Bout of Books 41 Updates

I will greatly miss Bout of Books. I'll probably continue doing my own version here occasionally. I find readathons of various lengths incredibly motivating to get through more pages than normal. Hopefully, I can find a replacement for BoB on Discord.

Day 1

Surrender by Bono (audiobook) - 64 pgs

Would It Kill You to Stop Doing That? by Henry Alford - 9 pgs

Pages read today: 73 

Day 2

Surrender - 22 pgs

Would It Kill You to Stop Doing That? - 3 pgs

Wellness by Nathan Hill - 8 pgs

Pages read today: 33

Day 3

Surrender - 20 pgs

Day 4

Surrender - 19 pgs

Would It Kill You to Stop Doing That? - 34 pgs

Precious and Grace by Alexander McCall Smith (audiobook) - 5 pgs

Pages read today: 58

Day 5

Surrender - 11 pgs

Would It Kill You to Stop Doing That? - 18 pgs

Precious and Grace - 29 pgs

Pages read today: 58

Day 6

Surrender - 92 pgs, Finished

Would It Kill You to Stop Doing That? - 11 pgs

Wellness - 18 pgs

Precious and Grace - 31 pgs

Pages read today: 152

Day 7

Wellness - 123 pgs, Finished

Precious and Grace - 32 pgs

Remarkably Bright Creatures - 105 pgs

Pages read today: 162

Final total: 556 pages

Bout of Books 41

 I'm signing up for the final Bout of Books this week 😭 It's been fun participating over the years, but I suppose all good things must come to an end. 

The Bout of Books readathon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It’s a weeklong readathon that begins 12:01am Monday, August 19th and runs through Sunday, August 25th in YOUR time zone. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are reading sprints, daily Discord questions, and exclusive Instagram challenges, but they’re all completely optional. For all Bout of Books 41 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

Hours 19 - 24

The Eyes & the Impossible - 53 pgs

Total pages: 394

Total hours: 8 hr 23 min (3 hr 37 min reading, 4 hr 46 min audio)

Not TOO bad, but hopefully I'll be more on my game for the next readathon!

Hours 14 - 18

Happiness Falls - 25 pgs, finished

Nemesis (audio) - 96 pgs, finished

Total pages so far: 341

I'm happy I finished two in-progress books! I must sleep for a bit now, and hopefully make it back for the last hour. 

Hours 7 - 13

Happiness Falls - 69 pgs

Nemesis (audio) - 60 pgs

Total pages so far: 220

I'm not able to totally focus today (mostly because of fatigue), but hopefully I'll get a second wind this evening.

Hours 1 - 6

I stupidly had two cups of tea with dinner last night, and then couldn't sleep. So...I started quite late this morning, hence the low page count for six hours (!)

Happiness Falls - 49 pgs

Nemesis (audio) - 42 pgs

Running total, pages: 91

I'll calculate hours at the end. 

Dewey's Readathon - April 13, 2024

Here's the stack. 

The Stand by Stephen King (audio - in progress)

Nemesis by Jo Nesbo (audio - in progress)

Happiness Falls by Angie Kim (in progress)

The Hollow by Agatha Christie (audio)

Wellness by Nathan Hill

All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby

Kingdom of Shadows by Alan Furst

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

The Eyes & the Impossible by Dave Eggers (Newbery winner)

The Secret in the Old Attic by Carolyn Keene

The RAT starts in 5 hours! Must try to get a little shut-eye.