Spring Read-A-Thon

[Charleen]

Better late than never! I was without internet access til now. But, the Read A Thon started at 1 PM Pacific time! Get reading if you haven't by now. Stop by and let us know how you are doing over the next week. Tell us about the books you have read, the good and the bad, especially the bad (so we can avoid them)!

and HAVE FUN!!

[Anne]

There looks to have been an autocorrect fail with the title to this discussion. It says "Sprint Read-A-Thong".

I have already finished one book during the read-a-thon, and I hope to finish at least 4 others. I would also like to catch up with a group read for Les Miserables. I have fallen behind the last few weeks, so I'd have to read about 350 pages to get caught up. As always, I will be skipping around from book to book as my mood dictates.

Previously begun:
1.The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches- last 138 pages, complete
2.The Casual Vacancy- 38 pages
3.Paladin of Souls- 16 pages
4.Les Miserables
5.David Copperfield
6.Jane Austen's England

Begun during read-a-thon:
1.The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet- 180 pages, complete
2.Othello

Completed:
1.The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches
2.The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet

Total pages: 372

[Ava Catherine]

Anne wrote: "There looks to have been an autocorrect fail with the title to this discussion. It says "Sprint Read-A-Thong".

I have already finished one book during the read-a-thon, and I hope to finish at l..."

Thanks for the heads up, Anne. Maybe auto-correct wants us to sprint to fantastic finish during the spring Read-A-Thon??? or a Freudian slip? : ) It was auto-correct because it did not want to let me change thong to thon. Gave me fits.

I am very impressed that you have already finished a book. You are amazing! Go Girl! I see you have some heavy reading planned this week. Good luck!

[Ava Catherine]

I am planning to read several books this week.

Previously started:
1. The Book Thief have read 25 pages

Started March 22:
2. Night in Shanghai
3. Eleanor Roosevelt: Volume 2 , The Defining Years, 1933-1938
4. Kitchen Chinese: A Novel about Food, Family, and Finding Yourself

[Anne]

Connie wrote: "Thanks for the heads up, Anne. Maybe auto-correct wants us to sprint to fantastic finish during the spring Read-A-Thon??? or a Freudian slip? : ) It was auto-correct because it did not want to let me change thong to thon. Gave me fits.

I am very impressed that you have already finished a book. You are amazing! Go Girl! I see you have some heavy reading planned this week. Good luck! "

Thanks :) I actually finished 2 today because I have now finished The Pluto Files too. I also read a chapter from a fantasy novel (Paladin of Souls) before switching over to reading A Casual Vacancy. Les Miserables is actually not the only classic on my to-read list for this week. I would like to make progress on David Copperfield, which I was reading and enjoying a while ago, but I got distracted and set it aside. Also, I am going to see Othello on Friday, so I'd like to read it first. Since I am easily distracted, I could read at least part of a couple other books as well. We'll see what happens.

[Ava Catherine]

Oh, Anne, that sounds fantastic! I adore the classics you have on your list, and like you, I prefer to read the text before seeing the play. I am envious that you will get to see Othello Friday. I do so love it! I hope it is a fabulous performance, and you just melt into it.

I am anxious to hear what you think of A Casual Vacancy. I bought it when it was first published, but I just never got around to it.

It sounds like you have selected some great books for the week.

[Anne]

:) I am excited to read all of these books, so I'm glad you liked the ones you've read. I'm about 50 pages into A Casual Vacancy, and I'm not sure how I feel about it yet. It is a little different from the books I normally read, but it does seem well-written so far. I really don't like any of the characters at this point, but I don't think I'm supposed to like them.

I have been talking about seeing Othello ever since it was first announced on the schedule, so I hope it lives up to my expectations. I have had season tickets to the Guthrie Theater for several years, and I always select all of Shakespeare's plays that are on the schedule each season. My favorite play is A Midsummer Night's Dream, but I've also seen and enjoyed The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Taming of the Shrew, The Merchant of Venice, Henry V, Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing, The Winter's Tale, Julius Caesar, and Macbeth. I see other plays also, but Shakespeare is my favorite.

[Ava Catherine]

Oh, I love Shakespeare, too! No way to top the master! I think you will certainly enjoy Othello.

A Casual Vacancy is sounding like a very different style from her other books. I may have to move it to the top of my tbr list. It sounds interesting.

[B]

Ok, giving this a try!

Finished one just now...about to start another, let's see what I can do in a week!

