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Kate's Readathon Tracker
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Have a snack/drink featured in a book you are reading
A book with a diverse main character or author
Exercise for 30 minutes
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Just got in from a supermarket shop so I have some snacks and refreshments planned now:Unhealthy Snacks: chocolate digestive biscuits and jelly babies, BBQ Pringles
Healthy Snacks: low fat caramelised onion humous with carrot sticks
Homemade vegetable soup
Slow Cooker - chicken and vegetables
Drinks: Coffee, diet coke, hot chocolate
My TBR Pile:Currently reading:
Novels to start:
Graphic novel:
Not a huge list but a fair variety I think.
Looks like you're all set! 500 pages and 10 hours is right around what I normally do, although I always hope for more :)
Kate wrote: "My TBR Pile:Currently reading:
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? It's in my long-term TBR.
Yum! Your snacks and soup sound delicious. And your starting book looks intriguing. Enjoy your Readathon!
Thanks Ann. I don't think I've managed over 10 hours yet, I'd really like to get to 12 but I think that may be a bit ambitious. We'll see. :)Elyse, I read A Street Cat Named Bob: How One Man and His Cat Found Hope on the Streets a couple of years ago and then was offered the sequel, if anything I think I'm enjoying this one more. I'm about 80 pages off the end so it will be good to finish a book early in the readathon so I feel I'm making progress.
Thanks Susan, your post has just reminded me that I still actually have to make the soup! lol
Kate wrote: "Thanks Ann. I don't think I've managed over 10 hours yet, I'd really like to get to 12 but I think that may be a bit ambitious. We'll see. :)Elyse, I read [book:A Street Cat Named Bob: How One Ma..."
Ahhh I didn't realize there was a sequel and that is the one you are reading. How wonderful!
Right, the slow cooker is on. Now I need to make the vegetable soup, a pavlova (for my sister-in-laws birthday tomorrow) and tidy up my reading areas.3 hours and counting....
Well hour 1 was a success. 1 60 minute sprint and I've finished my first book:
I only had 66 pages left to read and they fitted the hour nicely!
Completed my second sprint and made progress with
Need a stretch and to update my bingo board. Haven't got a line yet but my squares are getting completed so it won't be long!
Third sprint and I made a dent in
I've eaten too many jelly babies!
Time to have a stretch and update my bingo board.
Its after 11pm in the UK and I'm getting tired! Time to change location and read in bed for a while.I've got my first bingo line - column 4.
I should get 2 more lines tomorrow when I wear my Wonder Woman socks and read Wonder Woman: Eyes of the Gorgon lol.
Morning all! Its just after 8am in the UK. I'm totally confused with the hour change. I think I just joined in a 1 hour sprint reading in bed but I need to check which hour we're in! lolGot a coffee now and ready to crack on.
Kate wrote: "Morning all! Its just after 8am in the UK. I'm totally confused with the hour change. I think I just joined in a 1 hour sprint reading in bed but I need to check which hour we're in! lolGot a coff..."
Lol, that's why I put it all in my calendar before the start. I KNEW I was going to get confused!
Hope you had a great readathon!
My October 2020 Readathon Summary:Total Pages Read: 541 (Reached target for over 500 pages)
Total Time Read: 9 hours 44 minutes (just 16 mins short of 10 hour target)
Coffees: 4
Books Finished: 2
Books started: 2
BINGO:
7 lines completed
20 squares out of 25
You had some great reading going! And I love the matching Wonder Woman socks. Hope to see you in April!
Kate wrote: "My October 2020 Readathon Summary:Total Pages Read: 541 (Reached target for over 500 pages)
Total Time Read: 9 hours 44 minutes (just 16 mins short of 10 hour target)
Coffees: 4"
Great job, Kate!
Thought I'd better come in and have a spring clean ready for April 2021. Considering the new game board but already have quite a TBR pile for March so will have to check the variety and see if they are likely to fit any squares...
Pre-Readathon Board Game Started 13/3/21✔️Roll 1 - 5 Read a Contemporary The Salt Path
✔️Roll 2 - 2 Read a Book in 3rd Person The Rose Rent
✔️Roll 3 - 2 Sorry Go Back - Read a Contemporary The Thursday Murder Club (half)
✔️Roll 4 - 4 Sorry Go Back - Read a Contemporary The Thursday Murder Club (2nd half)
✔️Roll 5 - 2 Read a Book in 3rd Person Hamnet
✔️Roll 6 - 3 Read a Short Story Myths and Legends
✔️Roll 7 - 5 Roll again
✔️Roll 8 - 1 Read for 2 hours The Animals of Farthing Wood
✔️Roll 9 - 4 Oh No, go back! Read for 2 hours Thief of Time
✔️Roll 10 - 5 Book Title Begins with D The Diary of a Bookseller (near enough!)
✔️Roll 11 - 4 Too bad Go Back - Read a Sci-Fi/Fantasy Arthur High King of Britain
Roll 12 - 5 Read 200 pages
Roll 13 - 6 End! Read 500 pages
Decided it was time I rolled through the entire game so I could plan my reading out. So glad I did with all the Go Backs! Considering I only just manage 500 pages during a good readathon I think I'll be hard pushed to finish this by the end of Deweys. Especially once Bingo comes into play too!
