Elyse's Readathoning! est. 2017 Showing 151-200 of 1,338

[Vicki Willis]

We are almost to the end!
It is 3:50am here and I am doing very little reading because I am tired! I took a nap from 12:30 to 2:00, but it may not have been enough.

[Angie]

Elyse wrote: "Check-In #5 - Hours 17-20 (12am-4am):
Check In Time: 6:12am
Breaks: 1 - 1:30-6:00am (4:30)
Food/Drink: Water and Peanut M&Ms
Pages Read Total: 730
Time Listened Total: 7:07
Books Progressed In:
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Wow, fantastic result, Elyse!

[Elyse]

Closing Survey
1. Which hour was most daunting for you? As always, the wee hours. I did manage to stay awake till 1:30am which is a record for me! It's usually 11pm. lol
2. Tell us ALLLLL the books you read!
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, The Dark Tower: The Long Road Home, The Dark Tower: Treachery, Cujo, The Waste Lands, Carrie
3. Which books would you recommend to other Read-a-thoners? The Dark Tower graphic novel prequels if you're a fan of The Dark Tower book series! I actually like them more than the book series!
4. What’s a really rad thing we could do during the next Read-a-thon that would make you happy? A group effort like the Scavenger Hunt from April.
5. How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again? Absolutely!

[Elyse]

Vicki Willis wrote: "We are almost to the end!
It is 3:50am here and I am doing very little reading because I am tired! I took a nap from 12:30 to 2:00, but it may not have been enough."

I think I'm going back to bed at 8am. My eyes burn. lol.

[Elyse]

Flauscheohr wrote: "Wow, fantastic result, Elyse!..."

Thank you! :)

[Elyse]

End Totals Wrap-Up
Total time reading: 19 hours 21 minutes my best time!
Pages read: 1,054 (including audio 324 pgs)
Hours listened: 9 hours 10 minutes (I listened to all of Cujo at 1.5-1.75x speed)
Breaks/sleep: 4.5 hours sleep 1:30am-6am and a few minutes here and there
Books read: 6
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams (pg 118-495 minus pages for Blockade Billy (34) and Drunken Fireworks (31))
The Dark Tower: The Long Road Home (160 pgs)
The Dark Tower: Treachery (176 pgs)
Cujo (324 pgs)
The Waste Lands (pg 111-166)
Carrie (pg 1-27)

[Susan]

Way to go! How did you like Cujo? It’s one Stephen King I never read because I thought it would be too upsetting for a dog lover...

[Leni]

Well done! I have trouble believing it is over. lol

[Elyse]

Susan wrote: "Way to go! How did you like Cujo? It’s one Stephen King I never read because I thought it would be too upsetting for a dog lover..."

I wasn't crazy about it. And not because I'm a dog lover. It was very slow and there was a lot of sex and vulgarity. Not my favorite King novel.

[Elyse]

Leni wrote: "Well done! I have trouble believing it is over. lol"

Oooh boy it ended at 8am for me and by 8:10am I was back in bed and slept till 11:30am. lol. And then did not do much till I had to shower and go to dinner with my parents. I didn't actually do anymore reading yesterday! lol

[Susan]

Elyse wrote: "Susan wrote: "Way to go! How did you like Cujo? It’s one Stephen King I never read because I thought it would be too upsetting for a dog lover..."

I wasn't crazy about it. And not because I'm a do..."

Thanks! I think I’ll skip it. There are a lot of other Stephen King books waiting for me! Enjoy your month of King! BTW, if you’re on Twitter, I think he’s fun to follow.

[Elyse]

Susan wrote: "Thanks! I think I’ll skip it. There are a lot of other Stephen King books waiting for me! Enjoy your month of King! BTW, if you’re on Twitter, I think he’s fun to follow..."

Oh yeah, plenty of King! lol. I'm not on Twitter but I see his gems quite frequently. Sometimes they make headlines! lol

[Susan]

Elyse wrote: "Susan wrote: "Thanks! I think I’ll skip it. There are a lot of other Stephen King books waiting for me! Enjoy your month of King! BTW, if you’re on Twitter, I think he’s fun to follow..."

Oh yeah,..."

He’s definitely not shy about expressing his opinions! Lol

[Dana]

Impressive! The only King I've read was Carrie, and it was just okay for me..

