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 18th and runs through Sunday, August 24th 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 11 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog.
- From the Bout of Books team
Oops - I totally forgot Bout of Books 11 starts tomorrow. All heck has been breaking loose this past week with broken bones (minor and not me), broken internet and general chaos - so this is gonna be my least organized goal list yet! Um go me ? So this is my combo signup and goals posts.
Oh dog -
My Goals
Anyhow - my major goal for this Bout of Books is simply going to be to read at least one book along with my son for discussion and critical analysis (i.e. he and I both separately read chapters and discuss, along with investigating some external references as well). We have a couple chosen that are possibilities - Bud, Not Buddy and Dragonwings - though others might pop up as well. The latter choice is my preference since we are also going to read about Ancient China and the Silk Road.I will list whatever I do manage to read here and add links to reviews as I manage them.
I will also try to play along with at least a couple of the challenges.
Monday 8/18
Done ! Book Scavenger Hunt -- The Book Monsters
Tuesday 8/19
Done ! Book Spine Poetry -- My Little Pocketbooks
Wednesday 8/20
Done ! Create a Sentence -- Book Reviews from Christian Gal
Thursday 8/21
Like This, Try This -- Writing My Own Fairy Tale
Friday 8/22
Recreate a Book Cover -- Spines and Covers
Book Chain -- Christian Bookshelf Reviews
Saturday 8/23
Spell It Out -- Kimberly Faye Reads
Sunday 8/24
5 Books -- Falling Down the Book Hole
Updates
MondayPages read today:163
Number of books I've read today: 1
Total number of books I've finished: 1
Books Finished Today: The View from Saturday by E. L. Konigsburg - Children's Fiction 1997 Newbery Medal
Tuesday
Pages read today: 295
Total pages: 458
Number of books I've read today: 1
Total number of books I've finished: 2
Books Finished Today: The Heist by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg (blergh!)
Wednesday
Pages read today: 24 + 32 = 56 (I mostly read news articles instead)
Total pages: 614
Number of books I've read today: 2
Total number of books I've finished: 2
Books Finished Today: none :(
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