October Readathon - General Discussion

[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

Just stated The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. So far I can't put it down. (37 pages)

[Cindy (BKind2Books)]

I have considered all of October my readathon as my life is so crazy right now (my husband is running for mayor and the pace is crazy - I work a full time job that starts at 7am -up at 530am- and usually am doing campaign events, or paperwork, or meetings, or something - almost every evening. My 'days off' usually begin at 630am with door to door canvassing (leaving doorhangers) then events like fairs or meets and greets or driving my husband thru neighborhoods for knocking on doors, followed by BBQs or forums or other events that go on until 9 or 10 at night. I have 8 days to go…sleep is becoming optional). Oh yeah and I have a daughter getting married in January and a half marathon to train for in December.

So with my whining out of the way…this month's reading:

Dracula
Interview with the Vampire
Into the Mist
Strange Candy
Outlander

Working on:
Wormwood: A Collection of Short Stories

[Overbooked ✎]

Decided to abandon Nightmares! at page 176
Finished The Stars My Destination 258 pages

Total pages: 1064

[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

Things sound busy, but also really interesting for you right now, Cindy. :)

[Gavin]

Ok, update as of Tuesday 28:
Mile 81 44 pages
The Dune 16 pages
Fahrenheit 451 159 pages
Rage 111 pages
The Invisible Man 111
Total so far: 441 pages

Now I'm reading Frankenstein

Aitziber wrote: "Enjoy Rage, Gavin! I read it as a teenager, and it was one of my favorite King books. How did you find it? Secondhand copy, audio book?"
I quite liked it, not one of my favorites from SK, though. I just downloaded a pdf.

[Lucy]

Sandy wrote: "Lucy wrote: "I've finally emerged out from the other side of that cold, yay! A bit of a poor effort on my part, but I was ill and found one of the books a tad too depressing to get through in my fe..."

Hi Sandy! It was 'A Thousand Acres' that I found depressing - a wonderful, beautiful book (and especially good if you've already read King Lear) that was fantastically well-written. However, as with King Lear, the themes were very, very dark and gritty, and there was a lot of sadness pretty much from page 1. I do recommend, but I found it quite an emotional experience!

[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

Thanks for the critique, Lucy! That's been on my tbr for a long time, but now I know to be a bit careful when I read it. I get emotionally involved with my reading. So I don't do depressing books on the winter. :p

[Alessandra]

Woah, you guys are all doing so well. I'm jealous. I only managed to read about 150 pages... Life keeps getting in the way of my read-a-thon. :/

[Kassandra]

Kiwi, I just finished with Nightmares! and can see why you abandoned it. I was really struggling to get through it and thought it was just the flu that I'm dealing with - glad to see I wasn't the only one that found it a challenge!

My readathon isn't going terribly well, I've been sick with the flu for a couple of days. I'm taking today to rest and hopefully get some reading done when I'm feeling a bit better. I'll be a little more active on here in another day or so. Enjoy the readathon! I'm getting a kick out of the amazing progress that everyone is making.

[Rebecca]

I've read 8 more books, and am still working on The Woman in White.I hope to finish it tonight.

[Cindy (BKind2Books)]

Renee wrote: "Things sound busy, but also really interesting for you right now, Cindy. :)"

Sort of like the Chinese curse "May you live in interesting times" :)

It is by turns exhilarating and then gut-wrenching, but I am hoping that by next week I'll be able to say it was worth it.

[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

Tuesday Update: 663 pages

I've started The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and it's fascinating.

[☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎]

Today I read over 115 pages of The Art Forger: A Novel
Tuesday Update: 836 total pages read

[Overbooked ✎]

I hope you're getting better soon Kassandra!

finished The Lottery and
At the Mountains of Madness

Total pages: 1280

[Rob]

Finished Heart-Shaped Box. Quick read but the book doesn't really stand out. My total page count for the readathon stands at 660.

Tomorrow, I will start The Best of H.P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre

[Gavin]

Update as of Wednesday 29:
Mile 81 44 pages
The Dune 16 pages
Fahrenheit 451 159 pages
Rage 111 pages
The Invisible Man 111
Frankenstein 250
Total so far: 691 pages

Last book for this readathon will be Five Weeks in a Balloon 188 pages, so the total will be at least 879 pages. I think I'll still have one or two days left, but I'll use them to get a head start on my November reads.

