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Read-a-thon #2: 23-30 Apr
(Just Read It!) Read-a-thon #2: Apr 23-30My Individual Goals:
*Finish that series [April's Prompt]
*Read 1 Big and/or Intimidating Book [February's Prompt]
*Read to catch up on "Blind Date" books that fit prompts
Thu 04/23: 320 pages, The Pint of No Return, prompt 4
Fri 04/24: 80 pages, America's First Daughter, prompt 2
Sat 04/25: 84 pages, America's First Daughter, prompt 2
Sun 04/26: 442 pages, America's First Daughter, prompt 2
Mon 04/27: 0 pages
Tue 04/28: 416 pages, A False Mirror, prompt 4
Wed 04/29: 204 pages, Every Day in Tuscany: Seasons of an Italian Life, Blind Date
Thu 04/30: 116 pages, Every Day in Tuscany: Seasons of an Italian Life, Blind Date
To-date total pages for JRI!: 1,662 pages
(+ 2 non-JRI! books: 451 pp. = 2,113 pages)
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Read-athon #2April 23-30
Aim: Hard
Read 200 pages of February prompt- at 253 pages
Finish that series- 2 books read
Read 2 owned books - 1 book finished
April 23
Crime and Punishment fits prompt 2- read 37 pages
Clockwiser fits prompt 4- read 89 pages
Day total: 126 pages
April 24
Crime and Punishment fits prompt 2- read 37 pages
Clockwiser- fits prompt 4- read 177 pages to finish book
Day total: 214 pages
April 25
Crime and Punishment fits prompt 2- read 31 pages
The Cloud Roads- fits prompt 3- read 140 pages
Day total: 171 pages
April 26
Crime and Punishment fits prompt 2- 49 pages
Foxglove Summer fits prompt 4- 25 pages
Day total: 74 pages
April 27
Crime and Punishment- 31 pages
Foxglove Summer- 46 pages
Day total: 77 pages
April 28
Crime and Punishment- 37 pages
Foxglove Summer- 75 pages
The Cloud Roads- 151 pages
Day total: 263 pages
April 29
Crime and Punishment- 31 pages
Foxglove Summer- 26 pages
Day total: 57 pages
April 30
Crime and Punishment- 43 pages
Foxglove Summer- 203 pages
Day total: 246
Page total : 1228
Total pages read:
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Level: Hard - Double the amount (ie. 2 series, 2 owned books, 200 pages of Big Book)
Individual Goal/s:
*🗸 Finish that series [April's Prompt]
🗸 UnWholly -Read 04/26
🗸 Throne of Jade -Read 04/25
🗸 Courting Trouble -Read 04/26
*🗸 Read an owned book [March's Prompt]
🗸 Ballad for a Mad Girl -Read 04/25
🗸 Saint X -Read 04/27
🗸 The Year the Maps Changed -Read 04/29
🗸 The Light After the War -Read 04/30
* 🗸 Read 100 pages of Big and/or Intimidating Book [February's Prompt]
🗸 The Tower of Ravens -Read 04/23 (336 pages read)
Cress
The Brothers Karamazov: p.313 - 464 (150 pages read)
Thu 04/23:
The Brothers Karamazov: 24p
Pastwatch: 22p
Saint X: 31p
UnWholly: 30p
The Tower of Ravens: 336p
Dead Wake: 15p
Sub-total: 458p
Fri 04/24:
The Brothers Karamazov: 21p
Pastwatch: 26p
UnWholly: 106p
Ballad for a Mad Girl: 107p
Dead Wake: 20p
Sub-total: 280p
Sat 04/25:
The Brothers Karamazov: 14p
Pastwatch: 21p
Saint X: 89p
UnWholly: 137p
Ballad for a Mad Girl: 201p
Dead Wake: 22p
