Elyse's Personal Readathon/Challenge Tracking discussion
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Dewey's 24-Hour Reverse Readathon - July 18-19, 2025
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Opening Event Survey1. How many Dewey's Readathons have you participated in?
A lot. Every one since 2017 has been recorded on this thread. I think I participated twice before making the thread. I don't remember what year the Reverse started.
2a. If this is not your first Dewey's Readathon, what are your favorite things from past Dewey's readathons? Are you trying anything new or different this time?
Setting aside mindful time to read. I try to do it all the time but specifically making plans to just read is a favorite. And of course, the social aspect. I've made a lot of friends through Dewey's! Nothing new this time except that I have actual plans tomorrow lol.
2b. What are your goals, and what are you looking forward to during this Readathon?
Just to read and have fun.
3. What are you looking forward to eating and drinking during this Readathon?
Whatever my former coworker cooks up lol because if I don't have to cook it, I love it! I do have some SmartSweets as well.
4. Are you sticking to our official Readathon times or adjusting for your schedule/preferences/etc.?
I usually always keep time for the original 24 hours. I also continue reading after the end but I don't track that.
5. Where are you reading from today?
New Hampshire, USA
Half-Point Progress Report
1. How is your Readathon going? Have you finished 12 hours of reading so far?
Could be better but I love sleep too much lol. I have not read for 12 hours.
2. Have you eaten real food yet in the past 12 hours? How much water have you drunk so far in the past 12 hours? (Maybe drink some water now just on principle...)
No water yet but coffee. Water comes next. lol. Last night I did have some Cinnamon Popcorners and a Mike's Hard Strawberry Lemonade after 8pm.
3. Are you doing a Bingo board or other specific challenge during this Readathon? How is that going so far?
Yes and no. I glanced at it and have been mentally keeping track and also doing photos on Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/winesaboutb...
4. Have you finished any books so far in this half of the Readathon?
I listened to all of Broken Places & Outer Spaces: Finding Creativity in the Unexpected last night.
5. Are you on track to finish what you want to this weekend? What are your plans for the next 12 hours?
Leaving soon till this afternoon and will only have two 45-minute blocks of audio listening on the drives. Will definitely settle in when I get home and hoping to finish The Locked Ward and Unromance.
Closing Survey
1. How did your Readathon go overall?
Not as much reading as I hoped but it was a very good night and day in general so I can't complain.
2. Are you continuing to read for the rest of the weekend?
Always. And I finished all 3 books I had either started before or during the readathon.
3. How many books have you read in this Readathon? How many have you finished? Which was your favorite?
I read 1 from start to finish. I started 1. I continued 2. I loved Broken Places & Outer Spaces: Finding Creativity in the Unexpected.
4. Do you plan to do other reading events or readathons between now and October 18th (our next Readathon)?
High Summer Readathon and FrightFall at Seasons of Reading blog in August. And RIP (Readers Imbibing Peril).
5. Have you added any tempting books to your TBR during this Readathon?
I didn't really "shop" around other people's reading so no!
SprintsHour 1 (8pm): The Locked Ward 47-56%
Hour 4 (11pm): [sleep]
Hour 8 (3am): [sleep]
Hour 12 (7am): [sleep]
Hour 16 (11am): [busy]
Hour 20 (3pm): [busy]
Hour 24 (7pm): The Locked Ward 63-73%
Wrap-Up
Total Time: 9:42
Time Read: 3:34
Time Listened: 6:09
Total Pages: 450
Pages Read: 71
Pages Listened: 379
Books Read Completely: 1
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Books Started: 1
Books Continued: 2
Better late then never! lol. Don't be fooled by the almost 9 hours of sleep. Timer started at 11pm but I was still awake at midnight. Bastien woke at 4:20am and then I couldn't fall back asleep for awhile after comforting him. I *wish* it was actually 9 hours of sleep! 😂 But all told, with the sleep and breaks because I was out for part of the day, over 9 hours of reading is pretty good!
Instagram Wrap-Up: https://www.instagram.com/p/DMXyWqGOV2v/
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