Bout of Books Update - day 6

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Read-a-Thon Update

Day 6

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The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, January 2nd and runs through Sunday, January 8th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 18 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

~ Goals ~

• read, and review, an ARC - review goes live on Saturday
• A Sherlock Holmes story
• something for a monthly challenge 
• something for a challenge other than print/audio/ebook

~ Books Read ~

1. The Adventure of the Gloria Scott by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
2. Alone for Christmas by Ashley John
3. Wish by Barbara O'Connor 
4. Lost Cat by Roger Mader
5. Buried Passions by Aiden Bates
6. Adrenaline Rush by Aiden Bates 
7. Gertrude and Toby Meet the Wolf by Shari Tharp 
8. Screw Santa by Joyee Flynn 
9. Hell's Bells by Joyee Flynn

~ Possiblities ~

• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (Classic Horror)
• Title has . . . Court, Fall, Of, Way, Deep or Thousand (Monthly Keyword) - Out of the Pocket!
• Out of the Pocket by Bill Konigsberg (Monthly Keyword, Monthly Motif, and Homework Assignment)
• 1984 by George Orwell (Sci-fi, Banned/Challenged, and What in a Name?)
• an ARC - Gertrude and Toby Meet the Wolf? or see Blogger Shame
• The Man with the Golden Gun (This Island Reader, Color Coded, Birth Year)
• Valentine Kittens anthology (In a Year and What an Animal)
• The Gloria Scott by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes)

~ Progress Report~

Sunday (doesn't count)
finished Put a Ring on It
ordered Frankenstein 

Monday
started Out of the Pocket
started Valentine Kittens
started A Study in Scarlet (first in book, forgot it was supposed to be The Gloria Scott)
workout: 5k
joined more challenges
#insixwords: Family, Read, Run, Laugh, Read ;-), Pets

Tuesday
started/finished: The Adventure of the Gloria Scott by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
started/finished: Alone for Christmas by Ashley John
online serials
2017 in Pictures? Yikes! Books, running, weights, uncluttering, etc . . .  done! click here

started: Wish by Barbara O'Connor

Wednesday
finished: Wish by Barbara O'Connor
Today's assignment: Book to Movie - Anne McCaffrey's Pern series could be awesome if done right.
gym? - no, went shopping
doctor appointment
started: Buried Passion by Aiden Bates

Thursday
more finished: Buried Passion
Today's assignment: Spine Poetry - I never have any luck with this one. Maybe if more of my books were accessible. Maybe if I had more of an imagination! ;-) Poetry and I just don't mesh well.
gym?
chores!
more challenges . . . need to organize the ones I've got!
find Gertrude and Toby Meet the Wolf or pick another ARC found
started/finished: Adrenaline Rush by Aiden Bates

Friday
car into shop
started: Suddenly One Summer by Julie James (tbr and new-to-me)
still need to organize challenges and hosting duties
shopping and gym with husband :-)
read and scheduled a review for Gertrude and Toby Meet the Wolf
startedz; Screw Santa by Joyee Flynn

Saturday
found out my house/dog sitting starts a day earlier!
over husband's mileage goal for me, short on my goal
I've got a long list of things to do today, I don't know how much reading I'll get done :-(  - except, I'm sure I'll open an ebook right now while eating ;-)
finished: Screw Santa by Joyee Flynn