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)