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Well, I can safely say, that day 4 wasn’t much more productive than day 3 for me…lol! Although I did realize that one of the books I was struggling with, I just couldn’t stick with and decided to mark it as DNF. Based on the description, I should have liked it, because I’m a fan of GLBT fiction and short stories, but unfortunately for me, these stories were more like vingettes and scenes, and not really stories. In fact, many of the stories, weren’t even 3 screen changes on my kindle (so maybe 300-400 words). I’m also sore and grumpy from my Physical Therapy appointment which for me made it hard to sit down and concentrate to read. Only a couple more days of Bout of Books left for this round – hopefully, I’ll actually manage to get a couple more books finished (I am closing it on the finish line for a couple of them).

Books Finished:
None

Books Marked as DNF
Best Bi Short Stories – Sheela Lambert (editor)

Books In Progress
Inn at Last Chance – Hope Ramsey
Dangers of Dating a Rebound Vampire – Molly Harper (audiobook)
Openly Straight – Bill Konigsberg
Conning for Keeps – Seleste deLaney
The Viking’s Captive Princess – Michelle Styles
The Rancher and the Rock Star – Lizbeth Selvig
When Books Went to War – Molly Guptill Manning

That was my Day 4, how was yours?

Yesterday (wednesday) was a work at home day for me, which unfortunately meant, I didn’t get a lot of reading time (its weird how you come to appreciate travel time to work in the morning, if nothing else because you can read without feeling guilty)…but after an ass kicking swim work out in the evening (I’m also training for a 5k open water swim), I found that I couldn’t sleep (ugh insomnia) – so I was able to dig in and finish another book, as well as play a few games of Crazy Kitchen (although I’m stuck on level 120 right now!). While driving to and from the pool (as well as getting stuck in road work), I managed to eek in another 1.5hrs of my current audiobook as well – if all goes well, I should have it done over the weekend.

Books Finished:
Flashes of Me – Cynthia Sax

Books In Progress
Best Bi Short Stories – Sheela Lambert (editor)
Inn at Last Chance – Hope Ramsey
Dangers of Dating a Rebound Vampire – Molly Harper (audiobook)
Openly Straight – Bill Konigsberg
Conning for Keeps – Seleste deLaney
The Viking’s Captive Princess – Michelle Styles
The Rancher and the Rock Star – Lizbeth Selvig
When Books Went to War – Molly Guptill Manning

Hopefully my Day 4 of Bout of Books 14 will be more productive than my day 3 😉

Hallelujah – I actually managed to finish a couple of books yesterday. I’m working from home part time and part time from the office, so yesterday was an office day – which means either an 45 min car ride (if there is no traffic) or an hour by the metro…I opted for the metro because it gives me dedicated reading time. I also managed to listen to another 2hrs-ish of my current audiobook (between driving to the metro and then home; as well as heading to the swimming pool for my workout in the afternoon).

Books Finished:
The Wallflower – Dana Marie Bell – 147pgs (PtP – purchased Jun 2009)
The Natty Professor – Tim Gunn – 108pgs (started at 60%) (ARC August)

Books In Progress
Best Bi Short Stories – Sheela Lambert (editor)
Inn at Last Chance – Hope Ramsey
Dangers of Dating a Rebound Vampire – Molly Harper (audiobook)
Openly Straight – Bill Konigsberg
Conning for Keeps – Seleste deLaney
The Viking’s Captive Princess – Michelle Styles
Flashes of Me – Cynthia Sax

I’m slowing plugging away at my different goals. How about you guys?

So I’m actually sticking to my goal of reading (and trying to have fun) this week. My goal for this week is to a) finish up several of the MANY books I have in progress and to try and b) attempt to finish up the reading challenge that I do every quarter (I have about 10 books left to finish up and until the end of the month to complete it). As a bonus, several of the books that I am currently last night fulfilled my #ARCAugust reading goals as well as my Pillaging the Pile books (those books that have loitering on the TBR for several years)…

Books Finished:
None, but I read probably 200pgs of 4 different books on my TBR (as well as listening to 2hrs of my current in progress audio on the drive into work)

Books In Progress
The Wallflower – Dana Marie Bell
The Natty Professor – Tim Gunn
Best Bi Short Stories – Sheela Lambert (editor)
Inn at Last Chance – Hope Ramsey
Dangers of Dating a Rebound Vampire – Molly Harper (audiobook)
Openly Straight – Bill Konigsberg
Conning for Keeps – Seleste deLaney
The Viking’s Captive Princess – Michelle Styles

I was excited to see the post about Bout of Books show up in my facebook feed today and since last time was pretty much an EPIC fail (I maybe only finished 1 or 2 books) – I figured what the heck, let’s try again…

I have a goal of 12 books this week (mostly because that will finish up various reading challenges I’m doing, but in all honesty, I’ll be happy to get 6 done (since I have Navy reserves drill this weekend)

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, August 17 and runs through Sunday, August 23rd 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 14 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog – From the Bout of Books team