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    Day 7 - Sunday, May 18th

    STATS

    Time devoted to reading - 3hours
    Pages read today - 50% (around 67 pages, according to my Kobo) of A Morbid Taste for Bones, by Ellis Peters, which I finished
    Total pages so far - 575
    Books finished - four

    CHALLENGES

    There was the Retitle Your Current Read Mini-Challenged hosted by Oh Magic Hour and you can see my participation here.

    NOTES

    Laaaaaazy Sunday. Yep. I read a bit faster and I finished A Morbid Taste for Bones. Since I managed to read four books this week I thought I deserved a little time away from books and I didn't read anything else. So I watched a movie, spent time on the internet, went out for a little walk...

    WRAP-UP

    It's over! I really enjoyed participating in the Bout of Books read-a-thon again and I absolutely stayed on track. I ever surpassed myself doing more than I thought I could do. Here  is how I did in this Bout of Books 10:

    Total time devoted to reading - this week I read a total of 19 hours and 50 minutes. Wow!
    Total pages read - 575 pages. Not bad!
    Books finished - four books! And Then There Were None, by Agatha Christie; Chronicle of a Death Foretold, by Gabriel García Márquez; The Old Man Who Read Love Stories, by Luis Sepúlveda; and A Morbid Taste For Bones, by Ellis Peters. Such long titles...
    Challenges - I managed to participate in three challenges, one more than I had set myself to. Yay!

    Overall I thought it was a great week reading-wise. I read a lot, I started and finished four books, I made updates everyday, wrote reviews and entered in three challenges. I had lots of fun and can't wait for the next Bout of Books! :)
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    And here it is, the last challenge of this read-a-thon! This challenge is hosted by Oh Magic Hour and it's this:

    For this, your final mini-challenge of the readathon, I thought it would be fun if we all tried to come up with a new title for our current read, or really anything we’ve read during this Bout of Books 10.0.  For me, a great title can really go a long way toward making me want to read a book and I thought it would be fun to play with that concept a little bit.  Your new title can be something you ACTUALLY think would make a good title, or just something descriptive or something funny!  It’s totally up to you!


    So, the book I am reading is A Morbid Taste for Bones, by Ellis Peters. But I could definetely rename it as The Things People Do for Holy Bones. I know that the book is set in the Middle Ages, and I know they were all fervorous Christians but... to commit murder because of a saint's bones?
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    Day 6 - Saturday, May 17th

    STATS

    Time devoted to reading - 3h
    Pages read today - 40% (around 50 pages, according to my Kobo) of A Morbid Taste for Bones, by Ellis Peters
    Total pages so far - 508
    Books finished - three

    CHALLENGES

    There was the "Show an Author Some Love" @ Doing Dewey, in which I did not enter.

    NOTES

    This day was a better day than the day before. I managed to read a bit more and I'm already half way through the book I'm reading. Maybe I will be able to finish it today.
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    Day 5 - Friday, May 16th

    STATS

    Time devoted to reading - 2h30
    Pages read today - 50 of The Old Man Who Read Love Stories, which I finished, and 12% (around 20 pages, according to my Kobo) of A Morbid Taste for Bones, by Ellis Peters
    Total pages so far - 458
    Books finished - three

    CHALLENGES

    There were two challenges, but I participated in none of them. They were the "Cover Scavenger Hunt" challenge @ Book Monsters, and the "Rainbow Book Challenge" @ Neon Yeti Reads.

    NOTES

    I finished the third book of this read-a-thon! Yay! And I also started a new one, by Ellis Peters. I also didn't read a lot because of the internet and overall laziness from my part...
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    Day 4 - Thursday, May 15th

    STATS

    Time devoted to reading - 2 hours
    Pages read today - 60 of The Old Man Who Read Love Stories, by Luis Sepulveda
    Total pages so far - 388
    Books finished - two

    CHALLENGES

    There was the "Spell it Out" Challenge @ Kimberlyfaye Reads but I didn't participate in it.

    NOTES

    I couldn't manage to read much for two reasons. First, my brain has almost melted with the heat here, and we're not even in summer. Because of this, I fell asleep in the afternoon. Again. Second, my grandfather is having some health problems so I couldn't focus properly on reading because I was worried.
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    Day 3 - Wednesday, May 14th

    STATS

    Time devoted to reading - 4 hours
    Pages read today - 132 of Chronicle of a Death Foretold, by Gabriel García Márquez
    Total pages so far - 328
    Books finished - two

    CHALLENGES

    There was the "This Made Me Think of That" Challenge @ My Overstuffed Shelves and you can see my participation here.