[Melissa]

Great reading everyone! Took a break the last two days to resume life, hoping to finish Frankie Stein today!

[Rebecca]

I have read 6267 pages and 19 books so far.

[Becca]

Rebecca wrote: "I have read 6267 pages and 19 books so far."

You are unbelievable!

[Polly]

I'm really pleased to be on track for the books I chose for the readathon. I've left myself 2 days to read my last book Bellman and Black: A Ghost Story. I've been a bit doubtful as to whether I could do all that I planned but I just crammed in some reading where I could. I've managed to read the most pages/books I've ever read in a week (not sure on the exact amount). Really looking forward to reading my final book. Good luck everyone!

[☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎]

Ok I finished The Art Forger: A Novel with 384 pages. So my total pages that I've read 972.

[☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎]

Wow nice work Kiwi and Rebecca!!!

[☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎]

Iasa wrote: "I managed a few smaller books today and yesterday up to 3152 pages"

Wow thats great :)

[Alessandra]

Wow, you're really doing an amazing job, Iasa and Rebecca. How are you doing this?!

I think I should be able to at least finish Isla and the Happily Ever After until the Readathon ends (hopefully today so I can read some more of my second book tomorrow). If I can managed that, I read around 400 pages. Still a huge accomplishment with work and advanced training (& some health issues) getting in my way. :)

[Holly, That Geeky One]

Planning on reading all day. Hangovers suck. And I had a 9am lecture...

[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

Ahh, college-life!
Attending lectures with a hangover is one of the requisite skills. Glad you can relax and just cozy with a book now.

[Holly, That Geeky One]

It is a course text, so the time won't be totally lost.

Rebelling, on Goodreads in my lecture!

[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

Whaahaahaa! Of course! I forgot the texting-in-class technique.

[Holly, That Geeky One]

Hungover and texting. Definitely becoming a typical uni student!

[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

You'll never be typical, Holly. You're far too special. :)

[Holly, That Geeky One]

Aha, I'll take that as a compliment!

[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

As you should. Have a great (hangover) day!

[Holly, That Geeky One]

Okay, we so far the reading has failed. Started reading then just fell asleep!

[Rob]

Read 111 pages of The Best of Lovecraft but couldn't really get into it. I am finishing up The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. So my final count is going to be 814 pages.

[Amber]

My page total for the month was 3,547 pages as I finished my last two books Tuesday which were Crackly Bones by Steve Roach and The Snow and the Darkness by Matthew Warren Wilson which was pretty good. found those two for free at Smashwords.

[Becca]

Does "midnight of October 31st" mean "midnight that begins the 31st" or "midnight that ends the 31st"?

[☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎]

I finished We Were Liars with 227 pages, so my total now is 1199.

[☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎]

Becca wrote: "Does "midnight of October 31st" mean "midnight that begins the 31st" or "midnight that ends the 31st"?"

That's a good question.

[☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎]

Iasa wrote: "Great job Carmen!"

Thanks :)

[Kassandra]

Hi guys. Great question about the timing of the readathon. The readathon will end tomorrow night at 11:59 pm so we still have one day left! Enjoy the last day and get in as much reading as you can. It's the final push!

[☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎]

Yeah! One more day.

[Becca]

Great!

[Stephanie]

Books that I've finished:
Ticktock
Pet Sematary

Total pages read: 768

[Rebecca]

I read four more books today and 916 pages.

[Srividya]

Just finished The Dead - 64 pages

[Faye, The Dickens Junkie]

I'm sitting at 280 pages right now, but I'm going to finish Dracula tonight by hook or by crook!

[Melissa]

Faye, I have been dragging on Frankenstein; need to finish this one today, too.

[Srividya]

Just finished another short story The Queen of Spades - 52 pages

My total: 286 pages till now! Am glad as I wasn't expecting even this much :)

Half an hour left for 31st to end here..lets see if I can squeeze in some more :)

[Overbooked ✎]

Time's up here, I did push myself to finish The Whispering Skull

Total pages: 1705. Very happy with that :-)

[Overbooked ✎]

Thanks Sandy, I pushed myself during the Readathon but I really enjoyed the experience!

how are you doing? you have got still still some time for reading or are you busy trick and treating?