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May 21, 2018


bout of books 22 wrap-up
posted by soe 1:44 am


Bout of Books

Bout of Books wrapped up tonight. I didn’t quite meet all my goals, and I squeaked in a third finish just before the wire.

I had six goals for the past week. Let’s see how I did:

Take part in at least two challenges and at least one of the Twitter chats.

Yes! I missed the first chat, but woke up from my post-wedding nap to catch the one Saturday morning. And I managed two challenges, although I thought about several others.

Visit at least one other Bout of Books participant’s blog a day.

Missed out big-time on this one. Didn’t visit a single blog this week.

Return some of my massive pile of library books to the library.

Yes! I took back almost a dozen books and dvds to the library on Saturday. Most of them I hadn’t read, but will try again later. That’s what libraries are for.

Read a little each day.

Totally! I didn’t always read on paper, but I did read every day.

Finish posting my January reviews.

Nope! Maybe this week?

Stretch goal: Finish three books.

Yes, although none of them were the books that are overdue at the library. One was A Treacherous Curse, the third in Deanna Raybourn’s Victorian lepidopterist mystery series. The second was a picture book, Brick by Brick by Charles R. Smith Jr. with illustrations by Floyd Cooper, about the slaves who helped to build the White House. The third was a fun graphic novel/comic collection, Goldie Vance by Hope Larson and Brittney Williams, I picked up on Comic Book Day. It’s set in late-1950s Florida, where biracial Goldie Vance lives at a resort with her dad where she aspires to be the in-house detective. In her spare time, she hangs out with her friends, who also work at the resort, gets into mischief with ease and out with derring-do and her keen observational skills, and crushes on the cute girl who works at the record shop.

All in all, not bad. I’ll be joining the next round of Bout of Books in August.

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Definitely not bad. Let’s do it in August!

Pragya @ Reviewing Shelf

Comment by Pragya 05.21.18 @ 9:53 am