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Read-a-thon #1 - Progress Post
Everyone is doing such a good job! Yay reading!
Sunday update:- How many pages have you read?
I finished "Burial Rites" today, so that was 129 pages, and then 72 pages is "What was she thinking".
My total number of pages read so far in this read-a-thon is 763 pages.
I'll probably read some more just before bedtime, so my goal of 700-800 pages is completed :-)
- How many books have you read?
2
- What are you reading now?
I just started What Was She Thinking? Notes on a Scandal today and I have Sharp Objects ready as an e-book
- What have you finished reading?
Updating for yesterday because I forgot to post:How many pages have you read?
I read 50 pages, bringing me to a total of 417 for the whole week so far.
How many books have you read?
Three
What are you reading now?
About to start The Cuckoo's Calling
What have you finished reading?
Mary Poppins
Claudia and Mean Janine
Goodnight Tweetheart
Saturday & Sunday wrap-upPages read: 62 yesterday & 300 today, for a total of 672. I might be able to reach the 1000 pages!
I finished 2 books : The Husband's Secret and The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
I'm just started A Criminal Magic.
I got some reading done today, not as much as I would have liked, but I'm going to read into the late night so it'll probably balance out. Tomorrow I'll have to get back to being responsible so I'm making the most of it now. I did hit my overall read-a-thon goal of 6 or 7 books, I'm pleased about that (even if they were shorter books). I guess that makes everything else icing on the cake.How many pages have you read?
1,651
How many books have you read?
7
What are you reading now?
What have you finished reading?
04.17How many pages have you read?
1,335 pages
How many books have you read?
04 books
What are you reading now?
What have you finished reading?
Today was definitely my best reading day yet with 450 pages! Granted, it was my first day off so I had ample opportunity. Sadly, I go back to work tomorrow and will work through the rest of the read-a-thon so I probably won't make as much progress as I would like. I'll more than likely reach my goal of 1,500 pages though!
April 17 Status** Still working on I3 and N4 to complete 2 bingos
How many pages have you read?
275 (Thru Apr 14) + 207 (Apr 15) + 364 (Apr 16) + 104 (Apr 17) = 956
How many books have you read?
As of April 16, 4 and working on 5 others (I'll probably ony get 2 more done before the read-a-thon ends)
What are you reading now?
The Tilted World (on hold - not sure I like it))
Interpreter of Maladies (on hold - does not really fit I3)
Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture (for I3)
Thrown for a Curve (for N4)
South of Broad
What have you finished reading?
Singing for Freedom: The Hutchinson Family Singers and the Nineteenth-Century Culture of Reform (Goodreads Author, N3 complete)
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (Finish a Book, N2 complete)
A Mountain of Crumbs (Book written in 1st Person, G3 Complete)
The Highwaymen: Florida's African-American Landscape Painters (Nature on Cover, I4 Complete)
I always think I'm going to have so much time to read on weekends, and I never do. I read only 65 pages today, bringing me to a total of 482 for the week. Slow progress, but oh well. I'm currently reading The Cuckoo's Calling.
How many pages have you read?Total = 3,166
Today = 820*
*Roughly estimated
How many books have you read? What have you finished reading?
Total = 11
Today = 5 (I had a lot of nearly complete books going in to today)
Ghost Gifts
Zoo
Despair
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia
Bridget Jones's Diary
Joyland
Red Dragon
Petrograd
Fables, Vol. 3: Storybook Love
The Child Thief
What are you reading now?
What the Night Knows
Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales
Master of Formalities
There's a storm in my city this weekend, so I read a lot! (at least compared to my usual amount of reading hahaha)So far:
How many pages have you read? 297 (yay!!)
What are you reading now?
and
What have you finished reading?
17.4.2016 ConclusionHow many pages have you read?
48+210+468+49+409=1184
How many books have you
5
What are you reading now?
Fanny Hill. Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure
A Kiss at Midnight
What's Left of Me
What have you finished reading?
The Deepest Poison (Clockwork Dagger 0.5), The Clockwork Dagger, Make Good Art, Saga, Volume 3, Messenger of Truth
4/17 Update:How many pages have you read? 692
How many books have you read? 3
What are you reading now? Hm, decisions decisions!
