Cathy‘s Readathon Log

[Vavita]

I feel completely unprepared. I have no TBR, no snacks prepared.

[Lamilla]

Still enough time to decide, Cathy! i do create TBRs, but sometimes read what I have the mood for

[Cathy]

My library hold for The Water Outlaws just came in, so…

April 2024 Deweys Relay & TBR
- One Day All This Will Be Yours, ebook, novella, currently reading
- The Water Outlaws, libby, ebook
- The Godbreaker, audible, started
- The Walking Dead, Vol. 24: Life and Death, eComic, started
- The Heartbeat of the Universe: Poems from Asimov’s Science Fiction and Analog Science Fiction and Fact 2012–2022, poetry collection, started
- Take Us to a Better Place, short stories, started

[Cathy]

Vavita wrote: "I feel completely unprepared. I have no TBR, no snacks prepared."

Plenty of time to buy snacks!

[Cynda]

One Day All This Well Be Yours looks just right for scifi challenge. I will wait to see how that book works for you.

See you for part of Dewey's. :-)

[Cathy]

It‘s Adrian Tchaikovsky, which tends to turn out great. I‘ve only read 40 pages (slow week and Lego…), about 30%, and it‘s pretty wacky so far. I am waiting for the thing that will really mess with the MC—he is pretty full of himself. It‘s going to be fun.

[Cathy]

Working up to the readathon:

April 2024 Pre-Deweys Relay & TBR

- The Ocean Speaks: A photographic journey of discovery and hope, Netgalley, photography, non-fiction 🦈🐋🦭🌊
- One Day All This Will Be Yours, ebook, novella 🦖🦖🦖🦖
- The Walking Dead, Vol. 24: Life and Death, eComic 🧟🧟‍♀️🧟‍♂️🧟🧟‍♀️—Shocker!

- The Water Outlaws, libby, ebook, started
- The Godbreaker, audible, halfway
- The Heartbeat of the Universe: Poems from Asimov’s Science Fiction and Analog Science Fiction and Fact 2012–2022, poetry collection, started
- Take Us to a Better Place, short stories, started
- The Walking Dead, Vol. 25: No Turning Back, eComic, started

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

Cathy wrote: "So, one week until the next readathon. If I checked correctly, it‘ll be Saturday 2pm till Sunday 2pm for me here in Germany.

I have 4 audiobooks planned as buddy reads for April and nothing lined ..."

That's great for hours. Mine is 8 am until 8 am --- while I have done the late night before, probably will have to turn in a bit earlier - we shall see. I have actually been good with straightening my sleep out but will be loaded with caffeine. I usually make it a Read-a-thon Weekend anyway

Your hours are great as you can sleep in the middle and have a long beginning AND end fully awake :)

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

Susy wrote: "Haven’t thought about books and snacks yet, but my cabin is rented!"

I would totally rent a cabin if I had one nearby

[Cathy]

Yes, the hours are great, but I have to see what else needs doing. I am a little stressed at the moment. Need to do some stuff before going on a 9-day holiday on the 18th… 😏 But I will be around…

[Cynda]

The Water Outlaws sounds great. I found it on Everand. It is on my list of possibilities. I hope you tell us how you liked it.

[Cathy]

Cynda is healing 2024 wrote: "The Water Outlaws sounds great. I found it on Everand. It is on my list of possibilities. I hope you tell us how you liked it."

I‘ve had a stressful week at work, so I didn‘t get very far with Outlaws. Stress usually means more TV, less reading… the first three chapters were good. I am looking forward to finally digging i to it.

