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Pages : 2,173Books : 7-1/2
finished 3 challenge items
Books:
My Life in France
Queen of Babble
Ella Minnow Pea
Making Toast: A Family Story
Persuasion
Monkeewrench
A Killer Crop
and 200 pages in Anne of Green Gables
My final totals:Hours read: 14 (not really keeping track now)
Books finished: 9
Pages read: 2,420
Challenges completed: 4 (#2, #4, #5, #6 and #7)
I fell a little short of my personal goal of 14 books, but did manage to complete all of the challenges I listed.
Thank you Aths for all of your work setting this thing up and I look forward to the next Read-A-Thon!!
August R-A-T Summary:3 books finished, 2 incomplete, 1667 pages total
Mini-Challenges (complete):
#1 Not Quite A Chunkster
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows#2 Choose Me, Choose Me Not
The Iliad#3 Snag Some Of That Book Love
Lockdown#6 Revisit An Old Friend
Harry Potter and the Deathly HallowsIncomplete:
Paranormalcy 20pp
The Golden Compass 55pp, challenge #5Best reading day was Saturday- I managed about 9 hours that day :)
Roseann wrote: "My final totals:Hours read: 14 (not really keeping track now)
Books finished: 9
Pages read: 2,420
Challenges completed: 4 (#2, #4, #5, #6 and #7)
I fell a little short of my personal g..."
Way to go Roseann! I am impressed!
- Number of books? 14 books completedPages? 5,664 pages
- Minichallenges: #1-4 completed
I'm now 9 books ahead on the Goodreads 2011 Reading Challenge. My goal is 400 books.
Shay wrote: "- Number of books? 14 books completedPages? 5,664 pages
- Minichallenges: #1-4 completed
I'm now 9 books ahead on the Goodreads 2011 Reading Challenge. My goal is 400 books."
Shay, you must be a speed reader. I would love to be able to read that many books in a year.
# Books-4# Pages-1,352
This was the first time I have participated in a challenge and although I didn't read as much as I wanted to it was really fun. I have never read a graphic novel before and it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, I may even get the sequel.
Tracy wrote: "Shay wrote: "- Number of books? 14 books completedPages? 5,664 pages
- Minichallenges: #1-4 completed
I'm now 9 books ahead on the Goodreads 2011 Reading Challenge. My goal is 400 books."
Shay,..."
I'm actually reading less books than normal. A combination of reading more "chunky" books and non-fiction. About 20% of the books I've read have been chunkies. Also reading more classics. If I just read "fluffy" books, I'd be reading about 700-900+ books a year. (It's not that much, about 2-3 books a day) Before I had kids I would say that I read 3 or more books a day, on average.
Summary:Started and finished in RAT:
The Cellist of Sarajevo - Challenge #4 (LOVED this book)
Love That Dog-Challenge #2
The Julius House
Started earlier, but finished in RAT:
Tarzan of the Apes
The Godwulf Manuscript
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Started in RAT, but not yet finished:
Infinite Jest
The Story of Mankind
The Lonely Polygamist
Totals: 3 books, part of 6 others, 2 Challenges completed
Total pages: 1238
Would like to have done better, but was happy with getting over 1000 pages. My comfortable reading pace is only about 50 pages an hour (less if it's a tough book, as I never skim).
These Read-a-Thons are great fun. Look forward to seeing you all here again in 3 months!
I am about the same as you Ann, when it comes to a comfortable reading pace. :-)
**Number of books: finished one, started one, continued two. The irony of it all is that I finished a second book after the readathon lol.**Pages: forgot to count... Somewhere around 500-600, at least.
**List of books: Beautiful Creatures, Max (finished), The Help
**Mini-challenges: finished #5 (Max)
**Best reading day: Saturday (6th)
I am just now reporting because we have been traveling almost all day. I am excited because I finished all 7 challenges plus one other book. Here are the books I finished:#1 - The Memory Keeper's Daughter - 401p. Very engrossing book!
