Read-a-thon Final Summary - March

[Athira]

Please use this thread to post your reading summary. You can post in whichever format you wish, and you can track anything from number of books to specific genre. We only ask that you please provide the following information for sure:

- Number of books completed
- Number of pages read
- Number of hours listened to
- Number of hours spent reading
- Longest reading stretch (5 hours?, 10 hours?, etc)

[KrisT]

Well I only have about a 1/2 hour left and hubby is grilling burgers so I might stop where I am at. All in all it was pretty good. I did some other things and slept about 5 hours.

1. I, Alex Cross by James Patterson 374p
2. in progress South of Broad by Pat Conroy 148 - 198 = 50pages
3. 1 hr 16 minutes from Life is short but wide
4. Shark Girl by Kelly Bingham 276p
5. Started Omnivore's Dilemma 142p
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842 pages read
1 hr 16 min audio for me

Longest reading stretch was just under 3 hours cuz I was drinking tea and cocoa and decaf coffee and water and crystal light so had to get up often :)

[MJ]

I actually made it the whole 24 hours :)so I'm gonna go pass out after I've finished with my Summary :P

Maria Lima - Matterss Of The Blood (Blood Lines, book 1)

Hours spent reading:5 hr 46 min
Page Read:324

Maria Lima - Blood Bargain (Blood Lines, book 2)

Hours spent reading:5 hr 9 min
Page Read:368

Maria Lima - Blood Kin (Blood Lines, book 3)

Hours spent reading:6 hr 39 min
Page Read:321

Linda Robertson - Hallowed Circle (Persephone Alcmedi, book 2)

Hours spent reading:4 hr 48 min
Page Read:384

Number of books completed: 4
Longest reading stretch: 14 hours

Good morning/Good night my fellow bookreaders and cheerleders

[Roseann]

This was fun!

My final grand total posted at 5:37pm PST is--

7 Books
1,717 pgs.
I didn't keep a strict clock, but I figure about 19-20 hours of reading.

I also added my little "flair" to the challenge. I always have either music or tv going as background noise, so I decided to play movies that had some kind of a book/play/writing theme.

I watched--

JULIE & JULIA (2 BOOKS IN ONE)
84 CHARING CROSS ROAD (BOOKLOVER)
SOMEWHERE IN TIME (PLAYWRIGHT)
MISERY (WRITER)

When I didn't have films going I listend to various soundtrack and tried to keep up the "literate" theme with titles like "Pride & Prejudice" "Sense & Sensebility" and "Much Ado About Nothing".

Thank you to all of the cheerleaders who kept me going and a GREAT BIG THANKS!!! to Alth for making this possible.

"See" you all at the next read-a-thon, time to pass out ;-).

[Valorie]

I also didn't really keep track of time. This was great fun! Thanks so much for organizing this Aths! I can't wait for the next one!

Books:

Kiss & Hell by Dakota Cassidy (352 Pages)
Glass Houses by Rachel Caine (248 Pages)

Total Pages read: 600

[Joanie]

I didn't get to participate as much as I would've liked this time around, but I'm glad I gave it a shot! It was nice to have a huge block of time to read. Will be more involved for next month's read-a-thon.;)

Surfacing, Margaret Atwood: 148 pgs
The Princess Bride, William Goldman: 414 pgs
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson: 76 pgs (not finished)

Number of books completed: 2
Number of pages read: 638
Number of hours spent reading: 5.5 hrs
Longest reading stretch: 3.5 hrs

[Jamie]

Joanie wrote: "I didn't get to participate as much as I would've liked this time around, but I'm glad I gave it a shot! It was nice to have a huge block of time to read. Will be more involved for next month's re..."

"Jekyll & Hyde" was the next on my list. I'm going to start reading it as soon as I buy something to eat. Hope you're enjoying it!

[Susan]

I didn't get as much read as I thought, but I did finish one book, and am halfway through another.

Number of books completed
1."Casting Off" by Nicole Dickson, 269 pages
2. 1/2 of "The Fiction Class" by Susan Breen 165 pages
Total pages read: 434

Number of hours spent reading-
I'll be honest, I really didn't time myself. Probably about 5 or 6 hours.

