Bout of Books 19 Wrap Up....

I didn't get as much read as I had planned, but didn't do to bad either compared to my last readathon.

Total Books Started: 3
Total Books Read: 2
Total Pages Read: 380

The Healing Quilt had 310 pages, Love Letters from Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn was 50, and then I read about 20 pages of The Outsiders. The next Bout of Books is from August 21 to 27th. I am not sure what will be going on then, but hope to participate. How did the readathon go for you?

Bout of Books 19 Day 5

I finally completed reading the Healing Quilt yesterday (Friday). It was highly predictable and was so much like the other two books in the series, it was quite a disappointment. I would probably only give it a 2 out of 5 rating.

I am writing this post a day on mid Friday, and I haven't decided what other books to start reading since I have finished the other book. I have narrowed down the options to these books, they are the shortest on my Bout of Books list;

The Outsiders, 179 pages
Love Letters of Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn, 50 pages
The Letters of the Rozmberk Sisters (Noblewomen in Fifteneenth-Century Bohemia), 98 pages
The Awakening, 208 pages

My next post will be on what book/s I decided to start. I think I might be able to get done with one or two or at least 3 of these by Sunday.

Later on Friday night I ended up starting and finishing Love Letters of Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn, with it only being 50 pages it was a very short read. I will do more of a review of it next week, as it is a book from my Classics Club challenge.

Bouts of Books Day 4 Update...

I read 100 pages yesterday of the Healing Quilt by Wanda Brunstetter, this is the last book in the series. I will end up giving my review tomorrow. I hope everyone is having a great reading week!

Bout of Books 19 Day 3..

Again, I didn't read too much only about another thirty pages. I am however now more than halfway done with the book. I think tomorrow I will be reading more, after I complete this book though I plan on starting one of the smaller books on my list for this readathon. The challenge for today was to show pictures of our books, I have about two floor to ceiling bookcase, and the rest probably total up to another floor to ceiling bookcase. This picture is only part of one of those bookcases.

Bout of Books 19 Day Two...

I didn't get as much completed only 35 pages of the Healing Quilt, but I am almost halfway done. I think in another day or two I might be done. Then I plan on reading some of the smaller books, so I hope to get 3 read. The challenge for yesterday was to photo a book that did not have a regular font, sadly I do not have any books that meet the requirement. It was interesting though to use what titles looked like without a regular font.

Bout of Books 19 Day One Results..

Yesterday, I ended up spending my time reading just one book and completed 110 pages. I hadn't started reading it previously so I think this was pretty good considering I am also packing to move. I did some multitasking and using our bread machine (I plan on selling it) while reading at the same time.

A post that Bout of Books put out we were supposed to in six words describe ourselves. I thought of several different words, but thought perhaps these were the best; bookworm, quilter, baker, gardener, introvert, and knitter. What six words describe you? Did you do any reading yesterday or are you participating in the Bout of Books?

Time for another Bout of Books....

And more time to get caught up on some reading! I have participated in Bout of Books before, sometimes I am successful and other times I am not. We shall see on this one. The event runs from Monday May 8th to Sunday May 14th.

I am not sure how many books I will get read or what my complete list is so far. Here are a few that I know will be included, and not in any order;

The Seekers by Wanda Brunstetter
The Healing Quilt by Wanda Brunstetter
A Cousin's Prayer by Wanda Brunstetter
Merry Market Murder by Paige Shelton
Murder, Handcrafted by Isabella Alan
The Long Stitch Good Night by Amanda Lee
Her Secret by Shelley Shepard Grey
The Chilbury Ladies' Choir by Jennifer Ryan
A Little Folly by Jude Morgan
The Poet by Michael Connelly
The Outsiders by SE Hinton - reread
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte - previously started
Othello by Shakespeare
The House of Mirth Edith Wharton
The Awakening by Kate Chopin
The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain
Poor Folk and other stories by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Letters of the Rozmberk Sisters
Love Letters of Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis

I don't plan on being able to read all of these, but several of them are quite short so I hope to be able to completed at least 3-5 or more books. Several of these are part of my Classics Club list. Will you be participating in the Bout of Books?

Bout of Books Jan '16 Readathon

 I have either a hit or miss with these readathons but plan on participating again. I forget usually to do quite a bit of the updates. Here is the needed information for this read-a-thon;

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, January 4th and runs through Sunday, January 10th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 15 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

I am going to be reading the following:

1. Larkrise to Candleford by Flora Thompson
2. Homesteader by Oscar Micheaux
3. Catherine and other writings by Jane Austen
4. The Memory Weaver by Jane Kirkpatrick
5. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
6. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
7. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

Obviously I do not believe that I can complete all of these books, but I want to at least finish two preferably three. 

Bout of Books 13 Day 7 Update and Wrapup

 So how was my progress for yesterday? I finished reading the 75 pages in order to finish the book The Railway Children by E. Nesbit. I didn't start reading another book though. Overall, for the challenge I could have done better, but for a variety of reasons wasn't into a reading mood. I did do better than previous attempts for this challenge though. I finished one book and read a total of 250 pages. My next post will be my thoughts and review of The Railway Children.

Bout of Books Day 5 Update

 Yesterday, I read the most this book of 138 pages all of the Railway Children. I only have to read 74 more pages to have finished the book, which I hope to do either today or tomorrow. If I complete it today I plan on starting on Dead Wake by Erik Larson. What are you reading today?

