Bout of Books #6.0 Goals & Updates!

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.

Time Devoted to Reading
I hope to read at least two hours every day – if not longer on most days!

My Goals

Try to read at least four books
Spend 30minutes commenting on blogs
Meet some new blogger friends and find blogs to follow!
Enjoy myself

Books to Read
This is just a selection to choose from, most likely I won’t read them all but I change my mind so much that it’s always good for me to have a choice!

Updates

Monday
Number of books I’ve read today: 1/2!
Total number of books I’ve read: 1/2!
Books: Veiled Mist by Eleaner T. Beaty.
Thoughts: I didn’t read as much as I hoped today and I missed the chat too – which I think was the only one I woulda been able to make *lip trembles* but there we go! Yesterday was a bit of a shaky day all around. Hopefully tomorrow will be much better!

Tuesday
Number of books I’ve read today: About 65%
Total number of books I’ve read: 1 and 15% of one!
Books: Veiled Mist by Eleanor T. Beaty and The Starboard Sea by Amber Dermont
Thoughts: Glad to have read a bit more today! Still had a distracted day though so didn’t get that much done but I think I got enough. I really struggled to put the book down in the end! Looking forward to continuing to read this one.

Wednesday
Number of books I’ve read today: 35%
Total number of books I’ve read: 1 & 45%
Books: Veiled Mist by Eleanor T. Beaty and The Starboard Sea by Amber Dermont
Thoughts: Still really liking Starboard Sea! I got caught up with work and blog things so didn’t read as much as I wanted but now, while I try and stay up for the twitter chat, I plan to read more and hope to finish it today!

Thursday
Number of books I’ve read today: 55%
Total number of books I’ve read: 2
Books: Veiled Mist by Eleanor T. Beaty and The Starboard Sea by Amber Dermont

Friday
Number of books I’ve read today: 50%
Total number of books I’ve read: 2 and a half
Books: Veiled Mist by Eleanor T. Beaty, The Starboard Sea by Amber Dermont, Let Me Be The One by Bella Andre, and Wonder by R. J. Palacio
Thoughts: Not as far ahead as I had hoped to be, but got totally hooked on both of my the new reads I started today!

Saturday
Number of books I’ve read today: 75%
Total number of books I’ve read: 3 and a quarter!
Books: Veiled Mist by Eleanor T. Beaty, The Starboard Sea by Amber Dermont, Let Me Be The One by Bella Andre, and Wonder by R. J. Palacio
Thoughts: Oooh, Let Me Be The One was so brilliant! I can’t wait to read more from Bella!

Sunday
Number of books I’ve read today: 50%
Total number of books I’ve read: 3 and three quarters!
Books: Veiled Mist by Eleanor T. Beaty, The Starboard Sea by Amber Dermont, Let Me Be The One by Bella Andre, and Wonder by R. J. Palacio
Thoughts: I was drowning in the awesomeness that is Wonder but I had work in the morning so I eventually had to put the book down! Can’t wait to finish it though!

wrap-up

Overall, I didn’t manage many of my goals :-( I got busy with family things, friend things, work things, etc. But I was glad that I only had 25% before reaching my reading goal! But I missed all the chats, and visited very few blogs and I met no new bloggers! But, I did still enjoy it and can’t wait for the next one!
Hope you all liked my mini-challenge as well!

Faye

33 Comments

Vicky @ Books, Biscuits, and Tea

5 January, 2013 at 10:26 am Reply

Oh, best of luck hun!!! :) And I can’t wait to hear what you think of the Starboard Sea!
- Faye (Daydreaming_Star)
  
  5 January, 2013 at 11:10 am Reply
  
  Thanks! Haha, I bet you can’t :P
miki

5 January, 2013 at 10:33 am Reply

i’m not sure yet which book to read ^^;; but i’m planning on reading at least 2

good luck with your goals
- Faye (Daydreaming_Star)
  
  5 January, 2013 at 11:10 am Reply
  
  Hopefully they’ll be good ones! And thank you, good luck with yours too! :D
Angelya

5 January, 2013 at 11:05 am Reply

A very interesting selection of books on your list! Good luck with your goals :)
- Faye (Daydreaming_Star)
  
  5 January, 2013 at 11:11 am Reply
  
  Thanks :D
Hollie @ Music, Books and Tea

5 January, 2013 at 11:41 am Reply

Good luck Faye! :D I can’t wait to see what you think of The Lost Girl, it sounds amazing!
- Faye (Daydreaming_Star)
  
