Kate's Readathon Tracker

[D.L.]

Hope you have a fun & successful readathon!

[Kate]

Good Morning! Its approaching 8am in the UK and its raining Yay! I have a coffee and a book and am starting with the hour 8 sprint.

[Kate]

I've finished my first book! The One and Only Ivan and I'll rate it 4 stars.

[Kate]

I've finished my second book! Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats another 4 stars.

[Lamilla]

Congrats on finishing two books in a row, Kate!
Glad to see Pratchett on your list

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

Ugh I wish it would rain today - very low chance so doubtful. We do have 85% humidity today though so there's moisture in the air apparently.

And nice! Two 4 star books :)

[Susy]

Kate wrote: "I've finished my second book! Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats another 4 stars."

Nice going, Kate!

[Kate]

Update: I started Queenie and haven't been able to put it down! Its turned out to be a great choice for the readathon.

Its gone 10pm here now so I think I'll be heading to bed to read there for a bit but I'm already getting tired so I know I won't stay up until the 1am finish.

Haven't commented on many threads this time round but appreciate everyone who stops by. Thanks for the encouragement :)

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

I haven't read Queenie yet, glad to hear it's good. Just turned 8 pm here.

[Kate]

July 2025 Readathon roundup:

1am -7am Sleep
8am The One and Only Ivan 113 pages
9am The One and Only Ivan 55 pages FINISHED
10am The Summons 36 pages
11am Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats 64 pages FINISHED
12 noon The Summons 46 pages
1pm Queenie 24 pages
2pm Queenie 41 pages
3pm Queenie 34 pages
4pm Queenie 43 pages
5pm The Summons 21 pages
6pm Queenie 49 pages
7pm The Summons 20 pages
8pm Queenie 39 pages
9pm Queenie 41 pages
10pm Queenie 44 pages
11-1am Sleep

GRAND TOTALS:
Number of pages read: 670
Number of books finished: 2
Time read: 9 hours 43 minutes

I'm really pleased with how I did. My page target is usually 500 so I smashed that. Would have liked to reach 10 hours but I needed my sleep!
Thanks to this lovely community who always make this such a fun event. See you all next time. x

[Kate]

I've just checked my page 1 opening post readathon list and found that July 2025 was my 20th time participating in Deweys! I've only missed 2 since April 2018.

[Susy]

Kate wrote: "I've just checked my page 1 opening post readathon list and found that July 2025 was my 20th time participating in Deweys! I've only missed 2 since April 2018."

Impressive! I have no idea when I joined. I got a topic here quite late I believe...

Kate wrote: "July 2025 Readathon roundup:

1am -7am Sleep
8am The One and Only Ivan 113 pages
9am The One and Only Ivan 55 pages FINISHED
10am The Summons 36 pages
11..."

Wow, you did great Kate!
See you back in October!

[Cynda]

You kept up steady progress Kate! Glad you enjoyed your readathon :)

[Vicki Willis]

Great job Kate!
How did you like The One and Only Ivan? My son reads that book to his class each year.
See you in October!

[Kate]

I enjoyed it Vicki. It really shows how far we've come with Zoo animals. I think its the first in a series so I'll try and get some of the other books at some point.

[Kate]

I'm back for the Autumn! Thought I'd give the Pre-readathon challenge a go. I'll just be focussing on part 1 though.

Seasonally Mysterious
🍊 1. Read three fictional mysteries. (For an additional challenge, read different genres/subgenres.)

1. The Sentence is Death 3 stars (contemporary mystery)
2. The Holy Thief currently reading
3.

[Cynda]

Glad you are participating Kate! I will be focusing on the nonfiction, each to their own :)

[Kate]

Its a great challenge Cynda, thanks for setting it up. This one is right up my street!

I've finished The Sentence is Death by Anthony Horowitz. Its the second in a series. I gave the first book 3 stars and I've done the same with this one. Unfortunately I don't really like the main detective and Anthony Horowitz features himself but he doesn't portray himself in the best light so I don't like him much either! I won't be continuing the series.
For the different sub genres this one is a contemporary mystery.

[Cynda]

Maybe your next selection will be more to your liking. Recently I read a contemporary mystery Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto. I want to go to her her traditional Chinese tea shop where she will be both bossy and kind, a good friend.

[Cathy]

Kate wrote: "I've finished The Sentence is Death by Anthony Horowitz. Its the second in a series. I gave t..."

I have The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz on my shelf. Sherlock Homes! I hope it will be better….

[Kate]

Cathy I suspect that one will be better. I do like Anthony Horowitz and I gave 5 stars to Magpie Murders so I think its just this series that I'm not getting on with.

My next book is The Holy Thief so I know I'm on safe ground with Cadfael! Its looking like 4 stars so far.