Bout of Books 10

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, May 12th and runs through Sunday, May 18th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure, and the only reading competition is between you and your usual number of books read in a week. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 10 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

Time Devoted to Reading

Pauline: Yay! Since it's summer here in the Philippines, I get to read books all day long! So yep, I think I'll read everyday, and finish as much books as I can!

Dyane: I'll read whenever I find the time to, which is probably most days, since I usually just lie around the house like a pig, haha!

Goals

Pauline
• Read a book everyday.

• Finish 3-5 books.

• Review all books read.

Dyane
• Recover from my reading slump.
• Read books that I've been planning to read for a long time but never really got around to

Books to Read 

  

Love Me With Lies Series

The Opportunist by Tarryn Fisher

Dirty Red by Tarryn Fisher

Thief by Tarryn Fisher

 

Just One Day Series

Just One Day by Gayle Forman

Just One Year by Gayle Forman

  
House of Hades by Rick Riordan
Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Onyx by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Updates

Monday
Pauline

Number of books read today:

Number of pages read today:

Total number of books read:

Books:

I wasn't able to read anything today because I am currently having an intense book hangover on Maybe Someday. I CRY. I hope I'll be able to pick up a book soon!

Dyane

Number of books read today:

Number of pages read today:

Total number of books read:

Books:

Err, yeah... I wasn't able to read today either... Hopefully I can make up for it tomorrow! :/

Tuesday
Pauline

Number of books read today: 1

Number of pages read today: 110

Total number of books read: 1

Books: Just One Day by Gayle Forman

Dyane

Number of books read today: 1

Number of pages read today: 114

Total number of books read: 1

Books: The House of Hades by Rick Riordan

Wednesday
Pauline

Number of books read today: 2

Number of pages read today: 290 + 40

Total number of books read: 2

Books: Just One Day, Just One Year by Gayle Forman

Dyane

Number of books read today: 1

Number of pages read today: 222

Total number of books read: 1

Books: The House of Hades by Rick Riordan

Thursday
Pauline

Number of books read today: 1

Number of pages read today: 296

Total number of books read: 2

Books: Just One Year by Gayle Forman

Dyane

Number of books read today: 1

Number of pages read today: 62

Total number of books read: 1

Books: The House of Hades by Rick Riordan

Friday
Pauline

Number of books read today: 1

Number of pages read today: 278

Total number of books read: 3

Books: The Opportunist by Tarryn Fisher

Dyane

Number of books read today: 2

Number of pages read today: 185 + 73

Total number of books read: 2

Books: The House of Hades by Rick Riordan, Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Saturday
Pauline

Number of books read today: 1

Number of pages read today: 75

Total number of books read: 4

Books: Dirty Red by Tarryn Fisher

Dyane

Number of books read today: 1

Number of pages read today: 74

Total number of books read: 2

Books: Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Sunday
Pauline

Number of books read today: 1

Number of pages read today: 190

Total number of books read: 4

Books: Dirty Red by Tarryn Fisher

Dyane

Number of books read today: 1

Number of pages read today: 65

Total number of books read: 2

Books: Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Wrap Up ;)

Pauline

Yay! I may not have finished my 5 books, but I'm still so glad. This is actually more than what I usually read a week, and I got to read everyday! Well, except for the Monday because I was still having a book hangover on Maybe Someday. Having read 1279 pages certainly helped a lot to my 500 Thousand Pages goal. I was also able to write reviews on almost all the books I read, aside from Just One Year. I just don't know what to write there. :o

I really felt more productive and win-win situation this Bout of Books than the previous ones I joined! :D Not to mention, it's my first time that I entered some awesome challenges. I wanted to join the Twitter chats, but somehow they never match with the time here in the Philippines. (I CRY.) But hopefully by next Bout of Books I'll be able to interact with the other readers! Hurrah! ;)

Dyane

Oookay! As I hoped, Bout of Books kind of did get me off my reading slump! Even though I only finished about a book and a half, I think I already got the push to start reading again, all thanks to this challenge. Now I'm off to make the most of the few remaining weeks of summer vacation! :)