1. 196 pages, complete
2. 372 pages, complete

[Dee]

I finished the last 40% of Murder on Bank Street (135pgs)

now reading The Sugar Cookie Sweetheart Swap - the prologue is about a cookie maker, who made anatomically correct gingerbread men...lol

[Ava Catherine]

Signing in...finally. : ) So glad to be able to sink into my books. Aaaah!

I think I'll start with Night in Shanghai and The Book Thief.

[Anne]

Even though I had to work this afternoon, I did get some reading done today. I will be busy with work the next five days, but I hope to find time to read whenever possible. For tonight, though, it's almost time to watch Cosmos, so I will definitely be taking a short break from reading now.

Previously begun:
1.The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches- last 138 pages, complete
2.The Casual Vacancy- 244 pages
3.Paladin of Souls- 44 pages
4.Les Miserables
5.David Copperfield
6.Jane Austen's England

Begun during read-a-thon:
1.The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet- 180 pages, complete
2.Othello- 29 pages

Completed:
1.The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches
2.The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet

Total pages: 635

[Nancy H]

Day 1 progress was fairly good, since I was determined to finish some books that I started earlier and that had been languishing on my stack:

1. The Bones of Paris- last 224p.
2. The Supreme Macaroni Company - last 190p.
3. Vineyard Fear - last 69p.

Total pages Day 1 - 483p.

[Ava Catherine]

Day 1:
1. Night in Shanghai 288 pages

Day 2:
2. The Book Thief 527 pages

Total: 815 pages

Wayne, I see that you are reading Loving by Henry Green. It is on my tbr, so I am very interested in what you think. I see that you and I have some very similar tastes in books. : ) For example, I like Joan Didion and Somerset Maugham very much and see that you have them on your list, too. I have read The Sound of Waves, too. I think you are the first person I have found who has also read this book.

[Anne]

Previously begun:
1.The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches- last 138 pages, complete
2.The Casual Vacancy- 316 pages
3.Paladin of Souls- last 92 pages, complete
4.Les Miserables
5.David Copperfield
6.Jane Austen's England

Begun during read-a-thon:
1.The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet- 180 pages, complete
2.Othello- 29 pages

Completed:
1.The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches
2.The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet
3.Paladin of Souls

Total Pages: 755

[Ava Catherine]

Day 3:

Kitchen Chinese: A Novel about Food, Family, and Finding Yourself 368 pages

Total:1183

[Jenn]

I'm reading Insurgent by Veronica Roth
Just Over the Mountain by Robyn Carr
The First by Jason Mott
The Sparrow by Jason Mott
The Choice by Jason Mott

Day 1 Saturday March 22
Insurgent - 19 pages

Day 2 Sunday March 23
Insurgent - 44 pages

Day 3 Monday March 24
Insurgent - 34 pages
Just Over The Mountain - 23 pages
The First - 10 pages Finished!
Started The Sparrow by Jason Mott
The Sparrow - 4 pages

Day 6 Thursday March 27
Insurgent - 18 pages
The Sparrow - 52 pages Finished!
Just Over the Mountain - 13 pages

Day 6 Friday March 28
Just Over the Mountain - 19 pages

Total-
Finished 2 Ebooks
Read 236 pages

[Dee]

Day 4

Finished
Murder on Bank Street (135pgs)
The Thirteenth Tale (last 4 hours) - (104 pgs)

In Progress
The Sugar Cookie Sweetheart Swap
Cress
Come Home to Me
Secrets of the Lost Summer
The Game and the Governess
Kissing Under The Mistletoe

[Charleen]

Day 4 (and first posting :( I have been doing so bad during this Read a Thon)

Finished
I am America

In Progress
Wondrous Strange
White Girl in La Casa

[Anne]

I just finished The Casual Vacancy. All I can say is "Wow, that was a great book."

Previously begun:
1.The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches- last 138 pages, complete
2.The Casual Vacancy- last 491 pages, complete
3.Paladin of Souls- last 92 pages, complete
4.Les Miserables
5.David Copperfield
6.Jane Austen's England

Begun during read-a-thon:
1.The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet- 180 pages, complete
2.Othello- 29 pages

Completed:
1.The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches
2.The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet
3.Paladin of Souls
4.The Casual Vacancy

Total Pages: 930

[Nancy]

I finished Big Sky Country by Linda Lael Miller and The First by Jason Mott and started Big Sky Mountain by Linda Lael Miller
Not really productive yesterday

[Ava Catherine]

Day 4:

Eleanor Roosevelt: Volume II, The Defining Years, 1933-1938: 2 by Blanche Wiesen Cook 740 pages

Total: 1923

[Anne]

I really didn't get much read since I posted yesterday. Hopefully I'll get more read this evening.

