read-a-thon

May

12

Bout of Books 7.0: Goals

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The Bout of Books is on again! It starts this coming Monday and there’s still plenty of time to sign up.

Here’s a bit of info about the 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, May 13th and runs through Sunday, May 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 7.0 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. -From the Bout of Books team

This will be the fourth BoB I’ve participated in! I’ve really enjoyed it each time, especially all the twitter chat and discovering new blogs to read. I’ll be updating this post each day with my progress.

Make sure you visit the official blog to see all the events that will be going on around the blogs and on Twitter this week!

My Goals

  • Comment on some participating blogs. I say this every time but it’s the most important part of the read-a-thon! Apart from the reading, that is.
  • Read at least one book that has been on my shelf for a while, one review book and one library book.
  • Spend at least two hours each day reading.

Book list

 

Updates

13th
Today’s progress: The Lies of Locke Lamora, Scott Lynch – page 1 – 65
Total pages so far: 65
Comments: I had such grand plans for reading tonight, but then the lil boy didn’t want to go to sleep, and when he finally did we had no choice but to watch the latest Game of Thrones episode ;) Still, between reading on the train and on my lunchbreak, 65 pages isn’t too bad.

Locke Lamora is great so far – such beautiful descriptions of the city (feels a bit Venice-ish) and very exciting early on.

14th
Today’s progress: The Lies of Locke Lamora, Scott Lynch – page 65 – 126, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling – pages 300 – 370
Total pages so far: 196
Comments: Of course, the read-a-thon curse has decided to strike early this week. A mixture of busy-ness and feeling unwell has kept my totals low so far :( On the upside, i got to the yule ball part of Goblet of Fire and couldn’t put it down long after my lil boy was asleep :)

15th
Today’s progress: The Lies of Locke Lamora, Scott Lynch – page 126 – 196
Total pages so far: 266
Comments: The curse continues. Tonight was raid night (yes, I’m still a Wow player), so no reading to be done.

I am quite enjoying Locke Lamora though – I hope one of these days I can devote some time to finishing it! There are quite a lot of devious machinations going on so the pace is a little slower than I expected, but the descriptions, the snarky characters, even the food is amazing in this book. The story jumps back and forward in time which gets confusing from time to time (so to speak).

16th
Today’s progress: The Lies of Locke Lamora, Scott Lynch – page 196 – 294, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling – pages 370 – 405
Total pages so far: 399
Comments: After a reasonably good reading session at lunch and on the train, I was determined to get Locke Lamora finished tonight. Once the Sprout was asleep I snuggled up in bed early to read, and promptly fell asleep. Sigh.

17th
Today’s progress: The Lies of Locke Lamora, Scott Lynch – page 294 – 371, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling – pages 405 – 480
Total pages so far: 551
Comments: Just your usual Friday today. A bit here, a bit there. 

18th
Today’s progress: The Lies of Locke Lamora, Scott Lynch – page 371 – 530 (end), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling – pages 480 – 583
Total pages so far: 813
Comments: Sat in the sunshine today and finished

19th
Today’s progress: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling – pages 583-636 (end)
Total pages so far: 866
Comments: It was a very busy Sunday around here today, but I managed to squeeze in the last few chapters of Goblet of Fire. Wow, what an ending! I’d forgotten how raw it is :(

In all, it was a busy week for me and I didn’t get to get stuck into reading as much as I would have liked. 866 is a respectable total though, so I’m happy enough :)  I hope you had a good reading week!

 

May

01

Clean Sweep ARC Challenge – Goals

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The Clean Sweep ARC Challenge runs between May 1 and 31. It’s hosted by Kimba and Kimberley, and allows us to clean up those ARCs that may have been sitting around for a while. There’s still time to sign up if you’re interested in joining in!

It’s definitely time for a little autumn cleaning around here – I am so far behind on my review books that some of them were published almost a year ago (*blush*).

Here are the review books I’ll be trying to read this month. Almost all of them are e-books:

Then there are these that I received from the authors for review after they were already released. I’m counting them as part of the challenge, since they’re review copies.

