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Apr 21, 2017 09:16AM
I'm looking forward to this.
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Shelley wrote: "I'm looking forward to this."Do you know what you want to read? Good luck :D
I'm big on the overdrive system, so over the past week I've been stalking my available now wish lists for things to save Right now I havePhysical books:
I'm halfway through this
My boyfriend's favorite series, so I'd like to try it.
My favorite bookAudio
Completed
Completed
Completed
Ebook
Currently reading
My other favorite author
Everyone else seems to have it on their lists, so I added it to mine
It's a long list of mostly just fun shorter stuff and if nothing appeals to me on the day of, I still have room to check out more.
Shelley wrote: "I'm big on the overdrive system, so over the past week I've been stalking my available now wish lists for things to save Right now I havePhysical books:
I..."At least you have a plan :)
You have some great books on your list! I loved Owen Meany and Reading Lolita in Tehran. Best of luck on Saturday.
I listen to audio books during my commute (over 2 hours), during work, and at home while cooking or playing games on my computer so I fly through books if I'm feeling them. I also listen at about 1.5x. In light of this, I have finished Flashman and Girls of Riyadh. I'm now on Shards of Honor, but we'll see if I finish that before the Readathon. I may have a problem.
I started today early because I was up and about. So at 7 EST I left for my run listening to Pirates! An adventure with Scientists. Two hours later, I am am back home, 10 miles and one book down. On to the next adventure!Completed:
Hour 3 was spent eating chicken and red velvet waffles at a local cafe. So good! Hour 4 is being taken up with straightening my hour while reading. Honestly, this is exactly what I'd be doing without the readathon.In progress:
Gils Fright Night Diner I've been meaning to read for a while! I hope you enjoy it! ~Ashley
I finished Prayer for Owen Meany and the short story The Curious Case of the Copper Corpse while sitting outside eating ice cream this afternoon. I then went to a party for 5 hours. I am now trying desperately to stay awake while listening to We Were Liars and catching up on everything I've missed. It's been a long day already.Completed:
Reading:
After a big push and a mix of audio and ebook, I finished We were liars. Naptime for two hours. Completed:
After a bit of sleep, I'm finishing the day with Gil's 24-Hour Diner.
And halfway through hour 24 I finished Gil's All Fright Diner, which was actually pretty good. Final completion:
Over all I'd say this was a success. See everyone in 6 months!
October 2017 I'll be shifting the 24 hour period by 12 hours, but I'm still looking forward to it.
To be read list:
Physical
I find it funny that this is still on my list Ebook
Finished early
Finished early
Finished
Finished
Finished
Finished. Loved!!
Finished
Finished
Finished. This was bad.
FinishedAudio
Finished early
Finished 2/3 early. Paused for RAT
Finished
Currently ReadingI have a few books on hold still so I'll probably be adding to this list as the week progresses.
Oh, I like your way of listing the books here! I think I'll adopt that, instead of just lumping them all in.
Leni wrote: "Oh, I like your way of listing the books here! I think I'll adopt that, instead of just lumping them all in."I like being able to add notes beside them and only editing one post instead of constantly adding new ones. Also, I love the covers. I may not remember titles but seeing covers really jogs my memory.
I'm currently listening to the Romanov Sisters also! It's a good one isn't it?
Susan wrote: "I'm currently listening to the Romanov Sisters also! It's a good one isn't it?"I'm particularly enjoying it because it gives such a strong foundation to how the family was able to just crumble. It's always been presented to me that they were out of touch and naive which led to their fall. This books reads that they knew they were making "bad" choices, but didn't really have great alternatives or at least didn't have the fortitude, both physical and mental, to deal with those consequences.
Anyway, yes I'm enjoying it. The narrator is really good too.
Figured I should fill this out. 1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today? NYC
2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to? The Furthest Station by Ben Aaronovitch. I love that series and I've held off reading this novella just for the readathon.
3) Which snack are you most looking forward to? I'll probably be bouncing from cafe to cafe on Saturday getting goodies.
4) Tell us a little something about yourself! I love sci-fi and fantasy but try to hit classics as well. I'm a runner and have a 5-mile race Sunday morning, so I'll be shifting my readathon to Friday night to Saturday. Last time I choose a short audio book and ran to it so I think I'll do that again.
5) If you participated in the last read-a-thon, what’s one thing you’ll do different today? If this is your first read-a-thon, what are you most looking forward to? Last time the weather was gorgeous so I spent a lot of time outside. I don't think I'm going to be able to do that this time.
