Monday 8 January 2018

Bout of Books 21 Goals & Updates

Let's do this!

Time Devoted to Reading
I'm going to be reading as much as I can throughout the week, keeping in mind that I'll be studying for some of my college classes and doing other general "life" stuff as well.

My Goals
  • Read 700 pages (or 100 pages/day)
  • Keep up with daily updates
  • Have fun!

Books to Read
  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
  • Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
  • Smile by Raina Telgemeier
  • Sisters by Raina Telgemeier
  • Drama by Raina Telgemeier

Updates

Monday
Number of pages I've read today: 70
Number of books I've started today: 0
Number of books I've finished today: 0
Books read from: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Totals: 70 pages, 0 books started, 0 books finished

Tuesday
Number of pages I've read today: 85
Number of books I've started today: 0
Number of books I've finished today: 0
Books read from: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Totals: 155 pages, 0 books started, 0 books finished

Wednesday
Number of pages I've read today: 35 + 45 = 80
Number of books I've started today: 1
Number of books I've finished today: 1
Books read from: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
Totals: 235 pages, 1 book started, 1 book finished

Thursday
Number of pages I've read today: 56 + 214 = 270
Number of books I've started today: 1
Number of books I've finished today: 1
Books read from: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Smile.
Totals: 505 pages, 2 books started, 2 books finished

Friday
Number of pages I've read today: 0
Number of books I've started today: 0
Number of books I've finished today: 0
Books read from: None
Totals: 505 pages, 2 books started, 2 books finished

Saturday
Number of pages I've read today: 0
Number of books I've started today: 0
Number of books I've finished today: 0
Books read from: None
Totals: 505 pages, 2 books started, 2 books finished

Sunday
Number of pages I've read today: 90 + 197 = 287
Number of books I've started today: 1
Number of books I've finished today: 1
Books read from: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Sisters.
Totals: 793 pages, 3 books started, 3 books finished

Sunday 7 January 2018

Bout of Books 21 is here!


Hello everyone! The Bout of Books read-a-thon is upon us once again! I missed participating in the three that were held last year, and I'm trying to also have a better reading year this year, so I figured it would be a good idea for me to jump in on my favourite read-a-thon in its January session. ;)

For those of you who aren't familiar with Bout of Books, here's its official blurb from the lovely people who run it:

"The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, January 8th and runs through Sunday, January 14th 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 21 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. 
- From the Bout of Books team"

This year I'm going to be doing things quite a bit differently. My goals aren't going to be nearly as ambitious and I'm also just going to do one, big update post instead of a separate one for each day, as I've never seemed to keep up with posting daily updates throughout the entire week in the past. Hopefully this will allow me to finally make it through all 7 days. ;]

And... that's it for now, I suppose. I'll be back with my goals and update post tomorrow though, so keep an eye out for that. And I hope, for all of you also participating, that you have a good week, full of lots of reading and fun. :)

Happy read-a-thoning everyone!

Tuesday 2 January 2018

2018: New year, new goals!

Hello everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and a happy New Year's. I am super excited for the start of this new year, as I see it as an opportunity to start fresh with new ideas and goals in mind. 2016 and 2017 were, honestly, both terrible reading, writing, and blogging years for me, so I'm hoping to change all of that this year.

At this point I don't have any definite plans or goals in mind. I'm just hoping to read and write more regularly. Once I start to do that I may make a sort of schedule or timeline for things, such as posting 2 or 3 times a week on here and reading at least one book and one graphic novel/manga a week. (Ideally this will happen by the end of January, but I don't want to put too much pressure on myself too early, as I've come to realize that doing so often just puts me off of whatever I'm trying to accomplish. :/)

I'm not exactly sure what specific types of things I'll be posting about at this point either, though obviously I'll have some book reviews up every so often, at the very least. I'd also like to try to get back into doing some of the more popular weekly memes, like Top Ten Tuesday, and blogging all the read-a-thons I take part in. I've always really enjoyed writing up posts for the more fun, community-oriented things, so I'm hoping it won't be that hard for me to start writing up posts for them again. There's of course more general bookish and life stuff I could write about too, but I'd like to get back into blogging more fully before I even attempt to add those types of posts to my "line up". ;)

Other than that, I hope you are all looking forward to this new year as much as I am, and have lots of awesome and exciting things planned! Feel free to leave me a comment letting me know said "things" if you do, and I'll talk to you all again soon!