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Oct 21, 2023 03:46AM
Hi Rachida, will you be participating in the readathon today?
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Susy wrote: "Hi Rachida, will you be participating in the readathon today?"Thank you for the reminder!!!!
♡TBR
TRACKING
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12:00 (23):
13:00 (24):
FINISHED
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Rachida wrote: "Susy wrote: "Hi Rachida, will you be participating in the readathon today?"Thank you for the reminder!!!!"
<3
Happy readathon!
Will you be joining us tomorrow, Rachida?
Susy wrote: "Will you be joining us tomorrow, Rachida?"I'm not sure yet. I have some family gatherings this weekend I can't get out of lol. I'll try my best🥰
Enjoy whatever amount of time you can devote to reading, Rachida!
Hello! Happy Pre-Readathon Greeting! Almost there!
Hope you get to enjoy some of the readathon Rachida!
OPENING SURVEY1. What part of the world are you reading from today?
The Netherlands
2. Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?
I’m a huge mood reader and I haven’t made a TBR but I’d like to read (and finish) The Wishing Game
3. Which snacks are you most looking forward to?
Caramel latte macchiato and winter glow tea. I always turn into a barista during Deweys readathon lol.
4. Tell us a little something about yourself!
I hardly read books in my native language but I have some Dutch books on my tbr for this readathon.
5. What are your goals for this readathon?
I want to see how much I can read while having a busy weekend with multiple appointments. Bonus point if I actually manage to finish a book.
♡TBR
Currently Reading
Finished
♡TRACKING
Hour 1 - 14:00
🍱 Lunch party
🏡 Finally home
🎧 Wij zijn de wereld: 1-56 = 56 pages
Hour 2 - 15:00
💬 Discord
📆 Appointment
🎧 Wij zijn de wereld: 57-77 = 21 pages
Hour 3 - 16:00
📆 Appointment
🛝 Backyard
🎧 Wij zijn de wereld: 78-107 = 30 pages
Hour 4 - 17:00
🎧 Wij zijn de wereld: 108-141 = 34 pages
🎧 De derde date: 1-30 = 30 pages.
Hour 5 - 18:00
📝 Update socials
🎧 De derde date: 31-61 = 31 pages
Hour 6 - 19:00
👩🏼🍳 Cook dinner and eat delicious food🤌🏼
Hour 7 - 20:00
💕 Family time
Hour 8 - 21:00
💕 Family time
Hour 9 - 22:00
🍿 Movie night
Hour 10 - 23:00
🍿 Movie night
Hour 11 - 00:00
🍿 Movie night
Hour 12 - 01:00
🧽 Clean living room & kitchen
🧖🏻♀️ Shower & skin care
📖 Throne of Glass: 137-149 = 13 pages
Hour 13 - 02:00
📖 Throne of Glass: 150-170 = 21 pages
Hour 14 - 03:00
📝 Update socials
🛌🏻 To bed
Hour 15 - 04:00 ~ Hour 18 - 07:00
💤 Sleep
Hour 19 - 08:00
👗 Morning routine + help kids
Hour 20 - 09:00
🥐 Breakfast
🫧 Dishes
☕ Coffee
Hour 21 - 10:00
💕 Family time
📖 Throne of Glass: 171-181 = 11 pages
Hour 22 - 11:00
📝 Update socials
💕 Family time
Hour 23 - 12:00
📆 Appointment
Hour 24 - 13:00
📖 Throne of Glass: 182-200 = 19 pages
Total pages:
266
♡Random update # 1:
As we're almost half way through the readathon I wanted to do a small update. First of all i'm very happy that I managed to read 2 books. To be fair, they're very short but I still feel very accomplished :). And it's also more than I thought I'd be able to read today!
One of my goals was to read more Dutch books this year. Both of the books I read today were Dutch. I enjoyed reading wij zijn de wereld but the other book had a spicy scene and for some reason I just can't handle reading spicy scenes in Dutch. It made me cringe so hard! I also felt secondhand embarrassment, based on nothing because the characters certainly didn't feel any kind of embarrassment lol. I don't think I'll ever get used to reading romance books in Dutch and that's totally fine. It was a fun experiment but I'm gladly switching back to English :)
Nice going Rachida!I had to laugh about the spicy scenes in your Dutch book (I’m from the Netherlands). Was it an original Dutch book or translated into Dutch?
