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Read-a-thon #1 - Progress Post
So, my main goal for this read-a-thon will be finally finishing War and Peace, which I've been reading since January. In order to achieve that, I need to read 4% a day, which is around 60 pages. Thankfully I'm not working at the moment, so it should be feasible.With the time I have left, I want to finish the books I started those past few weeks: Dead in the Family, Murder on the Orient Express, The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World and Le souffle du jasmin.
I also just picked up Strong Female Protagonist. Book One from the library, I'm sure a graphic novel will be the perfect palate cleanser between sessions of W&P ;)
I had completely forgot that the read-a-thon was this week, so I haven't given it any thoughts as to what I'll be reading. So my plan is simple... Just READ :-)Currently reading:
You Know Me Well - on page 80
Tørst - on page 200
Books read:
Genfærd - 357 pages
Samleren - 174 pages
Side Effects May Vary - 316 pages
Politi - 526
Total pages read:
1653
I'm currently reading A Court of Wings and Ruin (160 pages in). Afterwards I'm going to read Always and Forever, Lara Jean (already started, but only about 30 pages in) and I finally want to finish Jane Eyre (about 160 pages left).Also I started reading How to Be a Bawse: A Guide to Conquering Life (nearly in the middle of it), so I want to read a bit of this too, but don't necessarily finish it, because I don't just want to fly through it.
If I manage to read all this and it's still time I still have more than enough books on my tbr :D
Copied from Kick-off postI will be trying to finish a few books as well.
I should be able to finish listening to Mrs. Dalloway tomorrow while doing yard work. I also want to finish reading I'm Kona Love You Forever tomorrow. It is a short read so doable.
This week I need to finish
Chasing Aphrodite: The Hunt for Looted Antiquities at the World's Richest Museum- it has been renewed at the library too many times
The Keeper of Lost Things- a seven day book so due next Saturday. The hold list is just to long for me to want to wait again.
Blackfly Season- another one of those books I have renewed to many times.
I would like to finish listening to The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time with my daughter before the week is out too.
I will be choosing a new audio book from the Gilmore Girls Challenge but do not expect to finish it by the end of the week.
Let the games begin. :)
I do have another book that I need to read before Tuesday The Evening Chorus for my IRL. I read two pages so far and it looks dull as dishwater.
I love read-a-thons so I'm excited to dive into our first one of the year!starting point
Columbine - p 130
The Young Elites - p 146
Someday, Someday Maybe - p 54
Harry Potter #6 - p 38
goals
✓ finish 2 books currently reading
✓ start and finish another book
✓ read total of 750+ pages
209 + 286 + 304= 799
end point
Columbine -
The Young Elites - 209 pp
Someday, Someday Maybe - 286 pp
Harry Potter #6 -
How Dare the Sun Rise - 304 pp
The Last Kingdom -
Romancing the Throne -
My Main Goal is to finish Dark Matter and To Kill a MockingbirdI also want to read the Short Story by Gillian Flynn, The Grownup. I got it out of the library.
I want to read Anthem that I also have out from the library and I want to start reading Delivering Happines. Our boss wants us to read Delivering Happiness and he gives us $100 a business book up to 12 a year and I've only read one so far this year because I've having too much fun with my fiction books.............
Starting point
Dark Matter - p. 154
To Kill a Mockingbird - p. 132
Update Completed Dark Matter - 188 pages
Update Completed To Kill a Mockingbird - 191 pages
Update Completed The Grownup - short story - 64 pages
Update Completed about 29% of Queen Elizabeth on audio - 195 pages
Update read Anthem - 105 pages
Update read Everything Everything - 310 pages
The plan
I'm going to try to get up to date with all my reading challenges this week. I'm technically up to date with AtY (20/52 books) but I had aimed to read in order and I'm a couple of weeks behind so I'll aim to catch up. I'm doing the Popsugar challenge too but I'm slightly ahead on that so I'll put that aside for this week.
So my plan is:
Finish reading:
✔ The 39 Steps by John Buchan (reading for AtY prompt to read a mystery)
Continue with:
A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James (reading for AtY prompt to read a really long book)
I'm currently about 40% through and I'm enjoying it a lot so I don't want to race through it. I'm not aiming to finish next week but would like to get up to about 70% finished.