What have you finished reading? Kite Runner, Death of Ivan Ilyvch, The Girl Who Came Home
Am I reading this right? Only two more days until the end of the read-a-thon???? GO GO GO ladies and gents!
End of day 6 status reportYeah, so my progress looks to be falling well short of the goal. Not likely to catch up anytime soon.
How many pages have you read?
26 pages of The Invisible Man
42 pages of Hearts in Atlantis
Total: 68 pages (504 pages in total)
How many books have you read?
Two books. My goal was 5-7.
What are you reading now?
The Time Traveler's Wife, Hearts in Atlantis, and The Invisible Man.
What have you finished reading?
The Masque of the Red Death
The Rome Express
Everyone is doing such a great job. Crossing my fingers I can actually finish my book today, providing my girls will allow me to read. Adam, I think your doing fine. Things don't always go as planned, but at least your getting some reading in, be proud of that.
Update through Sunday night:How many pages have you read? 261
How many books have you read? 2
What are you reading now? Going to start The White when I get off work tonight!
What have you finished reading? Wide Sargasso Sea and The Life of Alexander the Great
Didn't end up reading very much this weekend, but I hope to finish The White before the Read-a-Thon wraps up tomorrow night!
Hum, sorry, I had no time to update my progress :pI read 40% of Zeroes, 30p of Name of the Wind and... 78% of The Grisha #1 (blame it for the "I can't, 10 more chapters!" days).
I'm halfway through The Cuckoo's Calling and there's a strong possibility I'll actually finish it by the end of the readathon! I'm finding it quite engaging and I already added its 2 sequels to my TBR.Still only one book completed so far. Have no idea about pages/time read, but I basically read all of yesterday afternoon. And I've gotten through 249 pages of TCC since the start of the readathon and I read about 200 pages of Longbourn to finish it up on Saturday!
Amy wrote: "4/17 Update:How many pages have you read? 692
How many books have you read? 3
What are you reading now? Hm, decisions decisions!
What have you finished reading? Kite Runner, Death of Ivan Ilyvch,..."
Wow Amy!!! Almost 700 pages read!! You go lady!! That's awesome!!
Aglaea wrote: "17.4.2016 ConclusionHow many pages have you read?
48+210+468+49+409=1184
How many books have you read finished?
5
What are you reading now?
[book:Fanny Hill. Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure|1951..."
Wow, I'm impressed Aglaea! That's a LOT of pages you've gotten done and you've still got over 24 hours!!
Paula wrote: "There's a storm in my city this weekend, so I read a lot! (at least compared to my usual amount of reading hahaha)So far:
How many pages have you read? 297 (yay!!)
What are you reading now?
[boo..."
Ooo what did you think of Bridget Jones #2? And of course I love all of the Harry Potter books! What excellent readathon selections Paula!! So sorry about the storm, but sometimes it's nice to curl up with a nice book! You're doing great!
Manda wrote: "How many pages have you read?Total = 3,166
Today = 820*
*Roughly estimated
How many books have you read? What have you finished reading?
Total = 11
Today = 5 (I had a lot of nearly complete b..."
Wow Manda!! You're a reading machine!!
Brianna wrote: "04.17How many pages have you read?
1,335 pages
How many books have you read?
04 books
What are you reading now?
What have you finished reading?
[bookcover:The ..."
Brianna, you're doing awesome!! I had NO desire to read Gone Girl up until I went to visit my 91-year-old grandma over Easter and she told me that she LOVED it!! So now I will definitely have to read it sometime!
Celia wrote: "April 17 Status** Still working on I3 and N4 to complete 2 bingos
How many pages have you read?
275 (Thru Apr 14) + 207 (Apr 15) + 364 (Apr 16) + 104 (Apr 17) = 956
How many books have you read?..."
Ooooo Celia!! I bet you can make it to 1000 and get your spot on the Bingo!!! That's awesome!!
Rachel wrote: "Updating for yesterday because I forgot to post:How many pages have you read?
I read 50 pages, bringing me to a total of 417 for the whole week so far.
How many books have you read?
Three
What ..."