Thank you Susy!! It was translated in Dutch, a fact that I found out after I finished the book. I saw the book "de derde date" on storytell and thought it'd be a cute meet cute story about... well.. a third date lol. But the english title is "just the tip".......... so I should've known it had spicy scenes if i had only checked lol. It just took me by surprise! This was my face the whole time: 🤨🫣🥴
Do you enjoy reading romance in Dutch?
HALF-POINT PROGRESS REPORT1. How many books have you been reading? Have you finished any? Are you on track with respect to your readathon goals so far?
I’ve been reading 3 books and I finished 2 of them. I’d say I’m very much on track because my is to try and read as much as possible during this busy weekend and that’s going great!
2. Have you eaten real food today? (Not just junk food, ACTUAL HEALTHY FOOD) What was your favorite food or beverage so far?
I had a salad for dinner so yes. Favourite beverage was the speculoos latte.
3. Have you been participating in any of the activities on our social media (sprints, photo challenges, discussion questions, BINGO, etc.)
I’ve joined the sprints, updated on GR and chatted on discord. I still have to see if I completed any of the bingo challenges so far.
4. Are you growing sleepy? Do you plan to nap, or stop early, or are you extending the readathon hours to include sleep?
It’s 3 am and I’m very sleepy. I’m going to bed after this update and I might extend the readathon if I’m up for it.
5. Have you been outside yet today? Have you had much exercise (besides the heavy lifting required to hold your book)?
Yep :) I went for a walk and even read in the backyard for a bit.
6. How is your readathon going, overall?
Very well! I really enjoyed my time today!!
Rachida wrote: "Thank you Susy!! It was translated in Dutch, a fact that I found out after I finished the book. I saw the book "de derde date" on storytell and thought it'd be a cute meet cute story about... well..."
Hahaha!
No, I’m not a fan of romance, and I’m not a fan of books that have been translated to Dutch. If possible I try to read in the original language or otherwise in English. Sometimes I have no choice but to read the Dutch translation but I’m often not a fan…
Rachida wrote: "♡ One of my goals was to read more Dutch books this year. Both of the books I read today were Dutch. I enjoyed reading wij zijn de wereld but the other book had a spicy scene and for some reason I just can't handle reading spicy scenes in Dutch. It made me cringe so hard! I also felt secondhand embarrassment, based on nothing because the characters certainly didn't feel any kind of embarrassment lol. I don't think I'll ever get used to reading romance books in Dutch... That's a fun experience, Rachilda!
Susy wrote: "Rachida wrote: "Thank you Susy!! It was translated in Dutch, a fact that I found out after I finished the book. I saw the book "de derde date" on storytell and thought it'd be a cute meet cute sto..."
I feel you! We're also lucky to have easy access to English books in bookstores and libraries.
Lamilla wrote: "Rachida wrote: "♡ One of my goals was to read more Dutch books this year. Both of the books I read today were Dutch. I enjoyed reading wij zijn de wereld but the other book had a spicy scene and fo..."it certainly was an interesting one haha!
Hope you had a wonderful readathon, Rachida!See you next time!
It looks like you had a successful readathon! I was amazed by the number of bookstores in Amsterdam when we visited last summer. It was a bookstore mecca!
Susy wrote: "Hope you had a wonderful readathon, Rachida!See you next time!"
I did thanks! Until the next one Susy!
Susan wrote: "It looks like you had a successful readathon! I was amazed by the number of bookstores in Amsterdam when we visited last summer. It was a bookstore mecca!"I had a great time thanks, hope you did too!!
Yes there are so many bookstores! Every time we visit we seem to find a new one haha.
CLOSING SURVEYbetter late then never
1. How many books did you read during this readathon? Did you have any favorites?
I read 3 books. My favourite out of these is Throne of Glass.
2. How many books did you finish?
3. Did you accomplish your goals for this readathon?
Yes! I managed to read quite a bit and I had a great time overall.
4. How did your snacks and meals work out? Are there things you would change about the food and beverages side of your readathon for next time?
They worked out fine! I’m not a huge snacker but I had some sweet, savory and healthy snacks to choose from which was very nice.
5. Did you enjoy this readathon? What was the most successful part of your readathon? What would you change for next time?
I always look forward to these readathons. Over the years since starting Dewey’s I’ve been participating in more and more readathons including 24 hour readathons. But I never get as excited as when I get to join Dewey’s readathon. It will always hold a special place in my heart.
The most successful thing this time around was that I had a good balance of family time and reading time.
