Bout of Books 17 | Daily Updates

Hi guys, so you'll know if you've followed my blog for a while, that I love taking part on Read-a-Thons, especially Bout of Books. However, for the past few sessions, I haven't done so well. I wind up getting frustrated trying to count up all the pages I've read, work out the page count of digital books and audiobooks, and it basically wasn't fun. Because of that, I stopped reading much during these read-a-thons. So, I decided something needed to be done, so what I'm going to be doing, is updating daily, but not my page count. I'll list books as I finish them, and say what I'm currently reading on that day, but I won't be counting up the amount of pages I've finished. 

So, this is where I'll be sharing the books I've read. If you want to know more about Bout of Books, click HERE

Monday | Day One

Completed 

 Before The Fall by Noah Hawley

Reading 

Apple & Rain by Sarah Crossan

Viral Nation by Shaunta Grimes

Tuesday | Day Two

Completed 

Viral Nation by Shaunta Grimes

Reading

Rebel Nation by Shaunta Grimes

Apple & Rain by Sarah Crossan

Wednesday | Day Three

Bout of Book 15 | Sign Up

Hi guys,

If you've been following my blog for a while, then you'll know what this is, but for anyone new here, I'll tell you a little about 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 4th and runs through Sunday, January 10th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 15 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

I absolutely love taking part in read-a-thon's and especially at the start of a new year. Ir's a wonderful way to get my year off to a great start, and read a bunch of new books.

So, I will be taking part, and I'll be doing daily updates here, showing how much I've read each day and what I've been reading. 

If you want to sign up, then head on over to the Bout of Books site, to get all the details and to add your link. Let me know below in the comments, if you plan of signing up, and what your goals are during the read-a-thon.

My goals.

7 Books

1400 Pages

1 Classic Book

Take part in some challenges

Almost Winter | Read-a-Thon | Sign Up

Hi all,

It's almost winter, which means the year is coming to an end soon, and I don't know about you, but I know I could use a boost in the amount of books I've completed this year. Whether you're taking part in a reading challenge, and need motivation finishing it off, or you just want to have a week of reading for fun, this is the challenge for you.

The read-a-thon runs from October 26th-November 1st. To sign up, simply add your link to the list below. This could be a link to your blog or social media. Basically, anywhere you plan on updating your progress. You can either do daily updates, random updates on social media, or an end of week wrap up, It's entirely up to you.

There are just two rules. Sign up below and enjoy reading some great books!

Bout of Books 14 | Daily Updates

Day | One

Books Completed Today | 6

Pages Read Today | 976

Total Books | 6

Total Pages | 976

What I Read

Alone on the Beach at Night by Walt Whitman | Completed

One Piece Vol 11: The Meanest Man in the East by Eiichiro Oda | Completed

One Piece Vol 12: The Legend Begins by Eiichiro Oda | Completed

The Beautifull Cassandra by Jane Austen | Completed

One Piece Vol 13: It's All Right! by Eiichiro Oda | Completed

One Piece Vol 14: Instict by Eiichiro Oda | Completed

A Nurse at the Front by Edith Appleton (edited by Ruth Cowen) | 40 Pages

Day | Two

Books Completed Today | 2

Pages Read Today | 471 + 2 Hours 58 minutes audiobook

Total Books | 8

Total Pages | 1447 + 2hrs 58mins audiobook

What I Read
One Piece Vol 15: Straight Ahead! by Eiichiro Oda | Completed
One Piece Vol 16: Carrying On His Will by Eiichiro Oda | Completed
A Nurse At The Front  by Edith Appleton | 87 Pages
She Is Not Invisible by Marcus Sedgwick | 2hrs 58mins

Day | Three

Books Completed Today | 2

Pages Read Today | 376

Total Books | 10

Total Pages | 1823 + 2hrs 58mins audiobook

What I Read
One Piece Vol 17: Hiriluk's Cherry Blossoms by Eiichiro Oda | Completed
A Nurse At The Front by Edith Appleton | Completed

Day | Four

Books Completed Today | 5

Pages Read Today | 1,180 + 1hrs 38mins audiobook

Total Books | 15

Total Pages | 3003 + 4hrs 36mins audiobook

What I Read
One Piece Vol 18: Ace Arrives by Eiichiro Oda | Completed
One Piece Vol 19: Rebellion by Eicchiro Oda | Completed
One Piece Vol 20: Showdown at Alubarna | Completed
One Piece Vol 21: Utopia by Eiichiro Oda | Completed
One Piece Vol 22: Hope!! by Eiichiro Oda | Completed
She is not Invisible by Marcus Sedgwick | 2hrs 17mins
99 Days by Katie Cotugno | 130 Pages

Day | Five

Books Completed Today | 2

Pages Read Today | 538

Total Books | 17

Total Pages | 3541 + 4hrs 36mins audiobook

What I Read
99 Days by Katie Cotugno | Completed
One Piece vol 23: Vivi's Adventure by Eiichiro Oda | Completed
Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen | 44 Pages

Day | Six

Books Completed Today | 0

Pages Read Today | 0

Total Books | 17

Total Pages | 3541 + 4hrs 36mins audiobook

What I Read
Nothing. I took a day off to go swimming, car boot sale shopping, and generally hang out with my family. It was much needed, and much enjoyed!

