2012 Read-A-Thon Participant Sign Up Thread

[Jess]

Participant Sign Up for the 2012 READ-A-THON

Sign up in this thread if you will be participating in this challenge. Also, please indicate which day you will be doing the challenge on and also your possible book list.

For more information on the 2012 Read-A-Thon Click Here

Participants
1. Jess
2. Darcy
3. Steph and Sandra
4. Nichole
5. Jacy
6. Dawn
7. Betelgeuze
8. Barbara
9. Sarah
10. Elle

[Jess]

I'll be joining in I'm just unsure of the date.

[Darcy]

I'll sign up too, just not sure of when. Too bad it wasn't up for last weekend, as I took advantage of not working either of my jobs and read like crazy. lol

[Steph]

:D Yay! 2012 RAT! Sandra & I are in again. Not sure of the exact dates yet though. Need to ck Uni schedule and coordinate w/Sandra. We'll let ya know as soon as we know. And, we'll probably split our 24 hrs between 2-3 days again, like the last two, if that's still cool.

[Nichole ~Bookaholic~]

I'm in, but not sure when...probably towards en of July or beginning of August

[Jess]

lol, all the usual suspects are back! love it.

[Jacy]

I am so in...don't know the exact dates yet, as my husband has to be around to take care of kids and all that. I will get the date posted when I know!

[Dawn, Desperately seeking new worlds]

I am in and I to am unsure of the date!

[Betelgeuze]

I'm in. I think i'm going to do it this weekend.

I'll be choosing from the following books:

[Barbara ★]

I'm not sure which day I'm going to choose heck with all the books I have to read for the Seasonal Reading Challenge, I might do more than one. I can't do one 24 hour period since psychologically my brain won't let me enjoy the books if I do it this way. So I will break down into 2 or 3 days. I'll post them as I go.

[Sarah]

I'm in again but I don't know what days yet.

[Dawn, Desperately seeking new worlds]

Betelgeuze wrote: "I'm in. I think i'm going to do it this weekend.

I'll be choosing from the following books:

[b..."

That looks like a great selection!

[Sandra, Need more time to Read!!]

Yay!! Glad Steph signed us up. Still not clear on dates yet though.

[Jess]

Betelgeuze wrote: "I'm in. I think i'm going to do it this weekend.

I'll be choosing from the following books:

[b..."

Don't forget to create your own thread to keep track of your books and your reading. :) Have fun!

[Elle]

Hi!

I'm going to do this!!

It'll be Friday-Sunday (this weekend)

Exam over Thursday - Start full time work for the Summer on Monday.

Brilliant period of reading after a long period of non-pleasure reading. I can't wait!!!

Possible books are:

[Sandra, Need more time to Read!!]

Elle, that sound like a great way to celebrate the end of exams and the beginning of summer.

[Elle]

:D i'm excited to be able to just start a book and not worry about learning it or taking notes!!

[Jess]

I'm thinking of doing this either the 27th or 28th of June. But it's still tentative.

[Sandra, Need more time to Read!!]

Steph & I decided to do the RAT on 26, 27 & 28 June, 8 hours per day with a split in the middle of each day. Confused? Don't be, it'll work out just fine :) I'll set up a thread soon.

[Jess]

Can't wait to see that thread of yours. It's always comical to read!

[Sandra, Need more time to Read!!]

;) Though we probably won't be reading the same books this time.

[Jess]

I'm currently stockpiling books for this week. Woo hoo so excited to have a day full of just reading!! :)

[Dawn, Desperately seeking new worlds]

Ok well I have pissed away a bunch of time this week and I see no reason as to why I should be productive now :-)
As such I am staring my RAT tonight and will continue tomorrow and finish on Thursday.

[Darcy]

Oh Dawn, that is so funny. I feel like that is my weekends only I put off cleaning, weeding, ect, reading instead. lol

[Dawn, Desperately seeking new worlds]

Darcy wrote: "Oh Dawn, that is so funny. I feel like that is my weekends only I put off cleaning, weeding, ect, reading instead. lol"

Usually I am more active than this but I am just not in the mood to do anything so I figure why not do my RAT :-)

[Jess]

I was sidetracked by some knitting work I had to do for someone.

I was forced to move my RAT to next week. Bummer. Now I can just stockpile more books. But with A Storm of Swords to finish and a Feast of Crows I don't know how many I will get to lol. I might have to omit Feast of Crows from the lineup.

Now off to do some more work... I shouldn't complain as I'm getting paid but still. I just want to read!!! :)

[Dawn, Desperately seeking new worlds]

Oh that totally sucks! But at least you have something to look forward too!!

[Darcy]

I'll be doing my "time" over the 4th holiday, splitting the time between July 4, 5, and 6. Not sure what I will be reading, need to wait until I get closer to figure it out.

[Nichole ~Bookaholic~]

I may join you Darcy....I have not been able to find any other time to do this....

[Darcy]

That sounds good Nichole. I am not sure about the times on the 4th and 6th. The 4th depends on my plans, the 6th I am on-call for the night, most of my time will be spent reading in the 5th, I am thinking 10-10.

[Jess]

I'm going to be starting my RAT tomorrow. But I can't do it all in one day, so I'll be doing a few hours tomorrow and then I'll see about doing in maybe the 4th or 5th as well.

Who knew the summer would end up being so busy!

[Dawn, Desperately seeking new worlds]

Jess wrote: "...Who knew the summer would end up being so busy! "

I know exactly what you mean!

[Nichole ~Bookaholic~]

I am going to shoot for 4-6 hours tomorrow and 8-12 on the 4th....will do the remaining hours on the 5th

[Jess]

So I did 6.5 hrs on 7/3 and didn't have a chance to read today. So I will be continuing tomorrow with my RAT and I hope to get at least another 6 hours done. Whatever I get done tomorrow will be the end of my RAT for now.

I'm feeling like this one was really rushed and squeezed into my schedule. So I might just do another one later in August.

[Barbara ★]

I had two read-a-thons back to back so I choose to use the best 2 days from those weeks.

R-A-T Totals:
Hours: 13 hours 30 minutes
Pages: 854

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Saturday 7/28
Total Hours: 9 hours
Total Pages: 558

Copper Beach, 130 pages - 2 hours 30 minutes Finished!
My Give a Damn's Busted, 227 pages - 3 hours 15 minutes
Left for Dead: A Young Man's Search for Justice, 201 pages - 3 hours 15 minutes Finished!

Sunday 7/29:
Total Hours: 4 hours 30 minutes
Total Pages: 296

My Give a Damn's Busted, 138 pages - 2 hours Finished!
Sliver of Truth, 158 pages - 2 hours 30 minutes

[Crazy4more]

I'm in too, thinking the weekend of 8/17-19, trying to get the kids ready for schools, doctor apts and shopping...should be free by that weekend!

Have been wanting to read 814 pgs, or .

[Dawn, Desperately seeking new worlds]

CONGRATS Barbara!

[Jacy]

Is it too late for me to do my rat? I can't believe how time just flew by so fast. I was going to do it sometime over this coming weekend...Sept 1-Sept 3.

[Jess]

Jacy wrote: "Is it too late for me to do my rat? I can't believe how time just flew by so fast. I was going to do it sometime over this coming weekend...Sept 1-Sept 3."

Sorry I missed this! I hope you did your RAT anyway :)

[Jacy]

Yes, I did it, but it wasn't like last years where I actually set aside time. I just read while we did other stuff. I'll post my stats as soon as I get all of it calculated out!