Avid's Read-a-thon-ing

[Susy]

Wow, you’re all set! Hope you’ll have a great readathon!

[Avid Reader and Geek Girl]

Bingo Board
I adapted a few that didn't work for me because of the weather or the fact I can't listen to music and an audiobook simultaneously. (I have ADHD and music + reading is overwhelming)

✔✔✔✔✔
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O✔✔✔✔
O✔OO✔
✔✔O✔✔

B
✔- Read 50 pages
✔- Fluid break
- Post an hourly photo
- Read a short story
✔- Read aloud to your pet listen to an audiobook with your pet

I
✔- Have a snack
✔- Do a reading sprint
✔- Read over 200 pages
✔- Do the opening survey
✔- Listen to an audiobook

N
✔- Read outside Read in 2+ locations
✔- Post a picture of your reading buddy
✔ FREE
- Read with a light under the covers
- Read a poem

G
✔Read a graphic novel
✔- Read a book published this year
✔- Tweet! Post on social media
- Read a book with orange on the cover
✔- Read some non-fiction

O
✔- Finish a book
✔- Stretch!
✔- Read a book for your season
✔- Post your current read on social media
✔- Listen to music while you read Take a music break!

[Avid Reader and Geek Girl]

Susy wrote: "Wow, you’re all set! Hope you’ll have a great readathon!"

Thanks! You too!

[Avid Reader and Geek Girl]

I'm awake and had my Pumpkin Spice coffee, now I'm ready to readathon!

[Elyse]

Avid Reader and Geek Girl wrote: "I'm awake and had my Pumpkin Spice coffee, now I'm ready to readathon!"

Good morning! I'm halfway through my first coffee! Happy readathon!

[Avid Reader and Geek Girl]

Elyse wrote: "Avid Reader and Geek Girl wrote: "I'm awake and had my Pumpkin Spice coffee, now I'm ready to readathon!"

Good morning! I'm halfway through my first coffee! Happy readathon!"

Good morning!

[Cynda]

Good morning Avid :-) I hope you have another successful readathon today. Looks like a good start!

[Avid Reader and Geek Girl]

Opening Survey!

1) Southeastern Wi
2) Coven
3) Vanilla Chai drizzled popcorn
4) I have a reading buddy named Jedi!

[Susy]

Avid Reader and Geek Girl wrote: "Opening Survey!


4) I have a reading buddy named Jedi!"

Cool name!

[Avid Reader and Geek Girl]

Susy wrote: "Avid Reader and Geek Girl wrote: "Opening Survey!


4) I have a reading buddy named Jedi!"

Cool name!"

Thanks!

[Avid Reader and Geek Girl]

What are you reading right now? Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe

How many books have you read so far? 2 so far

What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the readathon? Not sure... probably still Coven

Have you had many interruptions? Not really! Thankfully!

[Avid Reader and Geek Girl]

Finished 3 books so far!

[Lamilla]

Congrats on finishing 3 books! Keep going

[Susy]

Looks like you had a great readathon! See you back in April!
(do we know the date yet? can't wait lol)

[Avid Reader and Geek Girl]

Lamilla wrote: "Congrats on finishing 3 books! Keep going"

I went to sleep and just woke up, LOL I did manage to get to 6% of

[Avid Reader and Geek Girl]

Susy wrote: "Looks like you had a great readathon! See you back in April!
(do we know the date yet? can't wait lol)"

LOL, usually it's announced on twitter, Facebook, and the blog pretty quickly!

[Susy]

Avid Reader and Geek Girl wrote: "Susy wrote: "Looks like you had a great readathon! See you back in April!
(do we know the date yet? can't wait lol)"

LOL, usually it's announced on twitter, Facebook, and the blog pretty quickly!"

*goes to check immediately*

[Avid Reader and Geek Girl]

Susy wrote: "Avid Reader and Geek Girl wrote: "Susy wrote: "Looks like you had a great readathon! See you back in April!
(do we know the date yet? can't wait lol)"

LOL, usually it's announced on twitter, Faceb..."

