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Elyse's Readathoning! est. 2017

Thank you!


It IS a fun holiday!! Happy Readathon Day to you too!! :)

Check-In Time: 12:07pm
Breaks: 0
Food/Drink: 2 cups of coffee and 2 slices of avocado toast on sourdough bread with sliced grape tomatoes
Pages Read Total: 76 (+ 196 audio pgs)
Time Listened Total: 2:43
Books Progressed In: 2


Books Finished: 1

Comments:
So far so good! I finished one audiobook and have read over 100 pages of a book. I woke up on time (7am) and got my Hour #1 Discussion up! I'll be continuing another audiobook while I go to the comic book store because it's Halloween Comicfest! Free comics!
What a great progress with all these books started!


I never knew of them until a few years ago! They're so silly! I'm on the third one now.

Check-In Time: 4:02pm
Breaks: 0
Food/Drink: Starbucks Caramel Macchiato and Peanut M&Ms
Pages Read Total: 87 (+ 293 audio pgs)
Time Listened Total: 6:43
Books Progressed In: 1

Books Finished: 3



Comments:
Went to a couple of local comic book stores for Halloween Comicfest! Got some free ones and bought 3 -





Oh it was so good!! I have about 150 pgs left of The Institute but I ended up switching to Creepshow.

Thank you, Nadia! Now that we're halfway, I'm starting to get tired. Once darkness hits it gets to be a struggle for me! I'm hoping graphic novels will keep me going.

Check-In Time: 7:58pm
Breaks: 0
Food/Drink: Chicken noodle soup and Pepsi
Pages Read Total: 236 (+ 293 audio pgs)
Time Listened Total: 6:43
Books Progressed In: 1

Books Finished: 4




Comments:
No listening in this block. Just reading. Less than 100 pages left of The Institute. Ate dinner. Hubs is watching some scary movie so I know I won't pay attention because I don't like scary movies! lol. It's dark out now and that's when I start to flag. Hoping graphic novels will keep it fresh.
Mid-Event Survey
1. What are you reading right now? Just finished Creepshow. Going to pick up

2. How many books have you read so far? 4 finished
3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Read-a-thon? Finishing The Institute
4. Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those? Not really, no.
5. What surprises you most about the Read-a-thon, so far? Every time, how quickly time passes!

Check-In Time: 12:48am
Breaks: 0
Food/Drink: Water and Peanut M&Ms
Pages Read Total: 636 (+ 293 audio pgs)
Time Listened Total: 6:43
Books Progressed In: 1

Books Finished: 6






Comments:
Another block of no listening. A little late for check-in but I wanted to finish The Fall of Gilead first. Nowwww I'm pretty tired. Definitely thinking of popping an audiobook in and seeing how far I get. Though I usually get a little revived when I take my contacts out and snuggle in bed. I may have another hour in me. But anyway, I will be back for the end, not sure whether it will be for the last hour or more than that! And I've got to update my Bingo board, I think I got a blackout. Good night!


Row 1
Read a book that contains the letter 'D' for Dewey's: Howliday Inn
Read a book in 3 different spaces: Couch, chair, bed
Read for 1 hour straight 2 times: 11am-12pm & 10pm-11pm
Read a book with a supernatural element: The Institute
Read a book in a costume (can be very simple): Pajamas are my night costume.
Row 2
Read 2 different formats: Hardcover and audio
Read 50 pages straight: The Institute
Read to your pet/stuffed animal: To Ezri!
Read a new book: The Institute
Take a break...watch/listen to something spooky for 30 minutes: Sort of watched Witch and Hereditary (well my husband did and I was in the room) while reading.
Row 3
Read a book/author not from or set in your native country: Coraline (Neil Gaiman - England)
Read a book with the lights off...try not to fall asleep: Daytime
FREE SPACE
Eat a healthy snack/meal: Chicken noodle soup
Read a book with a character around your age (teen, adult, senior): The Institute
Row 4
Post a comment on GR/Twitter/Instagram, etc: Several on GR and IG!
Read from 2 different genres: Mystery (Bunnicula) and Horror (Creepshow)
Take a break and stretch for 10 minutes: While listening to Bunnicula
Read more than 150 pages: The Institute
Participate in a challenge: Six-Word Story
Row 5
Indulge in your favorite snack (food, candy, drink): Peanut M&Ms and Gummy Bears
Cheer readers on! (Twitter/GR): All over GR!
Read 25 pages from 3 different books: Coraline, The Institute, Bunnicula
Read a book with a dark/spooky cover: Creepshow
Complete 1 entire book (start to finish): Bunnicula, Howliday Inn, The Celery Stalks at Midnight, Creepshow, Coraline, The Dark Tower: Fall of Gilead, The Dark Tower: Battle of Jericho Hill

