May Read-a-Thon

[Dee]

IT'S KICKOFF TIME!! Happy Reading Everyone!

[Samantha]

My goals for this Read-a-thon:
- Finish Emma (it's so hard for me to get through -.-) Current page: 211
- Finish Nightmares and Dreamscapes Current page: 396
- Finish 1984 (NOT hard to get through XD) Current page: 136
- Read The Fellowship of the Ring
- Read The Long Walk or Carrie
- Read The Great Gatsby
- Read The Hidden Staircase and possibly The Bungalow Mystery

Saturday, May 18
Books Read: 0
Progress Made on Books: 1984 (89 pages), The Hidden Staircase (29 pages)
Pages Read: 118 pages
Hours Reading: 2 hr 50 min

[Dee]

Wow you guys are majorly organized...lol

Right now goal is finish listening to Dracula (3 hrs left)

[Roseann]

OK, just finished the bio of Julia Child I had been reading, Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child, about 300 pages since the beginning of the read-a-thon and will now start hitting some other books after I run a couple of errands.

Good luck everyone!

[Nadine]

Just finished my first book: Die Jagd (Das Tal Season 2, #3) (a German book, highly anticipated newest installment of a series (the release date was pushed forwards in small steps for a year now). Now started: Paper Towns

[Anne]

My goals (some of which may overlap):
1. I have a lot of books that have been on my "currently reading" list for a long time. I'd like to finish at least 4 of them this week.
2. I have 5 library books that are due in the next week, and I'd like to get through all of them.
3. I have a couple books that I'm supposed to be reading with groups or for challenges, and I'd like to make progress on those.

Most of the reading will have to happen over the weekend since I have a heavy schedule at work next week, but I still think this is doable.

Progress so far:

Begun before Read-a-thon:
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed- listened for 3.5 hours (approx. 70 pages)

Started during Read-a-thon: none yet

Completed: none yet

[Zakiya]

My goals for this week are:

--Sweet Evil
--Last Off
--The Ersatz Elevator
--The Avery Shaw Experiment
--Wings
--The Lost Symbol


As I finish books or add others to the list, I'll be sure to repost and edit/update.

[Fairlee]

Finished the last 27 pages in The Innocentene of Father Brown. Read 115 pages of Along came a Spider

[Anne]

Although I focused on a really heavy book the first day, I did take some breaks for some lighter material. I have been trying to get through Collapse since last August, and switching to the audiobook version turned out to be just the thing I needed to get it read. I think I'm going to stick to "fun" books for the rest of today because that book was mentally exhausting, and not just because I spent 11.5 hours listening to it in about a day's time.

Progress so far:

Begun before Read-a-thon:
1.Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed- listened for 11.5 hours ((final 250 pages)
2.Libriomancer- 90 pages

Started during Read-a-thon:
1.Triple Shot, Double Pump, No Whip Zits: A ZITS Treasury- 80 pages

Completed:
1.Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

Total pages: 420

[Roseann]

My first 'status' post.

Books finished: Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child- 318 pages read during Read-A-Thon

Books Read: 1 Secondhand Spirits - 313 pages.

Stats:

Books Read: 1 1/2

Pages Read: 631

[Dee]

I finished up my audiobook of Dracula (last 3 hours) on my drive back from my half-marathon; now i can focus on reading...although I have a feeling, I am going to be down for the count tonight

[Nadine]

After Day 2:
Finished:
(262 pages)

Working on:
(224 pages so far)

Pages in total:
486 pages

[Nancy H]

I have been having an extremely busy weekend, so Day 1, I only got 75 pages read of The Sour Cherry Surprise. I am back home now and hoping to finish that book this evening and get many more pages read for Day 2. I will report back tomorrow because I plan to be reading until quite late.

[Samantha]

Sunday, May 19
Books Read: 2
Progress Made on Books: The Hidden Staircase (152 pages), 1984 (73 pages), Nightmares and Dreamscapes (30 pages)
Pages Read: 255
Hours Spent Reading: 4 hr 50 min

[Nadine]

Meanwhile I finished Paper Towns, which I found pretty good, but by far not as good as The Fault in Our Stars.
Now I started Soulless for a buddy reads and I like it so far.

[Joy]

My goal is to finish three books I'm in the middle of.

