Bout of Books 8.0: Wrap-Up!!

Hello everyone!!

Welcome to my Wrap-Up post for

Bout of Books 8.0!

This was the best I have done so far in a Read-A-Thon!

I finished 1.25 books!

My goal was 1 book so I am happy with that.

I read 100+ pages of

Icons (Icons #1) by Margaret Stohl

and completed

The Earth Dwellers (Dwellers #4) by David Estes.

I participated in a few challenges and tried

to post on blogs daily. 

If you want to see my progress as it went along,

here are my separate posts.

Bout of Books Announcement/Sign-Up Post

Goals Post

Day 2 - Update

Day 3 -  Update

Day 4 - Update

Day 5 - Update

So, how did you do?

I would love to know!

Day 5: Bout of Books 8.0 Update

Hello everyone!

Welcome to Day 5 of Bout of Books 8.0!

Here is an update on how I am doing so far...

Currently Reading: The Earth Dwellers (Dwellers #4) by David Estes

Percentage/Pages Read: Started at 20% for today; ended at 40%!!

Books Completed: 1 - Icons (Icons #1) by Margaret Stohl

The Day #in6words: We are the champions, my friends.

Challenges Completed: 0

Blogs commented on: 10

So, how are you doing!

Day 4: Bout of Books 8.0 Update

Hello!

Welcome to the 4th day of Bout of Books 8.0!

Here is the update on how I did for Day 3...

Currently reading:

The Earth Dwellers (Dwellers #4) by David Estes








Percentage/Pages Read: I went from 7% on The Earth Dwellers to 20%!!!

Books Completed: Icons (Icons #1) by Margaret Stohl

The day #in6words: Nobody puts Baby in a corner!

Challenge completed: TBR by Musings of a Bookshop Girl

Blogs commented on: 0

So, how did you do?

Day 3: Bout of Books 8.0 Update

Hello!

Welcome to the 3rd day of Bout of Books!

Here is how I did on Day 2...

Currently reading:

 The Earth Dwellers (Dwellers #4) by David Estes

Percentage/Pages read: I finished Icons by Margaret Stohl. Read from page 317 to 428! 100+ pages!
I am also just about 7% into The Earth Dwellers!

Books completed: Icons (Icons #1) by Margaret Stohl

The day #in6words: I'm trying to keep on truckin!

Challenges completed: Re-Title it @ Music Plus Books

Blogs commented on:
1. Reading The Paranormal
2. Queen Ella Bee Reads
3. Book Beats
4. Gaga Over Books
5. I Read, Ergo I Write
6. You Book Me All Night Long
7. Heydor Reads
8. A Librarian's Library
9. Bemused Bookworm
10. A Daydreamer's Thoughts

Whew!

I'm doing better than I usually do so that's awesome!

How are you doing??

Bout of Books 8.0 - Day 2

Welcome to Day 2 of Bout of Books 8.0!!

This post will review how I am doing on my goals.

Monday August 19, 2013

Currently reading:

Icons (Icons #1) by Margaret Stohl

Format: Hardcover

Percentage/pages read: I read in spurts of time yesterday. I am positive I met my hour a day goal if you add them all up. LoL. I think I read about 100+ pages yesterday. I ended on page 317 last night. 

Books completed: Zilch at this time.

The Day in 6 words: Try not, only do. Wise Yoda.

Challenges Completed: I completed 1 challenge. 

Bookish Bucket List @ Sarah Says Read

Blogs commented on: Only commented on 1 blog yesterday. Awful! I'm gonna try to double up today if that is humanly possible! 

So, how did you do?

I would love to know so please comment!!

Goals: Bout of Books 8.0

Hello all!

Welcome to my Goal Post for 

Bout of Books 8.0!

Bout of Books is a no pressure Read-A-Thon

that will be running from Aug 19-25, 2013.

There are challenges, giveaways and a grand prize!

You can sign up HERE!

And then add your Goal Post HERE!

So, I have participated in a few Bout of Books

and I usually fail miserably.

Something happens every time where I 

don't meet my goals...

