Dannii's Read-A-Thon

[Dannii]

Elyse wrote: "Welcome back!"

Welcome back to you too and good luck with your readathon :D

[Dannii]

TBR for the August 2020 Reverse Readathon:


Currently Reading:


Pages Read:
1,212

Books Completed:

[Dannii]

BINGO

Read while it’s dark outside - Hour one fell at 1am in my timezone

Read a book related to Winter - Once Upon a Time in the North (The MC travels to the Arctic)

Read 200 pages - First 200 pages read were 101 pages of and 99 pages of

Select your first book blind folded - Holt House (used a random generator to choose my audiobook for the readathon)

Read a book outside your comfort zone - Plain Bad Heroines (historical fiction isn't my usual go-to genre)

Read a book on your TBR for over a year (or sitting longest on your TBR) - Lyra's Oxford

Read a book with a title less than 3 words - The Lightness

Read a book released within the last year - The Lightness (released in June 2020)

Exercise for 30 minutes (stretch, yoga, run) - An hour long dog walk at hour 9

Read a book with a diverse character or author - Plain Bad Heroines (LGBT MCs)

Read in 3 different locations - In bed, on the sofa, and on a dog walk over the mountain

Title contains the letter D - Plain Bad Heroines

FREE SPACE

Participate in a social media post - Posted on my IG story and feed @dannii.elle.reads

Read 2 books - First two reads were

Reading Sprint! Read for 1 hour straight - Read for the entirety of hour 8

Read something other than a traditional book (i.e. magazine, manga, article, essay, poem) - Break Your Glass Slippers

Read a book in first person - You Are Invited: A Ghost Story

Snack and read - Read Once Upon a Time in the North with flamin' hot Wotsits

Read a book with a minimalist cover - Break Your Glass Slippers

Read a book with Blue on the cover - Once Upon a Time in the North

Read 2 different genres - Once Upon a Time in the North and You Are Invited: A Ghost Story (fantasy and horror)

Read a book with traveling - Once Upon a Time in the North (MC travels via hot air balloon to the Arctic)

Make your own challenge! - Read whilst walking the dog

Read in your PJs - Read for hour one in my PJs before sleep claimed me

[Elyse]

Oh gosh I really want to re-read His Dark Materials! Including those novellas, which I own but have never read. I loved Break Your Glass Slippers. Have fun!

[Dannii]

Elyse wrote: "Oh gosh I really want to re-read His Dark Materials! Including those novellas, which I own but have never read. I loved Break Your Glass Slippers. Have fun!"

Thank you, Elyse :) I've owned the little novellas for years, as well. I'm glad I thought of them for this readathon. I thought the poetry would provide a nice change of pace, and I've loved all of Lovelace's other work. I hope you have a wonderful readathon, Elyse :)

[Dannii]

The Readathon started at 1am in my time, so I read for one hour before dropping off to sleep. Here is my belated hour 6 update.

Hour 6 #readathon update
Current Read: Holt House by L. G. Vey
Pages Read: 50
Books Completed: 0
Coffees Consumed: 0

[Kate]

Morning Danni, I'm also in the 1am start time zone but didn't stay up like you! Just got a coffee and ready to make some updates.
Enjoy your readathon.

[Dannii]

Kate wrote: "Morning Danni, I'm also in the 1am start time zone but didn't stay up like you! Just got a coffee and ready to make some updates.
Enjoy your readathon."

Good morning, Kate. I regret staying up as I'm feeling pretty groggy this morning. I hope you have some great reading ahead of you :)

[Kate]

Thanks, I'm sure you'll overcome the grogginess!
I see you have a couple of His Dark Materials on your list. I enjoyed the trilogy (well books 1 & 3 anyway!) and have The Book of Dust gathering dust on my TBR shelf. Might have to move it up the stack a bit!

[Dannii]

Kate wrote: "Thanks, I'm sure you'll overcome the grogginess!
I see you have a couple of His Dark Materials on your list. I enjoyed the trilogy (well books 1 & 3 anyway!) and have The Book of Dust gathering dus..."

I still need to get to The Book of Dust, as well. I reread the original series a few months ago in the hopes of diving straight into the new one, but that has yet to happen yet... Haha!

[Dannii]

Hour 9 #readathon update
Current Read: You Are Invited by Sarah A. Denzil
Pages Read: 317
Books Completed: 1
Coffees Consumed: 1

[Elyse]

Dannii wrote: "Kate wrote: "Thanks, I'm sure you'll overcome the grogginess!
I see you have a couple of His Dark Materials on your list. I enjoyed the trilogy (well books 1 & 3 anyway!) and have The Book of Dust ..."

I also own the first 2 books of the The Book of Dust trilogy. I did hear that the second book has quite an upsetting cliffhanger so I'm waiting till closer to the third book's release date to read them all.

[Dannii]

Elyse wrote: "Dannii wrote: "Kate wrote: "Thanks, I'm sure you'll overcome the grogginess!
I see you have a couple of His Dark Materials on your list. I enjoyed the trilogy (well books 1 & 3 anyway!) and have Th..."

Oh really? Maybe I shall wait too then. There is nothing worse than having to wait months to find out how your favourite characters fare!

