Bout of Books 6.0

Bout of Books 6.0
The official “blurb” from Bout of Books:
“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”
Honestly Bout of Books 6.0 couldn’t have happened at a better time, January is setting up to be my busiest month with review books so I plan on getting a lot done during this time 🙂 I would like to read a minimum of 5 books… that was my goal last time as well but I failed, lol. I’m still holding onto that goal, and I really plan on doing it this time. With the holidays over with I will have more time to devout to reading. I also plan on checking out all of the scheduled posts & perhaps participating in a twitter chat. Last BoB I didn’t explore near what I wanted to/should have so I really plan on taking advantage of everything that is happening. I also plan on commenting on A LOT more sites, it’s just fun being able to interact with people participating… it feels like your not at it alone 😉

Goals:

The books I plan to read are:
1.  Dark Seraphine by KaSonndra Leigh – Finished
2. Barbie Girl by Heidi Acosta – Finished
3. If You Find Me by Emily Murdoch  
UPDATE: Changed to Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl – Finished
4. The Madman’s Daughter by Megan Shepherd
5. Nobody But Us by Kristin Halbrook
UPDATE: Changed to Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares – 89% Finished

-Participate in at least 5 challenges

-Participate in at least one of the twitter chats

-Comment on at least 5 blogs/posts per day

Daily Progress:

Monday 01/07
Books currently reading: Beautiful Creatures & Dark Seraphine
Books finished total: None so far!
Pages read today:
31% of Dark Seraphine(Kindle) & 32 pages of Beautiful Creatures
Total pages read: same as above
Challenges participated in:
None for today!

Tuesday 01/08
Books currently reading: Beautiful Creatures & Dark Seraphine
Books finished total: 0
Pages read today:
33 pages of Beautiful Creatures & 14% of Dark Seraphine
Total pages read: 65 pages of Beautiful Creatures & 45% of Dark Seraphine
Challenges participated in: 
Guess the Cover & Favorite Cover(see below)

Wednesday 01/09
Books currently reading: Beautiful Creatures & Dark Seraphine
Books finished total: 0
Pages read today: 
45 pages of Beautiful Creatures & 24% of Dark Seraphine
Total pages read: 110 pages of Beautiful Creatures & 69% of Dark Seraphine
Challenges participated in: 
None today!

Thursday 01/10
Books currently reading: Beautiful Creatures & Dark Seraphine
Books finished total: 1-Dark Seraphine
Pages read today: 
84 pages of Beautiful Creatures & 31% of Dark Seraphine
Total pages read: 194 pages of Beautiful Creatures & 100% of Dark Seraphine
Challenges participated in: 
None today!

Friday 01/11
Books currently reading: Beautiful Creatures 
Books finished total: 1-Dark Seraphine
Pages read today:
104 pages of Beautiful Creatures
Total pages read: 298 pages of Beautiful Creatures & 100% of Dark Seraphine
Challenges participated in: 
None today!

Saturday 01/12
Books currently reading: Barbie Girl 
Books finished total: 2-Dark Seraphine & Beautiful Creatures
Pages read today: 
265 pages of Beautiful Creatures & 41% of Barbie Girl
Total pages read: 968
Challenges participated in: 
My Book Crack(see below)
Update: I’m not totally sure if I will meet my goal of 5 books. Beautiful Creatures was almost 600 pages(my fault for picking a HUGE book for Bout of Books, lol) but I’m happy with my progress thus far. If I only read 4 books I’m totally fine with that because I really wanted to get Beautiful Creatures in time for the movie and I’ve found a new favorite series out of it 😉

Sunday 01/13
Books currently reading: Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares 
Books finished total: 3-Dark Seraphine, Beautiful Creatures & Barbie Girl
Pages read today:
59% of Barbie Girl and 89% of Dash & Lily’s
Total pages read: 1260
Challenges participated in: 
None today!

Wrap Up:

Well I didn’t exactly meet my goal! As far as the twitter chat was concerned I fell asleep dead early on Wednesday night and Saturday my mother called, distracted me and when I got off the phone it was 10 minutes till finish 🙁 I also didn’t comment on 5 blogs per day. I commented on at least 1 blog each day but not 5. I do plan on visiting as many wrap up posts as I can though! As far as books go I have 3 complete & one 89% finished. I didn’t reach my goal of 5 but I totally feel accomplished regardless. Beautiful Creatures was a bigger challenge than I anticipated for a work week :S That being said, I totally don’t regret reading that… I loved it and I wanted to read it so badly. I’m also almost done Dash & Lily’s but I just couldn’t get to the end last night… I cannot be book hung over on a Monday morning, lol. Anyways all in all this was a very satisfying Bout of Books and I definitely plan on participating next time 🙂 Please link me up your wrap ups !!!

Challenges:

1. I participated in Guess the Cover at Never too Fond of Books. Check this one out – it was harder than I thought it would be !!!

2. I also participated in Favorite/Funniest cover at Ms. Buff. Here’s my pick:
Bout of Books 6.0
I love this cover soooooooo much. I’m not sure why… it’s just stunning to me!

3. My Book Crack hosted by Book Goonie.
My Book CrackYup… there we have it. Kindle Daily Deals is my book crack. I only just recently discovered it… and in two weeks I have bought at least ten daily deals. I’m obsessed. The $1.99 or the $2.99 just lures me in. My poor Kindle app is overflowing with books that I will probably not read till 2018. And don’t even get me started on free Kindle books…

Did you participate in this challenge? Please comment and tell me! I’d love to see what others chose!

 

 

38 responses to “Bout of Books 6.0

    • Thanks 🙂 It will give me a feeling of accomplishment and hopefully it will teach a lesson that I shouldn’t over request on Edelweiss & Netgalley haha.

      • Oh NetGalley is a dangerous, dangerous place. LOL! Actually, one of my books is from an indie author who I love, but none of them are specifically review copies. If I can, I like to sneak books in from indie authors to give them an little extra exposure since my site doesn’t normally get a lot of high traffic.

  1. How very smart of you to read all review books for the readathon – I’m only trying for one review book. O well. The best of luck with your goals (:

    Here are my My BoB Goals, if you’re interested

  2. I want to read The Madman’s Daughter SO BAD! You’re so lucky you have it 😀 Good luck next week – hope to see you around 🙂

    • Thanks Anne! I actually just started it and it is soooo creepy so far! Not like anything I’ve read to date I don’t think! I hope you enjoy it when you get it too! 😀

    • Lol… that’s the best thing about book lists: you have lots of TBR material, haha. I’ve been adding lots as I check out the Bout of Books posts as well 😀

    • Thanks Angie! Did you ever check out Netgalley or Edelweiss? I dabbled in that first and that’s actually how I get my review books, other than a few author requests! Edelweiss didn’t approve me until December but I always get something on Netgalley approved every now and then – it’s worth a shot if you are interested!

      Thanks for stopping by!

  3. I really want to read The Madman’s Daughter – can’t wait to hear your thoughts on it. I usually end up reading 4 books, so I definitely want to beat that this time around! Good luck on your goals and happy reading 🙂

  4. I really want to make time to read Beautiful Creatures before the movie comes out as well. Plus the page count you have so far is great, even if you don’t meet your book count.

    Happy reading!

    • Oooohh… wait till you read it, you won’t be able to stop at Beautiful Creatures 😉 lol. I am quite pleased with my page count, especially since I just finished another earlier today and hope to put that to two finished today 😉

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