I think fourteen books is a high target – if I can get to ten I’ll be stoked.

Best of luck with your clean-up goals!

Apr

19

Random Read-a-thon: Goals

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It’s My Shelf Confessions’ blogaversary and they are having a mini-read-a-thon as part of the celebrations!

There are no rules, just reading for this read-a-thon! I’ve got a stack of books to get through at the moment so we’ll see how far I can get in a few days.

Make sure you visit My Shelf Confessions to see all the guest posts they’ve got planned for this week, as well as enter some amazing giveaways!

I’ll be posting updates on my progress on this post over the weekend.

Book list

If I can get through these three over one weekend, I’ll be so happy!

 

Updates

19th
Today’s progress: These Old Shades, Georgette Heyer – page 142-250
Total pages so far: 108
Comments: Had a busy day at work today so I didn’t get much time to read during the day, but did get a fair bit of time this evening. Loving the characters in this book!

20th
Today’s progress: These Old Shades, Georgette Heyer – page 250-347 (end). The Seers: New World Order, M.D. Kaczowski page 1-58, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, JK Rowling – page 80-156
Total pages so far: 339 (231 today)
Comments: I’m re-reading Harry Potter books while I sit waiting for my Sproutling to go to sleep in the evenings, so I’m gradually making my way through HP3! I finished These Old Shades today – what a romp! I’ve read a couple of Regency novels recently and I’m fascinated by the eccentric people in both French and English society! This was a bookclub read so we’ll be discussing it next week. Certainly a lot more exciting and amusing than some historical fics I’ve read!

21st
Today’s progress: None!
Total pages so far: 339
Comments: So, today I went to the Supanova Expo at the Gold Coast, and thus got absolutely no time to read *ashamed*. I’m now so worn out I’m going to crash, but I think 340 pages is pretty good for me over a  weekend!

 

Feb

08

Wicked Valentine’s Read-a-thon: Goals

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It’s time for the Wicked Wildfire Read-a-thon, except this time, it’s called the Wicked Valentine’s Read-a-thon! You can still sign up until Monday Februrary 11.

Here’s a bit of info about the read-a-thon:

The Wicked Valentine’s Read-A-Thon is a time when we all get together to dedicate the days of February 7-14 to as much reading as possible. You read as much as you can in order to get yourself a little further through that huge to-read pile! We know real life gets in the way and even if you can’t participate more than one day, you’re welcome to join in on the fun!

In the meanwhile, we will be hosting book-related challenges where you can win some awesome prizes and have a Twitter party at the hashtag #WWReadathon! You can posts updates on your blog, Twitter, Goodreads or Facebook — as long as the profile is public and we all can enjoy your reading progress!

(From My Shelf Confessions WWReadathon page)

I’ve only just recovered from the last Read-a-thon I took part in, but I love these events so I thought I’d sign up anyway. There’s always plenty to read!

Make sure you visit My Shelf Confessions to see all the events that will be going on around the blogs and on Twitter this week!

Many of the books I’ve listed are library books that I need to get through to take back. I have a problem with that place, I can never come out with just one book!

Book list

 

Updates

7th
Today’s progress: The Cypher, 78% to end (53 pages). Scarlet, first 6% (28 pages)
Total pages so far: 81
Comments: I am at home looking after Mr Ang after his surgery, and my Sproutling as well. It’s a busy week, but I am finding a bit of time for reading here and there.

8th
Today’s progress: Scarlet, 6-50% (204 pages)
Total pages so far: 285
Comments: I really loved Cinder last year when I read it but because I borrowed it from the library, I couldn’t go back to refresh my memory of what happened! The start of Scarlet picks up right away with very little reminder – I recommend re-reading the end of Cinder before you start this one. Still, it’s difficult to put down :)

9th
Today’s progress: Scarlet, 50% to end (232 pages). The Eyre Affair, pages 1 to 12.
Total pages so far: 529
Comments: I’m not so sure about Scarlet‘s page count – I read the kindle version and it seemed a lot shorter than 464 pages! In any case, I loved it :) Made a small start on The Eyre Affair for bookclub.

