Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Zina wrote: "Sonia wrote: "In the rush of leaving the house this morning I forgot to bring my copy from ... Now I have to wait till around 9PM to read it D'Oh

*bangs head*"

I will..."

I bought it and for a vacation trip, but they didn't arrive on time, so they are on my TBR since.

Sonia wrote: "Mary wrote: "172 pages = legit, Suzanne! You're fine.

I've been thinking of (eventually) starting the Sookie Stackhouse series, but I don't like True Blood. Are they anything alike? I tend to lik..."

Hmm, okay. I'll give it a shot, especially if I can buddy-read it! I don't know when I'll have time to get to it. My schedule = crazy town. Perhaps March? Heh.

Sonia, your cover of The Eight is so much prettier than mine.

Yours: Mine:

I actually choose the edition for the cover :o)

I've been pondering the Sookie Stackhouse series too. I've also been looking at the Temperance Brennan series (Bones) has anyone read those?

Erica wrote: "I've been pondering the Sookie Stackhouse series too. I've also been looking at the Temperance Brennan series (Bones) has anyone read those?"

The first one is one of the February BOM, I think.

I want to do the readathon. I am going to do 2x12 sessions with a page goal of 900. I am in CST.

Finished reading

The readathon starts tomorrow!! The readathon starts tomorrow!!

*runs around flapping arms like deranged woman*

*settles down*

Team Updates
TEAM A:417
TEAM B:452
TEAM C:461
TEAM D:374

WE PASSED 400 WOOOOHOOOO

*starts deranged woman dance again*

GO TEAM! GO TEAM! GO TEAM!

Lol at the deranged woman :)

I think I overestimated my time a bit. I'd like to do 4x6 instead of 12x2 for the readathon.

Sashana wrote: "Lol at the deranged woman :)"

:o)

Ashley wrote: "I want to do the readathon. I am going to do 2x12 sessions with a page goal of 900. I am in CST."

YAY! The more the merrier!

Sashana wrote: "I think I overestimated my time a bit. I'd like to do 4x6 instead of 12x2 for the readathon."

Sometimes we do that... I'm trying to plan my weekend of reading and have no idea how I'm going to pull that... but.. is either do it that way, or not participate at all - NOT AN OPTION!

@ Ashley
Added you!

@ Sashana
Very understandable. Added your new time.

Erica wrote: "I've been pondering the Sookie Stackhouse series too. I've also been looking at the Temperance Brennan series (Bones) has anyone read those?"

Yes, Sonia is right. One of our February books of the month is Déjà Dead, the first in that series. I'm not sure exactly when the start date is for it, whether it starts on the 2nd, 12th, or 23rd of the month. We're still working that out. We'd love for you to read with us!

Also, if Sonia and I buddy-read the first book of the Sookie Stackhouse series, we can create a thread here for it and you're welcome to join (as is anyone else)!

Laura wrote: "Finished reading "

Laura, what did you think of Spell Bound? I love that series, but I had mixed feelings on the last book.

Mary wrote: "Laura wrote: "Finished reading "

Laura, what did you think of Spell Bound? I love that series, but I had mixed feelings on the last book."

I love the series too, but i would have liked that the last book had lasted longer. It was little rushed, too much things was happening at once and the good guys won too easily.

Mary wrote: "172 pages = legit, Suzanne! You're fine.

I think the books are bit lighter than the TV show. However book #9 was kinda dark, but I remember starting the series before the show came out and thinking that the show was pretty dark compared to the books! I would give it a try and see how you like it! They're definately some romance in the beginning of the series!

Laura wrote: "Mary wrote: "Laura wrote: "Finished reading "

Laura, what did you think of Spell Bound? I love that series, but I had mixed feelings on the last book."

I love the ..."

My thoughts exactly!

I finished and I'm almost finished with (177 Pages)!

Read-a-thon starts tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope I don't forget during the actual RaT week, lol. And I work for 7 hours tomorrow, so I can't even start my chunk of reading until later, boo! I should plan out my reading now, hehe. I have my work schedule, after all.

I have no idea what I'm going to read during the RaT. I have A LOT of possibilities though.. If I remember I'll take a picture of my reading stash for the RaT to share it :o)

I finished and started reading !

I finished . I loved that book. It was so good.

Suzanne wrote: "Mary wrote: "172 pages = legit, Suzanne! You're fine.

I think the books are bit lighter than the TV show. However book #9 was kinda dark, but I remember starting the series before the show came o..."

Thanks, Suzanne! I'll go in with an open mind and see how I like book one.

I just finished , and

I have no idea what to start next or if I should just take a break till the readathon..hmm I think I might aswell just be picking out books I want to read during the RaT.

ilovebakedgoods (Teresa) wrote: "Read-a-thon starts tomorrow!!! I hope I don't forget during the actual RaT week, lol. And I work for 7 hours tomorrow, so I can't even start my chunk of reading until later, boo!"

That sounds familiar, Teresa! Not only do I work 7 hours tomorrow, but my book group meets immediately after work, so there goes another 3 hours *sigh* Thank goodness I have the weekend off; I plan to make up for lost time then :)

I don't know exactly what I'll be reading during the read-a-thon, but these are the books in my pile that I "need" to read to (1) finish books already in progress, (2) return to the library soon and/or (3) complete other challenges that end soon. Good thing I have a RaT in another group coming up soon LOL

                          

                          

I am starting to read . It's by the same author that wrote: and .

