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May RAT (Read-a-thon) 2020
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Beth
Cheryl
CiCi
KIWest
Kristie
Laura
Marie (UK)
Mastredia
Megan
Midu
MSallyJ
myfortressofbooks
Navi
Sally906
Sammy
Severina
Sophie
My spotStarting time 11 am ADT
May 9
read & finished
3 1/2 hoursstarted :
read 1 chapter
continued
audio - listened from chapter 13-26
May 10
Finished
&
10:30 am-12:30pm, 9:30 pm-12 am
Oh go on then... ;)Progress:
102 pages of
finished (around 60 pages)
Read
(70 pages)read
197 pagesread
152 pagesStarted
95 pagesTOTAL: 676 pages
+
5 Hours of
Mini challenges:
M A Maze of Death
A The Alchemist
Y The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories
Flowers on the cover:
Mod
I'm in. :)Read:
Little Secrets 18%-42%
The Picture of Dorian Gray 56%-end
The Terrible Two Get Worse 49%-61% (pages 109-136)
Think I'll join, will be a nice break from my university dissertation.I read the last 33% of The Foxhole Court yesterday. Today I've read 20% of It Sounded Better in My Head and 5% of The Raven King. I'm hoping to finish one of those tonight, and it's only 4:30pm so I still have time.
I'm in, and I put a reminder on my calendar so I don't forget this time
I'm in! I like that it is 48 hrs!!!I started Chocolat yesterday, so I am starting from page 50 today. I will use 12:01 May 9th, PST as the start of the readathon.
counts for:
✿Read a book with a flower(s) on the cover
pages read:
Finished Chocolat pgs 51-306 255
read Midnight's Children 252-359 107
pages: 362 read
Mod
I’ll be in - will write in my diary to remember - not that I have any plans other than hang around home and go shopping for food - but it sounds good to say I’m checking a diary 😜
Sally906 wrote: "I’ll be in - will write in my diary to remember - not that I have any plans other than hang around home and go shopping for food - but it sounds good to say I’m checking a diary 😜"I added it to my calendar as well. It's nice to have something in there!
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Not doing much besides reading, lately! I will participate!This weekend, I am working on:
1. A Long Day's Journey Into Night by Eugene O'Neill
2. Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah
3. The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
Update 1:51 a.m. 5/10/2020
I have finished A Long Day's Journey Into Night (brilliant!). About half way through the other two books. I am not sure how far I will still make it tomorrow, since it is Mother's Day in the U.S., but will read as much as I can.
Update 12:16 a.m. 5/11/2020
I finished Where the Forest Met the Sky by Glendy Vanderah (really enjoyed it). I was able to read 688 pages for this read-a-thon and one of the mini challenges by reading an "A" book for May. I really enjoyed the time! Thanks for the opportunity to join you all!
What's a read-a-thon without a mini challenge? ✿Read a book that starts with a letter from the word MAY Miranda Hart - Such Fun: The Unauthorised Biography 10/05/2020
✿Read a book with a flower(s) on the cover
currently I am reading Neverwhere
Vanity Fair and The Thorn Birds. I wont finish either of the big books but might also get in
Where the Innocent Die and maybe Miranda Hart: Such Fun: The Unauthorised Biography- that will fulfil the challenge of something beginning with a letter in May.
Not sure about flowers on the cover
STARTING TIME
0930 BST UK
Neverwhere read to finish 111 pages
Vanity Fair 43 pages
The Thorn Birds 40 pages
Where the Innocent Die according to amazon this book has 352 pages https://www.amazon.co.uk/Where-Innoce... COMPLETED
10/05/2020
Miranda Hart - Such Fun: The Unauthorised Biography 10/05/2020 COMPLETE 297 pages
The Thorn Birds 68 pages
Hideaway 232 pages
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms 110 pages
Final total RAT = 1,243)
🙌 Going to try and participate in this - I'm so excited but I'm not sure how much reading I'm gonna get done...😊Mini Challenges
✿ Read a book that starts with a letter from the word MAY:
✿ Read a book with a flower(s) on the cover: Not sure if I'll have time to get to this...😅
Update on 09/05 01:25pm:
✿ Starting with Girls of Paper and Fire which I was 60% of the way through 🥳
Update on 09/05 03:15pm:
✿ 75% done with Girls of Paper and Fire...not as much progress as I hoped but oh well...
