Monday 24 August 2015

Bout of Books Read-A-Thon Wrap Up

Our goals were; Ann (6-8 books) and Clare (8-10 books). We also aimed to participate in as many challenges as we could.

Ann:

Monday:

  • Number of Pages Read Today: 1016
  • Total Number of Books Read Today: 5
  • Books Finished:The Pug's Guide to Etiquette and The Pug's Guide to Dating by Gemma Correll, Shadows by Amy Meredith, Feeling Sorry for Celia and Finding Cassie Crazy both by Jaclyn Moriarty.
Tuesday:
  • Number of Pages Read Today: 880
  • Total Number of Books Read Today: 3
  • Books Finished:The Potion Diaries by Amy Alward, The Disappearing Duchess by Imogen Rossi and Spelled by Betsy Schow.
Wednesday:
  • Number of Pages Read Today: 672
  • Total Number of Books Read Today: 3
  • Books Finished: The Dark City and The Painted War by Imogen Rossi and Mug Cakes.
Thursday:
  • Number of Pages Read Today: 402 
  • Total Number of Books Read Today: 2
  • Books Finished: The Doomspell and The scent of Magic by Cliff Mcnish.
Friday:
  • Number of Pages Read Today: 404
  • Total Number of Books Read Today: 1
  • Books Finished: The Wizards Promise by Cliff Mcnish.
Saturday:
  • Number of Pages Read Today: 588
  • Total Number of Books Read Today: 2
  • Books Finished: The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow by Katherine Woodfine and Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo.
Sunday:
  • Number of Pages Read Today: 1661
  • Total Number of Books Read Today: 6
  • Books Finished: Farm Boy, Cool and Toro! Toro! by Michael Morpurgo, Pathfinders by Angie Sage, Siege and Storm and Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo.
Week:
  • Number of Pages Read: 5623
  • Total Number of Books Read: 22
  • Favourite Read: Pathfinder by Angie Sage I love Angie Sage's writing and this book was amazing.
  • Least Favourite Read: I loved all of the books I read this week so can't really pick a least favourite book.

Clare:

Monday:
  • Number of Pages Read Today: 1214
  • Total Number of Books Read Today: 4
  • Books Finished: The Potion Diaries by Amy Alward, Complete Nonsense by Edward Lear, Spelled by Betsy Schow and Pop Sonnets by Erik Didriksen.
Tuesday:
  • Number of Pages Read Today: 736
  • Total Number of Books Read Today: 3
  • Books Finished: Dracula in Love by Karen Essex, Grace's Guide by Grace Helbig and Once Every Never by Lesley Livingston.
Wednesday:
  • Number of Pages Read Today: 441
  • Total Number of Books Read Today: 3
  • Books Finished: Mug Cakes, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne and The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow by Katherine Woodfine.
Thursday:
  • Number of Pages Read Today: 448
  • Total Number of Books Read Today: 1
  • Books Finished: Emily of New Moon by L.M. Montgomery.
Friday:
  • Number of Pages Read Today: 410
  • Total Number of Books Read Today: 1
  • Books Finished: The Silversmith's Wife by Sophia Tobin.
Saturday:
  • Number of Pages Read Today: 299
  • Total Number of Books Read Today: 1
  • Books Finished: The Confectioner's Tale by Laura Madeleine.
Sunday:
  • Number of Pages Read Today: 2358
  • Total Number of Books Read Today: 7
  • Books Finished: Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott, Rose in Bloom by Louisa May Alcott, An Old-Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott, The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery, A Tailor-Made Bride by Karen Witemeyer, The Secret History of the Pink Carnation and The Masque of the Black Tulip by Lauren Willig.
Week:
  • Number of Pages Read: 5906
  • Total Number of Books Read: 20
  • Favourite Read: The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery - I really loved this, way more than I actually expected to.
  • Least Favourite Read: Dracula in Love by Karen Essex - I have a review up for this here.

Challenges Participated In:

4 comments:

  1. Wow it looks like the both of you had a really great reading week!

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    1. Yeah we did thanks. This was our first Read-A-Thon and we really wanted to do well.

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  2. YOU GUYS READ SO MUCH! I slightly jealous! It looks like you guys had a very successful BoB! :)

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    1. It was our first read-a-thon and it was so great! My TBR had a chunk taken out of it - which is awesome and we met all our targets, so yay! Thanks for visiting

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