Bout of Books 13 Updates

Monday (Day 1)
Books finished/ in progress:    
     The Deeds of the Disturber by Elizabeth Peters - Last 155 pgs, Finished
     Towards Zero by Agatha Christie - 12 pgs
     The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown (audiobook) - 14 pgs
Total pages read:  181

 Tuesday (Day 2)
Books finished/ in progress:    
     Towards Zero - 210 pgs, Finished
     The Boys in the Boat - 22 pgs
     The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Spear - 14 pgs
Pages read today:  246
Total pages read:  427

Wednesday (Day 3)
Books in progress:
      The Boys in the Boat - 40 pgs
      The Witch of Blackbird Pond - 56 pgs
      All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr - 10 pgs
Pages read today: 106
Total pages read:  533

Thursday (Day 4)
     The Boys in the Boat - 30 pgs
     The Witch of Blackbird Pond - 20 pgs
     All the Light We Cannot See - 17 pgs
Pages read today: 67
Total pages read:  600

Friday (Day 5)
     The Witch of Blackbird Pond - 159 pgs, Finished
     The Boys in the Boat - 10 pgs
     All the Light We Cannot See - 10 pgs
Pages read today: 179
Total pages read:  779 

Saturday (Day 6)
     The Boys in the Boat - 45 pgs
     All the Light We Cannot See - 30 pgs
Pages read today: 75
Total pages read:  854

Sunday (Day 7)
     The Boys in the Boat - 70 pgs
     All the Light We Cannot See - 66 pgs
Pages read today: 136
Grand total pages read:  990

I can't believe I missed my goal by 10 pages!  Oh well, it was still a pretty good reading week. I finished 3 books and read part of 2 others.  Hopefully, I can do even better in the next BoB. 

Bout of Books 13 - Day 1 Challenge - Bookish Survey

1. How do you organize your shelves? Not very well, I'm afraid.  My newer acquisitions are sort of in one bookcase, and the older stuff is mixed up everywhere else. I need to make the time to organize them properly!
2. What is one of your favorite books that’s not in one of your favorite genres? Recently, I read the 3 books in the Crank Trilogy by Ellen Hopkins. I don't read much YA or poetry (and about drug addiction, no less), but I found these books riveting.
3. What is the last 5 star book you read? Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson.
4. What book are you most excited to read during the read-a-thon? All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
5. What book do you recommend the most? Lately, I'd say it's And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini.

Bout of Books 13 Goals

I know an "official" goals post isn't required, but having a plan helps motivate me.  I hope to read at least 1000 pages from the following books (not sure which ones - depends on my mood!) The first two are already in progress.

      


 
 

Quite a variety! I'm on a quest to read all the Newbery winners (I'm almost half done), so I had to stick one of those in here. The books listed are the ones I'd like to finish before the end of May, so let's see what progress I can make next week.