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2015 Final RAT Stats
CONGRATULATIONS! You've completed your RAT! We'd love to hear how it went!

Give us the Scoop:
✓ Number of days/hours spent reading
✓ Number and/or list of books read
✓ Number of pages read

Optional Add'l Info to Share:
✓ Did you find it fun or was it more of a chore to complete?
✓ Is this your first time participating in a Read-a-Thon? If so, would you participate again or was once is enough? If not, how did this year's RAT compare?
✓ Did you choose RAT books in advance? If so, were you able to read all of the books you'd set aside?
✓ Did you have a favorite, quiet reading spot?
✓ Did you find it difficult to stick to your reading schedule? If so, how'd ya overcome it?
✓ Did you discover a new series, author or genre?
✓ Did you read alone or with partner?
✓ Which book format(s) did you use for your RAT? Audio, Paperback/Hardcover (DTB), or eBook OR did you use a mix of formats?


✮✪ PARTICIPANTS' FINAL RAT STATS ✪✮

⓵ DO NOT DISTURB: One day (24h)
~n/a~

⓶ NOSE TO THE GRINDSTONE: Two days (12h)
~n/a~

⓷ WILL WORK FOR BOOKS: Three days (8h)
1. Sandra
2. Cheri
✓ 3. ~Melissa~
4. Chrissy

⓸ SLOW & STEADY: Four or more days (2-7h)
✓ 1. Raquel
2. Belinda
✓ 3. ladymurmur
✓ 4. D.A.
✓ 5. Carmen
6. Vilda
7. Joann
8. Tina
9. Logan
✓ 10. Melissa (The Lit Queen)
11. Heather (Heatso)
✓ 12. Michelle
13. Rosina

Notes:
• The ones marked with a * are partial reads.
• I used the paperback versions for the page count on these.

✓ Number of days/hours spent reading
Day 1, 8 hours: September 17, 2015 → 1300 pages
Day 2, 8 hours: September 25, 2015 → 1442 pages
Day 3, 8 hours: September 30, 2015 → 1417 pages

✓ Number of pages read
4159 pages

✓ Number and/or list of books read
*

*

Extras:
✓ Did you find it fun or was it more of a chore to complete?
The first two days were a lot of fun but the last day of 8 hours was more of a chore. I've been under a lot of stress the past week and the last thing I wanted to do was sit down for 8 hours straight but it turned out to be helpful in calming me down.
✓ Is this your first time participating in a Read-a-Thon? If so, would you participate again or was once is enough? If not, how did this year's RAT compare?
Yes, it was my first and I would do it again.
✓ Did you choose RAT books in advance? If so, were you able to read all of the books you'd set aside?
I chose some of them in advance but I have lots of books laying around so I just read whatever I fancied in the moment.
✓ Did you have a favorite, quiet reading spot?
Yes, in my room! I also did some of the reading at my local Dunkin Donuts and my library.
✓ Did you discover a new series, author or genre?
I hadn't read urban fantasy in quite some time and I purposely read mostly UF for this. I had almost forgotten how much I love the urban fantasy worlds and the snarky, tough heroines.
✓ Did you read alone or with partner?
By myself.
✓ Which book format(s) did you use for your RAT? Audio, Paperback/Hardcover (DTB), or eBook OR did you use a mix of formats?
I used a mix of physical copies of books and ebooks.

Give us the Scoop:
✓ Number of days/hours spent reading
25hrs 3 mins over 7 Days

✓ list of books read


✓ Number of pages read
2121 + 2 novella's without a page count


✓ Did you find it fun or was it more of a chore to complete?
I did, I definitely needed a kick in the bum to pick up a book and read and this helped.

✓ Is this your first time participating in a Read-a-Thon? If so, would you participate again or was once is enough? If not, how did this year's RAT compare?
I think this is my third or fourth year, I love September for the Read a Thon and I do look forward to it.
✓ Did you choose RAT books in advance? If so, were you able to read all of the books you'd set aside?
I didn't, I mostly used Bingo books as a guide this year.
✓ Did you have a favorite, quiet reading spot?
Most of my reading was done late at night in bed after the kids were asleep.
✓ Did you find it difficult to stick to your reading schedule? If so, how'd ya overcome it?
Not so much, I did manage to fit in a few morning hours as the kids are all in school full time now.
✓ Did you discover a new series, author or genre?
I actually used the RAT to get up to date with some current series.
✓ Did you read alone or with partner?
Alone
✓ Which book format(s) did you use for your RAT? Audio, Paperback/Hardcover (DTB), or eBook OR did you use a mix of formats?
I read 8 kindle books and 1 paperback :)

It's October 1st and our first batch of RAT stats are in!
WTG, ladies!

Melissa, I'm sorry to hear the last day was a beast, but sounds like it worked out positively in the end. So happy to hear that you enjoyed it and would like to participate again. And, how great that it refreshed your love of UF! :)

Michelle, I love this! "I think this is my third or fourth year, I love September for the Read a Thon and I do look forward to it." Makes me :D

I ended up reading a lot more hours than expected. I had a lot of audiobooks to help out and I was in a challenge that was crazy but so much fun.

