One Million Pages Per Lifetime discussion

Welcome to Million Pages' first-ever readathon!!

Week-long Readathon: Feb 18th (12 am) thru Feb 24th (11:59 pm)
Day-long Readathon: Feb 18th (12 am - 11:59 pm)

Rules:
~Technically, there arent' any rules whatsoever, except for you to have fun!

Breaking It Down (these are supposed to look like bullet points):
~You can read towards a goal of books, pages, hours, or any combination of the three. Aim for what will help you with challenges, or make a goal that IS a challenge!
~~You can keep track of what you read by writing the exact minutes down on paper, like I do, or you can just estimate from the time you start reading to the time you stop and write that down. Either way is up to you.
~This will be the topic where you can post your reading progress and discuss with others about what they're reading.
~At the end of the readathon (week-long), I will create a topic where all our participants can post their summaries of what they accomplished during the time period. (If you only participate in the day-long readathon, you can still post your summaries in that topic; I'll try to have it up early so that you can.)

Coming Soon:
~After our first two or three readathons, I will hopefully see enough participants to intrigue me to make mini-challenges to go along with the readathons. You all are welcome to suggest any ideas you have when the time comes (I'll post a topic).


If you have any questions, ask below!

As of right now, my goal will be to finish 3 books and at least 1000 pages.

I am so down for a readathon! Though because of my work schedule that week, I'll be doing great if I can finish 2 books. But we will see! =D

Well I'm glad you're going to be participating!! I think this will help all of us tremendously with our 12x12 challenge! :D

Agreed!

;) I wish it was closer, but I know that I wouldn't have the time if it was any closer. Bummer.

I want to participate too. Sounds like fun.I want to try for 2 books also and see how it goes.

Welcome, Vera! :)

I'm totally in for this! I'm excited already. =) I think my goal will be 5 books, even though that seems a little high, I think I can do it!

Yeah, I think my goal will be raised by the time the readathon actually gets here. 5 books seems better to me :)

I'm in! Not sure if I'll be able to read as much during a work week as I would if it were during summer vacation when I don't have as many students to work with, but we'll see! My goal is to finish a book from my TBR list.

I am in too!!! I finished 4 books this past week during another readathon so I think I will go for 5 this time and 750 pages at least.

Woohoo! I finished 4 as well, Meg :)

Good luck, Shauna!

So excited that the week chosen for the readathon coincides with a week that I will have (aside for one day) off from work!! I'm sure I can get a ton read! (And for my fellow SRC members, try to get the challenge finished!)

Woohoo! I'm glad that worked out for you, Stacie!

I'm in, but I don't know how much I will get done as the class I am mentoring ends on the 22nd and I have a report due on the 21st. I'll try for 5 books.

All right! I am trying to plan for next week. I think I have at least 4-5 books to read/finish...Hopefully I will be able to do it. I am hoping to finish at least 2 this week.

Woohoo! I'm so glad to see that we have several people participating!

The Day-long readathon date has been voted on, and it will be Saturday, February 18th. Get those books ready!

Yay, we have less than a week left! I need to plan what I'm reading...

Same here, Aneeqah! Being that I haven't read anything on my February reading list, I'll probably just pick four or five off of it.

I just came up with an absurd challenge idea for myself. I will attempt to read the entire Harry Potter series in one week. Just the thought of it gives me butterflies, 'cause I will be working too! We'll see what happens.

Several of the Harry Potter books are on my list already as rereads, and I am currently reading the other book I was going to use for this readathon in the first place. I think I will need all of my Irish luck to pull this off!

Good luck, Shauna! If you finish that challenge, you will forever be my reading inspiration. :)

I'm going to go with pages read. I've been in a HORRIBLE reading funk this month.. maybe this will help me get out of it. I will aim for 750 pages.

This sounds like fun. I am in for 5 books and at least 750 pages. My hubby is out of town all week so I will be reading up a storm! I can't wait!

Woohoo! Good luck to everyone! Saturday will be here before we know it :D

I'm in, although I don't know how much I'll be able to read between work and the boyfriend being off from work all week (he tends to demand my attention a lot when he's bored *sigh*). For right now, my goal is 2 books or at least 500 pages, whichever comes first.

I haven't been reading much lately because of some stuff, but this will give me an excuse to push myself to going back into the swing of reading!

