Readathon Wrap-up

I can’t say that I read as much as I would have liked this readathon – my time being punctuated by some good old fashioned family interruptions – but I had fun all the same. I do so enjoy the dedicated reading time the readathon affords.

I had no real aims except to try to meet last years results (which I did not) and get through some books from my tbr pile (which I did).

 

I’d like to thank all the AMAZING cheerleaders who came to visit over the past 24 hours – you’re all the best cheerleaders I ever did see!

Readathon Update #4

Accumulated Reading Hours: 15

Books finished this session: 1 (and a half)
Pages read this session: 246

Accumulated Pages Read: 846
Total Books Read: 3.5

Flowers for Algenon – Daniel Keyes
Dresden Files Graphic Novels: Welcome to the Jungle – Jim Butcher and Ardian Syaf
The Colour Purple – Alice Walker

Currently Reading: 
Chronicles of Avonlea – L.M. Montgomery

Readathon Update #3

Accumulated Reading Hours: 10

Books finished this session: 1 (and a half)
Pages read this session: 340

Accumulated Pages Read: 600
Total Books Read: 2

Flowers for Algenon – Daniel Keyes
Dresden Files Graphic Novels: Welcome to the Jungle – Jim Butcher and Ardian Syaf

Currently Reading: 
Chronicles of Avonlea – L.M. Montgomery

&

The Colour Purple – Alice Walker

 

Notes:

• discovered I’m not a fan of T.S. Eliot
• my cat was true to form and showed her jealousy of the readathon. Don’t read, pay attention to me!

Readathon Update #1

Accumulated Reading Hours: 5

Books finished this session: 1
Pages read this session: 216

Accumulated Pages Read: 216
Total Books Read: 1

Flowers for Algenon – Daniel Keyes

Currently Reading:
Chronicles of Avonlea – L.M. Montgomery

24 Hour Readathon

This is my second attempt at the readathon – any excuse to have a  designated reading day! Last round I managed to read six books off my tbr list so this time I’m aiming for seven… okay, to be honest I’ll be happy to get through whatever I get through.

Like any animal settling in for their hibernation I’ve set up my nest with all the essentials: blanket (yes, the same comfy blanket that was dragged out for last time), pillow, cat, chocolate, tea (well soon), and of course BOOKS.

 

This is the pile I picked out, but now that I look at it, I realise that a fair few of them are ‘in between books’ that I picked out at the library this week, I’ll likely do some wondering to the bookshelf.

The pile as it stands

• Flowers for Algenon – Daniel Keyes
• The Colour Purple – Alice Walker
• Avalon High Graphic Novels #1-3 – Meg Cabot and Jinky Coronado
• The Chronicles of Avonlea – L.M. Montgomery*
• Selected Poems – T.S. Eliot
• Elizabethan Sonnets – Maurice Evans
• Collected Poems – Sylvia Plath
• The Dresden Files Graphic Novels: Welcome to the Jungle – Jim Butcher

 

 

*I know the picture has Anne of Avonlea but I picked up the wrong one and I’m too lazy to retake the photo – you’ll forgive me, yes?

Musing Mondays (April 5)

Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about the upcoming readathon.

Are you planning on participating in the upcoming readathon? Why not tell us a little about your plans: reading solo or with a partner/group? How long to do plan to read? Do you have your books chosen? If not reading, do you plan to be a cheerleader? The floor is yours.

PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT with either the link to your own Musing Mondays post, or share your opinion in a comment here (if you don’t have a blog). Thanks.

 

I really enjoyed participating in last years Readathon and so I’ve definitely signed up for the one on the 10th. I haven’t made any concrete plans yet, beyond a general ‘hmm, I might read [insert book from trb pile here]’. This is, in fact, the main reason I’m asking this question – I like to hear what other’s have in mind.

I do plan on reading books from my tbr pile – it’s getting to the ‘staggering’ end of the spectrum – with some poetry (already borrowed from the library) in between.

I’ll be reading solo again this readathon, but my family were very good last year in leaving me be and providing regular cups of tea, so I imagine things will go well.