10th
Today’s progress: The Eyre Affair, pages 12 to 107.
Total pages so far: 624
Comments: Today was another day at home trying to convince him that going on the toilet is easy. Apparently, it’s not *slump* Anyway, The Eyre Affair is quite clever, but I’m not sure I really like Fforde’s style.

11th
Today’s progress: The Eyre Affair, pages 108 to 231.
Total pages so far: 747
Comments: Back to work for a rest, but not a whole lot of time to read. I’m enjoying The Eyre Affair a lot more now – it’s getting exciting! Must try to finish it tomorrow.

12th
Today’s progress: The Eyre Affair, pages 232 to end (141 pages). Star Wars: Scoundrels pages 1 to 28.
Total pages so far: 916
Comments: The end of The Eyre Affair was great! It kind of grew on me as I went along… I’ll be looking out for the second in this series sooner or later I think. Made a start on the Star Wars book!

13th
Today’s progress: Star Wars: Scoundrels pages 29 to 98 (69 pages).
Total pages so far: 985
Comments: Work sprung a surprise BBQ lunch on us today so no lunchtime reading, but I got a little done on the train each way. Not the most successful end to the week but 985 pages ain’t bad!

 

Jan

14

Bout of Books 6.0: Wrap-up

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Bout of Books Read-a-Thon

The Bout of Books 6.0 is over! How did you go with your goals?

Once again a big well-done and thanks is due to the organisers of the event, Kelly and Amanda. Sit down and put your feet up, ladies (and read a book?)!

I surprised myself this time around by getting much more time to read than I thought would be possible. I got through five books, plus a novella – a grand total of 1763 pages! My full list of goals and daily updates are over at my goals post, if you’re interested.

I didn’t get much of a chance to twitter this time, but I did visit quite a few new (to me) blogs. I love how many people get right into the read-a-thon spirit! Thanks to everyone who visited and left messages over the last week!

And now, I have a mountain of reviews to get through. Look out for reviews of these books coming very soon!

Books I read

 

Under the Never Sky roarandliv throughevernight
lastdragonslayer graceling The Gathering Dark

So… when’s the next one? :D

Jan

05

Bout of Books 6.0: Goals

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Bout of Books Read-a-Thon

The Bout of Books is on again! It starts this coming Monday and there’s still plenty of time to sign up.

Here’s a bit of info about the 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, 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

This will be the third BoB I’ve participated in and this time, I’m really looking forward to reading some books that have been on my pile for a while. I’ll be updating this post each day with my progress.

Make sure you visit the official blog to see all the events that will be going on around the blogs and on Twitter this week!

My Goals

  • Comment on some participating blogs. I say this every time but it’s the most important part of the read-a-thon! Apart from the reading, that is.
  • Read at least one book that has been on my shelf for a while, one review book and one library book. The list below is just a list – I have no intention of getting through all of them, a few of them are over 600 pages!
  • Spend at least two hours each day reading.

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Book list

Add-ins

 

Updates

7th
Today’s progress: Under the Never Sky, Veronica Rossi – page 60 to 376 (end).
Total pages so far: 316.
Comments: I certainly had trouble putting this book down, so.. I didn’t :) I read for about 4 or 5 hours today, at lunch, on the train and at home after my Sproutling was asleep. Theoretically I cheated slightly by starting this book last night ;) Awesome stuff!

8th
Today’s progress: Graceling, Kristin Cashore – pages 1 to 201.
Total pages so far: 517
Comments: I had a bit less time for reading today but still managed to fit in 3 hours or so. I was so looking forward to reading Graceling since so many people have recommended it to me, but so far, I’m not loving it. The romance is quite swoony though, and hopefully the action picks up in the second half.

9th
Today’s progress: Graceling, Kristin Cashore – pages 201 to 352 (end). Roar and Liv (Under the Never Sky #0.5) – 64 pages
Total pages so far: 732
Comments: I actually finished Graceling on my way home from work today, so I gave myself a night off. It didn’t work though – I couldn’t stay away from the Under the Never Sky novella and finished the whole thing. I love Roar, Perry and Liv! I’d love to start the second book tomorrow but I think I’ll have to write a review for UtNS first, otherwise I’ll get mixed up!