So, this time I am setting them very low!

Time Devoted to Reading:

I am going to try to read at least an hour a day. (Hopefully more!)

My Goals:

To finish at least one book during the Read-A-Thon.

Comment on at least 25 blogs a day.

Participate in at least one challenge.

My Reading List:

The Earth Dwellers (Dwellers #4) by David Estes

If I finish that I would like to read

You Are Mine (Mine #1) by Janael Falor

I have decided that I will do a daily update post 

rather than going back to the original goal post. 

Here is the info I will be updating...

Currently Reading:

Percentage read:

Books finished:

The day in 6 words:

Challenges Completed:

Blogs commented on:

I am REALLY looking forward to this Read-A-Thon!

Hope to see you there!

Bout of Books 8.0: Read-A-Thon Aug 19-25, 2013

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 19th and runs through Sunday, August 25th 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 8.0 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

Hi all! This is my Sign-Up post for Bout of Books 8.0!

I'm not sure books I will be reading yet.

I do know I will be reading blogs like crazy though!

Why?

Because I was selected as a Bout of Books Expert!

I'm so excited to see what everyone will be reading!

Here is the schedule so far...

Challenges/Giveaways

Monday 8/19
Bookish Bucket List -- Sarah Says Read
Pairathon -- Book Pairing

Tuesday 8/20
Re-Title It -- Music Plus Books

Wednesday 8/21
TBR List Challenge -- Musings of a Bookshop Girl
Book Spine Poetry -- Such a Novel Idea

Thursday 8/22
Book Road Trip -- In Wonderland
I Spy... -- Paperback Dreamer

Friday 8/23
Bookish Mad Libs -- The Space Between


Saturday 8/24
Bookish Wishes -- Kelsey's Cluttered Bookshelf
Acrostic Book Poem -- I Read, Ergo I Write

Sunday 8/25
New Bout of Books Blogs -- Little Lovely Books


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

Monday: 1pm CST (TZC)
Wednesday: 8pm CST (TZC)
Saturday: 10am CST (TZC)

Readathon: Bout of Books 6.0

Hello all!
It's time again for Bout of Books!!
Here are some details from the BoB 6.0 Team:

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

I am not sure which books I am going to read yet, 

but would like to complete at least two!

I know that doesn't sound like much,

but well, it is to me. LoL

Here are some books I desperately need to finish.

[Click image to go to Goodreads page]

From Left to Right:
1. Shadowhunters and Downworlders by Cassandra Clare
2. Talisman of El by Alecia Stone
3. Stone of Darkness by Resa Nelson
3.5 (No Pic) The Dragon's Egg by Resa Nelson
4. Dash and Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn

Below is where I will update my progress in BoB 6.0.

Below that is the schedule for BoB.

Let's do this thing ya'll.

UPDATES
1/7
Number of books I’ve read today: .1
Total number of books I’ve read: .1
Books read: Nexus (Nexus #1) by Ramez Naam
Today #insixwords: This book blew my socks off!
Final Tally: 1
Review HERE!

1/8
Number of books I’ve read today: 25 %
Total number of books I’ve read: 1.25
Books read: Nexus by Ramez Naam, Talisman of El by Alecia Stone
Today #insixwords: Hard to get into new book. 
Final Tally: 1.25

1/9
Number of books I’ve read today:
Total number of books I’ve read:
Books read:
Today #insixwords:
Things I learned on Twitter:
Final Tally:

1/10
Number of books I’ve read today:
Total number of books I’ve read:
Books read:
Today #insixwords:
Things I learned on Twitter:
Final Tally:

1/11
Number of books I’ve read today:
Total number of books I’ve read:
Books read:
Today #insixwords:
Things I learned on Twitter:
Final Tally:

1/12
Number of books I’ve read today:
Total number of books I’ve read:
Books read:
Today #insixwords:
Things I learned on Twitter:
Final Tally:

1/13
Number of books I’ve read today:
Total number of books I’ve read:
Books read:
Today #insixwords:
Things I learned on Twitter:
Final Tally:

I am so embarrassed of my EPIC FAIL! 

