Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-Thon discussion

April 2017.
This is my first Read-a-Thon. I'm really looking forward to it. Just a few more days til Saturday, yeah!

Good luck! I promise you'll have a lot of fun.

Ca. 1 1/2 hours since kick-off and I haven`t managed to open a proper book yet. :-/

Unfortunately, I'll be stuck behind my desk for another 3-4hrs, so I hope I can make the most of the evening (UCT+1, here).

As I'm not expecting to actually finish an entire book, due to my late start in this readathon, I'll continue reading the French book I just began:Intrigue à Versailles. However since it is in a foreign language (I'm hoping to improve my French by reading more French originals), I know I'll only manage small chuncks at a time. Or I might start a new crime novel, OR Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows for fun. I'll see what I'm in the mood for later.

Hope you're all having a great time, readers!

Right. I'm in my pjs, cup of tea in one hand Harry Potter in the other. Time for some reading before I'm drifting off to sleep.

Ah, Yes...French~ I took 5 years and do you think I can remember it? Haha, I like to watch movies with French subs. to try to keep my reading sharp...Anyway if you're looking for a really fun in french book I suggest Le Petit Nicolas. ~Ashley

Bonne Chance~

@Colona Public Library: Merci beaucoup! I already know the Petit Nicolas series, and yes they are extremely funny and charming. But thanks all the same for the recommendation.

It's now 10:30 am in my time zone, on the second day of the read-a-thon.
I'm currently in a deckchair in the garden, my pile of books beside me, and I'm very much enjoying the first day of sunshine after a week of constant rain.
Still another 3 hours until the end of the read-a-thon, and I'm going to spent them reading Harry Potter.

Testing...testing...How do I update this?

Right, got it!

Welcome back! Do you have a reading list planned?

Thanks Elyse!

No, I don't have a reading list as such... I want to finish the book I'm currently reading on my kindle Jacob's Room is Full of Books: A Year of Reading. It's an enjoyable read about books and reading in general. I'm on page 60/266, so I should be able to finish it within the first hours of the RAT. (hope that will give me a boost)
Other than that, there are plenty of books on my shelf which I haven't read yet.... The Essex Serpent... All the Light We Cannot See or Lincoln in the Bardo among them... i'll see what I'm in the mood for later on...

Happy readathon Flauscheohr!

Thanks Susy, and to you too!

Kick-off in my timezone is at 2pm. Still need to run some errands this morning, but it’ll be all the more fun to relax and read this afternoon, when all is done. Yeah!
Am very much looking forward to the whole event!

Flauscheohr wrote: "Thanks Susy, and to you too!

Kick-off in my timezone is at 2pm. Still need to run some errands this morning, but it’ll be all the more fun to relax and read this afternoon, when all is done. Yeah!..."

Thx!

Same here. Waiting for my reading buddy so we can go grocery shopping. Hopefully I'll be all set to start at 2pm.

Susy wrote: "Flauscheohr wrote: "Thanks Susy, and to you too!

Kick-off in my timezone is at 2pm. Still need to run some errands this morning, but it’ll be all the more fun to relax and read this afternoon, whe..."

Oh, a reading buddy, that's cool. I've never tried that... Not many readaholics like me in my circle of friends...hehe. Hope you enjoy yourselves!

*Bingo update*

was able to complete more tasks than expected, but managed only one bingo (first row across) :-/
Lots of fun though!


Bingo tracker:

D
Participate in 5 hourly post on Goodreads --- check
*Read for a total of 8 hours
Read 250 pages --- check
Post on the “Currently Reading” thread--- check
Read a book with a male protagonist ---check (Curious, if True, In: The Old Nurse's Story & Game of Thrones)

E1
Read a short story or graphic novel or manga --- check (The Old Nurse's Story
Eat a healthy snack --- kiwi
*Listen to 2 hours of an audio book
*Read 500 pages
Read in 3 different Spots (one must be out of the House)--- check (bed/on the tram/in the launderette)

W
Cheer on other readers for 30 minutes --- check
*Read at least 100 pages of a physical book
Read something you consider spooky (can be short) --- check (The Old Nurse's Story)
Do a 60 minute reading sprint --- check

E2
Read a book in a series --- check (A Game of Thrones)
*Participate in 4 mini challenges
Read a book with a beautiful cover --- check (Jacob's Room is Full of Books: A Year of Reading)
*Upload a picture on social media with #readathon
Eat/Drink junk food --- check (crisps)

Y
Read more than one book --- check
Read a book with a female protagonist --- check (all of them)
Post on the “What’s On Your Plate” thread ---check
Get up and move around for 30 minutes--- check
*Read a book with a person on the cover

Ready, steady, read!!!

