Bout of Books 8.0: DAY THREE

Today was another day of working 8.5 hours but I found a wee bit of time, during my breaks, to read some while at work. Then I was free from other commitments to read all night when I got home (minus time spent, napping, cooking and being distracted by youtube and facebook).

Here's my progress for day three:

Wednesday

Number of pages I've read today:

1. Blood Brother in Louisbourg by Philip Roy: 0 (75 pages left)
2. Rapture (Fallen #4) by Lauren Kate: (audiobook) 67 (166 page equivalents left - or 5 hours approx.)
3. Left Neglected by Lisa Genova: 132 (175 pages left)

Total number of pages read today: 199 pages
Number of books I've read today: 0 books
Total number of pages I've read: 489 pages
Total number of books I've read: 1 book
Books read:

1.  Hard Run (Death Note #3) by Tsugumi Ohba (****)

Unstarted thus far on RAT TBR:

1. Bitten by Kelley Armstrong - 422 pages

Participating in Bout of Books 8.0? How did you do on day three?

Bout of Books 8.0: DAY TWO

So after a fairly successful first day, my reading took a steep decline. Where I usually would listen to my audiobook both to and from work in my car, I only listened to it for one direction as I gave a co-worker a lift and didn't want to subject them to 15-ish minutes of the middle of the last book in a series they haven't read after working an 8.5 hour shift. Then I spent longer than expected in Walmart picking out a new microwave and tv for my new house/apartment. Lastly tonight was the last ceilidh of the season in my community so I went and watched that during the time I'd usually be reading. I also felt pressure to read more pages so I started another book (at 11:30pm) as Blood Brothers in Louisbourg, dispite being quite short, has a small font so it is taking me awhile to get through.

So all in all (after all my excuses) this is how I faired on day two: 

Tuesday

Number of pages I've read today:

1. Blood Brother in Louisbourg by Philip Roy: 15 (75 pages left)
2. Rapture (Fallen #4) by Lauren Kate: (audiobook) 10 (233 page equivalents left)
3. Left Neglected by Lisa Genova: 16 (306 pages left)

Total number of pages read today: 41 pages (ouch)
Number of books I've read today: 0 books
Total number of pages I've read: 291 pages
Total number of books I've read: 1 book
Books read:

1.  Hard Run (Death Note #3) by Tsugumi Ohba (****)

Unstarted thus far on RAT TBR:

1. Bitten by Kelley Armstrong - 422 pages

Bout of Books 8.0: DAY ONE

Day One for me is now officially over. I only managed to read 7 pages at midnight before falling asleep then worked from 8-4:30pm so this left me with the rest of the night to do my reading. So let's see how I did.

Monday

Number of pages I've read today:

1. Blood Brother in Louisbourg by Philip Roy: 31 (90 pages left)
2. Hard Run (Death Note #3) by Tsugumi Ohba: 193 (0 pages left) - completed 
3. Rapture (Fallen #4) by Lauren Kate: (audiobook) 26 (243 page equivalents left)

Total number of pages read today: 250 pages
Number of books I've read today: 1 book
Total number of pages I've read: 250 pages
Total number of books I've read: 1 book
Books read:

1.  Hard Run (Death Note #3) by Tsugumi Ohba (****)

Unstarted thus far on RAT TBR:

1. Bitten by Kelley Armstrong - 422 pages
2. Left Neglected by Lisa Genova - 322 pages

Bout of Books 8.0 - Reading Goals

The last read-a-thon(RAT) I participated in (The BookTube-A-Thon) challenged us to read 300 pages per day for each of the seven days. I ended up reading an average of 244 pages per day. This was a week where I could devote every moment (when I wasn't working or sleeping) to reading. This coming week I still have my work and sleep commitments but I also need to be packing for my upcoming move. So that being factored in I am making my goal to read 190 pages per day. This will hopefully give me the opportunity to complete all my planned books and, if I have extra time, choose based on mood another later on.