Kate wrote: "Decided it was time I rolled through the entire game so I could plan my reading out. So glad I did with all the Go Backs! Considering I only just manage 500 pages during a good readathon I think I..."
I'm also tempted to do the rest of my rolls to see how close to the end I am. I've had a few setbacks and it would be helpful to see those coming with only 10 days to go!
Been shopping tonight and sorted my food & drink. Similar to previous readathons:Snacks: chocolate chip hobnobs, BBQ Pringles, cheese twirls and low fat sour cream dip
Breakfast: Grapefruit, yoghurt
Lunch: No idea
Dinner: Slow Cooker - chicken and vegetables, fruit salad
Drinks: Coffee, diet coke
Your snack and meal choices look very tasty. I’ve heard good things about chocolate chip hobnobs.
Thanks Susan. I can't believe I haven't had chocolate hobnobs before. How did they escape me until now?!
I've drawn up a tentative TBR pile. I normally only tackle 3 or 4 books so I won't get to all these.Currently Reading:
A potential re-read:
Other options:
I want to read Spinning Silver sometime
Time to set up the tracker for April 2021:Target Pages: 500
Target hours: 10
Hour 1 (1-2PM): Hamnet 41 pages 60 mins
Hour 2 (2-3PM): Hamnet 25 pages 36 mins
Hour 3 (3-4PM): The Shamutanti Hills 37 pages 34 mins
Hour 4 (4-5PM): Hamnet 41 pages 55 mins
Hour 5 (5-6PM): Cranford 13 pages 32 mins
Hour 6 (6-7PM): Hamnet 20 pages 30 mins
Hour 7 (7-8PM): Cranford 8 pages 18 mins
Hour 8 (8-9PM): Hamnet 40 pages 60 mins
Hour 9 (9-10PM): The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse 128 pages 20 mins FINISHED
Hour 10 (10-11PM): Hamnet 29 pages 37 mins
Hour 11 (11-12 Midnight): Hamnet 13 pages 14 mins FINISHED
Hour 12 (12-1AM):
Hour 13 (1-2AM):
Hour 14 (2-3AM):
Hour 15 (3-4AM):
Hour 16 (4-5AM):
Hour 17 (5-6AM): Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 24 pages 29 mins
Hour 18 (6-7AM):
Hour 19 (7-8AM): Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 17 pages 29 mins
Hour 20 (8-9AM): Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 17 pages 24 mins
Hour 21 (9-10AM): Cranford 13 pages 30 mins
Hour 22 (10-11AM): Cranford 16 pages 42 mins
Hour 23 (11-12noon): Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 22 pages 31 mins
Hour 24 (12-1PM): Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 36 pages 54 mins
Total Pages: 540
Total Time: 10 hours 35 mins
Both targets reached!!!
BINGO TRACKER 2021B I N G O
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✔️ Read a book that's won an award Hamnet
✔️ Read a humorous book The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
✔️ A book set in Spring or Summer Hamnet
✔️ Read a total of 150 pages
✔️ Read a children's book Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
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✔️ Read a book with no supernatural elements Cranford
✔️ Read a book with a one word title Hamnet
✔️ Participate in a challenge - Hour 16 picture challenge
✔️ Read a book with an even number of pages The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (128 pages)
✔️ Read a book with an animal on the cover
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✔️ Read a book with a unique cover
✔️ Read a standalone Hamnet
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- Read the oldest book on your TBR
- Read a book recommended or gifted to you
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✔️Flip a coin to pick your first read Hamnet
✔️ Re-read a favourite Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
✔️ Read in 3 separate locations sofa, bed, conservatory
✔️ Read a book published before 2000 Cranford
- Share a recipe on social media
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✔️ Participate in a 60 minute reading sprint - HOUR 1
✔️ Enjoy a snack or drink that's new to you - choc chip hobnobs
✔️ A character that shares similar characteristics to you The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (the mole likes cake! lol
- Make your own bookmark
✔️ Read in your PJs
Bingo lines: 7
Bingo squares 21/25
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse is a great choice!
Nice stack! I’ve started Hamnet, and it looks great!
Kate wrote: "I've drawn up a tentative TBR pile. I normally only tackle 3 or 4 books so I won't get to all these.Currently Reading:
A potential re-read..."
Good luck and happy reading Kate!
Thanks Elizabeth, Susan & Susy. :)I've just finished a load of housework so I can put my feet up.
Coin toss heads: Hamnet, tails: Cranford. Landed on heads so I'll be reading Hamnet for the first 1 hour sprint.
Good luck everybody.
Made a great start joining in hour 1 sprint and just over 30 mins in hour two. Have now read 66 pages of Hamnet and filled in 9 Bingo squares! No bingo line yet though.
Hamnet is a wonderful read. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
Sounds like you’re killing at Bingo! Read on!
My third sprint completed and I haven't finished any books yet or progressed any further with bingo! Time to bring in another book to mix things up a bit. Plus its 9pm here so an easier read as the evening wears on won't hurt.
