July Read-a-thon - Reporting and Progress

[Dee]

Check in here whenever you guys want to and let us know how the reading is going...What you have finished so far, are you ahead of your plans, on target or behind? ;) and just remember - have fun!!

[Desperado]

Starting:


Under the Never Sky 7/21
The Mane Attraction 7/22

[Anne]

Finished:
Cinnamon Roll Murder (150 pages)

In Progress:
The Origin of Species
Anna Karenina
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
Autobiography, Vol 1
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

Planning to read:
The Other Lands (33 pages read)
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Dead Level

[Kirsten]

Day One

In progress: (main ones)
Torment (audio) - 15.6 minutes
City of Bones - 42 pages
Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution
The Secret of the Golden Pavilion

Hours Read: 1hr 44mins
Hours Listened: 0hr 16mins
Total Hours: 2hrs
Grand total hours: 2hrs
Pages read (day): 42
Total pages read (whole RAT): 42

[Tracy]

I plan to finish:

[Dee]

here is where I am starting off...

Currently In Progress
Code Name Verity - starting at pg 128 - currently at pg 207 (79 pgs read)
American Visa -starting at pg 62 - currently at pg 141 (79 pgs read)
Visions of Skyfire - started at 23%

Starting during RAT
Truth - currently on pg 78
The Hollow (audio)

Books Finished
Quarantine - started at 72% - pages read 91
Foxe Tail - 288 pages
Never Fall Down - starting at pg 110 - read 108
Aching for Always - started at 34% - 254 pages
Ice Cold (audio)

[Lori]

Reading mortar and murder read 116 pages.
4 hours for the day.

[Heather (Heatso)]

Currently Reading:
Fifty Shades Darker (438 pages to go)
Most Talkative: Stories from the Front Lines of Pop Culture (6hrs 27m left)
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (176 to go)

To Read?
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Vol. 1: The Long Way Home (136 pages)
Fifty Shades Freed (579 pages)
Sh*t My Dad Says (3hrs 7m)


Day 1:
Fifty Shades Darker (300 pages)

Pages Read: 300

Day 2:
Fifty Shades Darker (finished)

Pages Read: 138

Day 3:
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (finished)
Most Talkative: Stories from the Front Lines of Pop Culture (22 min.)
Fifty Shades Freed (53 pages)

Pages Read: 229
Time Listened: 22 minutes

Day 4:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Vol. 1: The Long Way Home (finished)
Fifty Shades Freed (58 pages)

Pages Read: 194

Day 5:
Hex Hall (18 pages)
Most Talkative: Stories from the Front Lines of Pop Culture (10 min.)
Fifty Shades Freed (200 pages)

Pages Read: 218
Time Listened: 10 minutes

Day 6:
Most Talkative: Stories from the Front Lines of Pop Culture (1hr10m)
Sh*t My Dad Says (1hr35m)
Fifty Shades Freed (53 pages)

Pages Read: 53
Time Listened: 2 hour 45 minutes

Day 7:
Fifty Shades Freed (finished)
Sh*t My Dad Says (finished)

Pages Read: 215
Time Listened: 1 hour 32 minutes

Totals:
Pages Read: 1,347
Time Listened: 4 hour 50 minutes

Finished:

[Zakiya]

So far for this readathon, I am continuing Whisper (from page 20) and Firelight (from page 65).

[Denise]

Christmas in Sugarcreek
A Cousins Promise
A Cousins Prayer
A Cousins Challenge

[Ava Catherine]

7/21

Read Delta Wedding by Eudora Welty 334 pages.

The Book of Salt: A Novelby Monique Truong 272 pages.

606 total pages

[Brantley]

I didn't have much time today, but here's what I got done in the little time I had...

Day one progress:

The Ball and the Cross: 23 pages
Saint Chrysostom's Homilies on Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, Thessalonians, Timothy, Titus and Philemon: Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathe: 4 pages

Total: 27 pages

[Kirsten]

updated my day one here Worked all day then fell asleep during my planned reading time so day one wasn't as successful as I'd hoped. Oops

[Nadine]

Day 1: Saturday
Darynda Jones: First grave on the right 121 pages
Darynda Jones: Second grave on the left 169 pages
(290 pages)

Books finished:
Darynda Jones: First grave on the right (121 pages had been left)
Overall pages: 290

I knew it, the ending of "First grave on the right" was too good and too catchy not to read part 2 straight afterwards, so my carefully laid marathon plans have already been shaken up. ;-) But I don't mind. I often feel like finishing one book leads to another, often in a less obvious way than reading part 2 of a series. I often feel like staying in the genre of the book I just read or the country or feel drawn to my next book because the one I just finished guided me there.