Start and finish as many of these as possible:
✔ The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (reading for AtY prompt to read a New York Times bestseller)
✔ Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez (reading for Book Riot prompt to read a book set in, or by an author from Central or Latin America)
* Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (reading for Book Riot prompt to read a classic by an author of colour)
* The Emigrants by W.G. Sebald (reading for AtY prompt to read a book that you've owned a while but not got round to reading)
I doubt I'll finish all of those, but I'll hopefully get through at least two or three. Looking forward to reading along with everyone. :-)
Updates
14 May
Finished reading The 39 Steps
Started reading The Girl on the Train
15 May
Finished reading The Girl on the Train
Read Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Total pages read: 91 + 324 + 122 = 537
Woohoo! A readathon that falls on a vacation week!!!ETA: 5/18/17
What are you reading now?
- Designing Your Life: How to Think Like a Designer and Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life (listening from beginning; currently 47% finished)
- The End of Your Life Book Club (starting on page 52; currently on page 151)
- Bleaker House: Chasing My Novel to the End of the World (staring from beginning; currently 19% finished)
How many pages have you read?
~600 pages total; ~205 minutes of listening total
How many books have you read?
Two so far.
What have you finished reading?
Homer & Langley
The Magic of Ordinary Days
Thegirlintheafternoon wrote: "Woohoo! A readathon that falls on a vacation week!!!What are you reading now?
- The Magic of Ordinary Days (starting on page 9)
- [book:Designing Your Life: How to Think Like a Des..."
Lucky us! I'm so happy to have an excuse to read without guilt of not doing anything else ;) Plus Wednesday and Thursday they forecast terrible weather, I'm almost glad haha
Day 1How many pages have you read? 185
How many books have you read? 1
What are you reading now? Pride and Prejudice, The Roanoke Girls and listening to The Raven Boys
What have you finished reading? Saga, Vol. 1
Day 2
How many pages have you read? 50 plus an one and half hour of audiobook.
How many books have you read? 0
What are you reading now? Pride and Prejudice, The Roanoke Girls and listening to The Raven Boys
What have you finished reading? nothing on day 2.
Day 3
How many pages have you read? 41 - Pride and Prejudice is just not my thing. I am going to focus on Roanoke Girls for day 4.
How many books have you read? 0 on day 3
What are you reading now? Pride and Prejudice, The Roanoke Girls and listening to The Raven Boys
What have you finished reading? 0 on day 3
Day 4
How many pages have you read? 151
How many books have you read? none on day 4
What are you reading now? Pride and Prejudice, The Roanoke Girls and listening to The Raven Boys
What have you finished reading? Nothing new on day 4
GoalI'm going to try to complete at least one bingo
Starting point
- The Eyes of the Dragon - at 30%
- Earth Unaware - on p. 60
Updates
DAY 1
Pages Read: 138
Read: The Eyes of the Dragon (reading for ATY prompt to read a book set in a fictional location)
DAY 2
Pages Read: 116
Finished reading: The Eyes of the Dragon (reading for ATY prompt to read a book set in a fictional location)
DAY 3
Pages Read: 20
Starting reading: We Have Always Lived in the Castle (reading for ATY prompt to read a Penguin modern Classic)
DAY 4
Pages Read: 172
Read: We Have Always Lived in the Castle (reading for ATY prompt to read a Penguin modern Classic)
Finished reading: A Face in the Crowd
DAY 5
Pages Read: 187
Finished reading: We Have Always Lived in the Castle (reading for ATY prompt to read a Penguin modern Classic)
Starting reading: Frankenstein (reading for ATY prompt to read a banned book)
DAY 6
Pages Read: 190
Finished reading:
Frankenstein (reading for ATY prompt to read a banned book)
A Modest Proposal
Starting reading: Homeland (reading for ATY prompt to read a book by an author you haven't read before)
DAY 7
Pages Read: 139
Read: Homeland (reading for ATY prompt to read a book by an author you haven't read before)
End Point
- Earth Unaware - on p. 60
- Homeland - at 48%
How many pages have you read? 127
How many books have you read?
Have not finished it yet
What are you reading now?
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
What have you finished reading? N/a
This week, I plan to finish Fried Green Tomatoes and try to read at least one other book.
I did quite a lot of reading yesterday. The sun was shinning most of the day, so I sat outside on my new terrace and later I read the last of my book before bedtime. So all in all I read 357 pages the first day and finished one book. Not bad!I'm at work today and rest of the week, so I won't be able to read as much the next days, but I'll start a new book when I come home later.
