Lily's Readathon - April 2019

[Mika]

This is my first time participating in Dewey's 24 Hour Readathon!
My strategy is to read all them short books and drink lots of coffee. ;)

My temporary TBR:
1. (physical book)
2. (physical book)
3. (kindle)
4. (kindle)
5. (kindle)

[Elyse]

Welcome to the Readathon, Lily! I really liked All Systems Red and hope to continue Murderbot's journey soon! Don't forget to just have fun! Take a break if you need to. Don't pressure yourself! And forget snacks! :) Good luck!

[Mika]

Thanks Elyse!!
Yay, the Murderbot Diaries are fun, quick reads (perfect for readathons hehehe). I assume you meant >don't forget snacks, because there's no way I'm gonna forget the snacking lol!

[Elyse]

Lily wrote: "Thanks Elyse!!
Yay, the Murderbot Diaries are fun, quick reads (perfect for readathons hehehe). I assume you meant >don't forget snacks, because there's no way I'm gonna forget the snacking lol!"

haha yes DON'T forget snacks!! ;)

[Mika]

Only 2 hours left until the readathon starts, wiie!!
(The readathon starts at 14:00 here in Sweden)

I didn't get much sleep last night since my neighbors decided to throw a party...my original plan was to stay awake for the full 24 hours but I don't know if I'm going to be able to do that anymore arghhh.
Ohh and just a heads up about my TBR, I am a mood reader so I might end up reading different books, but I will make updates throughout the readathon!

The snacks that I've prepared are oreo cookies, chocolate and croissants. (If I'm going to be unhealthy I might aswell go all in, right?!? ;))

[Mika]

BINGO progress:


D
*Participate in 5 hourly post on Goodreads:
Hour 3: I want to play a game with you (message #17)
Hour Four discussion: Counting minutes (message #6)
Hour Five: Books-to-Go (message #26)
Hour 21: Becoming Readers (message #10)
Hour 7 - What's your favorite series? (message #32)
*Read for a total of 8 hours:
*Read 250 pages:
*Post on the “Currently Reading” thread: Message #20
*Read a book with a male protagonist: The Ballad of Black Tom

E1
*Read a short story or graphic novel or manga: Fullmetal Alcemist Vol.2
*Eat a healthy snack: Apple
*Listen to 2 hours of an audio book:
*Read 500 pages:
*Read in 3 different Spots (one must be out of the House): Bed, couch, balcony

W
*Cheer on other readers for 30 minutes:
*Read at least 100 pages of a physical book: Rogue Protocol
*Read something you consider spooky (can be short): The Ballad of Black Tom
*Do a 60 minute reading sprint: Reading Sprint# 2 - Hour 8 (message #11)

E2
*Read a book in a series: Rogue Protocol
*Participate in 4 mini challenges:
*Read a book with a beautiful cover: The Ballad of Black Tom
*Upload a picture on social media with #readathon: Instagram
*Eat/Drink junk food: Cookies

Y
*Read more than one book: Rogue Protocol, The Ballad of Black Tom, Fullmetal alchemist Vol.2
*Read a book with a female protagonist: Rogue Protocol
*Post on the “What’s On Your Plate” thread: Message #29
*Get up and move around for 30 minutes:
*Read a book with a person on the cover: The Ballad of black Tom

[Mika]

UPDATES:


Hour 1-2 (14:00-16:00):
Currently reading: Rogue Protocol
Pages read: 82
Total reading time: 1h 12min
Hour 2-4 (16:00-18:00)
Currently reading: Rogue Protocol (almooost done)
Total pages read: 142
Total reading time: 2h 9min
Hour 4-6 (18:00-20:00)
Currently reading: The ballad of Black Tom
Finished: Rogue Protocol
Total pages read: 244
Total reading time: 3h 29min
Hour 6-8 (20:00-22:00)
Finished: The Ballad of Black Tom
Total pages read: 312
Total reading time: 4h 17min
Hour 8-10 (22:00-24:00)
Finished: Fullmetal Alchemist Vol.2
Total pages read: 504
Total reading time: 5h 19min
Hour 10-12 (00:00-02:00)
Currently reading: Fullmetal alchemist Vol.3
Total pages read: 558
Total reading time: 5h 45min
Hour 12-14 (02:00-04:00)
SLEEP
Hour 14-16 (04:00-06:00)
SLEEP
Hour 16-18 (06:00-08:00)
SLEEP
Hour 18-20 (08:00-10:00)
Finished: Full metal Alchemist Vol.3
Total pages read: 696
Total reading time: 6h 31min
Hour 20-22 (10:00-12:00)
Currently reading: A wizard of Earthsea
Total pages read: 716
Total reading time: 6h 57min
Hour 22-24 (12:00-14:00)
Currently reading: A wizard of Earthsea (page 64)
Total pages read: 760
Total reading time: 8h 4min

[Mika]

1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today? Sweden
2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to? Fullmetal alchemist Vol.2, since I loved the first volume!
3) Which snack are you most looking forward to? Chocolate, no doubt ;)
4) Tell us a little something about yourself!
I'm 21 y/o, my favorite genre is fantasy, I love playing the guitar, that's it haha
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?
I have participated in readathons before, but I've never posted anything online, so that's what I´d like to do here on Goodreads, join the community and talk with other readers during the readathon! :D

[Maddie]

Wow nice tracking thread!

