August Read a thon

[Judy]

I've definitely done a lot of novellas and YA this time around, especially in the last round - way too many pesky letters in our word to try for big page counts

[Sixty]

The last week of wheel has also driven me into a reading frenzy. That combined with no work this week and insomnia, haha.

[Sammy]

About to start book 11! that's definitely going to be the last one for wheel! lol.

[Judy]

I did not read a single page on Saturday and it felt GREAT! The end of wheel really took it out of me...

[Sammy]

Judy wrote: "I did not read a single page on Saturday and it felt GREAT! The end of wheel really took it out of me..."

I meant to not read anything, but ended up listening to The Importance of Being Ernest. couldn't help myself, lol!

[Sammy]

Final tally:

Total: 520 pages + 93.5 hours audio over 12 books.

Totally insane. I'm definitely taking today off! lol.

[Laura]

Nice going Sammy!

Thanks everyone for participating! This is my last RAT that I'm hosting as I've stepped down from the mod group to be a regular member again. Hopefully Aiswrya or one of the other new mods will continue hosting the read a thons as we ve had lots of fun with them.

[Kristie]

Oh bummer, Laura! Thank you for hosting all of these for us. I hope you can relax and enjoy being a regular member again without the moderator duties and responsibilities.

[Tawallah]

Sorry to hear that Laura.You have been a great host. Hopefully you get some rest and enjoy just being a regular member.

[Sixty]

I ended with 4,836 pages read and I am taking a breeeeeeaaaaaaak.
It was fun participating with you all, and thanks so much to Laura for hosting!

[Tonya Marie]

I finished - 4 books and 2,023 pages. Not the most I've ever read but I'm proud of myself. All of my books qualified for one of the mini challenges also!

Good job y'all!

[Sammy]

Awww, sorry to hear it Laura, you've been a fab host!

But enjoy all the extra time you can now spend actually reading, rather than keeping us rabble in line :D

[Judy]

Sorry to hear that, Laura! These have been a lot of fun :)

[Aiswrya]

We’ll definitely keep these going :) the next one is going to be closely tied to the next team challenge 😉

[Judy]

Yay! :) ohhhh that's sounds intriguing!

[Sonia]

I missed the fun this month, but will be on the next one for sure!

And Laura, you were a fab host!!!

If you need to join a support group to dealing with the new reality of being a regular member, lemme know.

[Sammy]

Aiswrya wrote: "We’ll definitely keep these going :) the next one is going to be closely tied to the next team challenge 😉"

Yay! And having the readathon work with the challenge is a good idea... some of us lose the plot a little when it comes to challenges *cough* and need all the help they can get, lol!

[Sonia]

A little?!

[Sammy]

I'm sure I have no idea what you mean... :P

[Sonia]

Sammy wrote: "I'm sure I have no idea what you mean... :P"

Ignore me. I'm crazy.

[Laura]

Sonia wrote: "I missed the fun this month, but will be on the next one for sure!

And Laura, you were a fab host!!!

If you need to join a support group to dealing with the new reality of being a regular member,..."

Thank you for all the kind comments I will definitely miss hosting the RAT's
Ha, nope I'll be okay Sonia , Im actually looking forward to less screen time-:) Are you okay with just being a regular member??

[Sonia]

Laura wrote: "Sonia wrote: "I missed the fun this month, but will be on the next one for sure!

And Laura, you were a fab host!!!

If you need to join a support group to dealing with the new reality of being a r..."

Most of the days, yes.

Unless when I'm being kept in the dark about team challenges.... that is the hard part.

This wheelathon almost broke me, because I wasn't a mod, nor a team captain. My inner control freak was freaking out big time. I managed to last for about a week before I was begging to someone to let me play with the planning spreadsheet.

Then I forced myself to take a deep breath, and just enjoy it. The result was to read way more than usual. I signed up for 11 books a month... that would mean around 28ish books for the entire round. I ended at 62 and only because last week and a half was quite busy IRL.

[Sonia]

What I miss the most is the idea brainstorming... and how throwing things in the air translated into awesomeness....

But hey, can't have it all, and is not like I can't keep feeding the chipmunks *evil grin*

[Laura]

Sonia wrote: "Laura wrote: "Sonia wrote: "I missed the fun this month, but will be on the next one for sure!

And Laura, you were a fab host!!!

If you need to join a support group to dealing with the new realit..."

Nice job on the reading-:) True, you can definitely keep feeding the chipmunks!!

[Sophie, The other one]

Please keep feeding the chipmunks! They are kind of instatiable

[Sonia]

I know...