My first read for this read-a-thon is Jacob's Room is Full of Books: A Year of Reading by Susan Hill I'm starting on page 60/266.
I'll also be digging into my first snack ( aka late lunch), which is a piece of baguette and some Italian salami.

I love that cover! It's so pretty!

That looks like a really interesting read. Hope you have fun today.

Flauscheohr wrote: "Thanks Elyse!

No, I don't have a reading list as such... I want to finish the book I'm currently reading on my kindle Jacob's Room is Full of Books: A Year of Reading. It's an enjo..."

I love reading books about books and reading too! It's so pleasing! That looks like a good book!

Liora wrote: "That looks like a really interesting read. Hope you have fun today."

Thanks Liora! I'm enjoying the whole read-a-thon experience so far. I just wish I could read and check posts on here at the same time. :-)

Hope you're having a great time and that you finish your book and find another great one on your shelves :)

Camilla wrote: "Hope you're having a great time and that you finish your book and find another great one on your shelves :)"

Thank you Camilla. I'm sure that I will be able to finish that one book till the end of the RAT...but I really don't know how much more I'll be able to read. I somewhat misjudged my actual reading time today :-)

*update*

Sun, 8.30 am

I'm awake, and I am back at reading while having a strong coffee and some cerials.

00:15h

Audiobook: M.C. Beaton, Love, Lies and Liquor (Agatha Raisin #17) --- (58:50 min / 6h 14 min)

Book: Susan Hill Jacob's Room is Full of Books: A Year of Reading --- ( /266)

Flauscheohr wrote: "*update*

00:15h

Audiobook: M.C. Beaton, Love, Lies and Liquor (Agatha Raisin #17) --- (58:50 min / 6h 14 min)

Book: Susan Hill Jacob's Room is Full of Books: A Year of Reading -..."

Am still reading, however I don't know how much longer I'll be able to keep my eyes open tonight, so I thought I'd better make a quick update.

So I finally managed to take part in one of the 60min reading sprints and I have to say that really gave me a massive boost in motivation.

During that time I came across two quotes that I loved (from Jacob's Room is Full of Books: A Year of Reading), so I'm just jotting them down here...

" One book leads to another is the rule of life.." (p.189)

"We all have massive gaps in our reading which is good, we need gaps - for the pleasure of filling them." (p.202)

*update #2*

Sun, noon.

Finished my first book!! Hurrah!

Jacob's Room is Full of Books: A Year of Reading by Susann Hill.
I started on page 60 of 266 which makes a total of 206 pages read.

Moving on to a short story now (with an eye on the bingo chart): The Old Nurse's Story (6/30 pages)

* final update*

Finished Jacob's Room is Full of Books: A Year of Reading --- 206 pages
and The Old Nurse's Story --- 53 pages

Read a chapter of A Game of Thrones --- 9 pages

Total no. of pages read: 265
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Listened to M.C. Beaton, Love, Lies and Liquor (Agatha Raisin #17) --- (58:50 min / 6h 14 min)

Great job!

* Pre-Readathon Challenge 2*

One week to go, till April 6th, yay!!

2019 started with a bit of a reading slump for me. Only occasionally did I manage to pick up a book and I hardly read for more than 20-30 min. at a time, thus making veeery slow progress. So to get back into the swing of it, I decided to give the pre-readathon a go.
However, this coming week I have a lot of stuff on, so I'm half expecting to not make the 24hr mark. But I'll try to squeeze in as much reading-time as possible. It'll be a very good warm-up for the actual readathon on Saturday.

currently reading: Dan Brown, Inferno

March, 30th
Time Read: 0
Pages Read: 0

March, 31st
Time Read: 85 min.
Pages Read: 69 pages

April, 1st
Time Read: 60 min.
Pages Read: 52 pages

April, 2nd
Time Read: 75 min.
Pages Read: 62 pages

April, 3rd
Time Read: 100 min.
Pages Read: 88 pages

April, 4th
Time Read: 90 min.
Pages Read: 80 pages

April, 5th
Time Read: 30 min.
Pages Read: 26 pages

Total Time: 7 hrs 20 min.
Total Pages: 377 pages

Welcome back!

Elyse wrote: "Welcome back!"

Thanks, Elyse. And you!

Aaaand, GO!!!

*Opening survey*

1)What fine part of the world are you reading from today? --- I'm in the South of Germany.

2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to? --- I'm most looking forward to finishing my current read: Dan Brown, Inferno and I'm also looking forward to , which will be my first ever Graphic Novel. I picked it for the "read a genre outside your comfort zone" catergory on the Bingo board.

3) Which snack are you most looking forward to? --- all of them!

4) Tell us a little something about yourself! --- Today I went to the local library for the first time in maybe 5+ years! It's not that I don't like libraries as such, but I own too many books I haven't read anyway, so I try to read them first.

