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 17th and runs through Sunday, August 23th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 14 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team
It's one of those times of year ~ Bout of Books. While I thought I would go ahead and sign up, I am still having a little debate with myself on if I actually want to do it. But hey, what better way to get posting more on my blog than to do it on one of the best read-a-thons of the year?
I DO know I'm not going to push myself this time around. For read-a-thons I typically like to read as MUCH as I can, (which means all day every day) rarely taking breaks from reading and I'm not back to that level of wanting to read so much right now. While I am getting back more into reading, I definitely don't want to push it and be back into a reading slump (like I was after reading 52 books in April). I am doing a few challenges at GoodReads, and that always helps me with reading more, so I'll be focusing on reading books for the challenges during the Read-a-Thon and not worrying about trying to out do my best weeks of reading, book wise.
That being said, y'all know I can't plan worth crap. So, no plans for me, and my goal this time around is VERY low (for me). I look forward to joining in and visiting all the blogs I've missed while I've been taking all kinds of breaks ~ from blogging, from reading, from life in general. I will be updating here on my blog ~ as always I don't twit or tweet ~ **shudders**. Hate that crap! As always, I talk/post WAY too much to be constrained by character limits! :) So, come check me out here. Feel free to add me to your Bloglovin' feed. If you do, let me know and I'll follow you!
My Bout of Books Goals
- Daily, except for updates & challenges
- Complete at least TEN (10) books
- Complete at least TWO (2) comics
- Complete challenges that interest me
I'm not planning on trying anything specific, like reading books in a series or from the 365 Days of YA challenge I put on myself. I'm just going to read what I need for my challenges and try to not push myself to overdo it and read tons and tons!
This will be my 4th Bout of Books (I skipped BoB 13).
- Bout of books 10 ~ Wrap-Up ~ 17 books Completed
- Bout of books 11 ~ Wrap-Up ~ 20 books / 7 Comics Completed
- Bout of books 12 ~ Wrap-Up ~ 14 books / 10 Comics Completed
Yay! I'm signed up too. So excited for another Bout of Books! Those are some great goals!!
ReplyDeleteSo glad you'll be taking part! Any amount of reading is a good amount, and ten books would still be a LOAD!
ReplyDeleteYou're hilarious.. "y'all know I can't plan worth crap". I'm SO glad you're joining in. I've totally missed you. I love that 10 is dialing it back for you...I would NEVER manage to read that many in one week.
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