Bout of Books: Progress

Well, another Bout of Books has come to an end. My personal schedule didn't allow me to be as social as I would have liked, but it was still enjoyable to be part of the event. I did complete three books this week—The Devil's Novice by Ellis Peters, A Nomadic Witch by Debora Geary, and The Firebird Mystery by Darrell Pitt.

 

Daily status

Monday, 11 May

Monday was the first day of a conference in Las Vegas where I was speaking. I got a quick start on Bout of Books by taking my Kindle to bed with me around 1 am. Read about 10 pages before it fell out of my hands. Then I got in some reading time in the evening after the conference day had ended.

Number of books I've read today: 2
Number of pages I've read today: 88
Total number of pages read: 88
Number of books completed today: 0
Total number of books completed: 0

Tuesday, 12 May

Tuesday was a very busy day at the conference. Although I didn't have any presentations to give, I had several meetings with customers and a couple of technical presentations that I wanted to see. After a long day, hubby and I went out gor dinner, getting back to the hotel around 8 pm. I only managed to squeeze in 47 pages all day long, but there will be better days.

Number of books I've read today: 2
Number of pages I've read today: 47
Total number of pages read: 135
Number of books completed today: 0
Total number of books completed: 0

Wednesday, 13 May

Wednesday was almost as busy as Tuesday. I was run ragged at the conference with two sessions to deliver. Then I went to dinner with my team including our manager. Lovely dinner, but it did take away time from reading. And after getting back to the hotel after supper, I had to do some programming. So it was after midnight before I found time to read again. (And that meant it was Day 4 of Bout of Books.)

Number of books I've read today: 1
Number of pages I've read today: 59
Total number of pages read: 194
Number of books completed today: 0
Total number of books completed: 0

Thursday, 14 May

Finally! I finished a book. I didn't have very many more pages to read, but it just gives me such a feeling of accomplishment to finish the book. I'm really looking forward to the next couple of days on the road to give me some much-missed uninterrupted reading time.

Number of books I've read today: 2
Number of pages I've read today: 74
Total number of pages read: 268
Number of books completed today: 1
Total number of books completed: 1

Friday, 15 May

On Friday I spent much of the day reading. We drove from Las Vegas, Nevada, to Albuquerque, New Mexico. I started a new book first thing in the morning and finished it just before crawling into the bed. So, I'm adding A Nomadic Witch to the list of completed books. I didn't however, make any further progress in The Firebird Mystery.

Number of books I've read today: 1
Number of pages I've read today: 262
Total number of pages read: 530
Number of books completed today: 1
Total number of books completed: 2

Saturday, 16 May

Saturday was the second day of our road trip, but I didn't read as many pages as I had expected. There were two contributing factors. First, I napped all morning long. No sooner would I read a couple of sentences than I'd be sound asleep. Then, after I fully awakened, I wound up browsing through a cook book for an hour or more. Even with that, I finally made some significant progress in The Firebird Mystery. My Kindle tells me that I'm about 56% through the book and I expect to finish in on Sunday.

Number of books I've read today: 1
bumber of pages I've read today: 83
Total number of pages read: 613
Number of books completed today: 0
Total number of books completed: 2

Sunday, 17 May

Home at last, it was a very lazy day. I had a bit of Internet “stuff” to catch up on, but otherwise I took the time to read throughout the day. I was able to complete reading The Firebird Mystery and started into Jack Staples and the Poet's Storm before bedtime.

Number of books I've read today: 2
bumber of pages I've read today: 121
Total number of pages read: 734
Number of books completed today: 1
Total number of books completed: 3

Currently reading

I am just a short way into Jack Staples and the Poet's Storm, the final book in a allegorical trilogy for young adults. I was provided an advance copy by the publisher, David C. Cook, for review. Having read the first two parts earlier this year, I was eager to read the conclusion and to see how things would work out as the forces of the Assassin wage war against the Author and Awakened.

Books completed