Cover to Cover Challenge discussion

Sorry guys! Only just now am I in front of my computer! I should have just opened this thread yesterday instead of assuming that I will have a lazy Saturday in front of my computer. Grr!

Check in here with your reading and let us know which books you are reading!

So far today I have finished In Cold Pursuit by Sarah Andrews, which is a really good mystery set in Antarctica, and I have started another book by Amanda Quick, called Deception. I am going to read more of it tonight before I go to sleep, so I will report my total pages for today in the morning.

Finished:
In Cold Pursuit - p. 275-336 - 61p.

Thank you Athira.

Today's reading for me (in amongst a lot of cleaning and stuff I had to do for work (gah):

Books finished:
The Beautiful Mystery

Books in progress:
Shadow of Night
A Study in Sherlock: Stories inspired by the Holmes canon
A Fountain Filled With Blood (Rev. Clare Fergusson and Russ Van Alstyne Mystery series, #2

I plan to do a lot of reading tomorrow :) Hope you all were able to indulge today.

Today I read The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (336 pp.) which was well-worth the read.

I also read a few pages of The Gift of Rain.

Today I finished up a book I thought I would wrap up before the readathon started, started another, and cracked open my current classic-chunkster-in-progress. Tomorrow's my 24-hour marathon day, so I'm hoping to get a lot of reading done then!


Day 1 - Saturday, September 22:
Books finished: 1
Pages read:  183

Books finished:
Yellow Blue Tibia - p. 238-336 (98 pages)

Books in progress:
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - beginning to p. 40 (40 pages)
The Brothers Karamazov - beginning to p. 45 (45 pages)

Total books finished: 1
Total pages read: 183

Day 1: Saturday 9/22
Time Read: 3 hours 20 minutes
Pages Read: 196
Books Finished: 1
The Five People You Meet in Heaven - 196 pages
Books in Progress: 0

Day 2: Sunday 9/23
Time Read: 4 hours 30 minutes
Pages Read: 196
Books Finished: 0
Books in Progress: 1
Nemesis 196/474

Day 3: Monday 9/24
Time Read: 5 hours 50 minutes
Time Listened: 1 hour 15 minutes
Pages Read: 278
Books Finished: 1
Nemesis - 474 pages
Books in Progress: 1
The Language of Flowers 1:15/10:50

Day 4: Tuesday 9/25
Time Read: 6 hours 35 minutes
Time Listened: 1 hour 11 minutes
Pages Read: 396
Books Finished: 2
Ballet Shoes - 233 pages
Fahrenheit 451 - 163 pages
Books in Progress: 1
The Language of Flowers 2:26/10:50

Day 5: Wednesday 9/26
Time Read: 4 hours 50 minutes
Time Listened: 1 hour 29 minutes
Pages Read: 236
Books Finished: 0
Books in Progress: 3
The Amulet of Samarkand 236/462
The Language of Flowers 0:00/10:50
The Story: The Bible as One Continuing Story of God and His People 1:29/16:16

Day 6: Thursday 9/27
Time Read: 8 hours 15 minutes
Time Listened: 2 hours 10 minutes
Pages Read: 226
Books Finished: 1
The Amulet of Samarkand - 462 pages
Books in Progress: 2
The Language of Flowers 0:00/10:50
The Story: The Bible as One Continuing Story of God and His People 3:07/16:16

Day 7: Friday 9/28
Time Read: 1 hour 35 minutes
Time Listened: 2 hours 29 minutes
Pages Read: 80
Books Finished: 0
Books in Progress: 3
Club Dead - 80/292
The Language of Flowers 0:00/10:50
The Story: The Bible as One Continuing Story of God and His People 6:43/16:16

Day 7: Friday 9/28
Time Read: 0 hour 0 minutes
Time Listened: 0 hours 22 minutes
Pages Read: 0
Books Finished: 0
Books in Progress: 3
Club Dead - 80/292
The Language of Flowers 0:00/10:50
The Story: The Bible as One Continuing Story of God and His People 7:05/16:16

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GRAND TOTALS for Read-A-Thon:
43 hours 51 minutes
1608 pages
5 books read

During this readathon I want to finish my current books and I dug out some others that I had put aside at some point but "always wanted to finish". So my goal isn't so much to read a lot of books or pages, but to use the time to get into those books again and either finish them or put them aside for good. Although of course I prefer to finish them.
Here are the books:

1. The Graveyard Book page 87 -> 220 pages left
2. UnWholly 35 % ->
3. A Visit from the Goon Squad
4. Slave to Sensation 50 % -> FINISHED ✔
5. 4:50 From Paddington page 126 -> 145 pages left
6. Between page 199 ->256 pages left
7. Ready Player One page 138 -> 234 pages left
8. Between Shades of Gray page 46 -> 298 pages left
9. Lover Eternal page 119 -> 335 pages left
10. The Child Thief page 125 -> 351 pages left
11. My Name Is Memory 50 % read so far

Day 1:
A Visit from the Goon Squad 26 pages
The Graveyard Book 3 pages
Slave to Sensation 187 pages (Book finished)
216 pages in total

Books finished:
Slave to Sensation ✔

Pages read in total:
216 pages

Day 1 Report

Progress on books started earlier:

The Girls - 41 pgs
The Devil All the Time - 24 pgs
Jude the Obscure - 45 pgs

Just started:
The Marriage Bureau for Rich People - 72 pgs

Running total: 182 pages

Great job so far, everyone. I've already added a book to my TBR (The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry - thanks, Lynn!)

@ Nadine
You are so organized! Amazing! Good luck to you! ; )

Books read to date:
The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman 368 pages

Let it Bleed by Ian Rankin 368 pages

Joan of Arc by Mark Twain 470 pages

Total pages to date: 1202

Haha, I am so unorganized! But I wanna finish up some unfinished business.

Well, you have certainly impressed me! It sounds like you have an excellent system in place for the week. ; )
I am trying to get some books out of the way for a challenge in another group. It always seems that when I get a book off my tbr list, two or three crop up to take its place! No end in sight! lol

Candiss wrote: "Today I finished up a book I thought I would wrap up before the readathon started, started another, and cracked open my current classic-chunkster-in-progress. Tomorrow's my 24-hour marathon day, s..."

The Brothers Karamazov is one of my favorite books, but certainly not a fast read. I hope each page is a pleasure for you.

(During this readathon I want to finish my current books and I dug out some others that I had put aside at some point but "always wanted to finish". So my goal isn't so much to read a lot of books or pages, but to use the time to get into those books again and either finish them or put them aside for good. Although of course I prefer to finish them.)
Here are the books:

1. The Graveyard Book page 87 -> 220 pages left FINISHED ✔
2. UnWholly 35 % ->
3. A Visit from the Goon Squad ✔
4. Slave to Sensation 50 % -> FINISHED ✔
5. 4:50 From Paddington page 126 -> 145 pages left
6. Between page 199 ->256 pages left
7. Ready Player One page 138 -> 234 pages left
8. Between Shades of Gray page 46 -> 298 pages left
9. Lover Eternal page 119 -> 335 pages left
10. The Child Thief page 125 -> 351 pages left
11. My Name Is Memory 50 % read so far

Day 1:
A Visit from the Goon Squad 26 pages
The Graveyard Book 3 pages
Slave to Sensation 187 pages (Book finished)
216 pages in total

Day 2:
A Visit from the Goon Squad 162 pages (Book finished)
The Graveyard Book 117 pages (Book finished)
Ready Player One 26 pages
305 pages in total


Books finished:
Slave to Sensation ✔
The Graveyard Book ✔
A Visit from the Goon Squad ✔

Pages read in total:
521 pages

Yes, Connie... it is so tricky. When reading a book I like I automatically have 3 or 4 new books on my "want to read" list. Others by the authors, the genre or the general theme.

I have to say I get a little kick out of my "book finishing project". It is such a good feeling to dig out the old unfinished books and finally end them. I mean those were books I actually enjoyed but dropped because other books came inbetween me and them or they were at some boring or tough spot and I dreaded picking them up again.

Nadine, I understand completely about having a feeling of satisfaction when finishing one of those books you have been meaning to get to forever, but life just gets in the way. You are certainly making fine progress! ; )

Book completed:
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel by Deborah Moggach 336 pages

Total pages to date: 1542

Linette wrote: "Thank you Athira.

Today's reading for me (in amongst a lot of cleaning and stuff I had to do for work (gah):

Books finished:
The Beautiful Mystery

Books in progress:
Shadow of Night
A Study in S..."

Hi, Linette! I am so happy to see you here this week. It looks like you are starting out with some lovely mysteries!

Here is my update for Saturday:

Finished:
In Cold Pursuit - p. 275-336 - 61p.

Deception - p. 160- 310 - 150 p.
Saturday totals: 210p.

