Bout of Books: Day 1

Oh hello my lovelies. Bout of Books has already turned out to be a life saviour in the reading department for myself and we're not even through the first day yet. I stayed up last night to watch the Olympics closing ceremony which was the first part of the Olympics I even watched, it was pretty good I guess even though I didn't know half of the people performing. Any how I'll be back later to update my total progress but for now I've finished reading Enthralled so I can return it to the library and I've written the review for the last half too, which will be up some time next week and I've made my way through some of Paper Towns which I hope to finish tomorrow.

Update:

Book Finished: Enthralled by Melissa Marr & others

Pages Read: 51

Time Read For: 45 minutes
Book Read: Paper Towns
Pages Read: 26
Time Read For: 22 minutes
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Overall Books Completed: 1

Overall Page Count: 77

Overall Time Read For: 1 hour 7 minutes

Challenges:

Auggie Talk wants to know who our literary best friends are and why, what do we do together and talk about?

Wow, I actually found this question difficult and I've had to really delve into past books to re-find my literary best friend, the reason being that lately I haven't been reading all too much and the last few books I've read though I may have enjoyed the characters, I haven't connected with them on such a high level. I finally decided to pick Lola Rose from the same titled book by Jacqueline Wilson, even though the story isn't very fresh in my mind I remember the basics of what it was about - the family wins the lottery and move to London to start over, names and all. Jayni recreates herself as the exotic Lola Rose and I remember at the time I was reading it the idea of escaping and starting fresh seemed like the greatest thing in the world!

Reading in Texas and The Space Between ask "What happens to your books after you've finished reading them?"

I wish I could say something lovely about how I donate them to charity or pass them on to other book lovers but the reality is far more shelfish - yes, they're displayed on shelves in my wardrobe (stops sun damage) in alphabetical order. The few I get from the library are obviously returned and then the books that have made a huge impression on me I lend to my Dad to get his verdict on - and I mean any book that has made an impression, like say when Twilight first came out, I was hooked and passed it on to him and even though he said it was too much of a romance for him he still read the whole series. That's dedication. In short - they're kept and arranged neatly and read again if needed a few years later.

Oh and if you leave links to your Bout of Books updates I'll stop by :)