[Barbara ★]

I totally forgot about this and I didn't read a single page yesterday so starting fresh from today.

[Dee]

@Nadine - book 3 in the Darynda Jones series is my favorite so far...so you might want to make sure you have it ;)

[Dee]

we're getting close to the end of the first 24 hours...so how are you guys doing?

[Samantha]

Currently Reading:
The Iliad
7/23 - 12 pages read
7/25 - 79 " "

Finished:
Before I Go To Sleep-372 pages read 7/23
Batman/Dracula: Red Rain-90 pages read 7/24
The Count of Monte Cristo-1445 Kindle pages read 7/27

Page total: 553 + 1445 Kindle

[Tracy]

The Mermaid's Mirror 129 pgs
Reason to Breathe 20%
Forever Odd 2 hours
Undead and Unpopular 1 hour

[Dee]

at the end of Day 1, I have listened to an hour of my audiobook (which is approx 35 pages - give or take) and I have read 229 pages from 5 different books, including finished 1 of them

[Tracy]

Way to go Dee.

[Dee]

thaks Tracy...I don't know if i'll get much more done today - i have Sugarland concert tickets for tonight...but I might take my kindle and read while i'm there before they come on...I did that before the rascal flatts concert and it was nice and relaxing

[Tracy]

I read on my phone when I am out and the wait is long or in a long line. Just anywhere really. My kids say I'm obsessed. I tell them better books than some of the other things parents are obsessed or addicted to.

[Nadine]

Dee wrote: "@Nadine - book 3 in the Darynda Jones series is my favorite so far...so you might want to make sure you have it ;)"

Oh I sooo will download it as soon as I am finished with this one. Really the best is yet to come? I have to admit I have quite a book crush on Reyes ;-). Is there a lot to look forward to in book 3? ;-)

[Dee]

@ Nadine - i think i was one of the few who didn't love the first book in the series, so i gave the second one a chance and it got better...then the third one was even better...so my enjoyment has increased over all the books so far

[Nancy H]

I had lots of company and didn't get much read yesterday, but I did manage to finish a book that has been sitting on my shelf for far too long that I have been wanting to read:

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - finished the last 158p.

[Ava Catherine]

7/22

Where the Road Ends: A Home in the Brazilian Rainforest by Binka Le Breton304 pages

910 total pages to date

[Tracy]

You have read 910 pages in a little over 24 hours? That is awesome Connie!

[Zakiya]

My list for what I want to read this week:

Finish:
~Whisper, 20-215 = 196 pages DONE
~Firelight, 66-326 = 261 pages DONE
~Lost Voices, 291 pages currently reading
~Starcrossed, 487 pages
~l8r g8r, 274 pages
~Vanish, 294 pages

Start:
~A Discovery of Witches, ? minutes

[Katie]

I finished Incarnate (374 pages) on day one! I wish I could have done more, but I still have lesson plans to write to get ready for the new school year.

I am 53% of the way done with The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, but I am going through it slowly as I am taking very vivid notes for my lesson plans.


Readathon List of Books Books

Incarnate Finished on Day 1

Adventures of Tom Sawyer currently reading

Starcrossed

The President's Lady currently reading

Crossed

The Knife of Never Letting Go

The White Rose

[Lori]

Fiinished morter and murder total of 299 pages.

One book done i'm finally on track to read 100 books this year. Need to get a few more read this week beforemy staff trainig starts for fhe school year.

[Ava Catherine]

Tracy wrote: "The Mermaid's Mirror 129 pgs
Reason to Breathe 20%
Forever Odd 2 hours
Undead and Unpopular 1 hour"

You have done really well, Tracy! : )

[Ava Catherine]

Tracy wrote: "You have read 910 pages in a little over 24 hours? That is awesome Connie!"

Just three books. : ) Thanks!

[Zakiya]

Just finished my first book,

[Brantley]

Day 2 Totals
Finished:
The Ball and the Cross: 43 pages
Continued:
The Balkans: Nationalism, War and the Great Powers 1804-1999: 16 pages
Long After Midnight: 22 Hauntings & Celebrations: 11

Today's total: 70 pages
RAT TOTAL SO FAR: 97 PAGES

[Ava Catherine]

7/23

Bridge of Scarlet Leaves Kristina McMorris 431 pages.

