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\"Bout<\/a><\/div>\n

I’ve been off my reading game in general this year and specifically in the last month, so I’m excited to participate once again in the Bout of Books<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, May 11th and runs through Sunday, May 17th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 13 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. – From the Bout of Books team<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

When I participated in January, my goals included reading daily, finishing a couple books, and blogging about what I was reading. This time, I think my goals will be similar:<\/p>\n

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  1. To read at least a few pages every day.<\/li>\n
  2. To finish at least one book and\/or read 300 pages across several books.<\/li>\n
  3. To update you on what I’ve been reading. Daily would be nice, but let’s be realistic and aim for three posts this week.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    \n

    Today’s Bout of Books challenge is to answer a survey posed by Lori at Writing My Own Fairy Tale<\/a>:<\/p>\n

      \n\t<\/p>\n
    1. How do you organize your shelves?<\/li>\n

      <\/strong><\/p>\n

      I have a loose understanding of the word organize in this context. I have a couple shelves with books of sentimental value: works by Louisa May Alcott, Laura Ingalls Wilder, C.S. Lewis, L.M. Montgomery, my bible and dictionary, a book that used to belong to my dad’s aunt, etc. And there’s a second half-shelf that has some other books that were gifts and are valuable for that reason. Otherwise, things are vaguely arranged by genre and\/or time of acquisition. Poetry books are all together. Crafting books are all together. Feminist texts are all together. Books acquired at one of the ALA meetings I went to are all on the bottom shelf of my desk. Books that came into the Burrow during the period I served on the Cybils committee are in or on the blue cabinet. Library books are by my chair. Fiction is spread all over the house, as is appropriate.<\/p>\n

      \t<\/p>\n

    2. What is one of your favorite book that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not in one of your favorite genres?<\/li>\n

      <\/strong><\/p>\n

      I guess I tend not to read a whole lot of history, so let’s go with Cait Murphy’s Crazy ’08: How a Cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads, and Magnates Created the Greatest Year in Baseball History<\/em>.<\/p>\n

      \t<\/p>\n

    3. What is the last 5 star book you read?<\/li>\n

      <\/strong><\/p>\n

      According to GoodReads, it was The Book of Unknown Americans<\/em>, which I read last summer. (I don’t award five stars frequently: something on the order of twice a year.)<\/p>\n

      \t<\/p>\n

    4. What book are you most excited to read during the read-a-thon?<\/li>\n

      <\/strong><\/p>\n

      I hope to get to Jasper Fforde’s latest in the Chronicles of Kazam, The Eye of Zoltar<\/em>. I’m just hoping I remember enough of the previous two books to dive back in comfortably. I also picked up the second volume of Ms. Marvel last weekend, so that’s high on my list, too. And I’m finding The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O’Neil’s America<\/em> surprisingly comforting.<\/p>\n

      \t<\/p>\n

    5. What book do you recommend the most?<\/li>\n

      <\/strong><\/p>\n

      For what and whom? For Bout of Books participants? I don’t feel like I have a single pat answer. But I suppose if you haven’t read The Eyre Affair <\/em>by Jasper Fforde you should do so immediately. <\/p>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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