Dannii's Read-A-Thon

[Dannii]

Flauscheohr wrote: "Wow, more than 500 pages, that's very impressive. (I managed a measly 100 so far) Congratulations!
Good luck for the rest of the read-a-thon!"

Thank you! And 100 is still a great number to have already read in a day! Good luck to you, too :)

[Dannii]

Hour 7 #readathon update
Current Read: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Pages Read: 628
Books Completed: 1
Coffees Consumed: 2

[Dannii]

Hour 8 #readathon update
Current Read: The Secret History
Pages Read: 731
Books Completed: 2
Coffees Consumed: 3

[Camilla]

Wow, you're doing so amazing! More than 700 pages already :)

Hope you're having a wonderful time! I heard so many good things about The Secret History and Donna Tartt in general.

[Dannii]

Hour 9 #readathon update
Current Read: The Secret History
Pages Read: 779
Books Completed: 2
Coffees Consumed: 3

[Dannii]

Camilla wrote: "Wow, you're doing so amazing! More than 700 pages already :)

Hope you're having a wonderful time! I heard so many good things about The Secret History and Donna Tartt in general."

Thank you Camilla :) I hope your readathon is going well. I'm only 50 pages in but am absolutely loving Donna Tartt's writing.

[Dannii]

5 hour nap and back to reading :)

Hour 15 #readathon update
Current Read: The Secret History
Pages Read: 815
Books Completed: 2
Coffees Consumed: 4

[Elyse]

Dannii wrote: "5 hour nap and back to reading :)

Hour 15 #readathon update
Current Read: The Secret History
Pages Read: 815
Books Completed: 2
Coffees Consumed: 4"

I will be doing that soon. The napping. 8.5 hours left and I will need sleep shortly! You're doing great!

[Dannii]

Hour 16 #readathon update
Current Read: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Pages Read: 858
Books Completed: 2
Coffees Consumed: 4

[Dannii]

Elyse wrote: "Dannii wrote: "5 hour nap and back to reading :)

Hour 15 #readathon update
Current Read: The Secret History
Pages Read: 815
Books Completed: 2
Coffees Consumed: 4"

I will be doing that soon. The ..."

It really helped. I'm reading to zoom through the final few hours, now :) Best of luck for the rest of the readathon :)

[Vicki Willis]

Great job! Looks like you are zooming to the end!

[Dannii]

Hour 17 #readathon update
Current Read: The Secret History
Pages Read: 895
Books Completed: 2
Coffees Consumed: 4

[Dannii]

Vicki Willis wrote: "Great job! Looks like you are zooming to the end!"

Thanks Vicki :) I hope your readathon is going well!

[Jana]

Happy Readathon, Dannii! Looks like you're flying!

[Dannii]

Jana wrote: "Happy Readathon, Dannii! Looks like you're flying!"

Just woke up from nap no. 2 so not flying anymore. I'm happy just to crawl through my last few hours and enjoy them :) I hope your reading is going well, Jana :)

[Dannii]

Hour 20 #readathon update
Current Read: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Pages Read: 967
Books Completed: 2
Coffees Consumed: 4

[Merry]

Dannii wrote: "Hour 20 #readathon update
Current Read: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Pages Read: 952
Books Completed: 2
Coffees Consumed: 4"

Oh wow. That is some impressive reading you've got going on there. O.o
(I'm struggling to make the 500 pages I need to get the bingo square right now...)

[Dannii]

Hour 21 #readathon update
Current Read: The Secret History
Pages Read: 11010
Books Completed: 2
Coffees Consumed: 5

[Dannii]

Merry wrote: "Dannii wrote: "Hour 20 #readathon update
Current Read: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Pages Read: 952
Books Completed: 2
Coffees Consumed: 4"

Oh wow. That is some impressive reading you've g..."

Thank you, Merry. I had double-speed audios for some of these pages so that certainly helped.

[Dannii]

Hour 22 #readathon update
Current Read: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Pages Read: 1157
Books Completed: 2
Coffees Consumed: 5

[Dannii]

Final #readathon update
Current Read: The Secret History
Pages Read: 1214
Books Completed: 2
Currently Reading: 3
Left on #tbr: 1
Coffees Consumed: 5

[Elyse]

Great job, Dannii!

[Dannii]

Elyse wrote: "Great job, Dannii!"

Thank you, Elyse :) I hope you had a great readathon, too!

[Dannii]

26th August 2019 Reverse Readathon

TBR:


Currently Reading:


Pages Read:
1,250

Books Completed:

[Elyse]

Welcome back! I have to catch up on ARCs too. Most are overdue. Blahhh. lol. Good luck!

[Dannii]

Elyse wrote: "Welcome back! I have to catch up on ARCs too. Most are overdue. Blahhh. lol. Good luck!"

Thanks Elyse! I thought this was the perfect opportunity to get through a (hopefully!) chunk of the titles. Good luck to you too :)

[Dannii]

Bingo Board

1 Read a hyped book or rated 4 stars on GR - Alanna: The First Adventure
2 Read under the covers - Alanna: The First Adventure
3 Pick a TBR book blindfolded
4 Read a book that was free (borrowed, gifted, library etc.) - Alanna: The First Adventure (library book)

1 Wear something backwards - Baseball hat
2 Read out loud (to your pet, friend, or yourself) - Alanna: The First Adventure (read a nice quote out loud to my boyfriend)
3 Take a break and watch a TV show book adaptation
4 Read 250 pages - Read 23 pages of Elevator Pitch and 227 pages of Alanna: The First Adventure

1 Read a book with an animal on the cover - Alanna: The First Adventure
2 Share a food or drink recipe (GR, twitter, IG) - Penut butter coated banana and coffee... very adventurous.
3 Read a book with your least favorite color on the cover - Alanna: The First Adventure (My edition is brown)
4 A book with a person's name in the title - Alanna: The First Adventure (This book is saving me, once again)

1 Read 2 books - Alanna: The First Adventure and Elevator Pitch
2 Read a book with no illustrations - Alanna: The First Adventure
3 Read when it's dark outside - The readathon started at 1am for me so my first three hours of reading were undertaken whilst it was dark
4 Comment on a GR post - Commented on multiple threads such as hourly discussions and personal threads for the blogless.

