The List:
Novellas:
Free Four by Veronica Roth
The Assassin and the Desert by Sarah J. Maas
The Assassin and the Pirate Lord by Sarah J. Maas
The Assassin and the Underworld by Sarah J. Maas
Be Witched by H. P. Mallory
The Full Length Books:
Catch of the Day by Kristan Higgins
Chasing the Sun by Kaki Warner
Due or Die by Jenn McKinlay
Fever by Lauren DeStefano
The Goals:
*Participate in at least one Twitter chat.
*Visit 10 blogs daily to cheer on fellow Bout of Book-ers.
*Catch up on my GoodReads goal as well as polish off my list. 
The Updates:
Monday:
Reading: Chasing the Sun by Kaki Warner
Finished: Free Four by Veronica Roth
Total Pages Read Today: 109
Total Pages Read During Bout of Books: 109
How I’m Feeling Today: So far, I’m feeling pretty good about the amount I’ve been able to participate. /Didn’t get as far asI wanted to in Chasing the Sun but I’m still pleased with my progress.
Tuesday:
Reading: Chasing the Sun
Finished: Nada today
Total Pages Read Today: 47
Total Pages Read During Bout of Books: 158
How I’m Feeling Today: a little disappointed but I’m still meeting my social goals which feel more important to me this time around.
Tuesday Mini-Challenges:
Curiosity Thrilled the Bookworm asked us to create a bookish limerick. Here’s my shoddy attempt at it!
There once was a woman who read
She preferred to read in her bed
Her nose in a book
No notice she took
When her life was rife with dread
The Grammarian’s Reviews asks us to relocate the characters of our current reads.
I am currently reading Chasing the Sun by Kaki Warner. It is a historical western romance set not too long after The Civil War in New Mexico Territory. I am relocating my characters to Boston, MA and here’s why:
Brady, Hank and Jack are cowboys through and through. They love their ranch and their women. I think it would be hilarious to see these three men in a big city with hustle and bustle. I don’t think they’d know quite what to do with themselves!
Wednesday:
Reading: Chasing the Sun
Finished: Nada today
Total Pages Read Today: 100
Total Pages Read During Bout of Books: 258
How I’m Feeling Today: Today was better! I would have gotten more read but participated in tonight’s Twitter chat. I give huge props to anyone who can multitask during that chaos! 
Today’s mini challenges are some fun puzzles!
The Musings of ALMYBNENR asked us to complete a fun wordsearch!
The Busy Bibliophile had a fun title cover match up quiz for zombie fans.
Thursday:
Reading: Chasing the Sun
Finished: Nada
Total Pages Read Today: 0
Total Pages Read During Bout of Books: 258
How I’m Feeling Today: I was suddenly struck with the urge to redesign Once Upon a Chapter. Spent all of tonight editing CSS to change my fonts.
Friday:
Reading: Chasing the Sun
Finished: Chasing the Sun
Total Pages Read Today: 97
Total Pages Read During Bout of Books: 355
How I’m Feeling Today: I’m glad that I was able to finish this book and series. It was a great ending.
Saturday:
Reading: …..yeah, I was bad. Very bad.
Finished: nothing today
Total Pages Read Today: 0 *epic fail*
Total Pages Read During Bout of Books: 355
How I’m Feeling Today: I spent more time book shopping than I did book reading.
Sunday:
Reading: Sarah J. Maas novellas
Finished:
Total Pages Read Today:
Total Pages Read During Bout of Books:
How I’m Feeling Today:
Lisa M August 13, 2012 at 7:54 am
Good Luck! I hope that you meet all of your goals. I wish that I was orgazined enough to know what I was going to read.
Lisa
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Stephanie August 13, 2012 at 6:26 pm
Thank you!! I generally make a list and then completely ignore it during the read-a-thon. Lol.
Felicia August 13, 2012 at 5:13 pm
Good Luck! OPeration TBR pile will fall hard with this read-a-thon!
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Stephanie August 13, 2012 at 6:36 pm
That’s right!! Down with TBRs!!!!! (That’s my battle cry!) Lol.
Alissa August 14, 2012 at 6:29 pm
Cowboys in the city? Bring it on! Haha. That would definitely be funny.
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Stephanie August 14, 2012 at 6:32 pm
I thought it would be very entertaining.
Ruby August 15, 2012 at 11:31 am
I bombed Tuesday, too! I fell so far off the reading wagon, I couldn’t even see it from my window. I will be better today, though!
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Stephanie August 15, 2012 at 7:49 pm
I’ve seen a couple of people who had issues with Tuesday. Maybe the enthusiasm from Monday was a little overwhelming for some of us.
I’m going to try to rock the rest of this read-a-thon! At least that’s the plan anyway.
Alysia @My Little Pocketbooks August 15, 2012 at 9:26 pm
Thanks for stopping by my blog and for the words of encouragement. Great job on your goals. Keep it!! *pom pom shaking*
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Stephanie August 26, 2012 at 9:46 pm
Thanks for checking in with me! The encouragement was needed.
I hope you enjoyed Bout of Books!
Andrea @ The Busy Bibliophile August 16, 2012 at 9:28 am
I love your limerick! And I’m so glad you enjoyed the quiz, I had fun creating it.
I like how you record your reading by pages, rather than books read. That probably would have been a better choice for me, too.
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Stephanie August 26, 2012 at 9:48 pm
Why thank you! It took me a bit to get it just right. I’m kinda proud of it. I am a very slow reader (compared to some of the other bloggers) so it is better for me to know the pages than the number of books. Plus it’s more of a level playing field that way.
Melissa S August 16, 2012 at 12:13 pm
Thanks for stopping by the blog! I’ve only finished 2 books for the read-a-thon, but I am averaging a good page count per day as you said! Although, seeing all the great books that everyone is reading I just keep adding to my TBR heap!
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Stephanie August 26, 2012 at 9:52 pm
I am a firm believer that being a book blogger only adds significantly to you TBR pile.
Shirley August 16, 2012 at 5:57 pm
I started reading Toil and Trouble last night and it has pushed me forward. I love H.P. Mallory’s style. Jolie’s ‘voice’ is so much fun to read.
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Stephanie August 26, 2012 at 9:53 pm
Jolie is a very fun character to read. I really need to get caught up with her story! I have the novella and the next book in the series.
Alexa August 17, 2012 at 9:42 am
Yay I hope you are enjoying everything that you have read so far!
(Love the new lettering on your blog!)
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Stephanie August 26, 2012 at 9:54 pm
Thank you Alexa! I had a lot of fun. I also had a lot of fun working with the CSS on the blog. It was challenging.
Ellie August 19, 2012 at 9:00 am
I need to get myself those Saraj J Maas novellas, loved Throne of Glass. Thanks for playing my limerick challenge.
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Stephanie August 26, 2012 at 9:56 pm
No problem! Thank you for hosting it! I really did enjoy it.
If the novellas are even half as good as Throne of Glass than it is going to be an AMAZING read. I have really enjoyed the first three that I have read. I’m getting ready to read the last one now.