For the readathon will we just come and post the time and pages read each day that we read?

Sonia wrote: "Erica wrote: "I've been pondering the Sookie Stackhouse series too. I've also been looking at the Temperance Brennan series (Bones) has anyone read those?"

The first one is one of the February BOM..."
I've read a couple in the series. They are very different from the TV show. But I've enjoyed them very much.

Barb wrote: "ilovebakedgoods (Teresa) wrote: "Read-a-thon starts tomorrow!!! I hope I don't forget during the actual RaT week, lol. And I work for 7 hours tomorrow, so I can't even start my chunk of reading unt..."

Poor Barb! I find it amusing that your reading will be pushed back by your book club, haha.

I work until 5 PM, then there's dinner to eat and possibly a family game to be played so I may not even bother starting my reading until Saturday. Good news is, I'm off on both Saturday and Sunday!! I could easily do two six-hour sessions this weekend IF I really want to. That gives me plenty of time to do things like laundry and eat if I must.

Barb, what you said in your post about your marathon choices sounds a lot like me, too. I have a pile of books that I either need to read before the end of the month for another challenge, books that are due soon or books I'm in the process of reading. I think I need to plan my read-a-thon or something because if I just wing it I may not focus as much as I should.

almost done with . reading soon !!

Okay, here's what I have planned for my read-a-thon:

Six hours on Saturday (26), Six hours on Sunday (27) (what if I end up reading more than six hours on Saturday, though?? Can I do a 12-hour thing and then two six-hour things if necessary?)

Finish my current read: .

Finish . It looks small enough to read fast...I hope. This one is required for a challenge I need to complete by January 31 so I'll plan to have it finished by the end of the 27th.

Start and try to finish by the end of Sunday, but if I don't finish it, that's okay.

If I manage to finish these 3 in my first 12 hours total I will be pleasantly surprised and highly motivated to continue my next 12 hours ASAP, lol.

Finished my 7th book of the year. I am reading and will be starting when I finish this. I am waiting to start tomorrow for the readathon. It'll be easier for me to keep track of pages read that way.

I have a question, is it by February 1st we'll have to be done reading our pages goal?

Good Morning Team!!!

Less than 5 hours for the official start of our RaT week!

*throws confetti and pops champagne*

Work has been a little chaotic today, so I'll post the updates in a bit, maybe closer to the RaT kick-off.


@Alexa: Yes, the duration of the RaT is January 25th PST 8:00 AM (GMT 4PM) to February 1st PST 8:00 AM (GMT 4 PM), since you chose 4x6 reading periods you can pick any 6 hour period during the RaT's time.

@ilovebakedgoods (Teresa): I'll have to check with Mary on that.

@zina: As long as don't interfere with your reading time, or if you want to take a break you can pop in anytime, and tell us how is going, or anything you want to share.

Mary and I will be posting a mini-game a day, nothing mandatory or big time consuming, and open for all members of the A-team, not just the RaT participants, just a fun excuse to "team bonding" and to pop in and tell us out it is going for you.

Finished reading

ilovebakedgoods (Teresa) wrote: "Can I do a 12-hour thing and then two six-hour things if necessary"

Sorry about my first answer... when we live on a 10 million people country, our company has 6 million clients and our CEO decides that a campaign has to be out today, brain tends to short-cut.

As I explained to Alexa, since you decided on a 4x6 period, any 6 hour period is valid, they can be consecutive or not, it all depends on your mood or time available.

Any goals or times can be adjusted. As long as it isn't shorter than 6 hours, and the total amount sums 24 hours till the end of the RaT week, is good to go.

Laura wrote: "Finished reading "

What did you think, Laura? I was thinking of reading it because I need an "U" author.

Lisa Kay wrote: "Laura wrote: "Finished reading "

What did you think, Laura? I was thinking of reading it because I need an "U" author."

I had the same reason :D anyway it was one crazy book. Most of the time i was like whats going on, but the story was interesting and i couldn't stop reading it.

3 more hours till start.

This is like waiting for a game kickoff.

Instead of drivers start your engines ..for us it could be Readers start flipping pages...

Zina wrote: "3 more hours till start.

This is like waiting for a game kickoff.

Instead of drivers start your engines ..for us it could be Readers start flipping pages..."


I love it!

Readers prepare your books...start flipping pages... ready... :o)

2 hours and 25 minutes left... but who's counting?

:o)

GTK, Laura. Thanks.

1 hour, 36 minutes to Read-a-Thon week :o)

I know I'm a little late and that I decided against the readathon previously. But all your excitement made me want to join so much that I rescheduled my plans for the coming week.

So, I'd really like to join if that's still possible! I'd do 4X6 hours. I'm CET and my goal are 800 pages (at least).

Ellinor wrote: "I know I'm a little late and that I decided against the readathon previously. But all your excitement made me want to join so much that I rescheduled my plans for the coming week.

So, I'd really l..."

YEY!!! Glad yo have you ob board of the RaT boat Ellinor!

So far for the Read-a-Thon week we have 17 participants, that translates into 408 hours of reading with a total goal of 14000 pages.

woooohooooo

I started to read

Great pic, Sonia. ☺