Reading progress and surveys

[Susy]

25% update:

https://twitter.com/susysstories/stat...

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc_D8_8LE...

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

Lamilla wrote: "Reached 2/3 of the book ()
Apparently, it's a nanny on the bookcover, and not the oldest child as I thought previously.
Also, found two links connected to the story:
ht..."

I read The Nanny for book club last year. Not bad!

[Susy]

Halfway update:

https://twitter.com/susysstories/stat...

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc_be1LLV...

[Lamilla]

I'm doing try a chapter!

Started with Sea of Tranquility, audiobook.
Fits for "author name in Dewey", "listen to a part of audiobook" for my bingo card

[Lamilla]

Sea of Tranquility started with 1912, which is not very exciting if you ask me.

Continuing with Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other, audiobook
Chapter 1 is 40 minutes long, so I'd listen for only about half of it.

Counts for "read a book with somewhere you'd like to be" on the cover - this one is featuring Scottish Highlands!

[Lamilla]

Also, my bingo board has two squares that I'd like to change.

I'll replace "Read a book off Heather or Andi's GR shelf" with "Read a book you see recommended during the readathon"

And instead of "Book with a character who works an "essential" job" I'll do "Read a book published in 2022"

[Lamilla]

Sam's accent is not that prominent as Jamie's on the show. I'm only on book/season 2, so it's exciting to hear of 7 years of work they did. Hope they won't spoil too much!
Didn't expect the guys to "interrupt" each other during the reading!

Next is Not One Inch: America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate, audiobook
Will counts as history (least favourite genre) for bingo card

[Cynda]

Lamilla how are you liking Proust and the Squid. I have had that book on my reading radar for years. Now I have access ti the audiobook, so now interested in your opinion. . . .Hooe you are enjoying your readathon.

[Lamilla]

Not one inch started with 1989, eleven years before the start of current regime, interesting. I dislike the narration, though ((

Next one is All the Ever Afters: The Untold Story of Cinderella’s Stepmother, audiobook
Will count for "Read a book that has been on your TBR for a LONG time". This on is from April 2018, 4 years and counting

Also, I'll replace "Participate in a challenge" with "participate in at least 2 reading sprints" (which I already did)
and instead of "Picture showing readathon in quarantine" I'll use "Share a pic of your reading buddy" (which I also did)

[Lamilla]

Cynda wrote: "Lamilla how are you liking Proust and the Squid. I have had that book on my reading radar for years. Now I have access ti the audiobook, so now interested in your opinion. . . .Hooe you are enjoyin..."

I'm reading the part about child's brain development, looks interesting! I would prefer the author to be more concise, skipping all the water. So far looks like 3.5 stars for me, let's wait for the part about dyslexia - apparently author has first-hand experience in rising a child with this condition!

[Lamilla]

All the ever after is very confusing. The audiobook format doesn't work for me, too many obscure words/sentence structure

Next one is Project Hail Mary, audiobook
was recommended during this readathon, will count for the bingo board as well

[Cynda]

That recommendation is good enough to make effort to listen to the audiobook of Proust and the Squid. Thanks :-)

[Lamilla]

Project Hail Mary has a hilarious start! I might read it after I'm done with the other picks
With try a chapter I managed to read(well, listen) for the whole hour, will use it for "FREE" square on the board.

I still want to listen to another one, The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil Will counts as "500+ pages" book

[Cynda]

Lamilla, I read a lot of history. I see you say that it is least favorite genre. Yet you seem to enjoy autobiographies. Autobiographies as well as biographies, memoirs, journals, and diaries are all history. There is a historical theory of biographies--that if we could read the biographies of all people that have ever lived, we would have read the best history of human experience. I hope you continue to enjoy autobiographies.

[LuLu]

Wow! Readathon helped me complete this Bingo! It was a wonderful reading time.
BINGO ROW BY ROW
R1
Read a Non-Fiction book. The Comfort Book by Matt Haig
Read a book that won an award. The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt
Read a Young Adult or a Children’s book. Write to Me by Cynthia Grady
Read a book published before 2000. A Brave and Startling Truth by Maya Angelou, 1955
Read a book with a one word title. Zikora by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (audio 1h 15m)

R2
Borrow & read a book from the library. (paper, audio, or ebook) Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman (read by the author)
Read while it is dark outside. Yes, thank you
Review one book you read on Goodreads, or Amazon, etc. Beginner’s Mind; The Comfort Book
Read in more than one location. Yes, thank you
Read aloud for 5 minutes. A Brave and Startling Truth by Maya Angelou

