BOUT OF BOOKS READ-A-THON - GOALS

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Time Devoted to Reading

As much as possible, and at least some, all 7 days.

My Goals

• To turn off the TV and read;
• To actively use my very inactive Twitter account to participate in Bout of Book chats;
• To participate in all the challenges;
• To finish 2 books by the end of the read-a-thon.

Books to Read

• Persuasion by Jane Austen
• Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
• Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

Updates

Monday
Number of PAGES read today: 19 (that's less than when I don't even try to read!)
Books I read from today:  Bring Up the Bodies
Number of BOOKS finished:  0
Challenges: I belly-flopped on challenges today.
Goals:  I would have turned off the TV had it not been for The Bachelor starting; I would have participated in the challenge had Monday not smacked me in the face like a brick wall; I would have participated in the Twitter challenge if I had not been working.  There's always tomorrow.

Tuesday
Number of PAGES read today:41 (Not what I was hoping for but an improvement)
Books I read from today:  Bring Up the Bodies and Persuasion
Number of BOOKS finished:  0
Challenges:  I'm finding myself too tired to do the challenges after work.
Goals:  TV still did not stay off because I finished watching the Bachelor; see above regarding challenges; there wasn't a Twitter chat today.  I'm certain Wednesday is going to be better. 


Wednesday
Number of PAGES read today:  30 (Is there a prize for the least amount of pages read?)
Books I read from today:  Persuasion
Number of BOOKS finished:  0
Challenges:  I may need to give myself permission to let the challenges go.
Goals:  I only watched one episode of Giuliana and Bill last night; Missed Twitter on account of being the driver mom last night.  I CANNOT Twitter and Drive.  Seriously, I think Thursday is going to be my day.


Thursday
Number of PAGES read today:86 pages (that's more like it)!
Books I read from today:  Persuasion and Bring Up the Bodies
Number of BOOKS finished:  0
Challenges:  Challenges are an impossibility if I am going to read 86 pages.
Goals:  Much better.  I was able to read all night and I love when that happens.  But, if I read all night, I have to sacrifice all blogging and twittering.  I'm still looking for a happy balance.


Friday
Number of PAGES read today: 26 (This is getting downright silly - my attempts at finishing a book).
Books I read from today:  Bring Up the Bodies
Number of BOOKS finished:  0
Challenges:  Skip challenges.
Goals:  Instead of reading, I spent time with my boys.  We ate at a restaurant and went to Game Stop and then my hub finally got home from work and we had to catch up on our work weeks and then I fell into bed exhausted.  The good news?  I will finish Bring up the Bodies today.  It has not been the best choice for a readathon read.  Saturday, here I come!


Saturday
Number of PAGES read today:83 pages
Books I read from today:  Bring Up the Bodies and Me Before You
Number of BOOKS finished:  1
Challenges:  None, goose egg.
Goals:  My goal had become to finish that very complex Bring Up the Bodies that I was reading and I did that.  Overall, I've had a pretty normal reading week, and I don't think that I will ever really get more read in my present state of affairs, and I'm okay with that.  I think ultimately I want to read 8 books a month or 2 a week with a few extra thrown in to hit my 100 mark.  This readathon has helped me to clarify my reading style post college textbooks. 


Sunday
Number of PAGES read today:188 pages (I wish I could have a few more of these kinds of reading days).
Books I read from today:  Me Before You
Number of BOOKS finished:  0
Challenges:  Complete Challenge Loser.
Goals:  In the end, I did read every day, I did turn off the t.v. more than usual, I did experiment with Twitter at least a little bit and I missed my goal of reading 2 books by 0.5 of a book.  Not bad.  I'm happy to have participated.  

TOTAL PAGES READ THIS WEEK:  453 pages.  Not bad at all.