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Bout of Books 14 Updates

8/18/2015

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Bout of Books
It's Bout of Books time! Normally, I set myself some goals to work towards. But this time I decided to go very low-key. I don't need any more pressure in my life right now. I'll read however much I'll read, and I'll be happy with it!
Monday
Time spent reading: 58 minutes
Number of pages read: 56
Book I read from: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Blogs commented on: Zero (Hopefully I can do a little better with this one today!)
Challenges completed: Zero
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Tuesday
Time spent reading: One hour and 26 minutes
Total time spent reading: Two hours and 24 minutes
Number of pages read: 98
Total number of pages read: 154
Book I read from: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Blogs commented on: Five (yay!)
Challenges completed: Still zero
Wednesday
Time spent reading: Two hours
Total time spent reading: Four hours and 24 minutes
Number of pages read: 143
Total number of pages read: 297
Book I read from: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Blogs commented on: None (Let's just say that it's Friday night and I just now have a chance to post this update. I've been a bit busier than anticipated this week . . .)
Challenges completed: Zero
Thursday
Time spent reading: One hour and 18 minutes
Total time spent reading: Five hours and 42 minutes
Number of pages read: 81
Total number of pages read: 378
Books I read from: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel; This Book Is Overdue! by Marilyn Johnson
Blogs commented on: None (sad)
Challenges completed: None
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Friday
Time spent reading: One hour and 16 minutes
Total time spent reading: Six hours and 58 minutes
Number of pages read: 93
Total number of pages read: 471
Books I read from: This Book Is Overdue! by Marilyn Johnson
Blogs commented on: None (But now it's the weekend! More time for read-a-thoning!)
Challenges completed: None
Saturday
Time spent reading: 42 minutes
Total time spent reading: Seven hours and 40 minutes
Number of pages read: 82
Total number of pages read: 553
Books I read from: This Book Is Overdue! by Marilyn Johnson
Blogs commented on: None (Good thing I had low expectations for my participation in this read-a-thon. . .)
Challenges completed: None
Sunday
Time spent reading: One hour and 11 minutes
Total time spent reading: Eight hours and 51 minutes
Number of pages read: 140
Total number of pages read: 693
Books I read from: This Book Is Overdue! by Marilyn Johnson; Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
Number of books finished: Two
Blogs commented on: None
Challenges completed: None
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That whole teacher-getting-ready-for-school thing hit me hard this week. I was way busier than I thought I would be. Very little commenting and no chance to do a challenge. But I did finish two and a half books, so the week was not a total loss. I still had fun, and I'll definitely still participate in the next Bout of Books!
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Chetana link
8/18/2015 05:24:31 pm

How is Station Eleven? I've been meaning to pick it up so would like to know how you're finding it. And Happy Reading!!

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
8/21/2015 01:43:18 pm

Station Eleven was beautiful and freaky, all at the same time. It was an interesting combination!

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