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Saturday, 17 May 2014

Reading Reading Reading; Bout of Books 10 Goals and Updates

I’m going to try and read for two hours a day and achieve a minimum of 250 pages a day if all works out I’d like to get 1000 pages read and 3 books minimally. If I can put on my big girl pants over the week then I’d like to finish a book a day but with TAFE assignments coming to there due dates I’m not sure how well this will turn out. I also want to participate in some of the event during then week and most importantly have FUN!

Most importantly here I’m going to read, if you click on any of the covers
it will take you to the goodreads page for the book. All up I’ve given myself 9
books to pick from just in case I’m not feeling one or want a particular type of book.
This is something I irritated myself with me last Bout of Books

12/5

Books I've read today: The Demon King - Cinda Williams Chima
Total number of books I've read: 1
Pages read: 506 pages
Final Tally: 1 book, 506 pages

13/5

Books I've read today: The 5th Wave - Rick Yancey

Total number of books I've read: 2

Pages read: 457 pages

Final Tally: 2 books, 981 pages

14/5

Books I've read today: Nothing ):

Total number of books I've read: 2

Pages read: 0

Final Tally: 2 books, 981 pages

15/5

Books I've read today: Splintered - A. G Howard

Total number of books I've read: 3

Pages read: 371 pages

Final Tally:3 books, 1352 pages

16/5

Books I've read today:Unhinged - A. G Howard

Total number of books I've read: 4

Pages read: 400 pages

Final Tally: 4 books, 1752 pages

17/5

Books I've read today:

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18/5

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Friday, 9 May 2014

Guess What? It’s Bout of Books Time Again!

What time is it? It’s reading till my eyes hurt time! (High School Musicical was just on telly and I may or may not have been singing along) But seriously it’s time for Bout of Books 10!

For all the details here the doodad from the Bout of Books website.

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 12th and runs through Sunday, May 18th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure, and the only reading competition is between you and your usual number of books read in a week. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 10 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog.

I hope you will all take part in this great read-a-thon! Let me know in the comments what your reading goals are for the the week.

Friday, 10 January 2014

Bout of Books 9.0 - Book Spines Challenge

Today's challenge for day 5 was deceptively fun yet super challenging! Its called the Book Spines Challenge as a head nod to its creator The Book Spines. For this challenge all you had to do was create a poem using books spines. Poetry has never been my thing but it seemed like a good laugh to try.

My poem is the world was perfect would have some added words but you give and take when you make terrible poetry. In my head I read it as The indelible perks of being a wallflower across the universe and under the never sky cause a fragile eternity. I have doubts this is poetry, maybe a very short narrative but don't tell anyone.

What would your book spine poem say?

Tuesday, 7 January 2014

Bout of Books 9.0 - Reading Tactics Challenge

Todays first Bout of Books challenge is something I love! Reading tactics! Ways to cram more pages into a day. Todays challenge is hosted by Sarah Says Read who seems awesome. Anyone that has a nice simple challenge is my friend. Todays challenge is to answer a simply question.

How do you fit in as much reading as possible during Bout of Books? How do you squeeze in those extra pages?

I do lots of small things to try and cram in more pages. If I have to go out anywhere I take my books with me in my bag, when I'm in the car I read as well (only when I'm not driving) I also take baths instead of showers so I can sneak in more pages. All in all I usually just spend the week with a book in my hand.

Bout of Books 9.0 Updates

To make things a little bit easier to read and follow I've decided to put all my updates on a separate page with a slightly edited template from Bout of Books, each day my goal is going to be to read 143 pages so by the end of the week I've read over 1000 pages. I also want to try and finished all my books but who know if that will happen.

6/1

Books I’I've read today: An Abundance of Katherines - John Green
Total number of books I've read: 1

Pages read: 226
Things I learned on Twitter: People are wonderful!
Final Tally: One Book, 226 pages.

7/1

Books I've read today: Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident - Eoin Colfer

Total number of books I've read: 2

Pages read: 288
Things I learned on Twitter: People have good taste in books

Final Tally: 2 Books, 514 pages.

8/1

Books I've read today: Imaginary Girls - Nova Ren Suma

Total number of books I've read: 3

Pages read: 346
Things I learned on Twitter: Yarn groups exist

Final Tally: 3 Books, 860 pages.

9/1

Books I've read today: Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children
- Ransom Riggs

Total number of books I've read: 3

Pages read: 146

Things I learned on Twitter: Its a wonderful distraction

Final Tally: 3 Books, 1006 pages!
(I reached my page goal for the week)

10/1

Books I've read today: Miss Peregrines Home For Peculiar Children
- Ransom Riggs

Total number of books I've read: 4

Pages read: 206

Things I learned on Twitter: People share my hate for Cersei

Final Tally: 4 Books, 1,212 pages

11/1

Books I've read today: The Darkest Minds - Alexandra Bracken

Total number of books I've read: 4

Pages read: 163

Things I learned on Twitter: I didn't really check twitter (opps)

Final Tally: 4 Books, 1,375 pages

12/1

Books I've read today: The Darkest Minds - Alexandra Bracken

Total number of books I've read: 5

Pages read: 365

Things I learned on Twitter: People are so incredibly kind and helpful

Final Tally: 5 Books, 1,740 pages

The stats for the last 2 updates might not be 100% correct I had a little bit of a situation with saving this post I did read and finish the books but I didn't write down the exact pages other than on the original post.

All in all I'm so happy with everything I accomplished in over the week, I completed my goal of finishing 1,000 pages! I did go off my TBR but i read 3 of the 5 books on it so I'm giving myself a pass. I did some of the challenges set each day and most importantly had so much fun and met a bunch of great bloggers.

How'd you do during the week ?

Monday, 6 January 2014

Bout of Books - Book Buying Spree Challenge

Each day of the read-a-thon Bout of Books has challenges hosted by wonderful people. Today's challenge is a great one something that every book lover does frequently(I know I do)! It's the Book Buying Spree hosted by Bookish Comforts

The Challenge

Imagine if you will: you’ve just received some FANTASTIC news! You have won a $100 book buying spree! Now comes the hard part though: what books will you buy?! For this challenge, you’ll be creating your book buying spree wishlist, and sharing it in the comments.

The List

My list has a lot of pre-orders I'm dying to have, as well as some fantasy that looks amazing. What's would you pick if you had $100 guilt free dollars to go nuts with?

Sunday, 5 January 2014

Bout of Books 9.0

As a kick in the bum to officially start my book blog and start my reading year off properly I've decided to join the Bout of Books 9.0

I'd never heard of this great event before, so if your a bit like me here is some information.
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, January 6th and runs through Sunday, January 12th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure, and the only reading competition is between you and your usual number of books read in a week. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 9.0 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

Time devoted to reading

I plan on trying to read for the whole week with the exception of the middle of Monday. Being that we are having a heat wave in Brisbane at the moment I can think of nothing better than sitting in air con and binge reading. I'm also currently on holidays so hopefully I'll be able to achieve my goals.

Reading goals

My goals for the week are not to crazy but they are slightly more than what I would normally read so I'm going to try and read 4 books and possible finish 2 others if I have time.