Kate's Readathon Tracker

[Kate]

Its midnight here now so I'm heading for bed. Will pick this up again in the morning.

[Lena]

Kate wrote: "Its midnight here now so I'm heading for bed. Will pick this up again in the morning."

Good NIGHT!!

[Avid Reader and Geek Girl]

Kate wrote: "Its midnight here now so I'm heading for bed. Will pick this up again in the morning."

Goodnight!

[Kate]

I'm up again, had a coffee and breakfast and finished my first book!

[Avid Reader and Geek Girl]

Kate wrote: "I'm up again, had a coffee and breakfast and finished my first book!"

Congrats!

[Kate]

Thanks Avid.

So I've finished the readathon and managed 10 hours 28 mins which beat my 10 hour target. Hooray!
I read a total of 387 pages so didn't reach 500 although I think this is due to not having short quick books or graphic novels on my TBR. Something to reconsider next time.

I need to check against Bingo and do a proper round up. In the meantime I hope everyone did well and enjoyed it too.

[Susy]

Kate wrote: "So I've finished the readathon and managed 10 hours 28 mins which beat my 10 hour target. Hooray!
I read a total of 387 pages so didn't reach 500 although I think this is due to not h..."

Sounds like a successful readathon, Kate! Nice!
I need to select my books more carefully too. One of my books had such tiny lettering, I managed only about 25 pages an hour…

Hope to see you in April!

[Kate]

Thanks Susy, yes I'll be back in April.
Maybe I'll see you around for the other readathons. I'm half way through the Spoopathon haunted house. Got 25% of my trick or treat read so far and will then just need to read one after dark. Hoping I have time before 31st!
Are you joining Believathon in November?

[Susy]

Kate wrote: "Thanks Susy, yes I'll be back in April.
Maybe I'll see you around for the other readathons. I'm half way through the Spoopathon haunted house. Got 25% of my trick or treat read so far and will then..."

Oh cool! I see some names in other readathons but never know if they're the same person, not unless they have a very unusual name lol

Not Believathon. Ill be doing Clear Ur Shit and The Game of Tomes and Readathin

[Kate]

I thought Game of Tomes looked good. May have a rethink on my November TBR.
I normally go by Kate and have a black dog photo on Twitter & Youtube (no content just a reader!). My Twitter name is @CalligraphyKate
Hopefully see you around.

[Susy]

Kate wrote: "I thought Game of Tomes looked good. May have a rethink on my November TBR.
I normally go by Kate and have a black dog photo on Twitter & Youtube (no content just a reader!). My Twitter name is @Ca..."

👍

[Kate]

I'm back for the April Deweys!
Currently considering the warm up challenges and a potential TBR that will all need to fit with the Magical Readathon - Orilium which is running through April too.

[Susy]

Same here Kate! TBR will have to fit both Magical readathon and Realmathon!

[Kate]

Pre-readathon jobs are underway.

Mow the lawn ✅
Food shopping ✅
Prepare reading space ✅
Finalise TBR ✅
Set up slow cooker ✅

I love having a 1pm start because it gives me the morning to sort out food etc. plus I get a decent sleep in the middle!

[Kate]

April 2022 Readathon progress. Trying a new layout this year to edit as I go.

1pm-2pm
Book: The Pillars of the Earth
Pages: 31
Time: 60 mins
Location: Garden
Food: Dips & crisps etc
Drink: Diet Coke

2pm-3pm
Book: The Pillars of the Earth
Pages: 14
Time: 23 mins
Location: Lounge at Mum & Dads
Food: Mint chocolate ice cream
Drink:

3pm-4pm
Book: The Pillars of the Earth
Pages: 21
Time: 37 mins
Location: Lounge at Mum & Dads
Food:
Drink:

4pm-5pm
Book: The Pillars of the Earth
Pages: 35
Time: 60 mins
Location: Lounge at Mum & Dads
Food:
Drink: Coffee

5pm-6pm - No reading

6pm-7pm
Book: The Pillars of the Earth
Pages: 19
Time: 37 mins
Location: Sitting Room back at own flat
Food: Cheese straws
Drink: Diet Coke

7pm-8pm
Book: The Pillars of the Earth
Pages: 23
Time: 44 mins
Location: Sitting Room back at own flat
Food: Chicken slow cooker
Drink: Diet Coke

8pm-9pm
Book: Galatea
Pages: 57
Time: 34 mins
Location: Sitting Room back at own flat
Food: Yoghurt & chocolate hobnobs
Drink: Coffee

9pm-10pm
Book: The Pillars of the Earth
Pages: 17
Time: 31 mins
Location: Sitting room
Food:
Drink:

10pm-11pm
Book: A Rare Benedictine
Pages: 28
Time: 38 mins
Location: Sitting room
Food: Chocolate
Drink: Water

11pm-Midnight
Book: A Rare Benedictine
Pages: 4
Time: 12 mins
Location: Bed
Food:
Drink:

Midnight - 6am - Sleep!

