This post contains my goals for the Bout of Books 11 and will serve to update my daily progresses.
Time Devoted to Reading
I intend to read all days of the week.
My Goals
- Read at least 100 pages everyday (more or less 2h/day by my standards);
- Finish 3 to 4 books.
Books to Read
- Finish Álbum de Verão, by Emylia Hall (128 pages left);
- Start and finish As Ligações Perigosas, by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (298 pages);
- Start and finish A Boneca de Kokoschka, by Afonso Cruz (240 pages);
- Start (and maybe finish) No Mar Há Crocodilos, by Fabio Geda (177 pages).
Updates
Monday
- Number of pages I’ve read today: 38
- Álbum de Verão: 16
- Holiday in Death: 22
- Total number of pages read: 38
- Total number of books read: 0
- Reading: I’ve used my spare time today to do some blog work, including pending reviews that took a lot of reading time. Not the best reading day I’ve had.
Tuesday
- Number of pages I’ve read today: 57
- Álbum de Verão: 4
- Holiday in Death: 53
- Total number of pages read: 95
- Total number of books read: 0
- Reading: Today was a bit better in terms of pages read, but still it was worse that what I was hoping. Álbum de Verão is not interesting me enough (I’ve been reading it for almost two weeks!).
Wednesday
- Number of pages I’ve read today: 237
- Álbum de Verão: 108 (finished)
- Holiday in Death: 114
- As Ligações Perigosas: 15
- Total number of pages read: 332
- Total number of books read: 1
- Reading: Today, I finally finished Álbum de Verão. After dragging the reading for almost two weeks, I decided that I had to end it today and made an effort. It ended up not living to my expectations. I also made a good advance in Holiday in Death, since I had a lot of time to listen to audiobooks. All in all, an excellent reading day.
Thursday
- Number of pages I’ve read today: 148
- Holiday in Death: 83
- As Ligações Perigosas: 65
- Total number of pages read: 480
- Total number of books read: 1
- Reading: Not so good as yesterday, but still I got to read a good amount of time. I’m not sure about As Ligações Perigosas, and certainly it will take me more time to read that I was intending initially.
Friday
- Number of pages I’ve read today: 308
- Holiday in Death: 14 (finished)
- As Ligações Perigosas: 218 (finished)
- Midnight in Death: 76
- Total number of pages read: 788
- Total number of books read: 3
- Reading: My best day so far. I managed to end As Ligações Perigosas, although yesterday I thought it would take me longer. I also finished Holiday in Death, and I’m still addicted to the In Death series.
Saturday
- Number of pages I’ve read today: 294
- Midnight in Death: 20 (finished)
- Conspiracy in Death: 105
- A Boneca de Kokoschka: 140
- No Mar Há Crocodilos: 29
- Total number of pages read: 1.082
- Total number of books read: 3 (I’m not counting Midnight in Death, because it’s a novella)
- Reading: Another great day. Started 3 (!) books today, and I’m counting in finishing 1 or 2 more until the end of this Bout of Books.
Sunday
- Number of pages I’ve read today: 143
- Conspiracy in Death: 98
- A Boneca de Kokoschka: 45
- Total number of pages read: 1.225
- Total number of books read: 3 plus a novella
- Reading: Today I didn’t read as much as I would like and ended up not finishing another book, but still I’m really happy with how it went.
Wrap-up
My best Bout of Books until today! I managed to read 1.225 pages, which amounts to an average of 175 pages a day, which is awesome. I really am motivated to read more because of this challenge, so it was definitely worth it.