Ready for 'Bout of Books' Read-a-Thon May 13-19.13

Last week I was

Getting ready for the week long

Bout of Books Readathon 7.0

beginning 12.01 am Monday May 13th

running through to the end of May 19th - That's Today!

Did  Are you participate ?

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly, and is  low-pressure - the only competition is between you and your usual number of books read in a week. There are challenges, giveaways, twitter chats, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional.  For all Bout of Books 7.0 info and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. 

My intentions?

To read regularly throughout the week.

[taking my kindle to Tuesday's Dr. appointment!]

My goals are to complete at least 3 books.

And the outcome?  I read 12 !!
They're all listed below as I updated daily thru the week ...
So that pretty much gives my 
It's Monday! What Am I Reading? line up for this week too ~

ahhh, which books will  DID I choose?

[exactly which books to be determined enroute]

providing my daily updates here as follows :

Monday:

Number of books/pages I've read today:
1- Majestic and Wild by Murray Pura - COMPLETED
{click title to link to review at Goodreads for all books}

2- Chasing Francis by Ian Morgan Cron - 50%  Done!

Total number of books I've read to date:
2 today

Book Titles:  

Majestic and Wild by Murray Pura 
Chasing Francis by Ian Morgan Cron

**Extra Challenge:  Book Spine Poetry

Awake.. a fairytale?
First Impressions, there must be murder.
Definitely not Mr. Darcy... 
Deeply devoted a necessary deception. 
Return to Longbourn.
Yours, 
Affectionately, Jane Austen.

*Tuesday:

Number of books/pages I've read today:
2 books today!!
3- Persistent Love by Laura J Marshall [done!]

{FREE today on amazon - click to link for your own copy}
and book 4 -
Best Laid Plans by Martha Rogers [completed!]

Total number of books I've read to date:
2  3  4!
Book Titles:
Majestic and Wild
Chasing Francis
Persistent Love
Best Laid Plans

[Plus reviews written! Yay!]

What will I read for day 3?

*Wednesday:

Number of books/pages I've read today:
#5 Starting with 'Five Days in Skye '

- by debuting author Carla Laureano
 releasing in June

Total number of books I've read to date:
4 5
Book Titles:

Majestic and Wild
Chasing Francis
Persistent Love
Best Laid Plans
Five Days in Skye 

*Day 4 - Thursday:
Number of books/pages I've read today:
Currently reading 6- 'Loving Miss Darcy' by Nancy Kelley

Total number of books I've read to date:
5+ 1 currently 6 now completed! whoohoo = 1 HapPy Reader!
#7 now reading Rosemary Cottage by Colleen Coble

due to release July 2013
It.is.gripping! Not sure I'll be putting it down til I'm done :))
Exactly right.  Now Finished!  I can go to bed !
7 down!
Today's EXTRA *Book Spine Acrostic Poem Challenge
for "Summer" by Karen Kingsbury

S ome
 U seless
    M emories
M ake
E xtra
  R egrets



Book Titles Read to date:

Majestic and Wild
Chasing Francis
Persistent Love
Best Laid Plans
Five Days in Skye 

Loving Miss Darcy

Rosemary Cottage 

*Day 5 - Friday:
Number of books/pages I've read today:
Book #8  A Duke's Promise by Jamie Carie

3rd and final in 'The Forgotten Castles' series 
it's off to Italy for Alexandria and her Duke St Easton ...

Total number of books I've read to date:
7 + 30% of 8th

Book Titles Read to date:
Majestic and Wild
Chasing Francis
Persistent Love
Best Laid Plans
Five Days in Skye 

Loving Miss Darcy

Rosemary Cottage 

Day 6 - Saturday May 18th !

Number of books/pages I've read today:
Attempting a finish of
Book #8  The Duke's Promise by Jamie Carie


Total number of books I've read to date:
7 + 30% of 8th now complete and reviewed ...
beginning   9th  completed and reviewed ~ 
The Inheritance by Louisa May Alcott

Book Titles Read to date:
Majestic and Wild
Chasing Francis
Persistent Love
Best Laid Plans
Five Days in Skye 

Loving Miss Darcy

Rosemary Cottage 
A Duke's Promise 
The Inheritance 

Extra Challenge Genre Book Spine Poetry
{click to link directly}

Midnight in Madrid
the stars shine bright

Final Day - Sunday

Well it's begun with a great 10th book read and reviewed,
Finding Your Voice in the Psalms:
An Invitation to Honest Prayer
{click to link to review on Goodreads}

 I've written a separate Sunday post on it - Excellent book-
Def an invitation worth accepting !