Readathon Wrapup

I don’t know about the rest of you, but I had an amazing time during the readathon. I will definitely be back next April (I’ve had some sleep, BethF, so I can say that now!).

My aim for the readathon was to read 5 books, and managed to read 6, so I’m pretty happy on that front. Hunger Games and Paper Towns are warring for top billing at the moment, but reviews will be coming this week for the following:

I’d like to thank the readathon organisers for the amazing work they did in getting the event up and running, and of course Dewey, without whom we wouldn’t have the readathon at all.

I’d also like to give special thanks to all the cheerleaders who came and cheered me on – especially those whose rallying came in verse and blessing form (amazing!).

Traditional read-a-thon blessing:

May the bookshelf be there to greet you.
May all the books appeal.
May the fridge be full of tasty snacks;
the words fall soft upon your eyes and until the read-a-thon ends,
may you always hold a book in the palm of your hand.
(from softdrink @ Fizzy Thoughts)

Books are awesome
Books are great
Congratulations on reading so much
You’re first rate!
(from softdrink @ Fizzy Thoughts)

May you wake up with more hours in which to read.
(from Nise’ @ Under the Boardwalk)

 

I’ll be heading off to visit all your blogs over the next week. My amazing cheerleaders:

 

Diane @ The Book Resort
Kaye @ Pudgy Penguin Perusals
Caite @ a lovely shore breeze…
Christina @ Reading Thu The Night
softdrink @ Fizzy Thoughts
Amy @ The House of the Seven Tails
Kailana @ Kailana’s Book List Obsession
Laza @ Gimme More Books
Linda @ Silly Little Mischief
Katrina @ bloody bad
Elizabeth @ Thoughts from an Evil Overlord
Trisha @ eclectic / ecentric
Nise’ @ Under the Boardwalk
Aarti @ B O O K L U S T
Lenore @ Presenting Lenore
Staci @ Life in the Thumb
BethF @ Beth Fish Reads

and, of course, everyone in the Twitter playground!

Readathon Update 9

Accumulated Reading Hours: 19

Books finished this session: 2 
Pages read this session: 294

Accumulated Pages Read: 1530
Total Books Read: 6

The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins
The Good Neighbours, Book 1: Kin – Holly Black and Ted Naifeh
Coraline – Neil Gaiman
Mr. Popper’s Penguins – Richard and Florence Atwell
Paper Towns – John Green
Star Trek: The Next Generation, Vol 1: The Hero Factor – Michael Jan Friedman and Pablo Marcos

Currently Reading:
Love is Hell – Marr et al

Readathon Update 8

Accumulated Reading Hours: 16

Books finished this session: 0 
Pages read this session: 110

Accumulated Pages Read: 1236
Total Books Read: 4

The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins
The Good Neighbours, Book 1: Kin – Holly Black and Ted Naifeh
Coraline – Neil Gaiman
Mr. Popper’s Penguins – Richard and Florence Atwell

Currently Reading:
Paper Towns – John Green

Readathon Update 7

 

Accumulated Reading Hours: 14

Books finished this session: 0
Pages read this session: 110

Accumulated Pages Read: 1120
Total Books Read: 4

The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins
The Good Neighbours, Book 1: Kin – Holly Black and Ted Naifeh
Coraline – Neil Gaiman
Mr. Popper’s Penguins – Richard and Florence Atwell

Currently Reading:
Paper Towns – John Green

Readathon Update 6

 

Accumulated Reading Hours: 12

Books finished this session: 1
Pages read this session: 174

Accumulated Pages Read: 1010
Total Books Read: 4

The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins
The Good Neighbours, Book 1: Kin – Holly Black and Ted Naifeh
Coraline – Neil Gaiman
Mr. Popper’s Penguins – Richard and Florence Atwell

Currently Reading:
Paper Towns – John Green

Readathon Update 5

 

Accumulated Reading Hours: 10

Books finished this session: 1
Pages read this session: 211

Accumulated Pages Read: 836
Total Books Read: 3

The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins
The Good Neighbours, Book 1: Kin – Holly Black and Ted Naifeh
Coraline – Neil Gaiman

Currently Reading:
Mr Popper’s Penguins – Richard and Florence Atwell

Readathon Update 4

Had a slight accident with my ‘nap’ – turns out if you program your alarm, but don’t actually set it, it doesn’t work – oops! Slept for five hours, instead of three like I’d intended, but I’m back in the game now.

