Hour 1 Reading Sprint Oct2021

[Jamie]

First sprint of the readathon- Your readathon, your rules. I recommend sticking to at least 45-50minutes per reading sprint, either starting or ending at a specific time (or both). Yes, audiobooks can count if you decide they do. The point of reading sprints is focused reading time for a short period, usually followed by a snack/coffee break or at least a stretch to rest your eyes and check in on social media. If you missed this one, we'll have another one soon. :)

[Kate]

I'm in for the first one. Reading Deathly Hallows.

[Jamie]

And we're off! I'm starting with More Than Human. What are you reading this hour?

[Stephanie]

Starting now with my coffee and Six of Crowd!

[Beth]

I'm in! starting with a chapter of Tess of the D'Urbervilles

edit: forgot to add, starting at 49%.

[Gnoe]

Good way to start! picked up The Survivors by Jane Harper. Have fun everyone!

[Loreen ☕️]

I love a reading sprint in the morning!

[Sarah]

Let's do this! Reading The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

[Maria]

I'm starting with Lemony Snicket's "The Bad Beginning", I hope it won't be so bad :D

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

In for this one with The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher. I have a little hour left on this audio which has been dragging out, but today is a good day to finish it.

About to go and grab my first cup of coffee while listening :)

[Nan]

I’m reading the Golem and the Jinni

[Kimberly]

Good morning! I've got a bunch of grading I have to do before I can start reading but my first book will be Lost in the Never Woods

[Lynnette]

Good day everyone. I’m reading The Book of Form and Emptiness

[Lena]

Hi all - I'm reading Children of Virtue and Vengeance

[Buffy]

read for 45 minutes, got to page 37 of !

[Rebecka]

Managed to read 34 pages. Actually listened to 34 pages.

[Loreen ☕️]

Read for 50 minutes and read 54 pages of The Rules of Magic.

[Beth]

55% read, end of chapter 34. Soon I'll switch to a shorter book that I can finish during the readathon

[Susy]

Read for an hour, read 21 pages of The Best Horror Stories

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

Angela wrote: "Reading The Haunting of Hill House!"

Oh, that one has great ambience for the season. Hope you enjoy!

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

Vero wrote: "I'm starting off with The Mysterious Affair at Styles!"

Poirot is my favorite literary detective and I also love the show. Looks like you're starting from where it all began where he first walked on the stage/page.

[Eswee42]

I was and still am reading Raising Steam from Terry Pratchett. Started a couple of days ago and haven't finished it yet but probably will in the next hour. :-p

[Cassie]

50 minutes read. 62 pages of Turtles all the way Down!

[Kate]

I read for the full hour and got through 34 pages of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

[Samantha]

Thank goodness for Audiobooks! Waking up at 5 am makes for blurry eyes but laying in a warm cozy bed listening to a book in the dark is priceless.

I started "Britt-Marie Was Here"....I absolutely love Fredrik Backman's writing so it is a good way to start out my first readathon :)

[Lena]

Samantha wrote: "Thank goodness for Audiobooks! Waking up at 5 am makes for blurry eyes but laying in a warm cozy bed listening to a book in the dark is priceless.

I started "Britt-Marie Was Here"....I absolutely..."

I second that. I started at 6am and did the same... :-)

[Jamie]

I used to start my readathons like that too, pop my first audiobook on, with the lights still off, and listen for the first hour or more with my cats, in my warm blankets. It's a great way to start a readathon. :)

[L Y N N]

Uh, I was sleeping! My four furry felines chose this morning to let me sleep in! So I'll have to make up some time tomorrow... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Elyse]

Late to the party but I did read 98 pages in Gwendy's Button Box for the hour 1 sprint!

[Kelley]

i was a little slow getting my butt out of bed this morning so my hour one sprint was spent listening to my audio book while i did my morning routine, fed the fur kids, etc. Listened the whole 60 minutes. I listen at 1.5X speed so I actually finished 90 minutes of the audio.
Current Listen:

[Catsalive]

I managed to get 10 minutes in before falling asleep.