Oh well, do better next time. 

Official #boutofbooks 6.0 Schedule

This schedule can also be found on the Schedule page.

Challenges/Giveaways

Monday1/7

Scientific Discovery - The Book Barbies

Tuesday 1/8

Guess the Cover - Never Too Fond of Books

Favorite/Funniest Cover - Ms. Buff's Blog

Wednesday 1/9

Page 48 Challenge - Booking In Heels

Thursday 1/10

Book Spine Poetry - Escape Through the Pages

Vampires in Popular Fiction - The One with Rachel's Book

Friday 1/11

Rewrite the Synopsis - A Daydreamer's Thoughts

Saturday 1/12

Name Your Book Crack - Bookgoonie

Bookish Dress Up - Nyx Book Reviews 

Sunday 1/13

The New Year Resolution Challenge - Ex Libris

Twitter Chats

(chats last approximately one hour)

TZC = Time Zone Conversion 

Monday: 1pm CST (TZC)

Wednesday: 8pm CST (TZC)

Saturday: 10am CST (TZC)

Bout of Books 5.0 Wrap-Up

Sadly, Bout of Books 5.0 is finished.

Happily, I met my goals!!

You can view my daily progress HERE.

My goal was to read 2-3 books.

I ended up reading about 2.5!

That is great for me.

I only ended up reading one book 

that was on my actual reading list.

The other two were calling my name though!

I read 

1. City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare

2. The Assassin and the Pirate Lord (Throne of Glass #0.1) by Sarah J. Maas

3. 50% of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

I participated in 2 challenges.
The Candy Challenge by BookSmartie
Book Spine Poetry Haiku by bookgoonie (I was too late to enter the Giveaway but did it anyways!)

I didn't make it on Twitter much. But I did try to visit as many blogs as possible. I found some really great blogs too.

So, how did you do?

I can't wait until Bout of Books 6.0!

Bout of Books 5.0 Goals (8.13.12 - 8.19.12)

It's time for the...
Bout of Books 5.0 read-a-thon!

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 13th and runs through Sunday, August 19th 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 information, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. 

- From the Bout of Books 5.0 Team

Welcome to my Goals Post!

Instead of making a new post everyday,

I will simply update this post. 

Also, I will try to update on 

Goodreads, Facebook and Twitter!

TIME DEVOTED TO READING: I'm going to try for the whole week!

MY GOALS: This is sad, but I am not a fast reader.

Generally, I read about a book a week.

 So, I am shooting for 2-3 books.

BOOKS TO CHOOSE FROM:

Crimson Midnight by Amos Cassidy

City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare

The Seven Gifts that came to Earth by John Mellor

Son of Rage and Love by Thomas Raymond

The Iron Knight by Julie Kagawa

UPDATES:

Monday

Number of books I've read today: 0
Number of pages or % read: 153 pages

Total # of books I've read: 0

Books: City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare. 

Today in #insixwords: Clary, Jace and Sebastian, Oh My!

Tuesday

Number of books I've read today: 0 done yet :(

Number of pages or % read: Only 68 pages today. 
Total # of books I've read: 0 

Books: City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare

Today in #insixwords: Stupid Dentist. You take too long!

Wednesday

Number of books I've read today: 0

Total # of books I've read: 0
Number of pages or % read: I'm not gonna go there. It will make me sad.

Books: City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare

Today #insixwords: Fail. Fail. Fail. Fail. Fail. Failure.

Thursday

Number of books I've read today: 0

Total # of books read: 0
Number of pages or % read: 100 pages. Whew!

Books: City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare

Today #insixwords: How is it already Thursday!?! Damn.
Challenges: Candy Challenge by BookSmartie

Friday

Number of books I've read today: 1

Total # of books read: 1

Books: City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare

Today #insixwords: I finally freaking finished it! Yay!!

