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 13th and runs through Sunday, August 19th 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 5.0 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. 

-From the Bout of Books 5.0 team

Here we go again.  Round 5 and I am ready for it!  I've got a ton of books I need to read for this year.  Hopefully this readathon will knock out a good chunk.  I decided to completely stay away from Twitter this time around.  It just distracts me from my reading.  So I will only be doing updates on my blog.  I also wanted to diversify my reading list this time around.

My goals:

• Read 5 books
• Review all book read
• Complete at least two challenges
• Read an average of 2:30 hours a day

My TBR pile (ambitious, but I do like choices):

• HP 7
• A Kiss in Time by Alex Flinn
• Mythology by Edith Hamilton
• Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
• Persuasion by Jane Austen
• Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
• Emma by Jane Austen
• Richard III by Shakespeare
• Antony and Cleopatra by Shakespeare
• Much Ado About Nothing by Shakespeare
• Restoring Grace by Katie Fforde
• A Truth Universally Acknowledged edited by Susannah Carson