Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-Thon discussion

Half-Point Progress Report

How many books have you been reading? Have you finished any? Are you on track with respect to your readathon goals so far?

Have you eaten real food today? (Not just junk food, ACTUAL HEALTHY FOOD) What was your favorite food or beverage so far?

Have you been participating in any of the activities on our social media (sprints, photo challenges, discussion questions, BINGO, etc.)

Are you growing sleepy? Do you plan to nap, or stop early, or are you extending the readathon hours to include sleep?

Have you been outside yet today? Have you had much exercise (besides the heavy lifting required to hold your book)?

How is your readathon going, overall?

305 pages so far
1 book finished
Time for sleep

Half-Point Progress Report

How many books have you been reading? Have you finished any? Are you on track with respect to your readathon goals so far?

For today finished 2, almost a 3rd. Counting yesterday 4

Have you eaten real food today? (Not just junk food, ACTUAL HEALTHY FOOD) What was your favorite food or beverage so far?

Pizza, so not healthy!! I still havent done the tea. Did the breakfast with scrambled eggs and biscuits

Have you been participating in any of the activities on our social media (sprints, photo challenges, discussion questions, BINGO, etc.)

I did my own weekend bingo as usual, didnt see photo challenges so no. Discussion questions yes, different social media upates,

Are you growing sleepy? Do you plan to nap, or stop early, or are you extending the readathon hours to include sleep?

Not yet. 7 pm here. No plans on nap but wont make the full 24 hours in one day, proabbly will head to bed around 1 am

Have you been outside yet today? Have you had much exercise (besides the heavy lifting required to hold your book)?

YES! Did audio with gardening, then soaked in mini pool for an hour reading. Very fun! Going to do a little stretching with resistance bands soon

How is your readathon going, overall?

Excellent! Glad made a full weekend of it.

Overall my readathon experience is going well. I've managed to finish one book, and I am currently one-third of the way through my second.

I did take a nap this afternoon, and plan to get a full night's sleep tonight, so I probably won't manage to accomplish everything I wanted to during the readathon. That's okay though. I'm having fun, and that's the important thing.

337 pages in.
My half way point survey

2 books, expecting to finish both of them on Sunday. Looking good for my goal!

My lunch was good, although it was only a cheese sandwich with two fried eggs. Dinner was at a birthday party and pretty average. Some veggies, potatoes, some salad and some creamed chicken.

No social media except here!

2am here, so going top sleep now. The readathon finishes at 2pm on Sunday for me, I will extend it into the evening.

Exercise… not really. Walking to my car, a restaurant and back doesn‘t really count… 😏

Limited reading so far. I am hoping for more progress tomorrow.

Half-Point Progress Report
1) How many books have you been reading? Have you finished any? Are you on track with respect to your readathon goals so far?
I've read from 6 books and have finished 5 of them! Super on track with no goals! lol
2) Have you eaten real food today? (Not just junk food, ACTUAL HEALTHY FOOD) What was your favorite food or beverage so far?
I had some veg tray and green pepper and onion pizza for "healthy" food lol. I've enjoyed everything I've eaten and drank today!
3) Have you been participating in any of the activities on our social media (sprints, photo challenges, discussion questions, BINGO, etc.)
Sprints, some photo challenges, some discussion questions. I should look at the Bingo board.
4) Are you growing sleepy? Do you plan to nap, or stop early, or are you extending the readathon hours to include sleep?
I'm a little tired. I put Bastien to bed at 8pm. I assume I'll go till 11ish before I really can't keep my eyes open any longer.
5) Have you been outside yet today? Have you had much exercise (besides the heavy lifting required to hold your book)?
I did go to a local café to start my readathon, drove Bastien around for a nap, and took a family trip to pick up the pizza. Also took the dog out twice and Bastien out once to check the mail. No walk today because it was raining all day.
6) How is your readathon going, overall?
It's going well and going fast as usual!