[Mika]

Maddison wrote: "Wow nice tracking thread!"
Thanks! :D

[Elyse]

Yes, fantasy = A+! I think we're all looking forward to our chocolate. ;) Good luck!

[Mika]

Elyse wrote: "Yes, fantasy = A+! I think we're all looking forward to our chocolate. ;) Good luck!"

Haha, too bad most fantasy books are too thick for readathons though ): Thanks, you too! *cheers*

[Mika]

I just finished my first read Rogue Protocol, moving on to the next book The ballad of Black Tom on kindle!

[Mika]

Hour 4-6 (18:00-20:00)
Currently reading: The ballad of Black Tom
Finished: Rogue Protocol
Total pages read: 244
Total reading time: 3h 29min

[Elsi]

You are doing great!

[Mika]

Elsi wrote: "You are doing great!"

Thanks :D

[Mika]

Just finished my second book The Ballad of Black Tom!

I'm going to participate in the Reading Sprint# 2 - Hour 8, with Fullmetal alchemist vol.2, I'm so excited :')

[Mika]

Hour 6-8 (20:00-22:00)
Finished: The Ballad of Black Tom
Total pages read: 312
Total reading time: 4h 17min

[Camilla]

Love your list of books!

I am listening to the 4th and final book of the Murderbot stories now, and I just love the whole thing :)

Look forward to Wizard of Earthsea (if you get to it) - it's absolutely wonderful and a fantasy classic or a reason :)

[Mika]

Camilla wrote: "Love your list of books!

I am listening to the 4th and final book of the Murderbot stories now, and I just love the whole thing :)

Look forward to Wizard of Earthsea (if you get to it) - it's ab..." I'm glad to hear that you're loving the 4th book (I think there's even gonna be a 5th book according to Goodreads!). Thanks for the recommendation, I will definitely try to get to it now. :)

[Mika]

Finished my 3rd book for the readathon, Fullmetal alchemist Vol.2 (loved it!!). I'm going to start Fullmetal alchemist Vol.3 because I'm too tired to stare at text only at the moment...then I might take a nap :)

Hour 8-10 (22:00-24:00)
Finished: Fullmetal Alchemist Vol.2
Total pages read: 504
Total reading time: 5h 19min

[Mika]

Mid-Event Survey:
1. What are you reading right now? Fullmetal alchemist Vol. 3
2. How many books have you read so far? 3 books
3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Read-a-thon? Fullmetal alchemist + A wizard of earthsea
4. Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those? Surprisingly not!
5. What surprises you most about the Read-a-thon, so far? That I managed to read a lot more than I thought that I would so far :)


I'm going to go to take a nap now, I will post the update for hour 00:00-02:00 later since I barely can keep my eyes open atm, lol!

[Virginia]

Lily wrote: "Mid-Event Survey:
1. What are you reading right now? Fullmetal alchemist Vol. 3
2. How many books have you read so far? 3 books
3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of t..."

I read a few volumes of Fullmetal Alchemist and then stopped for some reason. You're inspiring me to pick up the series again. Sounds like your readathon is going great!

[Mika]

Virginia wrote: "Lily wrote: "Mid-Event Survey:
1. What are you reading right now? Fullmetal alchemist Vol. 3
2. How many books have you read so far? 3 books
3. What book are you most looking forward to for the sec..."
Yay, that's so nice to hear! :')
I just woke up from a 6 hour sleep haha, now it's time to start reading again!

[Avid Reader and Geek Girl]

Great job so far!

[Mika]

Avid Reader and Geek Girl wrote: "Great job so far!"
Thanks :D

[Mika]

My haiku for the Mini Challenge:

Fullmetal Alchemist
A wizard of earthsea
They mostly come out at night

[Mika]

I finished my 4th read, Fullmetal alchemist vol.3! It ended in a cliffhanger aaaaah!! Now I'm going to start reading A wizard of Earthsea, but I will probably not be able to finish it before the readathon ends.