I started my 24 hours at 8 Friday night so I'm 4 hours in. I started with a nice quick book to jump start this. We'll see how much longer I can go before I need to sleep.Hour -12 to -8
Finished
Currently reading
Audio that I'm listening to when not reading
Hour -8 to -4Finished
Audio that I'm listening to when not reading
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Hour -4 to -1 I slept for two hours which was much less than I had planned...Because I got wrapped up in my book.Finished
Mid event checkin (technically my 23 hour checkin)1. What are you reading right now? Throne of Fire by Rick Riordan, and I'm still slowly getting through the audio of the Song of Achilles
2. How many books have you read so far? 10 books. My favorite was the Furthest Station by Ben Aaronovitch and my least favorite is Gork the TeenageDragon
3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Read-a-thon? I'm going to try to finish the two I'mcurrently reading by tomorrow
4. Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those? I slept for 2 hours. I meant to sleep longer but I got really wrapped in my book beofre hand and then woke up excited.
5. What surprises you most about the Read-a-thon, so far? How many books I'm getting through. I know I choose short ones, but I am really doing some damage to my TBR list.
Did you like Gal's All Fright Diner? I've had that on my TBR pile a while. I love you variety of audio, physical, and ebooks! Happy Reading! ~Ashley
I did like it. It was super quirky scifi, which is my style.
1. Which hour was most daunting for you? In the actual readathon, hour 23. I set my alarm to wake up early so that I could participate in the last few hours. Instead I hit stop instead of snoozed and woke up 10 min before I had to leave for my event this morning (the whole reason I had to shift my hours). I wasn't able to do any reading in the last 9 hours. 2. Tell us ALLLLL the books you read!
Heart of Tin
The Man in the High Castle
City of Light, City of Poison: Murder, Magic, and the First Police Chief of Paris
All My Friends are Superheroes
The Grownup
The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Confession
Gork, the Teenage Dragon
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
The Furthest Station
Redemption in Indigo
Part: The Throne of Fire
Part: The Song of Achilles
3. Which books would you recommend to other Read-a-thoners? I love the Rivers of London series (The Furthest Station) so that's always a recommendation. I also liked City of Light, City of Poison about late 1600s Parisian nobility.
4. What’s a really rad thing we could do during the next Read-a-thon that would make you smile?I'd like to have more non-picture challenges or maybe non-picture options in those challenges. None of my books are physical copies so it's difficult.
5. How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again? Would you be interested in volunteering to help organize and prep? I will definitely be participating. I don't know if I'll have the time to help.
I'm getting ready for this Readathon! I just did a 24 in 48 RAT and finished a bunch of smaller books, so now I'm trying to finish Moby Dick before this one. Need to switch things up a bit, and thankfully I'm actually enjoying it!The day of the Readathon is going to be rather difficult for me, though, because I have a book club meeting and a bookstore crawl. Amazing how so many reading things have descended upon the same day.
For some reason I'm not super feeling the organizing of the TBR list this year which I've loved doing in the past. I have a few that I've taken out from the library but I may just keep it loose until the day of. One of the prompts on my reading challenge this year is read a book in one sitting, and it did cross my mind to have Moby Dick be my one book that I read this RAT. The thought amused me, but I'm not trying to punish myself.
Shelley wrote: "The day of the Readathon is going to be rather difficult for me, though, because I have a book club meeting and a bookstore crawl. Amazing how so many reading things have descended upon the same day."At least it's all bookish related!
Because my schedule is filling up fast for the week and I need to sleep at some point, I'm going to plan on this being more of a 24 in 48 RAT starting tomorrow night. My TBR list is Physical:
Ebook:
finished during pre-RAT
Audiobook:
Graphic novels:
We'll see how much gets done and when I'll be able to participate.
Good luck! I loved Mr. Penumbra #1 - will have to get 0.5
(from 2am EST which DIDN'T SAVE) I put in some pre-RAT hours here on Friday night in an attempt to at least get 24 total this weekend. I finished Red Mars and got a quarter through Secondhand Time, both of which i'm enjoying more than i thought. After 6 hours, I'm heading to bed to join all y'all in the morning. Happy reading!
1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today? Brooklyn NYC2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to? The Vesuvius Club is the oldest book on my TBR list (from 2013) so I'm excited to finally get to it
3) Which snack are you most looking forward to? I'll be getting lunch in a very foody neighborhood. Not sure if I'll get pizza or try something new, but it'll be good.
4) Tell us a little something about yourself! I have a rather busy day today, so I'm not sure how much reading I'll actually get done today, but I'm trying to get 24 in 48.
5) If you participated in the last read-a-thon, what’s one thing you’ll do different today? If this is your first read-a-thon, what are you most looking forward to? The "busy on the day of" seems to be a theme for me. Maybe that's my tradition! I have a much smaller TBR list this time. I have a bunch of books that I own on my kindle and all of the library so I'll probably be picking from that.