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MAY 14
Pages Read: 260
Penguin paperback equivalent to audiobook 256 + 4
Books Currently Reading:
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Books Completed Today: 1
My Man Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
MAY 15
Pages Read: 229
1st ed hardcover page equivalent to audiobook is 221 + 8
Books Currently Reading:
The Black Box by Michael Connelly
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Books Completed Today: 0
MAY 16
Pages Read: 205
1st ed hardcover page equivalent to audiobook is 182 + 23
Books Currently Reading:
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Books Completed Today: 1
The Black Box by Michael Connelly
MAY 17
Pages Read: 85
1st ed hardcover page equivalent to audiobook is 65 + 20
Books Currently Reading:
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Black Coffee: A Mystery Play in Three Acts by Agatha Christie
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Books Completed Today: 0
MAY 18
Pages Read: 40
1st ed hardcover page equivalent to audiobook is 0 + 40
Books Currently Reading:
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Black Coffee: A Mystery Play in Three Acts by Agatha Christie
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Books Completed Today: 0
MAY 19
Pages Read: 161
1st ed hardcover page equivalent to audiobook is 92 + 69
Books Currently Reading:
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Black Coffee: A Mystery Play in Three Acts by Agatha Christie
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Books Completed Today: 0
MAY 20
Pages Read: 59
1st ed hardcover page equivalent to audiobook is 25 + 34
Books Currently Reading:
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Black Coffee: A Mystery Play in Three Acts by Agatha Christie
Books Completed Today: 1
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
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TOTAL
Pages Read: 1039
Books Completed: 3
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I hope to finish at least three books this week.
Goal accomplished! Despite crazy weather and hectic schedule, I managed to finish three books. :)
I totally forgot about this! Yesterday was Mother's Day anyway, so I got to indulge and spend a day doing things I enjoy (and NO housework or cooking), which not surprisingly included some reading. I'm currently working on Tender Is the Night, and I read 50 pages of that yesterday. I plan to finish that over the next few days. It's not that compelling. :( I'm also planning to progress a little on Catch-22 and War and Peace. I think I'll start The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer too, as I like to have a non-fiction book on the go, and the one I'm reading (On Photography) is pretty dense & not particularly readable.
The read-a-thon started Sunday at 4 pm in NZ, it's now Monday almost 11pm, and I read 350 pages in total :- War and Peace: the planned 2x4%, that's 140 pages
- Murder on the Orient Express: read 154 pages and finished it
- White Fang: I started the audiobook today and already listened to 3 hours
- The Geography of Bliss: made a small progress of 30 pages
- Dead in the Family: 30 pages yesterday and I'm going to read more before sleeping
I'm happy with my progress and can't wait to read more tomorrow!
After going to bed at midnight last night I decided to update my progress today.Books completed
I'm Kona Love You Forever
The Evening Chorus
The Keeper of Lost Things
Pages read
692
Time Listened
40 mins
Books reading now
Mrs. Dalloway- audio book
The Alibi - just started today
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time-audio book
I convinced my husband to read his book last night and he ended up reading for 2 1/2 hours. That is a record for him :D
Since yesterday was Mother's Day I spent the day reading. The rest of the week will not be so productive reading wise.
I'm currently reading Beneath the Earth and Windzangers.Only read one short story from Beneath the Earth yesterday, but will read more now traveling from and to work. Will have to check my page count when I'm home.
I finish
and i am listening to
i am 20% inI finish listening to
I am currently reading
on page 87i finish listening to
i finish listening to
i am done thank you for letting me join
UPDATE: MAY 14-15Currently reading(and I'm pretty sure I"ll be reading it forever):
I've also started reading:
Though I've barely started both.
How many pages have you read? 74 pages, since the challenge began.
UPDATE: EVENING MAY 15- MORNING MAY 17
Currently Reading:
- primarily focusing on this
- this is for when I need a break.Finished:
- okay, so I was a *little* dramatic about *never* finishing this. This one is for PopSugar 2017. 
- This one is for ATY 2017.Pages Read: 442
196 (Child of God) + 197 (to finish It) + 49 (into A Little Life)
UPDATE: MORNING MAY 18
Currently Reading:
The last one is very much on the back burner.
Pages Read: 89 pages
7 (The Complete Persepolis) + 82 (A Little Life)
Running Total for Read-a-Thon: 605 pages
UPDATE MAY 19 MORNING
I'm still currently reading the same books.
Pages Read: 193
119 (Persepolis) + 74 (A Little Life)
Running Total for Read-a-Thon: 798
On the first day I got a decent amount of reading in! I was off work so that helped. I finished The Young Elites with 209 pages read.
I read 42 pages in Someday, Someday, Maybe and 43 pages in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
I also started and made it through 14% of How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child.
All in all a total of 294 pages + 14% read!
For May 14:How many pages have you read?
121 pages from 4 different books!: A Piece of the World, The Shoemaker's Wife, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell and Sailor Song.
How many books have you read?