Day | Seven

Books Completed Today |

Pages Read Today |

Total Books |

Total Pages |

What I Read

Bout of Books 14 | Sign Up

Hi all,

It's back again, and again, I couldn't be more excited. Bout of Books 14 is coming exactly when I need it to, because I am a shocking 24 books behind in my reading challenge on Goodreads, and I need some motivation to catch up. 

So I will definitely be taking part, will you?

Not sure? Here's what it's all about and where to go to sign up.

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 17th and runs through Sunday, August 23rd in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 14 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

So if you want to sign up and join in the fun, then head on over to the Bout of Books site by clicking here, and link up your intention to join. Don't worry if you don't have a blog, there are other ways to link up, so head over and check that out. 

Also, all of my books are currently on sale for a short time, so you can check them out here or learn more about each of them, by clicking the My Books tab on this site.

Bout of Books Daily Updates

Day | One

What I Read

One Piece Vol 1. by Eiichiro Oda | 201 Pages | Completed

Maus by Art Spiegleman | 166 Pages

Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen | 25 Pages

Pages

392

Books Completed

1

Total Pages

392

Total Books

1

Day | Two

What I Read
Maus by Art Spiegelman | 129 Pages | Completed
Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen | 43 Pages 

Pages
172

Books Completed
1

Total Pages
564

Total Books
2

Day | Three

What I Read
One Piece Vol 2 by Eiichiro Oda | 193 Pages | Completed
Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen | 43 Pages

Pages
236

Books Completed
1

Total Pages
800

Total Books
3

Day | Four

What I Read
Nothing

Pages
0

Books Completed
0

Total Pages
800

Total Books
3

Day | Five

What I Read
One Piece Vol. 3 by Eiichiro Oda | 200 Pages | Completed
One Piece Vol 4. by Eiichiro Oda | 208 Pages | Completed
Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen | 24 Pages

Pages
432

Books Completed
2

Total Pages
1,232

Total Books
5

Day | Six

What I Read
One Piece Vol. 5 by Eiichiro Oda | 189 Pages | Completed
How to Lose 100 Pounds: Creating Your Plan for Weight Loss Success by P. Seymour | 47 Pages | Completed
Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen | 77 Pages

Pages
313

Books Completed
2

Total Pages
1,545

Total Books
7

Day | Seven

What I Read
Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen | 99 Pages

Pages
99

Books Completed
0

Total Pages
1,644

Total Books
7

I just want to say a huge thank you to the hosts of Bout of Books. I've loved it, as I always do, and even though I didn't manage to stick to my TBR, or even finish a novel. I did reach my book goal, and got really hooked on a Manga.

I can't wait for the next BoB.

May TBR

Hi all,

I've been slacking recently on getting TBR's posted. So I wanted to fix that and write one up for this month. I'm trying to catch up on reading this month, and Bout of Books is going to help that. So below is a list of all the books I hope to read in May, and the ones in bold are the ones I  plan to read for Bout of Books.

1. Four by Veronica Roth
2. Wide Sargrasso Sea by Jean Rhys
3. I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
4. The Edge of Falling by Rebecca Serle
5. The Summer I Found You by Jolene Perry
6. The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
7. Happy Again by Jenniger E. Smith
8. The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks
9. Matched by Allie Condie
10. North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
11. The Infinite Moment of Us by Lauren Myracle
12. Love Letters to the Dead by Ava Dellaria

Bout of Books 13 | Sign up

Hi guys,

It's that time again. Bout of Books is back, this time for round 13 and I am super excited. I didn't do the best in the last one, but I'm in need of catching up on some reading, so I'm signing up for round 13.

Here are all the details from the official site.

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, May 11th and runs through Sunday, May 17th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 13 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

If you'd like to join in the fun, just click the banner above and you can sign up.

As for goals this time around. I'm aiming to read 7 books, so 1 a day for the event. I haven't planned out what books I'll be reading, but I'd like to try and read at least one classic, and start the Matched series.

I'll be updating my progress daily during the read-a-thon, so you can all check out how much I'm reading, and what I'll be reading.

I'm super excited to take part again.

Are you planning on joining in the fun? Let me know in comments.

Bout of Books Daily Updates

Hi everyone,

This is being posted a little late, so sorry for that. Right here is where you'll see all of my daily progress updates for this round of Bout of Books. 

Let me know how you're doing in comments, and please subscribe if you haven't already, and share this post if you like it.

Daily Updates

Day One - Monday

What I Read

New York by Edward Rutherfurd | 17 Pages

No Place to Fall by Jayne Robin Brown |  7

Pages Today | 24

Total Pages | 24

Completed Books | 0

Day Two - Tuesday

What I Read

No Place to Fall by Jayne Robin Brown | 39

A Thousand Pieces of You | Audiobook, I lost track of where I started so no idea!

Pages Today | 39 + unknown amount of audio.

