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March Read-a-thon: Progress and Reporting
My plan: To finish what I've started...Audiobook(s):
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - start: ch. 19 (20:24 mins left of ch.)
[currently at: ch 26 (19:44 mins to end of ch)]
Books:
Celebrity Detox - start pg.78 - ?
The Tuesday Club Murders - start pg. 142 - ?
Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution - start pg. 54 - ?
The Last Heiress - start pg. 54 - ?
My plan is, first, to finish the couple of books I have already started. Then, I am not really sure what I am going to read except The Dante Club, which is for my f2f book club in two weeks ... and I'm going to work on some books that are sitting on shelves here at home currently gathering dust.
LynnB wrote: "My plan is, first, to finish the couple of books I have already started. Then, I am not really sure what I am going to read except The Dante Club, which is for my f2f book club in tw..."I picked up The Dante Club at the library but never got around to reading it. I have thought about checking it out again but I have had so many other books to read that I just haven't. Let me know what you think after you read it.
I know if I list specific books, I'll just end up reading something completely different. The tentative plan is to work on finishing some of my mound of library books and hopefully get some of Nicholas Nickleby and A Game of Thrones read (for reading groups). Life has been a little hectic lately, but I'm hoping I can set aside some extra time to read during the read-a-thon and get myself a little more caught up.
My plan is to read as many of my YA review books as I can - I would like to have the stack completely done by the end of the ROT, but I don't know if that will be possible. I am going to give it my best shot, though. I am starting with Freedom Stone and Ashes today and will see where I go from there.
My goal is to complete 4 books. I am going to read the following books. I am going to go for 750 pages and 8 hours listened.To Finish:
The Hunger Games (39-267) finished
Good Girls Don't (2 hours 55 min left) finished
Dead Until Dark (36-292)
Ten Things We Did (10-194)
Frankenstein (16-274)
To Start:
Daughter of Smoke and Bone (12 hr 32 min) Started
The Girl in the Clockwork Collar (411 pgs)
Darkfever (255 pgs)
It's Official Start Time! Good luck, everybody!Here's to shrinking those to-be-read stacks!
Good luck everyone! Now going to read for a few hours before I actually have to work while at work. :( Whoever invented work was not a smart person.
My big plan is to finish the books I am currently reading, which are (swallow) six at the moment. But knowing me I MAY start some more as I enjoy the reading marathon much more with good books that keep me hooked. SO if I can at least finish "a few" of my current books, it would be a great success. ;-)
This is my plan for this week; already finished one book today!***March Readathon Goals: 4 books and 750 pages***
~~Read/Listen to the Rest of:
Sapphique (page 109 - 462)
The Historian (20:09 left)
~~Start and Finish:
The Clique (220 pages)
Catching Fire (391 pages)
Death by Chocolate (249 pages)
An Abundance of Katherines (227 pages)
Ordinary Wisdom (97 pages)
The Night My Life Changed Forever (113 pages) finished
Had much to do today. In the first 8 hours available to me, I read exactly 1/2 hour :( I'll try to get much more reading done this evening.
Read-a-thon progress:Finished:
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (170 pages)
Likely reading choices for rest of tonight and tomorrow:
Red Seas Under Red Skies
Something Old, Something New
Nicholas Nickleby
Today I read
Freedom Stone
, a really good story about a teen slave during the Civil War, and also wrote 16 book reviews for the YA books I have to review. Hopefully I will get more reading done tomorrow!Stats:
Freedom Stone - 320p.
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Dee wrote: "instead of reading, I decided I needed to paint my bathroom...lol!"I understand and have had days like that - when the mood strikes, you must act before it passes!
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Dee wrote: "its the oh shit my parents are coming tomorrow..I got to make it look like i've done some stuff around the hosue mood...lol!"hahahahaha - I know that one, too!
Did I see that you are reading the 'Lust Lizards...' book by Christopher Moore? I love his books but haven't read that one yet. Let me know how you like it.
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Almost finished with
and it is very gripping.
Was a little disappointed in Day One, as I didn't get a lot read...Hoping today will be better! :)
I finished an audiobook on Day One. Hoping to finish another today or tomorrow.
Day 1:Catch of the Day by Kristan Higgins (330 pages)
Books finished:
none so far, but working on it ;-)
Day 1 ReportIn progress (started before R-A-T):
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet - 25 pgs
A Game of Thrones - 23 pgs
Anne of Avonlea - 18 pgs
Total for Day 1: 66 pages
Not so great, but I'll have more time to read later in the week.
