Avid Reader and Geek Girl’s Comments (group member since Oct 22, 2015)

Avid Reader and Geek Girl’s comments from the Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-Thon group.

I can help do any hours between hours 2 to 18, preferably not back-to-back.

Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* wrote: "Everyone on this train is a suspect was a fun one!"

Glad to hear it! I enjoyed the first one.

TBR Oct 2025
TO FINISH:
AUDIOBOOKS:

This is just a rough guess, but who knows, LOL

Thank you all!

Cathy wrote: "Have fun with the pre-readathon challenge!"

Thanks! I'm sure I'll enjoy it!

My pre-readathon challenge for this time:
Avid's Mysteries Challenge

Seasonally Mysterious
✔️🍊 1. Read three fictional mysteries. (For an additional challenge, read different genres/subgenres.)
✔️The Nosy Neighbor 9/27
✔️Making Friends Can Be Murder
✔️ Daisy Darker

🍊2. Read three nonfiction mysteries. (For an additional challenge, read three totally different topics)
✔️Sister, Sinner: The Miraculous Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson
✔️Behind the Door: The Dark Truths and Untold Stories of the Cecil Hotel

Extra Mysterious
🍊1. Read a mystery by a new-to-you classic mystery writer/one you have not read in forever.
🍊2. Read a mystery genre you have not yet read.

The next readathon will be October 18-19, 2025. We'll start reading at 8am Eastern Time October 18th, and end at 8am October 19th

I finished a third book as well.

I finished my second book.

Susy wrote: "Looks like you’re doing great, Avid Reader!"

Thanks!

I've started and read more of last night as well.

Halfpoint Progress Report:
1. How is your Readathon going? Have you finished 12 hours of reading so far? It's going slowly, I slept, and am taking a reading break. I've read for about 6 hrs. I'm getting ready to go back to reading.

2. Have you eaten real food yet in the past 12 hours? How much water have you drunk so far in the past 12 hours? Sort of on the food. 🤣 yes lots of water!

3.Are you doing a Bingo board or other specific challenge during this Readathon? How is that going so far? Yes! I'm so close to bingo on the board I made.



4. Have you finished any books so far in this half of the Readathon? Yes, I finished one book.

5. Are you on track to finish what you want to this weekend? What are your plans for the next 12 hours? Yes, my plans are to read a bunch more and enjoy the day of reading.

Opening Survey For the Dewey's 2025 Reverse Readathon
1. How many Dewey's Readathons have you participated in? Umm every of since October 2016, I think.

2a. If this is not your first Dewey's Readathon, what are your favorite things from past Dewey's readathons? Are you trying anything new or different this time? I'm planning to keep things the same as last time. Getting a normal nights sleep and reading all weekend.

2b. What are your goals, and what are you looking forward to during this Readathon? No goals really just to enjoy my reading time!

3. What are you looking forward to eating and drinking during this Readathon? My maple iced donut and trying the new Starbucks canned iced energy drink.

4. Are you sticking to our official Readathon times or adjusting for your schedule/preferences/etc.? I'm also doing the escape for 24 hours Readathon this weekend, so I plan to read as much as I can in about 50 hours as I'm adding onto the end of that one.

5. Where are you reading from today? Starting with

Susy wrote: "Avid Reader and Geek Girl wrote: "Susy wrote: "Hope you had a wonderful time readathoning, Avid Reader!
See you back here in July or October hopefully!"

I'm back for July!"

Yay, I see you're all..."

I hope you have a great one as well!

Elyse wrote: "Everyone in My Family is a trip lol. It took me a minute to get into because of how it's told and how Australian his accent is! I own so many Ann Rule books from used book sales and I haven't read ..."

Good to know! Lol, Ann Rule books are hit or miss for me. But I'm trying to read them all!

July 2025 TBR
TO FINISH:

GRAPHIC NOVELS: -I'll get to this one eventually, LOL

AUDIOBOOKS:

Susy wrote: "Hope you had a wonderful time readathoning, Avid Reader!
See you back here in July or October hopefully!"

I'm back for July!

Finished two books!

Susan wrote: "I hope you are still reading Avid!"

Yes I'm reading all weekend!