Sunday progress:
Finished Deception - 310-402 - 92p.

I'm going to read more this evening, so I will report the remainder of my progress in the morning!

I didn't get to have my 24-hour reading day Sunday as I'd hoped to, because my family ended up being home. I did, however, get a good amount of reading done, finishing up the book I started on Day 1.

Day 2 - Sunday, September 23:
Pages read:  312

Books finished:
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - p. 40-352 (312 pages)

Books in progress:
The Brothers Karamazov - on p. 45 (no progress on Day 2)

Total books finished: 2
Total pages read: 495

Read-a-Thon totals to date:
Saturday: 1 book, 336 pp.
Sunday: 1-1/2 books, 480 pp.

Total: 2-1/2 books, 816 pp.

Day 2 Report

The Girls - 30 pgs
The Devil All the Time - 40 pgs
Jude the Obscure - 30 pgs
The Marriage Bureau for Rich People - 30 pgs

Total for Day 2: 130 pages

Running total: 312 pages

Completed:

Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda pages 358

Pages to date: 1900

(During this readathon I want to finish my current books and I dug out some others that I had put aside at some point but "always wanted to finish". So my goal isn't so much to read a lot of books or pages, but to use the time to get into those books again and either finish them or put them aside for good. Although of course I prefer to finish them.)
Here are the books:

1. The Graveyard Book page 87 -> 220 pages left FINISHED ✔
2. UnWholly 35 % ->
3. A Visit from the Goon Squad ✔
4. Slave to Sensation 50 % -> FINISHED ✔
5. 4:50 From Paddington page 126 -> 145 pages left
6. Between page 199 ->256 pages left
7. Ready Player One page 138 -> 234 pages left
8. Between Shades of Gray page 46 -> 298 pages left
9. Lover Eternal page 119 -> 335 pages left
10. The Child Thief page 125 -> 351 pages left
11. My Name Is Memory 50 % read so far

Day 1:
A Visit from the Goon Squad 26 pages
The Graveyard Book 3 pages
Slave to Sensation 187 pages (Book finished)
216 pages in total

Day 2:
A Visit from the Goon Squad 162 pages
The Graveyard Book 117 pages
Ready Player One 26 pages
305 pages in total

Day 3:
(Slowed down by massive headaches)
Ready Player One 77 pages
4:50 From Paddington 44 pages
121 pages in total


Books finished:
Slave to Sensation ✔
The Graveyard Book ✔
A Visit from the Goon Squad ✔

Pages read in total:
642 pages

@ Connie: I am once again amazed! Well done!!

@ Lynnb: Is there a reason why you keep us in the dark and talk ominously of "1 book"? I am curious now!

Connie wrote: "Linette wrote: "Thank you Athira.

Today's reading for me (in amongst a lot of cleaning and stuff I had to do for work (gah):

Books finished:
The Beautiful Mystery

Books in progress:
Shadow of Ni..."

Thank you Connie! Of course you will whiz by me and leave me in your reading dust as usual :)

Nadine wrote: "@ Lynnb: Is there a reason why you keep us in the dark and talk ominously of "1 book"? I am curious now!"

No - just too lazy :) to put the titles in. I'll start doing that, though.

The 2-1/2 above are: I finished The Gift of Rain and read The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, then read Death Loves a Messy Desk because I needed a very light read after that first two! By the way, I gave the first two 5 stars - and they were both debut novels.

nothing wrong with being lazy...I haven't updated what i've been reading, because I takes too much effort to figure out page counts...lol!

Books to read:
Angelfall (128 pages left)
The Fault in Our Stars (? pages left)
Hide and Seek
No Future for You
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Slumber

(I'm just reading here and there when I get a chance, so not really paying attention to days this time)

finished Angelfall (128 pages)
read Slumber (368 pages)
started Smokeless Fire (42 pages)


Total: 538 pages

Books Finished

I'm at 40% on . I'm looking forward to the next couple of days - minimal errands = more time to read :)

Finished:
In Cold Pursuit - p. 275-336 - 61p.
Continued reading: Deception - p. 160- 310 - 150 p.
Saturday totals: 211p.

Sunday progress:
Finished Deception - 310-402 - 92p.
Started Home Free - 1-40p. - 40
Sunday totals: 132p.

Monday progress:
Continued reading: Home Free - 42-156 - 114p.
Started: Vows, Vendettas, & A Little Black Dress - 80 p. so far...

