Hours 1, 2, and 3

Progress:

The Martian - 20 pgs
Jacob Have I Loved - 76 pgs

Hours: - 1 hr 5min reading, 50 min audio

I'm a bit frustrated at the moment. I listened to audio on my iPod while walking the dog, and when I got back I checked my paper copy of the book to see how many pages I'd "read", only to find out my audiobook is abridged!  So, now I'm going back and reading the parts I missed. I do not do abridged! So, I'm sort of really past page 76.  Oh well, my totals will all work out in the end. Hope everyone is having a great RAT so far. The time is already going too fast!

Introductory Meme

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? X  by Sue Grafton
3) Which snack are you most looking forward to? Skinny Pop and Peanut M&M's (not at the same time!)
4) Tell us a little something about yourself! I have a tough time sleeping the night before the Readathon because I am so excited! Hence, I've never been able to make it the whole 24 hours.
5) If you participated in the last read-a-thon, what’s one thing you’ll do different today? If this is your first read-a-thon, what are you most looking forward to? I just hope to get more pages read than the last few times.

The RAT stack!

Here is my usual stack of ten. I have my little RAT traditions and choosing ten books is one of them (even though I won't come close to reading them all).  It's a good number for including lots of variety, and should cover every mood and level of fatigue (I hope).

1. X by Sue Grafton - I have read all others in this series, and another tradition is that when a new Grafton comes out I read it during the RAT.
2.  Ford County by John Grisham - short stories
3.  The Martian by Andy Weir -  recommended and looks interesting
4.  March:  Book Two by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell -  I recently enjoyed Book One, so am ready read the next one.  For the first time, I have added 3 graphic novels to my stack for even more variety (books 4, 5, and 6).
5.  An Age of License by Lucy Knisley
6.  Relish by Lucy Knisley
7.  The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare - Books 7 and 8 are Newbery Medal winners (I'm working on a project to read them all)
8.  Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson
9.  The Secret of Red Gate Farm by Carolyn Keene - Another RAT tradition: Nancy Drew for the wee hours!
10.  Death in the Clouds by Agatha Christie (not pictured because it's on my Kindle)  What mystery lover doesn't adore Agatha Christie?!

I also have the two Newbery winners and the Nancy Drew on audio for when I walk the dog or just need to rest my eyes.  Looking forward to checking out what everyone else is reading!  I suspect there will be others reading The Martian.

Almost time for Dewey's Read-a-thon!

I just signed up for the next Dewey's Read-a-thon!  I love this event and since I had to miss the last one in April, I'm REALLY looking forward to October 17.  I'm always very productive the week before, so I won't feel a bit guilty about dropping everything for 24 hours and doing nothing but reading and talking about reading (ok, and maybe sleeping just a little...).  What makes it even more amazing is knowing that hundreds of people around the world will be doing the same thing.  From planning the books stack and snacks to cruising around other blogs, cheering, mini-challenging, checking on the entertaining hourly updates by the co-hosts, and of course READING - it's all fun, fun fun! And as an extra bonus, the last time I participated I won two prizes! The hosts of this event (Andi and Heather - lookin' at you) are incredible. Did I mention I can't wait?

Bout of Books 13 Updates

Monday (Day 1)
Books finished/ in progress:    
     The Deeds of the Disturber by Elizabeth Peters - Last 155 pgs, Finished
     Towards Zero by Agatha Christie - 12 pgs
     The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown (audiobook) - 14 pgs
Total pages read:  181

 Tuesday (Day 2)
Books finished/ in progress:    
     Towards Zero - 210 pgs, Finished
     The Boys in the Boat - 22 pgs
     The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Spear - 14 pgs
Pages read today:  246
Total pages read:  427

Wednesday (Day 3)
Books in progress:
      The Boys in the Boat - 40 pgs
      The Witch of Blackbird Pond - 56 pgs
      All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr - 10 pgs
Pages read today: 106
Total pages read:  533

Thursday (Day 4)
     The Boys in the Boat - 30 pgs
     The Witch of Blackbird Pond - 20 pgs
     All the Light We Cannot See - 17 pgs
Pages read today: 67
Total pages read:  600

Friday (Day 5)
     The Witch of Blackbird Pond - 159 pgs, Finished
     The Boys in the Boat - 10 pgs
     All the Light We Cannot See - 10 pgs
Pages read today: 179
Total pages read:  779 

Saturday (Day 6)
     The Boys in the Boat - 45 pgs
     All the Light We Cannot See - 30 pgs
Pages read today: 75
Total pages read:  854

Sunday (Day 7)
     The Boys in the Boat - 70 pgs
     All the Light We Cannot See - 66 pgs
Pages read today: 136
Grand total pages read:  990

I can't believe I missed my goal by 10 pages!  Oh well, it was still a pretty good reading week. I finished 3 books and read part of 2 others.  Hopefully, I can do even better in the next BoB. 

Bout of Books 13 - Day 1 Challenge - Bookish Survey

1. How do you organize your shelves? Not very well, I'm afraid.  My newer acquisitions are sort of in one bookcase, and the older stuff is mixed up everywhere else. I need to make the time to organize them properly!
2. What is one of your favorite books that’s not in one of your favorite genres? Recently, I read the 3 books in the Crank Trilogy by Ellen Hopkins. I don't read much YA or poetry (and about drug addiction, no less), but I found these books riveting.
3. What is the last 5 star book you read? Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson.
4. What book are you most excited to read during the read-a-thon? All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
5. What book do you recommend the most? Lately, I'd say it's And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini.

Bout of Books 13 Goals

I know an "official" goals post isn't required, but having a plan helps motivate me.  I hope to read at least 1000 pages from the following books (not sure which ones - depends on my mood!) The first two are already in progress.

      


 
 

Quite a variety! I'm on a quest to read all the Newbery winners (I'm almost half done), so I had to stick one of those in here. The books listed are the ones I'd like to finish before the end of May, so let's see what progress I can make next week.