So, like I said in the sign-up post, my goal is to finish The Firebird by Susanna Kearsley, and The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson. I am half way through the books but I want to finish them. So, as usual, this post will serve to register my progress throughout the week. Ler's see how it goes!

Notes: Today I was feeling a bit under the weather. I was not ok, not in the mood to read, so I ended up not reading at all. Not a good start, but there are still six days left.

Tuesday (day 2)

Time devoted to reading: 1 hour and 30 minutes

Pages read today: 10% (more or less 40 pages) of The Firebird by Susanna Kearsley

Total pages so far: 40 pages

Books finished: none

Notes: I am finding this book really boring. I loved The Winter Sea by the same author, and I was expecting more or less the same thing, but I'm not feeling this book. I also did not read much because I was busy with some university things.

Books finished: none

Notes: Since I was bored with The Firebird, I decided to go back to The Hero of Ages. I am glad I did it, although I did not read much. I am finding difficult to concentrate on my readings because I have a lot on my mind. Anyway I am really liking The Hero of Ages, it is an absolutely immersive book with an original fantasy world. I am loving it!

Pages read today: 81 pages of The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson

Total pages so far: 171 pages

Books finished: none

Notes: I am really excited by The Hero of Ages. It is such a good book, an awesome universe, so different that you learn a new thing in each chapter. I am loving the plot, the characters, the revelations, everything! And I hope I can finish it by the end of the week.

Pages read today: 74 pages of The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson

Total pages so far: 245 pages

Books finished: none

Notes: I think I will not be able to finish The Firebird, but I want to finish The Hero of Ages. I am so close! And loving every single page of the book. I didn't read as much as I wanted because it was cleaning and decluttering day here, so I spent most of my day doing house chores. But the two hours I read were delicious!

Time devoted to reading: 3 hours

Pages read today: 130 pages of The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson

Total pages so far: 415 pages

Books finished: one, The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson

Notes: I managed to focus on my reading today because I wanted to finish the book by Sanderson, which I did. And what a ride! I absolutely loved it!

Wrap-Up

And so it ends! One more week of intense reading.. Well, not as intense as I thouht it would be, but still I was able to read more than I was reading. I really love Bout of Books because I feel more compeled to read - I establish goals in my mind and I try to keep them. But although I wanted to read and finish two books, I could only finish The Hero of Ages - which is an awesome book, by the way. The Firebird I just read a bit, and I don't know if I will finish it, because it bores me a bit.. Anyway, I found this Bout of Books really positive and I hope I can participate in the next one!

Here are the statistics:

Total time devoted to reading: 11 hours and 45 minutes. Not bad, but still I hoped I could read more.

Total pages read: A total of 415 pages: 40 from The Firebird and 345 from The Hero of Ages.

Total books finished: Although my goal was to finish reading two books, I only finished one: The Hero of Ages.