Longest reading stretch- Probably 2 hours

I'll admit I didn't spend as much time as most of you. But it felt good to kind of waste away the day by reading and sharing with all of you!

[Tiff]

My personal goal was to read as long as I could and try to make it to 1,000 pages. I didn't quite get there, but I still had a blast trying!

Need, Carrie Jones: 271 pages (I was already on page 35 at the start of the read-a-thon)
Heat Stroke, Rachel Caine: 335 pages
The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley: 181 pages (not finished)
Bitten, Kelley Armstrong: 56 pages (not finished)

Number of books completed: 2
Number of pages read: 843
Number of hours spent reading: 14 hrs
Longest reading stretch: 10 hrs

[Wendy]

Number of books completed:1 (2/3 of the way through another one)
Number of pages read:667
Number of hours spent reading: 12
Longest reading stretch:6 hours

I read:
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker

I might have read more but the second book was dragging a bit. Not my usual type of book and hard to completely focus on it. I was also trying to squeeze in reading around sleep (pregnant ladies need sleep) and my daughter's activities (gymnastics and a birthday party). I did have a great time though and will look forward to doing this again.

[Barbara ★]

I didn't do as good as I expected. I was up on Friday at 5 pm so by 2 am I was shot and in bed. On Saturday my eyes were killing me and I just couldn't read like I wanted to. Maybe next time.

Succubus Heat, Richelle Mead: 332 pgs
Midnight Alley, Rachel Caine: 245 pgs
Feast of Fools, Rachel Caine: 242 pgs
Never After, anthology: 80 pgs

Number of books completed: 3
Number of pages read: 899
Number of hours spent reading: 11.25 hrs
Longest reading stretch: 4 hrs

[[deleted user]]

Number of books read: 1 - Murder With Peacocks by Donna Andrews
Number of books started: 1 - Untamed by P.C. Cast
Pages read: 541
Longest reading strech: 2 1/2 hours

I didn't read as much as I would have hoped because I kinda fell asleep! But It was nice to read what I did... hopefully I will do better next month!

[Jamie]

I'm not that good at keeping track of time (a fault that was aided and abetted by my falling asleep on the couch at one in the morning); so, the hours are estimates at best.

"Fire in the Blood" and "The Setting Sun" were both excellent.

Books:

1. Fire in the Blood by Irene Nemirovsky (pp. 160)
2. The Piano Lesson by August Wilson (pp. 108)
3. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (pp. 180)
4. The Setting Sun by Osamu Desai (pp. 185 with introduction)
5. The Fall by Albert Camus (pp. 160)

Total Page Number: 793 pages
Reading Time: About 15 hours
Longest Reading Stretch: About 5.5 hours

[Lisa S]

I read about 20hrs. total.
This was fun and exciting, but glad it will only happen once a month.
Number of books completed:3
Number of pages read:906
Number of hours spent reading:20
Longest reading stretch: 6 1/2 hrs.

[Kelly]

Books completed:
1. The Pinball Theory of Apocalypse by Jonathan Selwood (p.181)
2. Kaiulani: The People's Princess, Hawaii, 1889 by Ellen Emerson White (p.223)
3. Victoria: May Blossum of Britannia, England, 1829 by Anna Kirwan (p.204)
4. Teen, Inc. by Stefan Petrucha (p.242)
5. The Middleman: The Doomsday Armageddon Apocalypse by Javier Grillo-Marxuach & Hans Beimler (p.69)
6. The Time Machine by H. G. Wells (Didn't complete before 7pm read 35p)

# of pages read: 954
# of hours spent reading: 16
Longest reading stretch: 6 hours

[Joanie]

Kelly wrote: "Books completed:
1. The Pinball Theory of Apocalypse by Jonathan Selwood (p.181)
2. Kaiulani: The People's Princess, Hawaii, 1889 by Ellen Emerson White (p.223)
3. Victoria: May Blossum of Brita..."