Saturday

Number of books I've read today: 0.5

Total # of books read: 1.5

Books: City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare (FINISHED!) 53% of The Assassin and the Pirate Lord by Sarah J. Maas

Today #insixwords: I am on a roll now!
Challenge: Book Spine Haiku at BookGoonie! I am late for this, but I am going to post it here anyways because it was fun! Here is my Haiku. 

The Unseen Plan B.

Slam! Pandemonium Hell.

A Dirty Job, Fool.

Let me know what you thought! Sorry the pics not that great.

Sunday

Number of books I've read today: 0.5

Total # of books read: 2!!

Books: City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare (FINISHED!) 53% of The Assassin and the Pirate Lord by Sarah J. Maas

Today #insixwords: Goals met! I am the bomb!

Challenge: BoB 4.0 - This or That

As you have probably figured out, I am participating in the Bout of Books 4.0 Challenge. Today is the second day and there is a giveaway posted on the blog of Nyx Book Reviews. To enter, you could either share a book story or answer the following questions. I chose the questions! So here goes nothing.

This or That

1. Physical or e-book - Physical
2. Paperback or Hardcover - Hardcover
3. Reality or Make Believe - Make Believe
4. Adult or Young Adult - YA
5. Dog Ears or Bookmarks - Bookmarks!
6. Breaking the Spine or Barely opening book - Barely opening book
7. Tea or Coffee - Coffee
8. Reading in bed or on the couch - Couch
9. Series or Standalone - Series
10. Original or TV Adaptation - Original
11. Defy Motion Sickness or Audiobooks - Defy Motion Sickness
12. Author Crushes or Who-was-that-guy-again?  - Author Crushes (Neil Gaiman!)
13. Interview or Guest Post - Guest Post

What would you choose if you had to do so?

Challenge: Bout of Books 4.0 Goals

Hello to all!

I just signed up for Bout of Books 4.0!

I have never participated in a Read-A-Thon before so I am excited to use this as my kick in the butt to read all the books I need to review! I have signed up to review tons of books because I can't pick just one. Plus, I am in love with my new Kindle still, so this is perfect timing. I will post updates to my blog, Facebook, Twitter and GoodReads. Wish me luck!

Here is a link to more information about Bout of Books 4.0!

My Goals:

I will try to read/review all of these books.

"Nette" by Barbara Rayne

"Pandora's Key" (The Key Trilogy #1) by Nancy Richardson Fischer

"The Twenty" (Barronlands trilogy) by Claudia Carozza

"Amaranthine" by Tricia Rigli

"Morning Star" (Ethos #1) by Desiree Finkbeiner

"Letters In Cardboard Boxes" by Abby Slovin

UPDATES

5/14

Number of books I’ve read today: 0

Total number of books I’ve read: 0

Books: Currently Reading "Nette" by Barbara Rayne

5/15

Number of books I’ve read today: 0

Total number of books I’ve read: 0

Books: I got a late start, but so far, 67% of "Nette" by Barbara Rayne on Kindle and I just started a hardcover of "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth!!! "Insurgent" wasn't on my list but I need an actual book to read! All the ones I listed on my Goals are e-books. Well, at some point ya gotta charge the damn Kindle!

Today #insixwords: America's Got Talent completely distracted me.

5/16

Number of books I’ve read today: 1

Total number of books I’ve read: 1  :(

Books: Nette by Barbara Rayne (review to come)

Today #in7words: Life gets in the way of progress. 

5/17

Number of books I’ve read today: Nada. 

Total number of books I’ve read: 1

Books: Nette by Barbara Rayne 

Today #insixwords: Too busy to read. So aggravated!

5/18

Number of books I’ve read today: 0

Total number of books I’ve read: 1

Books: "Nette" 

Today #insixwords: There is just not enough time.

5/19

Number of books I’ve read today: 106 pages of "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth

Total number of books I’ve read: 1.25

Books: "Nette" and "Insurgent"

Today #insixwords: Insurgent is an amazing book. Yay!

5/20

Number of books I’ve read today: .50

Total number of books I’ve read: 1.50

Books: "Nette" and "Insurgent"

Today #insixwords: Oops. I am two days late.