6am-7am
Book: A Rare Benedictine
Pages: 20
Time: 30 mins
Location: Bed
Food:
Drink:

7am-8am
Book: Olive & Mabel
Pages: 28
Time: 36 mins
Location: Sitting room
Food:
Drink:

8am-9am
Book: Olive & Mabel
Pages: 33
Time: 55 mins
Location: Sitting room
Food: Hot Cross Bun
Drink: Coffee

9am-10am
Book: Olive & Mabel
Pages: 21
Time: 32 mins
Location: Sitting room
Food: Chocolate digestives
Drink: Coffee

10am-11am
Book: Olive & Mabel
Pages: 29
Time: 42 mins
Location: Sitting room
Food:
Drink:

11am-12 noon
Book: Olive & Mabel
Pages: 22
Time: 37 mins
Location: Sitting room
Food: Hot Cross Bun
Drink: Coffee

12 - 1pm
Book: Olive & Mabel
Pages: 31
Time: 41 mins
Location: Conservatory
Food: Cheese straws and pringles
Drink: Diet coke

[Susy]

Happy readathon tomorrow, Kate!

[Kate]

Thanks Susy. I'm just getting snacks sorted and finalising my TBR.

[Susy]

Kate wrote: "Thanks Susy. I'm just getting snacks sorted and finalising my TBR."

Same, just finished.

[Kate]

Healthy Snacks:
Dips with carrot sticks, cucumber, pepper, cherry tomatoes and cheese straws

Other Snacks:
BBQ Pringles
Chocolate Digestives
Lindt Chocolate Bunny left from Easter (how did that happen?!)

Main Dinner:
Chicken slower cooker

Drinks:
Diet Coke
Coffee
Water

[Kate]

My TBR:

To Finish:
(about 150 pages left of 1090)
(1 short story left)

Short Story:


Other Options:


My targets this time are to read for 12 hours (I typically manage about 10 so I'd be happy with over that) and to read over 500 pages.

[Susy]

Kate wrote: "My TBR:

To Finish:
(about 150 pages left of 1090)
(1 short story left)

Short Story:
[bookcover:Galatea|60105524..."

Sounds good, Kate!

[Kate]

Prep is underway this morning. The slow cooker is on and TBR photos taken. Still need to prep some snacks.

I'll be heading over to my parents for the first few hours as Mum is keen to join me this year. I may even manage to drag Dad into it for a page or two! lol

[Susy]

Nice! Enjoy!

[Kate]

I'm over with Mum and Dad and they both have TBRs:

Dad will be reading

Mum will be picking from
and has taken up the challenge of reading The Bible, its early days she's on Genesis!

We are all starting with the hour sprint.
Good luck everybody!

[Kate]

Time for a check in.
I'm making good progress with The Pillars of the Earth and only have about 20 pages to go.
I have started and finished Galatea by Madeline Miller.
I've done 2 full 1 hour sprints and only had 1 hour where I didn't read at all.

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

Impressive progress, Kate! Hope the books are good

[Lena]

Kate wrote: "Time for a check in.
I'm making good progress with The Pillars of the Earth and only have about 20 pages to go.
I have started and finished Galatea by Madeline Miller.
I've done 2 full 1 hour spri..."

Great Job! You're making good progress!

[Susy]

Kate wrote: "Time for a check in.
I'm making good progress with The Pillars of the Earth and only have about 20 pages to go.
I have started and finished Galatea by Madeline Miller.
I've done 2 full 1 hour spri..."

Nice going, Kate!

[Kate]

Thank you Erin, Lena and Susy. I'm enjoying myself!

I have just finished my second book: The Pillars of the Earth. I only had 150ish pages to go but its taken me all month so I have a real sense of accomplishment.

On to a short story now with A Rare Benedictine.

[Kate]

I'm halfway through my short story so I'm going to head for bed and read the rest there.
See you all in the morning.

[Susy]

Kate wrote: "I'm halfway through my short story so I'm going to head for bed and read the rest there.
See you all in the morning."

Sleep tight! I’m heading off to bed as well.

[Susan]

Father Cadfael! Enjoy!

[Kate]

Thanks Susy. I can't do the full 24 hours without sleep!

Susan, Cadfael is always a joy to read and the short stories have been perfect for a readathon.