Bout of Books Day Three Update

 Yesterday I read about 40 pages or so, not as much as I had previously thought. I did make one decision that I will not continue to try and read Casino Royale. I am actually only in the second chapter, yes I know not that far at all, but I really don't care for it. Normally, for a book I read it halfway or even make myself finish a book that I do not like, in the hopes that it will get better which rarely happens. I have decided then that from now on if I do not like really anything about a book I will just give up on it. So what did I read instead? The Children's Railway, and I can tell it will end up being a fast read. So far I think it is a good book for kids who have never lived in or visited the country and also for those who have memories of times in the country. The siblings so far have been playing and seeing the trains go through the small town. I am sure some type of adventure or mystery will appear soon, so it will be interesting to see what occurs.

The Railway Children: Currently on page 54
Casino Royale: No Longer Reading
Dead Wake: Haven't Started
Lydia Bennett's Story: Page 8

Plans to read today The Railway Children

Bout of Books #13

I will be joining next weeks Bout of Books Readathon, in the past I haven't had much luck in lasting the whole week as I am still in college. However, I have finals this week and a break next week before the summer session.  Here are the "rules" for the readathon:

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 11th and runs through Sunday, May 17th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 13 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

The books I have chosen for this event is the following;

The Railway Children is a part of the Classics Spin that I need to complete by the 15th of May.

Dead Wake by Erik Larson is a book that I will be reading for a book club that is part of the quilt guild I belong too. I also will need to read this by the 15th of this month.

Casino Royale is part of the Birthday Month Reading Challenge as Ian Fleming was born on May 28th. I have read a chapter or two so far and it is pretty short.

I have seen this miniseries but never read the book. It is part of my TBR Reading Challenge and Literary Movement challenge.

This book is a recent find and not part of any club or challenge I am currently in. 

Bout of Books #12 Day One

So I have decided over the next few days during this read-a-thon to read a variety of books and to at least finish two or three of them. Without further ado here are the books, not in any particular order:

Bout of Books Read A Thon 12 Sign Up Post

So I am joining the Bout of Books Readathon again, which I didn't due to well last time, so I hope to get more progress done this time. The event is Jan 5th through the eleventh. I am not quite sure what books I will be reading, perhaps one of these The Charterhouse of Parma or Le Morte D'Arthur or even other books. Below is more information about the event:

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, January 5th and runs through Sunday, January 11th 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 12 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

Bout of Books: Day 5 & 6 Updates

 I didn't do too much on Friday but read more on Saturday. I don't think I will reach my goal of reading 3 books, but we will see how far I get.

Friday:
Pages Read: 24
Books Finished: 0
Titles Experienced:


Saturday:

Pages Read: 59
Books Finished: 0
Titles Experienced:

Bout of Books: Day 3 and 4 Updates

 I did good on Wednesday on reading two different books although not as much as the previous days. I wasn't feeling good on Thursday so I didn't complete that much at all.

Wednesday:

Pages Read: 106
Books Finished: 0
Titles Experienced:


I read 42 pages of Jane Eyre and read 65 pages of Clout.

Thursday:

Pages Read: 4
Books Read: 0
Titles Experienced:


Needless to say, I hope to get more read today, as I am feeling better. Are you reading any good books?

Bout of Books: Day 2 Update

 I was able to get a lot farther in my reading yesterday than I was on the previous day. I only read one book, but that is ok as I ended up finishing it.

Tuesday:

Pages Read: 210 (there were a few chapters included about the next book in the series, which I didn't read)
Books Finished: 1
Titles Experienced:


So what will I be reading today? I have read a little of Jane Eyre, but do not plan on spending the whole day reading her book (I was already halfway done reading it).

Here are the rest of the books that I can choose from:

Bout of Books: Day 1 Update

  So, did I get as far as I wanted to in reading yesterday? No, but I don't think I did too bad. Yesterday, I had a few errands to run, made dinner and then worked out. As today it will be very warm here, I plan on staying inside, until at least the evening, so plenty of time for reading! Here was my progress yesterday:

Monday:

Pages Read: 112

Books Finished: 0

Titles Experienced:

I read 100 pages of the Drop and am about halfway through right now. I plan on reading that the most today. I started reading Walden and only on page 12 so far, different than what I thought it was going for starting the beginning. 

Are you participating in the challenge? Even if your not, what books are you currently reading or have finished lately? I hope they have been good ones!

Bout of Books 10: Master Post

 So several book bloggers I read are participating in this challenge, and as I have time this week, I thought why not see how many books I can read this week? So here is my list, the ones with an asterisk I have already started:

• Walden and Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau
• The Drop by Michael Connelly*
• Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte*
• Emma of Aurora by Jane Kirkpatrick*
• The Clout by Jenni Catronand Patrick Lencioni
• Rebel by Bernard Cornwell
• Beautiful on the Mountain by Jeannie Light
• The Calling by Suzanne Woods Fisher

Goals

• Read 3 or more books
• Visit other participants blogs
• Make daily updates

Updates

Monday:
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Wednesday:
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Thursday:
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Saturday:
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Sunday:
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Total pages read:
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All titles experienced:

*Note: I borrowed the general format for this post from Heather at Between the Covers.