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Kate wrote: "Well I'm getting too tired to carry on so I'll call it a day. I'll head to bed and "read under the covers" for the Bingo and update here sometime tomorrow.Have loved the community feel here on Goo..."
Great job, Kate! That's the hardest part for me, besides needing to sleep. Balancing GR (and now IG) and reading. I only checked in twice and I'm pretty happy about that. Listened to my audiobook while checking in so I was still reading. IG I just posted the hourly photos and my current reads.
So final figures for August 2019:Read some from:
and
Started and finished graphic novel:
Listened to 1 hour 4 mins of audio:
Total pages read: 245
Reading time: 5 hours 6 mins
Total time including audio: 6 hours 10 mins
Having 1 classic, 1 easier read, 1 graphic novel and an audio was a really good mix and worked well for me this time.
Thanks everyone for your comments and encouragement. Already looking forward to October. See you then.
I'm back for October! I've cleared my diary so the only thing that could possibly disrupt my plans for this readathon is if my new nephew enters the world 2 weeks early! lol
So I've had a go at Tic-tac-toe and I've checked out the Bingo board so now I'm ready to start assembling my TBR list and snack plans over the next few days...
October 2019:Hour 1 (1-2PM): The Pyrates 29 pages, 52 mins
Hour 2 (2-3PM): Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 27 pages, 34 mins
Hour 3 (3-4PM): Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 11 pages, 16 mins
Hour 4 (4-5PM): SPRINT Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 35 pages, 60 mins
Hour 5 (5-6PM): Wonder Woman, Volume 1: Blood 60 pages, 19 mins
Hour 6 (6-7PM):
Hour 7 (7-8PM):
Hour 8 (8-9PM):Wonder Woman, Volume 1: Blood 100 pages, 37 mins
Hour 9 (9-10PM): To Be Read By Candlelight 17 pages, 20 mins
Hour 10 (10-11PM): To Be Read By Candlelight 21 pages, 30 mins
Hour 11 (11-12Midnight): The Pyrates 12 pages, 26 mins
Hour 12 (12-1AM):
Hour 13 (1-2AM):
Hour 14 (1-2AM): Clocks go back
Hour 15 (2-3AM):
Hour 16 (3-4AM):
Hour 17 (4-5AM):
Hour 18 (5-6AM): The Pyrates 4 pages, 10 mins
Hour 19 (6-7AM):
Hour 20 (7-8AM): The Pyrates 13 pages, 30 mins
Hour 21 (8-9AM): To Be Read By Candlelight 15 pages, 25 mins
Hour 22 (9-10AM): To Be Read By Candlelight 10 pages, 14 mins
Hour 23 (10-11AM): The Iliad 5 pages, 19 minsHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 11 pages, 18 mins
Hour 24 (11-12 Noon): SPRINT Northanger Abbey 47 pages, 60 mins
Hour 25 (12-1PM): sneaky extra hour to finish at 1pm - social media wrap up
Books finished:
Total Pages Read: 417
Total Time Read: 7 hours 50 minutes
Coffees: 5
Kate, I love that you have a section for coffees! That's a great idea.
My TBR pile is going to have a bit of a spooky Halloween theme to it:The Pyrates - currently reading
The Iliad - currently reading (about to start book 16)
Wonder Woman, Volume 1: Blood - graphic novel
Northanger Abbey - novel by Val McDermid
The Sea of Monsters
To Be Read by Candlelight - "2 tales of suspense" by Edith Wharton
Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone - a potential re-read
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - another re-read
A Secret History of Witches
Kate wrote: "My TBR pile is going to have a bit of a spooky Halloween theme to it:The Pyrates - currently reading
The Iliad - currently reading (about to start book 16)..."
Great choices! I may do a series read next Dewey's and Rick Riordan might be a contender. I haven't read any of them!
Thanks Elyse. I've only read The Lightning Thief so far but I'm keen to get stuck into more. Can't beat a good Greek Myth!Oh and thanks for the template for Bingo that I'm about to copy & paste from you!