Day 2Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult - finished
Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs - page 201
Boneman's Daughters by Tedd Dekker - page 51
Day One:The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson - 4h:01m:08s
Day Two:
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson - 2h:50m:55s finished
Tuesday Club Murders by Agatha Christie - 20 pgs
Totals Thus far:
Audiobooks: 6h:52m:03s
Books: 20 pgs
Stats so far:Freedom Stone - 320p.
Ashes - 465p. (What a page-turner!!)
Stats to date:Finished:
The Secret History of the Pink Carnation 386 pgs.
Moon Called 288 pgs.
Working on:
Blood Bound
Day 2 ReportIn progress:
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet - 32 pgs
A Game of Thrones- 30 pgs
Anne of Avonlea- 49 pgs
Total for Day 2: 111 pages
Running total: 177 pages
Darn it, this week is turning out busier than I had planned.
March MarathonDay 1:
Catch of the Day by Kristan Higgins (330 pages)
Day 2:
Catch of the Day by Kristan Higgins (47 pages)
Holunderküsschen by Martina Gercke (98 pages)
Muse by Rebecca Lim (22 pages)
Daughter of Smoke and Bone (17 Seiten)
184 pages in total
Books finished:
1. Catch of the Day (nice light entertainment, but quite foreseeable)
All right so I didn't get much read yesterday. But I have changed my audiobook goal to 12 hours. I am almost at 6 already and I want to finish the book I started by the end of the week. But I am only 3 hours in. Here is to hoping I can do it.
Read-a-thon progress:Finished:
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (170 pages)
Something Old, Something New (330 pages)
Other Reading:
Red Seas Under Red Skies (40 pages)
Reading options for this evening:
Nicholas Nickleby
Moon Over Soho
Ugg, Monday means back to work for me, so the reading time took a hit...Day Three:
The Tuesday Club Murders by Agatha Christie - 45 pgs
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (yet another book I apparently started and haven't finished) - 46m:02s
Totals Thus far:
Audiobooks: 7h:38m:05s
Books: 65 pgs
Day Two wasn't that much better, but today was a little bit better I guess.... It's kind of weird. But maybe I'll actually finish Ordinary Wisdom tomorrow. It's an awesome book! It's just that I've been having so much to do lately. :/
Day 2Lone Wolf - finished
Day 3
Blood Bound - finished
BoneMan's Daughters - page 51
Day 4
BoneMan's Daughters - page 101
The Wolf Gift - page 201
Inheritance - 2 hours
TOTAL BOOKS - 2
TOTAL PAGES - 1015
TOTAL HOURS - 2
Duration: 10am Saturday 3/24 - 10 am Saturday 3/31Day One: Saturday, 3/24
Time Read: 3 hours 15 minutes
Time Listened: 1 hour
Pages Read: 194 pages
Books Finished: 0
Books in Progress: 2
Inheritance (audio) 28 pages
Havemercy 166 pages
Day Two: Sunday, 3/25
Time Read: 6 hours 30 minutes
Time Listened: 0 hours
Pages Read: 515 pages
Books Finished: 2
Havemercy 44 pages
Neverwhere 315 pages
Books in Progress: 2
Haunted by Your Touch 156 pages
Day Three: Monday, 3/26
Time Read: 8 hours 45 minutes
Time Listened: 2 hours
Pages Read: 592 pages
Books Finished: 2
Haunted by Your Touch 230 pages
Shadowlight 311 pages
Books in Progress: 1
Inheritance (audio) 51 pages
Day Four: Tuesday, 3/27
Time Read: 5 hours
Time Listened: 2 hours
Pages Read: 469 pages
Books Finished: 1
Raziel 355 pages
Books in Progress: 2
Inheritance (audio) 62 pages
The River Nymph 52 pages
Day Five: Wednesday, 3/28
Time Read: 4 hours 45 minutes
Time Listened: 2 hours
Pages Read: 379 pages
Books Finished: 1
Wolf's Cross 323 pages
Books in Progress: 2
Inheritance (audio) 56 pages
The River Nymph none
Day Six: Thursday, 3/29
Time Read: 4 hours 30 minutes
Time Listened: 2 hours
Pages Read: 323 pages
Books Finished: 0
Books in Progress: 3
On a Highland Shore 272 pages
Inheritance (audio) 51 pages
The River Nymph none
Day Seven: Friday, 3/30
Time Read: 4 hours 30 minutes
Time Listened: 2 hours
Pages Read: 310 pages
Books Finished: 2
On a Highland Shore 108 pages
The River Nymph 151 pages
Books in Progress: 1
Inheritance (audio) 58 pages
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GRAND TOTALS for Read-A-Thon:
48 hours 15 minutes
2382 pages
8 books read
March MarathonDay 1:
Catch of the Day by Kristan Higgins (330 pages)
Day 2:
Catch of the Day by Kristan Higgins (47 pages)
Holunderküsschen by Martina Gercke (98 pages)
Muse by Rebecca Lim (22 pages)
Daughter of Smoke and Bone (17 pages)
184 pages in total
Day 3:
Holunderküsschen by Martina Gercke 162 pages
Books finished:
1. Catch of the Day (nice light entertainment, but quite foreseeable)
Day 3 ReportFinished:
Anne of Avonlea - 19 pgs
(audiobook)
In progress:
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet - 7 pgs
A Game of Thrones - 2 pgs !!