R3
Read a book with illustrations. I Wish You More by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Read a book by two authors -or- an epistolary book. The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt
Free Spot
Listen to an audiobook for all or part of a book. Beginner’s Mind by Yo-Yo Ma
Read a book that is warm and fuzzy. (contains an animal, real or fantasy ) How to Be a Good Creature by Sy Montgomery (+50 pages for Book Bingo)

R4
Tea Time Hot or Cold. Bonus: close your eyes 1 minute in Tea Time. Yes, thank you
Stretch for 3 minutes at least 8 times during Readathon. Yes, thank you
Read for one hour, non-sprint. Dear Miss Breed by Joanne Oppenheim
Read a novella or short story or a fable. Appointment in Samarra by W. Somerset Maugham, 1933
Enjoy a timed reading sprint, 20 minutes or more. My Evil Mother by Margaret Atwood

R5
Be in one of your favorite spots and read. Yes, thank you
Read in your nightwear or book themed clothes. Yes, thank you
Read a book or poem translated into your language. Gimpel the Fool by Isaac Bashevis Singer, translated by Saul Bellow, 1953
Read a book with blue cover -or- a title with numbers. The Comfort Book by Matt Haig
Read a Fiction Book. My Evil Mother by Margaret Atwood (disappointing fiction-57minute audio)

BINGO : There are just a couple of rules:
For a book to count for a square, you must have read a minimum of 50 pages. You are NOT required to finish a book before marking a bingo square complete.
You may fit your book into as many squares as you can. (rules from Dewey’s website)
Most Bingo items and clip art from Dewey’s; font Jokerman is empty for you to color in./2022/LuLu

[Lamilla]

Cynda wrote: "Lamilla, I read a lot of history. I see you say that it is least favorite genre. Yet you seem to enjoy autobiographies. Autobiographies as well as biographies, memoirs, journals, and diaries are al..."

When I was in school, we covered the time of Peter the First rule on history at the same time as Peter the First in literature. I really hated reading history books, so cheated and retold what I read in a Tolstoy's book on my history lesson. No one noticed!

So this might be the workaround for me :D Although historical fiction is my second least favourite genre. Go figure...

[Cynda]

Lamilla, what wonderful coincidence !

[Lamilla]

Lucifer is also quite heavy on audio.

Overall results of try a chapter: only Project Hail Mary looks like a candidate for reading.

[Lamilla]

Cynda wrote: "That recommendation is good enough to make effort to listen to the audiobook of Proust and the Squid. Thanks :-)"

Hope you'll like it! Let me know what you think

[Lamilla]

Meanwhile I'm continuing with Proust and the Squid. I'm a bit lost in what hour at is, seems the hourly discussion wasn't created, nor was the sprint for hour 16 and 20...

[Susy]

75% updated:

https://twitter.com/susysstories/stat...

https://www.instagram.com/p/CdAUACIoE...

[Lamilla]

Reading sprints and discussions are back, hurray! I read for an hour straight and made a good progress in both books.
Hope to finish Аномалия today

[Lamilla]

I read almost half of Аномалия, finally switching to The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

[Lamilla]

I finished part one of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, it is mostly set in New York (big city) and Villon-sur-Sarthe (village, will count as a small town for my bingo card)
I forget how much I like V.E.Schwab writing style <3

[Lamilla]

The part on the rooftop is so sad... Switching back to Аномалия I'm close to another full hour of reading

[Lamilla]

Bingo board update

Done:
D:
- 500+ page book (The Lucifer Effect)
- book set in a small town (The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue)
- participate in at least 2 reading sprints
- 100 pages straight (Аномалия)
- read a sci-fi book (Аномалия)
E:
- read for one hour straight (3 times)
- cheer on readers (30 min)
- eat something healthy (tomato salad and grapes)
- author initials in DEWEY (Emily St. John Mandel, Sea of Tranquility)
W:
- eat an unhealthy snack (pancakes with honey)
- FREE (read for an hour straight)
- read a book you see recommended during the readathon (Project Hail Mary)
- book set in a big city (The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue)
E:
- share a pic of your reading buddy
- read a physical book (Аномалия)
- read a book with somewhere you'd like to be (Highlands, Clanlands)
- listen to a part of an audiobook (Project Hail Mary)
- read a book that has been on your TBR for a LONG time (All the Ever Afters)
Y:
- read a book published in 2022 (Sea of Tranquility)
- post three books and have someone choose which one you read (Proust and the Squid)
- read 50 pages from your most and least favourite genres (Аномалия for sci-fi, Not One Inch for history)

