Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-Thon discussion

Next readathon:

- 4-5 easy reads with about 2-3 hours each to go
- read from different book every hour, especially during the reverse readathon
- easy audiobooks to listen to while on social media
- timed social media
- make schedule
- plan more easy reads!!!!!
- less snacks !!! PLEASE LISTEN TO YOURSELF
* chocolate bar OR chocolate covered raisins and nuts
* 1! spread/dip
* crackers & small baguette (for the first day) & 1 hard cheese to eat without bread
* maybe some cheese crackers (kaasstengels)
* grapes or other easy fruit
* olives
* 1! cucumber, 1 pepper (prepare in advance!)
* easy dinner/lunch (sushi for Friday, dinner (salad) for Saturday, pizza for Sunday))
* no: chips, pastry/rolls
- October: Halloween decorations set up!

Dewey's 24 Hour Readathon Schedule
Friday
Day off, grocery shopping, cleaning, no appointments!!!!

Saturday/Sunday
09.00 — 11.00: prepping for social media (updates, photo's, GR readathon logs, discord)
11.00 — 12.00: prepare veggies etc
12.00 — 14.00: lunch + social media (GR, Discord)
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14.00 — 18.00: read
18.00 — 19.00: dinner + audiobook
19.00 — 20.00 read
20.00 — 21.00: social media (GR/Discord), 25% update
21.00 — 23.00: read
23.00 — 0.00: audiobook while getting ready for bed
00.00 — 05.00: sleep
05.00 — 06.00: breakfast + audiobook
06.00 — 08.00: read
08.00 — 09.00: social media (GR/Discord), 75% update
09.00 — 11.00: read
11.00 — 12.00: lunch + audiobook
12.00 — 14.00: read
14.00 — 18.00: social media, wrap-up/update


Reverse Readathon Schedule
Friday
- Day off, no appointments!!!!
- Grocery shopping, cleaning, prepare veggies etc
- Social media (GR, IG, Twitter, FB, Discord): prepping (updates, photo's etc), reading plans, goals, reading schedule

Saturday
02.00 — 06.00: sleep
06.00 — 07.00: breakfast + audiobook
07.00 — 08.00: read
08.00 — 09.00: social media (GR/Discord), 25% update
09.00 — 12.00: read
12.00 — 13.00: lunch + audiobook
13.00 — 14.00: read
14.00 — 15.00: social media (GR/Discord), 50% update
15.00 — 16.00: read
16.00 — 17.00: audiobook
17.00 — 18.00: read
18.00 — 19.00: dinner + audiobook
19.00 — 20.00: read
20.00 — 21.00: social media (GR/Discord), 75% update
21.00 — 22.00: read
22.00 — 23.00: audiobook
23.00 — 00.00: read
00.00 — 02.00: walking & stretching + audiobook
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02.00 (or after getting some sleep): social media (GR, Discord), wrap-up/update



My TBR for this readathon (24-10-2021) consists of books I've already started and hope to finish:
The Valley of Fear
A Torch Against the Night
My Sister, the Serial Killer
The Year's Best Horror Stories: XVII
Murder at the Vicarage
Out of Mind
Olivia Twist (audio)

If I finish these before the end of the readathon I'll start His Last Bow and Truly Madly Guilty

As for snacks I have:
- chocolate
- nuts and raisins
- grapes
- chips
- pizza
- grilled cheese sandwiches
- cheese
- dried banana chips
- cucumber
- coffee, tea and wine

Happy readathoning to you all!

Have a great readathon Susy. :)

Hey Susy, great to see that you have a thread here now, too! (I'll definitely be doing some snooping around later ;-) )
Have a lovely readathon!

Good luck on your reading Susy :)

Julie wrote: "Good luck on your reading Susy :)"

Angie wrote: "Hey Susy, great to see that you have a thread here now, too! (I'll definitely be doing some snooping around later ;-) )
Have a lovely readathon!"

Kate wrote: "Have a great readathon Susy. :)"


Thank you!

