Bout of Books 11.0 First Update

I've decided to play along with a blogging "read-a-thon" happening Aug 18th thru Aug 24th, hosted by Bout of Books (another great book blog). 

***UPDATE 1***

I've finished "The Witch and Other Stories Told", review to come middle of September. 

I haven't even picked up "The Dialogue of Dogs" again, I'm halfway through this novella so it shouldn't be a problem?! 

I started Atwood's new story collection but decided I was reading TOO many short story collections at the same time. I've put it on hold until after I finish reading a different ebook I've selected, called....

"The Princess Bride"! Eeek, squeal, bounce,  I'm loving this book. The humor is excellent and matches the feel of the movie *Just makes me think of how WELL the movie did recreating the story from this book*.

 

I've picked up the next ARC from my giant stack I picked up from Book Expo America. I'm super excited for this one and I might just come home today from work and spend the rest of the afternoon reading it! "Station Eleven" by Emily St. John Mandel  

AmberBug has a Goal for Bout of Books 11.0

I've decided to play along with a blogging "read-a-thon" happening Aug 18th thru Aug 24th, hosted by Bout of Books (another great book blog). 

So the plan is to read, lots. I'm hoping to read everyday (which I already do) but hopefully punch it up a bit on the weekend. During the week I think I've maxed out all my reading opportunities already, so this should be interesting. So, goal... I'm hoping to at least read 3 books in those two weeks. If I surpass that, I'll have to celebrate with cupcakes. I've been averaging a book a week, and the books that are on my "to-read" next aren't all that "small". So, one can only hope, right?

Below is a list of the books I'm planning on finishing and potentially reading for the read-a-thon. Come back during the week to see the progress I've made, and join up with us... this should be fun. :)

Goal #1: Finish this book: The Dialogue of Dogs (I've been working on this for quite some time now).

Goal #2: Devour this book of stories (re-told tales) - sent to me by the publisher. Can we just talk about how awesome that cover is?!

Goal #3: Last but not least... I'm hoping to at least start and ANOTHER short story collection (I feel swimming in these lately) but this one is super special, Margaret Atwood's "Stone Mattress", coming out this Fall. Who doesn't love a little Atwood?!