Bout of Books 12 | Day Four Wrap-Up

Reading, and really doing anything, with eyestrain - is difficult. And it always surprises me with just how difficult. I should probably stop scrolling through my phone in the dark when I can't sleep. So I probably read the least I have all week, but I'm still really happy with what I read. I made progress in The Way of Shadows, and I'm really enjoying that book so far and I"m glad I picked it up.

Number of Books Completed Today: 0

Total Number of Books Completed: 6

Books:
Wayward #1, #2, #3, & #4 by Jim Zub and more  (started and completed all - about 100 pages)
The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks (continued - 146)
Lock In by John Scalzi (started - 50 pages)

Number of Pages Read: 296

Total Number of Pages Read: 1,412

Notes/Thoughts:
I estimated for the comics, going by goodreads (which had page counts for 2/4), and I estimated low. I'm really liking that series so far, it's really good and very interesting. I'd suggest getting the single issues for the japan mythology essays in the back.

I'm really loving The Way of Shadows so far, it's just so good. And I'm not sure why? I was a little wary starting it, because I had kind of high hopes for it (because of the GR ratings), but I have not been disappointed so far, about 30% into it.

Hopefully, I can get a bit more read tomorrow! Also, I'm going between listening to Lock In and reading (Wil Wheaton narration. I love Amber Benson, but I love Wil's narration), because of eyes.

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Bout of Books 12 | Day One Wrap-Up

I was going to say that day one didn't get off on the right foot that I wanted, but I never get as much read as I want on days where there's chats (and livestreams of one of my favorite podcasts being broadcast). And I did read three books, just all of them were very short reads. And I'd like to, at least, read something tomorrow that is more then two hundred pages, if not more.

I also didn't get to start any of the Ouran volumes. I want back and forth on if I wanted to read them for this read-a-thon, but I think I'm going to take it slower then just reading them all in three sittings (all eighteen volumes). I'd rather take it slow, because there's nothing else after this and that's kind of sad.

Number of Books Read: 3

Books:
Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant by Tony Cliff (started and finished - 169 pages)
The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains by Neil Gaiman (s&f - 74 pages)
The Library of Unrequited Love by Sophie Divry (s&f - 91)

Number of Pages Read: 334

Notes/Thoughts:
I read the first two and half of these at about 4-6 am when insomnia was keeping me awake against my will. Which is so common, I barely even think it strange anymore. I'll be talking more about each specific books in my weekly wrap up on Monday, but after those first three I just didn't feel in the mood to read for some reason.

I think because, while none of them were bad, none of them were really, really good, either. Or even really good, which was kind of what I was hoping for. So, instead of pushing it - I took part in the chat on Twitter (one of my favorite parts of this read-a-thon), and then caught up on some YT videos, and eventually remembered to eat something (this is too common, maybe I should make a schedule, schedule thing).

Challenges:
I did the #BoBScavengerHunt and posted it over on my instagram. I love the scavenger hunt things, when I remember to do them (most of the times, I forget. I don't know how I do, I just do).

And I am partially ashamed about how long it took me to realize Cassandra Clare has the same initials as me - she's pretty well known author, I read a bunch of her books in 2014, and I have almost accidentally emailed her a billion zillion times because of the fact our names are so similar.

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