Dewey's Updates

 "Official" Hours 1-24

Let Me Tell You - 134 pgs

Sag Harbor - 92 pgs (audio)

A Girl Returned - 67 pgs

When You Trap a Tiger - 25 pgs

Hours:  6 hr 37 min (3 hr 35 min reading, 3 hr 2 min audio)

Pages:  318

I spent most of the day with my daughter (and my hubby), but did get some reading in early and late in the readathon (including the last 2 hours from 4:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. 😶)

"Unofficial" Hours 25-48

Let Me Tell You - 39 pgs

Sag Harbor - 90 pgs (audio)

A Girl Returned - 103 pgs, finished

When You Trap a Tiger - 29 pgs 

Hours:  5 hr 48 min (2 hr 40 min reading, 3 hr 8 min audio)

Pages:  261

Total Hours: 12 hr 25 min (6 hr 15 min reading, 6 hr 10 min audio)

Total Pages:  579

Dewey's Readathon 10/22/22

Getting ready for the next Dewey's 24-hour readathon! I won't be able to participate 100% (turns out our daughter will be in town), but I'll certainly turn some pages. 😄 Here's my tentative stack:

Let Me Tell You : New Stories, Essays, and Other Writings - Shirley Jackson
Brida - Paulo Coelho
The Hours - Michael Cunningham

Fight Night - Miriam Toews, finished prior to RAT

A Girl Returned - Donatella Di Pietrantonio

Sag Harbor - Colson Whitehead (also on audio)

Tinkers - Paul Harding

When You Trap a Tiger - Tae Keller

The Haunted Bridge - Carolyn Keene

The Light Fantastic - Terry Pratchett

The House of the Spirits - Isabel Allende (also on audio), added last minute

Bout of Books 35 Updates

Day 1

   Unnatural Causes - 13 pgs (audio)

   A Sacred Oath - 2 pgs

Pages read today: 15

Ok, I was packing and getting ready to travel. The rest of the week will be better!

Day 2

   Unnatural Causes - 13 pgs (audio)

   A Sacred Oath - 46 pgs

   Merci Suarez Changes Gears - 59 pgs

Pages read today: 118

Day 3

   Unnatural Causes - 14 pgs

   A Sacred Oath - 37 pgs

Pages read today:  51

Day 4

   Unnatural Causes - 56 pgs

   A Sacred Oath - 39 pgs

   Merci Suarez Changes Gears - 76 pgs

Pages read today:  171

Day 5

   Unnatural Causes - 31 pgs

   A Sacred Oath - 37 pgs

   Merci Suarez Changes Gears - 6 pgs

Pages read today:  74

Day 6

   Unnatural Causes - 56 pgs, finished

   A Sacred Oath - 43 pgs

   Merci Suarez Changes Gears - 159 pgs, finished

   Disappearing Earth (audio) - 19 pgs 

Pages read today:  217

Day 6

   A Sacred Oath - 54 pgs

   Disappearing Earth - 61 pgs

   The Pale Horse - 33 pgs

Pages read today: 148

Final total: 854 pages

I thought I would be able to reach my 1,000-page goal this time. Oh well - I still made some good progress with what I want to finish by the end of this month. Maybe I'll get to 1,000 in BoB 36! 

Bout of Books 35 TBR, etc.

I'm excited for Bout of Books next week. I have about 11 traveling hours Tuesday, so I'm hoping to get in lots of reading hours then. I don't really enjoy watching movies on those small plane screens, so that makes reading an easier choice. 📚😃As of Wednesday I am in semi-vacation mode, and what better way to spend leisure time than attacking the old TBR with gusto?! I will update with my BoB TBR tomorrow. It should be pretty easy to figure out, as I have several books in progress. I'll be mostly reading on my Kindle, with a few audiobooks. 