[Susy]

In my teens there was a period of time I only read SK. Then suddenly I’d had enough, stopped and only now I’m picking back up where I left off, starting with The Dark Tower in January (will have to reread the first three installments). And this year I buddy read Under the Dome and The Cell. Recently I bought like 10 or so of his books.

[Abbey]

Elyse wrote: "Leni wrote: "Well done! I have trouble believing it is over. lol"

Oooh boy it ended at 8am for me and by 8:10am I was back in bed and slept till 11:30am. lol. And then did not do much till I had t..."

Mine ended at 7am and after going to sleep at 1:30am, I barely woke up to groggily slog through some pages in that final 6-7am slot, then promptly went back to sleep and lounged around the rest of the day as well. It definitely helped me get my reading mojo back, but I needed some time off yesterday too lol

[Elyse]

Susy wrote: "In my teens there was a period of time I only read SK. Then suddenly I’d had enough, stopped and only now I’m picking back up where I left off, starting with The Dark Tower in January (will have to..."

I've bought all of my physical King books (over 30) at yard sales, book sales, and just recently BookOutlet.com. The first brand new physical King book I bought was The Wind Through the Keyhole and that was this past August. lol. I had to complete my Dark Tower collection even though the books don't match in editions. I plan on still finding physical copies of the King audiobooks I've listened to as well. I want them all. lol. I regret getting rid of Dolores Claiborne and The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon after I read them when I was younger! But I had had to downsize at the time and they weren't favorite reads. Now I've got the room for more physical books and just need to buy more bookcases!

[Elyse]

Dana wrote: "Impressive! The only King I've read was Carrie, and it was just okay for me.."

Thanks! I'm barely into Carrie and so far it's not my favorite, I don't really like the random citations from "books" and "research papers" and "interviews" that are smattered throughout. I just want Carrie's story! But he does have some really amazing ones and they're not all horror! :)

[Elyse]

Abbey wrote: "Mine ended at 7am and after going to sleep at 1:30am, I barely woke up to groggily slog through some pages in that final 6-7am slot, then promptly went back to sleep and lounged around the rest of the day as well. It definitely helped me get my reading mojo back, but I needed some time off yesterday too lol..."

I needed the veg time after all that reading! lol. Way different than the reverse readathon where I only read graphic novels so they were all pretty light and not hard on the brain. King can be hard on the brain. lol. Emotionally exhausting!

[Elyse]

I was hoping we'd see a January Reverse Readathon...darn! lol

[Susy]

Elyse wrote: "I was hoping we'd see a January Reverse Readathon...darn! lol"

Lol, but there's the 24in48 readathon! Yay!

[Elyse]

Susy wrote: "Elyse wrote: "I was hoping we'd see a January Reverse Readathon...darn! lol"

Lol, but there's the 24in48 readathon! Yay!"

Oh yes, thank you for reminding me! Also Bout of Books started today. https://boutofbooks.blogspot.com/

[Susy]

Don’t know that one. Will have to look into it. Thx Elyse!

[Elyse]

Susy wrote: "Don’t know that one. Will have to look into it. Thx Elyse!"

No problem! The more readathons the better! ;)

[Elyse]

Holy cannoli Dewey's is EARLY this spring!! I was like oh I'll check in and maybe start a tentative TBR, it's a little over a month away da dee da and lo and behold, it's April 6! LESS than a month away! It's weird that it's not on Independent Bookstore Day. lol.

Anywho, I AM going to start a TBR! I routinely buy graphic novels that I like to save for Dewey's.

Tentative TBR
Shades of Magic Vol. 1: The Steel Prince (112 pgs)
The Complete Maus (296 pgs)
The Complete Persepolis (341 pgs)
Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1: Unmanned (130 pgs)
V for Vendetta (296 pgs)
Rat Queens, Vol. 1: Sass & Sorcery (128 pgs)
And I want to finish this series!
The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There (258 pgs)
The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two (248 pgs)
The Boy Who Lost Fairyland (235 pgs)
The Girl Who Raced Fairyland All the Way Home (308 pgs)
Total pages: 2,352

All physical books! Better for the eyes. I will have at least one audiobook but who knows where I'll be in my Audible list by then. And I'm going to try to have all other books I'm reading completed before Dewey's.

