Read-a-thon: Bout of Books & #CrushyouTBR Wrap Up

Now that the read-a-thons are over, let's see how I did!

GOALS

1. Listen/Read a least 2-3 hours everyday. ü
 2. Listen/Read at least 4 full-length books. ü 

3. Participate in at least one of the Twitter chats ü 

4. Take part in at lest 2 of the daily challenges û
(I only managed to do one challenge)

STATS

- Read/Listened to a total of 5 full-length novels and 3 graphic novels.
- Read/Listened to a total of 2128 pages. (average of 304 pages a day)
- Spent 31 hours reading/listening. (average of 4.4 hours a day)

In chronological order:

       

Most surprising, Best Cover & Favourite: A Court of Thorns & Roses // I reviewed this a few days back!
Waste of time: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn // What a drag.
Happy tears: Chew Volume 5-7 // SO GOOD!
Worse Cover: The Giver // Who thought this was a good idea!?
p.s. I DNF-ed Crewel by Gennifer Albin. It was way too similar to The Giver and I just lost interest.

THOUGHTS

In general, I had more time to read during the weekdays than the weekends because I was out with my boyfriend the whole of Saturday and I had to attend my cousin's wedding on Sunday. This was my first time committing so much time to a read-a-thon and I think I learnt that reading one book a day is totally doable but not very practical on a regular basis.

I might have pushed myself a little too much last week and now I just feel completely burnt out.

I am really proud of myself for getting so much reading done though, it feels good to have achieved something!

Okay, I am gonna go now and read some comics to get myself back into the reading mood.

How did you do for the Read-a-Thon?

p.s. there is still time to earn entries for my international giveaway! :)

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Read-a-thon: Bout of Books 13.0 & #CrushyourTBR Sign Up & Updates

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, May 11th and runs through Sunday, May 17th 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 13 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. 

- From the Bout of Books team

Monthly 3-day read-a-thon co-hosted by @jacquelynreads and @raeleenlemay 

Next event: May 15-17 @ 12 AM your time!

This is a little last minute but I decided to take part in The Bout of Books read-a-thon that is supposedly starting today at 12AM but I completely missed it since I don't have my laptop with me and was pretty much out of the loop. (I am currently using my brother's desktop) So since I missed the starting local time, I will be taking part in the read-a-thon following CST. Also, #crushyourtbr coincides with bout of books during the weekend so I decided to take part in that as well! I do have a wedding to attend on Sunday though so I may not be able to actually crush anything...

This post will function as my sign-up and daily updates post! You can also follow me on Twitter for live updates. :)

GOALS

1. Listen/Read a least 2-3 hours everyday.

2. Listen/Read at least 4 full-length books.

3. Participate in at least one of the Twitter chats (most likely the one on Saturday)

4. Take part in at lest 2 of the daily challenges

BOOKS TO READ

Obviously I won't be finishing all these but I am hoping that I will stick with these few books for the read-a-thons. :) I have already started on Gone Girl (audiobook) and Crewel so so far so good!

UPDATES

Monday 11/05

Currently Listening/Reading:
 

Pages Read/Listened Today: 200 pages

Time Spent Reading/Listening Today: 4 hours

Books Completed: 1

Tuesday 12/05

Currently Listening/Reading:
  

Pages Read/Listened Today: 392 pages

Time Spent Reading/Listening Today: 9 hours

Books Completed: 2
 

Wednesday 13/05

Currently Listening/Reading:
   
(I know. Its getting a little out of control...)

Pages Read/Listened Today: 341

Time Spent Reading/Listening Today: 4.5 hours

Books Completed: 2

 

Thursday 14/05

Currently Listening/Reading:
   
DNF: Crewel by Gennifer Albin (It is too similar to the Giver.)

Pages Read/Listened Today: 390

Time Spent Reading/Listening Today: 6

Books Completed: 1

Friday 15/05

Currently Listening/Reading:
   

Pages Read/Listened Today: 416

Time Spent Reading/Listening Today: 4

Books Completed: 1

Saturday 16/05
Currently Listening/Reading:

   

Pages Read/Listened Today: 224

Time Spent Reading/Listening Today: 1.5 hours

Books Completed: 0

Sunday 17/05

Currently Listening/Reading:

   

Pages Read Today: 165

Time Spent Reading/Listening Today: 2

Books Completed: 1

Are you participating in any of these Read-a-thons?

p.s. there is still time to earn entries for my international giveaway! :)

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