Previously begun:
1.The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches- last 138 pages, complete
2.The Casual Vacancy- last 491 pages, complete
3.Paladin of Souls- last 92 pages, complete
4.Les Miserables
5.David Copperfield
6.Jane Austen's England

Begun during read-a-thon:
1.The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet- 180 pages, complete
2.Othello- 56 pages
3.Broken Homes- 20 pages

Completed:
1.The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches
2.The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet
3.Paladin of Souls
4.The Casual Vacancy

Total Pages: 977

[Nancy]

Started today The Sparrow by Jason Mott
Still reading Big Sky Mountain by Linda Lael Miller

[Charleen]

Day 5 (day 2 for me!)


Finished
I am America
Wondrous Strange

In Progress

White Girl in La Casa
Impostor

*All books started during Read-A-Thon

[Ava Catherine]

Day 5:

The Hours 230 pages
Total: 2153 pages

[Andrea]

When does this end?

[Anne]

I have gotten a lot read, but I haven't even touched Les Miserables. I was hoping to get at least 200 pages of it read this week. I guess there's always tomorrow or Saturday morning. My play is being rescheduled for next week, so I'll have more time to read tomorrow than I thought.

Previously begun:
1.The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches- last 138 pages, complete
2.The Casual Vacancy- last 491 pages, complete
3.Paladin of Souls- last 92 pages, complete
4.Les Miserables
5.David Copperfield
6.Jane Austen's England

Begun during read-a-thon:
1.The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet- 180 pages, complete
2.Othello- 136 pages, complete
3.Broken Homes- 53 pages

Completed:
1.The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches
2.The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet
3.Paladin of Souls
4.The Casual Vacancy
5.Othello

Total Pages: 1090

[Nancy]

Finished The Sparrow by Jason Mott
Still working on Big Sky Mountain.
Will be starting the third prequel to The Return The Choice by Jason Mott

[Nancy H]

I had some massive interruptions due to family emergencies that kept me from getting a lot of reading done for this RAT and from posting each day. So here is what I have up to today with one more day to go:

Days 2-6:
Read and finished - Bedeviled Eggs - 336p.
Finished - Summer Death: A Thriller - last 204p.

Started: Firefly Lane - 64p.

Total pages in RAT - 1,087 pages

[Charleen]

Day 6


Finished
I am America
Wondrous Strange
Impostor

In Progress

White Girl in La Casa
Dualed


*All books started during Read-A-Thon

[Anne]

Time is up for me, so I'll post my final results now. I finished the number of books and pages that I wanted to, but I didn't get as much of Les Miserables finished as I would have liked. Still, I did make progress on it, and I got a lot of good quality reading done.

Previously begun:
1.The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches- last 138 pages, complete
2.The Casual Vacancy- last 491 pages, complete
3.Paladin of Souls- last 92 pages, complete
4.Les Miserables-91 pages

Begun during read-a-thon:
1.The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet- 180 pages, complete
2.Othello- 136 pages, complete
3.Broken Homes- 125 pages

Completed:
1.The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches
2.The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet
3.Paladin of Souls
4.The Casual Vacancy
5.Othello

Total Pages: 1253

[Ava Catherine]

Looking at the reading totals and the books read, I am amazed. We have had a productive week!

I have managed to whittle down my tbr list; however, naturally, I have picked up a few titles from the ones you have been reading this week that I just could not resist. Oh, well...

Day 7
Completed:

Mrs Dalloway 233 pages
Total : 2386

[Ava Catherine]

Previously Begun:
1. The Book Thief completed last 527 pages

Started 3/22/2014 and completed
2. Night in Shanghai 288 pages
3. Kitchen Chinese: A Novel about Food, Family, and Finding Yourself 368 pages
4. Eleanor Roosevelt: Volume II, The Defining Years, 1933-1938: 2 740 pages
5. The Hours 230 pages
6. Mrs Dalloway 233 pages

Total pages: 2386

[Nancy H]

Day 7 progress was much better than the rest of the week:

Finished: Secrets on the Sand - 143 p.
Finished: The Chocolate Castle Clue - 230 p.

Read part of: Big Girl Panties - 176 p.
Started: The Last Child - 30 p.

Day 7 pages: 579

Total pages during RAT: 1,666p.