Elyse's Personal Readathon/Challenge Tracking discussion

TBR unknown, strategy unknown, but as much King as I can.

As always, I'm posting on the Goodreads group (For the Blogless) and Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/winesaboutb...

Sprints are always in Hour 1 (8am), 4 (11am), 8 (3pm), 12 (7pm), 16 (11pm), 20 (3am), and 24 (7am).

TBR
Physical

Audio

Food & Drink
Bevvies
Coffee, tea, Pepsi, water, chai latte K-cup, hot apple cider K-cup

Breakfast
Pillsbury cinnamon rolls

Lunch
Chicken & Italian pepper subs (re-creation of an old Hello Fresh recipe)

Supper
Potato chowder (re-creation of an old Blue Apron recipe)

Snacks
Fun-size Snickers, Reese's, Twix
Cheez-its
Crudités (hubs just finished it!)
Laughing Cow spreadable cheese wedges & Wheat Thins
Chex mix
Tortilla chips & salsa
Cheese-filled soft pretzel bites
Ben & Jerry's choc chip cookie dough ice cream

Check-In #1 - Hours 1-4 (8am-12pm):
Check-In Time: 12:20pm
Breaks: 0
Food/Drink: 2 cups of coffee (one started before the 'thon), a cup of chai latte, 2 cinnamon rolls
Pages Read: 298
Time Listened: 0
Books Progressed In: 1

Books Finished: 0
Comments:
Hour 1 Reading Sprint: 98 pgs
Hour 4 Reading Sprint: 78 pgs
Woke up at 6:30am. Posted a couple of photos on Instagram. About halfway through He Started It. Definitely eager to finish it! But I have just started my audiobook (in this next block) and am making lunch!

Check-In #2 - Hours 5-8 (12pm-4pm):
Check-In Time: 4:15pm
Breaks: 0
Food/Drink: Pepsi, Italian chicken & pepper sub, fun-size Snickers
Pages Read: 66 + 101 = 167
Time Listened: 1:25 (approx. 84 pgs)
Books Progressed In: 3

Books Finished: 0
Comments:
Hour 8 Reading Sprint: 101 pgs
Lunch was absolutely delicious! I decided to start the next sprint with a new book and now I will go back to He Started It to finish it. I will probably finish A Tale Dark & Grimm when I make supper in a few hours.

Check-In #3 - Hours 9-12 (4pm-8pm):
Check-In Time: 8:20pm
Breaks: 0
Food/Drink: 2 fun-size Twix, Pepsi, potato chowder and cheesy bread
Pages Read: 145 + 96 = 241
Time Listened: 1:25 (approx. 84 pgs)
Books Progressed In: 2

Books Finished: 1

Comments:
Hour 12 Reading Sprint: 96 pgs
I finished my first book! He Started It was a doooooozy. I will have to unpack it when I have more time to think. lol! I have about a third left of A Tale Dark & Grimm audio and I'm almost halfway through The Mary Shelley Club. Enjoying both! I am starting to get tired and we are halfway through!

Check-In #4 - Hours 13-16 (8pm-12am):
Check-In Time: 12:00am
Breaks: 0
Food/Drink: Hot apple cider
Pages Read: 270
Time Listened: 0
Books Progressed In: 0
Books Finished: 2

Comments:
Hour 16 Reading Sprint: 100 pgs
Finished The Mary Shelley Club while still on Saturday! Just under the sprint finishing so I haven't started something else yet. I'm going to take a look at the Bingo board because I think I'm doing fairly well on it. So as much as I want to start Cycle of the Werewolf, I think I need to read some of a graphic novel and some of a non-fiction! I was getting tired and I'm still tired but I feel pretty good for it being midnight!

Check-In #5/6 - Hours 17-24 (12am-8am):
Check-In Time: 1:10pm
Breaks: 3:30 for sleeps
Food/Drink: Fun-size Snickers
Pages Read: 112 + 50 + 83 + 24 = 269
Time Listened: 0:55 (approx. 88 pgs-I sped it up to finish it)
Books Progressed In: 2

Books Finished: 3

Comments:
Hour 24 Reading Sprint: 83 pgs
I started my crocheting project from The Woobles around 11pm and needed the step-by-step videos so not conducive for audiobook listening so I put it aside. Now that I've broken it open and started it, I AM excited to do it! I went to bed at 2:30am and woke up at 6am, finished out the 'thon and was back in bed by 8:05am. lol. Got up for the day at 10:45am, showered, reading (naturally), and catching up on social! And we're going out to dinner tonight with my parents.

Wrap-Up
Total Time: 20:30
Total Breaks: 3:30
Pages Read Total: 1,501 (including 256 pgs listened)
Time Listened Total: 3:45
Books Started: 2

Books Read:

Comments:
Overall I'm quite pleased! I didn't participate in any hourly discussions but I did do all the sprints except Hour 20! I did maybe half of the hourly photos on Instagram and I managed a blackout on the Bingo board! I participated more this 'thon than I have in probably the past year's 'thons. It felt good to be back in the social part of it, that's half the fun! Now a bunch of snacks that didn't get eaten to eat throughout the week Woohoo!

Opening Survey!
1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today? New Hampshire, USA
2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?
3) Which snack are you most looking forward to? Pillsbury cinnamon rolls & cheese-filled soft pretzel bites
4) Tell us a little something about yourself! I'm quitting my job at the end of the year (this has been in motion since March!) and have no plan! Eep!

Mid-Event Survey
1) What are you reading right now?
2) How many books have you read so far? 1 complete, more than halfway through 2 more
3) What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the readathon?
4) Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those? Nope! It's easy to transition from reading to listening so I can check in on social and cook! Got a couple of chores done as well, some dishes and now running some laundry.

Closing Survey
1) How would you assess your reading overall? Excellent!
2) Did you have a strategy, and if so, did you stick to it? Well, try to stay awake, try to stay focused. I did stay pretty focused, I did not stay awake.
3) What was your favorite snack? Fun-size Snickers! I barely got into any snacks. lol

BINGO BOARD

Column 1
✔ Read 50 pages
✔ Fluid break-Coffee
✔ Post an hourly photo https://www.instagram.com/p/CkA__K_rMXe/
✔ Read a short story
✔ Read aloud to your pet

Column 2
✔ Have a snack-Fun-size Snickers
✔ Do a reading sprint-Hours 1, 4, 8, 12, 16, 24!
✔ Read over 200 pages
✔ Do the opening survey
✔ Listen to an audiobook

Column 3
✔ Read outside
✔ Post a picture of your reading buddy
https://www.instagram.com/p/CkBlrQCLL82/
https://www.instagram.com/p/CkBo44XLtk2/
✔ FREE
✔ Read with a light under the covers
✔ Read a poem

Column 4
✔ Read a graphic novel
✔ Read a book published this year
✔ Tweet! Post on social media https://www.instagram.com/p/CkBMfAGrJ4o/
✔ Read a book with orange on the cover
✔ Read some non-fiction

Column 5
✔ Finish a book
✔ Stretch!
✔ Read a book for your season
✔ Post your current read on social media https://www.instagram.com/p/CkBuSHmAspG/
✔ Listen to music while you read (ASMR-I can't listen to music while reading!)