I wasn’t going to sign up, but peer pressure has got the better of me, and I have a ton of books that need reading, so here I go. I’m in and I’m committed. In case you’re not familiar with Bout of Books:
The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, August 18th and runs through Sunday, August 24th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure, and the only reading competition is between you and your usual number of books read in a week. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 11 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. – From the Bout of Books team
My plan is simple, I’m going to read, and read a lot.
- Finish The Story Hour by Thrity Umrigar
- Read The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters if I can get my hands on a copy before I see her on Aug 25.
- Read and make notes on Skim and This One Summer by Mariko and Jillian Tamaki before recording my first ever podcast appearance on WriteReads.
- That can’t seriously be it, can it? Well, I have four blog posts that need writing, so does that count?
Have fun and good luck to all.
UPDATES
Monday: finished reading The Story Hour. (forgot to count pages)
Tuesday: read Skim. Started Expo 58 by Jonathan Coe.
52 books or bust 
Reasonable TBR for the bout of books, I like that :). I hope you will get to read all the books you want to read, and to write all the blog posts you want to write! Good luck!
This is not a good week for me to participate in the Bout of Books, sadly . . . but The Story Hour is going to be my next book. I’ve loved Umrigar’s others.
I’ll be interested to see what you think. There is something about it that is niggling me a little, but overall she is so great with language.
I want to read The Paying Guests too.
It’s going to be a big book this fall.
How fun that you’ll be doing a podcast! I read This One Summer during the last readathon and really liked it. I’m looking forward to The Paying guests, too.
I don’t usually read graphic novels; I think I don’t appreciate the art properly. But both Skim and This One Summer have gotten good reviews and they’re Canadian!
This One Summer is such a perfect graphic novel for the end of summer, I hope you enjoy it! I’ve been looking forward to The Story Hour, too!
I just finished The Story Hour and it was great.
I’m so excited that you’re participating in Bout of Books! I echo everyone in saying I loved This One Summer and I’m really excited for The Paying Guests! Hope you have a great week – I’m sure you’ll be able to accomplish your goals 🙂
Good for you signing up! I think I’m going to miss out this time 😦
Yay! I’m glad you’re joining in 🙂 I just finished The Story Hour so I’ll be excited to hear what you think of it.