The Bout of Books RAT is all about reading more than you usually do and may include challenges along the way but (as far as I can tell) doesn't include a set of challenges to direct your book choosing as my previous one did. As I have so many books I want to read (all at once if I could lol) I enjoyed having the framework and structure those challenges gave to narrowing down my choices. Therefore I've looked elsewhere to give me structure, Goodreads (particularly the Nothing but Reading Challenges group).

I had already committed (at least in my own mind) to tackling the Reading University Challenge. I am currently on the Associate's degree level so I decided to choose my books for this RAT in order to work towards fulfilling that challenge's criteria (and to give myself a bit more diversity in the genres I choose) plus reading a couple books that are still left over from my TBR from the last RAT (oops).

Without further ado, here are the books I'm planning to read:
1.  Blood Brothers in Louisbourg by Philip Roy - Started prior to RAT, History (american history) - total pages left: 121
2. Bitten (Women of the Otherworld #1) by Kelley Armstrong - TBR of last RAT - total pages: 436
3. Hard Run (Death Note #3) by Tsugumi Ohba - Literature (graphic novel) - total pages: 193
4. Left Neglected by Lisa Genova - Social Studies (psychology) - total pages: 322
5. Rapture (Fallen #4) by Lauren Kate - Started prior to RAT, audiobook - total pages left: 270

This totals: 1342 pages and an average of 191 pages per day or more like 150 per day from Monday to Thursday and then 247 on Fri, Sat & Sun when I'm off work. :)

Wish me luck!

Updates & Bout of Books 8.0

Hey all,

I feel like all I do is plan to post things here, tell you my plan, then I don't follow through. Then I come back here to apologia before sharing yet another plan. It's a vicious cycle. Anywho, my most recent disappearance from both here and youtube is from me having to find a new apartment on super short notice. I've been living in an apartment in a family's reno'd basement since June when I moved across the country. The plan was always to have a lease until the end of Aug. with the ability to extend the lease at that time if I chose to stay. My landlady sends me a message at the beginning of August asking me to let her know that week whether I was wanting to stay or not as she would love me to be understands if I want a bigger place. A day or two later I let her know I'd love to stay and she emails me back the next day informing me she isn't renting out the apartment to anyone and that I have until the 2nd of Sept to get out. Gee thanks lady! So since then I've been apartment hunting. Super stressful!

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Anywho, I believe I now have a new place to live come Sept, so I can start getting back to my regular routines and that means back to reading. So why not participate in a read-a-thon? No reason at all (well other than packing like crazy, but whatevs). I just found out today that the Bout of Books read-a-thon is coming back next week! From August 19-25 and I will give it my best show to participate.

But what is the Bout of Books read-a-thon, you ask?
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 19th and runs through Sunday, August 25th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure, and the only reading competition is between you and your usual number of books read in a week. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 8.0 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

I will let know what books I have planned to read probably later today. (I'm determined to follow through this time) 

Bye,
Kieli

Booktube-A-Thon

Just a quick update post that I will be participating in the Booktube-A-Thon from July 15th to July 21st. I'm super excited! (only a few more minutes before I can officially start!) See my video below to learn more about this read-a-thon.

 

Also check the video below for what I'm planning on reading:

I plan to post here with my my progress and make a video update at the end! Wish me luck!

Women of the Otherworld Series by Kelley Armstrong

I am currently in the process of reading the Women of the Otherworld Series by Kelley Armstrong. I am however I won't be reading the first novel in the series for some time yet. This is because of all the short stories that also make up a full reading of this series. Many of these stories (when looking at them chronologically) take place before the first book, as prequels. Here's the order list I am going by, provided by a pdf from Kelley Armstrong herself and by an order written by Maryse of Maryse's Book Blog. I've tried to block it up by month (basically one novel per month and then whatever short stories lead me there) and then will fill in my read dates once I finish each. Wish me luck! lol

June
0.01 Rebirth (in "Tales of the Otherworld," narrator: Aaron)  - read: 18-Jun-13
0.02 Infusion (in "Men of the Otherworld,” narrator: Malcolm) - read: 21-Jun-13
0.03 Savage (in "Men of the Otherworld,” narrator: Clay) - read: 28-Jun-13
0.04 Ascension (in "Men of the Otherworld," narrator: Clay) - read: 07-Jul-13