The Time Machine was going to be next on my list, one of the shorter books I wanted to finish.:)

Jamie wrote: ""Jekyll & Hyde" was the next on my list. I'm going to start reading it as soon as I buy something to eat. Hope you're enjoying it!"

It's a very good read so far. I especially enjoyed the introduction by Vladimir Nabokov in this edition, not sure if it's available in all the copies. :)

[Amy]

I had a slow start last night...I kept dozing while reading, but did a little better during the day today.

Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris: 116 pgs (I was in the middle of this book when the challenge began).
Dancing in the Dark by Mary Jane Clark: 300 pgs
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness: 479 pgs
The Only Suspect by Jonnie Jacobs: 19 pgs

Audiobooks: 1 disk of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling
1 disk of The Hollow by Nora Roberts

longest reading stretch: 10.5 hrs

[Athira]

I so enjoyed this reading marathon! This was fun!!

- Number of books completed: 2 (In progress: 1)
- Number of pages read: 712 pages
1. Sugar by Bernice L. McFadden (116 of 229 pgs) - Was in the middle of this book before the challenge started
2. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling (309 pgs)
3. The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella (287 of 404 pgs)
- Number of hours listened to: 0
- Number of hours spent reading: 13 hours
- Longest reading stretch: 7 hours

[BJ Rose]

Number of books completed: 1 + half of 2 others
Number of pages read: 825
1. Finished White Lies by Jayne Ann Krentz (371 pp)
2. Partial listen: Queste by Angie Sage (429 - 150 read before read-a-thon began = 279 pp)
3. Partial read: Born in Ice by Nora Roberts (175 pp)
Number of hours listened to: 6 hrs
Number of hours spent reading: 14 hours
Longest reading stretch: 4 hours

Pages Read = 371+175+279 = 825

[Unapologetic_Bookaholic]

I could have done better, but I fell asleep at the computer! Was more tired than I thought.

READ
1. Gay for Pay v Kim Dare pages: 48
2. Gay Since Today v Kim Dare pages: 48
3. The Bipolar Advantage v Tom Wootton [last 14 pages only:]
4. First Drop of Crimson v Jeaniene Frost[partial read 49 pages:]



Totals
Pages read: 159
Hours spent reading: 3.5
Books finished: 3
Cups of coffee: 2

[Rossy]

Number of books completed = 2 + (1 in progress)
Number of pages read = 1348 pages
1. Touching Stars by Emilie Richards (560)
2. Line of Scrimmage by Marie Force (356)
3. Sister's Choice by Emilie Richards (432 out of 560)
Number of hours spent reading = 20
Longest reading stretch = 5 hrs.

[Jamie]

Joanie wrote: "Kelly wrote: "Books completed:
1. The Pinball Theory of Apocalypse by Jonathan Selwood (p.181)
2. Kaiulani: The People's Princess, Hawaii, 1889 by Ellen Emerson White (p.223)
3. Victoria: May Bloss..."

Thanks for the heads up about the intro! It's not in mine as my copy is in an anthology. I'll have to track down a proper copy at some point.

[Cindy]

Finished Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

Books completed - 1
Pages read - 780
Didn't keep track of the other statistics. I'll try and do better with the next readathon.

[Luce-Virlynn]

I was going to participate in this month's read-a-thon, but I had an unexpected event that came up so I couldn't participate. So, my grand total is 0 books completed and 0 hours, 0 minutes read. :( I hope I get to participate next time.

[Ivy]

Grandson fell out of a tree Saturday morning so we spent most of the day at the ER. He is fine but I didn't get near the reading done that I had planned.

I was able to read 312 pages.

210 pages Fantasy in Death by J. D. Robb (I was reading this book when read-a-thon started)

102 pages Last Scene Alive by Charlaine Harris (New author for me, fairly good so far)

I was hoping for more...but maybe next time.

[Ivy]

Sophie wrote: "Number of books read: 1 - Murder With Peacocks by Donna Andrews
.."

How did you like the book??? I have it on my TBR pile and am thinking of picking it up next.

[Jamie]

Ivy wrote: "Grandson fell out of a tree Saturday morning so we spent most of the day at the ER. He is fine but I didn't get near the reading done that I had planned.

