An update (and the wrap-up) on my progress for the Bout of Books ’09 reading challenge.

An update on my progress for Bout of Books ’09 through Sunday

Goals Lori Foster’s Getting Rowdy C.E. Murphy’s Thunderbird Falls Kim Harrison’s White Witch, Black Curse and Black Magic Sanction Margaret Frazer’s The Bastard’s Tale Bernard Cornwell’s Sharpe’s Escape Emily Croy Barker’s The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Real Magic Richelle Mead’s The Fiery Heart Louise Penny’s Still Life M.C.V. Egan’s The Bridge of Deaths Erin M. Evans’ Adversary Updates Tuesday Number of pages read: 954 Number of books read: 2 Kim Harrison’s White Witch, Black Curse and Bernard Cornwell’s Sharpe’s Escape . Wednesday Number of pages read: 542 Number of books read: 1 and bits Margaret Frazer’s The Bastard’s Tale, the first three chapters in Kim Harrison’s Black Magic Sanction, and almost halfway through Lori Foster’s Getting Rowdy. Thursday Number of pages read: 273 Number of books read: 1 and a bit Finished reading Lori Foster’s Getting Rowdy and was disappointed. Foster is usually good. This read more juvenile than anything. Review to come. Started reading C.E. Murphy’s Thunderbird Falls. Friday Number of pages read: 358 Number of books read: 1 Finished the rest of C.E. Murphy’s Thunderbird Falls. Good story.

Goals Lori Foster’s Getting Rowdy C.E. Murphy’s Thunderbird Falls Kim Harrison’s White Witch, Black Curse and Black Magic Sanction Margaret Frazer’s The Bastard’s Tale Bernard Cornwell’s Sharpe’s Escape Emily Croy Barker’s The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Real Magic Richelle Mead’s The Fiery Heart Louise Penny’s Still Life M.C.V. Egan’s The Bridge of Deaths Erin M. Evans’ Adversary Updates Tuesday Number of pages read: 954 Number of books read: 2 Kim Harrison’s White Witch, Black Curse and Bernard Cornwell’s Sharpe’s Escape . Wednesday Number of pages read: 542 Number of books read: 1 and bits Margaret Frazer’s The Bastard’s Tale, the first three chapters in Kim Harrison’s Black Magic Sanction, and almost halfway through Lori Foster’s Getting Rowdy. Thursday Number of pages read: 273 Number of books read: 1 and a bit Finished reading Lori Foster’s Getting Rowdy and was disappointed. Foster is usually good. This read more juvenile than anything. Review to come. Started reading C.E. Murphy’s Thunderbird Falls.

As part of Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal’s read-a-thon, Bout of Books 9.0, I’m to include my goals regarding what I want to accomplish in this glorious bout of reading, including the time I’ll set aside for reading and what I hope to have read by the end of Sunday, the 12th. Time Devoted to Reading I read every day—it keeps me sane. At worst, I read for a bit when I first wake up and when I go to bed at night. And during the night if I can’t sleep. At best, everyone leaves me alone, and I can luxuriate in enjoying a bit of a read during lunch and dinner. And maybe a few hours caught along the way! Then there are the moments caught in between. Standing in line for something or other. Waiting in someone’s office. On hold with the telephone. Waiting for my computer to complete a task. Or simply needing a mental break. My Goals Sadly enough, my goals are catch-up goals. Catching up with the library books that are coming due, the books I’m reading for a couple of read-alongs, the ARCs I’m reading from publishers, […]