Bout of Books 17 Starting Line

Bout of Books 17 is here! Check out the Bout of Books blog to see the ins and outs of what to expect from this read-a-thon. Reminders for the daily challenges (if you wish to participate), Twitter chats, etc will be posted to keep you in the loop. Now, let's get our read on!

Time Devoted to Reading
I will be dedicating the entire week to reading. As usual, I'm also working full time and writing a couple of books. So...yeah.

My Goals

• Read
• Have fun!
• Don't stress

Books to Read

• Cowboy Kinky by Jodi Redford - READ and review written
• Being Green by Cynthia Sax - READ and review written
• Another Chance by Taryn Kincaid - READ and review written
• Her Captain by Taryn Kincaid - READ and review written
• Blonde Date by Sarina Bowen - READ and review written
• In Good Spirits by Michele Bardsley - READ and review written
• Having the Barbarian's Baby by Ruby Dixon - READ and review written
• Ice Ice Babies by Ruby Dixon - READ and review written
• Pia Does Hollywood by Thea Harrison - READ and review written
• Shadow's End by Thea Harrison - READ and review written
• Liam Takes Manhattan by Thea Harrison - READ and review written
• Grinder by Samantha Whiskey - READ and review written
• Beyond Galaxy's Edge by Anna Hackett - READ and review written
• Make it a Double by Sawyer Bennett - READ and review written
• Sugar on the Edge by Sawyer Bennett - READ and review written
• Prince of Passion by Jessa Slade - READ and review written
• With a Twist by Sawyer Bennett - READ and review written
• Neanderthal Seeks Human by Penny Reid - READ and review written
• Abducting Abby by S.E. Smith - READ and review written
• The Duke's Guide to Correct Behavior by Megan Frampton - READ and review written
• Pirate Bound by Carysa Locke - READ

Updates

8/22
Number of books I’ve read today: 8
Total number of books I’ve read: 8
Books read: Blonde Date, Cowboy Kinky, Being Green, Pia Does Hollywood, In Good Spirits, Her Captain, Having the Barbarian's Baby, Ice Ice Babies
Today #insixwords: Can't stop me now, #boutofbooks! BOOM!
Things I learned on Twitter: In retrospect, I probably should have chosen longer books (these were all novellas and I zipped through them). OH WELL. SO IT GOES. *ahem* So. Things I learned on Twitter: Amanda is afraid of my aggressive book grabbing. Things I learned at work: I had to hear an old lady tell us all the gossip about who's having sex with who. It was kinda traumatizing. I read a metric SHIT TON of books today. I do NOT expect tomorrow to be as productive. For reals.
Final Tally: One seriously adorable couple, one dirty talkin' cowboy, one sweet cyborg warrior, the first family of the Wyr, one beleaguered waitress, one damaged soldier, one icy planet, one new mom

8/23
Number of books I’ve read today: 3
Total number of books I’ve read: 11
Books read: Another Chance, Grinder, Beyond Galaxy's Edge
Today #insixwords: #boutofbooks Day 2: Still going strong.
Things I learned on Twitter: Err... was I even on Twitter? I don't really remember. I had to do some work stuff today. TERRIBLE. Let's just move along, shall we?
Final Tally: One mated pair, one sexy hockey player, one determined captain

8/24
Number of books I’ve read today: 2
Total number of books I’ve read: 13
Books read: Make it a Double, Sugar on the Edge
Today #insixwords: Two more down, February's almost done!
Things I learned on Twitter: Mostly internet free today, but I knew that would happen. Wednesdays are my busy day at work. So... yeah.
Final Tally: One gentle ex-con, one tormented writer

8/25
Number of books I’ve read today: 3
Total number of books I’ve read: 16
Books read: Prince of Passion, With a Twist, Neanderthal Seeks Human
Today #insixwords: You win this round, life. MAYBE!
Things I learned on Twitter: GUUUUUYYYYS. My desktop died this morning and I'm SO DISTRAUGHT BY THIS. Not broken or anything, because I do have a laptop I can play with, but I LOOOOOVED THAT DESKTOP. I THOUGHT WE WERE COMMITTED TO ONE ANOTHER AND THEN IT UP AND DOES THIS WITH NO WARNING?!?! WOE WOE WOE! Gonna be honest, this development might throw a kink in my goal about not stressing. *straightens shoulders* *firms chin* No. I got this. I GOT THIS.
Final Tally: One sexy virgin, one determined cop, one clueless human

8/26
Number of books I’ve read today: 2
Total number of books I’ve read: 18
Books read: Abducting Abby, The Duke's Guide to Correct Behavior
Today #insixwords: Friday, you saucy wench, welcome back!
Things I learned on Twitter: All I can think is that tomorrow's Twitter chat is going to be hilarious with me crawling along on my laptop. LOLOLOL. Ouch.
Final Tally: One so-so story, one arrogant duke

8/27
Number of books I’ve read today: 1
Total number of books I’ve read: 19
Books read: Shadow's End
Today #insixwords: Spent the day adulting. Big hmmph.
Things I learned on Twitter: You guys ROCK those Twitter chats, man. ROCK THEM. Thanks to everyone who showed up and dropped recs like ...err, like something that drops hard and fast. *fist pump*
Final Tally: One star-crossed couple

8/28
Number of books I’ve read today: 2
Total number of books I’ve read: 21
Books read: Liam Takes Manhattan, Pirate Bound
Today #insixwords: How is it the end already?
Things I learned on Twitter: I spent a big portion of the day (when I wasn't reading) getting my new computer set up. So, you know, I was wrangling software stuff and wasn't so much online. Which is okay. It's okay. Because I'm all computered up now!
Final Tally: One rebellious dragon, one deadly pirate

Final Thoughts: I read a lot more books than I was planning on this week. Beyond that, the fact that I managed to keep up on the reviews makes me SO HAPPY. You don't even know, guys. You don't even know.

As always, thank you to everyone who participated! Bout of Books 18 will be here before you know it!