✿ Going to take a break right now to read a short story: Blue is a Darkness Weakened by Light
Update on 09/05 06:00pm:
✿ The synopsis seemed very interesting but this was a kind of disappointing so 2 stars from me...Blue is a Darkness Weakened by Light 😭
✿ YES I'm finally done with Girls of Paper and Fire 🙌 Thinking between a 3 or 4 star for this.
PS: It feels so weird to be doing this readathon alone but oh well time difference problems I guess 😅
Update on 10/05 11:30am:
✿ 25% of the way through Ayesha at Last
Update on 10/05 10:30pm:
✿ I finished Ayesha at Last!! 🥳 Seems like this readathon was a great success! I would've updated earlier but I got really hooked into the book and didn't move for hours...😂 I ended up giving this 4 stars - it was pretty good!
Update on 11/05 12:10pm:
✿ I finished Orange, Vol. 2! Yay!! 👏 I absolutely adore this series - definitely a five star from me!
Stats:
Girls of Paper and Fire - 154 pages read
Blue is a Darkness Weakened by Light - 22 pages read
Ayesha at Last - 351 pages read
Orange, Vol. 2 - 214 pages read
Total Pages Read: 741 ✌️
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Happy reading:-)
I am so far behind with my reading. Hopefully this will kickstart me back on track!
Who is ready? Anyone know what they will be reading for this RAT? I have to read a "S" book for a challenge. I'm not sure which one I am going to read yet.
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I'm gonna try to participate, too! I'll just continue in some of my current reads - Native Speaker & An Artist of the Floating World, both of which are for the cleaning out the TBR closet challenge.
Start
Native Speaker: page 160
An Artist of the Floating World: page 36
An Unauthorised Fan Treatise: 0/30 chapters
Update 9 May, 21:00 CET
Native Speaker: page 167
An Artist of the Floating World: page 139
An Unauthorised Fan Treatise: 3/30 chapters
Update 10 May, 13:55 CET
Native Speaker: page 203
An Artist of the Floating World: page 165
An Unauthorised Fan Treatise: 3/30 chapters
Update 10 May, 17:20 CET
Native Speaker: page 203
An Artist of the Floating World - finished
An Unauthorised Fan Treatise: 3/30 chapters
Finish
Native Speaker: page 203
An Artist of the Floating World - finished
Aurora Burning: page 37
An Unauthorised Fan Treatise: 23/30 chapters
Total pages read: 267 + however many those 23 chapters would translate to (150, maybe?)
I am looking forward to this. I need to make some progress on the book I'm currently reading, Little Secrets. It doesn't fit the mini-challenge, but the main character is Marin, which starts with M so it's close enough for me. lol :) I am also planning to start The Family Upstairs for real for the mini-challenge. It has a flower on the cover.
Kristie, I watched the trailer for "The Family Upstairs" and Lisa Jewell 's interview was more interesting then the book synopsis. After I watched it made me want to read her book( I haven't yet)
First up tomorrow (after I finish The Death of Ivan Ilych) will be The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories, for the MAY mini challenge (letter Y) and then Finnegans Wake for the flowers on the cover.Will there be more minis coming over the weekend?
Laura wrote: "Kristie, I watched the trailer for "The Family Upstairs" and Lisa Jewell 's interview was more interesting then the book synopsis. After I watched it made me want to read her book( I haven't yet)"Interesting, Laura. I'll have to look up the trailer. I seem to be drawn to her books. They often end up on my TBR and I've even bought a couple, but I've only read one so far. I have this one from the library right now, so it's a good time to read it.
A good start so far for me. I made a start on The Eyre Affair, finished The Death of Ivan Ilyich (really enjoyed it!), listened to The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories (really creepy and unsettling, but very good!).And now I'm listening to Finnegans Wake, which is completely, utterly bonkers! Every time I'm just about getting used to the rhythm of it and am beginning to understand what even a single sentence is supposed to mean, Joyce ups the nuttiness and I'm right back where I started.
I'm not sure whether I'm amused or bemused, but it's an experience either way :D
ETA: finished Finnegans Wake (abridged version. 5 hours long. couldn't find an unabridged audio... not that I think it matters much in this case :D ). I can honestly say, I've NO idea what that was all about! lol.
The Alchemist is up next!
Once again, I've barely been reading during a readathon - spent my day learning how to make poached eggs and baking a torte, so at least it wasn't a complete waste. I listened to about 70 pages worth of An Artist of the Floating World and made a whopping 7 pages of progress in Native Speaker - let's see what I get done tonight & tomorrow.
