Tracking Bout of Books 15

While this is my first time participating in Book of Books, it’s already into its 15th installation! To keep track of my progress and some of the challenges, I will be updating this space, so keep coming back for more ;)

Challenges

Day 1, Jan 4

Always with a book and camera. #insixwords #boutofbooks

— Joséphine (@wordrevel) January 4, 2016

Reading Progress

Day 1, Jan 4

Started: The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness, The Glass Sentence by S.E. Grove
Pages read: 24
Listening time: 3h 20 mins (= ca. 100 pages)

Was busier today than I had anticipated, so didn’t get to sit down very much with The Knife of Never Letting Go. I did have things to do though that I allowed me to listen to an audiobook at the same time. The Glass Sentence has been a great pick. It’s engaging, quite original and I love the narrator.

Day 2, Jan 5

Started: The Heavenly Collection by Annie Dalton
Continued: The Glass Sentence by S.E. Grove
Pages read: 154
Listening time: 4h (= ca. 125 pages)

Ended up deviating from the TBR pile I planned because I was looking more for a pick-me-up. I used to enjoy the Angels Unlimited series when I was younger, so I decided to go with a re-read. Was too preoccupied with finding out about the catfishing debacle that was uncovered. I was on the receiving as well. This led me to write a Goodreads review of this book I’ve never read.

Day 3, Jan 6

Finished: The Glass Sentence by S.E. Grove
Continued: The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
Pages read: 10
Listening time: 8h 48 mins (= ca. 300 pages)

After listening so much to my audiobook, I was a little too exhausted to continue reading paperbacks. Concentration levels were spent. In any case, I finished my first book for the read-a-thon, so yay! May Day 4 be more successful for paper.

Day 4, Jan 7

Continued: The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
Pages read: 100

Would you believe it? I missed the submission deadline for the Day 2 challenge. Oops. Since I took the photo and don’t want to tire you guys with yet another photo of The Knife of Never Letting Go, I decided to share my rainbow covers anyway. In any case, I’ve reached this week’s 100-page mark for my buddy read, so I’m taking a break and starting something new that I can breeze through more easily for the read-a-thon.

Day 5, Jan 8

Started: Counting Stars by Keris Stainton
Pages read: 110

Bout of Books 15 is almost over. Just left with Saturday and Sunday, then that’s it. So far it hasn’t felt like I’ve been reading more than I usually can in a week but it’s gotten me more motivated compared to the past couple of months, so that’s good. Hopefully I’ll finish Counting Stars over the weekend. I was sent this copy for review, so I’d like to have my thoughts up over the coming week.

Day 6, Jan 9

Continued: Counting Stars by Keris Stainton, The Heavenly Collection by Annie Dalton
Pages read: 62

Saturday turned out to be a whole lot busier than I had anticipated. When I signed up for Bout of Books, I thought I’d be able to dedicate this whole day to reading. Other plans cropped up and reading had to be shoved to the back burner.