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Bout of Books 8.0 Updates

8/20/2013

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Bout of Books
I'll be updating this post daily as the week goes on, so check back to see my Bout of Books progress! You can see my goals here.

Monday

Time spent reading: Four hours and 58 minutes
Number of pages read: 224
Number of books finished: One
Books I'm reading from: The River of No Return by Bee Ridgway; Eighty Days by Matthew Goodman
Number of reviews written: 1 / 8
First book finished at: 11:33 a.m.

Tuesday

Time spent reading: Four hours and 12 minutes
Number of pages read: 196
Number of books finished: Zero
Total number of books finished: One
Book I read from (I'm a one-book-at-a-time sort of girl): Eighty Days by Matthew Goodman
Number of reviews written: Zero (oops)
Meals read during: 2 (breakfast and lunch - I figured I should actually talk to my husband during supper)

Wednesday

Time spent reading: One hour and 31 minutes
Number of pages read: 84
Number of books finished: One
Total number of books finished: Two
Books I read from: Eighty Days by Matthew Goodman; The House at the End of Hope Street by Menna van Praag
Number of reviews written: Zero (I'm not doing so well on this goal. . .)
Event that I wish I could have read through: Voter's meeting at church

Thursday

Time spent reading: Four hours and 49 minutes
Number of pages read: 491
Number of books finished: Two
Total number of books finished: Four (goal met!)
Books I read: The House at the End of Hope Street by Menna van Praag; Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Number of reviews written: 5 (woohoo!)
Best interruption of my reading time: A video chat with two of my best friends

Friday

Time spent reading: One hour and 39 minutes
Number of pages read: 136
Number of books finished: Zero
Total number of books finished: Four
Book I read from: Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
Number of reviews written: Zero (sigh)
What I did instead of reading last evening: Went shopping (not a terrible substitute. . .)

Saturday

Time spent reading: 47 minutes
Number of pages read: 57
Number of books finished: One
Total number of books finished: Five
Books I read from: Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote; The J.M. Barrie Ladies' Swimming Society by Barbara J. Zitwer
Number of reviews written: Zero
Major accomplishment of the day: Painting two bedrooms!

Sunday

Time spent reading: Three hours and 3 minutes
Number of pages read: 253
Number of books finished: One
Total number of books finished: Six
Book I read from: The J.M. Barrie Ladies' Swimming Society by Barbara J. Zitwer
Number of reviews written: Zero
Number of different reading spots: Five (couch, bed, dining room chair, kitchen stool, and front porch)

How did I do all together? Check out my wrap-up post to find out!

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Janie E link
8/20/2013 04:17:34 pm

Glad you are having fun and you are making a dent in your goals :) Keep it up!! Happy reading!

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
8/23/2013 04:27:32 pm

Not as much of a dent as I'd like sometimes, but I'm definitely having fun!

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Sharon @ The Book Barbies link
8/23/2013 04:23:08 am

Oh, I love your blog name! So cute!

I like that you're keeping track of how long you're reading each day. What a great idea! And the list of meals you read through made me laugh. :D SO TRUE! I read during almost all my meals during Bout of Books. And sometimes just in normal life, haha.

Good luck with your goals! Glad you're having fun. :)

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
8/23/2013 04:26:52 pm

I'm glad I'm not alone in reading while I eat! When I was a kid, I wasn't allowed to read during meals. I've got to make up for that now!

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Ellie link
8/23/2013 04:24:40 am

Did you enjoy The River of No Return? I have a copy but not sure if I want to read it.

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
8/23/2013 04:24:12 pm

Oh, you definitely should. It's a really interesting take on time travel with great characters. I recommend it!

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Bemused Bookworm link
8/24/2013 06:20:56 pm

A Bat?? What on earth!! Maybe it was really a vampire! haha & Looks like you are hitting those goals good! Good luck on the last day! :)

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Lauren @ Northern Plunder link
8/25/2013 12:50:06 am

omg! chasing a bat around the house :3 thats so cute, we saved one once after it'd nearly died in our conservatory:c

grats on the reading progress so far :D gl with today

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