[Lamilla]

Stats

Books started: 1
Аномалия

Books finished: 0
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Continued reading: 2
Proust and the Squid
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

Try a chapter: 6
The Lucifer Effect
Clanlands
Project Hail Mary
All the Ever Afters
Sea of Tranquility
Not One Inch

[Lamilla]

1. Which hour was most daunting for you?
After a couple of intense reading spurs I switched to chores and then it was too late to read! Also, empty hours in the morning, with no reading sprints and no topics to discuss were far from ideal
2. Tell us ALLLLL the books you read!
see statistics above. I think Аномалия and The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue were great choices for the readathon, but Proust and the Squid wasn't, since it slowed me down.
3. Which books would you recommend to other Read-a-thoners?
see respective thread
4. What’s a great thing we could do during the next Read-a-thon that would make you smile?
I would love to see some challenges back, so I see how other people are doing
5. How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again?
I'll try

Alternative closing survey:

1. How would you assess your reading overall?
I'm excited by my progress, still, hoped to finish at least one book
2. Did you have a strategy, and if so, did you stick to it?
I wanted to start with something easy (short read or in Russian), but then it went away from me... At the end I focused mostly on two books (fiction and non-fiction), which is not ideal.
3. What was your favorite snack?
I liked light salad I prepared in the evening
4. Did you add any new books to your TBR/wishlist after seeing what everyone else is reading?
definitely interested in Project Hail Mary now
5. What was your favorite book or experience from this readathon?
I'm glad that I did 'try a chapter', though I haven't continued with any of the books that felt like cheating. I liked bingo board, but need to be better prepared next time and not update outdated questions on the fly ))

[Lamilla]

Since I still have the books to finish and got great suggestions here as well, I'll do a post-readathon lap starting today %)

Lap 6: May 1 - May 10
1 May: Finished Аномалия (5 stars), read some more from The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and decided give a try to Clanlands again, since I have plans on reading several tomes of Outlander. 3 hours 10 min
2 May: Starting the day with audiobooks Clanlands, where they drink whiskey at 9 AM and The Establishment. Finished Proust and the Squid (3 stars), reading The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue now. 6 hours 5 min
3 May: Reading The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, 3 hours 15 min
4 May: Finished The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, started Equal Rites. 4 hours 5 min
5 May: Reading Equal Rites, 1 hour 20 min
6 May: Finished Equal Rites, started A Spark of Light, 2 hours 20 min
7 May: Continuing with The Establishment and A Spark of Light, 2 hour 20 min
8 May *birthday*: Reading The Establishment, 1 hour 35 min
9 May: Finished The Establishment. Reading A Spark of Light, started Upheaval: How Nations Cope with Crisis and Change, 4 hours 35 min
10 May: Reading Upheaval: How Nations Cope with Crisis and Change, 35 min

Total: 29 hours 20 min
Books finished: 4 Аномалия (5 stars), Proust and the Squid (3 stars), The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (5 stars), Equal Rites (4 stars), The Establishment (3 stars)

[Lena]

Lamilla wrote: "Since I still have the books to finish and got great suggestions here as well, I'll do a post-readathon lap starting today %)

Lap 6: May 1 - May 10
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Lamilla a post readathon lap is brilliant! I might do this too! Great Idea!

[Lena]

Lamilla wrote: "1. Which hour was most daunting for you?
After a couple of intense reading spurs I switched to chores and then it was too late to read! Also, empty hours in the morning, with no reading sprints and..."

I'm game for challenges too!

[Cathy]

Lamilla wrote: "Since I still have the books to finish and got great suggestions here as well, I'll do a post-readathon lap starting today %) ..."

How you do this lap, aka what are your rules?

[Lamilla]

Cathy wrote: "Lamilla wrote: "Since I still have the books to finish and got great suggestions here as well, I'll do a post-readathon lap starting today %) ..."

How you do this lap, aka what are your rules?"
I read what I want and record my progress every day for 10 days

[Lena]

This sounds good! If others want to participate with you are you cool with us posting our lap here??

