Reverse Read-A-Thon Opening Survey

 

Opening Survey!

1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today?

The Woodlands, TX

Home tonight and at our local Starbucks tomorrow. It's a rare event for us to not be there on a Saturday and if we don't show up they might send a search party out!

2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?

Binti: Home 

I read the first in the trilogy last month and was surprised how much I liked it.

3) Which snack are you most looking forward to?

Hmmm, we didn't really plan snacks this time. Will probably pick somethig up from Target pickup tomorrow. Oh, or maybe we'll get cookies from Crumble! That's a new fav. (We ordered Crumbl)

4) Tell us a little something about yourself!

It's disgustingly hot in Texas right now so it's the perfect time to stay inside and read.

I have 6 books I need to read/start reading before the end of the month.

I real all over the place, totally different genres and that makes me happy.

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?

It's rare for me to not plan snack food for a RAT. I'm blaming the heat!

My TBR

Bout of Books Update #7 & Wrap Up

 

I read 153 pages in The Secret Keeper of Jaipur by Alka Joshi and 32 pages in The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes.

My goal for this Bout of Books was to finish Mary Jane and Across the Green Grass Fields. I did both, plus finished three other books and got over half way into The Secret Keeper of Jaipur and a little ways into The Shining Girls. I loved what I read this time and was in such a reading mood. It's my best Bout of Books total ever.

185 pages read today

1007 pages read total 

5 Books Finished

Bout of Books Update #6

 

I read 107 pages in and finished Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire.

107 pages read today

822 pages read total 

5 Books Finished

Up to date on this series now.

Bout of Books Update #5

 

I read 41 pages in Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau and finished it. I started Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire and read 43 pages. I also started The Secret Keeper of Jaipur by Alka Joshi and read 47 pages in it.

131 pages read today

715 pages read total 

4 Books Finished

Loved this book!

Bout of Books Update #4

 

I read 98 pages in Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau.

98 pages read today

584 pages read total 

3 Books Finished

Bout of Books Update #3

 

I read 74 pages in Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau. Slow day of reading but I am enjoying my book.

74 pages read today

486 pages read total 

3 Books Finished

Bout of Books Update #2

 I read 18 pages in Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau, read 74 pages in Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire and finished it and started and finished Inheritance: A Visual Poem by Elizabeth Acevedo for 48 pages.

140 pages read today

412 pages read total 

3 Books Finished

Bout of Books Update #1

 

I read 26 pages in Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau, Started and finished Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts by Rebecca Hall for 208 pages and read 38 pages in Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire.

272 pages read today

1 Book Finished

This book was amazing.

I'm Taking Part in Bout of Books!

 

This will be our 23st time taking part in Bout of Books!

The Bout of Books readathon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It’s a weeklong readathon that begins 12:01am Monday, May 9th and runs through Sunday, May 15th in YOUR time zone. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are reading sprints, Twitter chats, and exclusive Instagram challenges, but they’re all completely optional. For all Bout of Books 34 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

Closing Survey

 

1. How would you assess your reading overall?

Great! I finished the two books I really wanted to, added another and started a third.

2. Did you have a strategy, and if so, did you stick to it?

I did. I had a goal to finish the two I did and picked books I really enjoyed.

3. What was your favorite snack?

Apples with carmel dip.

4. Did you add any new books to your TBR/wishlist after seeing what everyone else is reading?

I did! A Thousand Sisters: The Heroic Airwomen of the Soviet Union in World War II by Elizabeth Wein

5. What was your favorite book or experience from this readathon?

Run by John Lewis. Absolutely life changing.

I enjoyed the hotel we stayed at and would definitely go back.

Hours 19 & 20

 

I finished Drama, which was really cute but ended kind of weird. Then I started Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire. I'm calling it a night now.

I read for 74 minutes

I read 140 pages

3 book Finished

Snacky Snack

Book #3

The Required Sock Pic

Hours 16-18

 

I finished March which was just so good. My fav book of the year so far. I switched to something lighter, Drama by Raina Telgemeier

I read for 127 minutes

I read 109 pages

2 book Finished

Cheesecake break!

Amazing book

Hours 13-15

 Dinner time! I'm on the last stretch of Run which has small writing and definitely inspired discussion, so slowing down a bit but it's so good!

I read for 160 minutes

I read 53 pages

1 book Finished

Mid-Event Survey!

 

What are you reading right now?

Run by John Lewis

How many books have you read so far?

Finished 1 and am almost half way through a second.

What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the readathon?

Finishing Run, which so far I like even more than the March triology. After than either Wake or Across the Green Grass Fields

Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those?

A few from moving from home, to Starbucks then the hotel. But our room here is comfy and quiet so that's nice.

What surprises you most about the readathon, so far?

How much I've enjoyed the books I've read so far.

