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The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, August 20th and runs through Sunday, August 26th 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 23 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team
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Showing posts with label bout of books 23. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bout of books 23. Show all posts
Monday, August 27, 2018
Bout of Books 23: Wrap Up Post!
Sunday, August 26, 2018
Bout of Books 23: Day 7 Challenge & Reading Updates
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| The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, August 20th and runs through Sunday, August 26th 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 23 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team
Challenge #7 created by Bout of Books.
Stretch GoalIt's the last day of the readathon, so today's challenge is to take a look at the goals you set for the week (if you have them) and decide a) how you can stretch yourself to complete them or b) how you can revise them so you can meet them. Because yes, you can revise your goals! If you didn't set goals for the week, set a small one for yourself today!
For me to revise my goals in order to meet them, I would literally have to remove like 10 books from my list. haha. But I'm not going to do that. I ended up setting a big goal for myself this time because I've started listening to audiobooks and I've been pushing out reviews a lot quicker than normal. It's no secret that I'm a super slow reader so listening to the books has helped out a bunch. Even though I won't meet my initial goal, I HAVE read more books that I would normally read during BoB so even if I don't finish the one I'm reading now, I'm happy with what I've done. :)
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Day Seven Reading Updates
Far Far Away by Tom McNeal Sisterland by Curtis Sittenfeld Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick Escaping Reality by Lisa Renee Jones Cartwheel by Jennifer Dubois King Hall by Scarlett Dawn The Here and Now by Ann Brashares
Detroy Me by Tahereh Mafi - currently reading
Total Books Finished: 4 |
Saturday, August 25, 2018
Bout of Books 23: Day 6 Challenge & Reading Updates
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| The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, August 20th and runs through Sunday, August 26th 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 23 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team
Challenge #6 created by Erica.
Discover BooksBout of Books is known to add to your TBR instead of reduce it. Embrace it by sharing the books you've discovered through Bout of Books.    
The Razorland series by Ann Aguirre
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Day Six Reading Updates
Far Far Away by Tom McNeal Sisterland by Curtis Sittenfeld Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick Escaping Reality by Lisa Renee Jones Cartwheel by Jennifer Dubois King Hall by Scarlett Dawn The Here and Now by Ann Brashares Total Books Finished: 4 |
Friday, August 24, 2018
Bout of Books 23: Day 5 Challenge & Reading Updates
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| The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, August 20th and runs through Sunday, August 26th 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 23 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team
Challenge #5 created by Emma.
Bookish PlaylistWhat's a song that always reminds you of a certain book? Is it something the characters listen to? Do the lyrics remind you of the plot? Make a list of at least three songs and match them each with a book. Participants could explain their reasoning in greater depth in the form of a blog or twitter thread, show pictures of the books and caption with the song titles in an Instagram post, or even make a playlist on Spotify or YouTube and share it. 
Song: Flightless Bird, American Mouth by Iron & Wine
Book: Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Reason: It's the song that plays during the prom scene / last scene of the movie and, for whatever reason, it's always stuck with me. I absolutely love the sound of the song and it spurred a love of more folksy sounding music for me. Every time I hear it, I automatically think of Twilight.
Song: Love Me Like You Do by Ellie Goulding
Book: Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James
Reason: This was one of the biggest songs from the Fifty Shades of Grey movie soundtrack and I absolutely fell in love with it the first time I heard it. I really enjoyed the emotion in the song and the sound of Goulding's voice. Beautiful song.
Song: Mysterious Ticking Noise by Potter Puppet Pals
Book: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by JK Rowling
Reason: I mean... it's Potter Puppet Pals. Any HP fan from the earlier 2000's probably knows the significance of this song.
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Day Five Reading Updates
Far Far Away by Tom McNeal Sisterland by Curtis Sittenfeld Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick Escaping Reality by Lisa Renee Jones Cartwheel by Jennifer Dubois King Hall by Scarlett Dawn The Here and Now by Ann Brashares Total Books Finished: 3 |
Thursday, August 23, 2018
Bout of Books 23: Day 4 Challenge & Reading Updates
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| The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, August 20th and runs through Sunday, August 26th 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 23 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team
Challenge #4 created by Stacie.
