2012 Final Read-A-Thon Stats

[Jess]

Post up your final stats here. That can include:

-The number of hours of reading time
-The number of books finished and also which books were finished

Some optional stats to post:
-The number of pages read
-Your favorite reading position during the Read-A-Thon
-The hardest part about it
-The easiest part about it
-Strategy for staying awake

Plus anything else you feel like adding in.

[Betelgeuze]

The number of hours of reading time: 24hrs from friday evening to sunday afternoon.

The number of books finished and also which books were finished:
6 books finished


number of pages: 2059
Your favorite reading position during the Read-A-Thon: On the couch

[Jess]

Wow you got through a lot of great books! Congrats :)

[Elle]

Hey!

number of hours: about 12 all together. i had a *busy* weekend but i read a lot more than i normally would over a 24hr period.

days: i ended up spreading it out over two days!


books:




easiest part: being so desperate to finish the Percy Jackson series! I finished both in one evening/night!

random fact: I met Jen Campbell - the author of Weird Things Customers Say in Bookstores- on Saturday and got her signature :D I went to a book talk and heard some of her upcoming poetry too. Very impressive.

[Dawn, Desperately seeking new worlds]

CONGRATS Betelgeuze and Elle!!!

[Jess]

Awesome job Elle! It's always great to have great books lined up as I think that makes it easier to sit and read for longer periods of time!

[Sandra, Need more time to Read!!]

Hooray, Betelgeuze & Elle!!

More books off the to-be-read mountain. Yay!

[Elle]

Thanks :D

[Steph]

Well, Sandra & I have wrapped up our 2012 RAT. We had a great time, as per us-u-al. :D We didn't read the same books this go 'round, but we did have fun sharing lines and scenes throughout our various reads.

2012 RAT Stats

➊ The number of hours of reading time = 24
(broken down over 3 days)

➋ The number of books finished and also which books were finished = 4.75


➌ The hardest part about it = ➀ working around university classes & schoolwork ➁ refreshing the thread over and over to catch Sandra's comments and then missing out on the fact GR had added another page, but left me behind

➍ The easiest best part about it = ➀ chattin' and gigglin' with my RAT buddy ➁ having an excuse to do nuthin' but read

➎ Strategy for staying awake = ➀ lots of soda ➁ a 2 hr break between AM and PM RAT sessions ➂ a good friend to laugh and chat with while reading

Looking forward to 2013's RAT! Thanks again for hosting us WYA gang!

[Elle]

Woop! Brilliant Steph :D

[Steph]

:D Thanx!

[Dawn, Desperately seeking new worlds]

Dawn's 2012 RAT totals

# Hours 25 (over three days Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday)

Books Completed



# of pages read 2599

The hardest part about it
I had guilty feelings for not working on my paper :-(

The easiest part about it
This time I really did not preselect any book I just read what was either on my bookshelf or currently on loan from the library. So it was awesome that I had a chance to read stuff I had already owned! Plus I did not get bored because if I started a book and was not in the mood I let it go.

Most of the books I read the go round were just ok but I have to say I thought The Deed was one of the funniest books I have read in a long time. I also really enjoyed Aiden's Charity which was rather unexpected because the one before it was just meh.

[Nichole ~Bookaholic~]

Nichole's RAT Stats.....

22 hours over three days 7/3, 7/4, 7/5

Listened to Audios for 6 1/2 hours, I finished and almost finished

and then I went on an author reading binge....

and read a new one by Marie Harte

Total pages read 1036

[Darcy]

Here are my totals.

I read 7/4, 7/5, and 7/6. Once thing that helped me read was it was about 800 degrees outside, so all I wanted to do anyway was sit in the air conditioning and read.

I finished the following books:


I had already started and finished it. I tried , but ended up dnf'ing it.

My total page count was 1936.

But I think the best thing was having an excuse to read non-stop and that I manged to get a great start to some of my July challenges with the books I read.

[Jess]

I finished 7 books:


Total page count was: 2,761

Total time was: 15 hrs

Hardest part for me was finding the time to actually sit down and read (also hard was trying to avoid watching tennis while I was supposed to be reading lol)

Easiest part was when I got to a book I was really looking forward to (like Once Burned. Flew through that sucker!)

I didn't have to stay awake because I split it into 2 days. This was helpful in terms of finding the time to read but it ended up feeling like just another couple of days with reading time. Whereas the last few years when I did it in one day it really FELT like a RAT.

I might do another one later in August, I felt a little cheated this year!!! But still had a good time and plowed through a few books that have been sitting around.

[Jacy]

R-A-T Stats:
Sept. 1
Hours: 9.5
Pages: 479

I read:
Eclipse(page 239-629) finished
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner finished

Sept. 3
Hours: 7
Pages: 360

I read:
Breaking Dawn(page 1-360)

Totals:
Hours: 16.5
Pages: 839
Books: 2.5

This year was different from last year in that I didn't really just set aside days. I just read while we were in the car. It seems like I do better in the car, maybe it's because the kids couldn't really interrupt anything in buckled into their seats. It wasn't the most comfortable way to read, but it was effective.

[Jess]

Considering you just read in the car, I think you did a great job!