Hours 10-12

I finished Maus II which was amazing and got into Run by John Lewis. 

I read for 154 minutes

I read 109 pages

1 book Finished

So good

Snacky Snack

Hours 7-9

 

This hour we went packed up, went to Starbucks, picked up dinner for later then headed to the hotel. Hoping for some uninterrupted reading time now.

I read for 103 minutes

I read 50 pages

My new shirt for today.

Hours 4-6

 

Starting out with Maus II.

I read for 95 minutes

I read 50 pages

Hour 1-3

 I was sleeping. But here's my TBR.

Opening Survey!

 

What fine part of the world are you reading from today?

The Woodlands, TX Starting the day out at home, then heading to Starbucks for a bit and spending the evening at a hotel.

Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?

Maus II

Which snack are you most looking forward to?

Carmel dip and apples

Tell us a little something about yourself!

I hate mornings so sleep through the first couple of hours. I've tried starting at 8 before and I wind up falling back asleep. So now I just start between 10-11.

I love this readathon and look forward to it all year long. My husband and best friend take part too and we wouldn't miss it.

If you participated in the last readathon, what’s one thing you’ll do different today? If this is your first readathon, what are you most looking forward to?

Staying at a hotel again which generally works really well for us.

Dewey's 24 Hour Read-A-Thon

 

It's almost time for Dewey's! I'm signed up and ready to go!

Bout of Books Update #7 & Wrap Up

I read 153 pages in Gone Crazy in Alabama by Rita Williams-Garcia and read 52 pages in Shiver by Allie Reynolds.

I wanted to finish The Echo wife and Rock Paper Scissors during this Bout of Books and accomplished both. I also got over half into Gone Crazy in Alabama and got a start on Shiver. Not a bad week.

205 pages read today

689 pages read total 

2 Books Finished

Bout of Books Update #6

 I read 115 pages in Rock Paper Scissors and finished it and started Gone Crazy in Alabama by Rita Williams-Garcia and read 12 pages in that.

127 pages read today

484 pages read total 

2 Books Finished

Bout of Books Update #5

 I read 73 pages in The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey and finished it and 12 pages in Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney. 

85 pages read today

357 pages read total 

1 Books Finished

Bout of Books Update #4

 

I read 44 pages in The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey.

44 pages read today

272 pages read total 

Bout of Books Update #3

 

I read 84 pages in Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney. Chemo day with my mom so not as much reading today.

84 pages read today

228 pages read total 

Bout of Books Update #2

 

I read 31 pages in The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey and 21 pages in Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney.

52 pages read today

144 pages read total 

Bout of Books Update #1

 

I read 64 pages in The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey and 28 pages in Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney. 

92 pages read today

I'm Taking Part in Bout of Books!

 

This will be our 22st time taking part in Bout of Books!

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 3rd and runs through Sunday, January 9th in YOUR time zone. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are reading sprints, Twitter chats, and exclusive Instagram challenges, but they’re all completely optional. For all Bout of Books 33 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

Closing Survey

1. How would you assess your reading overall?

Pretty good considering I came in in a reading slump.

2. Did you have a strategy, and if so, did you stick to it?

Read and just enjoy myself and I did.

3. What was your favorite snack?

Truffles

4. Did you add any new books to your TBR/wishlist after seeing what everyone else is reading?

For once I didn't.

5. What was your favorite book or experience from this readathon?

I'm a Therapist, and My Patient is Going to be the Next School Shooter by Dr. Harper

All the books we read

Hour 15 - 18

The BBs enjoyed their first readathon.

I finished I'm a Therapist, and My Patient is Going to be the Next School Shooter by Dr. Harper. I really enjoyed it. It's not for everyone. It's really weird but it really worked for me. I started In the Hall with the Knife by Diana Peterfreund and really like it a lot so far. I read for 100 minutes and 83 pages.

342 minutes

I read 402 pages

3 books Finished

Finished

Socks!

Mid Event Survey

1. What are you reading right now? 

I'm a Therapist, and My Patient is Going to be the Next School Shooter by Dr. Harper

2. How many books have you read so far?

Finished 2 and almost done with a third

3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Read-a-thon? 

Finishing my current one. It's so good!

4. Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those? 

Sure but I just roll with them.

5. What surprises you most about the Read-a-thon, so far?

Usually I check in a lot more. I'm enjoying doing things a bit differently this time.

Hour 9-14

My other reading buddy, Benny

I started and finished Diary of a Tokyo Teen by Christine Mari Inzer. It was a really cool look at her trip to Japan after living there as a child. I also started and am well into I'm a Therapist, and My Patient is Going to be the Next School Shooter by Dr. Harper. I'm really enjoying it and can't wait to see how it all turns out. I read for 54 minutes and read 247 pages.

