Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Thanks Lisa Kay; I loved how the books are stacked :o)

Barb wrote: "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 an..."

Great Selection Barb!!! I went a little overboard with my planning.. I'll tell everyting about it later..

We are reaching the RaT Kick-off... :o)

Sonia wrote: "Thanks Lisa Kay; I loved how the books are stacked :o)"

Stole it and put it on my Pinterest board. Gave your credit for the find, though. ☺

Lisa Kay wrote: "Sonia wrote: "Thanks Lisa Kay; I loved how the books are stacked :o)"

Stole it and put it on my Pinterest board. Gave your credit for the find, though. ☺"

I found it on google images :o)

Now I am at work and trying to plan to leave early so I can go home and read uninterrupted for a few hours and plan out my schedule. I too think I have over estimated my reading capabity. Lol

Speaking of credits, I stumble across a cool idea for a challenge, and already have the permission for using it, as long as I refer to the original post.

I want to tweak it a bit, maybe this weekend or the next the read-a-thon has priority, and then I'll send it to the mods for approval.

Are you ready?
Really Ready?


Readers...
Prepare your books
Start flipping pages
Ready?

GO!



◈The A-Team Read-a-Thon Week Kick-Off

Participants
Mary - CST - 3x8 - 800 pages
Sonia - GMT - 2x12 - 1000 pages
Susan - CST - 4x6 - 800 pages
Jamie - EST - 4x6 - 1000 pages
Barb - EST - 4x6 - 1000 pages
Alexa - GMT - 4x6 - 1000 pages
Zina - MST - 4x6 - 1000 pages
TheButterflyEffect - AST- 2x12 - 1000 pages
Sashana - EST - 4X6 - 500 pages
Karla - PST - 3x8 - 600 pages
Stephanie - PST - 4x6 - 600 pages
Elaine - GMT+8 - 4x6 - 800 pages
❥☪LIZZ NEILL☪❥ - CST - 4x6 - 600 pages
ilovebakedgoods (Teresa) - CST - 4x6 - 600 pages
Mandy - CST - 3x8 - 1000 pages
Ashley - CST - 2x12 - 900 pages
Ellinor - CET - 4x6 - 800 pages

Team reading scores
TEAM A:433
TEAM B:480
TEAM C:482
TEAM D:388

NOTES:
◈ You can join anytime, we have a whole week to read 24 hours
◈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.
◈if you want to take a break you can pop in anytime, and tell us how is going, about your page counting or anything you want to share
◈Mary and I will be posting a mini-game a day, as I’ve said before, none is mandatory, and will be open to all the members of the A-team – like the Read-a-Thon, is a team-bonding activity

Zina wrote: "Now I am at work and trying to plan to leave early so I can go home and read uninterrupted for a few hours and plan out my schedule. I too think I have over estimated my reading capabity. Lol"

Is OK Zina... you can update your goals anytime.

I'll post the mini-challenge from today in a bit... work is really crazy today (2 more hours to go and I'll be freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee)

Sonia wrote: "Zina wrote: "Now I am at work and trying to plan to leave early so I can go home and read uninterrupted for a few hours and plan out my schedule. I too think I have over estimated my reading capab..."

Sonia,

Can you explain this to me again? I'm a little confused on how to set it up. (if i want to join in )

~Read-a-Thon Mini-Challenge~


Day#1: Starting Point

Which is the first book you're going to read? Do you have a reading plan, or will grab a book depending on your mood? Are you tackling a series or different books? Share with us.


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I probably went a little too nuts during my planning, but since I'm a bit of a mood reader, I wanted to have plenty of options.

So.. The Sonia's "Little" read-a-thon possibilities plan is:

Audiobooks (*)


ebooks


Paperbacks


So, I'll be reading like 2 to 4 from these, if I get lucky, and maybe I'll spend more time deciding what to read than actually reading (let's hope not), but I like to have plenty of options in the open.

I'll be taking a picture later of my "reading preparation station" so you can see how really overboard about the RaT week I went.

Nancy wrote: "Sonia wrote: "Zina wrote: "Now I am at work and trying to plan to leave early so I can go home and read uninterrupted for a few hours and plan out my schedule. I too think I have over estimated my..."

Sure Nancy,

The Read-a-thon will last a week. During that week you'll commit to do a total of 24 hour reading, that you can split into 4 levels:
1. One 24-hour reading period.*
2. Two 12-hour reading periods.
3. Three 8-hour reading periods.
4. Four 6-hour reading periods.

* If you choose this option, you'll be committing to reading as much as you possibly can in a 24-hour period

This options are free to fit your schedule. For instance, if you choose to do a 3x8, you can do it 3 days in a row, every odd day, or even read a total of 16 hours in a day and 8 in another.

