Pages Read Today: 232 (Fun Home) + 168 (Sandman Vol. 6) + 168 (Sandman Vol. 7) + 176 (The New Deadwardians)

Pages Read Total: 744

Reading Helpers: iTunes on shuffle, comfy yoga pants, and a glass of cranberry raspberry flavored carbonated water.

Challenges:

• I participated in Sarah Says Read's Bookish Bucket List Challenge.  The prompt was: What is one bookish thing you want to do before you die? OR what is one thing you want to do before you die that was inspired by a book you read?  My answer: I’ve got a few bookish goals. First, I want to read one million pages (already over 150,000 pages down). Second, I want to meet so many different authors, but life always seems to get in the way. I really need to try harder at that one. Finally, I want to travel to the places from my favorite books: Spain, Italy, Greece, Boston…
• I also participated in Book Pairing's #Pairathon Challenge.  Since I am currently pregnant, I can't pair my lovely books with any alcoholic beverage...  Although if I could, there are some beautiful bottles of wine calling my name from our bar.  Instead, I went with nachos and cranberry raspberry flavored carbonated water.  What can I say?  It was lunchtime and I was craving some guac and chips.  And then I added salsa, cheese, and beans and called it a meal.  Yummy!  Later tonight I'm thinking a nice hot cup of chai tea and and some chocolate chip cookies for dessert.

Comments: I got a bit distracted this morning with laundry and the internet.  I didn't dive into a book until lunch time.  I promise to do better for the rest of the week, except for tomorrow as I have guests coming for a lunch and pool date.  I did finish Fun Home by Alison Bechdel.  Put me in an odd introspective mood...  Later in the afternoon I tackled Vol. 6 and Vol. 7 of Sandman.  Always a great read!  And a fun little vampire and zombie graphic novel.  Very inventive!

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 19th and runs through Sunday, August 25th 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 8.0 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team