Friday, January 5, 2024

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. 📚 😊

Monday, January 1, 2024

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

Sunday, October 22, 2023

Hours 19 - 24

The Clue in the Jewel Box - 25 pgs
The Stand - 34 pgs
Horse - 35 pgs
Freewater - 50 pgs

Final total, pages: 642
Final total, hours: 13 hr 40 min (9 hr 50 min reading, 3 hr 50 min audio)

Summary:
The hours-read total might be a record for me! I probably should have had just half of that 20-oz Diet Coke at 11:00 p.m. because I didn't sleep at all (although I tried to for about an hour)! I slept a few hours after the RAT was over, though, so I'm ok. I read one full book, and started all nine others in my stack. I had two already in-progress that I had put aside until after the readathon, so that makes a total of 11 books I'm currently-reading - also a record, I think! 😄 I'm especially enjoying Horse, The Great Believers, and The Stand. Can't wait for the next excuse to unplug from the world and hang out with my books! 📚

Hours 13 - 18

Freewater - 10 pgs (audio)
Brida - 65 pgs
The Great Believers - 36 pgs
The Bandit Queens - 43 pgs

Running total, pages: 498
Running total, hours: 7 hr 30 min reading, 2 hr 54 min audio

Just had a Diet Coke and hope to get at least a few more hours in. I'm enjoying all my books!


Saturday, October 21, 2023

Hours 7 - 12

Whereabouts - 54 pgs, finished (audio)
Every Day in Tuscany - 45 pgs
The Stand - 47 pgs

Running total, pages: 344
Running total, hours: 4 hr 20 min reading, 3 hr 21 min audio

I'm enjoying all the books so far! I'll probably continue jumping around during the second half of the RAT. Luckily, my books are all different enough I can get away with that.

Hours 1 - 6

Circe - 51 pgs
Horse - 44 pgs
Whereabouts - 103 pgs (audio)

Running total, pages: 198
Running total, hours: 2 hr reading, 1 hr 45 min audio

I've decided on 6-hour updates this time. I got a slow start, as I read for an hour then slept for an hour (I think I did the same thing last readathon). I'm going to get dressed (it's noon) and go for an "audiowalk" to finish up Whereabouts

(I'm posting this late, so ignore the time stamp.)

Sunday, October 15, 2023

Dewey's Readathon October 21, 2023

 Here's the stack!

Bottom to top:

Circe by Madeline Miller
Horse by Geraldine Brooks
The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff
Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri (also on audio)
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
Brida by Paulo Coelho (also on audio)
Every Day in Tuscany by Frances Mayes
Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson (also on audio) - 2023 Newbery winner
The Clue in the Jewel Box by Carolyn Keene - Nancy is my wee-hours companion 
The Stand by Stephen King (original, uncut version)

Looking forward to the start in 5 days, 16 hours, and 13 minutes! 😀