Vicki's Readathon Record

[Patricia]

I listed Up the Down Staircase to include in my list. I will probably finish it before the marathon. So....I have decided to include a book of short stories that influenced Agatha Christie, In the Shadow of Agatha Christie: Classic Crime Fiction by Forgotten Female Writers: 1850-1917.

[Dana]

Me either! although Harlan Coben and Michael Connelly are ones I would like to try...

[Vicki Willis]

READING PROGESS

Check-In #1 - Hours 1-4 (5am-9am):
Pages read: 131
Time listened: 1 hr
Total Book Time: 3 hrs.
Books progressed/finished:
Read and Finished: The Guy Who Died Twice
In progress: The Handmaid's Tale
Elizabeth II: Life of a Monarch (Audible)

Check-In #2 - Hours 5-8 (9am-1pm):
Pages read: 129
Time listened: 1 hr
Total book time:3.5 hr
Books progressed/finished:
All-American Murder: The Rise and Fall of Aaron Hernandez, the Superstar Whose Life Ended on Murderers' Row
Elizabeth II: Life of a Monarch (audible)

Check-In #3 - Hours 9-12 (1pm-5pm):
Pages read: 127
Time listened: 1 hrs 47 minutes
Total book time: 3.75 hrs
Books progressed/finished:
Finished: Elizabeth II: Life of a Monarch
Progressed: All-American Murder: The Rise and Fall of Aaron Hernandez, the Superstar Whose Life Ended on Murderers' Row

Check-In #4 - Hours 13-16 (5pm-9pm):
Pages read: 120
Time listened: 20 minutes
Total book time: 2.5 hours
Books progressed/finished:
Finished: All-American Murder: The Rise and Fall of Aaron Hernandez, the Superstar Whose Life Ended on Murderers' Row
Started: No Exit

Check-In #5 - Hours 17-20 (9pm-1am):
Pages read: 45
Time listened: 0
Total book time: 1 hrs
Books progressed/finished:
The Handmaid's Tale

Check-In #6 - Hours 21-24 (1am-5am):
Pages read:
Time listened:0
Total book time: 1 hr
Books progressed/finished:
Run Away

[Vicki Willis]

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[Vicki Willis]

SPRINTS

Sprint 1 - Hour 1 ✔
The Guy Who Died Twice

Sprint 2 - Hour 5 ✔
Elizabeth II: Life of a Monarch

Sprint 3 - Hour 9 ✔
Elizabeth II: Life of a Monarch

Sprint 4 - Hour 14
SKIPPED Took a little nap!

Sprint 5 - Hour 17 ✔
All-American Murder: The Rise and Fall of Aaron Hernandez, the Superstar Whose Life Ended on Murderers' Row
The Handmaid's Tale

Sprint 6 - Hour 21
Sprinted through a nap!

To the end - Hour 24 ✔
Run Away

[Vicki Willis]

BINGO

D1: Participate in hourly discussions Goodreads: Started off with 1,2 and 3
D2: Read for an hour straight: Elizabeth II: Life of a Monarch
D3: Read a genre outside of your comfort zone: Elizabeth II: Life of a Monarch
D4: Read in your PJs: Yep! Started at 5am in PJs
D5: Read a book with diversity:

E1-1:Listen to an audiobook: Elizabeth II: Life of a Monarch
E1-2: Take a break and do some stretches:
E1-3: Read a book with more than 300 pages: All-American Murder: The Rise and Fall of Aaron Hernandez, the Superstar Whose Life Ended on Murderers' Row
E1-4: Read a book with your Harry Potter house colors on the covers: The Guy Who Died Twice (Red and Yellow
E1-5: Post a book review (on GR, blog, etc): The Guy Who Died Twice my review

W1: Wear something bookish related:
W2: Read a book with 3 words or less in the title:
W3: FREE SPACE
W4: Finish a book: The Guy Who Died Twice
W5: Post a picture on Twitter/Instagram @Readathon:

E2-1: Reread a book:
E2-2: Participate in a mini challenge:
E2-3: Eat a healthy snack: apple and peanut butter
E2-4: Read for a total of 5 hours: 10 Hours so far!
E2-5: Read a new to you book: The Guy Who Died Twice

Y1: Read a book with illustrations:
Y2: Read 200 pages: 511 pages so far
Y3: Read a book with a person on the cover: The Handmaid's Tale
Y4: Cheer on other readers for 30 minutes: Yes!
Y5: Read in 2 separate locations: In my home and out in the yard

BINGO - E11, E12, E13, E14, E15
and D3, E13, FREE, E23, Y3
and D4, E14, W4, E24, E5

[Vicki Willis]

Good night everyone!
See you in the morning at 5 am!!!

[SadieReadsAgain]

Love that you are all prepped for your check-ins, I never thought to do that before. Have fun today!

[Vicki Willis]

Beginning Survey

1)What fine part of the world are you reading from today?
San Diego, CA

2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?
Run Away by Harlan Coben

3) Which snack are you most looking forward to?
CornNuts

4) Tell us a little something about yourself!
I am a 2nd grade teacher and my youngest son turns 18 today!

