Bout of Books 33

Yes! It is time to kick off the year the right way! I love starting the new year with a fresh TBR and Bout of Books readathon to help me dive into all the great books! 

Here is the information you need in case you want to sign up too!

The Bout of Books readathon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It’s a weeklong readathon that begins 12:01am Monday, January 3th and runs through Sunday, January 9th in YOUR time zone. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are reading sprints, Twitter chats, and exclusive Instagram challenges, but they’re all completely optional. For all Bout of Books 33 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

  

So this post is going to be my base for the week, I will continue to come back and update it each day with my progress.  I will also be updating on Instagram @EasternSunset9

Time Devoted to Reading
I am hoping to start the year off right with a lot of reading this week. I hope to spend 2-3 hours per day reading, some at work, some on the go and some at home.

  

My Goals

Read at least 2 hours each day

Read/Finish 4 Books

Books to Read

A Conspiracy of Truths - DNF 35%

The Rogue Not Taken

A Scot in the Dark

Fire Study

Doggone Deadly

DandeLion

Other Possible Books

Introverted Mom

The Day of the Duchess

Updates:

Monday
Number of Pages I've Read Today: 419 pages
Total Number of Pages:  419 pages
Time Spent Reading Today: 9.5 hours
Total Number of Books I've Read: 1
Books Completed: 1 (The Rogue Not Taken)
Thoughts: It has been ages since I last picked up a historical romance but I Sarah MacLean is a local author that I have been meaning to pick up for quite some time. Boy was I surprised when the book had me completely engrossed all day at work and up all night to finish it! 


Tuesday
Number of Pages I've Read Today: 193 pages
Total Number of Pages: 612 pages
Time Spent Reading Today: 3.75 hours
Total Number of Books I've Read: 3 (The Rogue Not Taken, Fire Study, A Scot in the Dark)
Books Completed:  1 (The Rogue Not Taken
Thoughts: Instead of picking up the other books I had planned to switch to between the romance but I couldn't wait to dive right into the next book in the series.  I did take a little break from the audio books and read some of Fire Study. 

Wednesday
Number of Pages I've Read Today: 178 pages
Total Number of Pages: 790 pages
Time Spent Reading Today: 3.5 hours
Total Number of Books I've Read: 4 (Today: A Scot in the Dark, A Conspiracy of Truths & Fire Study)
Books Completed: 2 (The Rogue Not Taken & A Scot in the Dark)
Thoughts: So I have definitely been really enjoying the romance books and flew through the first two books.  With that said I have tried to pick up A Conspiracy of Truths and I am really struggling, it is a very slow paced, character driven story where not much happens and there are no chapter breaks. I think I am unfortunately going to have to DNF it even though I love the cover and thought I would really enjoy it. I am also feeling a bit run down today, I think the past month of stress and chaos have finally caught up to me. So I am going to stick with my tried and true Study Series for now and maybe try the Doggone Deadly audio book tomorrow.

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Challenges:

I don't often participate in the challenges but if I do they will be posted here.