[Lamilla]

Lena wrote: "This sounds good! If others want to participate with you are you cool with us posting our lap here??"
Have no problems with it! Love to see how other people are doing!

[Lena]

Lamilla wrote: "Lena wrote: "This sounds good! If others want to participate with you are you cool with us posting our lap here??"
Have no problems with it! Love to see how other people are doing!"

YAY!!!!! :-)

[Cathy]

Lamilla wrote: "…record my progress every day..."
Ah, ok, I do that anyway… 😏

Come to think of it, I don‘t write it down especially, I leave that up to my stats page on StoryGraph. I suppose I could make the effort to blog about it every day though until next weekend or so… I got a pomodoro timer for this Readathon and was thinking about doing at least one set of 25 minutes every day after work.

[Lena]

Lap 6: May 1 - May 10

1 May: 77 pages for Dewey's + 87 additional pages, Black Girls Rock!: Celebrating the Power, Beauty, and Brilliance of Black Women

2 May: 24 pages of: Black Girls Rock!: Celebrating the Power, Beauty, and Brilliance of Black Women AND 113 Pages of: Crazy Rich Asians

3 May: 73 Pages of: Crazy Rich Asians -DNF

4 May: 163 Pages of: Convenience Store Woman AND 30 pages of: Black Girls Rock!: Celebrating the Power, Beauty, and Brilliance of Black Women

5 May: Zero pages read.

6 May: 9 Pages of Girls of Paper and Fire

7 May: 21 Pages of Girls of Paper and Fire

8 May: 58 Pages of Girls of Paper and Fire

9 May: 18 Pages of Girls of Paper and Fire 28 pages of: Black Girls Rock!: Celebrating the Power, Beauty, and Brilliance of Black Women - Finished Book

10 May: 125 Pages of Girls of Paper and Fire

Total Pages: 826
Books finished: 2
Books: Convenience Store Woman
Black Girls Rock!: Celebrating the Power, Beauty, and Brilliance of Black Women

[Cathy]

Lap 6 / Reading Progress: May 1 - May 10

1 May: 281 pages for Dewey‘s + 39 additional pages, Under Fortunate Stars, Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold, Witchblade #80
2 May: Under Fortunate Stars, 44 pages
3 May: Under Fortunate Stars, Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold, 37 pages
4 May: as above, 35 pages. Long day at work and dinner with friends. Too tired to read.
5 May: as above, 45 pages.
6 May: as above, 22 pages. Busy in real life…
7 May: 165 pages, still reading Under Fortunate Stars, finished Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold, started Eyes of the Void
8 May: 208 pages, finished Under Fortunate Stars, continued Eyes of the Void, read another story in The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume Six
9 May: 69 pages, The Queen of the Damned: The Third Book in The Vampire Chronicles, Yoko Tsuno: TWO-IN-ONE: Unterirdische Begegnung / Die Orgel des Teufels, Eyes of the Void
10 May: 44 pages, The Queen of the Damned, Eyes of the Void

Total: 989 pages
Books finished:

[Cynda]

Lamilla a lot of people used to read more manga/comics then I am seeing them now do. I always read at least one comic book--a tradition. . . . Hope to see you next.

[Lamilla]

I'm close to finishing The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue.

I would appreciate you help in selecting my next read!

Here are the choices:
Sea of Tranquility
Equal Rites
A Spark of Light
Dragonfly in Amber
An Artist of the Floating World (reread)

Any ideas?

[Cynda]

Equal Rites.
I want to start reading Terry Prachett. I habe not at all, so I will have to start from the begininng.
Definitely Equal Rites.

An Artist of the Floating World
Next year I am quitting classics reading for one year to focus and read read read 21st century novels and stories, particularly Kazuo Ishiguro.

Yes!

[Lamilla]

Thank you Cynda!

[Lamilla]

Lena, how did you like Convenience Store Woman? I read it earlier this year, in two sittings I believe

[Lena]

Lamilla, I really enjoyed it! I rated it 5 stars! :-)

[Cathy]

Lamilla wrote: "Since I still have the books to finish and got great suggestions here as well, I'll do a post-readathon lap starting today %)..."

Happy Birthday! 🎁🎈🎂🎉🎊

[Lamilla]

Aww thank you Cathy! Not sure If manage any reading today, but I'll try

[Lena]

Happy Birthday!! Lamilla :-)

[Lamilla]

Thank you Lena!

[Cathy]

Message 139 is my summary of the last 10 days, 989 pages…