Just parts of the above books.
What are you reading now?Eugene Onegin, Sailor Song, The Shoemaker's Wife and Bridget Jones's Diary.
What have you finished reading?
I was at the very end of two books just as the Read-a-Thon started and I finished them both yesterday.
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
A Piece of the World
How many pages have you read?200
How many books have you read?
1
What are you reading now?
Listening to The Son
Reading Dangerous Brains
What have you finished reading?
The Red Tent
As of 8 pm on Day 2:How many pages have you read?: About 15 pages of The Postmistress, and listened to the majority of Lolita as an audiobook.
How many books have you read?: None finished yet, but getting very close on Lolita. About 3 hours left to listen to, which I should be able to finish tonight.
What are you reading now?: Both books mentioned above
What have you finished reading?: None yet.
Lots of catching up to do , so hopefully this will give me some much needed motivation....Pages read 5/14: Brown Girl Dreaming (120 pages), completed.
The Dry (60 pages), completed.
In progress:
Kindle:The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer
Pit Bull: The Battle over an American Icon
Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype
Physical books:
11/22/63
White Fang
Misty of Chincoteague
Audio:
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
Lincoln in the Bardo
not sure what I'll get around to, probably Mara Dyer, Pit Bull, Misty of Chincoteague, White Fang and Subtle Magic on audio.
I'm also reading White Fang, but the audiobook version. I read it as a kid and am happy to revisit it :)
Sophie wrote: "I'm also reading White Fang, but the audiobook version. I read it as a kid and am happy to revisit it :)"I noticed that Sophie!! This is my first time reading it, surprisingly. I have read Call of the Wild. This was my 7 year olds pick, so we're slowly reading it aloud. I'm going to try and read it ahead myself this week though because there are some parts that I'm trying to leave out as I'm reading. ( that was a little hard in the beginning because the fact that they were moving a casket with a dead body caught me by surprise.) I feel like some parts of it might be a little frightening for her, so I find myself trying to reword things in a more little girl friendly way, without skirting the fact that this is just how things are in the wild.
I've only read about 3 chapters of
The Woman in Cabin 10. Ugh... I think maybe I should switch books for this readathon because this one is so slow-going. It started out interesting enough but the middle is really dragging. Every time I think about picking it up I just get tired. 😂
How many pages have you read?292
How many books have you read?
3
What are you reading now?
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
MatildaWarren the 13th and the Whispering Woods (with my class)
What have you finished reading?
Finished 2 that I started before the readathon:
Geek Love(last 210 pages)
Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There(last 20 pages)
And read one whole book:
The Magic Finger
How many pages have you read? Around 1020 pages (+488p for the graphic novel/manga).
How many books have you read?
6+ 1 short story
What are you reading now?
Rebecca (AtY RC) and Neuromancer.
What have you finished reading?
Finished 1 graphic novel and 1 book for AtY RC: Un printemps à Tchernobyl & Release. Also 1 manga, Children of the Sea, Volume 1, 3 novels The Drawing of the Three, They Mostly Come Out At Night, All Grown Up and a short story The Mechanic (in Stars Above).
How many pages have you read?still have to do the count
How many books have you read?
2
What are you reading now?
I started Winter by Marissa Meyer and The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson
What have you finished reading?
I finished Beneath the Earth by John Boyne and Windzangers by Megan Lindholm
Update 5/20 @ 11:59pmHow many pages have you read?
Raven Boys = 115
Prisoner B-3087 = 26
A Closed and Common Orbit = 306
Locke & Key (graphic novel) = 168
Saga (graphic novel) = 53
TOTAL = 668
How many books have you read?
I am currently reading bits of three different books and have finished one graphic novel.
What are you reading now?
I also have one more graphic novel to read:
What have you finished reading?
Just one graphic novel (Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft). I hope to finish one other graphic novel today. I may be able to finish A Closed and Common Orbit by midnight, maybe.
For May 15:How many pages have you read?
132 pages
How many books have you read?
2 books and I finished an Agatha Christie short story: "The Tuesday Night Club."
What are you reading now?
Eugene Onegin. Sailor Song, Bridget Jones's Diary, The Shoemaker's Wife
What have you finished reading?
A Piece of the World and Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Tuesday was a good reading day despite having to work!I read 91 pages in Someday, Someday, Maybe.
I also got through an additional 9% of How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child.
My running total so far is 385 pages + 23% read!
For May 16:Terrible reading day today. I only read another 10 pages of The Postmistress, since I had only about an hour to read all day. I wish I hadn't forgotten it was a read-a-thon this week! I would have planned my time better.