I finished Downtown (total 126 pages)
worked onThe Language of Letting Go: Hazelden Meditation Series (got about 50 pages read)

[Anne]

Progress so far:

Begun before Read-a-thon:
1.Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed- listened for 11.5 hours (final 250 pages)
2.Libriomancer- 124 pages
3.The Death of the Necromancer- 35 pages
4.Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman- listened for 1.25 hours (about 35 pages)

Started during Read-a-thon:
1.Triple Shot, Double Pump, No Whip Zits: A ZITS Treasury- 208 pages, complete
2.Assassination Vacation 28 pages

Completed:
1.Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
2.Triple Shot, Double Pump, No Whip Zits: A ZITS Treasury

Total pages: 680

[Zakiya]

So after the first two days, I finished .

--Sweet Evil (83% left) DONE 20/5
--Day Soldiers (79% left)
--Thirst No. 1 (271 pages left)
--Last Off
--The Ersatz Elevator
--The Avery Shaw Experiment
--Wings
--The Lost Symbol

[Bec]

Well, I started & finished House to House: An Epic Memoir of War, about to start The Birds & Other Stories.

[Nancy H]

Day 1 - The Sour Cherry Surprise - 75p.
Day 2 - Finished - -83p.
Started: If Fried Chicken Could Fly - 24p.
Continued reading: The Potato Factory - 56p.
Continued reading: The You I Never Knew- 60 p.

Day 3 so far (I plan to read a lot more by day's end): Finished - 272p.



Total pages so far: 570

[Nadine]

Books finished:
Die Jagd (Das Tal Season 2, #3) (264 pages)
Paper Towns (332 pages)

Books in progess:
Soulless (129 pages)

Pages read: 725 pages

For some reason I am not getting a lot of reading done this Readathon...

[Roseann]

Still working on my second book. I made the mistake of turning on the television and have been watching the storm coverage in Oklahoma.

If there is anyone here that is near the area, my thoughts and prayers are with you.

[Samantha]

Monday, May 20th

Books Read: 0
Books Made Progress On: Nightmares and Dreamscapes: (49 pages)
Pages Read: 49 pages
Hours Reading: 2 hours

[Ann A]

Just got back in town from my daughter's college graduation, so haven't been able to read much so far. This won't be a stellar Read-a-thon for me, but I'll just do what I can in finishing the 5 books I already have in progress:

Well-Schooled in Murder
The Moonstone
The Sense of an Ending
Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading
McCarthy's Bar: A Journey of Discovery In Ireland

Day 1 through 3 Report

Well-Schooled in Murder - 90 pgs
The Moonstone - 50 pgs
Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading - 60 pgs

Running total: 200 pages

[Nadine]

After Day 4:
Books finished:
Die Jagd (Das Tal Season 2, #3) (264 pages)
Paper Towns (332 pages)
Soulless (357 pages)

Books in progess:
Hidden 40 pages

Pages read: 993 pages

Soulless was surprisingly good. I had it on my TBR pile for ages and only when I saw a buddy read with it coming up I signed up and picked it up. I liked the old fashioned style mixed with some (relatively) daring scenes. I did NOT like the way the POV changed all the time. I want one hero and stay with him/her or two alternating views. 4 or 5 different points of view including the thoughts in one chapter is not my thing at all. But I forgave the book instantly as it was just great fun to read.

[Roseann]

Finally finished one more:

Murder is Binding(281 pages)

Total so far:

Books read: 2 1/2
Pages read: 912

[Nancy H]

Day 1 - The Sour Cherry Surprise - 75p.
Day 2 - Finished - -83p.
Started: If Fried Chicken Could Fly - 24p.
Continued reading: The Potato Factory - 56p.
Continued reading: The You I Never Knew- 60 p.

Day 3: Finished - 272p.
Finished: - 421p.
Continued reading: The Potato Factory - 30p.

Total pages end of Day 3: 1,021

[Anne]

Nadine wrote: "Soulless was surprisingly good. I had it on my TBR pile for ages and only when I saw a buddy read with it coming up I signed up and picked it up. I liked the old fashioned style mixed with some (relatively) daring scenes. I did NOT like the way the POV changed all the time. I want one hero and stay with him/her or two alternating views. 4 or 5 different points of view including the thoughts in one chapter is not my thing at all. But I forgave the book instantly as it was just great fun to read. "

I read that book about 1.5 years ago and loved it. I've since read the rest of the series. I highly recommend them.

