I will use this as my master post for updates (my reading each day and any challenges -- see below for challenge prompts).
The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, May 13th and runs through Sunday, May 19th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, Twitter chats, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional.
For all Bout of Books 25 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog.
CHALLENGES:
Monday 5/13 -- day 1
Introduce yourself #insixwords
Books I am reading:
Declare (audio) -- Tim Powers 45%-48% (10:35 hrs)
One Hundred Years of Solitude -- Gabriel Garcia Marquez 298-337 = 39 pgs
Quote of the day: So many promising agents manage to convince even themselves that they didn't see what they saw. Go on. And don't tell me in tones of apology that it gets more weird. I do know that.-- Declare
Tuesday 5/14
Bookish favorites: my entry is 5 Favorite Fantasy Cities
Declare (audio) 48%-68% (stopped at 14:49 hrs, 6:54 left!)
Wednesday 5/15
Book plot emoji
One Hundred Years of Solitude 338-358: 20 pgs
Declare 68-74%
Thursday 5/16
If this, then that
Friday 5/17
Favorite hero/favorite villain
I didn't do this challenge either... but maybe I will tackle this later in a separate blog post? Not sure yet
Declare 74-90% (forgot to update Thursday, so I decided to combine the audio for Thursday/Friday)
The Sign of Four - Arthur Conan Doyle 71% (ebook) -- will finish tomorrow, I think
Saturday 5/18
Share the love challenge: discovered Jessie @ Dwell in Possibility via Bout of Books
finished Declare! approx. 10 hrs since the start of the readathon
finished The Sign of Four
One Hundred Years of Solitude 359-366: 7 pgs
Coming of Age in Karhide - Ursula LeGuin short story, 18 pgs
Sunday 5/19
Stretch goal
continuing with:
One Hundred Years of Solitude
will update later
One Hundred Years of Solitude 367-458 = 91 pgs finished!
poem: The Lotus Eaters - Tennyson (6 pgs) - I will have a post about this later
House Of Whispers - Nalo Hopkinson (24 pgs) - I will have a mini-review of this one soon, I hope
story: Fleur de Feu; Or, Bite-Me-Not - Tanith Lee (19 pgs) short story (Asimov's, Oct 1984)
140 pgs!
Monday wrap-up:
Fixed some formatting issues (I think) & here is my complete list:
The Sign of Four
Declare
One Hundred Years of Solitude
short stories & poems - 4:
Coming of Age in Karhide (sf)/Fleur de Feu; Or, Bite-Me-Not(fantasy)/The Lotus Eaters(poem)/House Of Whispers (single issue comic)
I hope to catch up on reviews this week!
For all Bout of Books 25 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog.
CHALLENGES:
Monday 5/13 -- day 1
Introduce yourself #insixwords
Books I am reading:
Declare (audio) -- Tim Powers 45%-48% (10:35 hrs)
One Hundred Years of Solitude -- Gabriel Garcia Marquez 298-337 = 39 pgs
Quote of the day: So many promising agents manage to convince even themselves that they didn't see what they saw. Go on. And don't tell me in tones of apology that it gets more weird. I do know that.-- Declare
Tuesday 5/14
Bookish favorites: my entry is 5 Favorite Fantasy Cities
Declare (audio) 48%-68% (stopped at 14:49 hrs, 6:54 left!)
Wednesday 5/15
Book plot emoji
One Hundred Years of Solitude 338-358: 20 pgs
Declare 68-74%
Thursday 5/16
If this, then that
Friday 5/17
Favorite hero/favorite villain
I didn't do this challenge either... but maybe I will tackle this later in a separate blog post? Not sure yet
Declare 74-90% (forgot to update Thursday, so I decided to combine the audio for Thursday/Friday)
The Sign of Four - Arthur Conan Doyle 71% (ebook) -- will finish tomorrow, I think
Saturday 5/18
Share the love challenge: discovered Jessie @ Dwell in Possibility via Bout of Books
finished Declare! approx. 10 hrs since the start of the readathon
finished The Sign of Four
One Hundred Years of Solitude 359-366: 7 pgs
Coming of Age in Karhide - Ursula LeGuin short story, 18 pgs
Sunday 5/19
Stretch goal
continuing with:
One Hundred Years of Solitude
will update later
One Hundred Years of Solitude 367-458 = 91 pgs finished!
poem: The Lotus Eaters - Tennyson (6 pgs) - I will have a post about this later
House Of Whispers - Nalo Hopkinson (24 pgs) - I will have a mini-review of this one soon, I hope
story: Fleur de Feu; Or, Bite-Me-Not - Tanith Lee (19 pgs) short story (Asimov's, Oct 1984)
140 pgs!
Monday wrap-up:
Fixed some formatting issues (I think) & here is my complete list:
The Sign of Four
Declare
One Hundred Years of Solitude
short stories & poems - 4:
Coming of Age in Karhide (sf)/Fleur de Feu; Or, Bite-Me-Not(fantasy)/The Lotus Eaters(poem)/House Of Whispers (single issue comic)
I hope to catch up on reviews this week!
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