  5 January, 2013 at 11:46 am Reply
  
  Thanks Hollie :D
Jasprit

5 January, 2013 at 4:27 pm Reply

Oh I’m the same Faye, I’ve chosen about seven books to pick through for this read-along, as I seem to change my mind all the time. Good luck I hope you reach all your goals! :)
- Faye (Daydreaming_Star)
  
  5 January, 2013 at 4:38 pm Reply
  
  Glad i’m not the only crazy picker!! Haha. Thanks Jasprit. Think it’s going to be fun!!
Megan

6 January, 2013 at 2:31 am Reply

goodluck! i hope you reach all your goals!
- Faye (Daydreaming_Star)
  
  6 January, 2013 at 9:50 am Reply
  
  Thank you! :-)
Mary

6 January, 2013 at 7:11 pm Reply

I’ve heard very good things about The lost girl! Good luck!
- Faye (Daydreaming_Star)
  
  6 January, 2013 at 11:08 pm Reply
  
  So have I! Looking forward to it!
  Thanks Mary :)
Pragya

6 January, 2013 at 9:15 pm Reply

The Lost Girl looks great!
My Goals
- Faye (Daydreaming_Star)
  
  6 January, 2013 at 11:08 pm Reply
  
  I know! I will let you know my thoughts if I get to reading it! :D
  - Pragya
    
    7 January, 2013 at 10:44 am Reply
    
    I will be waiting! :)
Aleksandra @ Aleksandra's Corner

6 January, 2013 at 11:47 pm Reply

I often change my mind also, so it’s good to have choices ;)

Happy reading!
- Faye (Daydreaming_Star)
  
  7 January, 2013 at 1:23 am Reply
  
  Indeed!! :D Thanks Sandra! Hope you have a good read-a-thon — if you’re joining in!!
  - Aleksandra
    
    8 January, 2013 at 8:12 pm Reply
    
    Too bad you missed the chat, maybe you can make it the one on Saturday :) Happy reading!
    - Faye (Daydreaming_Star)
      
      8 January, 2013 at 10:29 pm Reply
      
      Yeah, it’s very touch and go as I may be travelling around 4(ish) but I may be there for some of it! And tomorrow’s will depend on whether I can stay awake til 2am or not! Haha.
      Happy Reading yourself!
      - Aleksandra
        
        8 January, 2013 at 10:34 pm
        
        I know, for me tomorrow’s is at 3 am, so I’m 99% sure I’ll miss it ;) unless I get insomnia ;) as for Saturday it depends if I’ll be at home at 5 pm :)
      - Faye (Daydreaming_Star)
        
        8 January, 2013 at 10:37 pm
        
        Haha, you never know… :P
        Hopefully catch ya in the Sat one then. If not, next readathon chat ;)
Vicky Hooper

7 January, 2013 at 1:21 am Reply

Just joined this one too :-) Best of luck with your goals!
- Faye (Daydreaming_Star)
  
  7 January, 2013 at 1:24 am Reply
  
  I saw on twitter, hehe. Thanks Vicky! Hope you enjoy the read-a-thon! I’ve read 2% of one book so far but now I must sleep, work tomorrow!! lol. Night :-)
Georgie Lee

8 January, 2013 at 3:02 am Reply

Good luck and have fun!
- Faye (Daydreaming_Star)
  
  8 January, 2013 at 8:11 am Reply
  
  Thanks! :)
Cayce

10 January, 2013 at 11:51 pm Reply

I have heard great things about The Lost Girl and am really liking this cover. The US cover is a bit odd…
The Tragedy Paper sounds interesing too. Albino guy and all…

Happy reading! :)
- Faye (Daydreaming_Star)
  
  11 January, 2013 at 10:40 am Reply
  
  I haven’t actually seen the US cover, but I have heard good things about both books and they may be the two books I don’t get around to reading, :-( d’oh!
Shaunesay

11 January, 2013 at 4:22 am Reply

I love the cover on Veiled Mist! I haven’t read any of these, but they look interesting, I’ll have to check them out! Enjoy your reading and good luck!
- Faye (Daydreaming_Star)
  
  11 January, 2013 at 10:41 am Reply
  
  Thanks Shaunesay! :-)
Jennifer Bielman

12 January, 2013 at 2:45 pm Reply

Those books look really good. Happy reading.
- Faye (Daydreaming_Star)
  
  14 January, 2013 at 9:05 am Reply
  
  Thanks Jennifer :)

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