We need you to set a goal of number of pages to read, let's say you aim to read 25 pages per hour, so your goal will be 600 pages. Oh, and we like to now your time zone too.

Did I make sense? Sometimes brain gets lost in translation and my grammar suffers with that :(

~Read-a-Thon Mini-Challenge~


Day#1: Starting Point

I've already planned out my books :) they were actually just randomly picked from those that have been ages on my TBR-pile....it's huge I usually just buy a bunch of books I want to read and I just end up buying even more books before I've even got around to reading the other ones so this is a great way to get through some of the books.

My picks

Total pages: 1456
(that exceedes my goal..so the 4th book I'm reading might not be finished within that 1 week. I'm planning on reading 1000 pages so that's what I'm aiming for within the 1st February.)

I'm not sure if I'm reading them in that order or not but I started This is Not a Test by Courtney Summers an hour ago. I'm like 3/4 through the book :(..it's so err depressing but ugh back to reading.

Read-a-thon Possibilities:

I'll be reading 3ish of these.

Moderators of Nothing but Reading Challenges wrote: ""Mandy wrote: "I'm about to start another online book that was written serially, but I don't have a page count for it - it is 83 chapters long..."

Mandy: Responded in #616 above. If you don't hav..."

I actually ended up making an ebook out of it (using the GrabMyBook tool) and it turned out to be 490 pages!

Mandy wrote: "I actually ended up making an ebook out of it (using the GrabMyBook tool) and it turned out to be 490 pages!"

Really. Wow. That's really neat. Glad it is resolved.

Moderators of Nothing but Reading Challenges wrote: "Mandy wrote: "I actually ended up making an ebook out of it (using the GrabMyBook tool) and it turned out to be 490 pages!"

Really. Wow. That's really neat. Glad it is resolved."

Me, too!

I'm starting my RaT period with 255 pages; next will probably be because it is overdue at the library. (Of course, I still have school to do with my children, too, but at least it is Friday!!!!)

Hah! 10 days later I finally finished

And no, I didn't like it.

Finished my first book for the RaT woopwoop.

323/1000
4/24

Sorry I've been MIA, guys. Killer migraine.

Happy reading, those of you participating in the read-a-thon! :D

I'll start with . I'll probably continue with but that's not quite sure yet.

Sorry to hear about your migraine, Mary. I'm having one as well at the moment which made me put my start of the challenge on to tomorrow :(

Sonia wrote: "Nancy wrote: "Sonia wrote: "Zina wrote: "Now I am at work and trying to plan to leave early so I can go home and read uninterrupted for a few hours and plan out my schedule. I too think I have ove..."

I thought about doing it, but with my school work. i don't think i have the time. If I do it and I can't finish it, is it ok to say that i'm dropping out? Also, if i do this and i choose 4 6-hour reading periods, does that mean i read for 4 days for 6 hours each read? sorry, i'm still a little confused about it.

Isn't it just simpler to say: You have 1 week, from the 25th to the 1st, you're meant to read for 24 hours - how you decide to spread out the hours during the week is up to you. You have a pages goal and yeah..you're just going to try and reach it.

Was that easier to understand? That's how I understood it..

I'd like to join in too. My plan is 4x6 with with a goal of 1,000 pages. And I'm up in Alaska as far as the time zone goes. Thanks! Happy reading!

Nancy wrote: "I thought about doing it, but with my school work. i don't think i have the time. If I do it and I can't finish it, is it ok to say that i'm dropping out? Also, if i do this and i choose 4 6-hour reading periods, does that mean i read for 4 days for 6 hours each read? sorry, i'm still a little confused about it. "

It is OK to drop out Nancy. Your books will still count to the team's challenge, and you will still reading and having fun trying.

Yes, the 4x6 hours reading means 4 days, for a perios of 6 hours. But, we don't expect you to read for 6 hours straight, the main goal is reading as much as you can during that time.

Why don't you give it a try, but if Real Life and School start to demand attention postpone to other time?

Don't get yourself into trouble because of a challenge. Yes, it is fun, but we'll do another for sure (at least I'm going to bug Mary till she can't stand me anymore to do another) and maybe you'll be less pressured by then.

Sonia wrote: "Nancy wrote: "I thought about doing it, but with my school work. i don't think i have the time. If I do it and I can't finish it, is it ok to say that i'm dropping out? Also, if i do this and i cho..."

I will give it a shot. I will be doing 4x6 and 600(25 pages) pages and my time zone is CST.

@Mary and Ellinor migraines are a killer... hope you'll both get better soon...