[Kate]

Its 7am here in the UK and I'm up again. I have no idea who some manage to read right through!

I've just finished by 3rd book: A Rare Benedictine: The Advent of Brother Cadfael

Now I'm going to pick up my most anticipated read: Olive, Mabel and Me: Life and Adventures with Two Very Good Dogs

[Susy]

Kate wrote: "Its 7am here in the UK and I'm up again. I have no idea who some manage to read right through!.."

Indeed!

[Kate]

I am super happy with how my readathon went this time. Here are the stats:

Pages Read: 433 (a bit short on my target of 500)
Time Read: 10 hours 49 minutes which is a PB beating my previous record by 14 minutes!
Books finished: 3
Books started: 1
Coffees: 5 (also a PB!)

I normally keep a list of time read per hour and then total it at the end but I think next time I'd like to keep a running total of time read so I know how close I am to my target.

Books finished:

Books Started:

[Vanessa]

Kate wrote: "My TBR:

To Finish:
(about 150 pages left of 1090)
(1 short story left)

Short Story:
(about 150 pages left of 1090)
(1 short story left)

Short Story:
[bookcover:Galatea|60105524..."

Did you read your 500 page Readathon goal ?

[Kate]

Sadly not Vanessa. I managed 433 pages and my target was 500. I think this is because I didn't have a graphic novel this time. Something to include next time though.

[Vanessa]

Kate wrote: "Sadly not Vanessa. I managed 433 pages and my target was 500. I think this is because I didn't have a graphic novel this time. Something to include next time though."

You were only 67 pages from your goal . I wouldn't cry about that !
Throw in an audiobook next time and some magazines . That should throw you over the hump . 433 pages deserves an applause 👏👏

[Lamilla]

Kate wrote: "Sadly not Vanessa. I managed 433 pages and my target was 500. I think this is because I didn't have a graphic novel this time. Something to include next time though."
I'm also thinking about including graphic novels - worked wonders for me previously!
Glad to hear that you enjoyed readathon anyway

[Susy]

Kate wrote: "I am super happy with how my readathon went this time. Here are the stats:

Pages Read: 433 (a bit short on my target of 500)
Time Read: 10 hours 49 minutes which is a PB beating my previous record..."

Sounds great, Kate! I've stopped reading graphic novels as well, so my page total dropped too.
See you in August hopefully!

[Vanessa]

Susy wrote: "Kate wrote: "I am super happy with how my readathon went this time. Here are the stats:

Pages Read: 433 (a bit short on my target of 500)
Time Read: 10 hours 49 minutes which is a PB beating my pr..."

There's an August 2022 READATHON ?

[Susy]

Vanessa wrote: "There's an August 2022 READATHON ? ..."

Usually there is a reverse readathon (meaning it starts at 8pm instead of 8am) in August. Hope the new mods will keep that up.

[Susan]

Kate wrote: "Thanks Susy. I can't do the full 24 hours without sleep!

Susan, Cadfael is always a joy to read and the short stories have been perfect for a readathon."

I’ll have to remember that for a future Readathon! Thanks for the tip

[Susan]

Susy wrote: "Vanessa wrote: "There's an August 2022 READATHON ? ..."

Usually there is a reverse readathon (meaning it starts at 8pm instead of 8am) in August. Hope the new mods will keep that up."
I saw a post from the moderators saying that the date for the next Readathon should be out in the next week or so. Looks like you had a good Readathon this time! Here’s to reading!

[Cynda]

Kate, I watched all of the Brother Cadfael series, but don't remember A Rare Benedictine. . . .Maybe an episode I missed. I will have to go back and look.. . . Glad you enjoyed your readathon.

[Kate]

Cynda wrote: "Kate, I watched all of the Brother Cadfael series, but don't remember A Rare Benedictine. . . .Maybe an episode I missed. I will have to go back and look.. . . Glad you enjoyed your readathon."

Cynda, that series was fantastic. Derek Jacobi made the perfect Cadfael. A Rare Benedictine is a prequel of 3 short stories the first of which gives some background to how he became a monk. So it wasn't part of the TV series.

[Kate]

See you all in August!

[Kate]

I'm back for the reverse readathon!
Its about 10 days away so now's the time I have to start a couple of books so I can finish them during the readathon and feel I've made some progress!
I'm almost half way through On the Road so that will be 1. I also need to gather a couple of shorter books and fish out a graphic novel.
I'm planning to head over to my parents for lunch as we all read together in their garden last time with snacks & dips which worked really well.

[Batool✨]

@kate" it really is a nice though i am also picking up some shorter books and summer read,

well i am planning to read heartstopper series it has shorter books and you know graphic they are.