Bout of Books update post

Wrap-Up:

Progress:

5/14: read 100 + pages of The Radon file by Denise Vitola 100 pages left to read
5/15: finished The Radon file by Denise Vitola
          started and finished The Weirdly World of Strange Eggs
          Started Miracle by Deborah Smith
5/16: finished Miracle by Deborah Smith
5/17:  started and finished Traveler of the Moon Volume 1 by Lee Na Hyeon
5/18: started and finished Ursa Minors: Wait For The Trade, Volume 1 by Neil Kleid
5/19: started and finished Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei 1: The Power of Negative Thinking by Koji Kumeta
           Started The Optimist's Guide to Letting Go by Amy E. Reichler
5/20: Finished The Optimist's Guide to Letting Go by Amy E. Reichler
Finished:

Finished on 5/15/2018

Finished on 5/15/2018

Finished on 5/16/2018

Finished on 5/17/2018

Finished on 5/18/2018

Finished on 5/19/2018

Finished on 5/20/2018

Bout of Books 22

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, May 14th and runs through Sunday, May 20th 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 22 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

I almost missed signing up for Bout of Books 22! I plan on reading as much as my commute and breaks allow. I am looking at mainly science fiction and manga/graphic novels this round.

Bout of Books 21 - Reading List & Progress

Bout of Books has started! This year, unlike other years I am working while the read a thon is going on. So my reading will be constrained to my morning commute, my break and evening reading will most likely be listening to the audiobook my husband and I are listening to together.

Reading List (at the start of the read-a-thon):

• Cold Flat Junction by Martha Grimes - I am starting the read a thon with a book I started last October and then set aside where it got buried under junk on my dining room table
• The Kingmakers by Clay and Susan Griffith Book 3 in the Vampire Empire series - steampunky vampire series that elengil and I are listening to.
•  Thirty Million Words Building a Child's Brain by Dana Suskind, MD - Reading for work

Books in Progress:

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Geeky, Teacher, Gamer, Wife, Loves Reading. #boutofbooks #insixwords

Reading Progress:

1/8/2018 Day 1:

• I read about 50 pages of Cold Flat Junction (I forgot to record where I started reading so this is a guesstimate).

1/9/2018 Day 2:

• I read another 50 pages of Cold Flat Junction, and am now past the halfway mark on the book.
• I also picked up a graphic novel which I completed reading:
• Crossing Midnight: Cut Here Vol. 1 by by Mike Carey 

1/10/2018 Day 3:

• Set down Cold Flat Junction again. The mystery is good. However I'm having a hard time letting the plot grab me.
• Picked up The Christmas Wish by Nora Robert - have read 287 pages so far.

1/11/2018 Day 4:

• I finished reading The Christmas Wish this morning. I'm going back to Cold Flat Junction for my commute reading this morning.
• Today was a trip to the Kohl's Children's museum with the three toddler classrooms. I'm  pooped! no reading got done this evening.

1/12/2018 Day 5:

•  I forgot to grab my book this morning. My nook was still in my bag from last week. So I started reading The Mapmaker's Children by Sarah McCoy. I was so entranced by it that I was enthralled during my lunch break reading and finished it this evening.

1/13/2018 Day 6:

• I had a professional development today so spent the day at the Chicago Botanical Gardens. it was sunny but cold! We took a nature walk and found coyote scat and deer tracks in the mud ;P not much physical reading today outside the class, but Elengil and I have spent the evening listening to The Kingmakers by Clay & Susan Griffith. 

1/14/2018 Day 7:

Books Completed:

Finished on 1/12/2018

Finished on 1/11/2018

Finished on 1/9/2018

Bout of Books 21

The 21st round of Bout of Books starts next Monday. I am planning on reading through the week to start a dent in my goal of reading 175 books during 2018.

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