[Elyse]

Dannii wrote: "Elyse wrote: "Dannii wrote: "Kate wrote: "Thanks, I'm sure you'll overcome the grogginess!
I see you have a couple of His Dark Materials on your list. I enjoyed the trilogy (well books 1 & 3 anyway..."

Months or years! Or MANY years if you read Patrick Rothfuss, Scott Lynch, George R. R. Martin, Diana Gabaldon (but at least she is still actively writing!)

[Avid Reader and Geek Girl]

Dannii wrote: "Hour 9 #readathon update
Current Read: You Are Invited by Sarah A. Denzil
Pages Read: 317
Books Completed: 1
Coffees Consumed: 1"
Great job so far!

[Emma]

Elyse wrote: "Months or years! Or MANY years if you read Patrick Rothfuss, Scott Lynch, George R. R. Martin, Diana Gabaldon (but at least she is still actively writing!) "

I know! I'm not sure how many times I have reread Patrick Rothfuss's first two while waiting for the third!

[Dannii]

How are we already half-way through already??

Hour 12 #readathon update
Current Read: Lyra's Oxford by Philip Pullman
Pages Read: 636
Books Completed: 3
Coffees Consumed: 2

[Dannii]

Avid Reader and Geek Girl wrote: "Dannii wrote: "Hour 9 #readathon update
Current Read: You Are Invited by Sarah A. Denzil
Pages Read: 317
Books Completed: 1
Coffees Consumed: 1"
Great job so far!"

Thank you so much :)

[Dannii]

Emma wrote: "Elyse wrote: "Months or years! Or MANY years if you read Patrick Rothfuss, Scott Lynch, George R. R. Martin, Diana Gabaldon (but at least she is still actively writing!) "

I know! I'm not sure how..."

Why do these authors do this to us???

[Elyse]

Emma wrote: "Elyse wrote: "Months or years! Or MANY years if you read Patrick Rothfuss, Scott Lynch, George R. R. Martin, Diana Gabaldon (but at least she is still actively writing!) "

I know! I'm not sure how..."

I think we will be waiting the rest of our lives for Doors of Stone. :/ His own EDITOR even came out and said she doesn't think he has written anything for it in years. Eeeep!

[Elyse]

Dannii wrote: "Emma wrote: "Elyse wrote: "Months or years! Or MANY years if you read Patrick Rothfuss, Scott Lynch, George R. R. Martin, Diana Gabaldon (but at least she is still actively writing!) "

I know! I'm..."

Because their imaginations are bigger than reality! lol. I think Rothfuss and Martin's book scopes are just too huge and they put in too many ideas and tangents and now they don't know how to wrap them all up.

[Dannii]

Elyse wrote: "Dannii wrote: "Emma wrote: "Elyse wrote: "Months or years! Or MANY years if you read Patrick Rothfuss, Scott Lynch, George R. R. Martin, Diana Gabaldon (but at least she is still actively writing!)..."

Very true! I would rather wait 20 years for a perfect conclusion to my favourite series than less time for a rushed one.

[Elyse]

Dannii wrote: "Very true! I would rather wait 20 years for a perfect conclusion to my favourite series than less time for a rushed one..."

Yes! Because you can't rush creativity. And they don't need that kind of pressure! I want their best, not their quickest. Because I can always re-read what they already have out.

[Dannii]

Elyse wrote: "Dannii wrote: "Very true! I would rather wait 20 years for a perfect conclusion to my favourite series than less time for a rushed one..."

Yes! Because you can't rush creativity. And they don't ne..."

And luckily all they do have out are HOOGE!

[Elyse]

Dannii wrote: "And luckily all they do have out are HOOGE!..."

haha no kidding!

[Dannii]

Hour 15 #readathon update
Current Read: The Lightness by Emily Temple
Pages Read: 876
Books Completed: 5
Coffees Consumed: 3

[Elyse]

Dannii wrote: "
Hour 15 #readathon update
Current Read: The Lightness by Emily Temple
Pages Read: 876
Books Completed: 5
Coffees Consumed: 3"

You're killing it!

[Dannii]

Hour 18 #readathon update
Current Read: Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth
Pages Read: 1,212
Books Completed: 6
Coffees Consumed: 3

[Avid Reader and Geek Girl]

Dannii wrote: "
Hour 18 #readathon update
Current Read: Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth
Pages Read: 1,212
Books Completed: 6
Coffees Consumed: 3
"

WOW! You're doing amazing!

[Dannii]

Avid Reader and Geek Girl wrote: "Dannii wrote: "
Hour 18 #readathon update
Current Read: Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth
Pages Read: 1,212
Books Completed: 6
Coffees Consumed: 3
"

WOW! You're doing amazing!"

Thank you so much. I got a bad headache after this and spent the rest of the readathon watching Netflix but am still happy to have got some books read :) I hope you had a great readathon!

[Vicki Willis]

Great job reading! I like how you did your updates.
Netflix is a good way to end it..

[Dannii]

Vicki Willis wrote: "Great job reading! I like how you did your updates.
Netflix is a good way to end it.."