10th
Today’s progress: The Last Dragonslayer, Jasper Fford – pages 1 to 119
Total pages so far: 843
Comments: Only managed to spend a couple of hours reading in total today. Also, The Last Dragonslayer hasn’t grabbed me – it’s a bit Harry Potter wizarding world, but also rather silly and not always in a good way. Hopefully it’ll pick up soon.

11th
Today’s progress: The Last Dragonslayer, Jasper Fford – pages 120 to 281 (end). Through the Ever Night (Under the Never Sky #2), Veronica Rossi pages 1 to 60.
Total pages so far: 1064
Comments: The Last Dragonslayer… just didn’t do it for me. The story did get much more exciting as it went on, the characters were just a little flat. I got stuck straight into TtEN once I was finished – nice to be back with Perry and Aria and Roar :)

Getting a little reading burn out, but hopefully reading something I can’t put down will fix that!

12th
Today’s progress: Through the Ever Night (Under the Never Sky #2), Veronica Rossi pages 61 to 352 (end). The Gathering Dark, Leigh Bardugo 308 pages (end).
Total pages so far: 1663
Comments: Well, I fixed my burnout by getting through the rest of Through the Ever Night, then got stuck into The Gathering Dark so much that I finished the whole book. Fantastic stuff! I didn’t think I’d get much of a chance to read this weekend but it’s been an absolutely stinking hot one here so we’ve been bumming around at home in the air-con and trying not to move much!

13th
Today’s progress: Besieged, Rowena Cory Daniells – pages 1 to 90.
Total pages so far: 1753
Comments: I had a bit of a lighter reading day today but my little boy wouldn’t let me leave the room when he was going to sleep tonight so I got into this book. It’s a little different to read some epic fantasy after such a lot of YA – and quite telling when the first chapter is a bit harsh on my soft sensibilities. Harden up, Ang!

Overall I can’t believe how much I’ve managed to read this week! A true read-a-thon week for me! And now, I need a break!

Aug

09

Bout of Books 5.0: Goals

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The Bout of Books Read-a-thon 5.0 is about to start on Monday the 13th! If you’re interested in taking part you can still sign up. Head over to the Bout of Books blog to see the schedule for the events planned for each day of the read-a-thon.

Here’s a bit of info about the event:

“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 5.0 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. -From the Bout of Books 5.0 team”

Even though I’m taking part in the Review Copy Cleanup this month, read-a-thons give a bit more of that much needed motivation! Plus, all the encouragement and general shenanigans on twitter is great fun too.

I’ll be updating this post each day with my progress.

Goals

  • This time I’m aiming for four books, plus the audiobook I’m partway through. Anything after that is a bonus!
  • I’m planning to visit and comment on as many blogs as I can!

Books To Be Read

Extras (if I get to them)

 

Updates

13th
Today’s progress: The White Thread, K.B. Hoyle – 26% to 81% (about 220 pages)
Total number of books I’ve read: None yet!
Comments: I’m really enjoying The White Thread, but not quite as much as the earlier books I’m afraid. I wanted to finish it tonight but didn’t quite make it.

14th
Today’s progress: Finished The White Thread, K.B. Hoyle – 81-100% (about 75 pages)
Total number of books I’ve read: 1
Comments: As usual, the read-a-thon curse has struck and I suddenly have no time to read *aaarrrgh* At least I got this book finished like I wanted to. Was great, but might be suffering slightly from mid-series-itis.

15th
Today’s progress: Seraphina, Rachel Hartman – first 20% (about 65 pages)
Total number of books I’ve read: 1
Comments: Today was a public holiday in Brisbane for the Ekka. You might think this means I had more time to read. You would be wrong. Actually this was partly self-inflicted as once I got the Sproutling down for his nap I decided to do some housework (I know, what the hell is wrong with me?) and got about 1/2 hour to make a start on Seraphina before the Sprout woke up again. I am going to have to sit down and read this book in one go, I can see that now… what a fabulous world and premise!