Going to read more before bed. Will update my totals in the morning.

@ LynnB: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry is supposed to be good! Can you recommend it?

Nadine wrote: "@ LynnB: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry is supposed to be good! Can you recommend it?"

Hmm, well I gave it 5 stars, so I suppose so :) I thought it was an excellent read.

Hm then I will have a closer look as well. At the moment I am quite proud of myself to concentrate on my "unfinished lot", so I don't want to get any more book-temptations into my home than necessary, but it goes onto my list!

Day 3 Report

The Girls - 41 pgs
The Devil All the Time - 32 pgs
Jude the Obscure - 40 pgs
The Marriage Bureau for Rich People - 37 pgs

Total for Day 3: 150 pages

Running total: 462 pages

Monday was a slight reading day for me, as I didn't have much time to read. I only made a few pages progress, but there's still plenty of time left in the read-a-thon!


Day 3 - Monday, September 24:
Pages read:  12!

Books in progress:
Oryx and Crake (up to page 12)
The Brothers Karamazov - on p. 45 (no progress on Day 3)

Total books finished: 2
Total pages read: 507

(During this readathon I want to finish my current books and I dug out some others that I had put aside at some point but "always wanted to finish". So my goal isn't so much to read a lot of books or pages, but to use the time to get into those books again and either finish them or put them aside for good. Although of course I prefer to finish them.)
Here are the books:

1. The Graveyard Book page 87 -> 220 pages left FINISHED ✔
2. UnWholly 35 % ->
3. A Visit from the Goon Squad FINISHED ✔
4. Slave to Sensation 50 % -> FINISHED ✔
5. 4:50 From Paddington page 126 -> 145 pages left FINISHED ✔
6. Between page 199 ->256 pages left
7. Ready Player One page 138 -> 234 pages left FINISHED ✔
8. Between Shades of Gray page 46 -> 298 pages left
9. Lover Eternal page 119 -> 335 pages left
10. The Child Thief page 125 -> 351 pages left
11. My Name Is Memory 50 % read so far

Day 1:
A Visit from the Goon Squad 26 pages
The Graveyard Book 3 pages
Slave to Sensation 187 pages (Book finished)
216 pages in total

Day 2:
A Visit from the Goon Squad 162 pages (Book finished)
The Graveyard Book 117 pages (Book finished)
Ready Player One 26 pages
305 pages in total

Day 3:
(Slowed down by massive headaches)
Ready Player One 77 pages
4:50 From Paddington 44 pages
121 pages in total

Day 4:
4:50 From Paddington 101 pages (Book finished)
Ready Player One 131 pages (Book finished)
232 pages in total

Books finished:
Slave to Sensation ✔
The Graveyard Book ✔
A Visit from the Goon Squad ✔
4:50 From Paddington ✔
Ready Player One ✔

Pages read in total:
874 pages

My progress so far:

Finished:
The Gods of Amyrantha- last 100 pages

Continued:
Autobiography, Vol 1- 27 pages

Started:
Daughter of the Empire- 20 pages
The Curse of Chalion- 49 pages

Total pages: 196

It's not great, but it's about what I expected. It's only Tuesday, and I've already worked 20 hours this week. I had family in town over the weekend, so I wasn't able to fit much reading in then. Hopefully I'll more time later in the week.

Not doing too bad so far:

Saturday finished Toys on audio (last 3 1/2 disks) about 180 pages

Sunday read most of Honolulu which I finished Monday morning - 464 pages

Monday began the audio version of You're Next which I finished moments ago - 436 pages

Used the remainder of the week to read I Know This Much is True - 912 pages

Total pages: 1992

Anne, I am amazed you read as much as you did with your schedule and distractions! I hope the reading time was at least good, are you enjoying your books?

Read-a-Thon totals to date:


Saturday: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, 336 pp.
Sunday: The Gift of Rain (finish) and Death Loves a Messy Desk , 480 pp.
Tuesday: Catching Fire, 391 pp.

Total so far: 3-1/2 books, 1207 pp.

Day 4 Report

The Devil All the Time - 115 pgs - Finished (Good writing, but too dark - can't really recommend it)
The Marriage Bureau for Rich People - 152 pgs - Finished (Alexander McCall Smith-ish with an Indian twist - enjoyable)
The Girls - 9 pgs
Jude the Obscure - 33 pgs

Total for Day 4: 309 pages

Running total: 771 pages

Nadine wrote: "Anne, I am amazed you read as much as you did with your schedule and distractions! I hope the reading time was at least good, are you enjoying your books?"

