Bout of Books 11 - Sign up and Goals

    I'm going to be participating in the Bout of Books Read-a-Thon again next week! 

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 18th and runs through Sunday, August 24th 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 11 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog.
 - From the Bout of Books team

Read-a-Thons are not my forte. I tend to set very high expectations for myself during the event and almost always fail miserably. I never read anything during these events because I put so much pressure on myself. This time I plan to set very general goals so I don't succumb to pressure, and hopefully I'll get something accomplished during this event!

My goals are as follows: 

1) Read Everyday - This is a large challenge for me this time of year. Where I work is very busy and intense every year around this time. Therefore, I hope I'll have the time and energy to read for at lease 15 minutes everyday of the week.

2) Catch up on my Goodreads goal - I'm four books behind on my Goodreads goal to read 100 books this year. I'm hoping to finish enough books during this event to be even or ahead. This is my main reading goal.
3) I'll be concentrating on finishing three books, but I'm not promising these are the ones I'll read.

  

4) Post Updates - I'm bad a posting updates and I'd like to become better. Hopefully everyday but I'm not sure if it will happen.

I can't wait to participate in this read-a-thon! This event is so much fun and so many people participate. I hope this time I am more successful than in the past. Obviously, I will be keeping everyone updated on my progress.