Throne of Jade: 200p
Sub-total: 684p
Sun 04/26: pages
The Brothers Karamazov: 17p
Pastwatch: 28p
Saint X: 68p
UnWholly: 115p
Dead Wake: 26p
The Year the Maps Changed: 51p
Courting Trouble (Bustlepunk Chronicles #2): 106p
Sub-total: 411p
Mon 04/27: pages
The Brothers Karamazov: 19p
Pastwatch: 54p
Saint X: 26p
The Year the Maps Changed: 100p
Dead Wake: 23p
The Light After the War: 74p
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk: 287p
Sub-total: 583p
Tue 04/28: pages
The Brothers Karamazov: 22p
Pastwatch: 54p
Dead Wake: 33p
Curses and Confetti: 120p
Sub-total: 229p
Wed 04/29: pages
The Brothers Karamazov: 18p
Pastwatch: 64p
The Year the Maps Changed: 158p
Dead Wake: 28p
Sub-total: 268p
Thu 04/30: pages
The Brothers Karamazov: 14p
Pastwatch: 72p
Dead Wake: 20p
The Light After the War: 262p
Cress: 552p
Sub-total: 920p
Total: 3,833 pages
Good timing - Saturday is the April dewey’s readathon
Readathon #2Read owned books
04/23 The Great Alone p 75
04/24 The Great Alone p 92
04/25 The Great Alone p 75
04/26The Great Alone p 67
Finished 04/26/20
04/27 Started Tales of the Wolf
70 pp
04/28 25 pp read Tales of the Wolf
04/29 35 pp Tales of the Wolf
04/30 Tales of the Wolf p 65
Started Page 15 pp
Total pages read: 519
Finished : 1 owned
The Great Alone prompt 5
Read-a-thon #2: Apr 23-30 ✔Goals:
✔ Finish a series (The Enchantress)
✔ Finish a big book (811p The Bronze Horseman)
✔ Read an owned book (In the Unlikely Event)
✔ Read an out of comfort zone book (I Left The House Today!)
✔ Finish a book for blinddate (The Forgotten Room)
Read: 1840 pages
Thu 04/23: 420 pages
144p I Left The House Today! [23-apr-20] ★★ (Prompt 1)
176p The Colonel and The Enchantress [23-apr-20] ★★★ (Prompt 3)
100p The Bronze Horseman (Prompt 2)
Fri 04/24: 190 pages
190p The Bronze Horseman (Prompt 2)
Sat 04/25: 661 pages
521p The Bronze Horseman (The Bronze Horseman #1) [25-apr-20] ★★★★★
140p In the Unlikely Event (Prompt 3)
Sun 04/26: 198 pages
198p In the Unlikely Event [26-apr-20] ★ (Prompt 3)
Mon 04/27: 0 pages
Tue 04/28: 67 pages
The Forgotten Room (blind date / prompt 3)
Wed 04/29: 145 pages
The Forgotten Room (blind date / prompt 3)
Thu 04/30: 159 pages
The Forgotten Room (blind date / prompt 3) [25-apr-20] ★★★★
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*Finish that series [April's Prompt] - (The Beautiful Mystery - this would finish the prompt for me)
*Read an owned book [March's Prompt] - (currently reading Choiring Of The Trees)
*Read 100 pages of Big and/or Intimidating Book [February's Prompt]
I will aim for either Easy or Slightly Harder. I have no book for February's Prompt available.
Pages Read:
Thu 04/23: Choiring Of The Trees 9 pages (I was busy reading/listening to 2 non JRI books and binge watching BritBox.)
Fri 04/24: 0 pages (Sorry. Just ended up sleeping most of day.)
Sat 04/25: 20 pages
Sun 04/26: 20 pages + 2 pages = 22 pages (I am struggling to read this week. Sorry for letting y'all down so badly.)