I really am enjoying all the books. I just wish I had more time to focus on them. I'm working 10-11 hours per day through Friday plus at least half a day on Saturday, so time is really at a premium right now. The Curse of Chalion is due Friday at the library, so I'm really going to have to scramble to finish. I'm really impressed with the totals other people are reaching. I miss having free time :-( The OT pay is nice, though.

Even with no (regular 8 hour/day-) job I wouldn't be able to get as much read as much as some do. So I am impressed. Sometimes it is good though to have a bit of a deadline for books, even in busy times.

(During this readathon I want to finish my current books and I dug out some others that I had put aside at some point but "always wanted to finish". So my goal isn't so much to read a lot of books or pages, but to use the time to get into those books again and either finish them or put them aside for good. Although of course I prefer to finish them.)
Here are the books:

1. The Graveyard Book page 87 -> 220 pages left FINISHED ✔
2. UnWholly 35 % ->
3. A Visit from the Goon Squad FINISHED ✔
4. Slave to Sensation 50 % -> FINISHED ✔
5. 4:50 From Paddington page 126 -> 145 pages left FINISHED ✔
6. Between page 199 ->256 pages left
7. Ready Player One page 138 -> 234 pages left FINISHED ✔
8. Between Shades of Gray page 46 -> 298 pages left FINISHED ✔
9. Lover Eternal page 119 -> 335 pages left
10. The Child Thief page 125 -> 351 pages left
11. My Name Is Memory 50 % read so far

Day 1:
A Visit from the Goon Squad 26 pages
The Graveyard Book 3 pages
Slave to Sensation 187 pages (Book finished)
216 pages in total

Day 2:
A Visit from the Goon Squad 162 pages
The Graveyard Book 117 pages
Ready Player One 26 pages
305 pages in total

Day 3:
(Slowed down by massive headaches)
Ready Player One 77 pages
4:50 From Paddington 44 pages
121 pages in total

Day 4:
4:50 From Paddington 101 pages (Book finished)
Ready Player One 131 pages (Book finished)
232 pages in total

Day 5:
Between Shades of Gray 298 pages (Book finished)
Between 10 pages
308 pages in total


Books finished:
Slave to Sensation ✔
The Graveyard Book ✔
A Visit from the Goon Squad ✔
4:50 From Paddington ✔
Ready Player One ✔
Between Shades of Gray ✔

Pages read in total:
1182 pages

The Violets of Marchby Sarah Jio 304 pages

Dove and Sword: A Novel of Joan of Arcby Nancy Garden340 pages

2544 pages to date

Amber wrote: "Yesterday (9/22) I made some decent progress:

The Age of Miraclesfinished the last 91 pages
The Sandcastle Girls listened to 25%
The Store read 160 pages

Today's goals (9/23) include finishing ..."

Amber, I am glad to see you here. I am interested in The Yellow Birds on your list and look forward to what you think about it. I hope you have a very successful reading week!

Finished another book yesterday, hope to finish another couple of books tonight.



Books finished:
The Beautiful Mystery
A Fountain Filled With Blood (Rev. Clare Fergusson and Russ Van Alstyne Mystery series, #2

Books in progress:
Shadow of Night
Out of the Deep I Cry
A Study in Sherlock: Stories inspired by the Holmes canon

Connie and Nadine you are doing amazing!

So are you, Linette! WOW! Look at all those books you have finished! ; ) Happy reading wishes to you!

I have been really busy this week, so my reading time has been curtailed. Some weeks are just like that. I am hopeful that I'll have more time for reading tomorrow. I need to get some book challenge choices out of the way.

Thank you! But mind you the books were 1/4 to 1/2 read when I started. I am "merely" finishing them. But it feels great to finally dig out those books again and finish them. The page count is about what I actually read within the readathon.

Day 5 Report

The Girls - 134 pgs (almost done!)
Jude the Obscure - 59 pgs
The Fifth Witness - 28 pgs

Total for Day 5: 221 pages

Running total: 992 pages

I got some books I ordered at The Book Depository (before my idea to only finish my half read books during this readathon). And one (Slated) practically threw itself at me in a seriously slutty way! I had no chance! My 2 current books are... well Between is just annoying and UnWholly feels like it is just going through the motions.
So I started "Slated" (I was also really longing to read a printed cover, my over books are all eBooks). It is pretty interesting and good, so I think I will stick with it.