[Vicki Willis]

Yep, I am hitting the ARCs too.
Enjoy!

[Ann A]

Good luck! Hope you enjoy the RAT.

[Dannii]

Vicki Willis wrote: "Yep, I am hitting the ARCs too.
Enjoy!"

I hope you manage to get through a good stack of them :)

[Dannii]

Ann A wrote: "Good luck! Hope you enjoy the RAT."

Thank you :) Good luck to you too!

[Dannii]

Guess who fell asleep for three hours. Awake and back to reading. I've completed my first book and am 35% into another. Once I finish this I think I'll move onto my short audio and take the puppy out for a nice long stroll.

[Dannii]

Hour Three #readathon update
Current Read: Elevator Pitch by Linwood Barclay
Pages Read: 353
Books Completed: 1
Currently Reading: 2
Left on #tbr: 4
Coffees Consumed: 0
#reversereadathon

[Dannii]

A post-nap Hour Six #readathon update
Current Read: Elevator Pitch by Linwood Barclay
Pages Read: 353
Books Completed: 1
Currently Reading: 2
Left on #tbr: 4
Coffees Consumed: 1
#reversereadathon

[Dannii]

Hour Nine #readathon update
Current Read: Elevator Pitch by Linwood Barclay
Pages Read: 582
Books Completed: 1
Currently Reading: 2
Left on #tbr: 4
Coffees Consumed: 2
#reversereadathon

[Dannii]

Hour Twelve #readathon update
Current Read: Lanny by Max Porter
Pages Read: 900
Books Completed: 2
Currently Reading: 2
Left on #tbr: 3
Coffees Consumed: 3
#reversereadathon

[Vicki Willis]

Amazing progress so far!

[Dannii]

Vicki Willis wrote: "Amazing progress so far!"

Thank you so much, Vicki :) I hope you're having a great readathon too.

[Susan]

Wow! You are zipping along! I heard such good things about Max Porter and Lanny. Enjoy your reading!

[Dannii]

Susan wrote: "Wow! You are zipping along! I heard such good things about Max Porter and Lanny. Enjoy your reading!"

I just finished it and it is utterly incredible. I listened on audio and it was such an amazing reading! I hope you're having a wonderful readathon too :)

[Elyse]

I also slept for 3 hours. Been listening to an audiobook since I got up at 5am. You're doing great!

[Susy]

Dannii wrote: "Hour Twelve #readathon update
Current Read: Lanny by Max Porter
Pages Read: 900
Books Completed: 2
Currently Reading: 2
Left on #tbr: 3
Coffees Consumed: 3
#reversereadathon"


Wow, simply wow!

[Dannii]

Elyse wrote: "I also slept for 3 hours. Been listening to an audiobook since I got up at 5am. You're doing great!"

Audios are a life-saver during readathons. I've listened to mine and have no more on my tbr but thinking I may add another short one in later.

[Dannii]

Susy wrote: "Dannii wrote: "Hour Twelve #readathon update
Current Read: Lanny by Max Porter
Pages Read: 900
Books Completed: 2
Currently Reading: 2
Left on #tbr: 3
Coffees Consumed: 3
#reversereadathon"


Wow, ..."

You're TOO kind. I hope you're having a successful readathon :)

[Susy]

Dannii wrote: "Susy wrote: "Dannii wrote: "Hour Twelve #readathon update
Current Read: Lanny by Max Porter
Pages Read: 900
Books Completed: 2
Currently Reading: 2
Left on #tbr: 3
Coffees Consumed: 3
#reversereada..."

Ah well, I’ve done better, getting distracted a lot so reading like 20 pages an hour lol

[Dannii]

Susy wrote: "Dannii wrote: "Susy wrote: "Dannii wrote: "Hour Twelve #readathon update
Current Read: Lanny by Max Porter
Pages Read: 900
Books Completed: 2
Currently Reading: 2
Left on #tbr: 3
Coffees Consumed: ..."

I love readathons for the social aspect of it too. Some hours I hardly reas and I stopped reading at hour eighteen entirely. I hope you had a great readathon :)

[Dannii]

Hour Fifteen #readathon update
Current Read: The Van Apfel Girl are Gone by Felicity Mclean
Pages Read: 1,018
Books Completed: 3
Currently Reading: 2
Left on #tbr: 3
Coffees Consumed: 4
#reversereadathon

[Dannii]

Hour Eighteen #readathon update
Current Read: Kingdom of Sleep by E.K Johnston
Pages Read: 1,250
Books Completed: 4
Currently Reading: 1
Left on #tbr: 3
Coffees Consumed: 5
#reversereadathon

[Dannii]

Stopped reading at hour 18 but still had a great readathon!

Final Stats:

Elevator Pitch by Linwood Barclay - 464 pages read - FINISHED
Alanna by Tamora pierce - 260 pages read - FINISHED
Lanny by Max Porter - 224 pages read - FINISHED
The Van Apfel Girls are Gone by Felicity Mclean - 350 pages read - FINISHED

[Elyse]

Great job, Dannii! Did you like The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone? It's in my TBR.