Thursday, August 15, 2013

Bout of Books 8.0!!!

Bout of Books 

I'm excited for Bout of Books 8.0! I'm going to do much better than the previous ones! Bring it on! :-)

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 19th and runs through Sunday, August 25th 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 8.0 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

Time Devoted to Reading

I will be reading at least an hour a day!

My Goals

  • I will finish 3 books, reading 100 pages per day!

Books to Read

  • Uglies - Scott Westerfeld
  • Shiver - Maggie Stiefvater
  • Princess of Glass - Jessica Day George

Updates

Monday
Number of pages I've read today: 122
Total number of pages I've read: 122
Books: Princess of Glass

Tuesday
Number of pages I've read today: 100
Total number of pages I've read: 222
Books: Princess of Glass

Wednesday
Number of pages I've read today: 137
Total number of pages I've read: 359
Books: Princess of Glass, Shiver

Thursday
Number of pages I've read today: 101
Total number of pages I've read: 460
Books: Shiver

Friday
Number of pages I've read today: 103
Total number of pages I've read: 563
Books: Shiver

Saturday
Number of pages I've read today: 107
Total number of pages I've read: 670
Books:Shiver, Uglies

Sunday
Number of pages I've read today: 102
Total number of pages I've read: 772
Books: Uglies

Overall, I did really well! I finally accomplished my goal of reading 100 pages per day, something that I didn't do for my previous Bout of Books read-a-thons. :-) Too bad I couldn't finish Uglies before the end of the challenge, but I did get to read a little over 1/4 of it. :-)

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  1. MelanieAugust 16, 2013 at 12:23 PM

    I hope you enjoy the books you read next week! I've been wanting to read Princess of Glass for a while - it sounds like a great book! :) Thanks for stopping by my post - I hope you reach your goals. :D

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    1. Charmaigne Beverly EkaterinaAugust 19, 2013 at 11:25 PM

      Thank you, Melanie :-) I'm enjoying Princess of Glass so far - I didn't know it would be a Cinderella re-telling. I really liked the first book, too, Princess of the Midnight Ball. Good luck with your goals! You can do it :-)

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  2. Angela's Anxious LifeAugust 20, 2013 at 1:47 PM

    You did great for the first day!! I love fairytale retellings.. especially Cinderella do I'll have to check this out!

    Angie
    My Bout of Books Updates

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    1. Charmaigne Beverly EkaterinaAugust 22, 2013 at 9:50 AM

      I really liked "Princess of Glass", especially the part when the prince has to find his true love by putting the glass slipper on her foot! The author did her own version of that part and it was really cool :-)

      Thanks for the encouragement! I hope you're doing great too :-)

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  3. JennaAugust 20, 2013 at 10:34 PM

    100 pages a day was my goal too. And today it was a lot harder reaching it than yesterday. I really enjoyed Shiver and Uglies -- hope you do too.

    Happy Wednesday :)

    And now following you on GFC.

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    1. Charmaigne Beverly EkaterinaAugust 22, 2013 at 9:51 AM

      Thanks for following, Jenna :-) I need to spread the word out about my blog, heh heh ;-)

      It's my first time reading these books so I'm looking forward to finishing them! I'm reading Shiver now - it's strange but pretty interesting.

      Happy Wednesday (er Thursday!) Heh heh :-)

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    2. JennaAugust 23, 2013 at 11:15 PM

      Have you got to the end of Shiver yet? It is a bit strange, but the last half won me over. Hope that the rest of BoB is going good for you.

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    3. Charmaigne Beverly EkaterinaAugust 25, 2013 at 7:29 PM

      So far so good, but I won't be able to finish Uglies in time for the end of Bout of Books! At least I will have finished my goal of reading 100 pages per day :-) I finished Shiver, and I agree that the last half is better! I liked the ending, and enjoyed it enough to read the 2nd book. :-) Have you read the rest in the trilogy?

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  4. mikiAugust 21, 2013 at 1:40 AM

    i didn't think of setting a number page per day as my goal i could try this for next edition . so far you are exceeding your expectation which is great^^ good luck for the rest of teh week

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    1. Charmaigne Beverly EkaterinaAugust 22, 2013 at 9:52 AM

      Thank you Miki :-) I'm doing much better than the last Bout of Books XD Good luck with your goals, too! I hope you're doing great :-)

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  5. LisaILJAugust 22, 2013 at 1:06 PM

    I hope you are enjoying Princess of Glass. I have had it forever, and will read it one day. I do hope you get to Shiver at some point too. I loved that book. Good luck the rest of the week!

    LisaILJ @ I’ll Tumble for YA

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    1. Charmaigne Beverly EkaterinaAugust 25, 2013 at 7:27 PM

      Thank you, Lisa! I hope you have achieved your goals by the end of the week :-) I finished both Princess of Glass & Shiver and enjoyed both of them (I liked Princess of Glass more - I am more of a fairy tale kind of person). ;-) Now I'm reading Uglies but won't be able to finish it in time for the end of Bout of Books!

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  6. MelanieAugust 26, 2013 at 10:02 AM

    WTG, Charmaine!! I'm so glad you completed your goal of reading 100+ pages per day! :D

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