Bout of Books 32 Updates

Day 1

Peaches For Father Frances by Joanne Harris (already in progress) - 129 pgs

Day 2

Peaches for Father Frances - 68 pgs

Version Control (already in progress) by Dexter Palmer - 14 pgs

Pages read today: 82

Day 3

Peaches for Father Frances - 74 pgs, finished

Version Control - 10 pgs

Pages read today: 84

Day 4

Version Control - 40 pgs

Day 5

Version Control - 68 pgs

Tiny Sunbirds, Far Away by Christie Watson - 20 pgs

Pages read today: 88

Day 6

Version Control - 25 pgs

Day 7

Version Control - 49 pgs, finished

Tiny Sunbirds, Far Away by Christie Watson - 89 pgs

Pages read today: 138

Final total: 586 pages

A far cry from my 1000-page goal. Oh well - maybe next time!

Bout of Books 32

I'm in, even though I have a busy week. I have a longish flight on the last day, so should be able to rip through some pages!

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 16th and runs through Sunday, August 22nd in YOUR time zone. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are reading sprints, Twitter chats, and exclusive Instagram challenges, but they’re all completely optional. For all Bout of Books 32 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team 

Hours 17 - 24

 Since previous update:

The Animators - 146 pgs

Version Control - 45 pgs (audio)

Final total, hours: 9 hr 42 min (6 hr 35 min reading, 3 hr 7 min audio)

Final total, pages: 430

By foregoing social media, I got in more hours than I normally would for a Reverse Readathon. I prefer the schedule starting in the morning so I have the whole day and evening to read. I'm happy I finished the two books I had in progress and started two others. With all the bad news right now (Delta variant of Covid, wildfires, extreme draught), it was nice to 'disappear' for several hours. That's the best thing about reading!

Hours 1 - 16

Midaq Alley - 145 pages, finished

Bad Blood - 59 pgs (audio), finished - This was SO interesting.

The Animators - 20 pgs

Version Control - 15 pgs (audio)

Running total, hours: 3 hr reading, 1 hr 43 min audio

Running total, pages: 239

Dewey's Reverse Readathon 8/6/21

I'm planning to do a low-key version of this Readathon, with no social media. I'm very much into watching the Olympics, so I'll use any 'break' time to catch up on what's happening. Here's my stack:

In progress:

     Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz (on 1001 list)

     Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou

The others are from the ToB's Tournament of Favorites:

     The Animators by Kayla Rae Whitaker

     Stephen Florida by Gabe Habash

     Skippy Dies by Paul Murray

     Version Control by Palmer Dexter

I'm breaking my tradition by not having 10 books in my stack, but I still have a lot of variety here.

I'll be ready to start at 6:00 p.m. tomorrow and will come back here to update a few times!

Bout of Books 31 Updates

 As usual, I'll keep all updates in this one post. The previous BoB the week of January 4th was a tough one, for many reasons. This time around I am fully vaccinated, enjoying lovely spring weather, and just generally feeling more hopeful and upbeat. Also, the hubs is out of town this week (for the first time in well over a year), so I plan on reading up a storm!

I prefer to 'start fresh', but this time I have five books in progress. I'll edit the titles to be in bold as I finish:

Growth of the Soil by Knut Hamsun

The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race by Walter Isaacson

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells (audio)

Bella Tuscany by Frances Mayes

Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

I hope to finish all these, (except for the poetry book), plus more. 😊

Day 1

The Code Breaker - 45 pgs

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood - 58 pgs

Pages read today: 103

Day 2

The Code Breaker - 18 pgs, finished

Leaves of Grass - 21 pgs

Growth of the Soil - 10 pgs

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood - 21 pgs

Pages read today: 70

Day 3

Leaves of Grass - 18 pgs

Growth of the Soil - 40 pgs

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood - 62 pgs

Pages read today: 120

Day 4

Leaves of Grass - 6 pgs

Growth of the Soil - 46 pgs

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood - 46 pgs, finished

Murder in the Mews - 42 pgs (audio)

Pages read today: 140

Day 5

Murder in the Mews - 84 pgs

Day 6

Leaves of Grass - 30 pgs

Growth of the Soil - 85 pgs, finished

Murder in the Mews by Agatha Christie - 54 pgs (audio)

Pages read today: 169

Day 7

Murder in the Mews - 130 pgs, finished (audio)

Leaves of Grass - 10 pgs

Bella Tuscany - 50 pgs

Killing Floor by Lee Child - 50 pgs (audio

Pages read today: 240

Final total: 926 pages

I missed my 1,000-page goal again, but maybe next time! The week ended up busier than I thought it would be. Signing off until Bout of Books 32 or another readathon comes along. 😁

Bout of Books 31

 A week focused on reading as much as I possibly can? Yes, please!

The Bout of Books readathon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It’s a weeklong readathon that begins 12:01am Monday, May 10th and runs through Sunday, May 16th in YOUR time zone. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are reading sprints, Twitter chats, and exclusive Instagram challenges, but they’re all completely optional. For all Bout of Books 31 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team