Half-Point Progress Report

How many books have you been reading? Have you finished any? Are you on track with respect to your readathon goals so far?
I'm on my third book now, and finished 2. I did try to read a 4th book but set it aside for later after a couple pages (of poetry) I need to be in the right mood to dive into a novel with so much poetry.

Have you eaten real food today? (Not just junk food, ACTUAL HEALTHY FOOD) What was your favorite food or beverage so far?
I had savory French toast with cheese and salsa for lunch, and am having crepes with blueberry preserves now, for dinner. Yeah, a bit sugary, but I used nut flour, so the crepes themselves are mostly protein.

Have you been participating in any of the activities on our social media (sprints, photo challenges, discussion questions, BINGO, etc.) Yep. I check through all the sites every couple hours and participate in stuff as I go, mostly wherever I check in last on each round.

Are you growing sleepy? Do you plan to nap, or stop early, or are you extending the readathon hours to include sleep?
I'm doing the OG 24 hours straight readathon, so no sleep for me.

Have you been outside yet today? Have you had much exercise (besides the heavy lifting required to hold your book)?
No exercise really yet, but I read outside on the porch for hour 12.

How is your readathon going, overall?
So far, so good. I need to read more print books, but all my books have been 4 or 5 stars so far.

How many books have you been reading? Have you finished any? Are you on track with respect to your readathon goals so far?
I have started Gingerbread and A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking (both on audio). I will probably finish one of them. And I might pick a short book to read this evening before I get too tired.

Have you eaten real food today? (Not just junk food, ACTUAL HEALTHY FOOD) What was your favorite food or beverage so far?

I had overnight oats for breakfast and drank some black tea in the late morning. I had bought some pistachio cookies from a local bakery/restaurant the day before, so I had some of those and I still have a few left, so far. I might eat the rest of them tonight. I had matcha boba tea from a boba tea shop this afternoon; that might be my favorite. For dinner I had fried tofu with rice and a salad. And I had vegan chocolate peanut butter cups.

Have you been participating in any of the activities on our social media (sprints, photo challenges, discussion questions, BINGO, etc.)

I did one sprint and part of another one here in the GoodReads group. I haven't had a chance to look at most of the discussion questions, but I'll take a look after the official end of the readathon (Sunday evening for me) if I don't get a chance before then.

Are you growing sleepy? Do you plan to nap, or stop early, or are you extending the readathon hours to include sleep?

I'm not sure yet, but I think I'll read for a few hours before I go to bed.

Have you been outside yet today? Have you had much exercise (besides the heavy lifting required to hold your book)?

I went for a short walk in the morning and got soaked; it was raining hard. Once it stopped raining I went to the library, browsed in the library for a bit, checked out books, walked to the boba shop that's near the library, ordered matcha there, and walked home.

How is your readathon going, overall?
Pretty good. I will check in on the discussions for a few minutes now, something I didn't get much time for earlier in the day, and then go back to reading.

1) How many books have you been reading? Have you finished any? Are you on track with respect to your readathon goals so far?
I finished the rest of The Mysterious Bakery on Rue de Paris , and then finished all of This is Why We Lied
Yes, I'm on track.

2) Have you eaten real food today? (Not just junk food, ACTUAL HEALTHY FOOD) What was your favorite food or beverage so far? I always eat healthy. Breakfast is always natural yogurt with added nuts,
a few pieces of fruit. Then a toasted sandwich with natural cheese.

Snacks were fruit and later I ate a homecooked chicken curry

3) Have you been participating in any of the activities on our social media (sprints, photo challenges, discussion questions, BINGO, etc.)

No, I didn't have time. I was just concentrating on books.

4) Are you growing sleepy? Yes, I'm sleepy. Do you plan to nap, or stop early, or are you extending the readathon hours to include sleep?

5) Have you been outside yet today? Have you had much exercise (besides the heavy lifting required to hold your book)? Assisted stretches

6) How is your readathon going, overall? Good, although it's going quickly as always