You're doing great Rachel!! I hope you like TCC--I've been reading it this week and I find it to be a fast-paced read! I like it because there are a lot of suspects for the murder--there's no one OBVIOUS murderer. (Or at least not yet anyway!)
Manda wrote: "How many pages have you read?Total = 3,166
Today = 820*
*Roughly estimated
How many books have you read? What have you finished reading?
Total = 11
Today = 5 (I had a lot of nearly complete b..."
Manda, I am in awe and I want the genie to grant me your reading speed. That's amazing!
It seems that I end up reading less during read-a-thons... Finally we got some good weather so we were getting outside.Since last update, 12% more of Wolf Hall (about 75 pages), and Blue is the Warmest Color - 150 pages, although a graphic novel that goes fast. Probably ok because Wolf Hall is very dense...
Total: approx. 650 pages
Currently reading:
Finished:
Yesterday, I had my worst reading day yet. I got in 28 pages. Hey, pages is pages! I'll take it.How many pages have you read?
1,679
How many books have you read?
7
What are you reading now?
and maybe something else later... I don't know.What have you finished reading?
Adam wrote: "End of day 6 status reportYeah, so my progress looks to be falling well short of the goal. Not likely to catch up anytime soon.
How many pages have you read?
26 pages of [book:The Invisible Man|..."
Don't be discouraged! Better that you're reading and enjoying the books than rushing to accomplish the goal in terms of numbers. I also haven't read as much as I would have liked.
04.18How many pages have you read?
1,623 pages
How many books have you read?
05 books
What are you reading now?
What have you finished reading?
So the only book I read from today was Tone Deaf and I loved it! It was so cute and such a good young adult book involving a disability (without it being portrayed as a problem, but like a fact of life). Such a good read!
Progress Report: End of MondayHow many pages have you read? 476
How many books have you read? 3
What are you reading now? I'm about a third of the way through the audiobook of I Am Legend.
What have you finished reading? Wide Sargasso Sea, The Life of Alexander the Great, and The White
I finished all three books I set out to read, so I'm pretty pleased! I kind of wish I'd been more ambitious, ha.
B I N G O!!!Just completed line 3. More details later.
I read 58 pages today of The Cuckoo's Calling, which is a total of 540 pages for the week. Slow progress with this one, but it's pretty good. I won't list what I've finished again, since it hasn't changed but I've read 3 books total during this week.
April 18 StatusB I N G O - Row 3 Completed
B3 - Read for an hour straight. Totally uninterrupted.
I3 - Read a book set outside the US or the UK. Expand your horizons!
N3 - Read a book by a GoodReads author.
G3 - Read a book written in 1st person point of view.
O3 - Read on at least 3 read-a-thon days.
Every day so far!!
** Still working on N4 to complete 2nd bingo
How many pages have you read?
275 (Thru Apr 14) + 207 (Apr 15) + 364 (Apr 16) + 104 (Apr 17) + 219 (Apr 18) = 1169
How many books have you read?
As of April 18, 5 and working on 4 others (I'll probably only get 1 more done before the read-a-thon ends)
What are you reading now?
The Tilted World (on hold - not sure I like it))
Interpreter of Maladies (on hold - does not really fit I3)
Thrown for a Curve (for N4)
South of Broad
What have you finished reading?
Singing for Freedom: The Hutchinson Family Singers and the Nineteenth-Century Culture of Reform (Goodreads Author, N3 complete)
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (Finish a Book, N2 complete)
A Mountain of Crumbs (Book written in 1st Person, G3 Complete)
The Highwaymen: Florida's African-American Landscape Painters (Nature on Cover, I4 Complete)
Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture (Book set in Italy, I3 Complete)
A late Monday update:- How many pages have you read?
Yesterday I finished What Was She Thinking? Notes on a Scandal (159 p.) and I started two other books and read a total of 42 pages in those two. So my total is 964 pages. Maybe I'll make the 1000 later today :-)
- How many books have you read?
3
- What are you reading now?
Yesterday I started Sharp Objects and Sophie's Choice
- What have you finished reading?
Jody wrote: "Marina, you are a gun! Go you!"Thanks Jody! I feel behind though, when I see everybody else have read over 1000 pages.