BINGO BOARDRow 1
Row 2
Read a new book:
Row 3
Read a book with a character around your age (teen, adult, senior):
Row 4
Row 5
x x x x x
x x x _ x
x x x x _
x x x x x
x x x x x
Final planning underway for my food, drinks and snacks. The Readathon starts at 1pm in the UK so I get the morning to sort out the slow cooker and make soup! Its an ideal start time for me. :) So after a last minute shopping trip yesterday my refreshment menu looks something like this:DRINKS:
Coffee
Diet Coke
Water
FOOD:
Breakfast: Honey yoghurt and golden syrup cereal bar
Lunch: Homemade Vegetable Soup / Mini Pizza
Dinner: Chicken & Veg in the slow cooker & chocolate mousse
SNACKS:
BBQ Pringles and Sour cream & chive dip
Sweet popcorn
Pineapple chunks (for the healthy snack bingo square)
Chocolate cornflake mini bites (for the favourite snack bingo square)
Kate wrote: "Final planning underway for my food, drinks and snacks. The Readathon starts at 1pm in the UK so I get the morning to sort out the slow cooker and make soup! Its an ideal start time for me. :) So a..."Yum! Sounds great! I'll be making my soup tonight since my 'thon starts at 8am.
Sounds delicious! You are inspiring me to cook....maybe ;)
I just got back from the store! My thon starts at 5 am!It has also been in the 90's all week with santa ana so no soup here!
And I've started! A good 52 mins in hour one so feel like I'm already making progress.1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today? I'm in the UK, We start at lunchtime here. Its a typically windy autumn day and we're due rain this afternoon. Good reading weather!
2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to? I think starting a reread of Harry Potter #1
3) Which snack are you most looking forward to? My favourite is definitely the chocolate cornflake minibites!
4) Tell us a little something about yourself! I'm going to be a first time Auntie soon! My nephew is due mid-November. Our whole family are very excited.
5) If you participated in the last read-a-thon, what’s one thing you’ll do different today? Have longer periods of reading and only drop into Goodreads for blocks of time rather than trying to do a bit of everything each hour.
I'm almost jealous that it's going to rain there! But I mean, I can't complain that I have sun. lol.
I'm heading to the conservatory for the next hour to read in a new space and enjoy the sound of the rain!Also taking coffee number 1 and the chocolate cornflake minibites with me!
Well, I ended up with hot chocolate and cream as that seemed more appropriate for the weather!Had a good go at the first Sprint and made a dent in Harry Potter #1
So I've had a go at one of the mini challenges. Its the Title Name one. I'm not taking pictures because I've no idea how to upload but my Book choices are:K - Killman by G W Kent
A - Atlantis Found by Clive Cussler
T - Thud! by Terry Pratchett
E - Endal: How One Extraordinary Dog Brought a Family Back from the Brink By Allen Parton
Oooh, I may have to indulge in some hot chocolate. It makes a nice change from tea in cold weather. Enjoy your RAT!
Kate wrote: "And I've started! A good 52 mins in hour one so feel like I'm already making progress.1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today? I'm in the UK, We start at lunchtime here. Its a t..."
Congrats on becoming an Auntie! I have no kids. I thought my 2 nephews were pretty cool (10 & 11 years old) and then 2 years ago my unexpected niece was born and I am sooooo in love. We have such fun times together, and she gets super excited about having sleep-overs at my place! She fills my heart!
Aw thanks Emma! Glad to hear nephews can be cool! I'm a bit apprehensive as haven't any kids of my own so it'll be a steep learning curve!
Had a bit of a break for dinner and stopped to watch Strictly Come Dancing Halloween week so that ticked the bingo box for watch something spooky!Also finished my first book:
Wonder Woman, Volume 1: Blood
It was a graphic novel and unfortunately not as good as I'd hoped.
Finished a short story and filled in a lot of the bingo board. Can't believe I've completed 13 squares but no bingo yet!Its 11pm here and I'm beginning to flag. I'll take books to bed with me and see how much I can read before I really need sleep!
See you in the morning!
Hi Kate :) I couldn't agree more with Emma. I adore my nephew who will be 3 years old in April and it melts my heart everytime I hear him call me Tia (Portuguese for Aunt) <3 I'm not planning on having kids of my own so that little prince fills my needs :) Welcome to Hour 12!
Good morning! Nicely refreshed now and raring to go.How lovely for you Nadia. I can't wait to be an Auntie and start having fun with him!
Finished my second book: To Be Read By Candlelight which was 2 short stories by Edith Wharton. Both great literature and well written but I'm baffled by the ending to both!
Congrats on bingo! And hope you enjoy your morning's reading!