Mon 04/27: 42 pages
Tue 04/28: 26 pages
Wed 04/29: 22 pages
Thu 04/30: 0 pages
Total pages read: 132
Read-a-thon #2: Apr 23-30Level: Slightly Harder than Easy but Easier than Moderate - Complete 2 of 3 goals
Individual Goal/s:
*Finish that series [April's Prompt] I don't think I will get to this one, hence my target level
*Read an owned book [March's Prompt]
*Read 100 pages of Big and/or Intimidating Book [February's Prompt]
Pages Read: 520
Thu 04/23: 79 pages
69pp Dimanche and Other Stories (Prompts 1 and 3)
10pp In Sunlight and in Shadow (Prompts 1, 2 and 3)
Fri 04/24: 131 pages
114pp Dimanche and Other Stories (Prompts 1 and 3) *finished*
17pp In Sunlight and in Shadow (Prompts 1, 2 and 3)
Sat 04/25: 54 pages
54pp In Sunlight and in Shadow (Prompts 1, 2 and 3)
Sun 04/26: 92 pages
92pp The Three-Body Problem (Prompts 2 and 3)
Mon 04/27: 28 pages
28pp The Three-Body Problem (Prompts 2 and 3)
Tue 04/28: 52 pages
52pp The Three-Body Problem (Prompts 2 and 3)
Wed 04/29: 32 pages
32pp The Three-Body Problem (Prompts 2 and 3)
Thu 04/30: 52 pages
52pp The Three-Body Problem (Prompts 2 and 3)
Readathon #2: Apr 23-30Level: Easy - Complete 1 of 3 goals (going for the easy goal as I've been dealing with some health issues and I'm not sure how much I'll be able to read)
EITHER *Finish that series [April's Prompt]
OR *Read an owned book [March's Prompt]
Thu 04/23: 43 pages (Isola - owned book)
Fri 04/24: -
Sat 04/25: -
Sun 04/26: -
Mon 04/27: -
Tue 04/28: 52 pages (Mermaids in the Pacific - series)
Wed 04/29: 141 pages (Mermaids in the Pacific - series)
Thu 04/30: 197 pages (Mermaids in the Pacific - series)
Total pages read: 433
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Level: Easy - Complete 1 of 3 goals (going for the easy goal as I've been dealing with some health issues and I'm not sure how much I'll be able to read)."
I'm so sorry, Marina, I hope it's not too serious?
Tien, I hope not - some very nasty side effects from an antibiotic. I'm slowly recovering but I'm not quite there yet.
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Readathon #2: Apr 23-30Level: Easy - Complete 1 of 3 goals (going for the easy goal as I don't have any big/intimidating books going right now and probably won't be ready to start one just yet)
EITHER *Finish that series [April's Prompt]
OR *Read an owned book [March's Prompt]
Starting out:
Let the Great World Spin - at 64% 4/22 - finished 4/26
The Crossing - started 4/23 - finished 4/25
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk - started 4/26 - finished 4/29
The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller - started 4/27
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh - started 4/27
Thu 04/23: 70 pages (at 67% and 2h read)
Fri 04/24: 60 pages (at 67% and 4h read)
Sat 04/25: 295 pages (at 83% and finished)
Sun 04/26: 120 pages (finished and started Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk - at 2h)
Mon 04/27: 105 pages (started The Mysteries of Pittsburgh - 35pp, started The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller - 10pp, 2h read [at 4h total])
Tue 04/28: 90 pages (at p. 45; p. 10, 6h read)
Wed 04/29: 75 pages (finished Boxfish)
Thu 04/30: 0 pages (reading other things)
Total pages read: 815
Level: Moderate - Complete all 3 goalsFinish that series [April's Prompt]
✓ Currently on book 3 of the All I Want series
Read an owned book [March's Prompt]
Currently reading The Hobbit
Read 100 pages of Big and/or Intimidating Book [February's Prompt]
My classic read (always intimidating!) The Picture of Dorian Gray
Thu 04/23: 16 pages
Fri 04/24: 209 pages
Sat 04/25: 69 pages
Sun 04/26: 255 pages
Mon 04/27: 22 pages
Tue 04/28: X pages
Wed 04/29: X pages
Thu 04/30: X pages
Total: X pages
I will try and Join Probably going to do read owned books - the only series i have on the go would take about 40 books to finish and I dont think I have a big book to my name at the moment
Thu 04/23: pages
Fri 04/24: pages
Sat 04/25: pages
Sun 04/26: pages
Mon 04/27: pages
Tue 04/28: pages
Wed 04/29: pages
Thu 04/30: pages
April's PromptHeaven's Net Is Wide completed April 24
The Girl in the Tower completed April 24
The Shadow of Elysium completed April 25
The Body Project completed April 27
Unbound
March's Prompt
Blood of the Mantis completed April 24
The Call completed April 24
The Telling completed April 27
Merchanter's Luck completed April 30
The Adventures of Robin Hood
February's Prompt
Cage of Souls
January's Prompt
Fabulous completed April 28
Thursday 23rd
Blood of the Mantis 70 pages
Heaven's Net Is Wide 46 pages
The Girl in the Tower 51 pages
The Call 47 pages
Total Thursday 214 pages
