Olga’s Comments (group member since Mar 07, 2019)

Olga’s comments from the Unexpected Readathon Time / Books Out of the Blue group.

I would like to join the thing!!

Oooh, I think I might be out on this one. Too many plans, not enough time. I'll still try to pop in and cheer you all on, though!!

OH BOY!!! I haven't had a chance to do one of these in MONTHS, which of course means I'm going to set a difficult goal and see what happens.

TBR:
The Hum and the Shiver (0/349)
The Beauty Myth (30/368) <-- gave up because it's a slog
Jock Blocked (DONE/332)
Real Fake Love (DONE/359)
The Grumpy Player Next Door (DONE/362)
No Perfect Hero (155/394)
No Good Doctor (0/396)



And hopefully finishing up some of my current reads...or just an absolutely ungoldy number of romance novels

Goal: 1200 pages and/or 5 books finished.

Sun 2/13: 13

Mon 2/14: 344

Tues 2/15: 359

Wed 2/16: 362

Thurs 2/17: 160

Fri 2/18:

Sat 2/19:

Total pages read: 1238/1200
Total books finished: 3/5

Happy Friday morning! I just realized I cracked 1200 yesterday and am now done counting.

Oooh, a nice long one!!

I think I'll set my goal to 1,500 pages read across the below:

(0/1500)

(0/456)
(0/464)
(0/149)
(0/293)
(0/384)

I'm a little behind where I hoped to be today, but I can still hit it....I think.

164/1000

(100/335)

(56/56) FINISHED

(0/368)

(8/224)

(0/224)

I think my goal is going to be 1000 pages, and I think I'm going to try to match each book to one or both prompts.

0/1000

(0/335)

(0/56)

(0/368)

(0/224)

(0/224)

It's been a slow reading week for me. I've been listening to podcasts instead.


(0/292)
(278/278) FINISHED
(0/284)
(25/258)
(0/48)
(0/212)

Not a challenge book, but I was about halfway through You're Doing Great!: And Other Reasons to Stay Alive when I started this, and I just finished it, so about 150 pages.

I was on the fence about participating in this one, just because I have so much going on. But I heckin LOVE doing these, so I'm not missing it. I'm also not doing any reading at all this weekend to give my brain some chill time.

As for the challenges...I'm going to double up and pick books that fit BOTH challenges at once...

(0/292)
(0/278)
(0/284)
(0/258)
(0/48)
(0/212)

I didn't do too bad! Not quite halfway there, but I'll take it. I finished five books and got two books ahead of schedule on my reading challenge for the year. net win!!

(1250/3000)

The Very Short, Entirely True History of Mermaids (96/96) FINISHED
CHALLENGE BOOK: Deathless Divide (218/551)
Loathe at First Sight (264/264) FINISHED
Rich Dad Poor Dad: What The Rich Teach Their Kids About Money - That The Poor And Middle Class Do Not! (178/178) FINISHED

Bonus TBR:

The Night Weaver (0/266)
Gideon the Ninth (0/448)
Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case (144/144) FINISHED
Anselm (350/350) FINISHED

Friday Eve and 3/4 of my TBR books are done. Once I finish the last of the four, I'll be a third of the way to my goal. Yikes.

(756/3000)

The Very Short, Entirely True History of Mermaids (96/96) FINISHED
CHALLENGE BOOK: Deathless Divide (218/551)
Loathe at First Sight (264/264) FINISHED
Rich Dad Poor Dad: What The Rich Teach Their Kids About Money - That The Poor And Middle Class Do Not! (178/178) FINISHED

Bonus TBR:

The Night Weaver (0/266)
Gideon the Ninth (0/448)
Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case (0/144)
Anselm (0/350)

It was a light reading weekend, but I did finish two books, and am starting the other two in this TBR today.


(274/3000)

The Very Short, Entirely True History of Mermaids (96/96) FINISHED
CHALLENGE BOOK: Deathless Divide (0/551)
Loathe at First Sight (0/264)
Rich Dad Poor Dad: What The Rich Teach Their Kids About Money - That The Poor And Middle Class Do Not! (178/178) FINISHED

Happy Friday Reading Day!!!

