Alright, so if you're not following me on social media you might not know that I meant to take a quick nap - an hour, two at most - and then accidentally slept from like 9 - 1 and that was after not getting any reading done since four.
But I woke up with new found strength to read! And I made tea, caffeine! (Caffeine that is slightly nicer on my stomach then coffee, huzzah)
Books:
Locke and Key, Volume 4: Keys to the Kingdom by Joe Hill, Gabriel Rodriguez (finished - 64 pages)
Nameless #5 by Grant Morrison Chris Burnham (started and finished - 32 pages)
Locke and Key, Volume 5: Clockworks by Joe Hill, Gabriel Rodriguez (started and finished - 160 pages)
Locke and Key, Volume 6: Alpha & Omega by Joe Hill, Gabriel Rodriguez (started and finished - 192 pages)
# of Pages Read: 448
# of Books Read: 3
Time Spent Reading: 2 hours, 5 minutes
Total # Pages Read: 1, 387
Total # Books Read: 8
Total Time Spent Reading: 7 hours, 25 minutes
Notes:
Can we just talk about Locke and Key? Why did I wait so damn long to finish up this series? It turned into my goal of this read-a-thon, because I knew I wouldn't unless I read them all back to back, and I really needed to reread the first few, too.
Basically, completely spoiler free, just fucking read it. This series is incredible, funny at points, but also ripped my heart out. I want to read more because I'm awake now, but I have to process that a little first. So we'll see how that goes.
Anyway - besides me gushing about Locke and Key (and sobbing) and the fact that I slept a good few hours without meaning to: what are you reading? Still awake? Or heading off to bed? Let me know what you just finished, currently reading, any and either way!
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Sunday, October 18, 2015
Saturday, October 17, 2015
Dewey's readathon | Update | 12pm - 4pm
Whew, this is going up a little late because I stopped to write down stuff and then decided to just finish the graphic novel I was currently reading before doing this. It was definitely a successful few hours, I didn't do much else but read. I did get a shit ton of that done, though.
Books:
Virgil by Steve Orlando, J.D. Faith (started and finished - 104 pages)
Locke and Key, Volume One: Welcome To Lovecraft by Joe Hill, Gabriel Rodriguez (started and finished - 168 pages)
All New Hawkeye #4 by Jeff Lemire, Ramon Perez (started and finished - 25 pages)
Locke and Key, Volume Two: Head Games by Joe Hill, Gabriel Rodriguez (started and finished - 160 pages)
Locke and Key, Volume Three: Crown of Shadows by Joe Hill, Gabriel Rodriguez (started and finished - 152 pages)
Locke and Key, Volume Four: Keys to the Kingdom by Joe Hill, Gabriel Rodriquez (started - 88 pages)
# of Pages Read: 697
# of Books Read: 4
Time Spent Reading: 2 hours, 50 minutes
Total # Pages Read: 939
Total # Books Read: 5
Total Time Spent Reading: 5 hours, 20 minutes
Notes:
Whew, I think I need a little break before continuing. Volumes 1 - 3 of Locke and Key were rereads, but rereading them I realized how very little I remembered (so little, holy shit), and it's so damn good. I can't wait to get to volumes five and six after a break, a well deserved break that was a lot of reading back to back. Virgil was fantastic, as well, though - so much good comic reading just happened. I might need a nap or just something not reading, though, maybe I'll save the nap for later
Books:
Virgil by Steve Orlando, J.D. Faith (started and finished - 104 pages)
Locke and Key, Volume One: Welcome To Lovecraft by Joe Hill, Gabriel Rodriguez (started and finished - 168 pages)
All New Hawkeye #4 by Jeff Lemire, Ramon Perez (started and finished - 25 pages)
Locke and Key, Volume Two: Head Games by Joe Hill, Gabriel Rodriguez (started and finished - 160 pages)
Locke and Key, Volume Three: Crown of Shadows by Joe Hill, Gabriel Rodriguez (started and finished - 152 pages)
Locke and Key, Volume Four: Keys to the Kingdom by Joe Hill, Gabriel Rodriquez (started - 88 pages)
# of Pages Read: 697
# of Books Read: 4
Time Spent Reading: 2 hours, 50 minutes
Total # Pages Read: 939
Total # Books Read: 5
Total Time Spent Reading: 5 hours, 20 minutes
Notes:
Whew, I think I need a little break before continuing. Volumes 1 - 3 of Locke and Key were rereads, but rereading them I realized how very little I remembered (so little, holy shit), and it's so damn good. I can't wait to get to volumes five and six after a break, a well deserved break that was a lot of reading back to back. Virgil was fantastic, as well, though - so much good comic reading just happened. I might need a nap or just something not reading, though, maybe I'll save the nap for later
Dewey's readathon | Update | 8am - 12pm
Update number one, which means we are four hours into this thing. I hope everyones reading is going well and, if not, I hope your day is going well.
I started not at exactly 8, still trying to do some things on the computer - writing a few words and commenting on a few blogs before closing it until I had to write this update. I still think it was definitely a successful few hours, though.
Books:
Shadows of Self by Brandon Sanderson (finished - 242 pages)
# of Pages Read: 242
# of Books Read: 1
Time Spent Reading: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Notes:
Shadows of Self was the only book I'd been reading before the read-a-thon started, so I wanted to polish it off first so I could get into other things. I'm definitely going to have to go back and connect things and probably look up stuff on the 17th Shard - I need a few minutes to process and then graphic novels, maybe a single issue or two, and starting another book!
What are you reading?
I started not at exactly 8, still trying to do some things on the computer - writing a few words and commenting on a few blogs before closing it until I had to write this update. I still think it was definitely a successful few hours, though.
Books:
Shadows of Self by Brandon Sanderson (finished - 242 pages)
# of Pages Read: 242
# of Books Read: 1
Time Spent Reading: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Notes:
Shadows of Self was the only book I'd been reading before the read-a-thon started, so I wanted to polish it off first so I could get into other things. I'm definitely going to have to go back and connect things and probably look up stuff on the 17th Shard - I need a few minutes to process and then graphic novels, maybe a single issue or two, and starting another book!
What are you reading?
Saturday, April 25, 2015
Dewey's Read-A-Thon Update | 12pm - 4pm
I'm not sure how to count single issues, but since I've technically only read one (the others I'm counting as their trades because I read all of them, anyway, easier), I'm just going to count it as one. And we will go from there. So it was a good four hours.
Books:
Prometheus: Fire and Flood OMEGA by Kelly Sue DeConnick (started and finished - 44 pages)
Birthright, Vol 1: Homecoming by Joshua Williamson (started and finished - 128 pages)
Ask the Passengers by A.S. King (finished - 253 pages)
Sex and Violence by Carrie Mesrobian (started - 37 pages)
# of Pages Read: 462
# of Books Read: 3
Time Spent Reading: 3 hours, 30 minutes
Total # Pages Read: 931
Total # Books Read: 5
Time Spent Reading: 3 hours, 30 minutes
This read-a-thon is going shockingly good so far, considering how much reading wasn't happening for me. Although, I did also finish my reread of IT in four days, so I guess I was pre-gaming for this a little. Really loved Ask the Passengers, and I'm intrigued by Sex and Violence but not too far into it. I don't really know what to expect, I might pick up something else, we shall see in a few hours when I update here again.
Hope your read-a-thon (or just day) is going great. Reading anything good? (I hope so)
Books:
Prometheus: Fire and Flood OMEGA by Kelly Sue DeConnick (started and finished - 44 pages)
Birthright, Vol 1: Homecoming by Joshua Williamson (started and finished - 128 pages)
Ask the Passengers by A.S. King (finished - 253 pages)
Sex and Violence by Carrie Mesrobian (started - 37 pages)
# of Pages Read: 462
# of Books Read: 3
Time Spent Reading: 3 hours, 30 minutes
Total # Pages Read: 931
Total # Books Read: 5
Time Spent Reading: 3 hours, 30 minutes
This read-a-thon is going shockingly good so far, considering how much reading wasn't happening for me. Although, I did also finish my reread of IT in four days, so I guess I was pre-gaming for this a little. Really loved Ask the Passengers, and I'm intrigued by Sex and Violence but not too far into it. I don't really know what to expect, I might pick up something else, we shall see in a few hours when I update here again.
Hope your read-a-thon (or just day) is going great. Reading anything good? (I hope so)
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
September 2014 Read-A-Thons Update Post (treesofreverie) (3)
This is part three of my September read-a-thon update posts. Whew, that's a mouth full. It's been a great month so far! And the treesofreverie read-a-thon pretty much finishes out the month (ending the 28th). Tackle Your TBR is officially over, sadly. (Wrap-up post here) There's some overlapping for books for these two read-a-thons, because they did overlap.
Sunday, September 21st
Number Of Books Read Today: 1
Total Number of Books Read (treesofreverie): 9
Pages Read Today: 355
Total Number of Pages Read (trees): 2,951
Books(today):
Purity in Death (In Death #15) by J.D. Robb (started and finished - 355 pages)
Notes:
I finally got back to the In Death series - I really like this series, mostly for the characters, but also the plots are always really interesting in every book that I've read so far. Which is impressive for the number, also I'm told they stay fantastic - there are like 40 books in this series (no, really).
I finally got back to the In Death series - I really like this series, mostly for the characters, but also the plots are always really interesting in every book that I've read so far. Which is impressive for the number, also I'm told they stay fantastic - there are like 40 books in this series (no, really).
Monday, September 22nd
Number Of Books Read Today: 0
Total Number of Books Read (treesofreverie): 9
Pages Read Today: 80
Total Number of Pages Read (trees): 3,031
Books(today):
Portrait in Death (In Death #16) by J.D. Robb (started - 80 pages)
Portrait in Death (In Death #16) by J.D. Robb (started - 80 pages)
Notes:
It wasn't a great day for reading or really anything - I had a headache that I just couldn't shape. Anyway, I'm enjoying this so far, I don't know what'll happen tomorrow. Hopefully no headache.
Tuesday, September 23rd
Didn't get anything read but a few page, which I'm just going to count for tomorrow since it was less then ten. I hope you all day better reading days, and day in general (I didn't read much before I had a headache, such).
Wednesday, September 24th
Number Of Books Read Today: 2
Total Number of Books Read (treesofreverie): 11
Pages Read Today: 427
Total Number of Pages Read (trees): 3,458
Books(today):
Portrait in Death (In Death #16) by J.D. Robb (finished - 267 pages)
The Little World of Liz Climo by Liz Climo (started and finished - 160)
Portrait in Death (In Death #16) by J.D. Robb (finished - 267 pages)
The Little World of Liz Climo by Liz Climo (started and finished - 160)
Notes:
I'm so glad I'm back into the In Death books, even though it's completely thrown off my plan for the last week of the month. I'd missed these characters, a lot more then I thought. Portrait in Death was fantastic, possibly my favorite so far but there have been some really good ones before.
The Little World of Liz Climo is really just a book compiling all of her adorable, awesome illustrations. She has a Tumblr - it's adorable and full of her stuff, you should check it out (unless you have something to do right now, you might want to save it for later, you'll get lost).
I'm so glad I'm back into the In Death books, even though it's completely thrown off my plan for the last week of the month. I'd missed these characters, a lot more then I thought. Portrait in Death was fantastic, possibly my favorite so far but there have been some really good ones before.
The Little World of Liz Climo is really just a book compiling all of her adorable, awesome illustrations. She has a Tumblr - it's adorable and full of her stuff, you should check it out (unless you have something to do right now, you might want to save it for later, you'll get lost).
Thursday, September 25th
Number Of Books Read Today: 1
Total Number of Books Read (treesofreverie): 12
Pages Read Today: 181
Total Number of Pages Read (trees): 3,639
Books(today):
Girl on Tour (Kylie Ryan #2) by Caisey Quinn (started and finished - 181)
Girl on Tour (Kylie Ryan #2) by Caisey Quinn (started and finished - 181)
Notes:
4am, when probably a good 85% of bad decisions, if not more, are made. I couldn't sleep, so I picked this up. I forget when I read the first one, but I hadn't been planning on continuing the series. I haven't found many New Adult books I enjoy, and I don't really understand the genre (it's - it's just romance). Anyway - this was... whatever. I gave it 2/5 stars, read it in probably an hour and a half, maybe two. I'll probably read the last one at some point just to finish it, we'll see.
I think I might be able to get to 200 books for 2014 this month? It seems insane to me. This has been such a strange year, but wonderful for reading.
4am, when probably a good 85% of bad decisions, if not more, are made. I couldn't sleep, so I picked this up. I forget when I read the first one, but I hadn't been planning on continuing the series. I haven't found many New Adult books I enjoy, and I don't really understand the genre (it's - it's just romance). Anyway - this was... whatever. I gave it 2/5 stars, read it in probably an hour and a half, maybe two. I'll probably read the last one at some point just to finish it, we'll see.
I think I might be able to get to 200 books for 2014 this month? It seems insane to me. This has been such a strange year, but wonderful for reading.
Friday, September 26th
I didn't read anything today - I meant to, I went to, but I got completely distracted by
Saturday, September 27th
Number Of Books Read Today: 1
Total Number of Books Read (treesofreverie): 13
Pages Read Today: 342
Total Number of Pages Read (trees): 3,981
Books(today):
Imitation in Death (In Death #17) by J.D. Robb
Notes:
This book was so good. This series is just - really good. It can be cheesy at points and eye roll inducing at others - but mostly I just love the characters too much so I just love those moments. It's great fun, I promise.
This book was so good. This series is just - really good. It can be cheesy at points and eye roll inducing at others - but mostly I just love the characters too much so I just love those moments. It's great fun, I promise.
Sunday, September 28th
Number Of Books Read Today: 0
Total Number of Books Read (treesofreverie): 13
Pages Read Today: 124
Total Number of Pages Read (trees): 4,105
Books(today):
Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson
Notes:
Ah - Sanderson. If you follow me at all, or have seen just about any post from me, you might know of my obsession with Brandon Sanderson. I haven't finished really all of his currently published works, I'm making my way through the list, but I just keep loving them all. So much goodness. I'd suggest giving him a try, start anywhere, read everything.
And, uh, I kind of forgot this was the last day of the read-a-thon. My sleep has been a bit messed up, insomnia has been kicking my ass, so that's what I'm blaming because I didn't sleep and then slept late. And there was something else I wanted to add and promptly forgot, so I guess I'm going to leave it there.
Anyway - read-a-thon complete. I'm think I'll post a full wrap-up in a few days, probably. I'm quite happy with what I read, anyway, and I hope you had fun if you participated. Or, at least, had a good week.
Ah - Sanderson. If you follow me at all, or have seen just about any post from me, you might know of my obsession with Brandon Sanderson. I haven't finished really all of his currently published works, I'm making my way through the list, but I just keep loving them all. So much goodness. I'd suggest giving him a try, start anywhere, read everything.
And, uh, I kind of forgot this was the last day of the read-a-thon. My sleep has been a bit messed up, insomnia has been kicking my ass, so that's what I'm blaming because I didn't sleep and then slept late. And there was something else I wanted to add and promptly forgot, so I guess I'm going to leave it there.
Anyway - read-a-thon complete. I'm think I'll post a full wrap-up in a few days, probably. I'm quite happy with what I read, anyway, and I hope you had fun if you participated. Or, at least, had a good week.
Saturday, August 30, 2014
Beat the Heat Read-A-Thon: Update Post (2)
So this is going to wrap up the last few days of the read-a-thon. I'm not going to do a while wrap-up, because I already have my final Bout of Books wrap-up and I'll have a monthly wrap-up going up. It's been a great reading month and I had a ton of fun participating in these read-a-thons.
Update Post (1)
Beat the Heat announcement post
First off - I didn't read anything Monday or Tuesday and only few page Wednesday, so I'm just going to lump in those handfull of pages with Thursday.
Thursday, August 28th:
Number of Books Read Today: 2
Total Number of Books: 22
Pages Read Today: 304
Total Number of Pages: 5,611
Books(today):
The Importance of Being Ernest by Oscar Wilde (started and finished - 93 pages)
Ariel: The Restored Edition by Sylvia Plath (started and finished - 211 pages)
Notes:
I had a weird amount of fun reading today, considering what I was reading for most of the day, but I've discovered I love Plath's poems!
Friday, August 29th:
Didn't end up reading anything, sadly, was a bit of a hectic, not fun day.
End:
I didn't read much more, just some of The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson (I got to mage 289). So I didn't finish anything else, but I think 22 is a very good number, so I'm not too upset about it.
Total Number of Pages Read: 5,900
This was a lot of fun, though, I love read-a-thons. Anyone know of any in September?
August Wrap-Up
Update Post (1)
Beat the Heat announcement post
First off - I didn't read anything Monday or Tuesday and only few page Wednesday, so I'm just going to lump in those handfull of pages with Thursday.
Thursday, August 28th:
Number of Books Read Today: 2
Total Number of Books: 22
Pages Read Today: 304
Total Number of Pages: 5,611
Books(today):
The Importance of Being Ernest by Oscar Wilde (started and finished - 93 pages)
Ariel: The Restored Edition by Sylvia Plath (started and finished - 211 pages)
Notes:
I had a weird amount of fun reading today, considering what I was reading for most of the day, but I've discovered I love Plath's poems!
Friday, August 29th:
Didn't end up reading anything, sadly, was a bit of a hectic, not fun day.
End:
I didn't read much more, just some of The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson (I got to mage 289). So I didn't finish anything else, but I think 22 is a very good number, so I'm not too upset about it.
Total Number of Pages Read: 5,900
This was a lot of fun, though, I love read-a-thons. Anyone know of any in September?
August Wrap-Up
Friday, July 25, 2014
Update Two: treesofreverie read-a-thon
My BookTubeAThon updates were also treesofreverie updates, but now that BookTubeAThon is over and I have read things to update you on. First off, I'm not going to list all the books I read during the week of BookTubeAThon, because I've already done that (at the bottom of this post there will be links to the BookTubeAThon updates, the wrap up has a list of all the books I read during that week).
Monday, July 21st - day twelve
Books:
Legends of Zita the Spacegirl (Zita #2) by Ben Hatke (started and finished - 224 pages)
The Return of Zita the Spacegirl (Zita #3) by Ben Hatke (started and finished - 240 pages)
Playing with Fire (Skulduggery Pleasant #2) by Derek Landy (started - 183 pages)
It was a much better reading day then I expected because I didn't actually start reading until 8pm, I took most of the day to relax after the insanity that was the last week. However - I got way more read then I expected. I really loved the Zita the Spacegirl series, and the ending left me very happy, I'd definitely recommend this series.
I feel like I accidentally was taking part in the UnderHyped read-a-thon, the whole Zita series don't have as many reviews as I expected. I'm not taking part in it officially, though, even though I'm going to be keeping up with the people that are - I'm thinking of continuing my reread of Cassie Clare's books and then moving onto the ones I haven't read (Never read Clockwork Princess, I just knew it was going to hurt, and now I only vaguely remember the first two books).
Total pages for the day: 647
read-a-thon total: 5,472
Tuesday, July 22nd - day thirteen
I did not get as much reading done today as I wanted to, or expected to. It ended up being a surprisngly stressful day, actually stressful enough I couldn't focus on reading (normally I read to ignore stress). Anyway - hopefully tomorrow will be better, though I did read some.
Books:
Playing with Fire (Skulduggery Pleasant #2) by Derek Landy (continued - 117 pages)
Day total: 117
read-a-thon total: 5,589
Wednesday, July 23rd - day fourteen
Another day! I got a surprising amount read, considering how much time I spent on my laptop.
Books:
Playing with Fire (SP #2) by Derek Landy (finished - 103 pages)
Clockwork Angel (Infernal Devices #1) by Cassandra Clare (started and finished - 479 pages)
Day total: 582
read-a-thon total: 6,171
books finished: 20
Thursday, July 24th - day fifteen
And another day, another book finished, I'm weirdly proud of it considering how long it was! Though, Clockwork Angel was almost as long.
Books:
Clockwork Prince (ID #2) by Cassandra Clare (started and finished - 500 pages)
Day total: 500
read-a-thon total: 6,671
books finished: 21
I'm going to link my join BookTubeAThon / treesofreverie updates here, because I don't want to make this post longer by listing books I already have.
BookTubeAThon wrap up.
Day Six
Day Five
Day Four
Day Three
Day Two
Day One
First treesofreverieupdate
Challenges/Prompts I've completed:
Read a popular or well-known book
Read a book you’ve heard a lot of good things about
Read a book you’ve never heard of before
Read a book from your Goodreads to-read shelf
Read one of your best friend’s favourite books
Pick up a book that looks like a fun/light read
Pick a colour and choose a book with that colour on it’s cover
Read a book you’ve been meaning to read
Finish an entire book in ONE day
Read a book by an author you haven’t read before
Read outside (this one didn't last long, because sunlight, bugs)
Read out loud (read a minimum of one full page!)
Finish a book in a series you’ve not yet completed
Read a graphic novel or manga
Read a book in the Fantasy genre
Read a book in the Contemporary genre
Read a book written by or focusing on POC
Take pictures of your reading progress
Show off your books by taking more pictures
Read a book you’ve been avoiding
Read a book with an LGBTQ+ character
Monday, July 21st - day twelve
Books:
Legends of Zita the Spacegirl (Zita #2) by Ben Hatke (started and finished - 224 pages)
The Return of Zita the Spacegirl (Zita #3) by Ben Hatke (started and finished - 240 pages)
Playing with Fire (Skulduggery Pleasant #2) by Derek Landy (started - 183 pages)
It was a much better reading day then I expected because I didn't actually start reading until 8pm, I took most of the day to relax after the insanity that was the last week. However - I got way more read then I expected. I really loved the Zita the Spacegirl series, and the ending left me very happy, I'd definitely recommend this series.
I feel like I accidentally was taking part in the UnderHyped read-a-thon, the whole Zita series don't have as many reviews as I expected. I'm not taking part in it officially, though, even though I'm going to be keeping up with the people that are - I'm thinking of continuing my reread of Cassie Clare's books and then moving onto the ones I haven't read (Never read Clockwork Princess, I just knew it was going to hurt, and now I only vaguely remember the first two books).
Total pages for the day: 647
read-a-thon total: 5,472
Tuesday, July 22nd - day thirteen
I did not get as much reading done today as I wanted to, or expected to. It ended up being a surprisngly stressful day, actually stressful enough I couldn't focus on reading (normally I read to ignore stress). Anyway - hopefully tomorrow will be better, though I did read some.
Books:
Playing with Fire (Skulduggery Pleasant #2) by Derek Landy (continued - 117 pages)
Day total: 117
read-a-thon total: 5,589
Wednesday, July 23rd - day fourteen
Another day! I got a surprising amount read, considering how much time I spent on my laptop.
Books:
Playing with Fire (SP #2) by Derek Landy (finished - 103 pages)
Clockwork Angel (Infernal Devices #1) by Cassandra Clare (started and finished - 479 pages)
Day total: 582
read-a-thon total: 6,171
books finished: 20
Thursday, July 24th - day fifteen
And another day, another book finished, I'm weirdly proud of it considering how long it was! Though, Clockwork Angel was almost as long.
Books:
Clockwork Prince (ID #2) by Cassandra Clare (started and finished - 500 pages)
Day total: 500
read-a-thon total: 6,671
books finished: 21
I'm going to link my join BookTubeAThon / treesofreverie updates here, because I don't want to make this post longer by listing books I already have.
BookTubeAThon wrap up.
Day Six
Day Five
Day Four
Day Three
Day Two
Day One
First treesofreverieupdate
Challenges/Prompts I've completed:
Read a popular or well-known book
Read a book you’ve heard a lot of good things about
Read a book you’ve never heard of before
Read a book from your Goodreads to-read shelf
Read one of your best friend’s favourite books
Pick up a book that looks like a fun/light read
Pick a colour and choose a book with that colour on it’s cover
Read a book you’ve been meaning to read
Finish an entire book in ONE day
Read a book by an author you haven’t read before
Read outside (this one didn't last long, because sunlight, bugs)
Read out loud (read a minimum of one full page!)
Finish a book in a series you’ve not yet completed
Read a graphic novel or manga
Read a book in the Fantasy genre
Read a book in the Contemporary genre
Read a book written by or focusing on POC
Take pictures of your reading progress
Show off your books by taking more pictures
Read a book you’ve been avoiding
Read a book with an LGBTQ+ character
Sunday, April 27, 2014
Dewey's Read-a-Thon Final Wrap-Up (and 4am - 8am)
After I finished The Walking Dead: Book One, I felt like I was kind of done, but I'd just made coffee. I'm also someone who when I see a goal that is not impossible by physics, then I'll probably try it. And, man, I was so close to having read 2,000 pages in 24 hours. Could you imagine how cool that would have been?
I mean freaking insane, but really what else did you expect?
I had such a hard time concentrating, and not much was read in these last few hours, so I thought I'd just write up what happened.
I read maybe 20/30 pages in The Walking Dead: Book Two but there aren't page number so I'm not really sure. But we're going to just go with twenty pages, screw it, and it probably took like twenty minutes / half an hour with how I am right now. (I cannot tell you how sleep deprived I am right now. And possibly got a cold or something happening, so I'm not at the height of anything).
I also ended up listening to a prequel to the Chaos Walking series, called The New World, which was 45 minutes long. And, according to Goodreads 25 pages long, but since I listened to it - I'm just going to add that time to the 'time spent reading.'
Total pages read: 1,636
Total time spent reading: 13 hours 45 minutes
Number of Books Finished: 7
Books Finished:
The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking #1) by Patrick Ness (had started before - 306 pages)
Zom-B by Darren Shan (174 pages)
Cold War by Adam Christopher (novella, 39 pages)
God Save the Queen (Immortal Empire #1) by Kate Locke (354 pages)
The Queen is Dead (Immoral Empire #2) by Kate Locke (337 pages)
The Walking Dead: Book One by Robert Kirkman (304 pages)
The New World (Chaos Walking #0.5) by Patrick Ness (45 minutes)
Started but didn't finish:
The Burning Dark by Adam Christopher (58 pages)
Working for the Devil (Dante Valentine #1) by Lilith Saintcrow ( pages)
Comments:
Dewey's read-a-thon is the only 24 hour read-a-thon I've ever taken a part in, but it doesn't change the fact that I adore it. I love that there are cheerleaders and that it's so organized because it's been running now for a few years. And, most of all - everyone on twitter and all those other social media websites talking about what they're reading and everyone's so freaking nice, it's the main reason I was so drawn to the blogging community when I made this blog in 2011.
There are two main, and favorite, read-a-thons that I take part in. And I adore them both, and they're completely different, and I love them for different reasons. Dewey's is fast, specific, draining but rewarding. And Bout of Books, my other favorite (the next one in May!) is longer so there's more time to read, and the twitter chats (it sounds silly, but I hadn't participated really in them until the last time or two and they're incredible amount of fun. Everyone's so nice and talking about books. I mean what more could you want?)
Anyway - I don't really know what the point of this is, except to just kind of write a love letter to read-a-thons apparently. It's 5am, I've been up since 7:30 am yesterday, and I didn't sleep good that night.
Basically, I love read-a-thons. And I love beating my own past records and stats and reading a ridiculous number of books and possibly forgetting to eat.
Also, if you want to see my progress in more real time, then there are places for that: Goodreads, Twitter, Instagram.
And... Go!
8am - 12pm
12pm - 4pm
4pm - 8pm
8pm -12am
12am - 4am
I mean freaking insane, but really what else did you expect?
I had such a hard time concentrating, and not much was read in these last few hours, so I thought I'd just write up what happened.
I read maybe 20/30 pages in The Walking Dead: Book Two but there aren't page number so I'm not really sure. But we're going to just go with twenty pages, screw it, and it probably took like twenty minutes / half an hour with how I am right now. (I cannot tell you how sleep deprived I am right now. And possibly got a cold or something happening, so I'm not at the height of anything).
I also ended up listening to a prequel to the Chaos Walking series, called The New World, which was 45 minutes long. And, according to Goodreads 25 pages long, but since I listened to it - I'm just going to add that time to the 'time spent reading.'
Total pages read: 1,636
Total time spent reading: 13 hours 45 minutes
Number of Books Finished: 7
Books Finished:
The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking #1) by Patrick Ness (had started before - 306 pages)
Zom-B by Darren Shan (174 pages)
Cold War by Adam Christopher (novella, 39 pages)
God Save the Queen (Immortal Empire #1) by Kate Locke (354 pages)
The Queen is Dead (Immoral Empire #2) by Kate Locke (337 pages)
The Walking Dead: Book One by Robert Kirkman (304 pages)
The New World (Chaos Walking #0.5) by Patrick Ness (45 minutes)
Started but didn't finish:
The Burning Dark by Adam Christopher (58 pages)
Working for the Devil (Dante Valentine #1) by Lilith Saintcrow ( pages)
Comments:
Dewey's read-a-thon is the only 24 hour read-a-thon I've ever taken a part in, but it doesn't change the fact that I adore it. I love that there are cheerleaders and that it's so organized because it's been running now for a few years. And, most of all - everyone on twitter and all those other social media websites talking about what they're reading and everyone's so freaking nice, it's the main reason I was so drawn to the blogging community when I made this blog in 2011.
There are two main, and favorite, read-a-thons that I take part in. And I adore them both, and they're completely different, and I love them for different reasons. Dewey's is fast, specific, draining but rewarding. And Bout of Books, my other favorite (the next one in May!) is longer so there's more time to read, and the twitter chats (it sounds silly, but I hadn't participated really in them until the last time or two and they're incredible amount of fun. Everyone's so nice and talking about books. I mean what more could you want?)
Anyway - I don't really know what the point of this is, except to just kind of write a love letter to read-a-thons apparently. It's 5am, I've been up since 7:30 am yesterday, and I didn't sleep good that night.
Basically, I love read-a-thons. And I love beating my own past records and stats and reading a ridiculous number of books and possibly forgetting to eat.
Also, if you want to see my progress in more real time, then there are places for that: Goodreads, Twitter, Instagram.
And... Go!
8am - 12pm
12pm - 4pm
4pm - 8pm
8pm -12am
12am - 4am
Dewey's Read-A-Thon Update: 12am - 4am
I took a slight nap, it felt more like just a rest. I just laid down and set my alarm for an hour. It's been a rough four hours, though, let me tell you. I definitely am feeling that 'I need sleep' feeling right about now, it also doesn't help that I didn't sleep well last night. Anyway - stats time~
Books:
Working for the Devil (Dante Valentine #1) by Lilith Saintcrow (started - 47 pages)
The Walking Dead: Book One by Robert Kirkman (finished - 304 pages)
Working for the Devil (Dante Valentine #1) by Lilith Saintcrow (started - 47 pages)
The Walking Dead: Book One by Robert Kirkman (finished - 304 pages)
Pages read: 351
Time spent reading: about 2 hours
Number of Book(s) finished: 1
Number of Book(s) finished: 1
Total pages read: 1,616
Total time spent reading: (about) 12 hours, 40 minutes
Books Finished: 6
Comments:
I've read Working for the Devil before, but I don't remeber the finer details. Hell, I don't remember any of the details, honestly, and I wanted to continue with the series and the next, and I thought read-a-thons might be a good place to do just that. However - I was going to pass out if I didn't read something a little quicker: a comic book. Surprisingly, my first of the day, but they are good to save for these early morning hours.
I hope you're all doing well or sleeping soundly, having nice dreams of books and chocolate.
Also, if you want to see my progress in more real time, then there are places for that: Goodreads, Twitter, Instagram.
And... Go!
8am - 12pm
12pm - 4pm
4pm - 8pm
8pm -12am
I've read Working for the Devil before, but I don't remeber the finer details. Hell, I don't remember any of the details, honestly, and I wanted to continue with the series and the next, and I thought read-a-thons might be a good place to do just that. However - I was going to pass out if I didn't read something a little quicker: a comic book. Surprisingly, my first of the day, but they are good to save for these early morning hours.
I hope you're all doing well or sleeping soundly, having nice dreams of books and chocolate.
Also, if you want to see my progress in more real time, then there are places for that: Goodreads, Twitter, Instagram.
And... Go!
8am - 12pm
12pm - 4pm
4pm - 8pm
8pm -12am
Dewey's Read-a-Thon Update: 8pm - 12am
Books:
The Queen is Dead (Immortal Empire #2) by Kate Locke (finished - 265 pages)
Pages read: 265
Number of Book(s) Finished: 1
Number of Book(s) Finished: 1
Time spent reading: 2 hours
Total pages read: 1,265
Total time spent reading: 10 hours, 40 minutes
Books Finished: 5
Comments:
I rally loved this book, it was such a fantastic read. I'm already starting to drag, though, I'm tired. Hopefully I can keep going to finish at least one more book. I'm not sure if I'll make it for the whol 24 hours, but I'd like to just finish one more book. (It would make my books read for 2014 an even 70, and I love the even number thing).
Also, if you want to see my progress in more real time, then there are places for that: Goodreads, Twitter, Instagram.
And... Go!
8am - 12pm
12pm - 4pm
4pm - 8pm
I rally loved this book, it was such a fantastic read. I'm already starting to drag, though, I'm tired. Hopefully I can keep going to finish at least one more book. I'm not sure if I'll make it for the whol 24 hours, but I'd like to just finish one more book. (It would make my books read for 2014 an even 70, and I love the even number thing).
Also, if you want to see my progress in more real time, then there are places for that: Goodreads, Twitter, Instagram.
And... Go!
8am - 12pm
12pm - 4pm
4pm - 8pm
Saturday, April 26, 2014
Dewey's Read-A-Thon Update: 12pm - 4pm
I wasn't feeling so great pretty suddenly, but now it's starting to get a little bit weird. And heavy SciFi is much slower to read for me then most things.
Books:
Books:
Cold War by Adam Christopher (finished - 39 pages)
The Burning Dark by Adam Christopher (started - 58 pages)
God Save the Queen (The Immortal Empire #1) by Kate Locke (started - 68 pages)
Pages read: 165
The Burning Dark by Adam Christopher (started - 58 pages)
God Save the Queen (The Immortal Empire #1) by Kate Locke (started - 68 pages)
Pages read: 165
Time spent reading: 2 hours
Number of Book(s) finished: 1
Total pages read: 645
Total time spent reading: 5 hours, 20 minutes
Total Number of Books Finished: 3
Comments:
As you can see it was a much slower reading time for me, and I read less then I did during the last chunk, but I'm just starting to really get into God Save The Queen, so hopefully I can fly through it and maybe it's sequel now. I just wasn't getting into The Burning Dark easily and, during a read-a-thon, speed is kind of key. I'll probably just continue The Burning Dark after this read-a-thon.
Also, if you want to see my progress in more real time, then there are places for that: Goodreads, Twitter, Instagram.
And... Go!
8am - 12pm
And... Go!
8am - 12pm
Dewey's Read-A-Thon Update: 8am - 12pm
I got up a little before the start time and was ready to go pretty quickly, so I ended up checking up on Tumblr. And there are so many people this year, it's incredible and awesome. Anyway - onto the stats of the last four hours.
Books:
The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking #1) by Patrick Ness (finished - 306 pages)
Zom-B (Zom-B #1) by Darren Shan (finished - 174)
Zom-B (Zom-B #1) by Darren Shan (finished - 174)
Pages read: 306 + 174 = 480
Time spent reading: 3 hours, 20 minutes
Number of Books Finished: 2
Comments:
It was definitely a good start to this read-a-thon for me. And not just because I finished two books, also because The Knife of Never Letting Go was just so, so good and I'm so glad I randomly ended up picking it up and got to finish today.
Zomb-B on the other had was... weird and uncomfortable to read, very uncomfortable. I just can't even, I'm definitely not continuing on with that series. I'm still just mostly confused.
Also, if you want to see my progress in more real time, then there are places for that: Goodreads, Twitter, Instagram.
Comments:
It was definitely a good start to this read-a-thon for me. And not just because I finished two books, also because The Knife of Never Letting Go was just so, so good and I'm so glad I randomly ended up picking it up and got to finish today.
Zomb-B on the other had was... weird and uncomfortable to read, very uncomfortable. I just can't even, I'm definitely not continuing on with that series. I'm still just mostly confused.
Also, if you want to see my progress in more real time, then there are places for that: Goodreads, Twitter, Instagram.
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