I was able to read 312 pages.

210 pages ..."

I'm glad your grandson will be okay.

[Afsana]

Kenjii ~*~Black Kat~**~ wrote: "I could have done better, but I fell asleep at the computer! Was more tired than I thought.

READ
1. Gay for Pay v Kim Dare pages: 48
2. [book:Gay Since Today|7649..."

should it not be 159 pages?

[Afsana]

summary of March Read-a-thon

As I couldn't start till 7.30am saturday 27th march I ended my read-a-thon on 7.30am sunday 28th March

I read in complete:-

1)Misgivings Pages 343
2) Heart Attack pages 340
3) I, Alex Cross pages 374
4) Listened to Frankenstein By MAry sgelly (2 hours)
5) Death Of A Blue Movie Star- partly read 180 pages of 323

So read completley 3 books
Listened to one audio book
Total Pages read: 1237


Total hours read is harder to say as I stoped to feed and deal with my daughter and eat but didn't really have breaks. though throughout time I was reading had to keep chatting with my daughter while she played but aways had book in hand reading as I did

Also when putting her to bed

So easier to say 6 hours not reading -four hours sleeping

[Victoria]

My final count was:
36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction 27 pages
The Crimson Petal and the White 38 pages
The Girl Who Played with Fire 86 pages

Total pages read: 151

Expected to do better but my cold and low attention span held me back.

[Unapologetic_Bookaholic]

Afsana wrote: "Kenjii ~*~Black Kat~**~ wrote: "I could have done better, but I fell asleep at the computer! Was more tired than I thought.

READ
1. Gay for Pay v Kim Dare page..."
should it not be 159 pages?

Yeah, I fixed it, thanks =D

[Carolyn F.]

I read 2-1/2 books, which doesn't seem a lot. I read about a little over 800 pages. But I didn't last 24 hours - 22 hours and 15 minutes. My eyes literally blurred to where I couldn't read anymore. Then I slept 12 hours. I'm not sure physically when I'll be able to do this again, but in some strange way I enjoyed myself.

[Stacey's All Booked]

Okay, I learned that Saturdays are not a good day for read-a-thons for me. But I did get some reading done. I began Harlan Coben's Caught, but did not finish. I plan to finish it today. Thank you all for the cheer-leading and thank you to the moderators for hosting this read-a-thon. I plan to participate a lot more next month.

Number of books completed: 0
- Number of pages read: 298
- Number of hours listened to: 0
- Number of hours spent reading: 5hrs 30mins
- Longest reading stretch: 4hrs 45mins

[Alyssa]

Alright, I suck. After I crashed (having been up for 26 hours straight by 2am here) I slept most of the day, and only read for a few hours later that night. I did end up finishing the book I started yesterday, though. I think I read for... Three extra hours? I won't count it though.

Books completed: 0
Pages read: Paper Towns by John Green: 110/305 pages
Hours read: about 4

I am definitely going to participate in next month's though. I'll try to avoid staying up all night the night before, haha.

[Debbie]

I did stay up for the entire 24 hours, I had to do the mom thing a few times, so I was not reading the whole time. My day ended up ......

69 pages - Doomsday Can Wait (finished last couple chapters)
304 pages - The Bride Fair, and
97 minute audiobook - Stranded.
198 pages Midnight Angel (about half done)

- Number of books completed: 2 completed / 2 partials
- Number of pages read: 571 pages
- Number of hours listened to: 97 minutes
- Number of hours spent reading: about 18 hours
- Longest reading stretch: about 3 hours at a time.

This really helped me read a few that I was not sure I would get to by the end of the month because I am a slower reader, I am so glad I did it - next time I think I will sleep, I don't think I retained much I read from the last 4 or 5 hours of it. lol

[Jackie]

Congratulations to everyone on a job well done.

[Debbie]

Ivy wrote: "Grandson fell out of a tree Saturday morning so we spent most of the day at the ER. He is fine but I didn't get near the reading done that I had planned.

I was able to read 312 pages.

210 pages ..."