Total number of books I've read to date:
Listening to 11th  The Art of Thinking Brilliantly 

and
# 12th -  Latitude and Indulgence
as it pours rain outside I'm HapPy being inside!

12 Book Titles Read to date:
Majestic and Wild
Chasing Francis
Persistent Love
Best Laid Plans
Five Days in Skye 

Loving Miss Darcy

Rosemary Cottage 
A Duke's Promise 
The Inheritance 

Finding Your Voice in the Psalms
The Art of Thinking Brilliantly [audiobook]
 Latitude and Indulgence [audio]

I will tweet updates via @_eHope

using #boutofbooks to keep in touch with the reading FuN

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A great opportunity for Scotland Reading Challenge members

for completing more #ReadingScotland books !

I'm hoping to be including those in my week's reads too...
 ps-
I did with reading Five Days in Skye !

Would love to find you there ~

HapPy Reading!

What have you been reading, now that it's Monday
and you can tell us !?

Find more at Book Journey...

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Deweys Read-a-Thon Day !

Today's THE Day!

Dewey's 24 Hr Read-a-Thon!

and the FuN's about to begin in 10 from now....

I've taken good note of the suggestions

[recommendations]?

for snacks, breaks, naps, and breaking up the reading with

activity and lighter reading - even children's books -

plus listening to audio books.

Soooo - I'm set for my reading adventures for the next

however many hours I can survive !

Looking forward to the cheerleading!!

THanks to the hosts and everyone participating ~

CHEERS!

Introductory Questionnaire

1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today?
Canada

2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?
Lisa Bergren's River of Time series books 2+3
Kate Morton's House at Riverton
Canadian author Murray Pura's Ashton Park
[Downtown Abbey style]
And Sarah Jio's Blackberry Winter
obviously I can't choose a fave, right? !!

3) Which snack are you most looking forward to?

Bailey's chocolates :) + fruit of course!!

4) Tell us a little something about yourself!
@_eHope tweeting 

coming back to this so I can hit publish and link ..
lifetime reader [thanks mom!] book reviewer,
mom of 3+their mates!
I love to get to wherever I'm travelling
[as opposed to travelling!]
wellness instructor, creative artisan, writer, innovator...

5) If you participated in the last read-a-thon, what’s one thing you’ll do different today? 

Not worry about interruptions of life 'stuff' that just happens !


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Looking forward to putting together
some bookspine poetry for the mini-challenge at
BalletBookworm


**Hour 2 Mini Challenge is Bookspine Poetry ~

  Here's my wee  bit of  {mainly} Jane Austen Fan Fiction poetry!

FuN Challenge !
Thank you , Melissa ~

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Now for the Hour 5 Mini Challenge
"Self Portrait"

only for  you Andi and Heather !!
only for you ...!

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Ok, time to lighten up with a kids book ~
on to Peter Pan with gorgeous original illustrations by
Arthur Rackham from 1906!!

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**My response to the 4 hr Challenge at Geeky Bloggers?

" Ashton Park" becomes
'Uptown Abbey' !

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**My Hour 8 Mini Challenge response:

Create a sentence using only book titles...

Awake! First Impressions, there must be murder...
definitely not mr. darcy, [deeply devoted]
a necessary deception, return to Longbourn.
Affectionately Yours,
Jane Austen

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Ready Set Read ! {~a~Thon} 8/31-9/2

{Jane} Austen in August

finishes up at both sites today

and

I am entirely pleased with the effort that achieved

13 new reads for me this month !

All the books are linked in the Goodreads sidebar button
{on the right}

and reviews written for each of them 

{linked at Misty's Book Rat + Adam's Roof Beam Reader}

just in case you're looking for some new books to consider ...

Now it's time for the Long Weekend Ready Set Reading Challenge 

on offer at Booktacular 

and a Daydreamer's Thoughts

No set # or genre of books for participation here.

If you're on twitter, use #RSReadathon

to chat and update your reading..

Anticipated Reads for me?

For Myself Alone ~ Shannon Winslow

{completed 8/31}

Didn't get to these yet ~

Travelers Rest ~ Ann Tatlock

Stardust ~ Carla Stewart

carrying on with

A Necessary Deception ~ Laurie ALice Eakes

{completed 9/2}

Enthusiasm ~ Polly Shulman

{completed 9/3}

 click on titles for book bio links at Goodreads

and your weekend ?

Are you labouring , resting or reading ?

EnJoy!

More Books to Explore at Sheila's Book Journey!

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