Thanks, guys. Really, I get a lot read because I have troubles sleeping at night. When I don't sleep I found the best thing for me is to read. So, it's kind of like my own personal cheat-code of reading a lot of books.Progress report for 4/18:
I completed the BINGO grid today. What The Night Knows was the last book I needed to finish off the board. Woot!
How many pages have you read?
Total = 3,608
Today = 300*
*Roughly estimated
How many books have you read? What have you finished reading?
Total = 12
Today = 1
Ghost Gifts
Zoo
Despair
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia
Bridget Jones's Diary
Joyland
Red Dragon
Petrograd
Fables, Vol. 3: Storybook Love
The Child Thief
What the Night Knows
What are you reading now?
Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales
Master of Formalities
Anansi Boys
I'm up to 466 pages in total now - yay! Finished off A Tale of Two Cities as well. :) 34 pages left to reach my goal.
Thanks Emily :) Well done everyone, keep going, we have some time left!18.4.2016 Conclusion
How many pages have you read?
48+210+468+49+409+153=1184
How many books have you
6
What are you reading now?
Once We Were
Saga, Volume 4
What have you finished reading?
The Deepest Poison (Clockwork Dagger 0.5), The Clockwork Dagger, Make Good Art, Saga, Volume 3, Messenger of Truth, What's Left of Me
Jody wrote: "I'm up to 466 pages in total now - yay! Finished off A Tale of Two Cities as well. :) 34 pages left to reach my goal."You can do it :-)
4/18 Update:How many pages have you read? 751
How many books have you read? 3 completed, 2 others started
What are you reading now? Bowl of Fruit (1907) - Cacoyannis
What have you finished reading? Kite Runner, Death of Ivan Ilyvch, The Girl Who Came Home
Done it! I've read exactly 500 pages. :)
Tuesday update, 1 more day to go.How many pages have you read? 411 pages + 420 = 831 (169 pages to read til I reach my goal of 1,000 pages)
How many books have you read? 3
What are you reading now? The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris (#2 in Hannibal Lector series)
What have you finished reading? Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls, Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith (aka J. K. Rowling) and Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
End of day 7 status reportDidn't end up doing much today. Will have a few hours before closing time if I wake up on time.
How many pages have you read?
12 pages of The Tell-Tale Heart
56 pages of Hearts in Atlantis
Total: 68 pages (572 pages total)
How many books have you read?
Three books. A little better.
What are you reading now?
The Time Traveler's Wife, Hearts in Atlantis, and The Invisible Man.
What have you finished reading?
The Masque of the Red Death
The Rome Express
The Tell-tale Heart
Read-a-thon # 1April 13, 2016 to April 19, 2016
How many pages have you read?
943
How many books have you read?
4
What are you reading now?
Don't Be a Stranger
What have you finished reading?
Final update:- How many pages have you read?
Today has been a busy day, so I've only had time to read 59 pages.
During this read-a-thon I've read a total of 1023 pages. I'm satisfied :-)
- How many books have you read?
3
- What are you reading now?
Sharp Objects and Sophie's Choice
- What have you finished reading?
That's all from me. I'll look forward to our next read-a-thon!
TotalHow many pages have you read?
2 graphic novels, a picture book, a short story and 1460p.
How many books have you read?
8 counting everything (6 finished, 2 still currently reading)
What are you reading now?
I'm continuing The Cuckoo's Calling & The Name of the Wind.
What have you finished reading?
I finished Gotham Academy, Vol. 1, Sparky!, Zeroes, reMIND: Volume 2, Bridge of Snow, Shadow and Bone.
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How many pages have you read?350 + 300 pages + 50
How many books have you read?
5
What are you reading now?
What have you finished reading?
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Nasty weather had me on edge for most of the day, so I didn't do much reading. Unless you count the several hours I sunk into a visual novel game. Plan on doing nothing but reading tomorrow.
How many pages have you read?
11 pages of The Time Traveler's Wife
25% of The Rome Express (approximately 56 pages all up)
18 pages of The Masque of the Red Death
Total: 29 pages (380 + 56 = 436)
How many books have you read?
Two books. Now if only I could make progress with my other ones.
What are you reading now?
The Time Traveler's Wife, and Hearts in Atlantis.
What have you finished reading?
The Masque of the Red Death
The Rome Express