Hour 18-20 (08:00-10:00)
Finished: Full metal Alchemist Vol.3
Total pages read: 696
Total reading time: 6h 31min

[Mika]

Hour 20-22 (10:00-12:00)
Currently reading: A wizard of Earthsea
Total pages read: 716
Total reading time: 6h 57min

[Mika]

THE READATHON IS OVER! Hope that everyone had fun! :D

Hour 22-24 (12:00-14:00)
Currently reading: A wizard of Earthsea (page 64)
Total pages read: 760
Total reading time: 8h 4min

[Mika]

Closing Survey!
1. Which hour was most daunting for you? Hour 10 because it was midnight here then, and I was so tireeeed
2. Tell us ALLLLL the books you read!
Finished:
1. Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells (3/5)
2. The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle (3,5/5)
3. Fullmetal Alchemist Vol.2 by Hiromu Arakawa (5/5)
4. Fullmetal Alchemist Vol.3 by Hiromu Arakawa (5/5)

Started: A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (got to page 64)
3. Which books would you recommend to other Read-a-thoners? Fullmetal alchemist!!
4. What’s a really rad thing we could do during the next Read-a-thon that would make you happy? I think it's awesome the way it is! :)
5. How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again? Would you be interested in volunteering to help organize and prep? I will definitely participate again!

[Elyse]

Great job, Lily!

[Mika]

Thanks Elyse! You did a great job too :)

[Mika]

It's time for a new readathon!! I honestly haven't decided on what books to read yet, so I will post the TBR list later. x)

[Elyse]

Welcome back!

[Mika]

Thanks Elyse!

This is my messy TBR:


*I want to read 150 pages in The eye of the World

*I'm going to read the last couple of pages of The naked Sun during the readathon if I haven't finished the book before the readathon starts

I haven't decided on what else to read, so I will choose more books if I have time over as the readathon progresses. :D

[Mika]

UPDATES:


Hour 1-2 (14:00-16:00):
Pages read:
The naked Sun: 42 pages
Reading time: 1h 6min
Hour 2-4 (16:00-18:00)
Pages read:
Proven guilty: 8 pages
Total time read: 1h 21 min
Hour 4-6 (18:00-20:00)
Pages read:
Proven guilty: 17 pages
Total time read: 2h 3min
Hour 6-8 (20:00-22:00)
The eye of the World : 26 pages
Total time read: 3h 21min
Hour 8-10 (22:00-24:00)
The eye of the World : 12 pages
Proven guilty: 37 pages
Total time read: 5h 1min
Hour 10-12 (00:00-02:00)
Proven guilty: 19 pages
Total time read: 5h 37min
Hour 12-14 (02:00-04:00)
SLEEP
Hour 14-16 (04:00-06:00)
SLEEP
Hour 16-18 (06:00-08:00)
SLEEP
Hour 18-20 (08:00-10:00)
Proven guilty: 17 pages
Total time read: 6h 10min
Hour 20-22 (10:00-12:00)
READING BREAK
Hour 22-24 (12:00-14:00)
The eye of the World: 8 pages
Total time read: 6h 30min

Final update:
Total pages read: 186 pages
Reading time: 6h 30min

[Mika]

Update: I finished reading The naked Sun during the first 2 hours of the readathon (I started this book before the readathon so I only had 42 pages left to read). You can find my review here

Now I'm planning to pick up my next read, Proven guilty by Jim Butcher. :D

[Mika]

This readathon was a lot of fun, even though I didn't read as much as I wanted to! I did something different this time, instead of trying to read as fast as possible I read at a slower speed and I enjoyed doing that a lot more.
I finished The naked Sun, got to page 46 in The eye of the World and page 98 in Proven Guilty. My favorite read was definitely The eye of the World, even though I only got to page 46. I love the story and all of the characters so far, and I'm looking forward to continue reading this book. :D

Final update:
Total pages read: 186 pages
Reading time: 6h 30min

[Elyse]

Lily wrote: "This readathon was a lot of fun, even though I didn't read as much as I wanted to! I did something different this time, instead of trying to read as fast as possible I read at a slower speed and I ..."

Reading just to stack on the pages is no way to read! Great job, Lily!

[Susy]

Lily wrote: "This readathon was a lot of fun, even though I didn't read as much as I wanted to! I did something different this time, instead of trying to read as fast as possible I read at a slower speed and I enjoyed doing that a lot more. ..."

Sounds good Lily!!

[Mika]

Hello!

I’m going to participate this time too, wohoo!! I haven’t decided if I’m going to go all in and stay awake for 24 hours or just participate lowkey haha. I won’t be starting any new books (i think) since I’m already in the middle of so many books. I don’t even know if I’m going to be able to finish any of the books, but I’d be happy to just make progress in them!
The books that I’ll be (possibly) reading from are:

The dragon republic
House of leaves
Eye of the world
On the shoulders of titans

btw, I don’t have access to a computer right now so I can’t change the title of this thread so it’s stuck on April haha.

[Elyse]

Lily wrote: "Hello!

I’m going to participate this time too, wohoo!! I haven’t decided if I’m going to go all in and stay awake for 24 hours or just participate lowkey haha. I won’t be starting any new books (i..."

Oooh House of Leaves is a great choice for October!

[Nadia]

Hi Lily! House of Leaves is on my TBR list, are you enjoying it? I hope you are having an amazing time during Dewey's :)