1341 pages to date

[Nancy H]

I didn't get as much reading done as I thought I would yesterday - more friends and relatives came by (but their company was very welcome!).

Progress so far:
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks finished last 158p.

Started:
The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection - 73p.
Ship Breaker - 107p.

[Nadine]

Day 2: Sunday
Darynda Jones: Second grave on the left 138 pages (Book finished)
Darynda Jones: Third grave dead ahead 63 pages
(201 pages)

Books finished:
First Grave on the Right (121 pages had been left)
Second Grave on the Left
Overall pages: 491

[Dee]

@ Connie - Did you like bridge of scarlett leaves? I was lucky enough to read an ARC of it for one of my other GR groups - Kristina has gone on my auto-buy list for the future

[Ava Catherine]

Dee wrote: "@ Connie - Did you like bridge of scarlett leaves? I was lucky enough to read an ARC of it for one of my other GR groups - Kristina has gone on my auto-buy list for the future"

I love this book! I seldom cry when reading a book, but this book really had me crying at the end when I was reading Lane's letters. It is a beautifully written book about real human characters. I love the way the relationship evolves between Lane's mother and Maddie. I, too, want to read everything Kristina writes.

[Dee]

have you read Letters from Home? It was her first book - she is a member of one of my GR groups and is soo nice and chatty

[Dee]

we're closing in on the end of day 2 of the RAT...how is everyone looking??

I finished up another in progress book that I had - mostly because its due back at the library today and I couldn't renew it because it had other holds on it

[Nadine]

I am pretty addicted to my books during this readathon, so it is easy to dedicate some time to reading. I hope once I finished my current book the third and latest release I will find something that captures me equally. I am a slow reader though, especially when reading in English and not my first language German, so I try not to look to closely at how much more you got done so far ;-). But it is about the fun and about making an effort to read more than in "normal times", so I don't mind too much. :-)

[Kirsten]

Day Two

In progress: (main ones)
Torment (audio) - 49.3 minutes
City of Bones
Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution
The Secret of the Golden Pavilion

Hours Read: 0hrs 0 mins
Hours Listened: 0hrs 49mins
Total Hours: 0hrs 49 mins
Grand total hours: 2hrs 49mins
Pages read (day): 0
Total pages read (whole RAT): 42

Wow that's brutally awful...and day three isn't looking much better, so far.

[Zakiya]

Finished at 4 AM, and started

[Kirsten]

Zakiya wrote: "Finished at 4 AM, and started "
4 AM?! wow maybe that is why I haven't read as much as the rest of you... I've been sleeping too much lol

[Chaitra]

My Progress [Day 2]

Books started before the RAT:
»» English, August: An Indian Story - 125 pages. [Finished 07/22]
»» A Land More Kind Than Home: A Novel - 132 pages. [Finished 07/22]
»» The Undertow - 61 pages. [Finished 07/22]
»» The Great Indian Novel - 63 pages.
»» City of Bohane - 61 pages.

Pages read on Day 2: 442 pages.
Pages read in RAT: 442 pages.
Books completed: 3

[Zakiya]

Kirsten wrote: "Zakiya wrote: "Finished at 4 AM, and started "
4 AM?! wow maybe that is why I haven't read as much as the rest of you... ..."

LOL! Nahh, it's just that I finished one book at midnight, and then I wasn't sleepy (summer has completely messed up my sleeping schedule). So I continued reading Firelight and it was so good that I wasn't even tired at 4. So I turned on the TV and watched it for an hour. And apparently I fell asleep while I was flipping channels lol :)

[Zakiya]

Kirsten wrote: "Day Two

In progress: (main ones)
Torment (audio) - 49.3 minutes
City of Bones
Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution
The Secret of the Golden Pavilion

Hours Read: 0hrs 0 mins
Hours Lis..."

Let me know how you like Madame Tussaud! Someone told me it was really good, and, as I'm a French Rev. history junkie, I really want to read it :)

[Kirsten]

Zakiya wrote: "Let me know how you like Madame Tussaud! Someone told me it was really good, and, as I'm a French Rev. history junkie, I really want to read it :)"

I am currently about half way through it. But it has taken me awhile I keep picking it up then get distracted by another book. I am enjoying it though, although I know little to nothing about the French revolution so that may be why I am not flying through the book. If that's a time period you are into I'm sure you'd love this book (based on the first half anyways lol).