Friday 24th
Heaven's Net Is Wide 62 pages
The Girl in the Tower 99 pages
The Call 86 pages
The Shadow of Elysium 37 pages
Total Friday 284 pages
Saturday 25th
The Shadow of Elysium 61 pages
The Telling 101 pages
Total Saturday 162 pages
Sunday 26th
The Telling 117 pages
The Body Project 36 pages
Fabulous 65 pages
Cage of Souls 80 pages
Total Sunday 298 pages
Monday 27th
The Telling 46 pages
The Body Project 29 pages
Fabulous 22 pages
Cage of Souls 54 pages
Merchanter's Luck 72 pages
Total Monday 223 pages
Tuesday 28th
Fabulous 48 pages
Cage of Souls 44 pages
Merchanter's Luck 72 pages
The Adventures of Robin Hood 66 pages
Total Tuesday 230 pages
Wednesday 29th
Cage of Souls 83 pages
Merchanter's Luck 76 pages
The Adventures of Robin Hood 38 pages
Unbound 74 pages
Total Wednesday 271 pages
Thursday 30th
Cage of Souls 61 pages
Merchanter's Luck 116 pages
The Adventures of Robin Hood 32 pages
Unbound 81 pages
Total Wednesday 290 pages
Total for week 1972 pages
Read-a-thon #2: Apr 23-30Individual Goal/s:
*Finish that series [April's Prompt]
*Read an owned book [March's Prompt]
The Misfits
*Read 100 pages of Big and/or Intimidating Book [February's Prompt]
The Sight (480 pages)
Dragon Rider (30 pages)
4/23
The Misfits - 180 pages
4/24
The Misfits - 124 pages
The Sight - 38 pages
Total: 162 pages
4/25
The Sight - 254 pages
4/26
The Sight - 28 pages
4/27
The Sight - 52 pages
4/28
The Sight - 108 pages
4/29
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4/30
Dragon Rider - 30 pages
Total: 814 pages
Do graphic novels count for the page numbers?
assuming this kicked off this am (its 10:12 Eastern time right now)
Ok - I’m going for hard because I have the Dewey RAT this weekend as well- finish 2 series
- Muffin Top (hartigans #2) - finished
- Tomboy (hartigans #3) - finished
- Circle of the Moon (soulwood #4) - finished
- 2 owned books
- By Her Touch - finished
- Secret Lovers - finished
- 200pgs big/intimidating books
- Edge of Eternity - finished
- The Brothers Karamazov - read from 31-48% - 135pgs
Overall Total: 3507
4/23 - finished By Her Touch (started 11%, read 366pgs); started Secret Lovers (33pgs); continued Edge of Eternity (75pgs) and Circle of the Moon (listened to 48min which is approx 20pgs) - total: 494pgs
4/24 - finished Secret Lovers (240pgs); finished Edge of Eternity (last 12% - 139pgs); started Virtuous Scoundrel (52pgs) and Circle of the Moon (listened to 2hr 12min which is 55pgs) - total: 486pgs
4/25 - finished Virtuous Scoundrel (238pgs); finished Circle of the Moon (167pgs); read Wildland (328pgs); Murder on St. Mark's Place (277pgs); Mercy House (384pgs); finished Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (48pgs); finished Lucky Suit (129pgs); started Criminal (67pgs) - total: 1638
4/26 - read Muffin Top (320pgs); started Tomboy (126pgs) - total: 446pgs
4/27 - finished Tomboy (190pgs); started Dead Heat (49pgs) - total: 239pgs
4/28 - continued Dead Heat (49pgs); started Girl Gone Viral (20pgs) - total: 69pgs
4/29
4/30
Read-a-thon #2: Apr 23-30Level: Moderate
Goals:
*Finish that series [April's Prompt]
Come Tumbling Down ~ finishes Wayward Children series
*Read an owned book [March's Prompt]
The Holdout
*Read 100 pages of Big and/or Intimidating Book [February's Prompt]
Middlegame (528 pages)
*Read 1 outside comfort zone book [January's Prompt]
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (50% done)
✔︎ The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate (75% done)
Th 4/23:
Read: The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals ~ 10 pages *concentration eludes me........*
Listened: The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate ~ 45 min *audio is better.....* ~ 40 pages
F 4/24:
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals ~ 15 pages
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate ~ 46 pages finished
Sa 4/25:
Su 4/26:
M 4/27:
Tu 4/28:
W 4/29:
Th 4/30:
Books complete:
Goals:Owned books (3)
The Mandibles: A Family, 2029–2047
Day 1 - 0-59
Day 2 - 59-132
Day 3 - 132-218
Day 4 - 218-302
Day 5 - 302-402
Holy Fools
Day 6 - 1-44
Day 7 - 44-98
Day 8 - 98-144
Big books (2)
Shantaram (2.5 epages = 1 page)
Day 4 - 0-180
Day 5 - 180-358
Day 6 - 358-562
Day 7 - 562-850
Day 8 - 850-971
Finish the series (4)
Exit Strategy (1 min audio = 0.75 pages)
Day 7 - 0-55
Day 8 55-229
Total pages per day
April 23: 59 pages
April 24: 73 pages
April 25: 86 pages
April 26: 156 pages
April 27: 171 pages
April 28: 129 pages
April 29: 211 pages
April 30: 224 pages
Thursday 23 april - 420 pages (if graphic novels count, otherwise it's lower)
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sure does!