    NOTES

    This was another good day: I managed to start and finish another book, this time by Gabriel García Márquez and I entered another challenge. Even having falling asleep in the afternoon and watching Benfica vs. Seville football game for the Uefa Cup final, I managed to read a whole book. Yay for me!
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    Another challenge! This one is hosted at My Overstuffed Shelves and the challenge is called "This Made Me Think of That". These are the rules:

    1. Choose a book and something to pair with it.
    2. Share your combination and why you think the two go together on your blog, Facebook, twitter, or Goodreads.
    3. Link to your posting in the comments, with your BOB 10 participant number so I can verify your registration.
    4. If you tweet about this challenge (and I hope you do) make sure to mention me, @KnittingGromit, and use the hashtag #boutofbooks.

    So here are my pickings:

       




    When I read The House at Riverton, by Kate Morton, I always felt it was the kind of book to read by a cozy fireplace while drinking tea.

      





    The Winter Sea, by Susanna Kearsley, made me think of Gerard Butler because, in my mind, Graham was Gerard Butler!! Seriously, read this. Because scottish guys.
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    Day 2 - Tuesday,May 13th

    STATS

    Time devoted to reading - none
    Pages read today - none
    Total pages so far - 196
    Books finished - one

    CHALLENGES

    There were two challenges: the Bookish Battle Royal @ My Life in Books, and the Books You're Looking Forward To @ River City Reading. I didn't enter in none of them.

    NOTES

    I wasn't at home for the most part of my day and that is a good thing. I spent the whole day at university with some friends, picking up some books from the library, and eating straight-out-of-the-oven-chocolate croissants. I could have read in the train, but in the morning I was too sleepy and in the evening I was too tired to read. So I didn't read at all.
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    Day 1 - Monday, May 12th

    STATS

    Time devoted to reading - 5h50
    Pages read today - 196 of And Then There Were None, by Agatha Christie
    Total pages so far - 196
    Books finished - one

    CHALLENGES

    There was one challenge, the "If You Like X, Try Y" @ The Book Barbies and I participated in it. You can see my participation here.

    NOTES

    I managed to start and finish one book! I think it was the first time it ever happened to me. But then again, Agatha Christie's books tend to have this effect on me - I read them in an instant. So on the first day of this Bout of Books I read from start to finish And Then There Were None, by Agatha Christie. It was such an awesome book! 
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    First day of Bout of Books 10 and first challenge! This is the "If You Like X, Try Y" challenge and is hosted at The Book Barbies blog. It is as follows:

    All you have to do is give one or more recommendations based on the formula "If you like ____, try ___."
    The specifics are entirely up to you. You can give a recommendation based on an entire genre, an author, a title, a random subject, whatever!

    So my picks are these:

    If you like major plot twists, try Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn.


    If you like post-apocaliptic novels, try The Road, by Cormac McCarthy.


    If you like science-fiction, try Oryx and Crake, by Margaret Atwood.


    If you like dark and mysterious characters, try The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde.


    If you like fairy-tale retellings, try Beauty, by Robin McKinley.


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    This post will be in english and in portuguese / Este post será em inglês e em português


    With just a few days left before the beggining of this read-a-thon, it is time for me to post my goals! Here they are:

    • To read everyday (and stay away from the time-consuming internet!!)
    • To read at least two books 
    • To participate in two challenges
    • To make an update post everyday

    Once again, I am really excited for this! :)

    ***

    Com apenas alguns dias até ao início desta maratona literária, está na altura para eu divulgar os meus objectivos. São eles:

    • Ler todos os dias (e manter-me longe desse consumidor de tempo que é a internet!!)
    • Ler, pelo menos, dois livros
    • Participar em dois desafios
    • Publicar actualizações todos os dias

    Mais uma vez, estou bastante entusiasmada com isto! :)
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    This post will be in english and in portuguese.


    Here it is again! The second Bout of Books this year and the second one in which I will be participating. I hope I can have as much fun as I did in the last one, and since it is not required to post our goals yet, I will leave you with just the blurb for the read-a-thon:

    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 12th and runs through Sunday, May 18th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure, and the only reading competition is between you and your usual number of books read in a week. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 10 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog.

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    Aqui está ela outra vez! A segunda Bout of Books deste ano e a segunda em que vou participar. Espero divertir-me tanto como da última vez e, uma vez que ainda não é preciso revelar quais são os nossos objectivos, deixo-vos somente com o blurb desta maratona de leitura, ali em cima. Desta vez, a maratona começará dia 12 de Maio e terminará a 18 de Maio.
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