One Million Pages Per Lifetime discussion

Week-long Readathon: Apr 23rd (12 am) thru Apr 29th (11:59 pm)
Day-long Readathon: Apr 24th (12 am - 11:59 pm)

Rules:
~Just have fun!

Breaking It Down:
~You can read towards a goal of books, pages, hours, or any combination of the three. Aim for what will help you with challenges, or make a goal that IS a challenge!
~~You can keep track of what you read by writing the exact minutes down on paper, like I do, or you can just estimate from the time you start reading to the time you stop and write that down. Either way is up to you.
~This will be the topic where you can post your reading progress and discuss with others about what they're reading.
~At the end of the day-long readathon, I will have a Summary topic up and running so those of you that only do the Day-long can go ahead and post your summaries.

If you have any questions, ask below!

I am SOOO sorry for this being put up late! I've been so busy with school after Spring Break that I completely forgot.

I will do my day-long readathon either tomorrow or next Sunday. I am excited. I need a read-a-thon. I still feel like I am in a book rut.

I am going to try for 3 books and 750 pages and 8 hours listened.

Nevermore (148-?)
Storm Glass (6 hrs 5 min left) DONE
Peeps
Eve
Susannah's Garden

This months read-a-thon challenge for me will be:

800 pages

3 books (ie. 250 + pages)


Guess that good 'ole facebook will be going by the wayside this week. LOL

Don't know how everyone does it. This month's read a thon was a bust for me. Tell me how you get so much reading done, please.

Zakiya wrote: "Week-long Readathon: Mar 23rd (12 am) thru Mar 29th (11:59 pm)
Day-long Readathon: Mar 24th (12 am - 11:59 pm)

Rules:
~Just have fun!

Breaking It Down:
~You can read towards a goal of books, page..."

Shouldn't the dates read:

Zakiya wrote: "Week-long Readathon:
Apr 23rd (12 am) thru Mar 29th (11:59 pm)

Day-long Readathon: Apr 24th (12 am - 11:59 pm)

The day-long falling on a Tuesday will not work for me (especially with an 11-hour work day), so I'll try to fit it in either Monday, Friday, or Saturday. I have a nice stack of library books to get through, so I'll have plenty to pull from! I'm going to try for 7 books read total. We'll see...

I just did Dewey's 24 hour readathon yesterday! Ended up with a total of almost 12 hours of reading/listening yesterday. So I won't do a day-long because that was just exhausting! =)

But I'll do the week-long. I need to play catch up on some reads.

My goal will be 1200 pages for this week and to finish on audio.

Books Currently Reading:

Books Finished: (259 pages) (425 pages)

Books To Read:

I also did the Dewey's 24 Hour Readathon! I ended up reading over 1,000 pages, which was great. =) So I, like Jennifer, probably won't be doing the day one.

I'll be posting my goals soon!

This month, as I got behind after I finished my fourth book, I will make my goal 5 books and 900 pages.

Want to Finish:
~~Feast of Fools (page 95-242) FINISHED
~~Wicked (page 17-406)
~~D.Gray-man Volume 2 (page 25-179) FINISHED

Want to Start & Finish:
~~Marked (306 pages)
~~Betrayed (310 pages)
~~Trials of Death (202 pages) FINISHED
~~The Vampire Prince (192 pages)

So far, I'm almost done with D.Gray-man, and I'll probably be able to finish Feast of Fools while I tutor someone this afternoon. I've been getting ahold of some great books lately!

Books Finished:
1. The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen (87 pages)
2. Storms: My Life with Lindsey Buckingham and Fleetwood Mac by Carol Ann Harris (188 pages read)
3. The Selection by Kiera Cass. (327 pages)
Book 4: Tricked by Kevin Hearne (223 pages read)
Book #5: Bridge of Scarlet Leaves by Kristina McMorris (437 pages)
Book #5: Girl Walks into a Bar . . .: Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle by Rachel Dratch (248 pages)
Total Pages Read: 1,510

Finished D.Gray-man Volume 2!! Plan to finish Feast of Fools today as well.

ETA- Only have to read 5 more books to make my month goal of 12 books :DD

Lori wrote: "Zakiya wrote: "Week-long Readathon: Mar 23rd (12 am) thru Mar 29th (11:59 pm)
Day-long Readathon: Mar 24th (12 am - 11:59 pm)

Rules:
~Just have fun!

Breaking It Down:
~You can read towards a goal..."

Yes :). Forgot to change Mar to Apr. There have been trying days in the last week lol. Thanks for the heads up!

