{Bout of Books 25} Wrap Up

 

 

Not a bad week of reading! I managed to finish 4 books. My favorite was definitely The First Girl Child by Amy Harmon, which I stayed up way too late last night to finish. But it was worth it! I had fun this week and look forward to the next Bout of Books!

 

UPDATES

Saturday and Sunday

Books I read/listened today: The First Girl Child by Amy Harmon / Before I Let You Go by Kelly Rimmer

Books I finished today: The First Girl Child by Amy Harmon / Before I Let You Go by Kelly Rimmer

Total number of books finished for the week: 4

#todayinsixwords: less sleep but definitely worth it!

 

Instagram Challenges

Most-Read Author

Colleen Hoover

SHELFIE

One of the things I love about my bedroom is the wall of built-in shelves. The left side is where I display all of my favorite books. The right side, and the cart, are all books that I still need to read.

   

 

FRIDAY

Books I read/listened today: The First Girl Child by Amy Harmon / Before I Let You Go by Kelly Rimmer

#todayinsixwords: wine + books – another wild Friday night! 😀

 

Wednesday and Thursday

Books I read/listened today: The First Girl Child by Amy Harmon / Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert / F*ck Marriage by Tarryn Fisher

Books I finished: Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

#todayinsixwords: i am having serious book add

Tuesday

Books I read/listened today: The First Girl Child by Amy Harmon / Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

#todayinsixwords: decent reading day – needed more time!

MONDAY

Books I read/listened today: The First Girl Child by Amy Harmon / The Perfect Mother by Aimee Malloy 

Books I Finished: The Perfect Mother by Aimee Malloy 

#todayinsixwords: pretty great until I fell asleep

 

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The Books

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The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, May 13th and runs through Sunday, May 19th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, Twitter chats, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 25 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. – From the Bout of Books team

{Bout of Books 25} Day Five

 

 

Well, I didn’t get far in the new Tarryn Fisher book before I decided I wasn’t in the mood for it. I should’ve known better…I haven’t been in the mood for romance-only novels lately. I usually love her books, so I’ll have to try it again someday. Instead, I focused on The First Girl Child and I am loving it! I also made it about halfway through the audio of Before I Let You Go. If I can finish both of these books by Sunday night, I’ll be happy. We have a pretty low-key weekend – Sunnie has her dance banquet tonight, and tomorrow we have zero commitments! Hopefully that means extra reading time.

 

UPDATES

FRIDAY

Books I read/listened today: The First Girl Child by Amy Harmon / Before I Let You Go by Kelly Rimmer

#todayinsixwords: wine + books – another wild Friday night! 😀

 

Instagram Challenges

Favorite Feel-Good Read

When I think of books that made me so happy every time I picked them up to read, these are always the two that come to mind.

 

Wednesday and Thursday

Books I read/listened today: The First Girl Child by Amy Harmon / Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert / F*ck Marriage by Tarryn Fisher

Books I finished: Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

#todayinsixwords: i am having serious book add

Tuesday

Books I read/listened today: The First Girl Child by Amy Harmon / Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

#todayinsixwords: decent reading day – needed more time!

MONDAY

Books I read/listened today: The First Girl Child by Amy Harmon / The Perfect Mother by Aimee Malloy 

Books I Finished: The Perfect Mother by Aimee Malloy 

#todayinsixwords: pretty great until I fell asleep

 

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The Books

 

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The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, May 13th and runs through Sunday, May 19th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, Twitter chats, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 25 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. – From the Bout of Books team

{Bout of Books 25} Day Three & Four

 

 

Wednesday was not a good reading day for me. I went on my daughter’s school field trip all day and the evening was equally busy. By the time I sat down to read, I couldn’t stay awake. Yesterday was a bit better – I finished listening to Eat, Pray, Love. Then Tarryn Fisher, who is one of my favorites, surprise published her new book and of course I had to start it, even though I’m in the middle of another really good book (The First Girl Child). So, today I’m going to focus on one of them and also start a new audio book – Before I Let You Go by Kelly Rimmer. My goal by the end of the weekend would be to finish all three, but we’ll see…

 

UPDATES

Wednesday and Thursday

Books I read/listened today: The First Girl Child by Amy Harmon / Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert / F*ck Marriage by Tarryn Fisher

Books I finished: Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

#todayinsixwords: i am having serious book add

Tuesday

Books I read/listened today: The First Girl Child by Amy Harmon / Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

#todayinsixwords: decent reading day – needed more time!

MONDAY

Books I read/listened today: The First Girl Child by Amy Harmon / The Perfect Mother by Aimee Malloy 

Books I Finished: The Perfect Mother by Aimee Malloy 

#todayinsixwords: pretty great until I fell asleep

Instagram Challenges

Cover Love and Auto-Buy Authors

I obviously have a thing for purple. 😀

 

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The Books

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The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, May 13th and runs through Sunday, May 19th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, Twitter chats, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 25 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. – From the Bout of Books team

{Bout of Books 25} Day Two

 

 

Wasn’t a bad reading day. I started a new audio book (Eat, Pray, Love) and made more progress on that one than my other book simply because I didn’t have as much time to sit and read on my Kindle. Getting back into audio books this last year has changed my life. I get through so many more books!

UPDATES

Tuesday

Books I read/listened today: The First Girl Child by Amy Harmon / Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

#todayinsixwords: decent reading day – needed more time!

MONDAY

Books I read/listened today: The First Girl Child by Amy Harmon / The Perfect Mother by Aimee Malloy 

Books I Finished: The Perfect Mother by Aimee Malloy 

#todayinsixwords: pretty great until I fell asleep

 

Challenges

Bookish Favorites

Today is all about sharing your favorites. Get wild. Share your favorite author, audiobook, book, series . . . if you have a favorite anything, today’s the day to shout it out.

I have a lot of favorite authors and books, so to narrow this down, I decided to just spotlight my favorite books of 2019 so far. I’ve read 56 books so far this year, but only 9 of them were worthy of 5 stars (IMO).

Instagram Challenges

Post some of your favorite diverse reads.

 

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The Books

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The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, May 13th and runs through Sunday, May 19th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, Twitter chats, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 25 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. – From the Bout of Books team

{Bout of Books 25} Day One

 

 

Day one wasn’t too bad! I finished an audio book and made some pretty decent progress in my other book before I fell asleep. This morning I need to decide what my next audio book will be – I had two holds come in from the library at the same time, of course.

UPDATES

MONDAY

Books I read/listened today: The First Girl Child by Amy Harmon / The Perfect Mother by Aimee Malloy

Books I Finished: The Perfect Mother by Aimee Malloy 

#todayinsixwords: pretty great until I fell asleep

 

Instagram Challenges

Post a picture of what you’re currently reading.

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The Books

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The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, May 13th and runs through Sunday, May 19th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, Twitter chats, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 25 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. – From the Bout of Books team