Bout of Books 5.0 Wrap Up

Here's a quick post to let everyone know how I did with my Bout of Books read-a-thon goals! (Hint: No so great). For a list of my original goals, you can head on over to this post. It also shows my daily progress.

As per usual, life just gets in the way unexpectedly and that's exactly what happened this week! We had to make a last minute trip out of town for a few days and I had practically no time to read for three days of the seven.

What I accomplished:

Finished City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare
Read Fated by Alyson Noel
Read Obsidian by Jennifer L Armentrout
Started The Assassin's Curse by Cassandra Rose Clarke

While I'm actually mildly impressed with my reading, I am quite sad about my level of participation in the challenges, chats, and activities because guys this is an awesome read-a-thon to be involved in! I'll just have to sign up for Bout of Books 6.0 (in January, I think) and you'll just have to come along for the ride as well!

Read-a-Thon: Bout of Books 5.0

It's that time again! Time to participate in my second Bout of Books read-a-thon! July was pretty much a reading flop for me, as I was spending the month with family and overcoming jetlag once I returned. I plan to make up for this in August by reading as much as I can from August 13-19th. Below you can find out my goals and how to follow my progress.

Time Devoted to Read-a-Thon

As of right now I have a fairly open schedule, though I do most of my reading in the evenings.

My Goals

- To read at least 3 books and try to start a 4th.
- To network with some new bloggers!

The Books

- Finish City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare
- Read The Assassin's Curse by Cassandra Rose Clarke
- Read Fated by Alyson Noel
- Start The Gathering Dark by Leigh Bardugo
- The Power of Six by Pittacus Lore (?)

My Updates

I will post my daily updates and page counts on my Goodreads page, which is also connected to my Twitter, the best means of following my reading. I will also update the template below everyday for the previous reading day. At the very end, you will see a summary post!

My Daily Progress

Monday

Books Read: Finished City of Lost Souls

Pages Read: 223

Total Read-a-Thon Pages: 223

Tuesday

Books Read: Started Fated

Pages Read: 283

Total Read-a-Thon Pages: 506

Wednesday

Books Read: Finished Fated, started Obsidian

Pages Read: 233

Total Read-a-Thon Pages: 739

Thursday

Books Read: Read Obsidian

Pages Read: 104

Total Read-a-Thon Pages: 843

Friday

Books Read: Nothing read! Such a stressful day. Sorry, guys!

Pages Read: 0

Total Read-a-Thon Pages: 843

Saturday

Books Read: Finished Obsidian, Started The Assassin's Curse

Pages Read: 124

Total Read-a-Thon Pages: 967

Sunday

Books Read: Continued The Assassin's Curse

Pages Read: 40

Total Read-a-Thon Pages: 1007

This post inspired by the Bout of Books template found here.

Bout of Books Read-a-Thon

I've stared at my growing TBR pile this weekend and thought long and hard about getting it read. By joining in on a read-a-thon, I thought I'd cross a few more books off of my list and meet more bloggers! Two birds. One stone.

I'll be participating in a read-a-thon hosted by Bout of Books (and signed up very last minute). It's purpose is to encourage each other in reading as much as we can! It's an awesome way to network and get motivation. To follow my progress, look back at this post while I edit it or better yet, follow me on Twitter!

Here's a list of my goals and updates as I go:

My Goals

- Finish 1 book I'm currently reading

- Finish 1 audiobook I'm currently listening to

- Read 2 Books

- Listen to 2 Audiobooks

- Start Reading 1 Book (pending)

Books To Read
- Finish Seraphina by Rachel Hartman

- Finish Fallen by Lauren Kate

- Read Glitch by Heather Anastasiu 

- Read Bloodlines by Richelle Mead

- Listen to Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

- Listen to Dead Girls Dance by Rachel Caine

- Start reading Insurgent by Veronica Roth (pending my ability to obtain said book)


Updates

5/14

Number of books I’ve read today: I've finished two!
Total number of books I’ve read: 2
Books: Seraphina by Rachel Hartman, Fallen by Lauren Kate
Today's Stats: 203 pages read + 4 hours, 46 min listened to

5/15

Books I’ve read today: I didn't finish any
Books I started today: Started Dead Girls Dance and Bloodlines
Today's Stats: 68 pages read + 2 hours, 43 min listened to



5/16
Books I’ve finished today: Dead Girls Dance
Books I started today: The Scorpio Races
Books I'm still reading: Bloodlines
Today's Stats: 64 pages + 9 hours, 30 min listened to (HOLY MOLY!)

5/17

Books I’ve finished today: None
Books I started today: None
Books I'm still reading: The Scorpio Races and Bloodlines
Today's Stats: 28 pages, 6 hours, 28 min listened to


5/18

Books I’ve finished today: The Scorpio Races
Books I started today: None
Books I'm still reading: Bloodlines
Today's Stats: 139 pages, 2 hours, 23 min listened to


5/19

Books I’ve finished today: None
Books I started today: None
Books I'm still reading: Bloodlines
Today's Stats: 59 pages (I kind of took the day off. Whoops.)



5/20

Books I’ve finished today: Bloodlines
Books I started today: Insurgent
Books I'm still reading: None
Today's Stats: 132 pages

* I used the example post from Bout of Books as my post's guide.