And I've already signed up to moderate Hour 1! :)

Added some Hoopla borrows and..added some more...lol I can't help myself and I like variety! I have too many Kindle Unlimited borrows out and they're graphic novels and short books:
Fables, Vol. 1: Legends in Exile (Kindle Unlimited)
30 Days of Night, Vol. 1 (Kindle Unlimited)
Wye (Kindle Unlimited)
The Princess Saves Herself in This One (Kindle Unlimited)
Black Sheep (Kindle Unlimited)
The Third Man (Kindle Unlimited)
Identity Thief (Kindle Unlimited)
Adulthood Is a Myth (Hoopla)
Cat vs Human Fairy Tails (Hoopla)
Lumberjanes, Vol. 6: Sink or Swim (Hoopla)
Lumberjanes, Vol. 7: A Bird's-Eye View (Hoopla)

[Susy]

That is quite some list Elyse!
I have a meeting with my reading buddy this Thursday to discuss our TBR, snack and location!

[Elyse]

Susy wrote: "That is quite some list Elyse!
I have a meeting with my reading buddy this Thursday to discuss our TBR, snack and location!"

I like to have options! ;) I don't see myself reading all of them but I like to have an idea of what I *want* to read and see it laid out plainly. Keeps me more organized.

Sounds fun! Wish I had friends or knew someone locally that participated!

[Kate]

So excited to see the threads up and running again. I've been thinking about my TBR list in the last few days.
I have it on good authority that Y: The Last Man is a good read so will be interested to see what you think. My "Good authority" has yet to lend it to me! lol

[Elyse]

Kate wrote: "So excited to see the threads up and running again. I've been thinking about my TBR list in the last few days.
I have it on good authority that Y: The Last Man is a good read so will be interested ..."

haha! I've heard good things about it and I think it's being made into a TV show or movie? Yes, TV show! https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/liv...

[Susan]

Nice list! Persepolis is really powerful. And you’ll be a great moderator. I didn’t realize it was so close! Time to start planning

[Elyse]

Susan wrote: "Nice list! Persepolis is really powerful. And you’ll be a great moderator. I didn’t realize it was so close! Time to start planning"

I know, it's right around the corner! I wonder what Pre-Readathon plans there are. Seems pretty quiet around here for it being less than 4 weeks away. Thank you! It will be the second time I've moderated an hour. Last April (I think) I moderated the *last* hour and not much participation happened, everyone was pretty tired. lol. I'm hoping first hour will be a little more exciting so I've got to think of a good question or activity!

[Kate]

Elyse wrote: And I'm going to try to have all other books I'm reading completed before Dewey's."..."

Like you, I've made sure I started with new books in the last couple of Read-a-thons but this year I thought I might get some underway so I finish them during Deweys. That way I'll feel like I'm making progress. Can't decide if its a good idea or not...

[Susy]

That’s what I did last time Kate. I found it to be a big success so will probably do that again:)

[Elyse]

Kate wrote: "Elyse wrote: And I'm going to try to have all other books I'm reading completed before Dewey's."..."

Like you, I've made sure I started with new books in the last couple of Read-a-thons but this y..."

That's why I picked shorter books. :) During the October one I was reading books I had started before and also longer books. Meh. It's more satisfying to me to see the number of books read than the number of pages. lol.

[Susan]

If folks are like me --during the last hour, they are trying to finish up reading and don't spend much time on social media -- but the first hour is a different story. Look forward to seeing what topic/question you start us off with.

You inspired me to start a pile of possible reads ;). April 6 is getting close....

[Elyse]

Susan wrote: "If folks are like me --during the last hour, they are trying to finish up reading and don't spend much time on social media -- but the first hour is a different story. Look forward to seeing what t..."

Thank you! Half the fun is figuring out a TBR! And then not using it. lol!

[Susan]

Elyse wrote: Half the fun is figuring out a TBR! And then not using it. lol!

Exactly! And it’s fun doing a preliminary TBR now and do8ng a new TBR closer to Day Dewey....

[Lena]

Susan wrote: "Elyse wrote: Half the fun is figuring out a TBR! And then not using it. lol!

Exactly! And it’s fun doing a preliminary TBR now and do8ng a new TBR closer to Day Dewey...."