#2 - Astronaut Academy - 176p. An okay graphic novel - my nephew loved it, though!
#3 - The Memory Keeper's Daughter also counts for #1 - recommended by a librarian I have mentored and very much respect
#4 - Under a War-torn Sky - 284p. An excellent WWII novel that I will be recommending to students or anyone who wants to read about a pilot whose plane crashed behind enemy lines in WWII.
#5 - Farm Fatale - 393p. Funny British novel about city dwellers who move to the country
#6 - Beezus and Ramona - 183p. Loved introducing my niece and nephew to Ramona's antics!
#7 - G'Day to Die - Okay travel mystery (thanks to Aths for helping me pick that number from my book shelves
Also read Hey, Good Looking by Fern Michaels - 358p.
Total books read during Read-a-thon: 7
Total pages read: 2,083
Best reading days: A tie for Friday and Saturday, Aug. 12-13
I didn't keep track of my hours because I had to read in small bits of time here and there all week due to babysitting three children.
I loved this Read-a-thon, and can't wait for the next one. I really get a lot done during those times. Thanks to Aths for setting it up and getting the challenges arranged - the challenges really add a 'kick' that I like.
Keep reading, everyone!
Total books read: 7
Total pages: 2,083
Best reading days: Friday and Saturday, Aug. 12, 13
How has your reading week been? Pretty goodDid you get to read as much as you expected to? More? Less? I set my goal for more, but was worried how much reading time I would have. While doing the challenge, I also kept up with a very intense Bible reading schedule.
For a general outline:
- Number of books? Pages? Audiobooks? Hours listened? 3 books/941 pgs./No audiobooks
- List of books
- Minichallenges
None intentionally, but I did complete #1 Not quite a chunkster with
- Best reading day?
Monday & Tuesday
Nancy wrote: "I am just now reporting because we have been traveling almost all day. I am excited because I finished all 7 challenges plus one other book. Here are the books I finished:#1 - The Memory Keepe..."
Congrats on a successful Read-a-Thon. I want to be like you! (Get to 2000 pages next time.)
Let me paste my result in here once more:Here is my result, not impressive, but it's the fun that counts, right? ;-)
1) Jennifer Donnelly: The Wild Rose 240 pages (and counting) (the third part of a series, I am enjoying it)
2) Alan Moore: V for Vendetta (296 pages, finished)(my first graphic novel, I liked it, I was actually inspired by last readathon's challenge theme to try a new genre, what was the challenge called again?)
3) Ransom Riggs: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (348 pages, finished) (Great book, very special)
4) Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Herland (105 pages, not finished yet) (yeah yeah, women are sooo great! Interesting idea and special for the time it was written in, but it gets tiring to read about how much better a pure female society is working)
5) Emily Bronte: Wuthering Heights (80 pages and loving it!)
6) Dash & Lily's Book of Dares (60 pages so far) (Very nice read, perfect for a rainy Saturday)
1125 pages in total. Not so great, but I enjoyed the books I read (and am reading) a lot
I'm a little late in posting but here are my final stats:Books read:6
Books partially read:3
Total pages:2131
wow - I am impressed by all that I did this read a thon. Probably the best one I have ever had.
The Dark Side of the Moon by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Finished on 8/6
100 pages read during read-a-thon
Two Dark Hunter Novellas by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Finished on 8/6
70 pages
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
Finished on 8/7
413 pages
A Season for Seduction by Jennifer Haymore
Finished on 8/8
379 pages
White Lies by Jayne Ann Krentz
Finished 8/9
495 Pages (Large Print)
Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers
Finished 8/11
469 pages
The Secret Supper
read 138 pages in the RAT
A Vintage Affair
Read 67 Pages in the RAT
Ann wrote: "Nancy wrote: "I am just now reporting because we have been traveling almost all day. I am excited because I finished all 7 challenges plus one other book. Here are the books I finished:#1 - The ..."