Total Pages | 63

Completed Books | 0

Day Three - Wednesday

What I Read

Pages Today

Total Pages

Day Four | Thursday

What I Read

Pages Today

Total Pages

Day Five | Friday

What I Read

Pages Today

Total Pages

Day Six | Saturday

What I Read

Pages Today

Total Pages

Day Seven | Sunday

What I Read

Pages Today

Total Pages

Bout of Books 12 | Sign Up

Hi everyone!

It's almost time for another Bout of Books, and I couldn't be more excited. I absolutely love read-a-thons, and this one is probably my favorite to take part in. It's especially great when it happens at the start of the year, to get my reading goal off to a great start!

If you don't know about Bout of Books, here's a little about it from the official site. Click the image to be taken to the sign up page and join in yourself!

I'm not sure yet what my goals will be, but I'll probably post some a little closer to the time. For now, I'll just say that I hope to get a lot of reading done!

Let me know in the comments if you plan to join in, and don't forget to subscribe to my site to follow updates on the read-a-thon. I'll probably post end of day wrap ups during the event.

Summer Surge Read-a-Thon | Week 3 Progress

Hi guys,
Sorry this is a little late, I seem to be falling behind on a lot og my blogging recently, but now I have the progress for week three for you all.

This Week

Books Completed

On The Fence by Kasie West

#16 Things I Thought Were True by Janet Gurtler

Cracked Up to Be by Courtney Summers

Books Started

To All The Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han

Mirror X by Karri Thompson

The Here and Now by Ann Brashares

Pages Read

1,095

Overall

Books Completed

Since You've Been Gone by Morgan Matson

Romeo and Juliet (Manga) by Sonia Leong & William Shakespeare

Life by Committee by Corey Ann Haydu

Let's Get Lost by Adi Alsaid

Golden by Jessi Kirby

Liverpool Angels by Lyn Andrews

On The Fence by Kasie West

#16 Things I Thought Were True by Janet Gurtler

Cracked Up to Be by Courtney Summers

Pages

2,734

Books

9

Summer Surge Read-a-Thon | Week Two Update

Hi all,
Another week of the summer surge read-a-thon is now over, and so I have another end of week update for you all.

This Week

Books Completed

Life by Committee by Corey Ann Haydu

Let's Get Lost by Adi Alsaid

Golden by Jessi Kirby

Liverpool Angels by Lyn Andrews

Books Started

On The Fence by Kasie West

Pages Read

1,010

Overall

Books Completed

Since You've Been Gone by Morgan Matson

Romeo and Juliet (Manga) by Sonia Leong & William Shakespeare

Life by Committee by Corey Ann Haydu

Let's Get Lost by Adi Alsaid

Golden by Jessi Kirby

Liverpool Angels by Lyn Andrews

Pages

1,639

Books

6

Summer Surge Read-a-Thon | Week One

Hi guys,

Since the Summer Surge read-a-thon is such a long one, running from July 14th-August 17th. I thought that it would be better if, instead of daily updates, I did a weekly round up of how much I read and what I'd read.

So this is my end of week one update. I have to admit that week one hasn't been great for me on the reading front. I've been very caught up with taking part in CampNaNoWriMo, so I didn't get as much done as I'd hoped to. I did however finish some books.

Books Completed

Since You've Been Gone by Morgan Matson

Romeo and Juliet (Manga) by Sonia Leong & William Shakespeare

Books in Progress

Life by Committee by Corey Ann Haydy

Let's Get Lost by Adi Alsaid

Stats

Books Completed This Week: 2

Pages Read This Week: 629

Total Books Completed: 2

Total Pages Read: 629

What has everyone else been reading this past week? Let me know in the comments. 

Sweet Summer Read-a-Thon | Day Seven Final Progress

Sweet Summer Read-a-Thon | If You Like This, Try This Challenge

Hi guys,

For the final day of the sweet summer read-a-thon. I'll be hosting the If You Like This, Try This challenge.

First off I'd like to apologize for having this up so late, and for not being around much the past two days. Ill health, and hospital appointments have gotten in the way.

Now onto the challenge. It's really simple. All you have to do is recommend a book or author in the comments below, with the format if you like this, try this...

Examples

If you like Sarah Dessen try Rebecca Phillips

If you like The Fault in our Stars by John Green try Second Chance Summer by Morgan Matson.

Leave your responses in the comments. Simple.

Sweet Summer Read-a-Thon | Day Six Progress

Sweet Summer Read-a-Thon | Day Five Progress

Sweet Summer Read-a-Thon | Day Four Progress

Top 10 | Summer Reads

Hi guys,

Today for the Sweet Summer Read-a-Thon Bottles and Book Reviews is hosting the Summer Reads challenge, in which you have to list your top 10 picks for a great summer read. Here are mine.

1. What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen
2. Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler
3. The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
4. This is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith
5. Jessie Heartts NYC by Keris Stainton
6. We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
7. Camp Boyfriend by J.K. Rock
8. Meant to Be by Lauren Morill
9. Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen
10. Second Chance Summer by Morgan Matson

Sweet Summer Read-a-Thon | Day Three Progress