5) If you participated in the last read-a-thon, what’s one thing you’ll do different today? If this is your first read-a-thon, what are you most looking forward to?
It is my 2nd time doing the RaT. Shucking off all responsibilities today. Reading more!!

[Elyse]

Happy birthday to your son! And happy shucking off all responsibilities! ;)

[Jennifer]

I love all your prep! It goes directly to my type A heart.

I love San Diego. I visited several times when by brother was posted at Camp Pendleton. Then he had to go and get transferred. May find another time to get back out that way though.

Happy Birthday to your son. Enjoy your day of reading!

[Patricia]

I'm finishing "Death by DNA" that I had already started. Great page turner.

Happy Birthday to your son.

[Susan]

Vicki, I hope you are enjoying reading today! Happy birthday to your son.

[Dana]

How are you liking handmaids tale Vicki?? and did you end up doing anything for his birthday??

[Vicki Willis]

I like it, but have only read abt 35 more pages of it.
I started reading All-American Murder: The Rise and Fall of Aaron Hernandez, the Superstar Whose Life Ended on Murderers' Row and I literally can't put it down.

I made him and big french toast and bacon bfast and now he is going out with his gf for the evening so it worked out perfectly. I also made him another cake. :)

How is your reading going?

[Ann A]

Looks like you are reading some real page-turners. What excellent Readathon choices! Good luck on the second half of the RAT.

[Dana]

the show is so good if you haven't seen it! its actually filmed near me. I have only seen season 1 though.

I didn't know there was a book about him, I have read so much in the media and is whole life and post-prison time is so crazy.

I finished Daisy Jones & The Six, it just wasnt my kind of book. But if you have any interest in music or 70s music scene, i would recommend it. Also i think reese witherspoon is doing a movie version...?

[Vicki Willis]

I saw there was a show. I am not sure what channel. Is it HULU? I will check it out.

The book abt him (AH) was a Good Reads choice award nominee which surprised me until I saw that one of the authors was James Patterson.

[Vicki Willis]

Mid-Event Survey:

1. What are you reading right now?
All-American Murder: The Rise and Fall of Aaron Hernandez, the Superstar Whose Life Ended on Murderers' Row

2. How many books have you read so far?
The Guy Who Died Twice
Elizabeth II: Life of a Monarch

3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Read-a-thon?
Run Away by Harlan Coben

4. Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those?
Not really. Plugging away.

5. What surprises you most about the Read-a-thon, so far?
I am having the best time! Which isnt a surprise!

[Vicki Willis]

Ending Survey

1. What hour was most daunting?
Hour 22 - it was 2am and I was trying to get up from a short nap!

2. Tell us ALLLLL the books you read.
The Guy Who Died Twice - Finished
Elizabeth II: Life of a Monarch - Finished
All-American Murder: The Rise and Fall of Aaron Hernandez, the Superstar Whose Life Ended on Murderers' Row - Finished
The Handmaid's Tale Read 72 pages
Run Away - Read 58 pages
No Exit - Listened 20 minutes

3. What was your favorite snack?
Peanut M&Ms and CornNuts

4. What was your favorite facet of the day?
Reading lots and connecting with friends on GRs

5. Wanna volunteer for our next event?
Yep!

[Ann A]

Whoa - that's some impressive reading. Way to go!

[Vicki Willis]

FINAL NUMBERS FOR APRIL 2019

What a great Read a Thon I had!!!!

Pages Read: 607
Hours Listened: 4 hrs 12 mins
Total Book Time (actually reading/listening only): 14 hrs 45 minutes

Participated in:
23 hourly check ins (hosted 2!)
5 reading sprints
3 Bingos

Finished and reviewed:
Vicki's Review

Vicki's Review

Vicki;s Review

Books Progressed:
The Handmaid's Tale
Run Away
No Exit

Thanks to all the friends (old and new) who made this so fun!

[Elyse]

Vicki Willis wrote: "FINAL NUMBERS FOR OCTOBER 2019

What a great Read a Thon I had!!!!

Pages Read: 607
Hours Listened: 4 hrs 12 mins
Total Book Time (actually reading/listening only): 14 hrs 45 minutes

Participated ..."

You did great, Vicki!

[Susy]

Nice!!!

[Patricia]

Wow! I'm impressed, Vicki.

I was only able to stay awake until 1 AM. I did finish one and almost finished a second book. I admit that I did take a few breaks.

[Dana]

impressive Vicki!! are you tired today?

[Vicki Willis]

Lol
Yes, I am so tired. I feel hung over. I will be going to bed early!

[Vicki Willis]

REVERSE READ A THON

Friday, August 2 at 5pm (pacific) to Saturday, August 3 at 5pm (pacific).

My husband is going to be out of town this weekend so I will have no distractions!

[Elyse]

Woot! Can't wait!

[Vicki Willis]

Thinking about my TBR
These are some possibilities for the Read a Thon. If I don't pick some out, I will spend too much time browsing for what to read! Once I see my August challenges, I may swap some out.