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Good start anyway :)
Not so good today, busy day, Fri 04/24: 280p
Thanks! Great start, Tien. Not sure if I will read much today, but it's still only afternoon here so still plenty of time.
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Kushiel's Justice"
Hey, Dee, looks like Meg is reading book 2 - not sure how much she's read and/or if you can catch up to her, if both of you wants to buddy read this ;)
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Fri 04/24: 190 pagesI'm reading The Bronze Horseman. It's a sad story about doomed love set in WW II.
Tien, I'm loving the book. So you should reserve a spot to read the second book with me next month :D
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I'm reading The Bronze Horseman. It's a sad story about doomed love set in WW II.
Tien, I'm loving the book. So you should reserve a spot to read the second boo..."
will do ;)
I had things to do, but just couldn't help myself and finished The Bronze Horseman instead. I hadn't expected to finish it so quickly! Let me know when you can start reading book 2, Tien! I know you hate love triangles, so am surprised you liked the book.
Tien wrote: "Meg wrote: "Big books (2) Kushiel's Justice"
Hey, Dee, looks like Meg is reading book 2 - not sure how much she's read and/or if you can catch up to her, if both of you wants to budd..."
I haven't started it yet. Happy to buddy read, but I need to finish it by the end of may
Meg wrote: "Tien wrote: "Meg wrote: "Big books (2) Kushiel's Justice"
Hey, Dee, looks like Meg is reading book 2 - not sure how much she's read and/or if you can catch up to her, if both of you ..."
My library has in ebook - I need to finish up a current read so I can borrow - if you start I’ll catch up
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lol - something about Russia... I can't help it ha ha ha
I only read 43 pages on Thursday so far - I read the other days as well, just nothing counting towards JRI.
Tien wrote: "lol - something about Russia... I can't help it ha ha ha"lol That's great you love book set in Russia so much. I haven't read many yet.
My update so far :April 23: 59 pages
April 24: 73 pages
April 25: 86 pages
April 26: 156 pages
I'm reading 5 books atm, but only 2 are jri. I need to remember the read a thon is coming up next time and plan ahead
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I only got in 25 pages. I will be pretty close my finishing by Thursday.
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I almost forgot (of course!) - I'm pretty nearly permanently forgetting what day of the week I'm in & date too, sort of - how are you all coping? Are you getting lots of reading done? Maybe a RaT will help a bit...?
There are 2 Goals in this RaT:
Individual Goal/s:
*Finish that series [April's Prompt]
*Read an owned book [March's Prompt]
*Read 100 pages of Big and/or Intimidating Book [February's Prompt]
Levels you can pick for your above goals:
Easy - Completed 1 of 3 (above) goals
Moderate - Complete all 3 (above) goals
Hard - Double the amount (ie. 2 series, 2 owned books, 200 pages of Big Book)
There is also a Group goal of 14,000 pages. Seeing that we smashed 12,000 in our first RaT, I think with an extra day in this RaT plus everyone being stuck at home, we should have no problem here!
Note: any pages read for JRI! count for this even if you are already mid-read when RaT officially begins or only just started reading when RaT officially ends
Thu 04/23: 2,613 pages
Fri 04/24: 2,322 pages
Sat 04/25: 4,253 pages
Sun 04/26: 2,807 pages
Mon 04/27: 1,612 pages
Tue 04/28: 1,756 pages
Wed 04/29: 1,461 pages
Thu 04/30: 2,314 pages
Total: 19,138 / 14,000 pages