8/14 - The "Stack" (no photo because most of these are on Kindle):

In Progress:

   Unnatural Causes (audio) - P.D. James

   A Sacred Oath - Mark Esper

   Daughter of Fortune - Isabel Allende

   The Pale Horse - Agatha Christie

   Open Secrets - Alice Munro

   Merci Suarez Changes Gears (Newbery) - Meg Medina

Other possibilities:

   Disappearing Earth - Julia Phillips

   Poirot's Early Cases - Agatha Christie

Bout of Book 35

The Bout of Books readathon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It’s a weeklong readathon that begins 12:01am Monday, August 15th and runs through Sunday, August 21st in YOUR time zone. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are reading sprints, Twitter chats, and exclusive Instagram challenges, but they’re all completely optional. For all Bout of Books 35 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team 

Wrapup

Well, that was a successful readathon for me! For the first time EVER in all the years I've been doing these, I read some from every single book in my stack - and finished two. Complete stats:

Dear Evan Hansen - 165 pgs, finished (play)

New Kid - 249 pgs, finished (graphic)

Project Hail Mary - 141 pgs

Everything I Never Told You - 91 pgs (audio)

Kitchen Confidential - 27 pgs (audio)

The Best Women's Travel Writing Vol. 12 - 50 pgs

Open Secrets - 51 pgs

Merci Suarez Changes Gears - 31 pgs

The Pale Horse - 31 pgs

The Whispering Statue - 38 pgs 

Total pages: 874

Total hours:  12 hr 21 min (9 hr 8 min reading, 3 hr 13 min audio)

These books are all so different, I could get away with reading them all at the same time.😊

I look forward to continuing my reading this evening, and it won't be long before I start thinking about the October 'thon!

Hours 13-18

Dear Evan Hansen - 131 pgs, finished

New Kid - 171 pgs, finished 

Everything I Never Told You - 20 pgs (audio) 

Running total, pages: 632 

Running total, hours: 5 hr 28 min reading, 2 hr 33 min audio

Hours 7 - 12

Dear Evan Hansen - 34 pgs (play)

Everything I Never Told You - 37 pgs (audio)

New Kid - 78 pgs (graphic)

Running total, pages: 310

Running total, hours: 3 hr 25 min reading, 2 hr audio

Mid Event Survey

 1) What are you reading right now? Four in progress: Project Hail Mary, Everything I Never Told You, Dear Evan Hansen, and New Kid

2) How many books have you read so far? Four partial

3) What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the readathon? Kitchen Confidential
4) Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those? The only interruption was getting sleepy!
5) What surprises you most about the readathon, so far? I'm always surprised at how fast the time goes.

Hours 1-6

Project Hail Mary - 126 pgs

Everything I Never Told You - 36 pgs (audio)

Running total, pages: 162

Running total, hours: 3 hrs, 35 min (2 hr 25 min reading, 1 hr audio)

Will try to last a little longer before snoozing for a bit. 😑

Opening Survey

 1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today? 

Utah

2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?

The play "Dear Evan Hansen"
3) Which snack are you most looking forward to?
Whatever I decide will be my sweet treat tomorrow!
4) Tell us a little something about yourself!
When I'm not reading, I can often be found watching sports.
5) If you participated in the last read-a-thon, what’s one thing you’ll do different today? 

Same as always - try to read more!

Dewey's Reverse Readathon 7/22/22

 I do believe I have my stack ready nine days early!

Bottom to top:

Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir

Let Me Tell You: New Stories, Essays, and Other Writings - Shirley Jackson

Dear Evan Hansen - Steven Levenson

The Best Women's Travel Writing Vol. 12 - Ed. by Lavinia Spalding

Kitchen Confidential - Anthony Bourdain (also on audio)

Everything I Never Told You - Celeste Ng (also on audio)

The Pale Horse - Agatha Christie

New Kid - Jerry Craft (graphic - Newbery winner)

Merci Suarez Changes Gears - Meg Medina (Newbery winner)

The Whispering Statue - Carolyn Keene (it's tradition to have a Nancy Drew in my stack)

There it is! Lots of variety for different moods. Can't wait to get started at 6:00 p.m. on July 22nd! 😊

ETA 7/17 - I decided to save the Shirley Jackson for the October readathon. I replaced it with Open Secrets by Alice Munro (short stories)

Bout of Books 34 Updates

Day 1

   Music is History - 40 pgs

   White Nights - 38 pgs (audio)

Pages read today: 78

Day 2

   Music is History - 28 pgs

   White Nights - 43 pgs (audio)

   Subdivision - 13 pgs

Pages read today: 84

Day 3

   Music is History - 54 pgs

   White Nights - 35 pgs (audio)