Thanks, Ann. I was hoping to get more done, but I am satisfied that I hit 2,000 pages. Maybe next time I can finish a few more books. The ones I did read, though, I really liked, and would not have chosen those particular ones had it not been for the challenges, so I am thankful we had them.
Nadine wrote: "Let me paste my result in here once more:Here is my result, not impressive, but it's the fun that counts, right? ;-)
1) Jennifer Donnelly: The Wild Rose 240 pages (and counting) (the third part of..."
Only on this site would somebody see reading over 11oo pages in a week as "not so great". I think we should all be proud to be readers today when everyone says print is dead, Bah!
Michelle wrote: "Roseann wrote: "Only on this site would somebody see reading over 11oo pages in a week as "not so great". I think we should all be proud to be readers today when everyone says print is dead, Bah!"..."
I agree - great perspective, Roseann. How sad for all of those people who don't read - they don't know what they are missing! I'm glad I'm not one of them! I would much rather be a part of this exciting group.
Nancy wrote: "Michelle wrote: "Roseann wrote: "Only on this site would somebody see reading over 11oo pages in a week as "not so great". I think we should all be proud to be readers today when everyone says prin..."I'm with you Nancy. I don't know what I would do without books. My husband thinks I'd curl into a fetal position and die.
I happened to mention a challenge I am taking part in to a non-reader. It is about reading 12 dystopias within one year. He actually responded by stating I need a boyfriend so I don't do something as boring as reading 12 books a year! (I didn't mention that I plan to read about 100 books on TOP of those 12 dystopias!) He really thought 12 books total per year meant I don't have a life!
Plus it is a nice thing to do together (if he loves reading as well, I was lucky with my exes in that way), cuddled up on the couch, together and yet doing something individual... and then sharing the best/ funniest/saddest bits...
Yes, I feel sorry for all those non-readers. They don't know what they're missing - to disappear into another world or realm of thought - Ah, nothing like it!! I don't care how busy I am, where I am, or what I'm doing - I read EVERY day, even if it means sacrificing some sleep. It's nice to be surrounded by like-minded people here!
Exactly! It doesn't mean you don't live in this world just because you like to vanish into other worlds now and then!
That does sound like a good compromise... except for the uncomfy chairs! How do you like the Nook? You can read everything you want while in the Nook shop right? I have the Amazon Kindle. I love to be able to get a sample of everything first and then find out whether I like it or now. I turned into a bit of a sample slut and downloaded a LOT, but it is great, when it is the magical time of starting a new book I can browse through my files and start reading and if I like it I can buy it.
Ah I didn't know you can only read for one hour per book... but it sounds like you can test a lot of books that way. I do like the kindle way as well though as I can download from everywhere (I have the WiFi version). I love sitting in the garden (I have a comfy swing with a roof) and browse through Amazon...I do love printed books as well though. I love both, the digital form and the printed way.
Are you a "more than one book at a time girl"? I totally am...
3-4 books at a time... I wished to be able to get along with just two books... as with 4 there is usually a "less loved child", at the moment it is The Wild Rose, not because I don't love it, but there is something bad about to happen... and I dread reading it as I like the person who will (probably) do it.The problem is whenever I finish a book I feel this urge to start a new one. Even if I still have 3 more going, which never lets me go below my 4 books at a time quota...
Nadine wrote: "3-4 books at a time... I wished to be able to get along with just two books... as with 4 there is usually a "less loved child", at the moment it is The Wild Rose, not because I don't love it, but t..."I agree - I can very rarely just have one book going. Right now I have (gasp) 9 started ---- and I usually read a few pages each day until one of them grabs me and then I just keep going until I finish it. Sometimes I am at the point where I finish more than one in a day, and when I tell friends that I finished however many books it was that day, they look at me like I am totally crazy!! (As most of them do when I tell them about reading more than one at once!)
