtag #seasonsofbooks and #boutofbooks, or share your selections in the comments below!

Day 7 (Sunday, May 14, 2017)

Books Read: 1 (Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas)

Pages Read: 20 pages (pages 130- 150)

Total Pages Read:  114 pages

Notes: Unfortunately, I wasn't able to finish this book for this readathon, but at least I was able to make it farther into this book and I really enjoyed the challenge of reading through the books I needed to read in the first place!

Challenge: No challenge -- squeeze in a few extra minutes of reading!

Bout of Books Readathon #19 Sign Up!

Hey fellow book bloggers!  It's time for another Bout of Books readathon, which will start on May 8 - May 14th!  I have always enjoyed doing this readathon and I'm hoping to complete at least one chapter book during this readathon!

If you want to join in the fun, sign up HERE.

Bout of Books #18 Readathon Wrap Up!

 

Day 1 (Monday, January 2, 2017)

Books Read: 1

Pages Read: 50 (page 20 - 70)

Notes:  I was finally able to read some more from "Alice" by Christina Henry and I'm really enjoying this book so far!  I'm hoping to finish this book during this challenge!

Challenge: Introduce Yourself #insixwords

Day 2 (Tuesday, January 3, 2017)

Books Read: 1

Pages Read: 30 (pages 70 - 100)

Notes: 20 pages lesser than yesterday, but hopefully, tomorrow will panned out better.

Challenge: 2017 in a Picture

Day 3 (Wednesday, January 4, 2017)

Books Read: 1

Pages Read: 80 (pages 100 - 180) 

Notes: Wow!  This is probably the highest number of pages I've read for this book!  I think I might actually finish this book before the challenge ends, because it's just getting so good and I seriously can't put this book down!

Challenge: Book to Movie

Day 4 (Thursday, January 5, 2017)

Books Read: 1

Pages Read: 70 (pages 180 - 250) 

Notes: Seriously, for the first book of the year, this is some pretty high rated stuff!  I think I will probably wrap up this book tomorrow since it's just too good to put down now!

Challenge: Book Spine Poetry

Day 5 (Friday, January 6, 2017)

Books Read: 1

Pages Read: 41 (pages 250- 291) FINISHED!!!

Notes: Just finished this book and I LOVED IT!  I was quite surprised that I ended up liking this book despite the strong rape and violent themes, but it was told in a way that I sympathized with the characters' situation and I just loved the darker and edgier take on this story!

Challenge: If you like this, try this...

Day 6 (Saturday, January 7, 2017)

Books Read: 0

Pages Read: 0

Notes: N / A

Challenge: FREE DAY!

Day 7 (Sunday, January 8, 2017)

Books Read: 0

Pages Read: 0

Notes: N / A

Challenge: FREE DAY!

* I've managed to read one book, which was Alice by Christina Henry and I really enjoyed it, despite the strong rape and violent scenes.  I was going to read another book after Alice, but I wasn't able to, but the fact that I still completed one book during this readathon was still a huge accomplishment! 

My Review of Alice!