Bout of Books 2.0 Read-a-thon

I will be participating in the Bout of Books 2.0 Read-a-thon hosted by On A Book Bender. I will update this post as the week progresses! If you would like to participate, go here.

Time Devoted to Reading:

I am committed to reading at least 1 hour per day. Hopefully as the week progresses, I can read more, particularly on the weekend.

My Goals:

• I would like to read 3 books this week. My ultimate goal would 5 books.
• I will post at least 1 review this week.
• I will continue to participate in the weekly memes I normally participate in.

Books to Read:

• finish Cinder by Marissa Meyer
• Happy Birthday to Me by Brian Rowe
• Happy Birthday to Me Again by Brian Rowe (to review)
• Tempest by Julie Cross
• Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
• The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin

Updates:

I will be posting my updates here in this post. I am going to "sticky" this post to keep it at the top of the page for those wishing to follow my updates. I will also be tweeting about it!

10/24

Number of books/pages I've read today: finished Cinder! Yay!

Total number of books I've read: 1

Books:  Cinder by Marissa Meyer

Today in #insixwords:  Finished Cinder by Marissa Meyer!

10/25

Number of books/pages I've read today: 7% of Happy Birthday to Me by Brian Rowe

Total number of books I've read: 1

Books:  Cinder by Marissa Meyer, Happy Birthday to Me by Brian Rowe

Today in #insixwords:  No reading--sick all day--headache.

10/26

Number of books/pages I've read today:  almost 40% done with Happy Birthday to Me

Total number of books I've read: 1

Books:  same as above  

Today in #insixwords:  Making good progress on second book!

10/27

Number of books/pages I've read today:  finished Happy Birthday to Me, started Happy Birthday to Me, Again

Total number of books I've read:  2

Books:  Cinder and Happy Birthday to Me

Today in #insixwords: Need motivation to finish this book!

10/28

Number of books/pages I've read today:  Completed 24% of Happy Birthday to Me, Again

Total number of books I've read:  2

Books:  Cinder, Happy Birthday to Me and Happy Birthday to Me, Again

Today in #insixwords:-------

10/29

Number of books/pages I've read today:  20% of HBDTMA 

Total number of books I've read: 2

Books:  See above

Today in #insixwords:

10/30

Number of books/pages I've read today: Unfortunately, none

Total number of books I've read:  2

Books:  See above

Today in #insixwords:

Have a great week! And read, a lot!


Update 10/31/2011:  Well, I totally lost steam as the week progressed. I think it was the book. Sadly, I just couldn't get into it. Not enough to want to keep picking it up and reading it, all the time. It was my third and final book and every time I picked it up, it felt like work. That is not why I read! I read because I love it, not because I have to. Oh well, I am still glad I participated!