July
0.05 Demonology (online story, narrator: Talia) - read: 07-Jul-13

0.06 Bewitched (in "Tales of the Otherworld,") - read: 08-Jul-13
0.07 Birthright (in "Tales of the Otherworld,” narrator: Logan) - read: 08-Jul-13
0.08 Beginnings (in "Tales of the Otherworld," narrators: Clay & Elena) - read: 27-Jul-13
0.09 Becoming (online graphic novella, narrator: Elena) - read: 28-Jul-13
0.10 The Case of the Half-Demon Spy (online story, about: Adam & Paige) - read: 28-Jul-13
0.11 Expectations (in "Tales of the Otherworld,” narrator: Lucas) - read 28-Jul-13
0.12 Truth and Consequences (short story, narrator: Elena) - read 28-Jul-13
0.13 Territorial (online story, narrator: Karl) - read 29-Jul-13
1.0 Bitten (novel, narrator: Elena) - read 06-Jul-14
1.1 Ghosts (in "Tales of the Otherworld,” narrator: Jeremy) - read 06-Jul-14

August

1.2 Escape (online story, narrator: Eve)
2.0 Stolen (novel, narrator: Elena)


September
3.0 Dime Store Magic (novel, narrator: Paige)

October
4.0 Industrial Magic (novel, narrator: Paige)
4.1 Wedding Bell Hell (in "Tales of the Otherworld,” narrator: Paige)

November
5.0 Haunted (novel, narrator: Eve)
5.1 Adventurer (online story, narrator: Kenneth)
5.2 Chaotic (novella, narrator: Hope)
5.3 Bargain (online story, narrator: Xavier)

December
6.0 Broken (novel, narrator: Elena)
6.1The Case of El Chupacabra (in "Tales of the Otherworld,” narrator: Lucas)

January 2014
7.0 No Humans Involved (novel, narrator: Jaime)
7.1 Framed (online novella, narrator: Nick)
7.2 Twilight (in "Many Bloody Returns,” narrator: Cassandra)
7.3 Stalked (in "My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon” narrator: Clay)

February
8.0 Personal Demon (novel, narrators: Hope & Lucas)
8.1 Chivalrous (in “Tales of Dark Fantasy 2,” narrator: Reese)
8.2 The Ungrateful Dead (in "Blood Lite,” narrator: Jaime)

March
9.0 Living with the Dead (novel, multiple narrators, 3rd person)
9.1 Kitsunegari (in "Men of the Otherworld,” narrator: Jeremy)
Paranormal Romance Blues (in "The Mammoth Book of Paranormal Romance,")
9.2 Zen and the Art of Vampirism (in "A Fantasy Medley,” narrator: Zoe)
9.3 Angelic (novella, narrator: Eve)
Life Sentence (in "The New Dead: A Zombie Anthology,")
9.4 Learning Curve (in “Evolve,” narrator: Zoe)
Young Bloods (in "The Bitten Word" anthology,)
9.5 Checkmate (online story, narrator: Elena)
9.6 Recruit (online story, narrator: Elena)

April
10.0 Frostbitten (novel, narrator: Elena)
10.1 The List (in “Evolve 2,” narrator: Zoe)
Lucifer's Daughter (in "Blood Lite II: Overbite," narrator: Hope)
10.2 Hidden (novella, narrator: Elena)
10.3 Counterfeit Magic (novella, narrator: Paige)
10.4 Off-Duty Angel (in “The Hunter and the Hunted,” narrator: Eve)
10.5 V Plates (in “Blood Lite 3,” narrator: Nick)
10.6 Forbidden (novella, narrator: Elena)
10.7 Amityville Horrible (novella, narrator: Jaime)

May
11.0 Waking the Witch (novel, narrator: Savannah)

June
12.0 Spell Bound (novel, narrator: Savannah)

July
13.0 Thirteen (novel, narrator: Savannah)
13.1 From Russia with Love (bonus story in “Thirteen,” narrator: Elena)

Let me know if you have read any of this series & what did you think?! Also did you read the novels or the short stories first?