[Anne]

Progress so far:

Completed:
1.Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (last 250 pages)
2.Triple Shot, Double Pump, No Whip Zits: A ZITS Treasury (208 pages)

Begun before Read-a-thon, still reading:
1.Libriomancer- 196 pages
2.The Death of the Necromancer- 35 pages
3.Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman- listened for 2.5 hours (about 70 pages)

Started during Read-a-thon:
1.Assassination Vacation 28 pages
2.The Willful Princess and the Piebald Prince (starting tonight)

Total pages: 787

[Joy]

Finished the second of the three on my "to finish" goal list:The Protector

Two partial finishes for a total of 303 pages read and 10 hours of reading so far. Lets see if I can get the third and last one finished.

[Nancy H]

Day 1 - The Sour Cherry Surprise - 75p.
Day 2 - Finished - -83p.
Started: If Fried Chicken Could Fly - 24p.
Continued reading: The Potato Factory - 56p.
Continued reading: The You I Never Knew- 60 p.

Day 3: Finished - 272p.
Finished: - 421p.
Continued reading: The Potato Factory - 30p.

Day 4: Finished reading: - 207p.

I will be doing some more reading this evening so hope to add a few more pages for today!

Total pages so far: 1,228

[Zakiya]

I'm close to being done with Day Soldiers and have about 130 pages until I've finished Thirst. Also started The Ersatz Elevator tonight.

[Nadine]

Anne wrote: "I read that book about 1.5 years ago and loved it. I've since read the rest of the series. I highly recommend them. "

I am a bit torn about going on with the series, without being sure why. I loved most about the book and the minor bits I didn't like so much really didn't matter in the end. I heard it will be getting even better?

[Ann A]

Nadine wrote: "Anne wrote: "I read that book about 1.5 years ago and loved it. I've since read the rest of the series. I highly recommend them. "

I am a bit torn about going on with the series, without being sur..."

I feel the same way, Nadine. I really enjoyed Soulless, but am not sure about continuing on with the series because I'm not a fan of the genre.

[Nancy H]

Day 1 - The Sour Cherry Surprise - 75p.
Day 2 - Finished - -83p.
Started: If Fried Chicken Could Fly - 24p.
Continued reading: The Potato Factory - 56p.
Continued reading: The You I Never Knew- 60 p.

Day 3: Finished - 272p.
Finished: - 421p.
Continued reading: The Potato Factory - 30p.

Day 4: Finished reading: - 207p.
Continued reading: The Potato Factory - 50 p.
Started: Confessions of a Lingerie Addict - 28p.
Started: Some Like It Hot-Buttered - 18p.
Started: Troubles and Treats- 10p.

Can you tell I was just into 'sampling' for a bit this evening - lol?!


Total pages at end of Day 4: 1,334

[Ann A]

Ugh. I hope I get more reading time the next few days.

Day 4 Report

Well-Schooled in Murder - 45 pgs
The Moonstone - 16 pgs

Total for Day 4: 61 pgs
Running total: 261 pages

[Samantha]

I didn't have a chance to update yesterday because of work. I have today and tomorrow off so they will be dedicated to much reading :D

Tuesday, May 21
Books Read: 0
Books Made Progress On: Carrie (56 pages)
Pages Read: 56 pages
Total Hours Reading: 2 hours

I got upset when I started reading this because I got the book at the library. I was reading along and all of the sudden the page went from 4 to 9! Luckily I had seen the original movie before reading the book, so I knew the gist of what happened in the missing pages, but I'm definitely going to let the library know so they can replace the pages/book.

Today's update to come tonight :)

[Nadine]

After day 5:
Books finished:
Die Jagd (Das Tal Season 2, #3) (264 pages)
Paper Towns (332 pages)
Soulless (357 pages)
Hidden (336 pages)

Books in progess:
Not sure what to start next ;-)

Pages read: 1289 pages

[Anne]

Progress so far:

Completed:
1.Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (last 250 pages)
2.Triple Shot, Double Pump, No Whip Zits: A ZITS Treasury (208 pages)
3.The Willful Princess and the Piebald Prince (184 pages)

Begun before Read-a-thon, still reading:
1.Libriomancer- 196 pages
2.The Death of the Necromancer- 35 pages
3.Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman- listened for 3.75 hours (about 105 pages)

Started during Read-a-thon, still reading:
1.Assassination Vacation 28 pages

Total pages: 1006

[Zakiya]

Finished Day Soldiers yesterday and read all of The Boyfriend App today. Two more days left. Hoping to finish at least one more book.

--Sweet Evil (83% left) DONE 20/5
--Day Soldiers (79% left) DONE 21/5
--The Boyfriend App DONE 22/5
--Thirst No. 1 (271 pages left)
--The Ersatz Elevator

[Nadine]

I picked up Cinder next and really like it. Hidden was a disappointment in the end.