However! The old double-booking—I had accidentally agreed to meet a friend for breakfast and then forgotten all about it. Couldn't really get out of it. So this will be a Dewey‘s with stops and starts…

[Cathy]

April 2024 Readathon Schedule

Hour 1 (14-15): did not start, at breakfast and more with a friend
Hour 2 (15-16): dito
Hour 3 (16-17): The Godbreaker: The God-King Chronicles, Book 3, audio, 51 minutes
Hour 4 (17-18): finished The Walking Dead, Vol. 25: No Turning Back, 98 pages, 48 minutes
Hour 5 (18-19): 42 minutes social media & The Godbreaker: The God-King Chronicles, Book 3
Hour 6 (19-20): The Godbreaker: The God-King Chronicles, Book 3 + warming up & eating dinner on my balcony.
Hour 7 (20-21): Watching the news, Duolingo, more audio.
Hour 8 (21-22): The Water Outlaws, 11%-16%
Hour 9 (22-23): Social media & How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
Hour 10 (23-00): The Water Outlaws | The Godbreaker: The God-King Chronicles, Book 3
Hour 11 (00-01): The Water Outlaws | The Godbreaker: The God-King Chronicles, Book 3
Hour 12 (01-02): SLEEP!
Hour 13 (02-03): sleeping
Hour 14 (03-04): sleeping
Hour 15 (04-05): sleeping
Hour 16 (05-06): sleeping
Hour 17 (06-07): sleeping
Hour 18 (07-08): The Godbreaker: The God-King Chronicles, Book 3
Hour 19 (08-09): The Godbreaker: The God-King Chronicles, Book 3
Hour 20 (09-10): The Godbreaker: The God-King Chronicles, Book 3
Hour 21 (10-11): The Godbreaker: The God-King Chronicles, Book 3 finished and replaced with The Murder of Mr. Ma
Hour 22 (11-12): Catching up with social media.
Hour 23 (12-13): Continued with The Murder of Mr. Ma and got ready…
Hour 24 (13-14): Gone hiking.
The rest of Sunday: Finished How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You.

[Cathy]

April 2024 Deweys TBR

Finished:
- The Godbreaker, audible—finished in Hour 21.
- The Walking Dead, Vol. 25: No Turning Back, eComic—finished in Hour 4
- How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You, eComic—finished the last few pages after the readathon.

Also read/listened:
- The Water Outlaws, ebook, read 11%-18%
- The Heartbeat of the Universe: Poems from Asimov’s Science Fiction and Analog Science Fiction and Fact 2012–2022, ebook, read 43%-49%
- Take Us to a Better Place, short stories, did not continue with this one.
- The Murder of Mr. Ma, started this audio in Hour 21.

[Susan]

Looks like a great list of reading! Enjoy your time reading & spending time with a friend.

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

Hello! Happy Pre-Readathon Greeting! Almost there!

[Susy]

Happy readathon!

[Cathy]

Thank you all! I finally started 2 hours ago, with 2 hours delay:

Hour 1 (14-15): did not start, at breakfast and more with a friend
Hour 2 (15-16): dito
Hour 3 (16-17): The Godbreaker: The God-King Chronicles, Book 3, audio, 51 minutes
Hour 4 (17-18): finished The Walking Dead, Vol. 25: No Turning Back, 98 pages, 48 minutes

[Lamilla]

Hi Cathy, glad you've been busy with reading last two hours!
I might need to switch to audiobook as well soon, I feel they are great to get into the reading when a bit tired from physical books! Provided the narrator is decent, of course

[Cathy]

I might switch to my ebook now, with a glass of wine on my little balcony… although, might need to warm up some dinner first, with my audiobook.

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

Cathy wrote: "I might switch to my ebook now, with a glass of wine on my little balcony… although, might need to warm up some dinner first, with my audiobook."

That sounds nice! I'm planning wine tonight as well, but it's noon here now

[Cathy]

Hour 1 Opening Survey

1) What part of the world am I reading from today? Germany
2) Which book in my stack am I most looking forward to? Probably The Godbreaker
3) Which snacks am I most looking forward to? I‘m not much of a snack person. I just had some pretzel sticks with my white wine… 😏
4) A little something about myself! I mostly read SF, Fantasy, Horror and comics. Making my way through TWD.
5) What is my goals for this readathon? I am very stressed at the moment, with work and my family. So I look forward to some quite time with a good book

[Cynda]

Take Us to a Better Place looks interesting. Just now I bought it for free the Kindle book. Soadded to my possibilities list.