Dark Prince 10hrs
Sweet Evil 10hrs
Love Overboard 2hrs
Day Shift 9hrs
The Beach House 6hrs
Blood Rites 7hrs
Eat, Pray, Love 12 1/2hrs
If I Stay 5hrs
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban 10hrs
Dead Beat 14hrs
Madam 1hr
Bang 10hrs
Afterburn & Aftershock 6hrs
Fairest 2hrs
Born in Fire 6 1/2hrs
Morrigan's Cross 5hrs
Wicked Lovely 9hrs
The Five People You Meet in Heaven 1hr
City of Fallen Angels 7 1/2hrs
Bully 4hrs
Ruthless 3 1/2hrs
Forever 1 1/2hrs
The Blood of Angels: Divine Vampires 1 1/2hrs

Total hours: 145

WTG, Carmen! That's a lot! I hope you'll join us again in 2016.

✓ Number of days/hours spent reading
I did three 24 hour periods
1. 25 hr 25 min over 7 days
2. 25 hr 45 min over 6 days
3. 26 hr 05 min over 8 days

✓ Number and/or list of books read


✓ Number of pages read
3,121 pages

✓ Did you find it fun or was it more of a chore to complete?
I always find reading fun but challenges always keep me motivated to read more.

✓ Is this your first time participating in a Read-a-Thon? If so, would you participate again or was once is enough? If not, how did this year's RAT compare?
This is the first time participating in this Read-a-thon and I look forward to the next one.

✓ Did you choose RAT books in advance? If so, were you able to read all of the books you'd set aside?
Yes I did choose my books ahead of time and no I didn't get to them all in the first 24 hour period but I did over all.

✓ Did you have a favorite, quiet reading spot?
I usually read at work or in my bed so those are my two favorite spots.

✓ Did you find it difficult to stick to your reading schedule? If so, how'd ya overcome it?
No it wasn't hard since I always read at work the time that is sometimes hard to keep to is at home because life can get in the way.

✓ Did you discover a new series, author or genre?
I started a new series but for the most part I was playing catch up on some series I want to catch up on by the end of the year or finish by that time.

✓ Did you read alone or with partner?
Alone, though for Scorch Trials my boyfriend did read it as well only because he wanted to see for himself how different the book was from the movie and how the movie could have been better if they followed the book in my opinion.

✓ Which book format(s) did you use for your RAT? Audio, Paperback/Hardcover (DTB), or eBook OR did you use a mix of formats?
I used Paperback/Hardcover and eBooks, this is normal for me lately. I can't get into Audio books though because they always seem to put me to sleep or make me tired I don't really like people or things reading to me.

WTG, Rocki! I hope you will join us again next year.

I'd heard Scorch Trials wasn't as good (compared to book-to-film as the first). Too bad. Although, I haven't read the book(s).

Total for the Month of Sept: 117.5 hrs
4 Full Days and 21.5 hrs

>>>> 27 books read
>>>> Books from 11 different series read
>>>> 2 whole series start and finished this month: Corps Security and Reasonable Doubt
>>>> Best Book Read *****"s
>>>> Least Favorite Book **'s


Books Read:






✓ Did you find it fun or was it more of a chore to complete? I always have a blast!! I'm just bad about keeping up with updating thread and counting hours read
✓ Is this your first time participating in a Read-a-Thon? If so, would you participate again or was once is enough? If not, how did this year's RAT compare? I think I've participated in this the last three years on a row - I love it and it pushes me to get more down.
✓ Did you choose RAT books in advance? If so, were you able to read all of the books you'd set aside? I did and I got to all of them except one - not bad - some years I've only gotten to one or two planned, lol.
✓ Did you have a favorite, quiet reading spot? I can read anytime anywhere. I do have a chair that I like to sit and read in our family room but I'm comfortable reading anywhere I have some 'free' time.
✓ Did you discover a new series, author or genre? Written in Red- new to me author - this was fantastic!! I loved it - 5♥'s!!
✓ Did you read alone or with partner? alone or my kids and I would hang together and read.
✓ Which book format(s) did you use for your RAT? Audio & eBook's

✓ Number of days/hours spent reading8 days, 25 hours
✓ Number and/or list of books read 9 books

✓ Did you find it fun or was it more of a chore to complete? This year it was harder to find swaths of time for reading.
I read a lot more than logged for the RAT, but in smaller half-hour and hour chunks.
✓ Is this your first time participating in a Read-a-Thon? If so, would you participate again or was once is enough? If not, how did this year's RAT compare?
I'll definitely give it a try again next year.
✓ Did you choose RAT books in advance? If so, were you able to read all of the books you'd set aside?
I had a few set up - of the 4, I read 3 during RAT hours.
✓ Which book format(s) did you use for your RAT? Audio, Paperback/Hardcover (DTB), or eBook OR did you use a mix of formats? Ebook.

Definitely will Steph. It's always fun to see how much reading I can get through in a month. I always aim low in hopes of going high. Thanks this was fun.

WTG, ladies! Thanks for joining in this year - hope you'll join us again next Sept.

You're welcome, Carmen, thanks for joining us!

The Scoop:


✓ Number of days/hours spent reading = 33 hours (goal of 24)
✓ Number and/or list of books read = 5
✓ Number of pages read = 1,871



It wasn't a chore to complete; I didn't do very good about remembering to track my start time with a book (or to post/total all of them here until today to catchup). Next time, I think I'll do better to track manually on paper then post here on goodreads later.

Not my first RAT, not really different, and I didn't plan books in advance beyond knowing I was doing Bookshelf BINGO so would be using those books to serve double duty. Would do another; challenges like the Readathon and BINGO get me to read those books/authors been planning on for a long time and to clean up the TBR slightly.

Dan Simmons and Katharine Kerr were both new authors for me. I read alone, all ebooks on nook or via overdrive library loan.

WTG, Debbie! Hope you can join us again next year!