Bout of Books Wrap-Up

 

I can't believe the Bout of Books read-a-thon is over already! Like I said in my update post, this was my first ever read-a-thon, but I'll definitely be back. I've always avoided them before, because they're usually over 24 hours and that's just not do-able for me. I'll definitely be back for the next Bout of Books though - I had a fantastic time, exceeded my goals and met a whole load of new bloggers!

These were my goals - 

I wanted to finish In Leah's Wake by Terri Giuliano Long, as I had about half of it left at the start of the read-a-thon. I also wanted to read and finish both The Pirates! in an Adventure with Moby Dick and Telling Tales: A History of Literary Hoaxes.

I actually completed all of this and a little more. Here's what I actually read: 

That's half of:

•  In Leah's Wake by Terri Giuliano Long, as I needed to finish it
• The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner, because I wasn't masochistic enough to try and finish it.

But, more importantly, I started and finished:

• The Pirates! in an Adventure with Moby Dick by Gideon Defoe
• Telling Tales: A History of Literary Hoaxes by Melissa Katsoulis
• Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
• The Devil and Miss Prym by Paulo Coelho 

 Four full books and two halves - not too shabby, I think.

That's a total of 1330 pages! It's a much better total than I expected and I'm more than happy with it.

I also took part in two mini-challenges - the this or that challenge and then the shoe challenge on Friday. I swear I've never been so excited about a challenge before in my life - I managed to use not only my own books, but my own shoes as well!  

So, long story short, I had an awesome time last week and I'll definitely be signing up for the next one.