Check-In Time: 9:58am
Breaks: 1 - sleep 5:20 (1:50am-7:10am)
Food/Drink: Gummy Bears in the wee hours and then Coffee when I woke up
Pages Read Total: 830 (+ 293 audio pgs) = 1,123
Time Listened Total: 6:43
Total Time Reading: 18:40
Books Progressed In: 1

Books Finished: 7







Comments:
I read one more book then succumbed to sleep. I sort of remember turning off my alarm at 5am. lol. But I did wake up at 7am and continued reading for the last hour. And then continued reading after that until I finished The Institute! Yay! I did not listen to another audiobook.
Closing Survey
How would you assess your reading overall? Pretty good! I like to hit 1000 pages and with my audiobook pages, technically I did!
Did you have a strategy, and if so, did you stick to it? I mean, isn't everyone's strategy to read as much as possible and stay awake 24 hours? lol. I will never stay awake 24 hours but I did read as much as I could.
What was your favorite snack? Peanut M&Ms and Gummy Bears! teehee
Wanna volunteer for our next event? Might do an Hourly Discussion again!




Thanks! Oh me too, I love sleep!!

Thanks! I liked it! Not my favorite King book but it was still really good.

Thanks! I was very happy to finish The Institute! I had been reading it since the beginning of the month!

I napped for a couple hours yesterday afternoon and that was nice. lol. I'm still tired today though, the weather is not helping! lol. Very dreary out.

Nahhhh. I completed 4 graphic novels and 3 audiobooks. Not that impressive but the page count looks impressive! lol.

Hopefully we'll be updating the website and group soon! I was looking back at last year's April 'thon and it was so early in the month so I thought it was soon! But nope, not till April 25. Is it weird to start planning now? No! Because April is #SpringIntoHorror month at Seasons of Reading and I *am* starting to plan for that! :) Actually, I'm pulling up older Dewey's readathon lists and seeing what I still haven't read and curating my list that way for this one!





I'm pretty much always thinking about the next read-a-thon, haha! So it's never too early! I'm especially excited for it since I hardly got to participate in the October one. I'm itching for a full 24 hour one!
I don't really do the Seasons of Reading, especially since they became month-long, because I don't really understand what a read-a-thon is when it's not non-stop reading, you know? But I could definitely read a lot of horror with my R.L. Stine pile I'm working on!

Oh that's fun!!

That's a good idea!

Oh excellent! Snacks I like to wait till last minute. lol. Otherwise I just overdo it!

I enjoy it! Horror is not my go-to genre so it's nice to "force" myself to seek them out.

Hoowee no kidding! And pandemic reading would also go with Spring Into Horror! Heh! Yikes.

I'm pretty much always thinking about the next read-a-thon, haha! So it's never too early! I'm especially excited for it since I hardly got to participate in ..."
I do see your point! But what else to call it? Joint Reading Endeavor? lol. I think of it more as a reading focus for the duration of a specific timeframe, since the SoS readathons are usually themed.
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1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today? New Hampshire
2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to? Finishing The Institute!
3) Which snack are you most looking forward to? Apple bread
4) Tell us a little something about yourself! I'm an introvert.
5) If you participated in the last read-a-thon, what’s one thing you’ll do different today? Try to remember to participate more in Sprints and Hourly Discussions.
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Happy reading!