Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-Thon discussion

This will be my first readathon, so please bear with me. :-)

I have a few books that I'm already reading, so I hope to make some progress on some or all:
A Promised Land (audiobook)
The Daughters of Yalta: The Churchills, Roosevelts, and Harrimans: A Story of Love and War (library book) - finished 23-Apr
The Mirror & the Light
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

I have a couple of short story collections to dip into if I need palate cleansers (as it were):
The Complete Works of Saki
Vampires, Zombies, Werewolves and Ghosts: 25 Classic Stories of the Supernatural

And I have a few new library books lined up in case none of the above fits my mood of the moment:
Breath from Salt: A Deadly Genetic Disease, a New Era in Science, and the Patients and Families Who Changed Medicine Forever
Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity—and Why This Harms Everybody
Animal, Vegetable, Junk: A History of Food, from Sustainable to Suicidal

All of the above is, of course, subject to change without notice, and I may just end up re-reading Georgette Heyer or Agatha Christie. :-)

Welcome!

Welcome, have fun!

Welcome!

Sorting out the reading stack is almost half the fun. lol
Knowing when to abandon it to read something completely different is a skill it took me a few readathons to learn!

Thank you for the greetings!

I've already finished one of my stack (Daughters of Yalta), but I don't expect I'll have any difficulty in finding plenty to read.

welcome doris!! i love that you have such a thorough list. i hope it'll be a great readathon for you!!

Welcome Doris! I hope you have a great read-a-thon. Happy reading.

Good books you have there, Doris! I loved A Promised Land, especially on audio. I know it's long, but I wouldn't have wanted him to cut anything out.

Welcome Doris!
Hope you have lots of fun today!

Hour 1: The Princess in Black, 90 pages
Breath from Salt: A Deadly Genetic Disease, a New Era in Science, and the Patients and Families Who Changed Medicine Forever, pages 27-66, 39 pages total.
Snack: Lay's Yogurt and Seasonal Herbs Chips (the closest version in Turkey to sour cream and onion chips)

Great start! I hope you have a fantastic reading day!

Hour 2: Continuing Breath from Salt, pages 66 - 87, another 21 pages.
Hour 3: no reading

Breath from Salt: A Deadly Genetic Disease, a New Era in Science, and the Patients and Families Who Changed Medicine Forever sounds interesting! I fine myself reading more nonfiction nowadays.

Happy readathon-ing!

Hour 4: Dinner, and continuing reading Breath from Salt, pages 87-104, 17 pages.

Hour 5: Continuing Breath from Salt, pages 104 - 123, 19 pages

Hour 6: Continuing Breath from Salt, pages 123 - 166, 43 pages
Snack: strawberries and a brownie

Hour 7: Time to switch things up. Read The Princess in Black and the Perfect Princess Party. Started Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity—and Why This Harms Everybody, but it just made my eyes glaze over. No thanks.

Hour 8: Started The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery; read the preface (the pages of which were not numbered) and the 1st 19 pages.

Hours 8 - 15: Sleep

Hour 16: Switching gears again. The Mirror & the Light, pages 75 - 97, 22 pages

Hour 17: Breakfast, and continuing with The Mirror and the Light, pages 97 - 113, 16 pages

Nice reading so far! I hope you are enjoying your first readathon!

Hour 18: Shower, dressing, etc,, and continuing with The Mirror and the Light, pages 113 - 125, 12 pages

Hour 19: Break
Hour 20: Back to The Mirror and the Light, pages 125 - 168, 43 pages

Hours 21 and 22: Miscellaneous puttering

Hours 23 and 24: A Promised Land, audio, end of chapter 6, chapters 7 & 8, ca 70 pages

Well, I missed the October readathon (I forget why now), but I expect to play along for April. It's way too early, though, to start thinking about my reading (or snack!) lists.

I haven't been playing along with pre-readathon activities, but I am starting to get into my planning now.

Reading:
I have two books in particular that I want to finish this weekend:
Ghosts of Gold Mountain: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad, which is due back at the library on Sunday
Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932, which I want to finish in April for a TBR challenge

I have a few other books in progress as well, which I may or may not dip into:
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Syria's Secret Library: Reading and Redemption in a Town Under Siege
Sylvia Pankhurst: Natural Born Rebel

If I want to start something new, I have a few books queued up and ready to go:
I, Robot
Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 1: The Early Years, 1884-1933
A Lady's Guide to Mischief and Murder

And, as a 'palate cleanser', I have a brand new acquisition:
Cats in Space...and Other Places, which promises cats, science fiction, and puns galore! I *do* hope I won't be disappointed.

Of course all reading plans are subject to change without notice depending on my whims of the moment.

I don't really do much by way of snack planning, *except* that peanut M&Ms are a must.

Doris, I love your choices! Enjoy.