 

Accumulated Reading Hours: 8

Books finished this session: 2
Pages read this session: 223

Accumulated Pages Read: 625
Total Books Read: 2

The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins
The Good Neighbours, Book 1: Kin – Holly Black and Ted Naifeh

Currently Reading:
Coraline – Neil Gaiman

Mini-Challenge

Bart’s Bookshelf challenges us to construct a book title out of three or four books on our tbr pile… this is my attempt:

Love is Hell (The Ninth Circle): Tips on Having a Gay (ex) Boyfriend

Readathon Update 2

  
Readathon Hour: 5
Accumulated Reading Hours: 4

Books finished this session: 0
Pages read this session: 134

Accumulated Pages Read: 268
Total Books Read: 0

Currently Reading:
The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins

Readathon Update 1

Readathon Hour: 3
Accumulated Reading Hours: 2

Books finished this session: 0
Pages read this session: 134

Accumulated Pages Read: 134
Total Books Read: 0

Currently Reading:
The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins

Readathon Update 0

Readathon Hour: 0
Accumulated Reading Hours: 0

Books finished this session: 0
Pages read this session: 0

Accumulated Pages Read: 0
Total Books Read: 0

One… Two… Three… GO!

And we’re off! My first readathon! Whoo hoo!!! … can you tell I’m excited?

Last night I set up my staging area (yes, last night – leave me alone! I’m very excited!) so my readathon could start right on the dot – 11pm here in case you’re wondering.

I’ve taken up residence in the most comfy chair, with my favourite pillow and my favourite blanket – all of which involved undertaking battle with the cat to acquire. But I won (barely) and should be nice and cosy.

 

And, of course, the number one ingredient for the readathon: a lovely stack of books!

I didn’t list them before in case I changed/added to them (which I did) but here’s the final list. There’s far more than I could ever dream of reading (I’m aiming for 4 or 5), but I sure had fun picking them.

• Richard Atwell – Mr. Popper’s Penguin
• Alex Bell – The Ninth Circle
• Holly Black – The Good Neighbours, Book 1: Kin
• Jim Butcher – Fool Moon
• Meg Cabot – Boy Meets Girl
• Suzanne Collins - Hunger Games
• Kate DiCamillo – The Tale of Desperaux
• F. Scott Fitzgerald – The Great Gatsby
• Michael Jan Friedman –Star Trek: The Next Generation – The Hero Factor
• Michael Jan Friedman –Star Trek: The Next Generation – Maelstrom
• Neil Gaiman – Coraline
• John Green – Paper Towns
• Joe Haldeman – The Accidental Time Machine
• Charlaine Harris – Living Dead in Dallas
• Mallory Hoffman – Touched by a Vampire
• Carrie Jones – Tips on Having a Gay (ex) Boyfriend
• Diane Wynne Jones – Howl’s Moving Castle
• Hugh Lofting – Doctor Dolittle
• Marr et al – Love is Hell
• Arthur Miller – The Crucible
• Christopher Paolini - Eragon
• Sylvia Plath - Ariel
• Emily Rodda – The Key to Rondo

Prizes for Read-a-thon

The 24 Hour Read-a-thon was looking for some international prize senders and so I’ve donated some beaded bookmarks for Australian winners.

I’m not handling the allocating of prizes, that’s all being done by the read-a-thon officials, but I’m posting them here so you can see all the same.

Good luck!

 
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Read-a-thon Booklist

I’m very excited to be participating in the upcoming read-a-thon, and have been trying to decide on a list of books. Well. I picked out far more than I’ll ever get through, but I like choice!

And because I’m sure to change my mind between now and Saturday, I’m going to hold off on the titles until then. But who knows, you’ll may be able to guess from the thumbnails.