So I’m a little late signing up to this one (a day) but I have a few hours before the sign up link goes!
The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, January 8th and runs through Sunday, January 14th 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 21 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. – From the Bout of Books team
Goals for the read-a-thon:
The first book I am reading is one I started yesterday: (so can I count the pages I read yesterday if I wasn’t signed up? I think I can.) Moon Signs Helen Haught Fanick.
Day 1:
Pages read: 25
Notes: Considering I didn’t know the read-a-thon was happening yesterday, I’m quite impressed that I decided to read any pages at all as I was out of the house for most of the day!
Day 2:
Pages read: 100
Total pages read: 125
Notes: Was hoping to finish reading Moon Signs by Helen Haught Fanick today but as I only have about 40 pages left I will be able to finish it before I go to work tomorrow.
Day 3:
Pages read: 100
Total pages read: 225
Books finished: Moon Signs by Helen Haught Fanick
Notes: Managed to finish Moon Signs this morning and started The Graveyard Shift by Angela Roquet. I didn’t really enjoy Moon Signs much, I only decided to read it because it has been on my kindle for the best part of a year, but The Graveyard Shift is already much more enjoyable than the last book. I am out for most of the day tomorrow but should be able to do a bit of reading while I’m at the hairdressers!
Day 4:
Pages read: 45
Total pages read: 270
Notes: Will be out of the house for most of the day tomorrow, but am hoping I will be back in the evening to take part in the challenge for today. And have realised I can’t take part in the twitter chat on Saturday as I will be at work during it.
Day 5:
Pages read: 31
Total pages read: 301
Challenge: Newspaper Headlines – From Pantomime by Laura Lam: Runaway Noble Joins Circus.
Though the first book in this series is not just about the circus. It is where the main plot of the book takes place and I can easily imagine that this headline would appear in a sensationalist newspaper that exists within the world of the book!
Day 6:
Pages read: 107
Total pages read: 408
Challenge: Book spine poetry. Makes me wish I had more books with verbs in the titles, but think this would make quite a good start to some kind of gothic fairytale!
The Cruel Prince, Red Queen, Cooking With Bones, Through The Woods
Day 7:
Pages read: 365
Total pages read: 773
Books finished: The Graveyard Shift by Angela Roquet, The Pocket Watch by Ceci Giltenan and The In-Betweener by Ann Christy
Challenge: Leave a Book Review: I put a short review of The Pocket Watch by Ceci Giltenan on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2257534434
Notes: only had a few pages of The Graveyard Shift to finish this morning and spent the day going through a few of the e-books I have had on my kindle for about a year without reading. The Pocket Watch – the first in a series – was enjoyable enough to read and relatively quick to read as well. There was nothing in the story that I didn’t expect but I would like to read the other stories in the series. The Graveyard Shift by Angela Roquet is another series that I want to read more of being a concept that I have never come across before – Lana is a reaper in the underworld. And The In-Betweener by Ann Christy was an interesting read about a zombie apocalypse. Most of the book takes place over the course of only a few days with flashbacks to how the apocalypse started and the events that led to where the main character was staying. Considering the only thing that happens in the present timeline of the book is the main character leaves where she is living to go and collect some people who need help and take them back to where she has been living, the book is more gripping than you would think so with that as the main plot line. I’m not sure if I want to read the rest of the books in the series or not, but as zombie stories go it is not the worst one I have read by a long shot.
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