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Bout of Books 23 ~ Day 4


Any of you love a raunchy, naughty MC who is a horndog? If so, check out the Ian Dex series (linked below). The series is so funny, it's not your typical book, only read it if you have an off sense of humor, don't mind a lot of name calling and sex jokes. If you like that kind of stuff, give it a try, it's a hoot. And, if you like it, you are my kind of person, let's be friends? :)


Thursday
Night Time Audio listening time/pages:
Day Time Audio listening time/pages: 3 hours 55 minutes / 329 pages
Kindle reading time / pages: 2 hours 15 minutes / 328 pages
Number of books I've read today: 3
Total number of books I've read: 7
Current Book: The Blood Guard
Pages Read Today: 657 pages
Total Pages Read: 1,907 pages
Time Read Today: 6 hours 15 minutes
Total Time Read: 25 hours 45 minutes
Today's Completed Books:

Bout of Books 23 ~ Day 3



Wednesday
Night Time Audio listening time/pages: 1 hour / 60 pages
Day Time Audio listening time/pages: 3 hours / 156 pages
Kindle reading time / pages: 1 hour 10 minutes / 170 pages
Number of books I've read today: 1
Total number of books I've read: 4
Current Book: Guilty Pleasure
Pages Read Today: 386 pages
Total Pages Read: 1,250 pages
Time Read Today: 5 hours 10 minutes
Total Time Read: 19 hours 30 minutes
Today's Completed Books:

Bout of Books 23 ~ Day 2



Tuesday
Night Time Audio listening time/pages: 1 hour 15 minutes / 70 pages
Day Time Audio listening time/pages: 5 hours / 200 pages
Kindle reading time / pages: 1 hour / 124 pages
Number of books I've read today: 1
Total number of books I've read: 3
Current Book: Guilty Pleasure
Pages Read Today: 394 pages
Total Pages Read: 864 pages
Time Read Today: 7 hours 15 minutes
Total Time Read: 14 hours 20 minutes
Today's Completed Books:

Bout of Books 23 ~ Day 1


Not my best start to a Bout of Books, but not my worst either. I hope to read more as the week goes on, but I just haven't been in the mood to read for a while. I hope to read a lot of good books to get me over that hump, we'll see.

I HATE Twitter, so I didn't do the Introduction, but just to join in, me in 6 words :
Naughty little reader and computer gamer!




Monday
Night Time Audio listening time/pages: none
Day Time Audio listening time/pages: 3 hours 45 minutes / 230 pages
Kindle reading time / pages: 3 hours 20 minutes / 240 pages
Number of books I've read today: 2
Total number of books I've read: 2
Current Book: The Last Necromancer
Pages Read Today: 470 pages
Total Pages Read: 470 pages
Time Read Today: 7 hours 5 minutes
Total Time Read: 7 hours 5 minutes
Today's Completed Books:

Participating in Bout of Books 23

I sucked!! LOL!! In my defense, I started talking to someone that I haven't in years and I just didn't read much.

I only finished ONE book. How awful is that?!



It was enjoyable as Kendra's books always are.
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I DNF my most voted for book. It had 5 votes and I got through a chapter, just cuz I was trying, and I didn't care about it at all. Couldn't do it anymore, and after not wanting to read for 2 or 3 days I finally considered it DNF.


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I started a 3rd book but haven't finished it, even though I do like it. I'm about 40% into it and will finish it up, I just haven't cuz I've sucked book wise. LOL!!


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For me, I can't plan out books. I pick up what I want when I wanted. I thought by doing this, maybe I'd be able to read what others picked for me. Nope. Wasn't feeling it. Just can't do it, I'm weird, I know! :)

Did you like your books, Plethora?

Another book for the Nicolas Flamel task:

How I Magically Messed Up My Life in Four Freakin' Days

Completion Post


Event: Alpine Skiing
Task: Use TITLES to spell out word A ~ ALPINE SKIING
Title: Ice Station (July re-read)
Author: Matthew Reilly
Started: 7/28/18
Finished: 7/31/18
Pages: 708
Rating: 5 stars
How it Fits: I Title

My Picks


Angie
the first two, cuz they are awesome, the 3rd cuz it looks good, the last cuz Vegas! :)



Ora
Didn't know much about most of yours, so went with a Vampire theme



Plethora
Gotta ditto the love for WH13 but that last one looks good!

Plethora wrote: "I know you mods have a whole bank of evil available for task ideas..."