That's going to be the first week at a new job. Not sure how well I'll manage a read-athon that week, but the goal is 3 books oor 800 pages

Will go the route as others and go for pages or number of books. I'd say 500 pages or 3 books at least.

However I do have a question I'm in the middle of 3 different books so will I count them if I finish any once the read a thon starts?

Well, I ended up having to work on saturday, so I'm not sure how much reading will get done that day, but I have a stack of nine books that I'm trying desperately to finish before the end of the month, of I'll be working my way through those!

Lori wrote: "Will go the route as others and go for pages or number of books. I'd say 500 pages or 3 books at least.

However I do have a question I'm in the middle of 3 different books so will I count them if..."

Yes! I look for dates that you finished the books, not when you started them :). And if you don't put the dates, I won't go ballistic or anything; it's completely up to you to put the dates or not. But yes, you can count the books toward the read-a-thon if you finish them before it ends.

Okay...my goal will be to finish all three on the books that are on my currently-reading shelf.

Not sure if I'll be able to do it, but I'm going to try.

I think I will finish the two books that I recently started and a third that I will start sometime during the week.

As of this time,I am 7 books behind on my GR Challenge for 2012. (400 books is my goal) My goal is to be caught up by the end of the read-a-thon.

I am glad to see so many participants! I will make sure a progress thread goes up sometime tonight.

hmmmmmmmm my goal will be one book between tomorrow and the 24th...and with a new baby I think thats a bit optimistic! Fun idea back when I was ohh 16 or so I would have rocked this!

Hmm I've been in a reading slump lately but maybe this will help jumpstart me. I'll go for 3 books or 600 pages.

Mine is going to be for the week.

I'll aim for 1,200 pages (for the week-long).

1,143/1,200 pages read; Updated 2/25/12 (Missed my goal by 57 pages)

Attended a Picture Book Read-a-Thon this weekend for my job. Read 465 picture book pages. Will continue to post updates as I read along.

Harvest Home by Thomas Tryon 401 pages (2.19)

Unfavorable Odds by Kim Hamilton Anthony 277 pages (2.21)

I'm going to go for 5 books, and 1,200 pages. It's going to be tough, but I hope I can manage to do it!

Remember that, if you want, you can keep up with your goal for the week, and maybe set a goal for the day-long as well!! :)

Meghan-- I think I posted in msg 1 that they could use this as the Progress thread.

Haha it has been awhile since I checked this. So I forgot to double check that!

Zakiya- That's a really great idea! I think my goal for the day-long readathon will be 500 pages. =)

Okay, my new goal is this:

Finish the two books I started this week, plus get through at least one of the ebooks I need to read for review, and get a chunk of Great Expectations read.

so....we'll say at least 750 pages. Yup!

Unfortunately, I have to work an 8 hour shift tomorrow, so I won't really have a chance to read a lot, so I won't make a day-long goal. but I do get to meet Vanessa Diffenbaugh tomorrow! And get her to sign my copy of ! I am excited.

2 hours until lift off! LET'S READ!

I'll be going for 4 books... Keeping fingers crossed ;)

So far...

Read Beauty in the Beast by Christine Danse

90 pages

I "cheated" and started a day early so will stop a day early but I got a chance to read a lot n couldn't pass up adding that into my readathon

I think I will do a progress like I did for another Read-a-thon.

Day One
The Mediator: Volume 1 - Shadowland & Ninth Key by Meg Cabot (202-322)
Then Came You by Jennifer Weiner (41 min)
1984 by George Orwell (11-?)
The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen (18-?)
Halo by Alexandra Adornetto (180-?)

Books Finished: 1 Pages Read: 120 Minutes Listened: 41

All Week:
by Jennifer Weiner (41 min)

Total Minutes: 41

What I'm reading or planning to read today:
The Memoirs Of Cleopatra by Margaret George (from page 312)
Affairs of Steak by Julie Hyzy
Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky
Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley
Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh

Number of Books Finished: 5
The Fine Art of Truth or Dare by Melissa Jensen
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami (from page 506-607, 101 pages)
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
How To Be Black by Baratunde R. Thurston
I am Ozzy by Ozzy Osbourne

Number of Pages Read: 1,484 pages

Read-a-thon

Books finished: 1
Number of pages read 358

1. One Grave at a Time by Jeaniene Frost - 2/18/12 - 358 pages

I'm going to jump in a little late, but I'd like to read 750 pages for this readathon!