6. Will you be continuing your readathon reading past the end of our official readathon?
I wanted to but didn’t have much time. So I’ll be there again for the next readathon!
Readathon Saturday 27 juli 2024 2 amMy 14th time joining
GOAL: read 1 book
♡TBR
Currently Reading
Finished
3
3
2
3
3
3
♡BINGO
[X][X][X][X][X] 1
[X][X][X][X][X] 2
[X][X][✓][X][X] 3
[X][X][X][X][X] 4
[X][X][X][X][X] 5
Row 1:
[X] Read in your favourite location
[X] Share your snacks on social media
[X] Read 100 pages
[X] Enjoy a favourite beverage
[X] Read for 1 Hour
Row 2:
[X] Participate in a reading sprint
[X] Read a book with a person on the cover
[X] Read a graphic novel
[X] Read a novella
[X] Read with an Ambience video
Row 3:
[X] Listen to an audiobook
[X] Read in bed
[✓] Free
[X] Read outside
[X] Watch a bookish video
Row 4:
[X] Read a book written in first person
[X] Read 200 pages
[X] Take a picture of your book and share on Discord
[X] Move your body for 30 minutes
[X] Read a book with a seasonal theme
Row 5:
[X] Have a singing break
[X] Read from a new to you author
[X] Reread a favourite
[X] Start a new series
[X] Read in your PJs/ lounge clothes
♡TRACKING
02:00 (1): Started off with some graphic novels. They were all pretty short and therefore fast reads. I read 5.
96 pages,
108 pages,
144 pages,
192 pages,
192 pages. Total = 732 pages03:00 (2): Sleep
04:00 (3): Sleep
05:00 (4): Sleep
06:00 (5): Sleep
07:00 (6):
1-32 = 32p, update Journal08:00 (7): Listen to audiobook while getting ready for the day,
33-90 = 58p09:00 (8): Audiobook
91- x 10:00 (9): Naar family
11:00 (10): meekijkdag zwemles
12:00 (11): Naar family
13:00 (12): Cafe #1: smoothie, iced caramel latte, Audiobook
x - ch8 14:00 (13): Audiobook
ch9 - 176 = 86p15:00 (14): Shopping!
16:00 (15): Cafe #2: iced blueberry matcha, spicy tuna sandwich,
1-135 = 135p17:00 (16): Walk around the neighbourhood, read a little in the train
33-37 = 5p 18:00 (17): Dinner
19:00 (18): Hang out with family, puzzle with kids
20:00 (19): Hang out with family
21:00 (20): Tv and do nothing break lol
22:00 (21):
23:00 (22):
00:00 (23):
01:00 (24):
Total pages = 1048
We have started! Have fun!
Good luck Rachida, hope you're having a great readathon!
Susy wrote: "Good luck Rachida, hope you're having a great readathon!"Thank you Susy! I am have a very nice time and finally managed to have a good reading/ fun activities/ family balance
Rachida wrote: "Susy wrote: "Good luck Rachida, hope you're having a great readathon!"Thank you Susy! I am have a very nice time and finally managed to have a good reading/ fun activities/ family balance"
Good to hear! Balance is important though I feel like I have different needs each readathon lol
I'm all reading (and a good nights sleep) today and 2 hours of social media, nothing else but that's good as I was very much running behind on my July reads!
Hope you had a great readathon Rachida!See you back in October hopefully!
Will you be joining us today Rachida?
♡Wow how does time fly by so fast!
I'm not going to do an hourly tracker this time around.
My only goal is to finish:
Starting at 43%
Rachida wrote: "♡Wow how does time fly by so fast!
I'm not going to do an hourly tracker this time around.
My only goal is to finish:
Starting at 43%"
Indeed it does!
How are you liking your book?
Susy wrote: "Rachida wrote: "♡Wow how does time fly by so fast!
I'm not going to do an hourly tracker this time around.
My only goal is to finish:
Starting at 43%"
Indeed..."
I'm enjoying it! It's extremely fast paced and not too complicated. I'd say it's a perfect read for a readathon 😁
Hope you had a great readathon Rachida!See you in April hopefully!
HAPPY READATHON DAY!!!!!I’m not using a tracker this time, just reading and vibing.
The only thing left to do is pick a tbr.
Happy Start of the Read-a-thon
Hope you had a wonderful time readathoning! See you back here in July or October hopefully!
Hi Rachida, will you be joining us for the Reverse readathon, in 8.5 hours time?
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