Hi all. I am participating in the Bout of Books.
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 7th and runs through Sunday, January 13th 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 6.0 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. -From the Bout of Books 6.0 team
Here are my goals. They might look pretty light, but with everything going on in life right now, they're manageable.
TIME DEVOTED TO READING
I will read 20 minutes a day all week. I usually read at bedtime, so I will scale back on the internet and read more this week.
MY GOALS
- Finish The Four Queens: The Provencal Sister who Ruled Europe by Nancy Goldstone. This is the first book I am reading for 2013.
- Begin The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. This book has been on my TBR shelf for so long. It's time to finally start reading it.
BOOKS TO READ
- The Four Queens: The Provencal Sister who Ruled Europe by Nancy Goldstone
- The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
UPDATES
Monday
I turned off the computer at about 9 pm and read for about a half-hour.
Number of pages I've read today: I read from page 88 to 123.
Books: The Four Queens: The Provencal Sister who Ruled Europe by Nancy Goldstone
Tuesday
I didn't feel well this evening so I did a lot of reading. Hopefully, I'll finish this book tomorrow night and start on Pillars of the Earth.
Number of pages I've read today: 78
Total number of books I've read: 0
Books: The Four Queens: The Provencal Sister who Ruled Europe by Nancy Goldstone
Wednesday
I'd hoped to get more read last night, perhaps even finish but it didn't happen. Hopefully, I can finish it tonight so I can start of Pillars of the Earth.
Number of pages I've read today: 6
Total number of books I've read: 0
Books: The Four Queens: The Provencal Sister who Ruled Europe by Nancy Goldstone
Thursday
I did much better, but got a later start than I wanted to so I didn't finish the book. With only about 60 pages to go, hopefully I can finish it tonight..
Number of books I've read today: 41
Total number of books I've read: 0
Books: The Four Queens: The Provencal Sister who Ruled Europe by Nancy Goldstone
Friday
Very soon I will finish my book and start the other one. However, it will not be tonight.
Number of pages I've read today: 10
Total number of books I've read: 0
Books: The Four Queens: The Provencal Sister who Ruled Europe by Nancy Goldstone
Saturday
I was bad last night. I spent the evening catching up on Season 2 of Downton Abbey instead of reading.
Number of pages I've read today: 2
Total number of books I've read: o
Books: The Four Queens: The Provencal Sister who Ruled Europe by Nancy Goldstone
Sunday
Well, I didn't get as much reading done this weekend, or this week as I wanted to. I didn't finish my book and I never started Pillars of the Earth. Life just got in the way. However, it was fun to participate in the challenge. I will probably finish The Four Queens later this week since I only have about 40 pages left.
Number of pages I've read today: 10
Total number of books I've read: 0
Books: The Four Queens: The Provencal Sister who Ruled Europe by Nancy Goldstone
11 comments:
Great start to the week, hope you enjoy your Bout of Books reading.
Good luck for the rest of the week and Happy Reading! ^^
Pillars of the earth is one of my favourites. I hope you enjoy it too.
Ive heard good things about Pillars of Earth from multiple sources, but I haven't read it yet.
Re: Goals - You can always add more if you need to!
Happy Reading!
Hope you keep getting that bedtime reading time. I am not a great historical reader myself preferring contemporary. But occasionally enjoy a historical.
I usually get my reading time in when waiting for my daughter to get out of school in the pick up line. We have to get there pretty early with the driveway set up. Good luck with all your reading
Sorry you didn't feel so well yesterday. :( Hopefully you felt better today and got some reading in!
Hope you're feeling better now! Your book sounds fascinating - and I REALLY should finally pick up 'Pillars of the Earth' at some point. It's been on my TBR shelves for far too long! :)
Happy reading for day 4!
Ellie @ Musings of a Bookshop Girl
I usually read before bed too, I just feel like I've forgotten something if I don't! I just couldn't get into Pillars of the Earth, even though it should have been something I liked. I may have to try it again sometime, I might have just not been in the mood then. Good luck this week!
That sounds like a lot of fun. I like that you are not competing against anyone but yourself. I really need to get more reading in. I want to hit 50 books this year, and I haven't even finished my first. I'm dropping by from Our Everyday Harvest's blog hop. I hope you can drop by and say hello.
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Great job! I'm always looking forward to these readathons, but things seems to come up during them! :D
-heather/bookstacksondeck
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