Book Trip Share books set in places you want to visit. Make a road trip of settings in the US or a dream vacation. Or you can think outside the box and choose fantasy, paranormal, historical, or sci-fi setting. Like Hogwarts!  I couldn't think of anything else but the Saving Angels series by the amazing Annie Rose Welch. In these books she takes you all over the world, including two of my favorite places. Ireland and New Orleans.
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Day Four Reading Updates
Far Far Away by Tom McNeal Sisterland by Curtis Sittenfeld Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick Escaping Reality by Lisa Renee Jones Cartwheel by Jennifer Dubois King Hall by Scarlett Dawn The Here and Now by Ann Brashares Total Books Finished: 3 |
Wednesday, August 22, 2018
Bout of Books 23: Day 3 Challenge & Reading Updates
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| The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, August 20th and runs through Sunday, August 26th 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 23 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team
Challenge #3 created by ME! :)
Literary Villains Who are your favorite literary bad guys? Can be a villain, a not-so-good-guy, or anti-hero.
Eric Northman from the Sookie Stackhouse / True Blood series.
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Day Three Reading Updates
Far Far Away by Tom McNeal Sisterland by Curtis Sittenfeld Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick Escaping Reality by Lisa Renee Jones Cartwheel by Jennifer Dubois King Hall by Scarlett Dawn The Here and Now by Ann Brashares Vampire Breath by R.L. Stine |
Tuesday, August 21, 2018
Bout of Books 23: Day 2 Challenge & Reading Updates
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| The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, August 20th and runs through Sunday, August 26th 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 23 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team
Challenge #2 created by Rebecca.
Book Plot EmojiTell the plot of a book (recent read, favorite, whatever) with emojis. 👩👧🌵👨👧🚘🍴👩🎒👨💖⚾🧛🏿🧛🧛🏻☠️👯🏥🕺🏻💃🏻
So... it's supposed to be Twilight. haha
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Day Two Reading Updates
Far Far Away by Tom McNeal Sisterland by Curtis Sittenfeld Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick Escaping Reality by Lisa Renee Jones Cartwheel by Jennifer Dubois King Hall by Scarlett Dawn White Hot Kiss by Jennifer L. Armentrout - currently reading The Here and Now by Ann Brashares Vampire Breath by R.L. Stine |
Monday, August 20, 2018
Bout of Books 23: Day 1 Challenge & Reading Updates
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| The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, August 20th and runs through Sunday, August 26th 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 23 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team
Challenge #1 created by Bout of Books
Introduce Yourself #insixwords The challenge is simple: introduce yourself on Twitter, Instagram, or on this post using six words, no more, no less. Use the hashtags #boutofbooks and #insixwords so we can learn all about you. 
Mom, wife, reader, blogger, pizza lover.✌
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Day One Reading Updates
Far Far Away by Tom McNeal Sisterland by Curtis Sittenfeld Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick Escaping Reality by Lisa Renee Jones Cartwheel by Jennifer Dubois King Hall by Scarlett Dawn White Hot Kiss by Jennifer L. Armentrout - currently reading The Here and Now by Ann Brashares Vampire Breath by R.L. Stine Total Books Finished: 1 |
Monday, August 6, 2018
Bout of Books 23: Sign Up Post
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| The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, August 20th and runs through Sunday, August 26th 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 23 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team |
Whoo! It's Bout of Books time again! I'm so excited! Below you'll find my reading goals for this read-a-thon. They may change between now and the end of the event, but the list is what I plan to read for now. :) I'll also be including what I read with my family before bedtime each night!
If you'd like to join in on the fun, click the graphic above and head over to the Bout of Books 23 sign up page!
READING GOALS
- The Tragedy Paper by Elizabeth LaBan
- Far Far Away by Tom McNeal
- Sisterland by Curtis Sittenfeld
- Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick
- Escaping Reality by Lisa Renee Jones
- Cartwheel by Jennifer Dubois
- King Hall by Scarlett Dawn
- White Hot Kiss by Jennifer L. Armentrout
- The Here and Now by Ann Brashares
- Vampire Breath by R.L. Stine
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