242 minutes

319 pages

2 books Finished

Finished

Our goodie tray

Hour 1 - 8

 

Billie, my reading buddy

This will not be the most organized RAT for me. But I finished a book! I slept for the first few hours, got up, had breakfast and then read. I finished How to Hang a Witch by Adriana Mather.

I read for 188 minutes

I read 72 pages

1 book Finished

Breakfast

Finished!

Opening Event Survey

 

1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today?

My home in The Woodlands, Texas

2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?

Diary of a Tokyo Teen

3) Which snack are you most looking forward to?

Fudge and Truffles

4) Tell us a little something about yourself!

I have finished exactly one book this month, which is insane for me. But it's been an awful month. 

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?

No expectations, no goals. I just want to enjoy the day.

My TBR Pile

Dewey's 24 Hour Read-A-Thon

I'm all signed up for Dewey's. I'll post a TBR pile later.

Bout of Books Update #7

 

I read 26 pages in American Queen by Sierra Simone and started and read 115 pages in Undercover Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams and finished it. I started Polly's March by Linda Newbery and read 110 pages in it.

251 pages read today

929 pages read total 

3 Books Finished

Bout of Books Update #6

 

I read 25 pages in American Queen by Sierra Simone and started and read 116 pages in Undercover Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams

141 pages read today

678 pages read total 

2 Books Finished

Bout of Books Update #5

 

I read 13 pages in American Queen by Sierra Simone and started and read 107 pages in Undercover Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams

120 pages read today

537 pages read total 

2 Books Finished

Bout of Books Update #4

 

I read 138 pages in The Perfect Place to Die by Bryce Moore and finished it.

138 pages read today

417 pages read total 

2 Books Finished

Bout of Books Update #3

 

I read 57 pages in The Perfect Place to Die by Bryce Moore and 35 pages in American Queen by Sierra Simone. 

92 pages read today

279 pages read total 

1 Book Finished

Bout of Books Update #2

 

I read 50 pages in The Perfect Place to Die by Bryce Moore, 34 pages in With the Enemy by Eva Gray and finished it and started American Queen by Sierra Simone and read 5 pages in it. 

89 pages read today

187 pages read total 

1 Book Finished

Bout of Books Update #1

 

I read 57 pages in The Perfect Place to Die by Bryce Moore and 41 pages in With the Enemy by Eva Gray. 

98 pages read today

I'm Taking Part in Bout of Books

 

This will be our 21st time taking part in Bout of Books!

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 16th and runs through Sunday, August 22nd in YOUR time zone. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are reading sprints, Twitter chats, and exclusive Instagram challenges, but they’re all completely optional. For all Bout of Books 32 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

Reverse Read-A-Thon Opening Survey

 

1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today?

The Woodlands, TX

2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?

Finishing The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

3) Which snack are you most looking forward to?

Cinnamon Bears

4) Tell us a little something about yourself!

I'm finishing up GISH this weekend too so will be balancing that with the RAT.

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?

Glad to have my bestie back with us at our house this year!

Bout of Books Update #5 & Wrap Up

 I read 17 pages in I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara. Right after this I left town for a few days for a vacation with the girls and no reading took place.

17 pages read today

494 pages read total 

2 books finished

What a vacation!

Bout of Books Update #4

 

I read 44 pages in I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara and 55 pages Shine your Icy Crown by Amanda Lovelace and finished it.

99 pages read today

477 pages read total 

2 books finished

Bout of Books Update #3

I read 49 pages in I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara and 75 pages Shine your Icy Crown by Amanda Lovelace. 

124 pages read today

378 pages read total 

1 book finished

Bout of Books Update #2

 

I read 32 pages in I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara and 81 pages in Displacement by Lucy Knisley and finished it.

113 pages read today

254 pages read total 

Bout of Books Update #1

 

I read 61 pages in I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara and 80 pages in Displacement by Lucy Knisley. 

141 pages read today

I'm taking part in Bout of Books!

 

This will be the twentieth time I've taken part on Bout of Books and I can't wait to get started! I will be away Fri-Sun so won't get as much read as normal but will do what I can.

The Bout of Books readathon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It’s a weeklong readathon that begins 12:01am Monday, May 10th and runs through Sunday, May 16th in YOUR time zone. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are reading sprints, Twitter chats, and exclusive Instagram challenges, but they’re all completely optional. For all Bout of Books 31 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

Closing Survey

How would you assess your reading overall? 

Way less than normal. This RAT was so much about getting to see my best friend again. I had a good time and I'm fine with that. 

Did you have a strategy, and if so, did you stick to it? 

Oh, I did. I planned to focus on Addie Larue and finishing it. That didn't happen. 

What was your favorite snack? Banana Dip 

Wanna volunteer for our next event? Stay tuned for the recap post!