Hehehe! That we do, that we do. :) Well, we'll keep with it then, since y'all are up for it. I am too, just wanted to make sure everyone was.

Hey Jackie ~ I lied. Not intentionally. LOL! It's just been so long since I read Ice Station, that I forgot. But their is a kid in it as well. Nothing happens to her, but she is in the middle of all the fighting and stuff that goes on. I never realized that Reilly likes to do that before. There's a young girl in it, Great Zoo of China and the Jack West books. There's one in Tournament too but no real danger there, not really. That must be his thing. And they are always much smarter than their years given. So sorry I thought there wasn't one! Just re-read it for the first time in many years.

With the Reyes talk, I can't stand Reyes. I find him creepy. I read the first two books and probably won't read any more because of the Charley / Reyes relationship. I like the rest, can't stand him or the two of them together. Creeps me out!

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July


🔴 Read a Book that is the SEVENTH Book of a Series
Book: Shattered
Author: Kevin Hearne
Pages: 386
Started: 7/14/18
Finished: 7/19/18
Rating: 4 stars
How it Fits: 7th book of the Iron Druid series



🔴 Read a Book Published in July of any Year
Book: Double Blind
Author: Iris Johansen
Pages: 352
Started: 7/21/18
Finished: 7/21/18
Rating: 5 stars
How it Fits: published July 17, 2018



🔴 Read a Book with a SEVEN Word Title
Book: Diego and the Rangers of the Vastlantic
Author: Armand Baltazar
Pages: 624
Started: 7/29/18
Finished: 7/31/18
Rating: 5 stars
How it Fits: 7 Word Title



🔴 Read a Book First Published this month, July of 2018
Book: Marked
Author: Benedict Jacka
Pages: 394
Started: 7/24/18
Finished: 7/26/18
Rating: 4 stars
How it Fits: published July 3, 2018

If you have a minute, vote on a book for me to read for the "Make Me Read It" Read-a-Thon!
Vote Here Please!



Which hour was most daunting for you?
My eyes were burning around 1, which is typical, but hardest hour was around 8am, so that was different. Was fine during the night, other than the burning eyes. But got really tired when I'd been awake around 20 hours.

Tell us ALLLLL the books you read!
See Below

Which books would you recommend to other Read-a-thoners?
In general? Chronicles of St Mary's, Great Zoo of China, The Martian..... from what I read? Ian Dex series by John Logsdon

How did you feel about this first-ever Reverse Readathon? Should we do it again?
I enjoyed it. I thought it would be easier for me, it was and it wasn't. The night was easier, but it's an extra half day of staying up so that's long. But I think I liked it overall. Made it seem like it was going very slow.

How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again? Would you be interested in volunteering to help organize and prep in October?
I'll definitely read, and I might be willing to help.


Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-Thon Stats

I completed 11 books, started 1 other
I read 2,152 pages
I read 6 books on my Kindle
I listened to 5 books as audiobooks
I read 2 Novels, 6 Novellas and 3 short stories
I read for approximately 18 hours and 30 minutes (8 hours on Kindle, 10 hours 30 minutes on Audio)




Completed Books:






Started:

Hey ladies!

I'm going to be doing Dewey's tomorrow, so I'll get a lot of books in. LMK if there's anything you are really dying to read, and I'll stay clear of it. :)

I'll probably put a probable list on the staging area, as I won't be online much during the night/day.

I know Angie is doing it as well (the poor girl, she'd had a crazy week), are either of you?

I say it does!

Ah. Well, Lily is unique, and stronger/more capable than the rest of the team combined. But it takes a few books to get the full story.

If you wanted to try to see if you liked his style, there's no kids in the Scarecrow series, starting with Ice Station. Or, there a Jurassic Park like book with Dragons called The Great Zoo of China. There's one kid, but she doesn't get harmed/killed.

But he's not for everyone, so no worries if you don't like him. I just prefer books with lots of fighting/action and his give that to me in spades. He's my favorite author, though he's slow on putting books out. I am excited that after the next one, he's doing a time travel one. I can't wait for that!

If you didn't like the audio, you probably won't like it. Not everyone can get into his over-the-top action. If you like historical, you might like The Tournament, it's definitely not like his other stuff. But he's not for everyone.

Nice Jackie! I like it, but it's not on my top top favorites. :)

Hey, Reilly fans, (are you one yet, Jackie?) :)

has a MC named Roger. :) It's a departure from his normal stuff, and I figured I'd hate it but wanted to read it anyways, and I ended up liking it! So if either of you wanna give it a try, there's that.