Quarterly Read-a-thon Friday 3rd - Sunday 5th June 2016

[Rikke]

I'm in! Sounds fun!

[Adam]

Nice. Great way to encourage reading and use GoodReads to track pages by checking in and updating status

[Kerri]

I've only just seen this post, glad I did, sign me up.

[Claire Louisa]

I'm in

[Lucy]

I'm in!
I've still got a few exams that I'll need to study for but I'll see how much reading I can squeeze in. A few pages is better than nothing anyway! :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Great everyone! I'll be doing a list of participants very soon...

[India]

Brenda wrote: "India, you read what you like...what you'd normally be reading. Just make sure you count your pages. Read the guidelines so you know the page count minimum but it's your choice :)

Thanks for joini..."
Thanks Brenda. I am in.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

:D

[PattyMacDotComma]

Question. (I know, I ALWAYS interrupt with a question.) I've got some shorter works I'd like to read that don't count toward book challenges, but since these are page-count challenges, could we include published novellas, short stories, etc?

I don't mean short magazine articles. I mean things like these two that are on my TBR list (or read again): Ernest Hemingway's classic The Old Man and the Sea and Oliver Sacks's last work (I think), Gratitude

They're both less than 100 pages, but such good pages!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Anything ABOVE 125 pages counts Patty :) Sorry!

[Alex]

I'm in! I don't work Fridays or Saturdays, I could use an excuse to spend my whole weekend reading :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Sounds like a great plan Sam!

[PattyMacDotComma]

Brenda wrote: "Anything ABOVE 125 pages counts Patty :) Sorry!"

Ok. rules is rules!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Thanks :)

[PattyMacDotComma]

I'm in and just hope I remember to count! :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

LOL! Well at least you'll know what books you read!

[Diana]

To the best of my knowledge I will be available to read - as you've said, we'll be reading anyway!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Great!

[Aisyah]

I'm in!

[Christy]

Hoping this will get me out of my reading slump!! Too busy knitting for the cold weather;)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

I hope so too Christy! Lots of fun with a read-a-thon :)

[Helen]

I will give it a go :)

[Carolyn]

Christy wrote: "Hoping this will get me out of my reading slump!! Too busy knitting for the cold weather;)"

You can always listen to audiobooks while you knit :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Good solution Carolyn :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Good to see so many new faces joining in :)

[Loren]

I'm in! Love this! :)

[Connie]

I will give it a go as I am in the winter challenge anyway so will be reading.
Started reading from page 44 of Winter
Fridays total 56 pages
Saturday total 120 pages

[Mell]

Count me in :)

[Christy]

Carolyn wrote: "Christy wrote: "Hoping this will get me out of my reading slump!! Too busy knitting for the cold weather;)"

You can always listen to audiobooks while you knit :)"

I've tried but don't like it. Seems I can't focus on both at the same time :(. I either miss the story or mess up my knitting- lol

[Ellie]

I'll have a go! Sounds like fun! Will be in the midst of studying for an exam but will be a good reward for myself!

[Em]

I'm in!

What happens with Kindle books? Do I just say "25% of a 200 page book, therefore 50 pages"?

[Ace]

Em wrote: "I'm in!

What happens with Kindle books? Do I just say "25% of a 200 page book, therefore 50 pages"?"

Em, that's right (I use an online percentage calculator).

Happy readathoning!

[Tracey Allen]

Hang on, so audio books are ok for a read-a-thon, but reading The Old Man and the Sea, doesn't qualify because it's too short? Doesn't seem right, can the rules be revisited at all?

[B the BookAddict]

I'm in:)

Not that it matters to me cos I like a big fat book but I don't understand the 125 page rule either. I'm sure if I mulled over it a bit later (it only 7am atm) the reason why will become clear. But Brenda, can you help us out?

[Lisa]

I'm In! Will be a fun challenge

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Guys as long as the audio book equivalent of hardcover is 125 pages plus, audio books are fine for any of our challenges.

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Tracey Allen wrote: "Hang on, so audio books are ok for a read-a-thon, but reading The Old Man and the Sea, doesn't qualify because it's too short? Doesn't seem right, can the rules be revisited at all?"

Tracey, your book The Old Man and the Sea has 132pages so it does qualify :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Thanks Jools..I didn't click on Patty's link above for that book as she said it's under 100 pages. But you're right..it's 132..so to Patty as well as Tracey; that book qualifies :)

[Sally906]

Most other groups say that if your audio book or eBook doesn't give a page number then you take the pages off the 'default' Goodreads physical book. You will need to link to the book whose pages you are using rather than the audio or eBook version you've read.

default book? When you search for a title Goodreads puts one book at the top - that is the default book and is the one whose pages you use.

If the default book has no pages then ask us as there are ways we can find out for you.

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Brenda wrote: "Guys as long as the audio book equivalent of hardcover is 125 pages plus, audio books are fine for any of our challenges."

I think that's a good rule, 125 pages is not a lot, otherwise you get lots of loose pages here and there from newspapers and study notes etc which can't be "shown" as "read".

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think the rules on all of the challenges ask that you "List and Link" the books you read/have read with at least a star rating for those finished.
This makes perfect sense to me personally as I want to show that I did in fact read said book.

After-all it is about books and having fun reading them ;)

[Ace]

Sally906 wrote: "Most other groups say that if your audio book or eBook doesn't give a page number then you take the pages off the 'default' Goodreads physical book. You will need to link to the book whose pages yo..."

Thanks Sally, I have amended my post. Good to know as it has confused me in the past.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

☼♄Jülie wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Guys as long as the audio book equivalent of hardcover is 125 pages plus, audio books are fine for any of our challenges."

I think that's a good rule, 125 pages is not a lot, otherw..."

That's right too Jools:) Linking the books and rating them also gives others the chance to add them to their TBRs (good or bad!) and that's a plus IMO :)

[Cindy]

I'm in, also been in a reading slump hope this will drag me out of it :-)

[Tien]

So... are the pages being counted only of books that you start and finish over these 3 days? Or are you counting any number of pages read (whether you start earlier or didn't get to finish on the weekend as long as book has 125+ pages)?

[Melanie]

I'm in too. I really want to be more active here so am aiming for this read-a-thon and the seasonal challenge.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Tien wrote: "So... are the pages being counted only of books that you start and finish over these 3 days? Or are you counting any number of pages read (whether you start earlier or didn't get to finish on the w..."

From 12.01 am Friday to 11.59 pm Sunday Tien. Everything read within that time. So if you're up to page 121 on Thursday night, start counting from page 122 - then stop at whatever page number you get to Sunday night :)

[Valerie]

I'm in. It's certainly the weather for it.

[Tracey Allen]

☼♄Jülie wrote: "Tracey Allen wrote: "Hang on, so audio books are ok for a read-a-thon, but reading The Old Man and the Sea, doesn't qualify because it's too short? Doesn't seem right, can the rules be ..."

Thanks Brenda, I was asking after I saw the comment by PattyMacDotComma.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

No problems Tracey...

Thanks to all the people who are going to participate! Still got a few days for others to put their names down - I'll do a list of everyone in a couple of days:)

[Tien]

Cool! Just making sure b4 I sign up for something that I may not be able to finish ;)
I'm in though I have my f2f bookclub meet on Sat but should be able to read some :)