I'm still debating wether my focus this round will be on the reading or on the social aspect of the readathon… I know there are people who can read posts and post themselves while listening to audiobooks, but I really can't lol

I will definitely do a wrap up post of course and I'll be visiting all of your threads tomorrow after the readathon, but I'm not sure if I'll be very active here during the readathon itself. Still have 2.5 hours to make up my mind lol

I will probably also be posting on Instagram (they changed something and I can't seem to find the place where I can limit their cookies? anybody have an idea?) and Twitter

Hour 1 mini challenge:
Opening Survey!

1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today?
The Netherlands

2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?
The Cemetery Boys

3) Which snack are you most looking forward to?
Chocolate and pizza

4) Tell us a little something about yourself!
I was born and raised in the netherlands but my blood is portuguese. I love to read, traveling, cats, series and movies.

5) If you participated in the last read-a-thon, what’s one thing you’ll do different today? If this is your first read-a-thon, what are you most looking forward to?
Hmmm, not sure yet. I always struggle to balance my time reading and time on social media...

I was totally surprised at how much I liked My Sister, the Serial Killer. I'll be curious to see what you think. Good luck today!

What a great TBR for a fall readathon. Happy Reading.

Ann A wrote: "I was totally surprised at how much I liked My Sister, the Serial Killer. I'll be curious to see what you think. Good luck today!"

Liking it so far!
Thank you Ann!

Jennifer wrote: "What a great TBR for a fall readathon. Happy Reading."

Thank you Jennifer!

I had some chocolate today too. Dark chocolate raisins in my trail mix was nice. Enjoy!

Cynda wrote: "I had some chocolate today too. Dark chocolate raisins in my trail mix was nice. Enjoy!"

Nice!

I only had mine today, at the end of the readathon! I hardly snacked this time… I have sooooo much left lol

Ok, so I had the feeling I had done extremely bad this readathon. I felt so overwhelmed with all the social media. Not only Goodreads (I want to interact with everybody but there are so many people lol) but also Instagram (I do like the photo challenged though) and this year also Twitter. There were sprints here and on Twitter, and on Twitter there were also Twitter Parties and mini challenged and and and… Then there were the hourly discussions on GR and the hourly posts on the website. Plus de mini-challenges. Of course I know I don't have to participate in everything but since choosing is not my strong suit….. lol

But then I did my stats, compared them to previous readathons and I didn't do bad at all. I did skip a lot of the social stuff, because hey, I also want to read some. So sometimes I posted a photo, sometimes I liked or reacted to a post on Twitter/IG, but I also read.

Now that the readathon is over, I'm going to visit some of the threads here on GR and see how you all did. After that I'm gonna continue reading cause I'm also participating in the 24B4Monday readathon which lasts until midnight (and since I haven't finished all of my books…)

But first…my stats!:

Dewey's 24 hour Readathon October 2020

Books Read: 5
1. De Beste Horror Verhalen van het Jaar (The Year's Best Horror Stories: XVII)
2. A Torch Against the Night
3. Hersenschimmen (Out of Mind)
4. Cemetery Boys
5. Moord in de pastorie (Murder at the Vicarage)

Time Read: 14h12
Pages Read: 558

Pages per Hour: 39.3
Minutes per Page: 1.53

Audiobooks: 2
1. Olivia Twist
2. Bijna echt gebeurd (Truly Madly Guilty)

Audio Time: 2h53

Total Time: 17h05
Total Pages: 676

Books Completed: 0

Books Partially Completed: 7
1. De Beste Horror Verhalen van het Jaar (The Year's Best Horror Stories: XVII) (113 pages/36%)
2. A Torch Against the Night (157 pages/35%)
3. Hersenschimmen (Out of Mind) (80 pages/50%)
4. Cemetery Boys (164 pages/47%)
5. Moord in de pastorie (Murder at the Vicarage) (44 pages/20%)
1. Olivia Twist (53 pages/16%)
2. Bijna echt gebeurd (Truly Madly Guilty) (65 pages/15%)

Mini-Challenges:
Opening Survey
Instagram Photo Challenge

Time on Social Media:
2h10
Time Slept / Breaks:
4h45

Oh, and I had 4 bingo's. I've posted it on Instagram and Twitter if you want to check it out (@Salsa_Susy)

Susy wrote: "Ok, so I had the feeling I had done extremely bad this readathon. I felt so overwhelmed with all the social media. Not only Goodreads (I want to interact with everybody but there are so many people..."