Mr. Penumbra on audio is fabulous! I love the narrator, Nick Podehl! Redshirts is HILARIOUS! The beginning is a little weird but push through because it gets awesome. Good luck!
Ann A wrote: "Good luck! I loved Mr. Penumbra #1 - will have to get 0.5"So I followed my tradition of going for a run that lengths one book (at 2x speed). I now need to take a shower, but I had to say that Ajax Penumbra 1969 was great! It was an awesome little book that still felt complete. Elyse, You should totally try to get a hold of it. It's a different narrator, but I still thought he did really well. And that's good to know about Redshirts.
I walked to a local used bookstore and ended up with three books that I will now be dragging around the city. Totally worth it. Tales of Beedle The Bard, something Rotten, and Black Powder War all for $1 each. I had a coffee and croissant, finished my book and am moving on the next.I read The Bell Jar which was haunting. A look at women’s mental health in the 60s. I’ve never had to interact with these professionals but dear lord I hope it’s better now!
I'm about to head out to cheer for my friend's marathon. I've read Ajax Penumbra 1969, Red Mars,The Bell Jar, The Vesuvius Club, and Season of Mists. I'm halfway through Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets. I'll be driving and waiting a lot today so I'll be getting in a lot more reading today. but this will be last "official" update. It wasn't the best RAT for me, but it's been a great weekend so far!
Ugh. I got up at 4 am eastern time this morning. I planned on taking a nap before starting this, but between working late and the rain causing a killer commute, I'm already tired and it hasn't even started yet! Oh well, I'll get done what I can. My list for this RAT:
Audio book
Ebook
.Book
Shelley wrote: "Ugh. I got up at 4 am eastern time this morning. I planned on taking a nap before starting this, but between working late and the rain causing a killer commute, I'm already tired and it hasn't even..."Yep I was awake at 5:30am and I'm already feeling it. lol. I don't want coffee and I have no caffeinated soda. Ah well. I'll do what I can. lol. Good luck!
I'm still at work over here on the west coast and still have the commute to look forward to. So I totally feel you!
Opening Survey1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today? New York City
2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to? Elantris I'm a huge Branden Sanderson fan, so I'm excited to read this one.
3) Which snack are you most looking forward to? I'm meeting friends for brunch tomorrow morning. It'll be a nice break.
4) Tell us a little something about yourself! Summer in NYC is jam packed so I won't be reading the full 24 hours, but I will take advantage of as much as I can.
5) This is our VERY first Reverse Readathon! How does it feel in your time zone? As Elyse already commiserated, it's rough going from a day of work right into a night of reading. I am glad that the pain of unusual start times is being spread out a bit, though.
I slept for 5 hours. I was passing out by midnight. lol. My husband said I was getting mean because I was so tired. So I went to bed. Now I'm back and listening to an audiobook while cheering! Good luck!
Yep I slept for 6hours and it was very much needed. I’m glad you’re back to niceness😁. I went for a run and listened to A Fine Balance. I’m thinking my next book will be Elantra’s. It means that I’ll only finish one book this RAT but I’m. Ok with that.
Shelley wrote: "Yep I slept for 6hours and it was very much needed. I’m glad you’re back to niceness😁. I went for a run and listened to A Fine Balance. I’m thinking my next book will be Elantra’s. It means that ..."
I haven't read any Brandon Sanderson yet but I bought the Mistborn trilogy on Prime Day. :)
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I went for a run and listened to A Fine Balance. I’m thinking my next book will be Elantra’s. It means that ..."
We all need sleep! I slept about
hrs too.
Once again, the theme of RAT falling on a busy weekend continues! I'm volunteering at a marathon from 5.30 to 9 Saturday morning and will probably be getting breakfast afterward, so I'll have a late start. Plus, I may have a busy day Sunday, so I'll need sleep. My goal is to be able to get the 8 hours on the BINGO card.Spooky short stories for my Book Club:
The Grownup (which i read last year for the RAT, but need to reread) reread
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
The Jaunt. Travel
The Town Messenger by Thomas Ligottifinished
Audio book
War and Peace finished two more books. still not feeling it.
Physical book
The Carpenter from Montreal finished
Ebook
Liar finished
Lock In finished
Crooked Kingdom 75% finished but will be done by end of Sunday
Victory Disc
Artemis Fowl
I'm helping with an event Saturday as well. I'm with you, though - it's still fun to participate and just get in as many hours as we can!
Shelley wrote: "Once again, the theme of RAT falling on a busy weekend continues! I'm volunteering at a marathon from 5.30 to 9 Saturday morning and will probably be getting breakfast afterward, so I'll have a lat..."Just make the best of it! And still have fun! :) Good book choices!
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