Bout of Books Read-a-Thon 7.0: Goals + Start + Mini Challenges + Updates + Wrap Up!

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal on the Bout of Books Read-a-thon dedicated blog.

Time Devoted to Reading:

I plan to read every day through the week for at least an hour, and hopefully more.

 

My Goals:

• To read 3 books (to start & finish)
• To finish at least 1 previously started book
• To read at least 1 hour daily
• To participate in at least one mini challenge
• To join a twitter party

Books to Read:

- To finish pile

- TBR pile:

Ok, so once or twice a year, I have a binge for fun contemporary &/or historical romances that lasts a week or two, and right now I'm in one, and there's a good chance it will continue, that's why there's lots of contemporary romance on my list. No idea what I'll read, because I'm a moody reader, so I must have lots of choices :)

Mini Challenges:

Book Spine Poem Challenge

Sorry for the bad photo, I used my mobile, but here's my poem:

A Witch Alone

Torn in the Dark

The Black Inside

The Hallowed Ones

I didn't add any words, I just used the titles from these 6 books: A Witch Alone by Ruth Warburton, Torn by Amanda Hocking, In the Dark by Mark Billingham, The Black by D. J. MacHale, Inside by Maria V. Snyder, and The Hallowed Ones by Laura Bickle.

Create A Cover Challenge:

For this challenge, I decided to re-create the cover of my current read: Rogue Oracle by Alayna Williams:

...the background art isn't mine (just borrowed it from here), and I've added the Tarot cards that Tara (the main character in Rogue Oracle) keeps drawing again & again while reading her cards ;)

 Genre Book Spine Poetry

 Bones Buried Deep

In the Dark

A Thousand Bones

Paint it Black

The genre I chose was thriller, and although I had a few variations with more books, I decided to keep it short & simple, mainly because I liked this one the most, and yeah, I'm not really good at poetry ;) 

 

Updates:

Monday:

Today I read: 12 chapters (106 pages) of The Summer I Became a Nerd by Leah Rae Miller & 1 chapter (24 pages) of The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon.
Books started today: The Summer I Became a Nerd by Leah Rae Miller
Books I've finished today: none
Mini challenges I participated in today: Book Spine Poem
Total number of books I've read/finished: 0
Total number of mini challenges I've participated in: 1
Daily thoughts: I did really good today: I read 130 pages, blog hopped around fellow read-a-thon-ers blogs, chatted about books (a lot) on Twitter, had lots of fun on the Twitter Party & participated in the 1st mini challenge.

Tuesday:

 
Today I read: a little from The Summer I Became a Nerd, a little from I Don't Want to Kill You & almost 100 pages from Rogue Oracle.
Books started today: I Don't Want to Kill You by Dan Wells & Rogue Oracle by Alayna Williams
Books I've finished today: none
Mini challenges I participated in today: none
Total number of books I've read/finished: 0
Total number of mini challenges I've participated in: 1
Daily thoughts: I did better then I expected, although I did jump around 3 books :)
  

Wednesday:

 
Today I read: Rogue Oracle
Books started today: none
Books I've finished today: none
Mini challenges I participated in today: Create A Cover
Total number of books I've read/finished: 0
Total number of mini challenges I've participated in: 2
Daily thoughts: I was hoping to finish Dark Oracle, but didn't, only because I was too busy, but I'll definitely finish it soon. I also had fun with today's mini challenge :)

Thursday:

 
Today I read: The Summer I Became a Nerd & Rogue Oracle
Books started today: none
Books I've finished today: The Summer I Became a Nerd & Rogue Oracle
Mini challenges I participated in today: none
Total number of books I've read/finished: 2
Total number of mini challenges I've participated in: 2
Daily thoughts:  I did better then the previous days, and I finally finished some books & made a dent in my goals :)
 

Friday:

 
Today I read: Crazy Little Thing Called Love & I Don't Want to Kill You
Books started today: Crazy Little Thing Called Love by Molly Cannon
Books I've finished today: Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Mini challenges I participated in today: none
Total number of books I've read/finished: 3
Total number of mini challenges I've participated in: 2
Daily thoughts: I finally had more time for reading, so today I read Crazy Little Thing Called Love & I also read some from I Don't Want to Kill You - I hope I'll finish it before the read-a-thon ends.

Saturday:

 
Today I read: I Don't Want to Kill You & Hot Blooded by Amanda Carlson
Books started today: none
Books I've finished today: I Don't Want to Kill You
Mini challenges I participated in today: Genre Book Spine Poetry
Total number of books I've read/finished: 4
Total number of mini challenges I've participated in:  3
Daily Thoughts: Today I finished my 4th book, I also participated in today's mini challenge & the Twitter chat, so it was fun read-a-thon day :)

Sunday:

 
Today I read: Hot Blooded & The Shadow of the Wind
Books started today: none
Books I've finished today: Hot Blooded
Mini challenges I participated in today: none
Total number of books I've read/finished: 5
Total number of mini challenges I've participated in:  3
Daily thoughts: The last day was great, too. I didn't think I'll manage to finish Hot Blooded, but once I started, of course I couldn't stop ;) So, yeah, this read-a-thon was a success.

Wrap Up:

I had lots of fun this read-a-thon. I achieved all of my goals, I read 4 books & finished 1 previously started book, I participated in 2 of the twitter chats, as well as 3 of the mini challenges, so it was definitely a success.

Books I read:

I think I made a great decision with the books I read, because I loved all of these: The Summer I Became a Nerd, Rogue Oracle & Crazy Little Thing Called Love got a 4.5 rating, and I Don't Want to Kill You & Hot Blooded got a rating of 5.

 I hope you all had a great time, so see ya next time!