Susan wrote: "Hamnet is a wonderful read. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!"I'm getting on ok with it thanks. Bit muddled with the time lines to start with but that soon sorted itself out. About 40 pages to go so I'm on the home straight with it now.
Susan wrote: "Sounds like you’re killing at Bingo! Read on!"Thanks! How are you getting on with Hamnet?
It's getting late now so I'm shifting to read in bed. Should be able to finish my second book and tick off a couple more bingo squares this evening. Then I need some sleep!
I'm awake again, got a coffee, caught up with a couple of challenges, updated last nights reading efforts and frustratingly still don't have a bingo line! lol
GRAND TOTALSTotal Pages read: 540 (target was 500)
Total time read: 10 hours 35 minutes (target was 10 hours)
Total books finished: 2
Bingo lines: 7
Bingo squares: 21/25
So happy to have reached my targets.
Next time I think I'll have to push for the 12 hours!
Closing SurveyHow would you assess your reading overall?
Very successful, I met my targets, finished 2 books and made progress/started others
Did you have a stategy, and if so, did you stick to it? I concentrated more on goodreads and a bit on Twitter and let Facebook and the blog go this time because it was all too much last time. However, in doing this I feel I missed out on challenges I would have enjoyed. Still not sure how to strike a balance with social media.
What was your favourite snack? Actually it was my sour cream chive dip with carrot sticks, cucumber, cheese straws and BBQ pringles. Great assortment and easy to nibble while reading. I'll be doing that again.
Wanna volunteer for our next event? Will definitely participate, not so sure about volunteering. Am liking the themed idea for the next one. :)
Kate wrote: "GRAND TOTALSTotal Pages read: 540 (target was 500)
Total time read: 10 hours 35 minutes (target was 10 hours)
Total books finished: 2 [bookcover:The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse|43708884..."
Well done!!
Thank you Susy!I just realised that this readathon was my 10th Deweys!
I've looked up all the stats I have to compare each year:
Date, Total pages total time, books finished, bingo lines, bingo squares
April 2018, 413, N/A, 3, N/A, N/A
July 2018, 464, N/A, 3, N/A, N/A
Oct 2018, 322, 4 hours 10 mins, 2, 1, 11
April 2019, 682, 9 hours 26 mins, 3, 4, 19
Aug 2019, 245, 6 hours 10 mins, 1, 1, 7
Oct 2019, 417, 7 hours 50 mins, 2, 7, 23
April 2020, 404, 9 hours 44 mins, 2, 1, 12
Aug 2020, 507, 8 hours 27 mins, 2, 3, 15
Oct 2020, 541, 9 hours 44 mins, 2, 7, 20
April 2021, 540, 10 hours 35 mins, 2, 7, 21
August 2021, 403, 9 hours 24 mins, 1, 0, 13
I'm hoping one day I'll crack the 12 hour mark and get a blackout!
Kate wrote: "I just realised that this readathon was my 10th Deweys!
I've looked up all the stats I have to compare each year:
Date, Total pages total time, books finished, bingo lines, bingo ..."
That is so cool! Congratulations on your anniversary!
Congrats on completing your 10th Dewey’s Readathon! Woohoo! Striking that social media balance is always tricky, isn’t it?
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Targets: 500 pages, 10 hours
Hour 1 (1-2PM): The World According to Bob 66 pages, 60 mins
Hour 2 (2-3PM): Pompeii 16 pages, 21 mins
Hour 3 (3-4PM): Pompeii 20 pages, 29 mins
Hour 4 (4-5PM): Pompeii 45 pages, 60 mins
Hour 5 (5-6PM): Wonder Woman: Eyes of the Gorgon 24 pages, 19 mins
Hour 6 (6-7PM): Wonder Woman: Eyes of the Gorgon 54 pages, 36 mins
Hour 7 (7-8PM):
Hour 8 (8-9PM): Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 47 pages, 60 mins
Hour 9 (9-10PM): Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix3 pages, 14 mins
Hour 10 (10-11PM): Pompeii 30 pages, 39 mins
Hour 11 (11-12 Midnight): Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 17 pages, 29 mins
Hour 12 (12-1AM): Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 11 pages, 18 mins
Hour 13 (1-2AM):
Hour 14 (1-2AM):
Hour 15 (2-3AM):
Hour 16 (3-4AM):
Hour 17 (4-5AM):
Hour 18 (5-6AM):
Hour 19 (6-7AM): Wonder Woman: Eyes of the Gorgon 42 pages, 27 mins
Hour 20 (7-8AM): Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 33 pages, 60 mins
Hour 21 (8-9AM):
Hour 22 (9-10AM): Wonder Woman: Eyes of the Gorgon 47 pages, 19 mins
Hour 23 (10-11AM): Pompeii 36 pages, 44 mins
Hour 24 (11-12noon): Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 30 pages, 49 mins
Total Pages Read: 541 (Reached target for over 500 pages)
Total Time Read: 9 hours 44 minutes (just 16 mins short of 10 hour target)
Coffees: 4
Books Finished: 2