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 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?

Progress from Dewey's 24 Hr Readathon

I participated in the readathon but didn't post on the blog about it before the big event. I got a late start yesterday on reading, and only read for about six hours. During that time I spent all of it just reading one book, and I was able to finish it. It was a cozy mystery book called Shunned and Dangerous by Laura Bradford. I have already started on the 4th book in the series called Suspendered Sentence. Dewey's 24 Hr Readathonn is international and I love to read the posts on Facebook and blogs. Their next event is on Oct. 21 2017. Here is a picture of what books I thought I would want to read during yesterday's event.

Deweys 24-HR Readathon Sign Up

I forgot to previously post what books I will be reading tomorrow for the readathon. It will be a short list and includes one that I have been currently reading;

• The Plain Choice by Sherry Gore (I think about 30% percent completed, it is a pretty small book)
• A Daughter's Dream by Shelley Shepard Gray
• Fruit of All Evil by Paige Shelton
• I Am Not A Serial Killer by Dan Wells

I am not going to list more as I don't think I will be even able to complete all of these.

The Bookshelves Won.....

  I wasn't feeling good the weekend of this readathon, although I did read about 60 pages of Classified as Murdery by Miranda James. I am not sure after I read this book if I will read another in this series. The author takes quite awhile to get into the story, and repeats quite a bit of information that is in other books, which I guess is good if you haven't previously read a book in the series. 

I didn't get far at all...

 On the Dewey's 24 hour Readathon. I had a exam and then later on in the day had to watch my favorite college football team play. Then I saw on tv that some of the Harry Potter movies were playing, and then it was kind of all downhill from there after watching two movies. I also made some homemade soup and homemade rolls for dinner. I did read about 30 pages though, I guess that is better than none, not as much as I would have originally liked though. I hope to read more today of the Hostage Taker, and yesterday I did not read any other book than this one. Now I am about halfway done, it is interesting so far, although I think I have figured something out that the main character hasn't yet in the book. We shall see though.

Late to the Readathon!

  I am late in joining the Dewey's 24-Hour Readathon as it started a few hours ago. Somehow I totally missed that this was going to start today. I thought I had previously signed up to get emails in regards to when this readathon is one, but apparently that was not the case. It wouldn't have changed my starting the readathon late today anyways, as I had a test that was the priority today. Now, that is accomplished I plan on at least doing some reading today. There is no way that I will get any of these books finished today, as I have only started two of them, I figure though any progress is better than none.

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: 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 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

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

Classic Club Readathon

Join me and the other classic clubbers in enjoying a readathon on Jan. 5th. Book a classic book and start reading for all day! Course a mini break maybe needed every now and then, but it sounds great. Not sure what book to pick for the readathon though, probably one of the bigger books on my list such as War and Peace. Join the 24-hour Readathon