   Subdivision - 39 pgs

Pages read today: 128

Day 4

   Music is History - 54 pgs

   White Nights - 64 pgs

   Subdivision - 14 pgs

Pages read today: 132

Day 5

   Music is History - 26 pgs

   White Nights - 38 pgs

   Subdivision - 50 pgs

Pages read today: 114

Day 6

   Music is History - 49 pgs, finished

   White Nights - 36 pgs

   Subdivision - 113 pgs, finished

Pages read today: 198

Day 7

   White Nights - 112 pgs

   The Last September - 80 pgs

Pages read today: 192

Final total: 926 pages

Aargh - so close to my 1,000-page goal. Oh well, I'll git 'er next time. 😊

Bout of Books 34 Stack

My stack consists of the seven books I want to finish by the end of this month. Here are the three hard copies, the other four are on Kindle:

Music is History by Questlove (in progress)

White Nights by Ann Cleves (also on audio)

The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

On Kindle:

     The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy

     The Last September by Elizabeth Bowen

     When a Crocodile Eats the Sun by Peter Godwin

     Subdivision by Robert J. Lennon

I usually have a stack of ten, but I'm trying to be realistic about what I can actually finish in May. As always, the goal is 1,000 pages for BoB week. Let's roll (well, in 31 hours)!

Bout of Books 34

 The Bout of Books readathon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It’s a weeklong readathon that begins 12:01am Monday, May 9th and runs through Sunday, May 15th in YOUR time zone. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are reading sprints, Twitter chats, and exclusive Instagram challenges, but they’re all completely optional. For all Bout of Books 34 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

Hours 13 - 24

Since previous update:

State of Terror - 51 pgs (audio)

Such a Fun Age - 53 pgs

Love Literary Style - 127 pgs

Final total, hours: 8 hr 57 min (4 hr 46 min audio, 4 hr 11 min reading)

Final total, pages: 403

Not a bad result. I would have liked to get in another hour or two, but that's always the case!

Hours 1 - 12

State of Terror - 126 pgs (audio)

Such a Fun Age - 46 pgs

Running total, hours: 4 hr 23 min (3 hr 20 min audio, 1 hr 3 min reading)

Running total, pages: 172

I didn't get started until nearly 11:00 a.m. (plan was 6:00!) because I didn't sleep well, got phone calls, etc. Anyway, will keep reading until I drop tonight!

Personal Readathon 4/23/22

It turns out I am alone again for a day and a half this weekend, without any important commitments! So...since it's just a week until the official Dewey's Readathon (in which I am not able to participate), I'm going to have another Personal RAT. Yay! My stack includes a few leftovers from the last one a few weeks ago:

State of Terror by Hilary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny (also on audio)

Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid (also on audio)

Love Literary Style by Karin Gillespie

The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende (also on audio)

On Kindle: The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy

                   Subdivision by J. Robert Lennon

                   The Last September by Elizabeth Bowen

                   With No One As Witness by Elizabeth George

                   Music in History by Ahmir Questlove Thompson

                   When a Crocodile Eats the Sun by Peter Godwin

I'm starting fresh with nothing in progress, so let's see how many pages I can tear through! 😊📚📙📘

Hours 25 - 48

 Since last update:

Void Moon - 9 pages (audio), finished

The Echo Wife - 52 pgs (audio), finished

Go to Sleep: I Miss You - 88 pgs, finished (actually 177 pages, but some pages only had a single cartoon panel so I'm only counting half )

In Concrete - 42 pgs

Mystery of the Moss-covered Mansion - 54 pgs

Me by Elton John - 22 pgs  (audio - I hadn't planned on starting this one during the RAT, but I needed a new audiobook and this was available)

Final total, hours: 10 hr 48 min (3 hr 20 min reading, 7 hr 28 min audio)

Final total, pages: 658

Not stellar totals for 48 hours, but it was fun anyway. I guess I answered my question about whether I would get more done without the social media. The answer is no! It's too easy to give in to distractions when I'm not participating as part of the 'official' event.