I'm kicking off my 3000-page challenge (that's a lot, isn't it?) with a little short one to feel satisfied. Here's my happy little starter list, and I am tickled pink that one book checks off both challenges at once.

(25/3000)

The Very Short, Entirely True History of Mermaids (25/96)
CHALLENGE BOOK: Deathless Divide (0/551)
Loathe at First Sight (0/264)
Rich Dad Poor Dad: What The Rich Teach Their Kids About Money - That The Poor And Middle Class Do Not! (0/178)

Oh hey! I love the long ones! My Great Big Goal is to read over 3000 pages.

No idea what books I’ll read, but I’ll update once the party starts!

Here's the total count! Not half as good as I wanted, but I spent most of my weekend with family, so it wasn't so bad.

Total Page Count: (216/500)

(0/352)
(96/96)
(0/300)
(0/84)
(120/120)
(0/384)

Oh MAN have I missed these.

My personal goal for this weekend is to read 500 pages. I'm hoping to hit 1,000, but I have a LOT of plans this weekend, so I'm making it a stretch goal.

I'm only counting books I'm starting this weekend for this challenge, because I've had a LOT of trouble finishing books during the apocalypse.

So here are the books and I'm marking them in progress on here so I have no excuses.

Total Page Count: (0/500)

(0/352)
(0/96)
(0/300)
(0/84)
(0/120)
(0/384)

Thursday update!!

My personal goal is to read 1500 pages this week. It's gonna be a busy one, so it's a stretch goal...but I'm in.

For the book under 200 pages -

Poison: Sinister Species with Deadly Consequences - 150 pages left

For a new to me author -

The Day After Roswell - 384 pages - DNF after 12 pages on Wednesday. Just so meh.

For a book with a tree/plants on the cover -

What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia - 150 pages. I guess this one could technically count for all three categories. What a winner! (DONE)

Let's see. What other goals do I have?

Finish Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse (~70 pages) DONE
Finish Enchantée (I'm really not feeling this one, but there are 400 pages left and it would be really nice to get it over with) DNF
Finish Maps of Bliss and Rage (~80 pages, but I don't like it) DNF

And then maybe I can start something new that makes me happy. I've got quite a few current reads that are dragging way too much.

Thursday books started:

Badd Ass - 344 pages
Lost Circuses of Ohio - 176 pages

Total Page Counts:

July 15: 155
July 16: 100
July 17: 12
July 18: 35
July 19:

July 20 + 21: anticipated days off

Total: 267

Oh! I can do this!!

My personal goal is to read 1500 pages this week. It's gonna be a busy one, so it's a stretch goal...but I'm in.

For the book under 200 pages -

Poison: Sinister Species with Deadly Consequences - 150 pages left

For a new to me author -

The Day After Roswell - 384 pages

For a book with a tree/plants on the cover -

What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia - 150 pages. I guess this one could technically count for all three categories. What a winner!

Let's see. What other goals do I have?

Finish Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse (~70 pages) DONE
Finish Enchantée (I'm really not feeling this one, but there are 400 pages left and it would be really nice to get it over with)
Finish Maps of Bliss and Rage (~80 pages, but I don't like it)

And then maybe I can start something new that makes me happy. I've got quite a few current reads that are dragging way too much.

Total Page Counts:

July 15: 155
July 16: 100
July 17:
July 18:
July 19:

July 20 + 21: anticipated days off

Total: 255

Oh hell I cracked 1000 pages and finished five books in four days. I’m sitting the rest of this one out!

I honestly think this is my best readathon yet!

My finished books:

American Overdose: The Opioid Tragedy in Three Acts - 124 pages
Art Matters - 112 Pages
The Man They Wanted Me to Be: Toxic Masculinity and a Crisis of Our Own Making - 288 pages

My in progress books:

Maps of Bliss and Rage - 100 pages
The Goblin Emperor - 220 pages
Work Me Up - 0 pages (just starting now)

That's 844 pages. Holy moly. I'm going to see if I can crack 1000, but no guarantees if I'll be updating more after this...tomorrow and Saturday are going to be BUSY busy days.

Yesterday:

- 100 pages
- 124 pages - FINISHED
- 112 pages - FINISHED

336 pages so far.

Tack on 100 pages each of and

556 pages. I plan to finish one of those two today.