Love your stats - very detailed. And congrats on your 4 bingos!

I know what you mean about the social media, Susy! Every Readathon I tell myself I'm going to spend more time actually READING, but then I always end up with about the same results. I've decided to accept that my current mix of reading/audio/social media/other breaks works well for me.

Enjoy the rest of your reading weekend! I'm going to join you since I didn't finish a book yesterday :)

Nice!

Susy wrote: "Ok, so I had the feeling I had done extremely bad this readathon. I felt so overwhelmed with all the social media. Not only Goodreads (I want to interact with everybody but there are so many people..."

Yes, dividing your time between social media and reading is always a dilemma for me too.
You did great though!

I agree with the social media stuff! In the end I just closed all the other pages and checked out GR at the end of each hour. That seems to be what works for me.

Great readathon!

Awesome job! I also would get pulled into social media, jumping between GR, Twitter, and Facebook. I didn't read as much as I felt I could, although I'm still happy with what I accomplished. I'm glad you had a fun readathon. See you next time!

Susy wrote: "Ok, so I had the feeling I had done extremely bad this readathon. I felt so overwhelmed with all the social media. Not only Goodreads (I want to interact with everybody but there are so many people..."

You did great, Susy! There was SO MUCH going on to participate in this time around. Which is why I avoided all of it. I occasionally posted on the hourly blogs on the website, posted twice on IG, and that's about it!

Julie wrote: "Susy wrote: "Ok, so I had the feeling I had done extremely bad this readathon. I felt so overwhelmed with all the social media. Not only Goodreads (I want to interact with everybody but there are s..."

Thank you Julie!

Ann A wrote: "I know what you mean about the social media, Susy! Every Readathon I tell myself I'm going to spend more time actually READING, but then I always end up with about the same results. I've decided to..."

I agree Ann, that may be the only solution, accepting it lol
Besides, spending a whole day reading is something I do regularly but interacting with you all makes it extra fun!

Susan wrote: "Nice!"

Thx Susan!

Angie wrote: "Susy wrote: "Ok, so I had the feeling I had done extremely bad this readathon. I felt so overwhelmed with all the social media. Not only Goodreads (I want to interact with everybody but there are s..."

Thank you Angie!

Emma wrote: "I agree with the social media stuff! In the end I just closed all the other pages and checked out GR at the end of each hour. That seems to be what works for me.

Great readathon!"

Thank you Emma.

Yes, that's what I used to do (or was it every 3 hours), but now there was also so much activity (including sprints) on Twitter and I liked the instagram photo challenge too… Ah well, I didn't do too bad :D

Virginia wrote: "Awesome job! I also would get pulled into social media, jumping between GR, Twitter, and Facebook. I didn't read as much as I felt I could, although I'm still happy with what I accomplished. I'm gl..."

Thank you Virginia.
Well, I guess all the interaction is what makes this readathon so special, it's not only about the reading itself.
See you in April! :D

Elyse wrote: "You did great, Susy! There was SO MUCH going on to participate in this time around"

Thank you Elyse!

Right? My phone just kept bleeping with all the twitter notifications.
But I had a great time so, I guess that's the important part. And I think I would have enjoyed it even more if I weren't worrying about not having read enough. So that's my goal for April: enjoy the reading ánd enjoy the socialising without worrying about it lol

Thank you for reminding me!! You’re a life saver! Are you participating?

Rachida wrote: "Thank you for reminding me!! You’re a life saver! Are you participating?"

You're very welcome and in return you helped me find my own thread which I couldn't find! lol

Yes, I'll be participating. Books are ready, snacks are ready and rented a house in the woods with a friend (our tradition for April's Dewey's readathon).
So I'm all set to go (just want to finish my current audiobook as I have less than 50 pages to go).

