“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, August 13th and runs through Sunday, August 19th 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 5.0 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. -From the Bout of Books 5.0 team”
It’s time for the fifth Bout of Books read-a-thon, a week-long event where the only requirement is to read. I’ve participated in this read-a-thon several times before and have always really enjoyed it, particularly the mini-challenges. So I definitely encourage you all to sign up! The preceding paragraph, taken verbatim from the Bout of Books blog, gives the basic info; for additional details and to sign up, click the picture!
My personal goals for Bout of Books 5.0 are: (1) to read for at least 30 minutes every day, and (2) to read at least three books from start to finish. I’m not sure which books I’ll be reading yet…I’ll have to do some examining of my bookshelves this weekend!
ETA: I will also be posting my progress for the read-a-thon here throughout the week, so stay tuned!
Monday 8/13:
Time spent reading today: 2 hours, give or take
Pages read today: 166
Books read today: Sarah Addison Allen, Garden Spells
Tuesday 8/14:
Time spent reading today: 40 minutes? I haven’t been keeping very close track, to be honest.
Pages read today: 124
Books read today: Sarah Addison Allen, Garden Spells (completed)
Wednesday 8/15:
Time spent reading today: 3 hours, perhaps.
Pages read today: 211
Books read today: Simon Brett, Blotto, Twinks and the Ex-King’s Daughter (completed)
Thursday 8/16:
Time spent reading today: Maybe 30 minutes? Definitely no longer, unfortunately.
Pages read today: 33
Books read today: Steve Miller and Sharon Lee, Agent of Change
Friday 8/17:
Time spent reading today: I can’t remember! Maybe 2 hours?
Pages read today: 144
Books read today: Steve Miller and Sharon Lee, Agent of Change
Saturday 8/18:
Time spent reading today: About 2 hours? Let’s be honest, I’m totally guessing at this point.
Pages read today: 146
Books read today: Steve Miller and Sharon Lee, Agent of Change (completed); Kate Saunders, Bachelor Boys
Sunday 8/19:
Time spent reading today: 2 hours 30 minutes??
Pages read today: 214
Books read today: Kate Saunders, Bachelor Boys (completed)
You Book Me All Night Long 
I say this with all the admiration I’ve come to have for you:
You post thing like this and it just makes me feel guilty for that fact that I’m websurfing and not reading a book right now. 🙂
Oh no! Web surfing is a totally legitimate use of time. 🙂
The challenges are fun! I hope you have fun. 3 books sounds good. Have fun and enjoy your books! 🙂
Three books seems do-able to me…I want to aim for something that’s achievable while not being too easy.
Can’t wait to see what you have on your list! Good luck with your goals 🙂
Sarah E
http://fortunefavors11.blogspot.com/
Thanks, and same to you! Yeah, my “list” is still very embryonic at this point.
Best. Blog name. Ever. How have I not found you sooner?! (That sounds kinda creepy. Sorry.) I can’t wait to see what you choose to read! 😀 Good luck!
Haha, you’re not creepy. (I mean, probably — after all, I don’t actually know you!) I only started this blog a week or so ago, so that’s probably why you haven’t found me. 🙂 Glad you like the name! It made me laugh.
I can’t wait to see which books you pick either. I have to have at least a starting point, but I don’t think I’ve ever stuck to it totally. Have fun and good luck 😉
I guess I do have a “starting point,” in the sense that I’m planning to read Too Good to Be True by Kristan Higgins at some point during the week…but other than that I have no idea!
That’s just one of the perfect things about Bout-of-Books. No rules! Just read whatever strikes your fancy and will definitley keep you reading 😉
I LOVE Garden Spells! I hope you’re enjoying it. I’ve read all of SAA’s books, and they’re incredible. Excellent blog name, by the way! 🙂
I’m really liking Garden Spells, and I’m a big fan of SAA in general. I have already read The Peach Keeper and The Sugar Queen, so sadly I only have The Girl Who Chased the Moon to read after this! And re the name, thanks. 🙂
Great start! Happy reading 😉
Thanks, and same to you!
Sarah Addison Allen is AMAZING. I have not yet read Garden Spells but I did love The Sugar Queen and The Peach Keeper. I’m glad to see you are really liking Garden Spells! 🙂
Keep up the great Bout Of Books progress!
-April Books & Wine
I really liked both of those SAA books as well. I still have The Girl Who Chased the Moon left, but unfortunately that’s all. I hope she writes another book soon!
Oh, you’ve read Garden Spells! How did you like it? It’s such an enchanting story, I really liked it. You’re making good progress! Good luck for the rest of the readathon!
Loved Garden Spells! Hopefully I’ll be posting a review later today. Happy reading to you as well!
you are doing great^^ i will be happy to read the review and discover the books you chose
Thanks! Hope you are enjoying your reading as well.
Great progress so far =D
Hope youre having fun!
-Becky
http://bookbitereviews.blogspot.com/2012/08/bout-of-books-read-thon-goalsupdates.html
Thanks! I’ve had fun…though I definitely haven’t made as much progress as you have. Well done!