It's been announced! April 29th!

[Susy]

Yay! Marked my calendar and sent my April-Dewey’s reading buddy a message!

[Avid Reader and Geek Girl]

TBR
TO FINISH:
LIBRARY BOOKS:
GRAPHIC NOVELS:
AUDIOBOOKS:

[Avid Reader and Geek Girl]

Hourly check-ins for April 2023

Hour 1 Saturday 7-8 am
Drinks: Crystal light
Snacks: strawberry & cheese Danish
Location: recliner
Books finished: -
Candle Burned:-
Pgs/% read: The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper- 8%

Hour 2 Saturday 8-9 am
Drinks: Crystal light
Snacks: -
Location: recliner
Books finished: -
Pgs/% read: The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper- 10%

Hour 3 Saturday 9-10 am
Drinks: Crystal light
Snacks: -
Location: recliner
Books finished: -
Pgs/% read: The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper- 20%

Hour 4 Saturday 10-11 am
Drinks: Crystal light
Snacks: twizzlers
Location: recliner
Books finished:
Pgs/% read: The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper-12%

Hours 5 Saturday 11am-12 pm
Drinks: Crystal light
Snacks: honey bbq chips
Location: recliner
Books finished: -
Candle Burned: Reading at the Cafe by Frostbeard
Pgs/% read: A Sinister Revenge-14%

Hour 6 Saturday 12-1 pm
Drinks: crystal light
Snacks: Reese's take 5
Location: recliner
Books finished: -
Pgs/% read: A Sinister Revenge-12%

Hour 7 Saturday 1-2 pm
Drinks: crystal light
Snacks: peanut butter toast
Location: bed
Books finished: -
Pgs/% read: A Sinister Revenge-15%

Hour 8 Saturday 2-3 pm
Drinks: water
Snacks: honey bbq chips, Twizzlers
Location: bed
Books finished:-
Pgs/% read: A Sinister Revenge-2%

Hour 9 Saturday 3-4 pm
Drinks: bubbly bounce-mango passionfruit
Snacks: -
Location: bed/recliner
Books finished: -
Pgs/% read: -

Hour 10 Saturday 4-5 pm
Drinks: water
Snacks: orange Sherbert pop
Location: recliner
Books finished: -
Pgs/% read: A Sinister Revenge-12%

Hour 11 Saturday 5-6 pm
Drinks: water
Snacks: steak and cheese crunch roll, vanilla classic caramel cone
Location: recliner
Books finished: -
Pgs/% read: A Sinister Revenge-8%

Hour 12 Saturday 6-7 pm
Drinks: water
Snacks: -
Location: recliner
Books finished: -
Pgs/% read: A Sinister Revenge-16%

Hour 13 Saturday 7-8 pm
Drinks: ginger ale zero sugar
Snacks: reese's take 5
Location: recliner
Books finished:
Pgs/% read: A Sinister Revenge-16%

Hour 14 Saturday 8-9 pm
Location: bed
Books finished: -
Pgs/% read: -

Hour 15 Saturday 9-10 pm
Location: bed
Books finished: -
Pgs/% read: -

Hours 16-24 Saturday 10 pm - Sunday 7 am
Location: bed

Total books finished: 2
Total Pgs/time read: 1,063 mins
Fav Snack- strawberry & cheese danish
Fav Drink: bubbly bounce-mango passionfruit
Candles Burned: Reading at the Cafe

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

Welcome back to the new Read-a-thon to end Spring!

[Avid Reader and Geek Girl]

Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* wrote: "Welcome back to the new Read-a-thon to end Spring!"

Thank you! I love Dewey's

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

Me too! I'm reading one of my TBR pile now lol. was in a mood as it's a reread. Also so tired today so wanting to sleep early. It helps if I can get rested up before the weekend but that rarely happens

[Lynnette]

I love how organized you always are. I have tried to emulate in the past, but I'm just not there. Have an amazing readathon.