You do know that Last Scene Alive is like the 7th book of that series. You have missed a lot - if this is a new author for you, some of the book might have made more sense if you had read some of the previous books.

[Linda]

How many books read--2
How many pages read--@500
How many hours of reading--6
Longest reading stretch--3 hours

Doctor Who: Feast Of The Drowned
Doctor Who: The Nightmare Of Black Island

I wanted to participate more, but couldn't.

[Donnajo]

Congrats to everyone. Anything that helped the counts get higher is a help I think. I'm sorry I didn't check in but I did stay offline more and did read Lisa Scottoline's book this weekend and some of the chamberlain book and I think for me to read as much as I did at the shore was the goal. I could have read more since it was windy outside. But had some errands that had to be done and a walk each day. I hope to be able to do it the next time. Yet I have to say when I do have a weekend home and I get in the reading good book mode then I can do it the whole day without any problems and late into the night.

[Amanda A]

I was not able to read as much as I would have liked due to a few family member interruptions and sleep. I also lost track of my time spent reading along the way, so these are estimates.

Number of books completed: 2
Number of pages read: 431
Number of hours spent reading: 8
Longest reading stretch: 3.5 hrs

Books Read:
Spider's Bite by Jennifer Estep (205 pages)
Wine of Violence by Priscilla Royal (226 pages)

[Kathy]

- Number of books completed - 4
- Number of pages read - 1101
- Number of hours listened to - 0
- Number of hours spent reading - 12
- Longest reading stretch (5 hours?, 10 hours?, etc) - 4

[Nancy H]

I didn't complete as many books as I had hoped because I had out-of-state relatives drop in last night and had to fix lunch for 12 people. I don't know my total reading hours, but I finished two books completely, and half of another:
Finished: The Diamond of Drury Lane - 424 pages
Catching Fire - 391 pages
Half-finished and will finish tonight: Death of a
Valentine - 130 pages
Longest stretch spent reading --- 2 1/2 hours

I am really anxious to do this again when I can participate without distractions. It was really fun. Kudos and thanks to Aths for getting us going on this.

[Valorie]

Amanda wrote: "I was not able to read as much as I would have liked due to a few family member interruptions and sleep. I also lost track of my time spent reading along the way, so these are estimates.

Number ..."

How did you like Spider's Bite? I'm planning on reading it next month.

[Ivy]

Debbie wrote: "Ivy wrote: "Grandson fell out of a tree Saturday morning so we spent most of the day at the ER. He is fine but I didn't get near the reading done that I had planned.

I was able to read 312 pages...."

I do know that Last Scene Alive is book 7. The author explained enough of the back story as she went along that I didn't feel to confused.

[Debbie]

I recently read that one and I think I would have been lost if I hadn't read all the others first. lol glad you got the just of it. It really is a cute series - with it's ups and downs.

[Amanda A]

Valorie wrote: "How did you like Spider's Bite? I'm planning on reading it next month. "

I enjoyed it, Valorie. There is sort of a cliffhanger at the end of this one, so I am looking forward to the next book in the series to see what Gin gets into next.

[Kristi]

- Number of books completed - 1
- Number of pages read - 750
- Number of hours listened to - 1
- Number of hours spent reading - 15
- Longest reading stretch (5 hours?, 10 hours?, etc) - 9

Books Read:
Lover Unbound by J.R. Ward (Complete)
Reckless Love by Elizabeth Lowell (Audio)
The Blonde Geisha by Jina Bacarr (Began but didn't finish)

[Valorie]

Amanda wrote: "Valorie wrote: "How did you like Spider's Bite? I'm planning on reading it next month. "

I enjoyed it, Valorie. There is sort of a cliffhanger at the end of this one, so I am looking forward to ..."

Ohhh great! Thanks Amanda! I can't wait to read it now!

[Susan]

I screwed this one up, so I'm going to have to try to do better the next time. I feel asleep and than slept til I had to take the kids to their sharpshooters and than got home and had to cook, so I was so busy.

[Cindy]

I have to say that I don't think I'll participate next time. It wasn't as much fun as I thought it would be. Having to check in with my progress just slows down the reading and it's not that much fun. Maybe it's just me.