[Cathy]

I only read the first story so far. I got it for the Martha Wells story. Maybe I should read one of those stories next. I really struggle to make headway with The Water Outlaws. Not because I don‘t like it, but because I have to read it on my mobile or tablet—it‘s a libby ebook and I can‘t manage to get it on my kindle.

[Cathy]

Hour 5 (18-19): 42 minutes social media & The Godbreaker: The God-King Chronicles, Book 3
Hour 6 (19-20): The Godbreaker: The God-King Chronicles, Book 3 + warming up & eating dinner on my balcony.
Hour 7 (20-21): Watching the news, Duolingo, more audio.
Hour 8 (21-22): The Water Outlaws, 11%-16%

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

Sounds productive so far!

[Cathy]

Hour 9 (22-23): Social media & How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
Hour 10 (23-00): The Water Outlaws | The Godbreaker: The God-King Chronicles, Book 3
Hour 11 (00-01): The Water Outlaws | The Godbreaker: The God-King Chronicles, Book 3
Hour 12 (01-02): SLEEP!
Hour 13 (02-03): sleeping
Hour 14 (03-04): sleeping
Hour 15 (04-05): sleeping
Hour 16 (05-06): sleeping
Hour 17 (06-07): sleeping
Hour 18 (07-08): The Godbreaker: The God-King Chronicles, Book 3
Hour 19 (08-09): The Godbreaker: The God-King Chronicles, Book 3
Hour 20 (09-10): The Godbreaker: The God-King Chronicles, Book 3
Hour 21 (10-11): The Godbreaker: The God-King Chronicles, Book 3 finished. Catching up with social media.

[Lamilla]

Congrats on finishing The Godbreaker, Cathy. Very wise decision to have some sleep as well!

[Cathy]

Thanks, I am quite pleased to have finished this doorstopper. It was a very good trilogy. And I do need my sleep to be able to function… 😏

[Cynda]

Glad you got to finish your series, Cathy. That's a accomplishment!See you next time.

[Susy]

Cathy wrote: "Hour 9 (22-23): Social media & How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
Hour 10 (23-00): The Water Outlaws | [book:The Godbreaker: The God-King Chronicles, Bo..."

Looks like a great readathon, Cathy!

[Cathy]

I didn‘t read as much as I wanted to. I am pretty stressed at the moment, so it was a lot of audio and comics. I struggle a bit to get into my current ebook, Water Outlaws. Not sure if it‘s me or the book. I only managed 9:25 hours in total this time around. Maybe more again next time!

[Cathy]

Closing Survey

How many books did you read during this readathon? — I read 6 books/comics.

Did you have any favorites? — Definitely The Godbreaker. Great finish to a very good epic fantasy trilogy.

How many books did you finish? — One novel (Godbreaker), one graphic novel (Walking Dead Vol. 25), one comic (How you know your vat is plotting…)

Did you accomplish your goals for this readathon? — No goals.

How did your snacks and meals work out? Are there things you would change about the food and beverages side of your readathon for next time? — I would do more meal prep next time. Life was too busy for that this time.

Did you enjoy this readathon? What was the most successful part of your readathon? What would you change for next time? — I would make sure not to have any other plans. I wasn‘t very organised this time around. High point was really focusing on Godbreaker.

Will you be continuing your readathon reading past the end of our official readathon. — Yes, but it will be pretty low key, with the TV in the background.

[Cathy]

Wrap Up April Readathon

I read/listened for 9 hours 25 minutes during the readathon hours. I finished one doorstopper, one more Walking Dead volume, one comic.

It was 286 pages of eye-reading. Most of it was audio…

Summary of my reading schedule: Message 63
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My TBR pile: Message 64
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Lesson Learned:
Better planning! Make you sure really don‘t have any other plans! Write the date down everywhere!
Plan enough free time on the day before and do some proper meal planning.
Having several partially read books was a good move, I actually finished something during the readathon.

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

Sounds productive and fun, Catchy!