[Avid Reader and Geek Girl]

Lynnette wrote: "I love how organized you always are. I have tried to emulate in the past, but I'm just not there. Have an amazing readathon."

Thank you! I'm so digitally organized but you should see my apartment, LOL, I'm super Type-A but I'm also chronically ill so I over-organize the things I can.

[Susan]

You look all ready to go! See you at the Readathon

[Avid Reader and Geek Girl]

Susan wrote: "You look all ready to go! See you at the Readathon"

See you then!

[Susy]

Good to see you back, looking forward to our weekend of reading!

[Elyse]

Welcome back! Love the TBR! I have to read ! was super cute, the whole trilogy actually!

[Avid Reader and Geek Girl]

Elyse wrote: "Welcome back! Love the TBR! I have to read ! was super cute, the whole trilogy actually!"
I really enjoyed , and the Veronica Speedwell books are one of my favorite series!

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

Those covers are so bright and adorable too

[Cynda]

Looks and sounds lovely, a fanciful retelling of Dracula?

[Susy]

1.5 hour to go, Happy Readathon!

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

We're almost there! Best of luck and reading to you today!

[Avid Reader and Geek Girl]

Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* wrote: "We're almost there! Best of luck and reading to you today!

"

Thanks, you too!

[Avid Reader and Geek Girl]

Opening Event Survey:

1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today? Southeastern Wisconsin USA
2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to? A Sinister Revenge by Deanna Raybourn
3) Which snack are you most looking forward to? The strawberry and cheese danishes
4) Tell us a little something about yourself! My reading buddies today are my pup Jedi and my mom.
5) What are your goals for this readathon? To read at least 2 books!

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

Strawberry and cheese danishes sounds delicious!

[Susan]

Enjoy your Readathon (and those danishes sound yummy)! My pooch Jaxie sends wags to Jedi and your mom!

[Elyse]

Hope you're getting some reading done! Mmm danishes!

[Avid Reader and Geek Girl]

Susan wrote: "Enjoy your Readathon (and those danishes sound yummy)! My pooch Jaxie sends wags to Jedi and your mom!"

Jedi sends wags to Jaxie!

[Avid Reader and Geek Girl]

Elyse wrote: "Hope you're getting some reading done! Mmm danishes!"

Got a book finished! And yes danishes are soo yummy! I went with those instead of donuts this time.

[Avid Reader and Geek Girl]

Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* wrote: "Strawberry and cheese danishes sounds delicious!"

They're soo tasty!

[Susy]

Avid Reader and Geek Girl wrote: "
Got a book finished! "

Nice! I just finished my first one as well (Fairy Tale by Stephen King)

[Avid Reader and Geek Girl]

I fell asleep at 11pm and just got up at 11:30am, serves me right for not getting enough sleep on Friday night I guess.

[Vicki Willis]

Great job with the reading you did do! I like the set up of your stats!

[Avid Reader and Geek Girl]

Closing Survey

How many books did you read during this readathon? Did you have any favorites? 2 and my favorite was

How many books did you finish? 2
Did you accomplish your goals for this readathon? Yes!

How did your snacks and meals work out? Are there things you would change about the food and beverages side of your readathon for next time? More healthy food next time
Did you enjoy this readathon? What was the most successful part of your readathon? What would you change for next time? I did read a lot but I also did some podcast listening because I was so sleepy, so for next time I don't plan to get up early to start but I'll get up at my normal time.

What Dewey's social media sites did you visit during this readathon? What activities did you participate in? Do you plan to complete those activities over the remainder of the weekend? I only came on GR and went on the FB group

[Susan]

Kudos on a great Readathon! Hope Jedi enjoyed it, too! See you next time!

[Elyse]

Glad you liked A Sinister Revenge!

[Avid Reader and Geek Girl]

July 23 TBR
TO FINISH:
AUDIO:
GRAPHIC NOVELS:
ARCS:
PHYSICAL BOOKS: