Sunday, October 25, 2020

Closing Survey

 

All the books we read from

1. How would you assess your reading overall?

I did OK. I finished all but one book I wanted to finish.

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

Yes. Sprinkle a few middle grades in with what I was reading, early and late and it worked.

3. What was your favorite snack?

Orange slices

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

Sure!


Our Bingo Cards

Now back to regular life


Hours 19-20

 

I read for 79 minutes. I read 53 pages in Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark. I was hoping to finish but I'm just too tired.


Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark - 53 pages


669 minutes read

546 pages read

4 books Finished




Hours 16-18

 


I read for 90 minutes. I read 110 pages in Going, Going, Gone! with the Pain and the Great One by Judy Blume and finished it. I read 15 pages in Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark too for a total of 125 pages.


Going, Going, Gone! with the Pain and the Great One by Judy Blume - 110 pages - Finished!

Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark - 15 pages


590 minutes read

493 pages read

4 books Finished







Saturday, October 24, 2020

Hours 13-15

 

Dinner and movie time. I'm on a Horror movie challenge so we had to get one in. So I only read the last hour.


I read for 42 minutes. I read 26 pages in Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark.

Ring Shout - 26 pages


500 minutes read

368 pages read

3 books Finished




Mid-Event Survey

 

1. What are you reading right now?

Just finished The Phantom Prince and still going on Ring Shout.

2. How many books have you read so far?

3

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

I'm intrigued by Ring Shout which is super weird so far.

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

Just rolled with them and tried to keep going.

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

How deeply The Phantom Prince affected me. Also how quickly this day has flown by.

Hours 10-12

 

I read for 136 minutes. I read 66 pages in The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy by Elizabeth Kendall and finished it.


The Phantom Prince - 66 pages - Finished!


458 minutes read

342 pages read

3 books Finished




Such an emotionally powerful book.



Hours 7-9

 

I read for 110 minutes. I read 28 pages in Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark and finished it and 35 pages in The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy by Elizabeth Kendall for a total of 63 pages. We also had lunch.


Ring Shout - 28 pages

The Phantom Prince - 35 pages


322 minutes read

276 pages read

2 books Finished




Hours 4-6

 

I read for 173 minutes. I read 33 pages in Cool Zone with the Pain and the Great One by Judy Blume and finished it. I read 50 pages in The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy by Elizabeth Kendall and 50 pages in Shameless: A Sexual Reformation by Nadia Bolz-Weber and finished that too for a total of 133 pages.


Cool Zone with the Pain and the Great One - 33 pages - Finished!

The Phantom Prince - 50 pages

Shameless - 50 pages - Finished!


212 minutes read

213 pages read

2 books Finished



What a view!



Opening Survey!

 

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

The Woodlands, TX, the Hyaat Place to be exact.

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

Ring Shout

3) Which snack are you most looking forward to?

Orange Slices

4) Tell us a little something about yourself!

I'm a girl who loves to read and who hates mornings. I love animals, Supernatural and soccer - Go Dynamo and Dash!

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?

We're staying at a different hotel and thanks to Covid my bestie isn't with us.

Dewey's 24 Hour Read-A-Thon Hours 1-3

 OK I'm awake...sort of. I slept for the first two hours and just now starting the day. I'll do the survey, eat breakfast and get to reading.


Breakfast in a bag!


I read for 39 minutes and read 80 pages in Cool Zone with the Pain and the Great One by Judy Blume. A nice easy book to start with.





Friday, October 23, 2020

Dewey's 24 Hour Read-A-Thon

 



So like the rest of 2020 nothing is normal for Dewey's. Yes, we're staying in a hotel but thanks to Covid it's just me and Richard. I'll be checking in with Nancy throughout the day though. Still, I'm excited for Dewey's 24 Hour Read-A-Thon to begin!  My TBR is below. Let's make this a good one!