I'm going to have some reading done today, will be back in a couple of hours, but I did promise some pics of the chaos that is my reading settings (or my bed for that matter), so here they are:

Picture 1)


I like this one best, but then I realized that I forgot my ereader, so I took

Picture 2)


It is a little blurred but my cat was threatening to "destroy" my stack, so I had to be quick.

See you in a few

Happy Readings

I will be starting tonight after I get my babies to bed:)

I think my first two will be and

Happy Reading Everybody!!

@Erica & Nancy: welcome aboard. Will add you to the list of participants.

@Mary: WE ARE ALMOST 20 ON THE READ-A-THON!!!

*happy dance*

*grabs a book*

Sonia wrote: "It is a little blurred but my cat was threatening to "destroy" my stack, so I had to be quick."

LOL! Probably checking out the reading material. Right?

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Alexa wrote: "Finished my first book for the RaT woopwoop.

323/1000"

Hooray!!!!

I really need to log out and start reading....*grins*

Just finished my first 3 hours of my RaT. Had to stop for a potty break and go pick kiddos up from school. I read 114 pages. I'll do my next 3 hours this evening after supper :)

114/800 pages
3/24 hours

Lisa Kay wrote: "Sonia wrote: "It is a little blurred but my cat was threatening to "destroy" my stack, so I had to be quick."

LOL! Probably checking out the reading material. Right?

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awwwwww so cute!!!


You think? I just took this one

I'm under the covers while he's snuggled against my leg

Susan (susayq) wrote: "Just finished my first 3 hours of my RaT. Had to stop for a potty break and go pick kiddos up from school. I read 114 pages. I'll do my next 3 hours this evening after supper :)

114/800 pages
3/2..."

Nice!!!

I'm gonna start my RaT. I will be reading and .

153 pages/600 pages

Sonia, he's adorable! I'll be doing my next three hours in bed and will have a kitty, or two, with me for it lol

I meant to add that I really don't have a plan for what I'm reading. I'm finishing up and next will be

Sweet Baby!

Read-a-Thon goals!



And an e-book. That one I haven't decided on yet.

Total pages: 1259 +ebook pages

The second half of my six hours is done! 106 pages read

220/800 pages
6/24 hours

I'm doing the next set of hours either Sunday evening or Monday :)

Day#1: Starting Point

Which is the first book you're going to read? Do you have a reading plan, or will grab a book depending on your mood? Are you tackling a series or different books? Share with us.

My first book is going to be . I have four books that I am planning on reading but from there I am just grabbing a book from my "to read" pile! I can't wait to start my 12 hour chunk tomorrow!

Day#1: Starting Point

Which is the first book you're going to read? Do you have a reading plan, or will grab a book depending on your mood? Are you tackling a series or different books? Share with us.

Will be reading The Eight
to continue with a group read

REading Dark Loverand The Peach Keeper for challenges and then another book when the SOS Fantasyland challenge starts...

So in total will be reading 4 books....

Oh well hoping to get some time in tonight and early tomorrow morning...

Sonia wrote: "Which is the first book you're going to read? Do you have a reading plan, or will grab a book depending on your mood? Are you tackling a series or different books? Share with us."

LOL Reading plan? You saw my list of book choices, does it look like I have a plan? *grinning* My selections will be based on which book/s are due back to the library soonest, which book/s I need to finish challenges and which book/s I'm in the mood to read at that point in time. (Yes, I'm a moody reader too!)

At lunch today, I started Kinsey and Me: Stories, and it looks like it's going to be a fast read. I need to catch up on some other things tonight, but I plan to read, read and read some more the next four days :)

Well, I already posted my "plan" a few posts before the first day mini challenge, so I'm not really going to repeat it because I'm lazy, lol. I've spent all day working and then running errands and now I am going to sleep! Tomorrow... six hours is mine!

So my first 8 hours I almost finished my book - looking at the other editions of it, it looks like 444 pages was the paperback amount, and that's what it felt like as I read it. I think I will call my first day of the RaT done at 400/1000. I think I will read my next 8 tomorrow in hardbacks so I'll know exactly how many I get finished!

My plan for the read-a-thon:
First book:
Second book:
Third book:

4/24 hours
168/600

Will read more later.

So far I am only 85/600 pages in. But on Sunday a group game I am participating in starts that I am pretty excited about. In the meantime I am just making progress on the brick that is known as Les Misérables

I also start reading and

Goodmorning A-Team. Is already noon here at Lisbon, first day of read-a-thon looks great.

I'm going to start my reading now, as soon as my calibre update is good to go, will be back in a few hours with the readathon updates and mini-game for the second day.

I'm still trying to decide what to read, probably will be or , both light readings... will see.

Happy Readings

Finished with my second book for the RaT :)

758/1000
12/24