Bout of Books 11.0 Wrap-up

Books I've read from:
The Dinner by Herman Koch (309 pages)
The 100: Day 21 by Kass Morgan (311 pages)
Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie (150 pages)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling (172 pages)
Running total:
2 and two halves books, 942 pages

While this isn't quite as good as I hoped for, it's still a damn sight better than the reading I've been doing recently. I've had a lot of success with the books I've chosen to read, which always helps.

I finished The Dinner while standing in line to meet Sarah J. Maas (which I wrote a whole post about) and then flopped down on a sofa when I got home and started reading the closest book to me, which was The 100: Day 21. It's possibly even better than the first book.

I began Poirot Investigates on Friday evening, but then I spent almost an hour looking at Harry Potter on Pinterest (for some reason) and then I was overcome with a desperate urge to read one of the books... and here we are.

I didn't manage to read at all on Saturday, but that's the day I went out with Ellie and Charlotte. We'd decided that we'd head to the huge Waterstones for an hour and then invade Charlotte's house and demand that she feed us, which we did.

Waterstones was a pretty successful trip for me. I came out with:

The Man Who Couldn't Stop: OCD and the true story of a life lost in thought by David Adam
Love Letters to the Dead by Ava Dellaira
It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte
We Need To Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver

I feel like there may also have been another one but I can't remember... Anyway, the usual shenanigans of when more than two of us congregate in the same bookshop occurred, although at least this time there was no squabbling over one copy of the same book.

Ellie was actually the most restrained of all of us for a change, although she does have a habit of automatically purchasing any book that has made its way into her basket, whether she put it there or not.

Me: OH ELLIE, LOOK AT THAT! *points dramatically into the distance and shoves book into Ellie's basket*
Ellie: Oh, what!? *turns away and searches for what she should be looking at*
Charlotte: Yes, what!? *moves aside and also searches for the imaginary object of interest*
Me: ... seriously?

And then she bought the damn book anyway. Ever seriously consider the mental wellbeing of your friends?

So we bought books and then retired to Charlotte's house, who I can no longer be friends with. I mean, she was right to apologise about that fireplace... which I can't remember even noticing but she frequently and determinedly apologised for. I mean, seriously, I just don't see how we can be friends after that.

We had an awesome afternoon. You know those days where everytime you look at the clock, two hours seems to have passed? It was brilliant.

Then I got home and... went to bed. That's how I roll.

I managed to read a little yesterday when Lewis was playing Titanfall, but not that much. However, considering that this week I met one of my favourite authors and spent a day with two of my best friends, I think it's been a great Bout of Books overall!