Wow.....it is here....already!!!!!!! Bout of books 4.0 was my 1st ever readathon (i won the grand prize too hehe) so i am so excited for it to be here again. I know i have taken part with a few readathons recently but that is only because they have all being together, after this, no readathons for a good while :/
The Offical 'Blurb' for the Bout of Books 5.0.
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 13th and runs through Sunday, August 19th 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 5.0 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. -From the Bout of Books 5.0 team
I am so excited, i just cannot wait and have looked forward to it for ages. Unfortunately I am not starting the readathon off in the best way because i am quite ill but i am determined to finish it on a good note and feel like i have met my goals. I have just finished a readathon on the 12th, and the last few days were 'pants' after a really good start for me. So i will put it behind me and focus on this :)
MY GOALS;
*Try to attend 1 twitter 'party'
*Ensure i am active on twitter inbetween, using the #boutofbooks
*To check out people's blogs and to comment on their progress
*To post up my winning prize from the last Bout of Books! I have not done a post with the winning prize completed and in my possesion.
*To complete 3 books ( Now i have 2 books from my last readathon-1 i am 24% way through and the other i have just started) but i will include the 3 books i planned to read for this readathon.
*To update this post with progress;
*~*~*~*~The books i am STILL reading from the last readathon that are not completed;
hating it!!!!!!!!!!!!but opinion maybe changing.
*~*~*~*~*~*The Books i HAD planned for Bout of Books 5.0 Readathon*~*~*~*~*~*~
*Speechless by Hannah Harrington.
*Over You by Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus.
*Confessions of a Angry Girl by Louise Rozett.
If i could just get through this book i hate,and read the next one; i would then be able to read 3 books i am looking forward too!!
********I have 2 reviews that are pending- Pushing the Limits, January First
UPDATES .
(Summary-for full updates see daily post).
MondayBooks read today; Thy Neighbor by Norah Vincent.
Books completed so far; None so far
Today's Progress; I read 10% of a 320 page book which is only 32pages!
Readathon Page total; 32
Tuesday
Books read today; Thy Neighbour by Norah Vincent and Speechless by Hannah Harrington.
Books completed so far; 0
Today's Progress; 20% of Speechless, which at 288pgs, I read approx 57pages. And I read 5% of Thy Neighbour which is 322pgs so approx 16pages. Total pages today approx is 73pages.
Readathon Page total; 105pgs
Wednesday
Books read today;Speechless by Hannah Harrington
Books completed so far; 0
Today's Progress;26% of Speechless, which at 288pgs, I read approx 74pgs today
Readathon Page Total; 179pgs
Thursday
Books read today; Speechless by Hannah Harrington
Books completed so far; 1 book-Speechless
Today's Progress; 54% of Speechless, which at 288pgs, I read approx 155pgs today
Readathon Page Total; 334pgs
Friday
Books read today; Confessions of an Angry Girl by Louise Rozett
Books completed so far; 1 book-Speechless by Hannah Harrington
Today's Progress; 10% of Confessions book, which at 272pgs, I read approx 27pgs today
Readathon Page Total; 361
Saturday
Books read today; Confessions of an Angry Girl by Louise Rozett
Books completed so far; 1 book-Speechless by Hannah Harrington
Today's Progress; 7% of Confessions book, which at 272pgs, I read approx 19pgs today
Readathon Page Total; 380
Sunday
Books read today;
Books completed so far;
Today's Progress;
I'm glad you're participating even though you're not feeling well! Just do as much as you can, don't stress over it :)Good luck and I hope you can reach your goals!
ReplyDeleteThanks Hun, I will do, I may not do as many Challenges etc but I will def do what I can, still laid up, still not with it and in a lot pain. Hoping to do he readathon tho :) are u doing it? X
DeleteHope you feel better by the end of the week. So glad you could join us again. ;) Good luck with your goals, have fun and I hope you have a great week!
ReplyDeleteThankmu hunnie, me too! I want to have that sense of achieving something and feeling proud, the readathon. Finished yest was a fail,even tho I started so goo! Damn medical problems and damn flares ups. Let's hope for a good week, one of fun, smiles, twitter chats and lots of reading! Not forgetting the challenges hehe. Good luck to u too Hun xx
DeleteI hope you have a great week and get to meet all of your goals :) Speechless looks really good.
