Fall 23 Read-a-thon: Wrap Up

[Jackie, Solstitial Mod]

I hope you had a great week of reading! How'd everybody do?

1. How many books did you finish? How many pages did you read?
2. Did you meet your reading goals? What were your biggest distractions?
3. What was your favorite book of the read-a-thon?
4. Do you have any suggestions for how to make the read-a-thon better for next time? What would you like to see more of in future read-a-thons?
5. Most importantly, did you have fun??

Don't forget, today is the last day to post your completed individual challenge for a raffle entry! The drawing will be tomorrow!

[LeahS]

1. How many books did you finish? How many pages did you read?
I read six complete books and finished two more.

2. Did you meet your reading goals? What were your biggest distractions?
Yes, I'd wanted to read five books. We had visitors for a day, but I was able to read morning and evening, and otherwise it was a quiet week - good timing for me.

3. What was your favorite book of the read-a-thon?
Bitter Greens and Harlem Shuffle.

4. Do you have any suggestions for how to make the read-a-thon better for next time? What would you like to see more of in future read-a-thons?
Perhaps examples for each prompt e.g. if the 1900s prompt had e.g. a book written in 1950 that would have clarified whether it was an Edwardian book that was wanted or anything last century.

5. Most importantly, did you have fun??
Yes, and I liked the Monopoly theme. Thanks to the mods for organising and checking.

[Nancy]

1. How many books did you finish? How many pages did you read? 6 books, 586 pages, 28.75 hours

2. Did you meet your reading goals? What were your biggest distractions? Yes, my goal was 5-7 books! I made plans with a friend for Saturday that definitely impacted my reading for the day.

3. What was your favorite book of the read-a-thon? Holly

4. Do you have any suggestions for how to make the read-a-thon better for next time? What would you like to see more of in future read-a-thons? I really liked the change from wildcards to rolls to complete a prompt, I think it added a little more challenge and also shook things up a little.

5. Most importantly, did you have fun?? Yes

[Amy (Other Amy)]

1. How many books did you finish? How many pages did you read?
Five books for about 800 pages. (I say about because it looks like Amazon has reused the ASIN for one of my location only Kindle books, so I have to trust Goodreads. And also because I got two chapters of The Great Gatsby done as well.)

2. Did you meet your reading goals? What were your biggest distractions?
Honestly I just wanted to read enough books to get a raffle ticket, so I couldn't be happier. My biggest distraction is me and my inability to just read a book, as always. This is the most reading I've gotten done since March, and I'm really excited about that.

3. What was your favorite book of the read-a-thon?
The Mysterious Affair at Styles was the surprise favorite. I just sort of fell into it and it whisked me along to the end. I think I'll stick with reading mysteries for a while and see if I can keep the momentum.

4. Do you have any suggestions for how to make the read-a-thon better for next time? What would you like to see more of in future read-a-thons?
Nothing comes to mind. The prompts were great and I had a lot of fun slotting books in and swapping them around, which is what makes reading for prompts fun for me. (I could have gotten at least two prompts more if I'd hit my stride a day earlier, but there's always next time!)

5. Most importantly, did you have fun??
I had a lot of fun and I actually read books and forgot about my stresses for a bit. I'm grateful more than I could say.

Thank you all for all you do to organize and run these events and everything else ATY. I know it can be a lot of work and I so appreciate you.

[Trish, Annular Mod]

I'm sorry I missed this one. I'll be back next time!

[Martha]

1. How many books did you finish? I finished 4 books.

2. Did you meet your reading goals? What were your biggest distractions?
I only had time for 4 books so I met my goal. Biggest distractions were childcare commitments for 3 of the days the Readathon was going on.

3. What was your favorite book of the read-a-thon?
Still Life.

4. Do you have any suggestions for how to make the read-a-thon better for next time? What would you like to see more of in future read-a-thons?
I loved the prompts this time. I only read which is what I had planned to do. This has been my favorite individual challenge to date .

5. Most importantly, did you have fun??
Yes. I enjoyed my "reading retreat" week.

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

1. How many books did you finish? 6
How many pages did you read? 1295 + 14.5 hours audio
2. Did you meet your reading goals? Yes, as far as books read
What were your biggest distractions? I thought I would listen while walking around in NYC, but it is so noisy! Not just on the subway but on the streets.
3. What was your favorite book of the read-a-thon? Marmee - Little Women from the point of view of the mother
4. Do you have any suggestions for how to make the read-a-thon better for next time? Everything was great
What would you like to see more of in future read-a-thons?
5. Most importantly, did you have fun?? Yes, it's fun having teams and more motivating than reading on my own

[Jennifer W]

1. How many books did you finish? How many pages did you read?
I finished 1 book, The Woman Who Split the Atom: The Life of Lise Meitner on audiobook, highly recommended.
Total pages: 113
Total hours: 2.5

2. Did you meet your reading goals? What were your biggest distractions?
I would have liked to finish another book (especially cause now it's overdue at the library!). Biggest distractions were fatigue and a new puppy at my mother-in-laws!

3. What was your favorite book of the read-a-thon? The Woman Who Split the Atom: The Life of Lise Meitner

4. Do you have any suggestions for how to make the read-a-thon better for next time? What would you like to see more of in future read-a-thons?
I wish I knew a little more in advance when these were going to be. The books I was reading didn't really fit in with the prompts. And they were too long for me to finish in a week, I would have lined up some shorter books if I'da known. :) I loved the Monopoly theme, though! And I always like the games and questions during the week.

5. Most importantly, did you have fun?? For sure!

[Bea]

1. How many books did you finish? How many pages did you read?
Is it over already? I got so busy with life that I forgot to track my reading closely. I did finish 4 books.

2. Did you meet your reading goals? Not exactly. I did finish the 4 books that I started, but I did not make headway in any others that I had hoped to move along, and I returned one book to the library unread.

What were your biggest distractions?
Family visiting. Lots of extension classes and new learnings.

3. What was your favorite book of the read-a-thon?
By far, Uncle Tom's Cabin! 5*

4. Do you have any suggestions for how to make the read-a-thon better for next time? What would you like to see more of in future read-a-thons?
Nope, this was my first.

5. Most importantly, did you have fun?? Yes.

[Robin H-R]

1. How many books did you finish? 6 How many pages did you read? 1273

2. Did you meet your reading goals? Pretty much. What were your biggest distractions? Work...lol...and my two rambunctious puppies

3. What was your favorite book of the read-a-thon? Home To Kentucky

4. Do you have any suggestions for how to make the read-a-thon better for next time? What would you like to see more of in future read-a-thons? I'll have to think on that. I have some ideas.

5. Most importantly, did you have fun?? Yes! My first one!