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Bout of Books 16 - Updates

5/11/2016

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Bout of Books
It's Bout of Books week! (And I'm finally able to get my update post up on Wednesday.) Even though the post is late, I have been doing a surprising amount of reading this week. Here's how it's going:​

Day One

Number of pages read: 80
Time spent listening: 1 hour and 10 minutes
Books I'm reading: The High King by Lloyd Alexander (physical book);​ The Giver by Lois Lowry (audiobook)
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Day Two

Number of pages read: 217
Total pages read: 297
​Time spent listening: 3 hours
Total time spent listening: 4 hours and 10 minutes
Books I'm reading: The High King by Lloyd Alexander (physical book); The Giver by Lois Lowry (audiobook); Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen (ebook on my phone)
Number of books finished:​ One (The Giver)
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Day Three

Number of pages read: 67
Total pages read: 364
Time spent listening: 2 hours and 30 minutes
Total time spent listening: 6 hours and 40 minutes
Books I'm reading: The High King by Lloyd Alexander; Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry (audiobook); Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
Total number of books finished: Two (The Giver & The High King)
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Day Four

Number of pages read: 98
Total number of pages read: 462
Time spent listening: 2 hours and 25 minutes
Total time spent listening: 9 hours and 5 minutes
Books I'm reading: Jane's Fame: How Jane Austen Conquered the World by Claire Harman;  Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry; Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
Total number of books finished:​ Two
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Day Five

Number of pages read: 88
Total number of pages read: 550
Time spent listening: 1 hour and 30 minutes
Total time spent listening: 10 hours and 35 minutes
Books I'm reading: Jane's Fame by Claire Harman; Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry; Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
Total number of books finished: Three (The Giver; The High King;​ Gathering Blue)

Day Six

Number of pages read: 100
Total number of pages read: 650
Time spent listening: 55 minutes
Total time spent listening: 11 hours and 30 minutes
Books I'm reading: Jane's Fame by Claire Harman; Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James; Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
Total number of books finished: Three
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Day Seven

Number of pages read: 93
Time spent listening: 50 minutes
Books I'm reading: Among the Gods by Lynn Austin; Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James;​ Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
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Final Totals

Total number of pages read: 743
Total time spent listening: 12 hours and 20 minutes
Total number of books finished: Four!! (The High King; The Giver; Gathering Blue;​ and Jane's Fame)
Overall, I read a lot more than I expected, mostly thanks to audiobooks. I was surprised by how much listening time I got in, and I didn't even listen more than I would on a normal week. Hooray for multi-tasking while reading!
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Kailana link
5/15/2016 12:27:18 pm

Looks like a great reading week!

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
5/15/2016 02:19:23 pm

I've enjoyed every book, and I'm really learning to love audiobooks! It's been fun. :)

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