I'm going to ignore the official start time, which in Turkey would be 3 PM, and call this 8 AM to 8 AM.

Hour 1 Saturday 8 am
Between laundry, breakfast and other miscellaneous Saturday morning chores, I got a later start than anticipated.
Drinks: Green tea
Breakfast: Mini goat cheese, mushroom and onion fritattas with steamed swiss chard
Location: Dining room table
Books Read: Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932
Time reading: ~5 min
Pgs. read: 6

Hour 2 Saturday 9 am
Drinks: Green tea
Snacks: --
Location: Living Room sofa
Books Read: Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932
Time reading: 40 min
Pgs. read: 33

Hour 3 Saturday 10 am
Drinks: --
Snacks: --
Location: Living room sofa
Books Read: Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932
Time read: 12 min
Pgs. read: 17 pages

Hours 4-5 Saturday 11 am - 1 pm
Drinks: water
Snacks: --
Location: Walking along the waterfront
Books Read: Ghosts of Gold Mountain: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad
Time read: 1 1/2 hrs
Pgs. read: ~71 pages

Hour 6 Saturday 1 pm
Drinks: water
Snacks: çiğ kofte (a Turkish meze); lemon brownie with strawberries
Location: Living room sofa
Books Read: Ghosts of Gold Mountain: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad - finished
Time read: 30 minutes
Pgs. read: 38 pages

Hour 7 Saturday 2 pm
No reading - piano practice

Hour 8 Saturday 3 pm
Drinks: --
Snacks: --
Location: Living room sofa
Books Read: Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932
Time read: 30 min
Pgs. read: 24 pages

Hour 9 Saturday 4 pm
Drinks: Lime Perrier
Snacks: Peanut M&Ms
Location: Living room sofa
Books Read: Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932
Time read: 45 min
Pgs. read: 45 pages

Hour 10 Saturday 5 pm
Drinks: --
Snacks: --
Location: Living room sofa
Books Read: Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932
Time read: 30 min
Pgs. read: 31 pages

Hour 11 Saturday 6 pm
Drinks: Water
Snacks: --
Location: Living room sofa
Books Read: Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932
Time read: 60 min
Pgs. read: 80 pages

Hour 12 Saturday 7 pm
Drinks: water
Dinner: Tagine of lamb with dried apricots and chickpeas; artichoke
Location: Living room sofa
Books Read: Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932 - Finished
Time read: 20 min
Pgs. read: 35 pages

Hour 13 Saturday 8 pm
No reading

Hour 14 Saturday 9 pm
Drinks: --
Snacks: --
Location: Living room sofa
Books Read: I, Robot
Time read: 60 min
Pgs. read: 90 pages

Hour 15 - Saturday 10 pm
Drinks: Water
Snacks: Chocolate chia pudding with raspberries
Location: Living room sofa
Books Read: The Nonesuch
Time read; 55 min
Pgs. read: 59 pages

Hours 16 - 23 - Saturday 11 pm - Sunday 7 am
Bed

Hour 24 Sunday 7 am
Drinks: Kefir, green tea
Breakfast: Mini goat cheese and mushroom frittatas; steamed swiss chard
Location: Dining room table; living room sofa
Books Read: The Nonesuch
Time read: 30 min
Pgs. read: 34 pages

Total books read:
Ghosts of Gold Mountain: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad
Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932
I, Robot
The Nonesuch
Books finished:
Ghosts of Gold Mountain: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad
Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932
Total time read: 8 1/2 hrs
Total Pgs. read: 549

Susan wrote: "Doris, I love your choices! Enjoy."

Thanks, Susan. Happy readathon to you!

Good luck Doris. I will be co-moderating Hours 8 and 23. Stop by if you want. Enjoy!

Cynda wrote: "Good luck Doris. I will be co-moderating Hours 8 and 23. Stop by if you want. Enjoy!"

Thanks, Cynda. Hour 8 corresponds to my hour 15 (if my arithmetic is correct!), so I may check in - depends on how engrossing my read du moment is. :-)

The good news Doris is that if you answer before or after, it is okay. Very relaxed here. Looking forward to seeing what you read during the readathon:-)

I see you're already underway! I hope its a successful readathon for you, looks like you've made a good start. :)

Well, I've finished what I consider to be a successful readathon.

Recap:
Total books read:
Ghosts of Gold Mountain: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad
Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932
I, Robot
The Nonesuch
Books finished:
Ghosts of Gold Mountain: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad
Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932
Total time read: 8 1/2 hrs
Total Pgs. read: 549

I'll come back later to cheer on the rest of you who started at the official start time. :-)

July 2022 Reverse Readathon Reading List

Already in progress:
A Cat, a Man, and Two Women, which I'd like to finish for a July TBR challenge
Eating to Extinction: The World's Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them
Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest, a library book and a BOTM challenge read
The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War, another library book and BOTM challenge read
36 Books That Changed the World: this is my current audiobook; this way I can make sure I get a good long walk without cutting into my reading time

I don't know that I'll dabble in anything else, but I have plenty others lying around, just waiting for my attention.

