Bout of Books
ABOUT EVENT
Bout of Books is a low pressure week long readathon, with the overall aim being to read - with the encouragement to read more than you usually would within the given time frame. There are challenges, chats and giveaways throughout the event, however participation is not essential or required; they're just an added interactive element to the readathon.
Bout of Books has been taking place since 2011, with this being the 22nd event. If you'd like to know more about the readathon then you can find the 'About' page here.
TAKING PLACE
Monday 14th May - Sunday 20th May
MY TBR + GOALS
My hopes for this week of reading is to finish some of my books that currently have lingering bookmarks - that's four books in total. I'm not fussed if I don't complete them all - I don't think that's feasible - however I would like to make a good dent and give those books my sole attention... For the past month or so I've been starting many books, but not finishing many before starting more.
The books, as pictured above: Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer (on page 71), The Island of Adventure by Enid Blyton (on page 91), Spring: An Anthology for the Changing Seasons by Melissa Harrison (on page 85) and The 50 Greatest Train Journeys of the World by Anthony Lambert (on page 82).
For the first time during a readathon, I'll also be using my new (I bought it earlier this year) reading timer, calculating the total amount of time read during the week too.
My hopes for this week of reading is to finish some of my books that currently have lingering bookmarks - that's four books in total. I'm not fussed if I don't complete them all - I don't think that's feasible - however I would like to make a good dent and give those books my sole attention... For the past month or so I've been starting many books, but not finishing many before starting more.
The books, as pictured above: Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer (on page 71), The Island of Adventure by Enid Blyton (on page 91), Spring: An Anthology for the Changing Seasons by Melissa Harrison (on page 85) and The 50 Greatest Train Journeys of the World by Anthony Lambert (on page 82).
For the first time during a readathon, I'll also be using my new (I bought it earlier this year) reading timer, calculating the total amount of time read during the week too.
DAY ONE
As I'm really engrossed in Into Thin Air right now, I'm kicking off my reading week with that. I spent 1 hour 7 minutes reading today, solely on this title.
As I'm really engrossed in Into Thin Air right now, I'm kicking off my reading week with that. I spent 1 hour 7 minutes reading today, solely on this title.
DAY TWO
Today I read for longer, totalling 1 hour 44 minutes, with that being entirely spent on Into Thin Air. This is proving to be a really gripping non fiction book, that it reads as a novel in many ways, placing you right there on Everest.
It would be nice if I could gradually increase my total amount of reading daily... Unsure if that'll happen.
It would be nice if I could gradually increase my total amount of reading daily... Unsure if that'll happen.
DAY THREE
It didn't happen... Oops! Today I read for 1 hour 38 minutes (not far off yesterday's reading time), and am so close to finished Into Thin Air - all of my reading time today was in the evening, and so I got a bit too sleepy, leaving me with 50ish pages left in the book.
DAY FOUR
Today I finished my first book of the readathon - YAY!
I got a little bit of reading time in during the morning, reading just under 30 pages of the spring anthology, with the bulk of my reading being done in the evening when I completed Into Thin Air. My reading time for the day was 1 hour 10 minutes.
DAY FIVE
Honestly, I'm surprised I got any reading done today, so was happy to have come away with 58 minutes of reading and making further progress with The Island of Adventure. I wasn't in a reading mood really - I often have these days at least once a week - however I took myself off to bed early, with no distractions, and got in a good chunk of reading time... And I felt good for having done that afterwards, as I definitely got swept into the bubble of the book.
I have hopes for getting a good chunk of reading done over the weekend.
DAY SIX
I read for a total of 1 hour and 22 minutes today - not quite as much as I was hoping for - but I'm happy with it at the same time, given everything else that I did do today.
The sun was shining and I think this inspired a want to armchair travel; all of my reading time today was spent on The 50 Greatest Train Journeys of the World, and I really enjoyed that. I have now covered a further three sections within the book, having traversed Mainland Europe, Africa and Asia... I have Australasia and the Americas left, which I'm keen to read as there are train journeys included that I already have a desire to travel on someday.
I had hopes of finishing The Island of Adventure this weekend, however I think I'm just going to focus on the train travel tomorrow and possibly finish reading that book.
DAY SEVEN
Finished another book - YAY - The 50 Greatest Train Journeys of the World. I spent a total of 55 minutes reading today.
CONCLUDING
I'm really happy to have completed two books on my readathon TBR! Time wise, I don't feel like I read much more than I usually do, if at all, however I do think participating in the readathon helped me to complete my books as I had a focus on them - whereas otherwise I may have just kept flitting between the four and making progress, but nothing significant. All in all, a great bout of books experience.
DAY FOUR
Today I finished my first book of the readathon - YAY!
I got a little bit of reading time in during the morning, reading just under 30 pages of the spring anthology, with the bulk of my reading being done in the evening when I completed Into Thin Air. My reading time for the day was 1 hour 10 minutes.
DAY FIVE
Honestly, I'm surprised I got any reading done today, so was happy to have come away with 58 minutes of reading and making further progress with The Island of Adventure. I wasn't in a reading mood really - I often have these days at least once a week - however I took myself off to bed early, with no distractions, and got in a good chunk of reading time... And I felt good for having done that afterwards, as I definitely got swept into the bubble of the book.
I have hopes for getting a good chunk of reading done over the weekend.
DAY SIX
I read for a total of 1 hour and 22 minutes today - not quite as much as I was hoping for - but I'm happy with it at the same time, given everything else that I did do today.
The sun was shining and I think this inspired a want to armchair travel; all of my reading time today was spent on The 50 Greatest Train Journeys of the World, and I really enjoyed that. I have now covered a further three sections within the book, having traversed Mainland Europe, Africa and Asia... I have Australasia and the Americas left, which I'm keen to read as there are train journeys included that I already have a desire to travel on someday.
I had hopes of finishing The Island of Adventure this weekend, however I think I'm just going to focus on the train travel tomorrow and possibly finish reading that book.
DAY SEVEN
Finished another book - YAY - The 50 Greatest Train Journeys of the World. I spent a total of 55 minutes reading today.
CONCLUDING
I'm really happy to have completed two books on my readathon TBR! Time wise, I don't feel like I read much more than I usually do, if at all, however I do think participating in the readathon helped me to complete my books as I had a focus on them - whereas otherwise I may have just kept flitting between the four and making progress, but nothing significant. All in all, a great bout of books experience.