Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-Thon discussion

Hello! I love the idea of reading for 24 hours, but I have never been able to do more than read for a few random hours. I am on vacation in Italy and a the seaside, where I am cowering away from the sun, the heat and the sand, and so a readathon seems doable. At least more than just a few hours. I can't read all night and I have to be sociable at mealtimes, so there will be quite a few hours during which I can't read, but it might be better than previous attempts. At any rate, I can try to participate in some of the non-reading activities and hope I manage to read more than just a few hours. I am starting now - 21h (or 9pm) on Friday night and will keep it up until 9 pm tomorrow night.

So here's the Opening Survey

1. What part of the world are you reading from today? As said, I'm in Italy. I live in the UK, though. We are visiting family.

2. What hour does/did the official Reverse Readathon start for you? Will you be sticking to the official times or adjusting to your preferences? It would start at 2am, so no, I'm not sticking to the official times. I'm starting and ending early.

3. What are you most looking forward to this Readathon? Reading lots and lots.

4. Are you reading alone or with a reading buddy? Alone

5. What challenges, if any, are you expecting to face during this Readathon? Not being able to read ALL THE TIME.

Hour 1 - 21:00 - ebook Murder with a Side of Shrimp and Grits

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Hour 2 - 22:00 and part of Hour 3 - 23:00 - ebook - finished a chapter of The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation and a chapter of Walking English: A Journey in Search of Language and duolingo (Norwegian).

I’m fading, though, so I’m starting my sleep hours now.

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Hour 4 - 0:00 sleeping!
Hour 5 - 1:00 sleeping!
Hour 6 - 2:00 sleeping!
Hour 7 - 3:00 sleeping!
Hour 8 - 4:00 sleeping!
Hour 9 - 5:00 sleeping!
Hour 10 - 6:00 sleeping!
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Hour 11 - 7:00 sleeping and getting ready
Hour 12 - 8:00 breakfast
Hour 13/14 - 9:30 - 10:30 walk along the beach

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Hour 15/16 - 11:00 - 12:30 READING! Murder with a Side of Shrimp and Grits - 3 chapters 42 pages

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Hour 16/17 12:30 Lunch

Reserved for what I've accomplished!

Reserved for something - I'm just not sure yet what.

Good luck DivaDiane! Enjoy your reading time.

Susan wrote: "Good luck DivaDiane! Enjoy your reading time."

Thank you , Susan!

Welcome, Diane!

Nice to be here! I know several people from other groups already! It’s nice to meet new people!

Happy to see you here Diane! Hope you have a great readathon and enjoy Italy!! Greetings from Portugal!

Welcome Diane and enjoy the readathon!

Thanks, Susy and thank you, Kate!

Have fun and eat some great food while you‘re in Italy!

Great to see you here!

Enjoy your reading, Diane!

Thanks, Lamilla!

And nice to see you both, Vavita and Cathy.

I am already failing with the readathon. Slept longer than I intended and haven’t had any time to read since getting up! It’s our last day at the seaside, so the rest of the family feels the need to cram in a bunch of activities!

DivaDiane wrote: "I am already failing with the readathon. Slept longer than I intended and haven’t had any time to read since getting up! It’s our last day at the seaside, so the rest of the family feels the need t..."

Oh that’s too bad though understandable. Really we can’t fail at the Readathon if we have read some, and have joined in som fun activities or talks…

Oh, well! Enjoy the seaside, then!

I just got a large chunk of my current ebook novel read before lunch! Yay! Murder with a Side of Shrimp and Grits

DivaDiane wrote: "I just got a large chunk of my current ebook novel read before lunch! Yay! Murder with a Side of Shrimp and Grits"

👏💜

And another session this afternoon! I’ve read 20% since the start of the rat.

Any reading is good reading even if it's not what we planned. Enjoy the family, seaside and reading!