Elyse's Personal Readathon/Challenge Tracking discussion

Pre-pre-prepping for October's Dewey's 24-Hour Readathon October 26-27!
I am also posting on the Goodreads group (For the Blogless thread) and Instagram @weezielemoo

As per my usual tradition, I will solely be reading Stephen King (and family) during the whole month of October and this includes Dewey's! I have no TBR as yet but I do know that I will be trying to read Wizard and Glass during the month. It seems I can only handle one Dark Tower book a year. lol.

It looks like some version of this will be my final TBR:

The Institute physical own CURRENTLY READING On page 250, I do not think I will finish by Saturday but it will be my first read!
Night Shift physical own. 326 pgs
The Dark Tower: Fall of Gilead physical own. 208 pgs
The Dark Tower: Battle of Jericho Hill physical own. 144 pgs
Creepshow physical own. 66 pgs
Duma Key physical own. I would like to at least start this. 611 pgs

And I might throw in other non-King graphic novels since they are enjoyable to read in a big stack!

I have run out of King/Hill audiobooks since I don't want to overlap my physicals with audiobooks so I've chosen a spooky/funny series to listen to:
Bunnicula (audio) 98 pgs
Howliday Inn (audio) 195 pgs
The Celery Stalks at Midnight (audio) 144 pgs
Nighty-Nightmare (audio) 122 pgs
Return to Howliday Inn (audio) 116 pgs
Bunnicula Strikes Again! (audio) 116 pgs
Bunnicula Meets Edgar Allan Crow (audio) 160 pgs

BINGO BOARD - BLACKOUT
Row 1
Read a book that contains the letter 'D' for Dewey's: Howliday Inn
Read a book in 3 different spaces: Couch, chair, bed
Read for 1 hour straight 2 times: 11am-12pm & 10pm-11pm
Read a book with a supernatural element: The Institute
Read a book in a costume (can be very simple): Pajamas are my night costume.

Row 2
Read 2 different formats: Hardcover and audio
Read 50 pages straight: The Institute
Read to your pet/stuffed animal: To Ezri!
Read a new book: The Institute
Take a break...watch/listen to something spooky for 30 minutes: Sort of watched Witch and Hereditary (well my husband did and I was in the room) while reading.

Row 3
Read a book/author not from or set in your native country: Coraline (Neil Gaiman - England)
Read a book with the lights off...try not to fall asleep: Daytime
FREE SPACE
Eat a healthy snack/meal: Chicken noodle soup
Read a book with a character around your age (teen, adult, senior): The Institute

Row 4
Post a comment on GR/Twitter/Instagram, etc: Several on GR and IG!
Read from 2 different genres: Mystery (Bunnicula) and Horror Creepshow)
Take a break and stretch for 10 minutes: While listening to Bunnicula
Read more than 150 pages: The Institute
Participate in a challenge: Six-Word Story

Row 5
Indulge in your favorite snack (food, candy, drink): Peanut M&Ms and Gummy Bears
Cheer readers on! (Twitter/GR): All over GR!
Read 25 pages from 3 different books: Coraline, The Institute, Bunnicula
Read a book with a dark/spooky cover: Creepshow
Complete 1 entire book (start to finish): Bunnicula, Howliday Inn, The Celery Stalks at Midnight, Creepshow, Coraline, The Dark Tower: Fall of Gilead, The Dark Tower: Battle of Jericho Hill

Opening Survey
1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today? New Hampshire
2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to? Finishing The Institute!
3) Which snack are you most looking forward to? Apple bread
4) Tell us a little something about yourself! I'm an introvert.
5) If you participated in the last read-a-thon, what’s one thing you’ll do different today? Try to remember to participate more in Sprints and Hourly Discussions.

Check-In #1 - Hours 1-4 (8am-12pm):
Check-In Time: 12:07pm
Breaks: 0
Food/Drink: 2 cups of coffee and 2 slices of avocado toast on sourdough bread with sliced grape tomatoes
Pages Read Total: 76 (+ 196 audio pgs)
Time Listened Total: 2:43
Books Progressed In: 2

Books Finished: 1

Comments:
So far so good! I finished one audiobook and have read over 100 pages of a book. I woke up on time (7am) and got my Hour #1 Discussion up! I'll be continuing another audiobook while I go to the comic book store because it's Halloween Comicfest! Free comics!

Check-In #2 - Hours 5-8 (12pm-4pm):
Check-In Time: 4:02pm
Breaks: 0
Food/Drink: Starbucks Caramel Macchiato and peanut M&Ms
Pages Read Total: 87 (+ 293 audio pgs)
Time Listened Total: 6:43
Books Progressed In: 1

Books Finished: 3

Comments:
Went to a couple of local comic book stores for Halloween Comicfest! Got some free ones and bought 3 - . Listened to 3 audiobooks! Main focus will be The Institute now!

Check-In #3 - Hours 9-12 (4pm-8pm):
Check-In Time: 7:58pm
Breaks: 0
Food/Drink: Chicken noodle soup and Pepsi
Pages Read Total: 236 (+ 293 audio pgs)
Time Listened Total: 6:43
Books Progressed In: 1

Books Finished: 4

Comments:
No listening in this block. Just reading. Less than 100 pages left of The Institute. Ate dinner. Hubs is watching some scary movie so I know I won't pay attention because I don't like scary movies! lol. It's dark out now and that's when I start to flag. Hoping graphic novels will keep it fresh.

Mid-Event Survey
1. What are you reading right now? Just finished Creepshow. Going to pick up
2. How many books have you read so far? 4 finished
3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Read-a-thon? Finishing The Institute
4. Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those? Not really, no.
5. What surprises you most about the Read-a-thon, so far? Every time, how quickly time passes!

Check-In #4 - Hours 13-16 (8pm-12am):
Check-In Time: 12:48am
Breaks: 0
Food/Drink: Water and Peanut M&Ms
Pages Read Total: 636 (+ 293 audio pgs)
Time Listened Total: 6:43
Books Progressed In: 1

Books Finished: 6

Comments:
Another block of no listening. A little late for check-in but I wanted to finish The Fall of Gilead first. Nowwww I'm pretty tired. Definitely thinking of popping an audiobook in and seeing how far I get. Though I usually get a little revived when I take my contacts out and snuggle in bed. I may have another hour in me. But anyway, I will be back for the end, not sure whether it will be for the last hour or more than that! Good night!

WRAP-UP/Check-In #5/6 - Hours 17-24 (12am-8am):
Check-In Time: 9:58am
Breaks: 1 - sleep 5:20 (1:50am-7:10am)
Food/Drink: Gummy Bears in the wee hours and then Coffee when I woke up
Pages Read Total: 830 (+ 293 audio pgs) = 1,123
Time Listened Total: 6:43
Total Time Reading: 18:40
Books Progressed In: 1

Books Finished: 7

Comments:
I read one more book then succumbed to sleep. I sort of remember turning off my alarm at 5am. lol. But I did wake up at 7am and continued reading for the last hour. And then continued reading after that until I finished The Institute! Yay! I did not listen to another audiobook.

Six-Word Story Mini Challenge http://estellasrevenge.net/deweys-rea...
And then the book was done.

Closing Survey
How would you assess your reading overall? Pretty good! I like to hit 1000 pages and with my audiobook pages, technically I did!
Did you have a strategy, and if so, did you stick to it? I mean, isn't everyone's strategy to read as much as possible and stay awake 24 hours? lol. I will never stay awake 24 hours but I did read as much as I could.
What was your favorite snack? Peanut M&Ms and Gummy Bears! teehee
Wanna volunteer for our next event? Might do an Hourly Discussion again!