16th
Today’s progress: Seraphina, Rachel Hartman – 20 – 45% (about 80 pages)
Total number of books I’ve read: 1
Comments: The Curse struck again today – very little time to read :(

17th
Today’s progress: Seraphina, Rachel Hartman – 45 – 78% (about 105 pages)
Total number of books I’ve read: 1
Comments: I really wanted to finish Seraphina today but I actually stayed home to babysit the Sproutling while Mr Ang had the flu. By the time I had time to read in the evening, it was a bit too late to get all the way to the end. So awesome though!

18th
Today’s progress: Finished Seraphina, Rachel Hartman (about 70 pages). Started India Black, Carol K Carr (34 pages)
Total number of books I’ve read: 2
Comments: I loved Seraphina! What a gorgeous world, amazingly detailed characters and even though the story was a little slow to start with, it ended with a bang. Plus, it has dragons, music and a swoony romance – how the hell was I ever not going to love this book to pieces? :D

I was reminded tonight that we have a book club meeting coming up next week and I hadn’t started India Black yet, so I got stuck into it!

19th
Today’s progress: India Black, Carol K Carr (85 pages)
Total number of books I’ve read: 2
Comments: Sunday today and I had a sick little Sproutling who didn’t want to sleep and wanted to be attached to mummy all day. Still, I enjoyed a bit of the rather raunchier-than-expected India Black tonight!

Wrapping up…

This Bout of Books wasn’t quite as successful as the last one I took part in – only two books finished and another halfway through. In my defence, I did have a rather unexpectedly busy week. I took part in one twitter chat and surfed around a few blogs too, and I read around 730 pages. That’s less than half of my total for BoB 4, but I have excuses!

I hope you had a fun week and best of luck catching up on your reviews now!

Aug

01

Review Copy Cleanup: Reading List

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Welcome to August! I’m excited to be taking part in the Review Copy Cleanup this month, since I’m really behind after July! The RCC was created and is hosted by Vicky of Books, Biscuits and Tea and Celine from Nyx Book Reviews.

I thought I’d better write a reading list for the month. My review mountain is made up of a few print books, ebooks from Netgalley and Edelweiss, plus a few I received from their Authors. There’s a very good chance I won’t get to all of them this month, but if I list them all I’ll have a better chance of it. Maybe.

Read: 8 of 22

Netgalley

  • Throne of Glass, Sarah J Maas – I also won a paperback copy from Bloomsbury ANZ. I finished it today and oh my gosh… soooo fantastic! – My review
  • Glitch, Heather Anastasiu – my review
  • Advent, James Treadwell
  • The White Thread, KB Hoyle – for a tour later in the month. – my review
  • Seraphina, Rachel Hartman
  • Shadow of Night, Deborah Harkness – I need to read A Discovery of Witches first – see library books below.
  • Goddess Interrupted, Aimée Carter – These have been in my Netgalley list forever – must get to them.
  • The Goddess Legacy, Aimee Carter
  • White Witch (Coven #1), Trish Milburn
  • Bane (Coven #2), Trish Milburn
  • Stormdancer, Jay Kristoff – I was approved for the galley after already receiving a print ARC from Pan Macmillan Aus. I’m looking forward to getting into this one so much!

Edelweiss

Library

From Author

Other Books

Good lord, that’s 22 books. I’d better get into it.

Jun

19

Wicked Wildfire Read-a-thon: Goals

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The Wicked Wildfire Read-a-thon starts tomorrow and runs until Sunday June 24.

I really enjoyed the Bout of Books read-a-thon so I had to sign up for this one as well. My goals this time are pretty similar – get through some library books and review copies. I am gearing up for my Discover Australian Fantasy feature in July, so I’d like to get through as much of my review backlog as I can before the end of June. We’ll see how far I actually get!

My goal is to finish the books I’m currently reading and to read at least two additional books over the five days of the read-a-thon.

I also plan to visit as many blogs as I can during or after the read-a-thon.

If you’re visiting as part of the read-a-thon, welcome! Have you put yourself on the Big Book Blogger Map yet?

I’ll be posting my daily reading updates here.