Ohh, what kind of torte did you make Judy? I 'd say that 's a successful day:-) ( along with the reading!)
I finally finished a book.
Half-way through The Alchemist, and loving it!Going to finish up day one now with reading some more of The Eyre Affair in bed. Happy reading all!
Sophie wrote: "Waiting for Tom HanksMaking Faces
Total: 259 pages"
Sophie, I finished an Amy Harmon book before I started the read a thon. ( Where the Lost Wander) How are you liking this one?
I updated my post above and I'm going to grab some sleep before reading more tomorrow.( Ooops I mean later today) I 'll definitely finish my audio book and I 'm hoping to make good progress on the other book I started. Hope everyone is enjoying their reads!!
Laura wrote: "Ohh, what kind of torte did you make Judy? I 'd say that 's a successful day:-) ( along with the reading!)"Laura wrote: "Ohh, what kind of torte did you make Judy? I 'd say that 's a successful day:-) ( along with the reading!)"
A mini raspberry one - I hope it turned out good! It was my first time baking a cake with layers and using real gelatine so that was a bit nerve-wracking.
So I signed up to Scribd on Friday (have been living under a rock and not heard of it until now!), and went to choose a book now that I've finished The Alchemist, only to find about 90% of the books I'd saved have mysteriously vanished.A quick Google search showed me they have a throttling system in place. If it kicks in after one day and reading just a couple of very short titles, I don't think I'll be continuing with my membership!
So back to spending a fortune on audible credits I go, lol. In the meantime I don't have an "M" title to listen to now, which is annoying the completist in me who wanted to finish spelling "May", lol.
Judy wrote: "Laura wrote: "Ohh, what kind of torte did you make Judy? I 'd say that 's a successful day:-) ( along with the reading!)"Laura wrote: "Ohh, what kind of torte did you make Judy? I 'd say that 's ..."
Send some this way please! :D
Sammy wrote: "So I signed up to Scribd on Friday (have been living under a rock and not heard of it until now!), and went to choose a book now that I've finished The Alchemist, only to find about..."Yeah Scribd is like that... I've been using it for over a year and although the cutting off is annoying, I can also deal with it pretty well. You usually have 2-3 "credits" per month but it seems pretty arbitrary which audiobooks count against your tally and which don't - definitely depends on the publisher, but I also have a sneaking suspicion that if the title is on your "saved" list, it's more likely to get locked away once you've hit the limit.
It basically just forces me to plan the audiobooks I listen to more strategically, similarly to how I use my Audible credit. I mainly use it for new releases my library hasn't added to Overdrive yet and easy-to-consume titles that I probably won't want to reread (aka romance novels) so there's no point in buying it on Audible.
Sometimes it's also fun when my saved titles are all locked cause that makes me hunt for something else I hadn't thought to pick up previously - or go back to my library and get a backlist title.
I read many more than 2 or 3 a month have never had any issues currently have about 30 saved
I really wouldn't have a problem with a throttling policy if they were up front about it, and made it straight forward to work with. I.E: "You can choose two books a month from database 1, and as many as you want from database 2". That way you can plan better, and don't end up disappointed. Had I known, I certainly wouldn't have "wasted" any books early on on a 10 minute phone interview with Alice Cooper!But I do have a serious aversion to being told what I can read and when I can read it. It's the same with film/tv. That's why I still buy dvds. I want to watch what I want to watch, not what Netflix tells me I can watch, lol.
I did not get nearly as much reading done as I had hoped to yesterday. I started something else which turned into an unfortunate longer project that involved me trying to get nail polish off my new comforter. (ugh) I'm hoping to remedy the reading situation today. :)
I have finished a book!Done with An Artist of the Floating World which... I have zero feelings about? It would probably be a good book to discuss with a group - and with someone who knows more about (pre-)WW2 Japan than me.
Kristie wrote: "I did not get nearly as much reading done as I had hoped to yesterday. I started something else which turned into an unfortunate longer project that involved me trying to get nail polish off my new..."One of the main reasons I stopped wearing nail polish is because I kept getting it everywhere, lol. Hope you had more success than I usually do!
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Read-a-thons are so much fun that we are going to host another. Read as much or as little as you can, chat with others about books, keep track of your progress, have fun and read, read, read!
Duration: May 9 and May 10 (48 hours) start time whatever works for you.
What's a read-a-thon without a mini challenge?
✿Read a book that starts with a letter from the word MAY
✿Read a book with a flower(s) on the cover