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January 8, 2018

Bout of Books 21

January 8, 2018

Time for Bout of Books 21 — Very unprepared but still very excited for this read-a-thon

Hi, hello, welcome! If you’re a fellow Bout of Books participant, worried about the non-existent TBR pile, you’re not alone! I don’t have any, and am just about managing to read a chapter on the first day. On the upside, there are six more to go.

For those of you who don’t know, Bout of Books is a weeklong read-a-thon that takes place every other month. It’s a great time to focus more on reading and to connect with fellow bibliophiles via blogs, YouTube, Twitter and other social media.

Goals

As I already mentioned, I don’t have a fixed set of books I intend to read because I’ve not had easy access to most of them. My family’s in the midst of home renovations. That’s why my bookshelves were wrapped, and books were stacked and stowed away in unaffected nooks and crannies around the house. I only got to gather them today but haven’t had a chance to sort.

With that, I aim to finish reading A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers, which I already started last week. I also want to get to Our Dark Duet by Victoria Schwab. I hope to read another one or two books that I own but I’m completely undecided on the titles. Maybe I’ll also listen to an audiobook in between.

Challenges

Day 1, Jan 8

Swamped but intent on reading too. #insixwords #boutofbooks

— Joséphine (@wordrevel) January 8, 2018

Day 2, Jan 9

My goal for 2018 is pretty straightforward — read more books from those I already own. That means hauling books at a slower rate than I read. At nearly 400 books on the TBR pile, it’d take me 5 years to deplete it, even without hauling books because I borrow and listen to a lot of audiobooks as well.

In any case, last year, I became more conscious about only acquiring books I know I absolutely want to read. I also looked up more book reviews if I wasn’t 100% sure. If I wasn’t super excited by the reviews, I skipped buying the books. At most, I bookmarked them on Overdrive but who knows when I’ll get to those, if ever. Getting into those routines ensured that my TBR pile only increased 9 books by the end of 2017. This year, I want to be more stringent, so the numbers will go down.

Day 3, Jan 10

Didn’t get the chance to take a new photo, so here’s one I took in the past.

https://instagram.com/p/BJM3xaagaB_/

Day 7, Jan 14

This week I finished reading two books. I will post reviews on the blog but for now I posted my initial thoughts on Goodreads — first, A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers, and second, Goodbye, Perfect by Sara Barnard.

Reading Progress

Settled down with tea and A Closed and Common Orbit

Day 1, Jan 8

Continued: A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

Pages read: 15

Day 2, Jan 9

Continued: A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

Pages read: 42

Day 3, Jan 10

Continued: A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

Pages read: 32

Day 4, Jan 11

Continued: A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

Pages read: 32

Day 5, Jan 12

Continued: A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

Pages read: 33

Day 6, Jan 13

Finished: A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

Pages read: 160

Day 7, Jan 14

Started & finished: Goodbye, Perfect by Sara Barnard

Pages read: 308


Are you participating in this round of Bout of Books? Let me know in the comments below, so we can cheer each other on!

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  1. Jenni Elyse says

    January 14, 2018 at 08:19

    I hope you’ve been having fun with Bout of Books and been getting a lot of reading done! Good luck with today and tomorrow!

    • Joséphine says

      February 1, 2018 at 14:29

      Thank you, Jenni! :) I’m definitely looking forward to the next round in May.

  2. Shanu says

    January 9, 2018 at 15:59

    This sounds so interesting! I’m tempted to participate :)

    • Joséphine says

      January 9, 2018 at 17:37

      You still have 20 hours to sign up, if you’re interested in joining! It’s up to you whether you want to do it with a blog post, a tweet, or even on Instagram :) Just remember to link up at http://boutofbooks.blogspot.com/2018/01/bout-of-books-21-day-1.html

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