I am so glad to see I am not the only one. LOL! I will find a book I think looks interesting and place it on my possible read-a-thon pile and then I can't seem to wait so I will pick it up and read it and the cycle goes around and around and around!

[Elyse]

Lena wrote: "Susan wrote: "Elyse wrote: Half the fun is figuring out a TBR! And then not using it. lol!

Exactly! And it’s fun doing a preliminary TBR now and do8ng a new TBR closer to Day Dewey...."

I am so g..."

At least we know we will never run out of reading material, no matter when we read it! lol

[Elyse]

Added 2 Hoopla borrows since I have 2 more to utilize for the month of March. I will borrow them next week so I will have them for April 6!

Never Flirt with Puppy Killers: And Other Better Book Titles
Adulthood Is a Myth

[Susan]

Elyse wrote: "Added 2 Hoopla borrows since I have 2 more to utilize for the month of March. I will borrow them next week so I will have them for April 6!

[book:Never Flirt with Puppy Killers: And Other Better B..."

I love Hoopla! I might have to do this, too ;)

[Elyse]

Susan wrote: "I love Hoopla! I might have to do this, too ;)..."

I just joined this month via my niece's library card since my town and the town my husband works in both aren't affiliated with it. I get 3 borrows a month which is very nice and manageable. I like the graphic novel selection they have!

[Susan]

I’ll have to check the graphic novels selection out. I’ve been enjoying audiobooks plus they have a great backlist of older murder mysteries by Ellis Peters, Christianna Brand, etc. And so convenient!

[Kelley]

Elyse wrote: "Added 2 Hoopla borrows since I have 2 more to utilize for the month of March. I will borrow them next week so I will have them for April 6!

[book:Never Flirt with Puppy Killers: And Other Better B..."

I use hoopla a lot for audio books. I don't for ebooks though because I am a kindle-er and my library, when they switched over to Hoopla and Axis, they did away with kindle format for ebooks. Made me mad too because I loved getting kindle books from my library.

My nooks both, while they still work great, are so old that BN no longer supports them so I can't download books to them anymore. Trying to force everyone in to upgrading doens't sit well with me. I see know reason to upgrade when I have two that still are in such good shape and work so well. I can still use them, I just have to download books to my computer and transfer them via USB to my nooks. Kobo did the same thing recently. :-(

[Susy]

@Kelley: I have the same problem with my iPad. It’s in excellent condition but it doesn’t allow any iOS updates anymore, making it very slow + unable to update certain apps. I hate it when they do that, forcing us to buy new devices 😡

[Elyse]

Kelley wrote: "I use hoopla a lot for audio books. I don't for ebooks though because I am a kindle-er and my library, when they switched over to Hoopla and Axis, they did away with kindle format for ebooks. Made me mad too because I loved getting kindle books from my library..."

I read mostly on my phone, whether it's through the Kindle app, Overdrive app, Bluefire Reader app, etc. So I don't mind that Hoopla doesn't have Kindle editions. It does seem inconvenient though!

That's crap about BN no longer supporting first gen Nooks! Amazon still supports my first gen Kindle, my husband uses it now.

@Susy: My first gen (or maybe second?) iPad is no longer supported by Apple though and it's super clunky and slow. I basically only read on it when I need a bigger screen for the Bluefire Reader app, where I have to download some e-ARCs. Or a bigger screen for the iBooks I bought when I only had iOS devices. lol. My phone is an Android so I can't access those books on it.

[Susy]

I’m all Apple so really looking forward to the iPads that will be presented this Monday! (and angry at the same time as I explained)

[Elyse]

Added some more...lol I can't help myself and I like variety! I have too many Kindle Unlimited borrows out and they're graphic novels and short books:
Fables, Vol. 1: Legends in Exile
30 Days of Night, Vol. 1
Wye
The Princess Saves Herself in This One
Black Sheep
The Third Man
Identity Thief

[Susan]

Intriguing list! I like variety, too. Always have more than I can possibly read on my pile of choices

[Elyse]

Susan wrote: "Intriguing list! I like variety, too. Always have more than I can possibly read on my pile of choices"

Options are necessary! I don't want to have to scrounge around looking for something to read. And I need to have something solid written down for posterity. lol.