Bout of Books read-a-thon

I love a good read-a-thon.
Sometimes they're just the thing to jump start my reading habits when they've gotten a bit slack.
I'm sad to say my reading habits have been very slack this year.
In fact, I changed my 50 books challenge on Good Reads to 35 books.  *hangs head in shame*

I will be participating in the Bout of Books read-a-thon.   It's a week long read-a-thon, which is just the thing I need.
Follow the link below to learn more and sign up.

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 19th and runs through Sunday, August 25th 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 8.0 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

Favorite Quotes from "Speaking from Among the Bones"

"It was one of those glorious days in March when the air was so fresh that you worshipped every whiff of it; that each breath of the intoxicating stuff created such new universes in your lungs and brain you were certain you were about to explode with sheer joy."

"Whenever I'm a little blue I think about cyanide, whose color so perfectly reflects my mood."

"Why didn't nature provide us with a headlamp in the middle of our foreheads, something like the glowworm, but with our lights on the opposite end? And more powerful, of course- it would have been a matter of simple phosphorescent chemistry."

"I believe Daffy referred to such an extravagant outpouring of praise as an encomium and I realized that I had not been given an encomium for a very long while."