Thank you. It was how I started updating my first readathon and just continued in that way. Although, I used to do hourly updates and that proved too much. Checking in every three hours keeps me motivated :) I hope you had a great readathon :D

[Elyse]

I agree, hourly updates take too much time away from reading! I do 4-hour updates and it works well for me. Sorry you got a headache! But you still did really well! See you in October!

[Dannii]

Elyse wrote: "I agree, hourly updates take too much time away from reading! I do 4-hour updates and it works well for me. Sorry you got a headache! But you still did really well! See you in October!"

Thank you, Elyse. Glad you had such a great readathon, too :) I can't wait for October, already!

[Dannii]

TBR for the October 2020 Readathon:


Currently Reading:
99 pages of read, 50 pages of read

Pages Read:
1,189

Books Completed:

[Ann A]

Dannii wrote: "TBR for the October 2020 Readathon:
[bookcover:Smoke and Iro..."

Oooh, I need to read some Dylan Thomas. Looks like a nice TBR!

[Dannii]

Ann A wrote: "Dannii wrote: "TBR for the October 2020 Readathon:
[bookcove..."

Thanks Ann. I chose a picture of spooky reads and those I've been meaning to get to for far too long. I hope you have some great reads lined up too :)

[Dannii]

Bingo Board -
Read a book written by 2 or more authors
Read a book with a supernatural element - Unbury Carol
Read a book with a person on the cover - Unbury Carol
Read nonfiction
Dress like a character you are reading

Participate in a challenge
Read 1 hour during the day and 1 hour at night
Read a Retelling - Unbury Carol (Sleeping Beauty is mentioned in the cover blurb)
Read a book with illustrations
Have a snack/drink featured in a book you are reading - Two coffees and three slices of pizza consumed in the first six hours

A book set in the fall or winter - Ghost Squad
Participate in 2 reading sprints
FREE SPACE
Read 2 different formats - Ghost Squad via audio and Unbury Carol was physical
A book with a diverse main character or author - Ghost Squad has black MCs

Read 200+ pages
Read a book new to your TBR in the last year - Unbury Carol
Start and finish a book
Read a book published in the last 13 years - Inspection
Exercise for 30 minutes

Read a graphic novel, manga, comic, or play - The Dylan Thomas Omnibus: "Under Milk Wood," Poems, Stories and Broadcasts (contains the play Under Milk Wood)
A book where the total page count has a 1 or 3 Paper and Fire (411 pages)
Buddy read a book
Post on any Dewey’s social media
Read with something comforting - I have a puppy, a blanket, and a large mug of tea to open the readathon with

[Jamie]

I really need to get on the Great Library series. Good luck!

[Dannii]

Jamie wrote: "I really need to get on the Great Library series. Good luck!"

I really enjoyed the first book and am excited to finally carry on with the series :) Good luck to you, too.

[Elyse]

Dannii wrote: "Jamie wrote: "I really need to get on the Great Library series. Good luck!"

I really enjoyed the first book and am excited to finally carry on with the series :) Good luck to you, too."

I have also just read the first book. It was kind of boggy at times but I liked it in the end. Now I'm at the point where I'm waiting till the series is complete so I can re-read the first and then just plow through the rest.

[Susan]

I’m eyeing your Dylan Thomas omnibus and remembering I’ve never read his prose. Looks like a great mix of reading! Hope you enjoy them all

[Jennifer]

The Great Library Series looks wonderful! I have it on my TBR, may have to bump it... Good luck during your readathon.

[Dannii]

Elyse wrote: "Dannii wrote: "Jamie wrote: "I really need to get on the Great Library series. Good luck!"

I really enjoyed the first book and am excited to finally carry on with the series :) Good luck to you, t..."

I own up to the fourth book in the series so I hope I continue to like them as much as book one, haha. The first book was a solid four stars for me and I found it super fast-paced, so the rest of the series seemed like great readathon choices :)

[Dannii]

Susan wrote: "I’m eyeing your Dylan Thomas omnibus and remembering I’ve never read his prose. Looks like a great mix of reading! Hope you enjoy them all"

Thank you, Susan :) I've only ever actually read Under Milk Wood before. I might dip in and out of this throughout the readathon or just turn straight to the plays section and read those. I'm sure I'll be able to find a stage play on Youtube somewhere so I may watch that as I read :) Good luck with your readathon choices, too.

[Dannii]

Jennifer wrote: "The Great Library Series looks wonderful! I have it on my TBR, may have to bump it... Good luck during your readathon."

It has a super unique premise and the first book left me with lots of questions. I thought it a great first instalment so I hope you like it as much as I do, if you get around to it :)

[Susy]

Good luck Dannii and happy readathoning!

[Dannii]

Susy wrote: "Good luck Dannii and happy readathoning!"

Thank you, Susy. Good luck to you, too!

[Susy]

Dannii wrote: "Susy wrote: "Good luck Dannii and happy readathoning!"

Thank you, Susy. Good luck to you, too!"

Thank you :D

[Dannii]

Hour 9 #readathon update
Current Read: Ghost Squad by Claribel A. Ortega
Pages Read: 184
Books Completed: None
Coffees Consumed: 2