Nancy wrote: "Nadine wrote: "3-4 books at a time... I wished to be able to get along with just two books... as with 4 there is usually a "less loved child", at the moment it is The Wild Rose, not because I don't..."They did a study and determined that only about 20% of books are finished. So, people read even less than they claim, I think. I think that it's probably true because when I get books from the library- after they've been read by 3-5 people who were ahead of me- a lot of times the books are pristine past the first 1/3 of the book. A lot of times the books make that crackly sound books make along the spine when you first open them. Pretty sad, huh?
Only 20 %! Wow... And I fell feel bad for the maybe 5 or 10 % of books I start that I do NOT finish!
And how about when you tell people you're doing a Read-a-Thon? You can tell they're thinking, "And that's your idea of FUN?!"
Oh that can't really be told anybody... even good friends shake their head at THAT! ;-)
Ann wrote: "And how about when you tell people you're doing a Read-a-Thon? You can tell they're thinking, "And that's your idea of FUN?!""Oh yeah, I've got that all the time. I can literally see that big frowning cloud on top of their heads.
Aths / Athira wrote: "Ann wrote: "And how about when you tell people you're doing a Read-a-Thon? You can tell they're thinking, "And that's your idea of FUN?!""Oh yeah, I've got that all the time. I can literally see ..."
But don't you feel so sorry for them?! Imagine living in a world where reading wasn't fun...
Does anyone have any non-GR friends that read a lot? My mom was the only other "big" reader in my life. I mean I know a lot of people who'll read the latest Patterson, or Steven King, or Nora Roberts. But not anyone who reads even 50 books a year.
Stacie wrote: "Aths / Athira wrote: "But don't you feel so sorry for them?! Imagine living in a world where reading wasn't fun... "I know, right? I've thought those people are so weird! The best part is when I can contribute to discussions about the quirky traits of the 1800s, and the citizen's perspective in Afghanistan, and how an autistic person thinks/does things, and how people feel in general in various situations, without even having met a person like that or being to many countries.
I think we need a T-shirt quote for why reading rocks!
I have a couple of friends who read a lot - not as much as me - they are all on goodreads but not active. So maybe that counts. My bf doesn't read though - Boo!
Michelle wrote: "Actually, I've never heard of sponsored reading for charity, but that would be fun haha "I've heard of people who do something like - for every 10 pages they read, they donate 10c for some charity, or something similar. That's actually fun and motivating.
Yes reading for charity sounds like fun!
Yeah it makes more sense if someone else pays for my effort... that's how I know it from knit-a-thons and stuff (not that I ever took part myself).
My best friend and my sister both read a lot (and aren't on GR- what's wrong with them?!?), and when I try to explain the fun of the Read-a-thon, and especially the challenges that I take up on here, they both think I am crazy --- and they LIKE to read!!! They just look at me and shake their heads...
Aths / Athira wrote: "Stacie wrote: "Aths / Athira wrote: "But don't you feel so sorry for them?! Imagine living in a world where reading wasn't fun... "I know, right? I've thought those people are so weird! The best ..."
I agree- somebody needs to design a cool T-shirt for us - maybe even a Read-a-thon one!
Shay wrote: "Does anyone have any non-GR friends that read a lot? My mom was the only other "big" reader in my life. I mean I know a lot of people who'll read the latest Patterson, or Steven King, or Nora Rober..."My mom is a voracious reader but not on GR (she's not really comfortable with computers though, so I don't know it that counts) and my sister reads about as much as I do but isn't on GR either (don't know what her excuse is as she loves being on the computer, lol!)
My father is all into books, but the "boring kind" no novels, just philosophy and religion stuff, but he understands that I could buy books all the time and actually is the one who tells me to get a book anyway, although I do have a bit of a "to be read pile" already. Other than that most of my friends do read... now and then... if nothing is on tv and a really good book comes along.
Cover to Cover Challenge
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How has your reading week been? Did you get to read as much as you expected to? More? Less?
How many books did you get done? How do your stats look? And if you did the mini-challenges, which ones did you complete?
For a general outline:
- Number of books? Pages? Audiobooks? Hours listened?
- List of books
- Minichallenges
- Best reading day?