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Final Tally for October 2019:Books finished:
Books partially read:
Total pages read: 417
Total time read: 7 hours 50 mins
I'd really like to get over 500 pages and hit 12 hours reading time so think they should be targets for next time around.
I managed most of the bingo with only 2 squares missing.
Closing Survey!How would you assess your reading overall? Pretty successful. I read a range of books and finished a couple of them,
Did you have a stategy, and if so, did you stick to it? Sort of, I tried to stick to one book per hour rather than a couple in a single hour and that worked better. Still need to work out what reading time to social media ratio needs to be.
What was your favorite snack? The chocolate corn flake mini bites. Those will have to become a tradition!
Wanna volunteer for our next event? It'll depend on the date.
Thanks everyone, it was great fun and I can't wait for the next one.
Kate wrote: "Final Tally for October 2019:Books finished:
Books partially read:..."
Great job, Kate!
Kate wrote: "Still need to work out what reading time to social media ratio needs to be..."Me toooo. It's so hard. I only post hourly photos on IG, I don't have the time to look at others' photos. And then every time I check into GR I have 50+ notifications. And I forget about hourly discussions and reading sprints! lol.
Anyone else getting ready for the April Readathon?I've got some books set aside for the April Magical Readathon and have a couple of those that could work nicely for Dewey's too.
I'll post a potential TBR list soon but I don't want to get ahead of myself in case there are any pre-readathon activities in the planning....
I was thinking about it and then all this mess happened and I stopped thinking about it. But it's much wanted and much needed!
Is there going to be a readathon?? The website isn’t updated, no sign up etc....
Susy wrote: "Is there going to be a readathon?? The website isn’t updated, no sign up etc...."There is, they mentioned it on IG. IDK if it's going to be low-key but I'd really like to be fully distracted for the next few weeks leading up so I hope they do a bunch of pre-readathon tasks. 🤞🤞
Kate wrote: "Anyone else getting ready for the April Readathon?I've got some books set aside for the April Magical Readathon and have a couple of those that could work nicely for Dewey's too.
I'll post a pote..."
Good idea! Am going to do that too.
Still hoping for a pre-readathon Bingo or something but in the meantime I've got a potential TBR list which is based on my book choices for the Magical Readathon:
Also The Noose Hangs High by Frank C. Robertson which appears to be too old to be listed on GR. I'll have to add it!
I'm currently reading:
and
but expect I'll have finished these before the readathon starts.
Kate wrote: "Still hoping for a pre-readathon Bingo or something but in the meantime I've got a potential TBR list which is based on my book choices for the Magical Readathon:..."Welcome back! Oh gosh Marley and Me!! Such a sweet, sad book! I recently purchased Mythos on Audible! Stephen Fry is great.
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Ok, slight change to the TBR list:The Noose Hangs High (currently reading)
The Crime Wave at Blandings (short story 80 pages)
Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World's Worst Dog
Men at Arms
Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold
The Swimming Pool Season
The Sea of Monsters
Up the Faraway Tree
Calm: Thoughts Quotations for Every Day
Snacks and Refreshments:DRINKS:
Coffee
Diet Coke
Water
FOOD:
Breakfast: Grapefruit
Lunch: Homemade Vegetable (carrot mainly!) soup & crusty bread
Dinner: Chicken & Veg in the slow cooker
SNACKS:
BBQ Pringles and Sour cream & chive dip
Sweet popcorn
Marshmallows
Chocolate digestive biscuits
Chocolate buttons or chocolate orange
Jelly babies
Hmm I seem to be lacking healthy snacks! Better check the cupboard again!
Kate wrote: "Snacks and Refreshments:DRINKS:
Coffee
Diet Coke
Water
FOOD:
Breakfast: Grapefruit
Lunch: Homemade Vegetable (carrot mainly!) soup & crusty bread
Dinner: Chicken & Veg in the slow cooker
SNACKS..."
Haha, mine is mostly sweets but I do have a few healthy things too. It's a splurge day.
Kate wrote: "Snacks and Refreshments:DRINKS:
Coffee
Diet Coke
Water
FOOD:
Breakfast: Grapefruit
Lunch: Homemade Vegetable (carrot mainly!) soup & crusty bread
Dinner: Chicken & Veg in the slow cooker
SNACKS..."
For me, special readathons are a time to break all the food rules! ;)
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I agree variety is best for the Readathon. Hope you got a little more reading done "under the covers" ;)