Updates

20th
Today’s progress: Water For Elephants, Sara Gruen – page 106 – 200 of 335 (94 pages)
Total number of books I’ve read: None yet!
Comments: I didn’t get much reading done today – my little boy has a cold and didn’t want to go to sleep for the night. Hopefully he will be a bit better tonight!

21st
Today’s progress: Finished Water For Elephants, Sara Gruen – page 201 to 335 (134 pages) + The Long Earth, Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter - 18% to 41% (about 77 pages) = 212 pages
Total number of books I’ve read: 1
Comments: Much better attempt today. I had to finish Water For Elephants at lunchtime – the ending was great :) It’s quite a grim book at times but the circus stories make up for it.

The Long Earth at the moment is more like a collection of various stories with one main storyline popping up every few chapters. It’s getting a bit technical at times and my sleepy brain is having trouble grasping the concepts. It’s very interesting so far, anyway.

22nd
Today’s progress: The Long Earth, Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter – 41% to 73% (just over 100 pages)
Total number of books I’ve read: 1
Comments: The Long Earth thus far is mostly a philosophical imagining of what might happen if suddenly there were an enormous number of parallel Earths available for us to spread out on. It’s very interesting, but not super-exciting. I’m enjoying it, nevertheless.

23rd
Today’s progress: Finished The Long Earth, Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter (about 110 pages) and all of Ada Lovelace: Computer Wizard of Victorian England, Lucy Lethbridge (81 pages of rather large font)
Total number of books I’ve read: 3
Comments: Okay, today I cheated a little by throwing in Ada Lovelace since it’s a children’s book and extremely short, but I borrowed it from the library a couple of weeks ago and had to throw it in somewhere! It was quite sweet – a very good retelling of the events of her life.

The cold I’ve had coming on for a couple of days has finally hit me today so I’m not sure how much I’m going to get read over the rest of the weekend…

24th
Today’s progress: Destiny of the Light, Louise Cusack – the first 21% (about 95 pages).
Total number of books I’ve read: 3
Comments: It was a busy day today plus I have a cold, so I didn’t get a whole lot read, but when my little one wouldn’t go to sleep tonight I sat in there with him and got quite a bit of reading time after all! Very enjoyable so far too!

Totals!

In total I read 3 whole books plus 21% of a fourth – approximately 700 pages. I’m quite pleased with that considering how busy my week ended up being! I hope everyone enjoyed the read-a-thon and met their goals :)

May

21

Bout of Books: Wrap Up

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Bout of Books Read-a-Thon

The Bout of Books Read-a-thon is now over. I’m quite pleased with my progress this week, having got through four of the five books I originally planned to.

The community spirit in this event is fantastic – very encouraging and motivational! Huge thanks to the organisers for putting it all together, especially the twitter chats! I won’t try to name everyone because I’m sure there are more people involved than I know of or can remember, but you all deserve a big round of applause and to put your feet up for a few days at least!

You can see all my daily updates on my original goals post.

Books I Read

The problem with ebooks is that they have no page count so I can’t get a total figure for pages read, but I can sort of approximate – Across the Universe is 398 pages in total and Cinder is 387, so assuming the rest are about the same length that’s over 1500 pages I’ve read. Not too shabby!

Reviews for the other books will be coming soon.

Thoughts on Read-a-Thons

I am now a read-a-thon fan. My to-read pile was staring at me every time I was at a computer or near my desk (where my physical Pile is), but at least now I know that if I put in a few nights of reading, I can make an impression on the Pile before it buries me!

Seven days is a lot of days to be reading in every bit of spare time – I found by the fourth or fifth day I had to take a break and do something else so I didn’t burn out on reading. Sure, I could have read more if I’d really tried, but I’m happy with the progress I did make and I’m not a complete wreck now, at the end of it.

One thing I wanted to do and didn’t really get to was to visit and comment on the blogs of those taking part. Because I wasn’t at my computer much except for at work, I didn’t really get a chance to look at blogs at all. I plan to make up for this by commenting on as many wrap-up or progress posts as I can this week. I also need to write some reviews!

I hope you had a great week and met all of your Bout of Books goals! Perhaps now it’s time to get out for some fresh air :)

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