Mini-Readathon Challenge- June 2018

[Kavitha]

Fortunately enough, I enjoyed all the books that I have read for readathon except promise of blood which I DNFed for present. Didn't expect to finish the books this fast. Like you, am happy with my progress too :) Sathish is currently reading Nilamellam Ratham which he seems to enjoy but distracted with other commitments.

[Kan]

Oh wow! Manju makes me feel like making a bigger effort to read more! June, unfortunately, has been exceptionally busy and I am still on my second book in readathon! Here's to faster movement rest of the month :)

[Kan]

Finished The Devotion of Suspect X in just two sittings. It was quite engaging. Would have preferred a different ending though.

[Em*Greedy* (Iniya)]

Finished 7 books for the readathon....😀😀

[Kavitha]

Me too, Ini :) Behind you, 7 books so far. completed Inga

[Em Lost In Books, EmLo is my Name, PIFM is my Game]

Kan wrote: "Oh wow! Manju makes me feel like making a bigger effort to read more! June, unfortunately, has been exceptionally busy and I am still on my second book in readathon! Here's to faster movement rest ..."

thanks!!

an ego balloon is now constantly hovering over my head after reading your comment. ;)

[Em Lost In Books, EmLo is my Name, PIFM is my Game]

high 5 ini and kavitha!! i too have read 7 books so far. and the best thing about them is that I had a gala time reading them. enjoyed them very much. :)

[Kavitha]

Thanks, Manju :) High Five to you too! Me too...enjoying it very much!!

[Neha]

I am go not doing good in the readathon, I picked my Mandatory reads - The Night Circus 3 days ago..and its small fonts are killing me... its a 486 pages book..
and small font makes it 550 above pages..

Though I have heard a lot of GOOD things about the book, that keeps me on to it.. But I am still not sure... (@)

*Books not present in Challenge, I have read some of them too. So it took me time to come to Mandatory reads*

[Em Lost In Books, EmLo is my Name, PIFM is my Game]

aww... don't force yourself Neha. the objective of this readathon was to challenge yourself and enjoy whatever you are reading.

I got the book last Christmas. will read it someday.

[Neha]

Manju wrote: "aww... don't force yourself Neha. the objective of this readathon was to challenge yourself and enjoy whatever you are reading.

I got the book last Christmas. will read it someday."

Yesh Yesh.. Offcourse, actually there comes so many readathons and I try to take part in as many so that I can reduce my TBR.. So last weekend went in another 3daysreadathon for which there were prompts. So this one was sided :)

[Hajarath Prasad]

Hi guys.. I'm the last entry here, I guess..

I finished 5 Readathon books so far :

1. A Suitable Boy - 1474 pages
2. Bourne Supremacy - 688 pages
3. The Bridge Over the River Kwai - 224 pages
4. The Big Short : Inside The Doomsday Machine - 320 pages
5. The Death of Ivan Ilyich - 86 pages

Total - 1474+688+224+320+86 = 2792 pages

[Em Lost In Books, EmLo is my Name, PIFM is my Game]

Wah!! *claps*

[Kavitha]

Awesome HP :)

[Kavitha]

Finished Bhima: Lone Warrior. Total pages 3,137. I still have to finish one of my compulsory book.

[Ahtims]

have finished both compulsories .
My tally:

1. The chemist ✔ 521 pages 💥💥
2.
3. 31 miles ✔234 pages 💥💥
4. Magpie murders ✔502 pages 💥💥💥💥💥 ( wild card )
5. My brilliant friend ( wild card ) ✔-331 pages 💥💥💥
6. Hard boiled wonderland ✔- 400 pages - compulsory by Key
7. Poonachi- the story of A black goat-179 pages ✔💥💥💥💥
8. The wife - 352 pages- ✔💥💥💥💥
9. Turtles all the way down - 288 pages✔💥💥💥💥
10. The door -272 pages ✔💥💥💥💥
11. Precious and Grace-248 pages ✔💥💥💥💥💥
12. On Chesil beach-166 pages ✔💥💥

Total 3503 pages

[Em*Greedy* (Iniya)]

My readathon update so far... Page count 3408

1. The Metamorphosis - 201 pages
2. The Dragon Reborn - 624 pages
3. Truth or Beard - 382 pages
4. Jaya: An Illustrated Retelling of the Mahabharata - 372 pages
5. The Secret Life of Bees - 336 pages
6. Love, Rosie- 512 pages
7. An Offer From a Gentleman - 390 pages
8. Fight Club - 224 pages
9. A Thousand Splendid Suns - 367 pages

[Smriti]

Wow! Not so much of reading, but till now -

1) Man’s search for meaning - 184 pages
2) Illicit happiness of other people - 352 pages
3) The devotion of suspect x - 379 pages
4) The collected short stories - Satyajit Ray - 570 pages

Total pages so far = 1485

Reading the 5th and sixth, hopefully she finish before 30th

[Neha]

Wooow Woow Wooow slow down everyone.. I mean,, carry on everyone...
I am still at The Night Circus (small fonts not working out for me :'( )

Thinking to shift book, but then its a Mandatory read... Uaaaahh..!!
*Prayers to Godji for making this month have extra 10 days :P *

[Ahtims]

He he..
I have slowed down. No reading at all today
possibly I will start s small Agatha Christie tomorrow night and thst will be it.

Was a good month, but to be frank I didn't enjoy this at all. I hate planning and reading
I found that the element of intrigue and uncertainty as to what I will choose next is an integral part of me as a reader.

Would love to join in challenges where I read upon a particular topic with a week to finish... so that I will be able to carry on my other reads too.

