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

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

Update for today!

Maps of Bliss and Rage - 100 pages
American Overdose: The Opioid Tragedy in Three Acts - 124 pages - FINISHED
Art Matters - 112 pages - FINISHED

336 pages so far.

I'm starting The Goblin Emperor and The Man They Wanted Me to Be: Toxic Masculinity and a Crisis of Our Own Making today. I'll update with those counts tomorrow.

Alrighty!

So far I've read 124 pages of American Overdose: The Opioid Tragedy in Three Acts (finished it)

And about 20 pages of Maps of Bliss and Rage (just started)

It looks like I'm a little behind....but I have a long drive after work, so I think I'll pick up an audiobook for that.

YES!!! I don’t know what my reading list is quite yet.

But I think I’ll be tackling Maps of Bliss and Rage....and The Goblin Emperor. And finishing American Overdose.

I’m on the app, so can’t tag the books. But I am SO IN.

Ok, so I did not hit my goal.

I finished 265 pages of
I read the 77-page novella
I only read 61 pages of
And I started in audiobook, and got about 110 pages in.

That brings my total to 513 pages for the readathon. Which isn't a bad showing, considering I came in late and had a stupid busy week. I can't wait for the next one!

I'm coming in late, but I'm in! My mom had major surgery on Wednesday, and went home this weekend, so I haven't read a single sentence!

My goals for the rest of this readathon are to finish these lovelies:

- 327 pages left
- 265 pages left
- 232 pages left

That'll make 824 pages my goal. Let's rock and roll!

I'm crossing my fingers for more of these in May. I got most of my April reading in this readathon.

Alright, I'm calling this one early today.

I finished (289 pages)
I read (144 pages)
And I'll be finishing before I leave work today. (352 pages)

That'll bring my readathon total to 785 pages, which isn't too shabby if you include the holiday weekend. I read nothing Saturday or Sunday.

If I start anything else before the readathon is officially over, I'll consider it a bonus and not bother to count it, since I haven't picked a next book yet. WOO!! When's the next one?

Owl wrote: "Ooo, better late than never! I’m planning to do some really intense reading this weekend while my wife is away. My personal goal is to hit 50 reads this weekend, which means I’ve got five to go.

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Bird Box is one of my favorites. It's so wonderful.

Not too shabby - read 289 pages to finish out

Now I'll scrap my planned TBR and read these instead:

WOOHOO!!

So, as it turns out, two of my current reads match the prompts!

has flowers on the cover
has pastels on the cover

I may finish one of them today, though, so who knows if I'll count them for the readathon. The rest of my readathon TBR is galleys that I NEED to read ASAP.

Will we be having any in April?

Is it too late to join the You'd Be Mine buddy read list?

Forgot to update yesterday, but I ended up with a total weekend count of about 250 pages. But I DID finish The Cowboy and His Baby, which had been a slog to get into. So I'll count it as a win! Now onto something I REALLY REALLY want to read!!

I read 22 pages of Mr. Mercedes and have put it down. It's a DNF for me. I can't take even the suggestion of violence against animals, so I'm outie on that one. Still counting those pages, though.

HECKIN YES I'm counting today!! Because tomorrow and Sunday I've got Boy Scout stuff that requires my participation...or at least my vehicle. :(

My goal is to get 400 pages read this weekend, and/or finish at least one of the following:

I'd like to start reading Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive in a few days. Does anyone want to read it with me?

My final count ended up just over 300 pages, because yesterday was a disaster from hell and today hasn't been better.

I would like another readathon soon so that I can redeem myself. :D

Alrighty. So far, I have read 190 pages of The Best Bad Things, 12 pages of The Cowboy and His Baby, and listened to ~80 pages of Retribution Rails. That one was the hardest to count.

So, in two and a half days, I've got roughly almost pages read. I think I'll keep reading the first two and not bother with the audiobook until after the readathon because it's more complicated than I feel like dealing with.

68 more pages today. I’m a slowpoke. Or I’m just not so into this book I’m reading. What to dooo?

Heyyy a question. How do you estimate page counts on an audiobook??

I just started one today and got an hour in before realizing I have no idea how much that would be on paper?? Do I just give the total page count when I finish it? Or put it off until after the readathon because it's too much hassle?