19 August 2013

Bout of Books 8.0: Goals & Updates

Bout of Books

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]

26 comments:

  1. Looks like youve got a few good books there for this week!

    Here's my Bout of Books goals.

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    1. I'm really looking forward to reading them all :)

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  2. Great list! I am jealous you get to see both movies on Wednesday. Hope they are good and that you enjoy them! Happy Reading and Watching!

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    1. I'm absolutely dying to see City of Bones! I'm looking forward to Sea of Monsters too, but it looks so different from the book. But I'm still looking forward to it :)
      Thanks!

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  3. Great list! I loved Hallowed, My Life Next Door and Cinder.
    Good luck!

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    1. I read Hallowed yesterday and I loved it! I'm reading My Life Next Door just now and I'm loving that too! I think I might pick up Cinder when I'm done with My Life Next Door.
      Thanks!

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  4. Oh, I am pushing myself to finish City of Bones, so if I have the chance to watch the movie, I am so ready alread. :)

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  5. You are doing awesome!! SQUEE! City of Bones!

    Amy @ www.bookgoonie.com

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    1. Thank you! I'm going to see it today! AH! I'M SO EXCITED :D

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  6. Wasn't Shadow and Bone amazing!!! You got some awesome books there. Great job so far!

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  7. Oh wow, fantastic progress so far! Hope you enjoy the movies too :-) I can't wait to see both those!

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    1. Thanks Vicky! I'm really excited to see them both today! :)

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  8. Great progress! Also good books you choose, I'm still interested in reading them!

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    1. Thank you! All the ones I've read have been amazing so far! :)

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  9. Blimey, the amount of pages you've read so far is very impressive, well done! :)

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    1. I can't believe I've managed to get through that many pages already! Thanks :)

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  10. Oh my goodness! I am IN LOVE with your list! ♥ I adore My Life Next Door, and Hallowed and Shadow & Bone are both fantastic! I hope you've enjoyed them so far. :D Looks like you're doing well with your goals! Good luck with the rest of BOB!

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    1. Haha, I love it too! So far, all the books I've read from the list have been amazing! Especially Hallowed and Shadow & Bone!
      Thanks Sharon!

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  11. Wow, you are kicking BUTT. You are also reading some of my favorites (Cinder, My Life Next Door). I hope you are enjoying the books you are getting to. Good luck the rest of the challenge!

    LisaILJ @ I’ll Tumble for YA

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    1. I never expected to have read this much already! I loved both of them! So far, all the books I've read have been amazing! I'm a bit iffy with Reached, but hopefully it'll get better.
      Thanks!

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  12. You're doing pretty awesome! That is an IMPRESSIVE number of books to finish in one week!

    Hope you have a great B.o.B. weekend!

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    1. Thanks Sarah! I never expected to get that many finished!

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  13. Wow! I think you might have read more than like anyone else i've visited! You are doing amazing!! :D Keep up the good work!! :D

    http://bemusedbookworm.weebly.com/1/post/2013/08/bout-of-books-80.html

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    1. I can't believe I've managed to read all of these books this week!
      Thanks! :)

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