Hours 18 - 24

Since last update:

The Sentence - 2 pgs

The Echo Wife - 60 pgs (audio)

Running total, hours: 1 hr 50 min reading, 6 hr 48 min audio

Running total, pages: 400

Since I was gone for almost 3 hours last night, I decided to make this a 48-hour readathon and keep reading today. Why not?! I'm behind on my reading goals for the year, so this will help me catch up. 😀

Hours 10 - 17

 Since last update:

Void Moon - 76 pgs (audio), finished

The Sentence - 54 pgs

Running total, hours: 1 hr 50 min reading, 5 hr 10 min audio

Running total, pages: 338

Hours 1 - 9

Void Moon - 169 pgs (audio)

The Echo Wife - 2 pgs (audio)

In Concrete - 37 pgs

Running total, hours: approx. 45 min reading, 3 hr 34 min audio

Running total, pages: 208

I got invited to dinner tonight, so that will be a 2-hour-ish break. I didn't get much sleep last night, so I can't read for very long at a time anyway. Hoping I can still stay up pretty late! 

Personal Readathon April 9,2022

I am sad about missing the next Dewey's Readathon on April 30th (I will be traveling), so I decided to have a personal RAT this Saturday! It won't be the same without the 'community', but I need a day for nothing but me and my books. The hubs is out of town, and I've worked extra hard this week prepping for carpet cleaning - so I deserve it!

Here's my traditional stack of ten. I'm a mood reader, but also these are just next on my TBR. Who knows if it will strike my fancy to stick to a couple or jump around? TBD!

Void Moon by Michael Connelly (in progress - also on audio)

The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey (in progress, also on audio - Tournament of Books)

Mystery of the Moss-covered Mansion by Carolyn Keene (got to have my traditional Nancy Drew for when I can't concentrate too hard 😉)

Go to Sleep (I Miss You) by Lucy Knisley (graphic)

The Sentence by Louise Erdrich (IRL book group)

State of Terror by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny

On Kindle:  In Concrete by Anna Garreta (Tournament of Books)

                   Subdivision by J. Robert Lennon (Tournament of Books)

                   The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy (1001 books)

                   The Last September by Elizabeth Bowen (1001 books)

ETA 4/8/22 - Photo of the stack:

I'm going to stick with the normal Dewey's schedule and start at 6:00 a.m! With no social media, I'm curious if I'll get more pages read. I suspect it will be about the same as normal, because I get sleepy and have to take plenty of breaks. 😩 Off to try and get a good night's sleep! 

Bout of Books 33 Updates

Day 1

   The Burden of Proof by Scott Turow (on Kindle and audio) - 31 pgs

   Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr - 73 pgs

Pages read today: 104 pgs

Day 2

   The Burden of Proof - 75 pgs

   Cloud Cuckoo Land - 72 pgs

Pages read today: 147

Day 3

   The Burden of Proof - 61 pgs

   Cloud Cuckoo Land - 51 pgs

Pages read today: 112

Day 4

   The Burden of Proof - 49 pgs

   Cloud Cuckoo Land - 35 pgs

   Sad Cypress by Agatha Christie (on Kindle and audio) - 40 pgs

Pages read today: 124

Day 5

   The Burden of Proof - 12 pgs

   Cloud Cuckoo Land - 125 pgs

   Sad Cypress - 63 pgs

Pages read today: 200

Day 6

   The Burden of Proof - 28 pgs

   Cloud Cuckoo Land - 131 pgs

   Sad Cypress  - 68 pgs

Pages read today: 227

Day 7

   The Burden of Proof - 51 pgs

   Cloud Cuckoo Land - 135 pgs, finished

   Sad Cypress - 105 pgs, finished

   Cockroaches by Jo Nesbo (on Kindle and audio) - 15 pgs

Pages read today: 306

Final total: 1,220 pages

I exceeded my goal of 1,000 pages. Yay! It was a great reading week. 📚😊

Bout of Books 33

Just got back from traveling, but I'm ready to start the new year off right with a week of reading as much as possible! As always, my goal will be 1,000 pages. From the website:

The Bout of Books readathon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It’s a weeklong readathon that begins 12:01am Monday, January 3rd and runs through Sunday, January 9th in YOUR time zone. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are reading sprints, Twitter chats, and exclusive Instagram challenges, but they’re all completely optional. For all Bout of Books 33 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team