Bout of Books 5.0 Read-a-Thon - Starting Post

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

Just ended a read-a-thon, and I'm about to enter another one! But it's an effective way of commit myself to reading, and to lower my TBR pile, so here I am. I plan on reading throughout the whole week.

My goals:

• Read every day, and at least for an hour or two (longer on the weekends);
• Enter some of the challenges (maybe all of them, if possible);
• Update my progress everyday (in separate posts);
• Read 2 (maybe 3, if possible) full books and a few comic books/graphic novels.

The books I'm planning to read - well, I created three piles, to allow me to be choosy, since I'm a mood reader:

My Want To Pile - books I really want to read:

• Forsaken, Lisa M. Stasse (I just noticed there is a dent on the book's spine - damn you, Book Depository and postal services)
• Losing Lila, Sarah Alderson
• Throne of Glass, Sarah J. Maas

My Back Up Pile - books I'd like to read soon, and might read them on a whim:

• Stray, Rachel Vincent
• Fated, Sarah Alderson
• The Pledge, Kimberly Derting
• Vixen, Jillian Larkin
• The World of Downton Abbey, Jessica Fellowes

My Comic Book Pile - comic books to read, probably on the weekend.