TBR


The Priory of the Orange Tree
A Dog's Promise
The Kindly Ones
The Wake
Cold Skin
The Lake of Darkness
Blackout (audio)

Hello, Susy! Oooh, a house in the woods. What a perfect readathon environment! It looks like you have some nice variety in your books (and I want to read several of them). Hope you have a great RAT.

Susy, I hope you and your friend are enjoying your reading getaway!

We’re having a great time, thank you Ann and Susan!

Hi Susy! While did not chose audiobook just for the RAD, I have been listening to audiobook of Draculaby Bram Stoker and may listen to some later. Hope you enjoy Blackout!

Cynda wrote: "Hi Susy! While did not chose audiobook just for tge RAD, I have been listening to audiobook of Draculaby Bram Stoker and may listen to some later. Hope you enjoy Blackout!"

I didn't finish it but am enjoying it very much!
How are you liking Dracula?

Wrap up!
Spent more time on social media and sleeping than in April 2020, probably because the last weeks/months have been extremely busy and stressful at work so I was/am pretty tired.
I usually spend less time on social media in April cause I'm with a friend doing the readathon in comparison to October when I readathon alone.
I finished The Sandman series so I probably won't be reading any graphic novels coming readathons, meaning my page count will drop significantly!


Dewey's 24 hour Readathon April 2021
In Garderen/Ermelo, Garderenseweg 419

Books Read: 4
1. A Dog's Promise (159p/41%)
2. The Kindly Ones (352p/100%)
3. The Wake (191p/100%)
4. The Priory of the Orange Tree (49p/6%)

Time Read: 12h26
Pages Read: 751p

Pages per Hour: 60.1
Minutes per Page: 1.00

Audiobooks: 1
1. Inktzwart / Blackout (3h53/188p/67%)

Audio Time: 3h53

Total Time: 16h19
Total Pages: 939

Time on Social Media:
1h16
Time Slept / Breaks:
6h25

Great job with your reading!
See you at the next one!

Vicki Willis wrote: "Great job with you reading!
See you at the next one!"

Thank you Vicki!

Susy, it looks like you had a very successful readathon, even with more time on social media and sleeping!

Were you happy with your book selections?

Susy wrote: "Cynda wrote: "Hi Susy! While did not chose audiobook just for tge RAD, I have been listening to audiobook of Draculaby Bram Stoker and may listen to some later. Hope you ..."

Thanks. Yes I am getting into the meat of the story. I thought I would scared, but I am intrigued 👍

Looks like you had a great readathon, Susy! I really need to start reading Sandman. lol.

one minute per page is pretty great. glad you had a fun readathon, despite the tiredness!

Woohoo! Looks like a great stack of reading with lots of variety (and dogs)!

Ann A wrote: "Susy, it looks like you had a very successful readathon, even with more time on social media and sleeping!

Were you happy with your book selections?"

I was! I finished the Sandman series, which are fast (graphic) reads.
And my audiobook was great too (I always have a hard time focusing but it worked well).

Cynda wrote: "Susy wrote: "Cynda wrote: "Hi Susy! While did not chose audiobook just for tge RAD, I have been listening to audiobook of Draculaby Bram Stoker and may listen to some lat..."

Indeed, it's not so much a scary story as it is intriguing!

Elyse wrote: "Looks like you had a great readathon, Susy! I really need to start reading Sandman. lol."

I did Elyse!
I enjoyed Sandman but with 10 books I was ready to say goodbye lol

Steph wrote: "one minute per page is pretty great. glad you had a fun readathon, despite the tiredness!"

All thanks to the graphic novels lol
My page count will drop significantly next readathon as I finished the Sandman series and don't think I will be reading any other graphics (my library hardly has any).

Susan wrote: "Woohoo! Looks like a great stack of reading with lots of variety (and dogs)!"

Thank you Susan! :D

16+ hours in total. That's a whole lot of focusing. Doesn't look like you were stressed to me :)

Great job interacting with everyone on social media. I hope you had a blast and enjoyed yourself :)