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#5 Readathon: Let's Chat
I am so excited! I love readathons. :D
I am beginning to dig for books now! :D
Haha awesome!! I am about making a list of all the books I am planning to read. I am going to be reading books from my Overdrive Media App (Library ebook & audio) I am so excited!
Cool! I am reading reviews so hopefully that week I will be reading enjoyable books!
That's great! I hope you enjoy the books you read!
Thanks! You too!
Hello all, still deciding on if I should enter or not. Though Jacquelyn has made some convincing arguments why I should enter. :)
Mehsi wrote: "Hello all, still deciding on if I should enter or not. Though Jacquelyn has made some convincing arguments why I should enter. :)":D You definitely should! It would be loads of fun. It's your decision but I encourage you to join.
Jacquelyn wrote: ":D You definitely should! It would be loads of fun. It's your decision but I encourage you to join. "Yeah, I just read some other threads as well, and of course your arguments, and it does sounds really much fun. And I do have a lot that I want to read... Mmm.. :)
I am very excited to see what your decision will be. :)
Well I will let you know some time the coming week. Got to check if I have time and such. :) And of course if I feel like entering such a week long challenge/read a thon.
Of course! I do have school the week of the readathon but have early dismissals three of the days. I also have no plans for the weekend other than read, read, read!
Oh congrats on the early dismissals. :) And oh, that sounds like a paradise. A weekend full with books and books and more books. :)
Thanks and yes, it is paradise! :P
So has anybody thought of their goal for this readathon yet?
I've never done one before, so I guess I want to finish a book every two days (school)and at least one book per day during the weekend.
Kathryn wrote: "I want to read a book a day :)"That sounds like a great goal! Especially how fast you read. ;D
Sarah wrote: "I've never done one before, so I guess I want to finish a book every two days (school)and at least one book per day during the weekend."That also seems like a very reasonable goal! The last week long readathon I read 922 pages but didn't read anything on the last day of the readathon. So this time around I want to read much more than 922!
I hope to read 1750 pages which would be 250 pages a day :)
Trinity wrote: "I hope to read 1750 pages which would be 250 pages a day :)"Awesome! Good luck.
I'm excited to do the points for this one!
Quick question - Do the points count for every book we read or the total amount of pages we read in total of the week?
Every book you read!
Angela (: wrote: "Probably just one book."Good luck!
I read 1941 pages in the last readathon but I had to work most of that week. Since I have the whole week off for this readathon I think I will aim for 2500 pages and hopefully at least 8 books.
Mandiann wrote: "I read 1941 pages in the last readathon but I had to work most of that week. Since I have the whole week off for this readathon I think I will aim for 2500 pages and hopefully at least 8 books."Good luck! You can do it!!
Guys, I'm just curious, how many books you all read during readathon? I am planning my goal (because it's first time) to be 3 books, but I will try to do 5. Again, maybe I will surprise myself and do more than 5. XD
Miodrag wrote: "Guys, I'm just curious, how many books you all read during readathon? I am planning my goal (because it's first time) to be 3 books, but I will try to do 5. Again, maybe I will surprise myself and ..."Well last readathon I read 922 pages but it wasn't my best reading week. There were a few books I wasn't all so interested in and I read nothing on the last day. So I am hoping to read more than 922 pages. I don't set myself how many books I read, I like to set myself a page number. (: And even if your goal is 3 or 5 or whatever you end up making it make sure you have a big list of books you can choose from because you never know what you will feel like reading when the readathon rolls around!
Last time I read 19 books (4 of them were manga), in total about 4,527 pages.
You did great last time! :D
Hi everyone! :D This will be my second read-a-thon! I'm not super good at these, but they're fun!
Gisbelle wrote: "Last time I read 19 books (4 of them were manga), in total about 4,527 pages."WOW!!! 19 books in one week? That's almost 3 books a day. I bow down to you! That's awesome!!!
Vic, thanks :) At that time, I read several middle grade books, so I could finish them fast. And for a 200 pages manga, I think everyone can finish it in less than 2 hours :) I'm not going to read any manga this time, so I think it's not possible for me to read more than 7 or 8 books. 24th is my mom's birthday, so I don't think I'll be able to read much on that day.
7 or 8 books?! Wow! Awesome goal! Happy birthday to your mom! My wonderful mom just got me a $50 gift card to Barnes & Noble! I am going to go tomorrow and pick out some books that I will hopefully read during the readathon!
Thanks :) I hope to get some book off my TBR.Such a great mom :D Any books you plan to get?
Well good luck! I know you can do it! It all depends on what books they have. (: I try to buy paperbacks so I can buy more books but I guess I will buy one hardback if I really want the book.
For 50 bucks, I think you can get a lot of nice books.
I know! I am pretty excited! (:
Jacquelyn wrote: "Well good luck! I know you can do it! It all depends on what books they have. (: I try to buy paperbacks so I can buy more books but I guess I will buy one hardback if I really want the book."
Hardbacks are prettier. :/
They are and I wish I could get them all the time but I'd rather buy paperbacks because the price is lower and I don't have too much money.
I love hardbacks too, but yes, they are very pricey
Isn't it fun book shopping? I buy paperback or ebooks 95% of the time, but MAN some of the hard bound are so beautiful! I think I'd like the Lunar Chronicles series in hardback!!
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I will keep this open even though we haven't started the readathon so we can talk about the books we may want to read during the week of the readathon or to get excited and pumped for the readathon!
Have fun!