No special snacks planned, beyond the mandatory peanut M&Ms.

Susy wrote: "Good luck & happy readathoning!"

Hourly check-ins for TEMPLATE
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Hours 1-4 Saturday 3-7 am
Bed

Hour 5 Saturday 7-8 am
Drinks: Green tea, water
Snacks: Oatmeal with nectarine, blueberry, and chocolate
Location: Dining room table
Books read: Running Out: In Search of Water on the High Plains
Pgs/% read: 15 pages
Time: 15 minutes

Hour 6 Saturday 8-9 am
Drinks: Green tea

Hours 7 & 8 Saturday 9-11 am
Drinks: Kefir
Snacks:
Location: Walking along the waterfront
Books listened to: 36 Books That Changed the World
Pgs/% read: ~92
Time: 80 min

Hour 9 Saturday 11 am - noon
Drinks: Green tea
Snacks: Yogurt and seasonal herbs chips (Turkey's version of sour cream and onion)
Location: Living room sofa
Books read: Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
Pgs/% read: 39 pages
Time: 45 min

Hour 10 Saturday noon - 1 pm
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Hour 14 Saturday 4-5 pm
Drinks: Water
Snacks: çiğ kofte (a Turkish meze)
Location: living room sofa
Books read: Eating to Extinction: The World's Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them
Pgs/% read: 12
Time: 15 min

Hour 15 Saturday 5-6 pm
Drinks: Water
Snacks:
Location: Living room sofa
Books read: Eating to Extinction: The World's Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them
Pgs/% read: 18
Time: 23 min

Hour 16 - Saturday 6-7 pm
Drinks: Lime perrier
Snacks:
Location: Living room sofa
Books read: A Lady's Guide to Mischief and Murder
Pgs/% read: 58 pages
Time: 45 min

Hour 17 - Saturday 7-8 pm
Drinks: Water
Snacks: Italian lentil salad; ice cream bar
Location: Dining room table; living room sofa
Books read: A Lady's Guide to Mischief and Murder
Pgs/% read: 20
Time: 18 pages

Hours 18 - 20 - Saturday 8-11 pm
Drinks: Water
Snacks: Chocolate chia pudding with raspberries
Location: Living room sofa
Books finished: A Lady's Guide to Mischief and Murder
Pgs/% read: 260
Time: 2 1/2 hrs

Hours 21 - 24 - Saturday 11 pm - Sunday 3 am
Bed

Recap
Total books finished: A Lady's Guide to Mischief and Murder
Books read: Running Out: In Search of Water on the High Plains
36 Books That Changed the World
Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
Eating to Extinction: The World's Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them
Total Pgs read: 512 pages

Good luck & happy readathoning!

Susy wrote: "Good luck & happy readathoning!"

Thanks, Susy; you, too!

Doris wrote: "Susy wrote: "Good luck & happy readathoning!"

Thanks, Susy; you, too!"

Thank you, Doris!
Hope you had a great readathon; see you in October hopefully!

I don't really participate in the pre-game festivities, but I *have* been preparing for tomorrow's readathon.

Snacks in readiness:
Peanut M&Ms (my non-negotiable *must* for any readathon)
Raspberry brownies & ice cream
Muhamara (sweet red pepper and walnut dip) and cracker bread
Tangerines
Chips and french onion dip

My TBR list is mainly made up of books already in progress and mostly library books:
Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt's Ancient Temples from Destruction
American Midnight: Democracy's Forgotten Crisis, 1917-1921
Lolita
Defying Hitler
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
The Heart of a Woman: The Life and Music of Florence B. Price and
Cats in Space...and Other Places
I hope to finish at least one!

Doris wrote: "I don't really participate in the pre-game festivities, but I *have* been preparing for tomorrow's readathon.

Snacks in readiness:
Peanut M&Ms (my non-negotiable *must* for any readathon)
Muhama..."

Sounds like you're all set to go, Doris.
Have added Cats in Space to my TBR, sounds like fun!

I'm in Turkey, so starting at the "official" time would have me waiting until 3 pm to start and going to 3 pm on Sunday. That timing is awkward, so I just go from 9 am Saturday to 9 am Sunday.