[Nancy H]

Day 1 - The Sour Cherry Surprise - 75p.
Day 2 - Finished - -83p.
Started: If Fried Chicken Could Fly - 24p.
Continued reading: The Potato Factory - 56p.
Continued reading: The You I Never Knew- 60 p.

Day 3: Finished - 272p.
Finished: - 421p.
Continued reading: The Potato Factory - 30p.

Day 4: Finished reading: - 207p.
Continued reading: The Potato Factory - 50 p.
Started: Confessions of a Lingerie Addict - 28p.
Started: Some Like It Hot-Buttered - 18p.
Started: Troubles and Treats- 10p.

Day 5: Continued reading: Confessions of a Lingerie Addict - 244p.

Total pages end of Day 5: 1,578

[Samantha]

Ugh, did not get as much reading done yesterday as I wanted to -.- I will work harder today!

Wednesday, May 22
Books Read: 0
Progress Made on Books: Carrie (54 pages)
Pages Read: 54 pages
Hours Spend Reading: 1 hr 40 min

[Ann A]

Day 5 Report

Well-Schooled in Murder - 130 pgs
The Moonstone - 20 pgs - Listening to the audio on this one (also have the book) and really enjoying it, but it's going slowly since I only listen while walking the dog.

Day 5 total: 150 pgs
Running total: 411 pages

Two days left! Read! Read! Read!

[Tracy]

I am so not as organized as you guys are but so far I have

finished 180 pages
read 377 pages
read 149 pages
read 371 pages
read 496 pages

Finished-1
Read-4
Pages-1,573

[Anne]

Progress so far:

Completed:
1.Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (last 250 pages)
2.Triple Shot, Double Pump, No Whip Zits: A ZITS Treasury (208 pages)
3.The Willful Princess and the Piebald Prince (184 pages)
4.Libriomancer- (last 247 pages)

Begun before Read-a-thon, still reading:
1.The Death of the Necromancer- 35 pages
2.Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman- listened for 6.25 hours (about 175 pages)

Started during Read-a-thon, still reading:
1.Assassination Vacation 28 pages

Total pages: 1127

[Joy]

I did it! I finished my third book. All three were partial reads, I'd already had them about half way done when I started this read-a-thon, so I wanted to get them done and off my "currently reading list" as they'd been on there way too long

So #3-The Language of Letting Go: Hazelden Meditation Series (233 pages read)

Total Pages Read: 536 pages
Books finished: 3
Hours Read so far: 16

I still have some time left, I think I will try to get a bit more of Don Quixote read now, as that has also been on my Current reads list for WAAAY too long!

[Nadine]

After day 6:
Books finished:
Die Jagd (Das Tal Season 2, #3) (264 pages)
Paper Towns (332 pages)
Soulless (357 pages)
Hidden (336 pages)

Books in progess:
Cinder (320 pages so far)

Pages read: 1.609 pages

I had hoped to finish Cinder last night, but I kept letting myself being distracted somehow... only 8 % left now though. :-) But I am having anxiety attacks about the ending. All the time I told myself it has to end happily (ever after) as it is the retelling of Cinderella, but now I am not so sure anymore given that it is a series...

[Nancy H]

Day 1 - The Sour Cherry Surprise - 75p.
Day 2 - Finished - -83p.
Started: If Fried Chicken Could Fly - 24p.
Continued reading: The Potato Factory - 56p.
Continued reading: The You I Never Knew- 60 p.

Day 3: Finished - 272p.
Finished: - 421p.
Continued reading: The Potato Factory - 30p.

Day 4: Finished reading: - 207p.
Continued reading: The Potato Factory - 50 p.
Started: Confessions of a Lingerie Addict - 28p.
Started: Some Like It Hot-Buttered - 18p.
Started: Troubles and Treats- 10p.

Day 5: Continued reading: Confessions of a Lingerie Addict - 244p.

Day 6: Finished: - 100p.
Continued reading: The Potato Factory - 80p.
Continued reading: Some Like It Hot-Buttered - 26p.
Started: Mozart's Last Aria - 13p.
Started: Mortar and Murder - 56p.

Total pages so far: 1,853

I have met my "Finish 5 books goal" and now will be working towards my "Read at least 2,000 pages during the Read-a-thon" goal. I should have lots of reading time tonight, so I think I will make it.

[Bec]

I finally finished The Birds & Other Stories and am going to work on another book... just have to decide which one!