Read-A-Thon Progress and Discussion -- May

[Wendy]

I have only read 8 hours and I am going to try and squeeze in the last two before the time is up. Still haven't finished my first book yet.

[Debbie]

Took a short nap, now back to it. I finished my 2nd and started on to the 3rd. Hoping to have time for it all.
Sure is quiet inherent at the moment. Only couple hours left.

[Unapologetic_Bookaholic]

I feel I did well enough. I hadnt been reading anything this week. I was able to finish a book and read quite a bit of another. Kudos to everyone else that read 3 books or more!

[Debbie]

I am happy with my 2 plus. Still have abut of time and not much of Rebecca left. Going to see if I can knock it out. Glad you got 1plus Kenjii. It has been a difficult reading week for me too.

[Debbie]

well, that was interesting! Finished the last hour with a flashlight - lost electricity during a thunderstorm. But still I was able to finish what I wanted to. Since I am on battery in my laptop I will have to spend the time later to get page count, but I know that I was able to read for just over 14 of the last 24 hours. I think the longest stretch was this morning, I got up to quiet (except for the storm) and was able to read for nearly 5 hours straight (no kiddos up at 3 am, go figure). I will be back later to see how everyone else faired. Hope you all had as much fun and got what you wanted to read - read :)

[Wendy]

I read for 10 hours, the longest stretch being 4 hours last night. I only read one book, totaling 501 pages. I didn't do as well as I did last time although I did finish my library book that is due back on Thursday so that makes me happy!

[Afsana]

I got a bit confused and for some reason thought it was starting midnoght sat to same time sunday and I have interview monday so knew it would knacker me out so wasn't going to participate. Its only now after all over do I realise I got it wrong

But I read a lot anyway during that time (though should have done some prep for interview)

In that time I read:

2 books

Martin musunderstood by Karin Slaughter 147
Blue smoke by Nora roberts 42 pages

Total 559 pages

also listeened to 2 hour or so of audio books- mixture of mansfield park by jane austin and the Assasination of marylin munro

[Catherine]

I feel asleep last night but set my alarm to get up and read some more for a few hours before we ended, but I don't even remember the alarm going off. Luckily the cats woke me up! I'm not sure what my total pages will be. I wish I had time to read today too, but I have too many other things to do. I'm REALLY enjoying The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and I'm only on page 154.

[Amy]

I started a few minutes after 8 a.m. and read most of the day until about 2 a.m. Along the way I took a few brief breaks to cook, eat dinner with the family, and dozed a couple of times from exhaustion. I completed two books and part of a third for a total of 972 pages.

[Catherine]

Hey everyone, I created a final totals and summary folder if you want to post your totals there. Hope everyone had fun!!

[Debbie]

Summary thread is a great idea. hope this link helps :)

[Catherine]

Oooh, great! Thanks Debbie!

[Athira]

I just woke up. LOL! And I'm jealous you've all been already up! :)

I read for 20 hours, but a couple of the books were real slow, so my page count won't be majestic. Still, I'm glad I did this, because I feel like I've achieved a lot!

[Rebecca]

Well I only read about 150 pages, but, I finished my book early this morning and passed out. I still managed to get up at a decent time today and get some more errands done, so, woo!

Next time I hope the read-a-thon doesn't fall on a day I have to work and run errands ;) that'll make things a lot easier!

Congrats to all for any and everything they were able to read!

[BJ Rose]

I started late but strong - read for almost 3 hours before my first break, then listened to my audiobook while I ironed, did dishes, etc., but then my breaks came more often and lasted longer - just couldn't stay focused, and conked out a little after 8:00 p.m.

My approximate totals are: 3 hours listening, 6 hours reading, less than 500 pages read.

Congratulations to those who stayed on task and accomplished a lot!!

[Debbie]

Sounds like you did ok to me. So, what did you read and what did you listen to - inquiring minds want to know? And we also have a summary thread - link on comment 62.

[Valorie]

Well I started at 12pm yesterday and just finished a little while ago. I fell asleep at 5:00am and woke up again at 8:45. I grabbed something to eat and finally finished! Yay! I read...

Every Crooked Nanny
A Vicky Hill Exclusive!
and part of Ashes of Midnight

[April]

Shoot! I missed this read-a-thon. :( When will the next one be??

[Athira]

April wrote: "Shoot! I missed this read-a-thon. :( When will the next one be??"

April, the next one will be a on a weekday in June. A poll will go out for that soon. The next weekend read-a-thon will be in July.

[April]

Perfect! Thank you. I'll be looking forward to it!

[Susan]

Debbie wrote: "Susan wrote: "Debbie wrote: "I am about half way through Scarletti Curse by Christine Feehan and another called Silentheart."

How is the book? I have it here and want to read it but haven't starte..."

I have read all of her Dark series and I loved it. I was hoping that the Scarletti Curse was good. I love her books, she's soooo good. LOL.

[Debbie]

It's different than the Carpathians books. I enjoyed it though.