Saturday, January 11, 2014

Bout of Books 9.0: Day 6 + Update



For all Bout of Books 9.0 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog.


There was only one challenge today:



 

Book Staging
Hosted by Midnight Book Girl

Description:  You know how real estate agents will stage an apartment to attract potential buyers?  Well, that’s what you’re going to do to a book!
 
Rules:  Take a picture of a book you’re reading today, or any book you have lying around.  In the picture you should have the book in a setting, or surrounded by items, that represent the book.  It can mimic the cover, or represent characters/events/etc from the story.  Basically, make us want to read the book based on picture alone.
 
 
Here’s the book I staged:



Turning This Thing Around by Keith Maginn

I finished this book last night. It is a memoir of Keith on how he overcame his emotional and physical pains. His book is in the center of the picture. To the left of the memoir there is a journal to represent how Keith wrote to express himself. Below it there is a bookmark to represent how much he enjoyed reading. Next there is a tea mug to show how Keith battled to relax. Above it there is a sleep mask, which represents Keith's narcolepsy. On top there is a yoga mat since yoga is one of the things Keith did to help himself heal. Finally, the background is a zebra blanket to represent how busy and active Keith was in his youth up to the point when he started to heal himself.


UPDATE:

Monday
Number of pages I've read today: 183
Number of minutes listened to today: 203
Books Finished: 0 (pretty closed to finishing Dragon Fire)

Tuesday
Number of pages I've read today: 68
Number of minutes listened to today: 56
Books Finished: 1 (Dragon Fire by Dina von Lowenkraft)

Wednesday
Number of pages I've read today: 96
Number of minutes listened to today: 133
Books Finished: 1 (Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake audio)

Thursday
Number of pages I've read today: 203
Number of minutes listened to today: 0
Books Finished: 1 (An Unlikely Pair by Monya Clayton)

Friday
Number of pages I've read today: 120
Number of minutes listened to today: 0
Books Finished: 1 (Turning This Thing Around by Keith Maginn)

How are you doing?

4 comments:

  1. The Book Staging Challenge is so fun! I like how you put everything together. I'm not doing as well as I would like but there is still two more days to go. Good luck with the rest of your books [:

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  2. Wow, your doing great in the read-a-thon!!! I'm doing as well as I expected, I only finished two books so far :(
    Good luck for the rest of the read-a-thon :D.

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