Short Stories possibilities
Blue on Black
Angle of Investigation


Audible possibilities
The Last Time I Lied

Novels possibilities
The Silent Patient
Red Clocks
The Last Mrs. Parrish
Beneath the Attic
Date Night

[Patricia]

I believe that I can try this one. Again, I repeat - if I can stay awake for 24 hours.

[Elyse]

Welcome back! Oooh you've got some good choices! I loved The Last Time I Lied and The Silent Patient! Red Clocks was alright for me, I might've enjoyed it more reading it instead of listening to it.

[Dana]

Yay! I love weekends when mine is away, uninterrupted reading/anything I choose to do :)

[Newly]

so good

[Vicki Willis]

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[Vicki Willis]

Reading Progress

Check-In #1 Hours 1-4 (5pm)
Pages Read: 175
Time Listened: 0
Total Book Time: 3 hrs 15 mins
Books Progressed/Finished:
Finished Never Tell
Finished Blue on Black
Started Beneath the Attic

Check-In #2, Hours 5-8 (9pm)
Pages Read: 110
Time Listened: 0
Total Book Time: 3 hrs
Books Progressed/Finished:
Beneath the Attic
Red Clocks

Check-In #3, Hours 9-12 (1am)
Pages Read: 0
Time Listened: 0
Total Book Time: 30 min
Books Progressed/Finished:

Check-In #4, Hours 13-16 (5am)
Pages Read: 110
Time Listened: 2hrs
Total Book Time: 3 hrs
Books Progressed/Finished:
The Last Time I Lied audible
Beneath the Attic

Check-In #5, Hours 17-20 (9am)
Pages Read: 136
Time Listened: 1hr 30 min.
Total Book Time: 3 hrs 30 min.
Books Progressed/Finished:
Beneath the Attic
Angle of Investigation
The Last Time I Lied audible

Check-In #6, Hours 21-24 (1pm)
Pages Read: 156
Time Listened: 45 minutes
Total Book Time: 3 hrs 30 min
Books Progressed/Finished:
Finished: Red Clocks
Progressed: The Last Time I Lied

[Ann A]

I love how you have links to the different readathons in your first post. I always start a new thread, but your way works just as well to avoid having to click through pages. Happy reading!

[Cynda]

Hi Vicki I read Red Clocks this year. Very good book. Enjoy!

[Vicki Willis]

Thanks Ann! It took me a minute to figure it out, but it works for me.
Good to hear, Cynda!

[Vicki Willis]

Reverse Readathon Bingo

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A1: Read a hyped book or rated 4 stars on GR
A2: Read under the covers
A3: Pick a TBR book blindfolded
A4: Read a book that was free (borrowed, gifted, library etc.)

B1: Wear something backwards
B2: Read out loud (to your pet, friend, or yourself)
B3: Take a break and watch a TV show book adaptation
B4: Read 250 pages

C1: Read a book with an animal on the cover
C2: Share a food or drink recipe (GR, twitter, IG)
C3: Read a book with your least favorite color on the cover
C4: A book with a person's name in the title

D1: Read 2 books
D2: Read a book with no illustrations
D3: Read when it's dark outside
D4: Comment on a GR post

[Dannii]

Good luck for the readathon! You have so many great titles to choose from.

[Vicki Willis]

Beginning Survey

1)What fine part of the world are you reading from today? And what time is it where you are?
San Diego, CA
5pm start time

2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?
Beneath the Attic
Even though it has gotten HORRIBLE reviews.

3) Which snack are you most looking forward to?
Peanut M&Ms

4) Do you have a #reversereadathon plan of attack?
Yes! Social media for 10 minutes of every hour.
Reading as much as possible.

5) Are you doing the readathon solo or with others?
Solo IRL, but I have people here that I know who are doing it. So excited to see what they are doing.

[Patricia]

I'm reading The Thorn Birds. It is a shame that I am going to be interrupted again this time. i am helping a friend move tomorrow. I will read tonight until I become too exhausted.

Vicki, you go girl!

[Vicki Willis]

Patricia, At least you are reading a book that is grabbing you. You will make good use of the time you have.

[Cynda]

Looks like a fun stack of books you have there. Enjou!

[Susy]

Vicki Willis wrote: "Beginning Survey

1)What fine part of the world are you reading from today? And what time is it where you are?
San Diego, CA
5pm start time

2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forwar..."

Good luck Vicki!

[Vicki Willis]

Halfway Point

I made it through the difficult night. Now I have the rest of the day to read!

Pages read: 285
Time Listened: 0
ToTal Book time (incl. Social Media): 6 hrs 45 min
Sleep Time: 3 hrs 30 min
Completed Books:

[Kate]

Wow! You're managing on 3 and a half hours sleep? That's dedication! Enjoy the rest of the day.

[Elyse]

I slept for 3 hours and then listened to an audiobook for another 3 hours. Pretty sure I didn't fall asleep because I set the Audible timer for 30 minutes and I was awake every time it went off. lol. I can't believe we're already past the halfway point. It's crazy! Good luck on your second half!

[Vicki Willis]

haha!
Elyse, I did the same thing with my audible that I am listening too.