5) If you participated in the last read-a-thon, what’s one thing you’ll do different today?--- I'm going to stay off social media more. It's such fun, but also distracting.

Woohoo first-time graphic novel reader! Exciting! I was that way just a couple of years ago and I've really embraced them. Love that you've gone back to the library! I also own a TON of books but it's so nice to help out the local library by being a patron! And getting current books I don't want to buy. My books at home aren't going anywhere. ;)

Elyse wrote: "Woohoo first-time graphic novel reader! Exciting! I was that way just a couple of years ago and I've really embraced them. Love that you've gone back to the library! I also own a TON of books but i..."


Yes, you're absolutely right about the library! I kept thinking, 'why haven't I been back earlier?'. I will definiately make an effort to go more often.

* The books*

So I've whittled down my reading choices to the following books:

Dan Brown, Inferno , am currently reading this and hope to finish it during the first half of the RAT.

Ian McEwan, On Chesil Beach, , this is a re-read for me. I loved it the first time, so why not?

D. H. Lawrence, Il Duro , not sure if these are four short-stories, or if this is non-fiction and therefore essays (?), but this will make a short read, that I will definately finish during readathon.

graphic novels:
it's a choice between Rutu Modan, The Property
or
Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis,

audiobook:
Mavis Cheek, Janice Gentle Gets Sexy, read by Kim Hicks, 11 hrs. 33 min.

This readathon I wanted to read only physical books, so no Kindle allowed. I also wanted to make a point of reading books I own, but I had to make concessions for the two graphic novels I borrowed from the library, because I don't own any and I wanted to include them in the bingo. The audiobook is chosen because of bingo, too, as I'm not a huge fan of audiobooks.

*The food*

Ok, I may have gone a bit OTT on snacks and food, but readathon for me is also a time to indulge in some naughty nibbles.

Kick-off in my time-zone was 14:00h, that's why I only planned for 2 proper meals, really.

Dinner: Lasagna and salad
Breakfast: pastry and either grapes or grapefruit.

Snacks: I had a lovely chocolate tartlet earlier, but there is also Haribo, Toblerone (white), biscuits, crisps and grapes.
Drinks: coke, bitter lemon, rhubarb-lemonade, prosecco, tea, coffee, water.

Flauscheohr wrote: "*The food*

Ok, I may have gone a bit OTT on snacks and food, but readathon for me is also a time to indulge in some naughty nibbles.

Kick-off in my time-zone was 14:00h, that's why I only planned..."

Prosecco, heck yes!

Elyse wrote: "Flauscheohr wrote: "*The food*

Ok, I may have gone a bit OTT on snacks and food, but readathon for me is also a time to indulge in some naughty nibbles.

Kick-off in my time-zone was 14:00h, that'..."


Only a small one, though! ;-)

Flauscheohr wrote: "Thanks Susy, and to you too!

Kick-off in my timezone is at 2pm. Still need to run some errands this morning, but it’ll be all the more fun to relax and read this afternoon, when all is done. Yeah!..."

Thx!

Same here.
So how's the reading going so far?

Susy wrote: "Flauscheohr wrote: "Thanks Susy, and to you too!

Kick-off in my timezone is at 2pm. Still need to run some errands this morning, but it’ll be all the more fun to relax and read this afternoon, whe..."

Oh where does all the time go??? I hoped to be able to read more, but interacting with people on here, preparing food etc. takes up time too. But all in all, it's not too bad. Any time reading, is time well spent. :-)

READING PROGESS

Check-In #1 - Hours 1-5 (14:00-19:00h):

Pages read: 97 pages (Inferno)
Time listened: 1hr 26 min (Janice Gentle Gets Sexy)

Food/drink: tea, water, chocolate tartlet

Did the Sprint No. 2 (Hour 5), that went really well. Am currently eating dinner :-)

Check-In #2 - Hours 6-10 (19:00-24:00h):

Pages read: 93 pages (Dan Brown, Inferno, D. H. Lawrence, Il Duro. Il Duro)
Time listened: 41:34 min. (Mavis Cheek,Janice Gentle Gets Sexy)


Total pages: 190 pages
Total time listened: 2 hr 07 min.
Books finished: D. H. Lawrence, Il Duro.

Food/drink: water, prosecco, dinner, crisps, grapes, caramel fudge

Great reading progress, great snacks :)

Ann A wrote: "Great reading progress, great snacks :)"

Thanks!

I'm signing off for a little sleep...zzz. Will be back in a couple of hours, hopefully very refreshed.

Enjoy your Zzzzzz's!

Flauscheohr wrote: "I'm signing off for a little sleep...zzz. Will be back in a couple of hours, hopefully very refreshed."

Have a good rest!

Thanks!
In my timezone it's currently 08:16h, I've had breakfast, had a shower, now I'm back in the game!