Bout of Books 34 Updates

Day 1

   Music is History - 40 pgs

   White Nights - 38 pgs (audio)

Pages read today: 78

Day 2

   Music is History - 28 pgs

   White Nights - 43 pgs (audio)

   Subdivision - 13 pgs

Pages read today: 84

Day 3

   Music is History - 54 pgs

   White Nights - 35 pgs (audio)

   Subdivision - 39 pgs

Pages read today: 128

Day 4

   Music is History - 54 pgs

   White Nights - 64 pgs

   Subdivision - 14 pgs

Pages read today: 132

Day 5

   Music is History - 26 pgs

   White Nights - 38 pgs

   Subdivision - 50 pgs

Pages read today: 114

Day 6

   Music is History - 49 pgs, finished

   White Nights - 36 pgs

   Subdivision - 113 pgs, finished

Pages read today: 198

Day 7

   White Nights - 112 pgs

   The Last September - 80 pgs

Pages read today: 192

Final total: 926 pages

Aargh - so close to my 1,000-page goal. Oh well, I'll git 'er next time. 😊

Bout of Books 34 Stack

My stack consists of the seven books I want to finish by the end of this month. Here are the three hard copies, the other four are on Kindle:

Music is History by Questlove (in progress)

White Nights by Ann Cleves (also on audio)

The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

On Kindle:

     The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy

     The Last September by Elizabeth Bowen

     When a Crocodile Eats the Sun by Peter Godwin

     Subdivision by Robert J. Lennon

I usually have a stack of ten, but I'm trying to be realistic about what I can actually finish in May. As always, the goal is 1,000 pages for BoB week. Let's roll (well, in 31 hours)!

Bout of Books 34

 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 9th and runs through Sunday, May 15th 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 34 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

Hours 13 - 24

Since previous update:

State of Terror - 51 pgs (audio)

Such a Fun Age - 53 pgs

Love Literary Style - 127 pgs

Final total, hours: 8 hr 57 min (4 hr 46 min audio, 4 hr 11 min reading)

Final total, pages: 403

Not a bad result. I would have liked to get in another hour or two, but that's always the case!

Hours 1 - 12

State of Terror - 126 pgs (audio)

Such a Fun Age - 46 pgs

Running total, hours: 4 hr 23 min (3 hr 20 min audio, 1 hr 3 min reading)

Running total, pages: 172

I didn't get started until nearly 11:00 a.m. (plan was 6:00!) because I didn't sleep well, got phone calls, etc. Anyway, will keep reading until I drop tonight!

Personal Readathon 4/23/22

It turns out I am alone again for a day and a half this weekend, without any important commitments! So...since it's just a week until the official Dewey's Readathon (in which I am not able to participate), I'm going to have another Personal RAT. Yay! My stack includes a few leftovers from the last one a few weeks ago:

State of Terror by Hilary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny (also on audio)

Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid (also on audio)

Love Literary Style by Karin Gillespie

The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende (also on audio)

On Kindle: The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy

                   Subdivision by J. Robert Lennon

                   The Last September by Elizabeth Bowen

                   With No One As Witness by Elizabeth George

                   Music in History by Ahmir Questlove Thompson

                   When a Crocodile Eats the Sun by Peter Godwin

I'm starting fresh with nothing in progress, so let's see how many pages I can tear through! 😊📚📙📘

Hours 25 - 48

 Since last update:

Void Moon - 9 pages (audio), finished

The Echo Wife - 52 pgs (audio), finished

Go to Sleep: I Miss You - 88 pgs, finished (actually 177 pages, but some pages only had a single cartoon panel so I'm only counting half )

In Concrete - 42 pgs

Mystery of the Moss-covered Mansion - 54 pgs

Me by Elton John - 22 pgs  (audio - I hadn't planned on starting this one during the RAT, but I needed a new audiobook and this was available)

Final total, hours: 10 hr 48 min (3 hr 20 min reading, 7 hr 28 min audio)

Final total, pages: 658

Not stellar totals for 48 hours, but it was fun anyway. I guess I answered my question about whether I would get more done without the social media. The answer is no! It's too easy to give in to distractions when I'm not participating as part of the 'official' event.