[Neha]

Smitha wrote: "He he..
I have slowed down. No reading at all today
possibly I will start s small Agatha Christie tomorrow night and thst will be it.

Was a good month, but to be frank I didn't enjoy this at a..."

Agreeeeed !!

Also my current read is so Good to be read Slow and gasp in events. So such types of reads not perfect for such readathons...
I know I am failing this readathon, so now I am taking my time to finish it...

[Ahtims]

Nothing like failing . We set up go as ..we strive to achieve .. so something is achieved which we wouldn't have done otherwise 😊

[Em*Greedy* (Iniya)]

Smitha wrote: "He he..
I have slowed down. No reading at all today
possibly I will start s small Agatha Christie tomorrow night and thst will be it.

Was a good month, but to be frank I didn't enjoy this at a..."

You should have left all as wild cards :-D For me, I have selected a wide variety of books, so I was happy that I read those books..! There was not many disappointing books in this readathon(Except one of my compulsory books ;-)), so I felt happy.!

[Kan]

Smriti wrote: "Wow! Not so much of reading, but till now -

1) Man’s search for meaning - 184 pages
2) Illicit happiness of other people - 352 pages
3) The devotion of suspect x - 379 pages
4) The collected short..."

Wow! I'm never gonna be able to beat you.
My Tally so far:
1) Devotion of Suspect X - 379 pages
2) Your Best Year Ever - 272 pages
3) BearTown - 432 pages

Total: 1083 pages only
Into 4th one, yet to start 5th.

[Ahtims]

Uni... a huge thanks for conceiving the idea.
June would be my most read month this year ... all because of this challenge .

total tally is 3834 pages..And I doubt I will be completing any book in2 days.

1.The chemist ✔ 521 pages 💥💥
2. Appointment with death (wild card) ✔💥💥💥💥
3. 31 miles ✔234 pages 💥💥
4. Magpie murders ✔502 pages 💥💥💥💥💥 ( wild card )
5. My brilliant friend ( wild card ) ✔-331 pages 💥💥💥
6. Hard boiled wonderland ✔- 400 pages - compulsory by Key 💥💥💥💥
7. Poonachi- the story of A black goat-179 pages ✔💥💥💥💥
8. The wife - 352 pages- ✔💥💥💥💥
9. Turtles all the way down - 288 pages✔💥💥💥💥
10. The door -272 pages ✔💥💥💥💥
11. Precious and Grace-248 pages ✔💥💥💥💥💥
12. On Chesil beach-166 pages ✔💥💥

Total 3834 pages

[Kavitha]

Finished my second compulsory book உறுபசி Urupasi .

[Em*Greedy* (Iniya)]

Glad to know that the books were almost interesting smi :-) Let's plan it better next time..!!!

[Ahtims]

Uni... your plan was perfect . Accolades for that. Just that I am a very undisciplined reader ... books foe me are like an array of various chocolates arranged at easy reach for a 3 year old ..So I can't just select and put 12 chocolates in a jar and convince myself to eat only those and not the others with the option of selecting 3 or so feom the outside array ... but not more than that .😝

[Em*Greedy* (Iniya)]

Smitha wrote: "Uni... your plan was perfect . Accolades for that. Just that I am a very undisciplined reader ... books foe me are like an array of various chocolates arranged at easy reach for a 3 year old ..So I..."

LOLS... Seeing that chocolate analogy, I don't think I can eat just those chocolates either :-P :-P

[Em Lost In Books, EmLo is my Name, PIFM is my Game]

updated my post. 9 books and 4375 pages. :D

I had a very good time reading these books. In the end it was what to fit in my wild spots. ;)

thanks Ini!

[Smriti]

Kan wrote: "Smriti wrote: "Wow! Not so much of reading, but till now -

1) Man’s search for meaning - 184 pages
2) Illicit happiness of other people - 352 pages
3) The devotion of suspect x - 379 pages
4) The ..."


Done with 6 books - total pages - 2067 pages

Was a good one and tough competition with you Kan :)

[Ahtims]

Well done .. all of us
Am sure, all who participated would have read more than they are usually able to. 😊

[Kavitha]

I really thought I wouldn't be able to finish the book A suitable boy, as I don't want to hurry and finish for readathon sake....but the story was so gripping after one character's attempted murder of another character....just couldn't stop....I finished it! Final tally 5,044 pages and 11 books. Updated message 15.

[Em Lost In Books, EmLo is my Name, PIFM is my Game]

Smitha wrote: "Well done .. all of us
Am sure, all who participated would have read more than they are usually able to. 😊"

+1

@Kavitha: nice tally.

[Ahtims]

Wow.. Kavitha ...
5000 plus is formidable.
And M too...
I was hoping to cross 4000 with Tandoor murder but I was so sleepy thst I stopped it at 80% yesterday night .

[Neha]

It was good to be part of readathon.. but alas, I read only 1 of my Mandatory reads...
The Night Circus 🙈
Along with 3 of Non Mandatory reads..

[Kavitha]

Thank you, Manju and Smitha! I myself am surprised with my tally :)

[Em*Greedy* (Iniya)]

Kavitha wrote: "I really thought I wouldn't be able to finish the book A suitable boy, as I don't want to hurry and finish for readathon sake....but the story was so gripping after one character's attempted murder..."

That's a huge number :-D Great Kavitha..!!

[Kavitha]

Thanks, Ini :)

[Kan]

Smriti wrote: "Kan wrote: "Smriti wrote: "Wow! Not so much of reading, but till now -

1) Man’s search for meaning - 184 pages
2) Illicit happiness of other people - 352 pages
3) The devotion of suspect x - 379 p..."

Wow! I managed only 4 eventually. About 1600 pages I think. The best girl won :-)