#AYearAThon Harry Potter Readathon Wrap-up

This is the first readathon that I feel I've done really well in. I have a habit of setting myself a high amount of books to read and I've never completed all of them. I didn't finish my goals this time either but I read far more than I thought I would and that's OK with me.

Here's how I did during the week 3-9 of February:

Day One:

Started Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone - 48 pages

Was by far my worst day. I only read the first four chapters of Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone.

Total pages read on day one = 48

Day Two:

Completed Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone - 175 pages
Started and completed Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - 251 pages

Total pages read on day two = 426

Day Three:

Started and completed Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - 317 pages
Started Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - 28 pages

Total pages read on day three = 345

Day Four:

Continued Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - 332 pages

Total pages read on day four: 332

Day Five:

Completed Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - 276 pages
Started Harry Potter and the Order of Pheonix - 218 pages

Total pages read on day five: 504

Day Six:

Continued Harry Potter and the Order of Pheonix - 240 pages

Total pages read on day six: 240

Day Seven:

Continued Harry Potter and the Order of Pheonix - 308 pages
Started Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - 80 pages 

Total pages read on day seven: 388

Week Wrap-Up: 

Number of books completed: 5
Number of books started: 6
Number of pages read: 2043

Bout of Books 9.0 Wrap up

Well I completely failed at this Bout of Books readathon. As you saw from my last post I was aiming to read a total of 13 books for Bout of Books 9.0. All I can say is that I completely FAILED as I only read 3 books during the week! I know, I know...FAIL!


Even though my Bout of Books 9.0 wrap up is a complete disappointment, I still thought I would update you all on how my week went and why I failed to complete my challenge:


Monday 6th January 2014


I started Bout of Books by completely "Chasing Spirits: The Building of the Ghost Adventures Crew" by Nick Groff. This had been a Christmas present from my bother and I started it just after Christmas but I had yet to finish it by the start of Bout of Books 9.0.


Monday started of well as I finished "Chasing Spirits" and started finishing my second current read "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro.


Number of Books completed: 1
Number of pages read: 140


Tuesday 7th January 2014


I was still reading "Never Let Me Go", but Tuesday actually turned out to be the best day I had reading wise. I completed "Never Let Me Go" and made a good start on my third book "Consequences...Don't Call Me Baby by Laurie Depp".


Number of Books completed: 1
Number of pages read: 197


Wednesday 8th January 2014


The worst and last day of my participation in Bout of Books 9.0. I completed "Consequences...Don't Call Me Baby" and then I got sick and couldn't even manage to pick up another book. Like I said I completely failed.


Number of Books completed: 1
Number of pages read: 70


Overall, I read a total of 3 books on 3 days and read a total of 300 pages.

Bout of Books 8.0 Wrap-up

So Bout of Books 8.0 has come to a close and it's time for the last update/wrap up. Bout of Books is definitely an experience I would recommend to avid readers. It has done wonders for my reading slump, and even though I read less then I thought I would it has rekindled my passion for reading. Which, if truth be told, was my biggest factor for taking part in the Bout of Books readathon in the first place. 

An added bonus to this experience was meeting and interacting with new like minded individuals that I hope will now become friends. Since doing Bout of Books and filming my progress (badly) over this past week, I have discovered what a fantastic community the world of booktubers, book bloggers and avid readers are out there. It was an unexpected yet very much delightful discovery to make. 

If you didn't catch my videos, here is my finally stats:

Books finished: 2

Books started: 4

Pages read in total: 1250

Books I aimed to finish: 6 

Total pages I aimed to read: 2553

Number of back up books read: 0

Number of challenges: 2 

Overall, not what I planned to accomplish but it is a lot more then I've read in ages so I'm happy. I will definitely be taking part in the next Bout of Books.