Stacie wrote: "The day-long falling on a Tuesday will not work for me (especially with an 11-hour work day), so I'll try to fit it in either Monday, Friday, or Saturday. I have a nice stack of library books to g..."

Hopefully you'll still have a successful Day-long. Sorry for the inconvenience!

April Read-a-thon

Total Books Read:4
Total Pages Read:613
Total Audio book minutes listened:1,226

1. Destined by P.C. Cast: 325 pages - 4/23/12
2. Magic Study by Maria V. Snyder: 695 minutes - 4/23/12
3. A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon: 531 minutes- partial book - 4/25/12
4. Sweet as Sin by Inez Kelley: 288 pages - 4/25/12

I still haven't achieved my 1,400 pages goal for the last two read-a-thon months, so I'm sticking with that gaol for the week long (4.23-4.29):

One-Minute Mindfulness: 50 Simple Ways to Find Peace, Clarity, and New Possibilities in a Stressed-Out World by Donald Altman 200 pages (4.23)

Point, Click, Love by Molly Shapiro 272 pages (4.24)

When She Woke by Hillary Jordan 352 pages (4.25)

A Hearth in Candlewood by Delia Parr 317 pages (4.26)

Sugar Creek by Toni Blake 372 pages (4.28)

Sullivan's Woman by Nora Roberts219 pages (4.29)

Total pages = 1,732

So, keep hearing about Bitterblue. Everyone who got an ARC says it was good and most people have said they like the other books in the series. I think the release date is May 1st. Are the other two books in the series worth reading? If so, maybe I'll make that a readathon goal- finish Graceling and Fire before May 1st.

Shay wrote: "So, keep hearing about Bitterblue. Everyone who got an ARC says it was good and most people have said they like the other books in the series. I think the release date is May 1st. Are the other two..."

I read Graceling and Fire about 2 half years ago and I ended up really liking them, but my taste in books might be different from you. Graceling came first then Fire which is a companion novel to Graceling. I think Bitterblue might be the sequel to Graceling because of the synopsis of Bitterblue starts saying "Eight year after Graceling" not sure.

Shay wrote: "So, keep hearing about Bitterblue. Everyone who got an ARC says it was good and most people have said they like the other books in the series. I think the release date is May 1st. Are the other two..."

I loved, loved, loved them both! And if you're a fantasy fan, I would definitely recommend them z

Finished yesterday! Hoping to finish today.

I'm going to give Graceling a try. Thanks for feedback.

I'll try to get a list up tomorrow, when I'm not utterly exhausted from work, but so far I've finished one that I had started before the read-a-thon, plus four others. Also currently reading 3 others that I'll finish before the week is through. Whew! Off to bed for me!

hey, has anyone else had problems with their lists of bookcovers going vertical instead of horizontal (example--my post 7 above)? Is it my computer or did Goodreads just do something weird?

Jennifer Leigh wrote: "hey, has anyone else had problems with their lists of bookcovers going vertical instead of horizontal (example--my post 7 above)? Is it my computer or did Goodreads just do something weird?"

I noticed that last night. Must be a new bug?

Amy ~Lover of Books~ wrote: "Jennifer Leigh wrote: "hey, has anyone else had problems with their lists of bookcovers going vertical instead of horizontal (example--my post 7 above)? Is it my computer or did Goodreads just do ..."

Okay as long as it's not just me lol. I was going a little crazy, especially on my personal challenge page. It is very annoying.

Jennifer Leigh wrote: "Amy ~Lover of Books~ wrote: "Jennifer Leigh wrote: "hey, has anyone else had problems with their lists of bookcovers going vertical instead of horizontal (example--my post 7 above)? Is it my compu..."

I think it has been reported and hopefully it will be resolved really soon!

finished , about to start .

I have been majorly slacking this read-a-thon. I haven't even finished one book this week :( I think it is because I just went back to working graveyard shift this month and all week I got about 3-4 hours sleep per day...

Oh well maybe next read-a-thon it will be better.

Jennifer Leigh wrote: "Amy ~Lover of Books~ wrote: "Jennifer Leigh wrote: "hey, has anyone else had problems with their lists of bookcovers going vertical instead of horizontal (example--my post 7 above)? Is it my compu..."

Nope, not just you :). It is very annoying, though.

Finally achieved a read-a-thon goal! See book and page total listings in post #15 of this thread.

Yeah so this week really sucked for me... Not sure why but can't finish anything to save my life. I have been so tired all week.

I have not been able to put very much into this readathon. I finished one book.

The Chamber by John Grisham 486 pages.