Bout of Books 8.0: Goals & Updates

The Bout of Books read-a-thon starts today, and I've finally got all of my goals sorted! I was having a hard time deciding what books I was going to read and how many I was going to challenge myself to finish.
So, without further ado, here are the books that I'm hoping I'll be able to get through:

Books

1. The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick

2. Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

3. Hallowed by Cynthia Hand

4. Cinder by Marissa Meyer

5. My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick

6. Reached by Ally Condie

I'm hopefully going to be able to get through 5 of these books. I'll be going out on Wednesday to see City of Bones & Percy Jackson, and I'll be busy at the weekend so I'll probably only get to 5 but I'm hoping I'll be able to read all 6! :)

Updates

Monday
Number of books read today: 2
Number of pages read today: 642 pages
Books: Shadow and Bone [finished] & Hallowed

Tuesday

Number of books read today: 4
Number of pages read today: 1001 pages
Books: Hallowed [finished], My Life Next Door [finished], Cinder [finished] & Pivot Point

Wednesday

Number of books read today: 1
Number of pages read today: 195 pages
Books: Pivot Point [finished]

Thursday

Number of books read today: 2
Number of pages read today: 521 pages
Books: Reached & My Soul to Steal 

Friday

Number of books read today: 3 (2 books, 1 novella)
Number of pages read today: 279 pages
Books: My Soul to Steal [finished], The Assassin and the Pirate Lord [finished] & Reached

Saturday

Number of books read today: 3
Number of pages read today: 393 pages
Books: Reached [finished], The Silver Linings Playbook & The Awakening

Sunday

Number of books read today: 2

Number of pages read today: 410 pages

Books: The Silver Linings Playbook [finished] & The Awakening [finished]

Overall

Total number of books read: 10 (9 books, 1 novella)

Total number of pages read: 3441 pages
Books: Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardgo; Hallowed by Cynthia Hand; My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick, Cinder by Marissa Meyer; Pivot Point by Kasie West; My Soul to Steal by Rachel Vincent; The Assassin and the Pirate Lord by Sarah J Maas; Reached by Ally Condie; The Awakening by Kelley Armstrong & The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick.

Well, somehow I managed to read 10 books this week (which I actually can't believe!). I've managed to beat my own record of number of books read in a week and I had a lot of fun doing it! I participated in my first twitter chat for Bout of Books, and I had so much fun! I met some new people and found some new blogs to follow. I only managed to take part in one challenge, mostly because I kept forgetting about them, but next time I'll be making sure that I check out the challenges every day. I've really enjoyed taking part in this read-a-thon and I'm really looking forward to the next one now!

Challenges

Challenge - Bookish Mad Libs @ The Space Between
A - City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
B - Avari (hellion) - Soul Screamers series by Rachel Vincent
C - Texas Gothic by Rosemary Clement Moore
D - Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler
E - The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
F - Chaol Westfall - Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas
G - The Ice Cream Girls by Dorothy Koomson

Help! I'm being held captive in the City of Bones by Avari!
It is very Gothic here!
He is demanding Twenty Ravens to set me free!
I have just discovered that Chaol Westfall was captured too!
On second thought, please send Ice Cream, and don't worry if you don't hear from us for awhile!

Much Love,
Samantha [@SamanthasBooks]