Hourly check-ins for April 2023

Hours 1 & 2 Saturday 9-11 am (Hour -6 in Dewey Readathon Time)
Drinks: Green tea
Food:
Location: Waterfront walk
Book: American Midnight: Democracy's Forgotten Crisis, 1917-1921
Pgs/% read: 26%

Hour 3 Saturday 11-12 noon (Hour -4 in DRT)
Drinks: Green tea
Food: Goat cheese and mushroom frittata, steamed swiss chard
Location: Living room
Books finished: American Midnight: Democracy's Forgotten Crisis, 1917-1921
Pgs/% read: 10%

Hour 4 Saturday 12-1 pm (Hour -3 in DRT)
Drinks:
Food: Peanut M&Ms
Location: Living Room
Book: Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt's Ancient Temples from Destruction
Pgs/% read: 19 pages

Hours 5 Saturday 1-2 pm (Hour -2 in DRT)
Drinks:
Snacks: Brownie a la mode
Location: Living room
Book: Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt's Ancient Temples from Destruction
Pgs/% read: 45 pages

Hour 6 Saturday 2-3 pm (Hour -1 in DRT)
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Hour 7 Saturday 3-4 pm (Hour 1 in DRT)
Drinks: Water
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Location: Living room
Book: Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt's Ancient Temples from Destruction
Pgs/% read: 54 pages

Hours 8 & 9 Saturday 4-6 pm (Hour 2 in DRT)
Laundry / nap / piano

Hours 10 & 11 Saturday 6-8 pm (Hour 4 in DRT)
Drinks: Efes Beer
Snacks:
Location: Living Room
Book: Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt's Ancient Temples from Destruction
Pgs/% read: 51

Hour 12 Saturday 8-9 pm (Hour 6 in DRT)
Drinks: Pink grapefruit Perrier
Snacks:
Location: Living room
Books finished: Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt's Ancient Temples from Destruction
Pgs/% read: 34 pages

Hour 13 Saturday 9-10 pm (Hour 7 in DRT)
Drinks:
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Location: Living room
Book: Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt's Ancient Temples from Destruction
Pgs/% read: 61 pages

Hour 14 Saturday 10-11 pm (Hour 8 in DRT)
Drinks: Herb tea
Snacks:
Location: Living room
Books finished: Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt's Ancient Temples from Destruction
Pgs/% read: 62

Hour 15 - 22
Location: Bed

Hour 23 Sunday 7-8 am (Hour 17 in DRT)
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Hour 24 Sunday 8-9 am (Hour 18 in DRT)
Drinks: Kefir, green tea
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Location: Living room
Book: Defying Hitler
Pgs/% read: 53

Total books finished: American Midnight: Democracy's Forgotten Crisis, 1917-1921
Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt's Ancient Temples from Destruction
Other books: Defying Hitler
Total Pgs/time read: 10 hrs

Susy wrote: "...Sounds like you're all set to go, Doris.
Have added Cats in Space to my TBR, sounds like fun!"

Thanks, Susy. Happy readathon!

Doris wrote: "I'm in Turkey, so starting at the "official" time would have me waiting until 3 pm to start and going to 3 pm on Sunday. That timing is awkward, so I just go from 8 am Saturday to 8 am Sunday...."

That‘s a good idea. I hadn‘t considered that. I‘m in Germany, so my starting time tomorrow would be 2 pm. And I‘ll be going a little window shopping in the afternoon with a friend and we‘ll have dinner at a place we haven‘t been to yet. So I will definitely miss a few hours. So maybe I‘ll just start with breakfast as well.

I actually like that it’s split into 2 days (it starts at 2pm for me) , feels less like a “marathon”

Welcome back, Doris! Hope you enjoy. Looks like a lot more people's threads are suddenly being updated since the countdown has finally begun. Only 20 minutes left of the work week for me :D

We're almost there! Best of luck and reading to you today!

Getting my check-in ready

Hourly check-ins for July 2023

Hours 1-4 Saturday 3-7 am
Asleep

Hours 5 Saturday 7-8 am
Drinks: Green tea, kefir
Snacks: Chocolate chia seed pudding with raspberries; granola bar
Location: Living room
Book(s): How Not to Diet
Pgs/% read: 12

Hour 6 Saturday 8-9 am
Drinks: Green tea
No reading; instead, bathing, laundry, and miscellaneous personal and housekeeping chores

Hour 7&8 Saturday 9-11 am
Drinks: Water
Location: Walk along the waterfront
Book(s): Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat
Pgs/% read: 25% (~80 pages)

Hour 8 Saturday 10-11 am
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Hour 9 Saturday 11-12 noon
Drinks: Water
Snacks: Doughnut holes
Location: Living room
Book(s): South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
Pgs/% read: 23 pages

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Hour 11 Saturday 1-2 pm
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Hour 12 Saturday 2-3 pm
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Book(s): The Last Wish
Pgs/% read: 69 pages

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Hour 14 Saturday 4-5 pm
Drinks: Water
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Book(s): South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
Pgs/% read: 18 pages

Hour 15 Saturday 5-6 pm
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Book(s): Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
Pgs/% read: 4%

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Book(s) : The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza
Pgs/% read: 129 pages

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