How many pages have you read?: In total, those 25 pages, plus I finished listening to the rest of Lolita last night.
How many books have you read?: One finished, and I'm working on my second one.
What are you reading now?: The Postmistress
What have you finished reading?: Lolita (audio version)
I've totally lost count when it comes to how many pages I've read each day, so I guess from now on I'll only keep track on my total number of pages. After day 3 my total is 813 pages which I'm pretty satisfied with.
I've finished two books, and I'm hoping to finish Side Effects May Vary soon because I have to return a book on overdrive so I can make room for a new book I had reserved.
I'm also reading Politi and I'm planning on finishing it this week, so I'll have finished at least 4 books when the week is over.
The last 2 days I read 550 pages and finished 3 books (Strong Female Protagonist. Book One, White Fang and Le souffle du jasmin), plus I've been able to keep my pace with War and Peace! I'm very happy with my progress, I love read-a-thons!
For Yesterday:Completed 50 pages of The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer and also listened to about 30% of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life. Read another chapter of Misty of Chincoteague with the girlies last night :-)
i only got done with 2 books but its not bad
So I ended up not working yesterday as scheduled due to some issues we had to take care of at the house, but that did mean I had a bit more reading time! Yay!I was able to get through the last 153 pages of Someday, Someday, Maybe.
I also got through 14% of How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child.
I started a new book as well, The Last Kingdom, and read 31 pages.
So far I've been able to read a total of 526 pages & 37%!
Since it started I have finished 5 books and have a total page count of 756 pages.this is as of 5/17/17
Stormcaller
Sunfall Manor
Invisible Wings
Rock 'n Roll Heaven
Number Seventy-Five
How many pages have you read? 727 pages. (May 14-16)
312 pages (May 17)
53 pages (May 18)
How many books have you read?
2 (May 14-16)
1 (May 17)
What are you reading now?
Nuts by Alice Clayton (6% Done)
Reshaping It All: Motivation for Physical and Spiritual Fitness by Candace Cameron Bure (54%)
A Shiver of Light by Laurell K. Hamilton (29%)
What have you finished reading?
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald (May 14-16)
Divine Misdemeanors by Laurell K. Hamilton (May 14-16)
Dream More: Celebrate the Dreamer in You by Dolly Parton (May 17)
May 16How many pages have you read?
53 pages; total so far: 306
How many books have you read?
2
What are you reading now?
Working on the same books. Hope to finish two of them during the Read-a-thon.
Eugene Onegin. Sailor Song, Bridget Jones's Diary, The Shoemaker's Wife
What have you finished reading?
A Piece of the World and Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
May 17How many pages have you read?: In total, I've read 100 pages of The Postmistress, and finished Ghosts, which I think was about 250 pages. I also listened to the majority of Lolita as an audiobook, but I'm not sure what the page equivalent is for that. I listened to 75% during the read-a-thon, so however many pages that is.
How many books have you read?: 2
What are you reading now?: The Postmistress
What have you finished reading?: Lolita and Ghosts
May 17How many pages have you read?
125 pages; total so far: 431 pages
How many books have you read?
3
What are you reading now?
Working on the same books. Hope to finish two of them during the Read-a-thon.
Sailor Song, Bridget Jones's Diary, and The Shoemaker's Wife
Hope to pick up a graphic novel at the library today so I can read it in one sitting!
What have you finished reading?
A Piece of the World, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Eugene Onegin
I would say I've had a fairly successful read-a-thon so far! I've been able to complete every goal that I gave myself and we're only just over half way through!Wednesday I finished How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child at a total of 304 pages.
I also got through 74 pages of Harry Potter #6
I started Romancing the Throne as well and got through 60 pages.
My running total is now at 933 pages!
May 18Getting late now, so I don't have much time to update all the questions. Today, I read 92 pages of The Postmistress, bringing me to a total of just over 400 pages plus whatever the equivalent of 75% of Lolita is. Still only 2 books completed.
Thursday I read: 157 pagesTotal pages read: 588
3 books completed
Hope to finish one more book
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New feature! Some have expressed an interest in seeing a tally of the books and pages read by members. So for this read-a-thon we're going to try out Google Forms to submit the info. Just click on the link and enter your progress. This is totally optional and just a fun way to see how much we can accomplish this week. CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT
As with all our read-a-thons, we want to remind participants that the idea is to read, read, read. Read as much as you can and have as much fun as you can doing it. Don't make reading a job or a chore. Don't let the progress of others intimidate or discourage you. Everyone reads at their own pace and we're here to have fun. Go on! Get started! Read and enjoy!