Hours 19 - 24 and Wrap-Up

Love Medicine - 11 pgs

Born to Run - 31 pgs (audio)

Final total, pages: 505

Final total, hours: 10 hr 34 min (6 hr 30 min reading, 4 hr 4 min audio)

Here's what I read:

Love Medicine - 60 pgs

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass - 76 pgs

Trespasses - 116 pgs

Birnam Wood - 97 pgs

Parrot and Olivier in America - 96 pgs (audio)

Born to Run - 60 pgs (audio)

I didn't finish a single book, but that gives me an excuse to keep reading! I got a bit headachey late last night and had to sleep for 5 hours, but I did make it back for the last hour.

Hours 13 - 18

Parrot and Olivier in America - 34 pgs (audio)

Born to Run - 29 pgs (audio)

Trespasses - 47 pgs

Running total, pages: 463

I'm feeling a little headachy. May have to snooze for a bit. 

Hours 7 - 12

Parrot and Olivier in America - 6 pgs (audio)

Trespasses - 69 pgs

Birnam Wood - 97 pgs 

Running total, pages: 353

Hours 1 - 6

Love Medicine - 49 pgs

Alice's Adventure in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass - 76 pgs

Parrot and Olivier in America - 56 pgs (audio)

Total pages: 181

I'll calculate hours at the end. The last two hours have sped by with shower, breakfast, and a family phone call. Hoping to really focus this afternoon!

Dewey's Readathon - 10/26/24

 Here's my traditional stack of 10 so I'll have plenty to choose from:

From bottom to top:

Solutions and Other Problems - Allie Brosh (graphic)

Trespasses - Louise Kenndy

Love Medicine - Louise Erdrich

Birnam Wood - Eleanor Catton

North Woods - Daniel Mason

James - Percival Everett

Death Comes as the End - Agatha Christie

Parrot and Olivier in America - Peter Carey (also on audio)

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass - Lewis Carroll

Born to Run - Christopher McDougall (Kindle and audio)

Looking forward to 6:00 a.m. tomorrow. I'm all in for this one!

Bout of Books 41 Updates

I will greatly miss Bout of Books. I'll probably continue doing my own version here occasionally. I find readathons of various lengths incredibly motivating to get through more pages than normal. Hopefully, I can find a replacement for BoB on Discord.

Day 1

Surrender by Bono (audiobook) - 64 pgs

Would It Kill You to Stop Doing That? by Henry Alford - 9 pgs

Pages read today: 73 

Day 2

Surrender - 22 pgs

Would It Kill You to Stop Doing That? - 3 pgs

Wellness by Nathan Hill - 8 pgs

Pages read today: 33

Day 3

Surrender - 20 pgs

Day 4

Surrender - 19 pgs

Would It Kill You to Stop Doing That? - 34 pgs

Precious and Grace by Alexander McCall Smith (audiobook) - 5 pgs

Pages read today: 58

Day 5

Surrender - 11 pgs

Would It Kill You to Stop Doing That? - 18 pgs

Precious and Grace - 29 pgs

Pages read today: 58

Day 6

Surrender - 92 pgs, Finished

Would It Kill You to Stop Doing That? - 11 pgs

Wellness - 18 pgs

Precious and Grace - 31 pgs

Pages read today: 152

Day 7

Wellness - 123 pgs, Finished

Precious and Grace - 32 pgs

Remarkably Bright Creatures - 105 pgs

Pages read today: 162

Final total: 556 pages

Bout of Books 41

 I'm signing up for the final Bout of Books this week 😭 It's been fun participating over the years, but I suppose all good things must come to an end. 

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 19th and runs through Sunday, August 25th in YOUR time zone. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are reading sprints, daily Discord questions, and exclusive Instagram challenges, but they’re all completely optional. For all Bout of Books 41 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

Hours 19 - 24

The Eyes & the Impossible - 53 pgs

Total pages: 394

Total hours: 8 hr 23 min (3 hr 37 min reading, 4 hr 46 min audio)

Not TOO bad, but hopefully I'll be more on my game for the next readathon!

Hours 14 - 18

Happiness Falls - 25 pgs, finished

Nemesis (audio) - 96 pgs, finished

Total pages so far: 341

I'm happy I finished two in-progress books! I must sleep for a bit now, and hopefully make it back for the last hour. 

Hours 7 - 13

Happiness Falls - 69 pgs

Nemesis (audio) - 60 pgs

Total pages so far: 220

I'm not able to totally focus today (mostly because of fatigue), but hopefully I'll get a second wind this evening.

Hours 1 - 6

I stupidly had two cups of tea with dinner last night, and then couldn't sleep. So...I started quite late this morning, hence the low page count for six hours (!)

Happiness Falls - 49 pgs

Nemesis (audio) - 42 pgs

Running total, pages: 91

I'll calculate hours at the end. 

Dewey's Readathon - April 13, 2024

Here's the stack. 

The Stand by Stephen King (audio - in progress)

Nemesis by Jo Nesbo (audio - in progress)

Happiness Falls by Angie Kim (in progress)

The Hollow by Agatha Christie (audio)

Wellness by Nathan Hill

All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby

Kingdom of Shadows by Alan Furst

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

The Eyes & the Impossible by Dave Eggers (Newbery winner)

The Secret in the Old Attic by Carolyn Keene

The RAT starts in 5 hours! Must try to get a little shut-eye.

Bout of Books 39 Updates

 Day 1

   Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady by Samuel Richardson (in progress) - 8 pgs

Day 2

   Clarissa - 11 pgs

   Brida by Paul Coelho - audio (in progress) - 8 pgs

Read today: 19 pgs

Day 3

   Brida - 90 pgs 

   My Name is Barbra by Barbra Streisand (audio) - 8 pgs

Read today: 98 pgs

Day 4

   Brida - 48 pgs, finished

   My Name is Barbra - 5 pgs

Read today: 53 pgs

Day 5

   My Name is Barbra - 47 pgs

   Circe by Madeline Miller (in progress) - 12 pgs

Read today: 59 pgs

Day 6

   My Name is Barbra - 46 pgs

   Circe - 24 pgs

Read today: 70 pgs

Day 7

   My Name is Barbra - 40 pgs

   The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai (in progress) - 13 pgs

Read today: 53 pgs

Final total: 360 pages

Pretty dismal total, when my goal is always 1,000 pages! However, I did the best I could with the time I had (not much). I will be at a wedding during Bout of Books 40, but hope to be back for #41. 📚 😊

Bout of Books 39

I almost forgot about Bout of Books! The first day is already over, but I can't resist trying to participate the rest of the week. With a busy schedule, we'll see how many pages I can get through! 😏

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 1st and runs through Sunday, January 7th in YOUR time zone. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are reading sprints, daily Discord questions, and exclusive Instagram challenges, but they’re all completely optional. For all Bout of Books 39 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team