Elyse's Personal Readathon/Challenge Tracking discussion

Sign-up post for Dewey's 24-Hour Readathon! So ready!

Pre-Readathon Challenge: Board Game

Rolls
✔ 4 - read your favorite genre SCI FI/FANTASY Nameless
✔ 4 - read 100 pgs and jump ahead The Harvest Man
✔ - read a graphic novel The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Vol. 1: Squirrel Power
✔ 1 - oops back to start
✔ 5 - read a contemporary Float Plan
✔ 4 - sorry go back
✔ - read a contemporary Kisses and Croissants
✔ 2 - read a book in third person The Dark Lord Clementine
✔ 6 - read a book with a movie/TV adaptation The Duke and I (Bridgerton)
✔ 3 - read for 2 hours The Desolations of Devil's Acre
✔ 6 - read a sci fi/fantasy In the Quick
✔ 4 - read a non-fiction book Finding Freedom: A Cook's Story; Remaking a Life from Scratch
✔ 3 - complete a square you didn't do : read for one hour To Sir Phillip, With Love
✔ 6 - END - read 500 pgs The Girl Who Drank the Moon (was already about 70% through so 120 pgs) / It's in His Kiss (368 pgs) / An Unexpected Peril (336 pgs)

Books Read

Co-Mod Hour 6 Topic (1pm EST): Top 5 auto-buy/must-read authors
Co-Mod Hour 10 Topic (5pm EST): Favorite book to movie or book to TV adaptation

Check-In #1 - Hours 1-4 (8am-12pm):
Check-In Time: 12:33pm
Breaks: 0
Food/Drink: DD iced mocha coffee, Honey Nut Cheerios
Pages Read Total: 310
Time Listened Total: 0
Books Progressed In: 0
Books Finished: 1

Comments: Blazed through The Wedding Date and loved it! Immediately moving on to The Proposal! Have not been as social as I have been in the past but I really just want to read this time. Catch my Hour 6 discussion in 25 minutes! :)

Check-In #2 - Hours 5-8 (12pm-4pm):
Check-In Time: 4:44pm
Breaks: 0
Food/Drink: Crudités and dill dip, Nutella To Go, watermelon
Pages Read Total: 368
Time Listened Total: 1 hr 20 minutes (63 pgs)
Books Progressed In: 2

Books Finished: 1

Comments: I switched to audio and listened to some of Illuminae while I showered and went to my local bookstore for Independent Bookstore Day! I had ordered 4 books online and went to pick them up. One of them being Illuminae. lol. Because I was having a hard time getting into the audiobook. I wanted to read along and listen until I could get into it. Annnd then I started back up with The Proposal when I got home!

Check-In #3 - Hours 9-12 (4pm-8pm):
Check-In Time: 8:07pm
Breaks: 0
Food/Drink: Cheese, pepperoni, crackers, Spindrift Lemon Limeade, Alligator Po'boys with red beans and rice (really good!!), Pepsi
Pages Read Total: 485
Time Listened Total: 1 hour 40 minutes (85 pgs)
Books Progressed In: 2

Books Finished: 1

Comments: Well, the alligator po'boy was interesting! But in a good way. Spicy mustard and pepper jelly definitely helped things be tasty. lol. Almost done reading The Proposal and then I think I'll move to some graphic novels for a bit. It's nighttime which is the bane of my readathons. lol

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Wrap-Up
Total Time: 17 hrs 16 mins
Total Breaks: Sleep - 6 hours 44 minutes
Pages Read Total: 1,371 + 85 listened = 1,456
Time Listened Total: 1 hour 40 minutes (85 pgs)
Books Started: 1

Books Read: 5

Comments: Welp, I got almost a full night's sleep. lol. I fell asleep at 1am and woke up just after readathon end. I did not set an alarm like I usually do to finish out the readathon. But I enjoyed my sleep so that's all that matters. lol. I did finish the novel I was reading and then a couple of comics/graphic novels. I'm surprised I only listened to less than 2 hours of audio!

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? All of them. That's why I picked them! lol
3) Which snack are you most looking forward to? Again, all of them. lol
4) Tell us a little something about yourself! I was recently promoted at work!
5) If you participated in the last read-a-thon, what’s one thing you’ll do different today? Try to read more? lol.

Mid-Event Survey
1) What are you reading right now? Manfried the Man
2) How many books have you read so far? 2 and almost 2 hours of 1
3) What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Read-a-thon? More graphic novels
4) Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those? Went to my local bookstore for Independent Bookstore Day! Listened to my audiobook!
5) What surprises you most about the Read-a-thon, so far? Always and forever, how time flies.

Closing Survey
1) How would you assess your reading overall? 2 novels is great!
2) Did you have a strategy, and if so, did you stick to it? Didn't really have one.
3) What was your favorite snack? Well, I didn't really break into the GOOD snacks. lol. So I guess cheese, pepperoni, and crackers.
4) Wanna volunteer for our next event? Not for the reverse because I won't be participating but maybe for October.