May Read-a-thon Progress and Mini-challenges

[Ann A]

Day 6 Report

In the middle of Special Topics in Calamity Physics, The Crying Tree, The Count of Monte Cristo, and The Eden Express

Page count for the day: 225
Running total: 1413

Only one more day (actually 22 hours)! Darn - that means I'll have to stop using reading as an excuse for neglecting my To-Do list! Well, I'll make this last day count. Hopefully, I'll finish two more books by tomorrow.

[Heather]

Down to the wire...
Recap:
1. Three Nights of Sin 371 pgs
2. Compromised 350 pgs
3. When You Dare 448 pgs

Just finished these two...
4. Ghouls Just Haunt to Have Fun 310 pgs
5. Raining Cat Sitters and Dogs 282 pgs

[Julie]

Today's check-in

Books Read: 5 (counting partial books as 1/2 a book)
Pages Read: 1967

Book list:

My Antonia by Willa Cather - last 162 pages
Children and Fire: A Novel by Ursula Hegi - last 234 pages
Snowflake Obsidian: Memoir of a Cutter by The Hippie - last 191 pages
The King's Mistress by Emma Campion - 464 pages
The Tender Mercy of Roses by Anna Michaels - 320 pages
The Summoner by Layton Green - 237 pages
Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey - last 359 pages



Challenge Books

1. Not-quite-a-chunkster:

At page 229 - 5/27

[★Meghan★]

Wow! This readathon has been a bust for me! I haven't even finished one book. However next week, I have to leave town on an 8 hour drive...plenty of reading time. As long as I don't get a headache.

[Zakiya]

Finished the third book! Will have summary up by 10 AM tmr..

1. Beastly by Alex Flinn
-Date Finished: 23/5/2011
-Total reading time: 7 hours, 54 min
-Total pages read (during RAT): 300
-Status: finished!

2. Hate List by Jennifer Brown
-Date Finished: 24/5/2011
-Total reading time: 6 hours 42 min
-Total pages read (during RAT): 353
-Status: finished!

3. Wither by Lauren DeStefano
-Date Finished: 27/5/2011
-Total reading time: 11 hours 32 min
-Total pages read (during RAT): 358
-Status: finished!

4. Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
-Date Finished: n/a
-Total reading time: n/a
-Total pages read (during RAT): 366
-Status: currently reading!

[Linette]

Another one bites the dust...er, bookmark. Or something.

1. The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson
2.
3. Treason at Lisson Grove by Anne Perry
4.
5. Fool Moon by Jim Butcher (these books are so much fun)
6.
7. The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson

And now one for a different challenge I want to finish up:
An Incomplete Revenge by Jacqueline Winspear

[Rosina]

i finished Blood Brothers 314 pages
only managed 118 pages of The Passage
started The Hollow and have read 42 pages

final count for me
1 book finished
474 pages read

didnt get as much time to read as I had planned but at least got one book off the pile.

[Nadine]

@ Zina: How are you enjoying The Passage? It really got me hooked, but it gets betterwhen the second part starts. Set about 80 years later than the first bit or so. (Don't wanna say more as I don't wanna spoil it.)

[Roseann]

Well, not that good a week for me. I think these week-long read-a-thons actually slow me down as I do better when I only have a 24-hour window to work with. My reads for this week:

1. The House of Tomorrow (304 pgs)
2. Dark Delicacies: Original Tales of Terror and the Macabre by the World's Greatest Horror Writers (339 pgs.)
3. Yeah, I Said It (256 pgs.)
4. The Night Watch (526 pgs.)
5. Save The Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need (195 pgs.)
6. The Moment It Clicks: Photography secrets from one of the world's top shooters (256 pgs)
7. The Girl in the Green Raincoat (176 pgs)

So, my final totals are:

7 books finished
2,052 pages read.

Thanks for all of your work Aths and see you next time!!

[Julie]

Roseann wrote: "Well, not that good a week for me. I think these week-long read-a-thons actually slow me down as I do better when I only have a 24-hour window to work with. My reads for this week:

1. [book:The ..."Great job! I really want to read The Girl in the Green Raincoat!

[Julie]

I didn't do so well with the challenges, but at least they helped me organize by TBR pile! Lots of reading, much of it books I had started prior to the Readathon and some review books.

Read-a-Thon Wrapup:

Challenge Books

1. Not-quite-a-chunkster:

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke - First 311 pages

6. Armchair traveler:

Night by Elie Wiesel - COMPLETE - 120 pages

7. Random Fortune:

Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma - first 299 pages

Additional Book List:

My Antonia by Willa Cather - last 162 pages
Children and Fire: A Novel by Ursula Hegi - last 234 pages
Snowflake Obsidian: Memoir of a Cutter by The Hippie - last 191 pages
The King's Mistress by Emma Campion - 464 pages
The Tender Mercy of Roses by Anna Michaels - 320 pages
The Summoner by Layton Green - 237 pages
Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey - last 359 pages



Books read (counting partial books as 1/2) - 7
Total pages: 2697

[Amy]

My mother just had hip replacement surgery, so between trips to the hospital and then the rehabilitation center, I didn't read half as much as I would have liked. I'm going to keep going until my library reopens on Tuesday, so maybe I can finish the 5 books I have begun. :-(

[Ann A]

Great job, everyone! I'll summarize on the other thread.

[Rosina]

Nadine wrote: "@ Zina: How are you enjoying The Passage? It really got me hooked, but it gets betterwhen the second part starts. Set about 80 years later than the first bit or so. (Don't wanna say more as I don't..."

I am enjoying it...its my kind of book I find I need chunks of uninterrupted time of 3+ hours to read it and really stay connected with the story....

[Nadine]

@ Zina: I was lucky to start it between Christmas and New Year when I had some days off and I could let the story really devour me. How far into it are you?

[Rosina]

part 1 ch 8 hoping to get some time this weekend to make a dent in it

[Roseann]

Julie wrote: "Roseann wrote: "Well, not that good a week for me. I think these week-long read-a-thons actually slow me down as I do better when I only have a 24-hour window to work with. My reads for this week:
..."

Great read, sorta like if Jimmy Stewart was pregnant and stuck at home during Rear Window ;).