ReplyDeleteSorry Rebecca, your reply is below, I clicked the wrong reply button xx
DeleteThank u, u too :) I have heard great things about speechless, I hope I get to read it this week. I will check out your blog, thanks for stopping by :) xx
ReplyDeleteSorry you're not liking Thy Neighbor. I just read Confessions of an Angry Girl and really enjoyed it, hope you do as well!
ReplyDeleteGood luck!
I still haven't finished Thy neighbour lol but I have finished reading Confessions of an angry girl and I loved it, I thought it was great! I hope to get review out within a week or so :) xx
DeleteOMG, you were the BoB prize winner! IT ALL TIES TOGETHER! Okay, so, I hope you feel better this week. I hope you get through the crap book and make it onto the others... partially because I have no idea what SPEECHLESS is about so I need you to tell me. And AMEN to no more read-a-thons for a while after this, even if I need one to get through some books quick, before we move! I'll be a-stalking you, as ever... :)
ReplyDeleteYes I was the winner lol, I thought u knew hehe. I will send u a bookmark as u know :) I am catching up with my comments at the mo.m I'm so behind.Also u need to read Speechless because it is fantastic, I love the author, I need to do the review ASAP. Basically it is about someone who goes on a speech silence after witnessing something but it is so much more than that. I recommend it x stalking me hehe x we stalk each other during readathons. Lol xx
DeleteGood luck with all your goals! I really want to read the new Jennifer Weiner book -- I hear it's really good! And Confessions of an Angry Girl! I really liked that one. It's super cute and a quick read!
ReplyDeleteThank you :) I did alright, I still haven't read the Jennifer Werner book, but the confessions of an angry girl I loved!I couldn't put it down! I will hopefully av a review up soon xx
DeleteHooray for another one! :) AND, I would never forget about you!! I'm so glad you are able to participate in this one too! 4.0 was my first read-a-thon as well, and it was so much stinking fun that I couldn't ignore it this time around--However, I'm not feeling so wonderful at the moment and am hoping to relax and read this evening...if my headache goes away!!
ReplyDeleteSo glad to re-connect! Hope you are doing well!!
Aww thanks hunnie, bless you x that was so sweet of you :) yep I will always remember that readathon etc. hunnie did you still want one of my winning bookmarks that were designed for my blog, infraction will tweet you to double check. Hope u r ok Hun, I am way behind with everything with my blog so trying to catch up. Once kids at school I can have a massive catch up :) x
DeleteHey thanks for stopping by my blog :D ! Yes I have lots of times to read and do this read a thon because I'm on holidays and I have nothing planned this week :).
ReplyDeleteOh you're going to read great books ! I heard awesome things about Confessions of an angry girl !
Are you going to participate in a twitter chat? :) I won't be able to do the one wednesday because it will be too early here in France but I'll do the one on saturday. So I hope we'll talk more ! I'm going to follow you on twitter !
I am playing extreme catch up sorry x I have just checked out your wrap up for the readathon and you did amazing! You even managed two twitter chats with was great as u didn't think u would. I unfortunately didn't manage to attend one :( glad u really enjoyed the readathon, so did I, such a shame we didn't get chance to chat properly during it x we seem to get the same books on the weekly haul posts ( I checked your blog out hehe) xx
Deletegood luck girl! hope you do fab :D
ReplyDelete(and yes I'm still youtubing, had to take a break due to not reading due to needing glasses)
Hope you have a wonderful week!
Lauren @ Northern Plunder
Bout of Books Posts
Great to hear that you ate still doing the videos :) I did see you had some recent on there but the channel doesn't seem to have a lot of videos recently :( Any plans for having your own channel in the future? I think you would be fab!
DeleteI had an enjoyable readathon,hope you did too, i just wasn't as active on twitter and on blog comments as i hoped. I did check out ppls blogs quite a bit, just wish i could have done more. Infact i'll have a lil browse of your blog now :)
xxx