The Reversal - 18 pgs
Total for Day 3: 46 pages
Running total: 223 pages
I hold out hopes that I can read a lot on Thursday and Friday. You go, Barbara!
Stats so far:Freedom Stone - 320p.
Ashes - 465p. (What a page-turner!!)
The Atomic Weight of Secrets (Even better than Ashes!!) -339p.
Murder Most Postal, Delectable, Feline - finally finished this Chunkster - 910p. (last 230p. during Read-a-thon)
Pages so far: 1,354
Nancy wrote: "...finally finished this Chunkster - 910p. (last 230p. during Read-a-thon)"910?! ouch! Congrats! That IS a chunkster! heh No doubt there are many similarly lengthy books out there but I'm pretty sure I've never read anything over 800 pages(probably was the fattest Harry Potter lol).
Looks like we have a contest between Barbara and Nancy for "Most Prolific Page-Turner" of the Read-a-Thon!
I love mysteries and found three of these chunkster mystery anthologies for next to nothing at a bargain store, and decided to try to finish one for the Feb/March 700-page chunkster challenge. They are really good stories by good authors and I enjoyed them all. Nevertheless, I am surprised I was able to do it with all the book reviewing I had to do in the past two months, but somehow I managed to get it done - with the Read-a-thon a good motivator to finish it!!
GRAND TOTALS for Read-A-Thon:28 hours 30 minutes
1370 pages
5 books read
My job is really slow right now so I'm reading all day long though I'm not reading as much at night.
Way to go Barbara! I guess I need to stay off GR for a while and get caught up.
I wish I had a job that'd allow me to read all day, but alas I am confined to what reading I get done on weekends and nights after work. If I can finish reading two more books this week I'll be happy. Well done to Barbara and Nancy who seem to be in a field of their own this time around, heh!
I am fortunate enough to be retired so I can read during the day, and also fortunate enough to still be reviewing YA books. We are nearing the end of our reviewing season, so we are all reading as fast as we can to get as many books done before the Pennsylvania School Librarians' Conference in April. Otherwise I'm sure I wouldn't have this many pages/books. Plus I have a very wonderful supportive husband who even does more housework for me as I approach 'deadline' time. Believe me, next week the reading will slow down and the housework will pick back up - yuck!It is so fun that the Read-a-thon is happening at the exact same time I need to be reading as fast as I can. Thanks to whoever picked these dates!
Stats so far:
Freedom Stone - 320p.
Ashes - 465p. (What a page-turner!!)
The Atomic Weight of Secrets (Even better than Ashes!!) -339p.
Murder Most Postal, Delectable, Feline - finally finished this Chunkster - 910p. (last 230p. during Read-a-thon)
Almost Final Curtain - 273p.
Pages so far: 1,627
Barbara wrote: "My job is really slow right now so I'm reading all day long though I'm not reading as much at night."Wow, I wish I had a job where I could read. The last time I had a job like that I was still in college. I haven't had that much time to read this week, and I have a ton of library books and group reads that I need to finish. Oh, well.
Read-a-thon progress:
Finished:
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (170 pages)
Something Old, Something New (330 pages)
Other Reading:
Red Seas Under Red Skies (40 pages)
Nicholas Nickleby (40 pages)
Moon Over Soho (30 pages)
Total: 610 pages, although over half of that was from a comic strip collection. I'll be spending the rest of my evening reading Moon Over Soho. I'm hoping I can finish it by tomorrow night, so I'll still have a few days to read the other 2 books that are due at the library this weekend.
Stats so far:Freedom Stone - 320p.
Ashes - 465p. (What a page-turner!!)
The Atomic Weight of Secrets (Even better than Ashes!!) -339p.
Murder Most Postal, Delectable, Feline - finally finished this Chunkster - 910p. (last 230p. during Read-a-thon)
Almost Final Curtain - 273p.
Born at Midnight - 398p.
Pages so far: 2,025
Day 4 ReportNo!! Only 3 days left!
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet - 18 pgs
The Reversal - 44 pgs
A Game of Thrones - 0 pgs!
Total for Day 4: 62 pages
Running total: 285 pages
This week has turned out to be crazy. I hope to do at least a LITTLE better the next few days.
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