[Susan]

I hope you were able to mentally escape and get some reading accomplished as well, Cathy. I'm glad you joined us for the readathon!

[Lamilla]

Love the Lessons Learned section! See you next time, Cathy!

[Cathy]

Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* wrote: "Sounds productive and fun, Catchy!"
Susan wrote: "I hope you were able to mentally escape and get some reading accomplished as well, Cathy. I'm glad you joined us for the readathon!"
Thanks! I was still a little stressed, but it helped… 😊

Lamilla wrote: "Love the Lessons Learned section! See you next time, Cathy!"
I stole that idea from Vavita! 😏

[Cathy]

Hello again! Starting time for the July Reverse Readathon:
Saturday 27th at 2am CET.

Hint Set #1: Be thinking parties. What kind you want to read about? What kind you dream about? What will you and your guests do at your party?

I‘m really not a party person. Usually I am glad when I can go home again and do my own thing. 😂

Hint Set # 2: What kind of party you want to enjoy in real life or in ideal or imaginary life? Any or all might be best?

Something involving food and books? See my comment to Hint #1… 😏

I have to confess I don‘t get this whole prompt thing with hints to set up a TBR for a readathon. It confuses me.

[Cathy]

So, only a few days to go. I did not participate in any of the pre-readathon challenges. I have so many buddy reads planned all the time, there is almost no room for anything else. And if there is, I rather pick up some not pre-meditated mood reading.

What am I reading this weekend?

Finished yesterday:
- Take Us to a Better Place | My review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️, short story collection, about 60+ pages.

Currently reading:
- Sixty Harvests Left: How to Reach a Nature-Friendly Future, paper, 20 pages or so…
- A Marvellous Light, audio, 20 minutes yesterday, about 2 hours today.
- Relic, Kindle Unlimited, 1st Pendergast novel, started today, read 66 pages so far. Fun!

[Susy]

Cathy wrote: "So, only a few days to go. I did not participate in any of the pre-readathon challenges. I have so many buddy reads planned all the time, there is almost no room for anything else. And if there is,..."

Same Cathy!
And I have done no prepping at all this time around. Usually I have about 5 books started with about 100-200 pages to finish but I haven’t picked up a single book all month long, only a bit of audio/listening….

[Cathy]

I have more on my TBR, but none of it started, so who knows if I will finish anything during the readathon… 🤷

Are you going to a readathon retreat again?

[Cathy]

Tentative TBR for this weekend:

currently reading:
- Sixty Harvests Left: How to Reach a Nature-Friendly Future, paper, non-fiction, 59/359 pages.
- Ship of Destiny (Liveship Traders #3), ebook, finished chapter 11, 279/913 pages.
- A Marvellous Light, 7h 37m/14h 30m of audio.
- Relic, KU, 1st Pendergast novel. 374/484 pages.
- Poison Ivy (2022-) Vol. 1: The Virtuous Cycle, eComic. 10/204 pages.
- New Adventures in Space Opera, Netgalley, short stories, read the introduction, at 4%.

planned
- The Wren in the Holly Library, on hold for the Libby ebook.
- Rotkehlchen (Harry Hole #3), paper

Mood reading, KU alternatives for Preston & Child are:
- Extinction
- The Scorpion's Tail (Nora Kelly #2)
- The Cabinet of Dr. Leng (Pendergast #21)
Or
- The Cabinet of Curiosities (Pendergast #3) from Libby. I‘m not a big fan of reading on my phone though.

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

Pendergast is a fun series - hope you enjoy all books!

[Cathy]

So do I! I might even jump straight into the next one after finishing Relic, I‘ll see…

[Lamilla]

Nice list. Have a great reading time!

[Cathy]

I probably won‘t use a timer and because I managed to double-book myself again, I will probably also only be around for half of the readathon and do a lot of reading on Sunday instead.

[Susy]

Hahaha, you’re always double booked 🤣

[Vavita]

Cathy is a like a spoiled bookish child! LOL!

[Cathy]

We might go swimming to a lake, so I could read a little then… 😏