Readathon -- Finish Line

Pages read today: 382 (A History of Egypt) and 14 (Active Liberty by Stephen Breyer)

Pages read total: 2816

Time read today: 3 hours 45 minutes

Time read total: 21 hours 35 minutes

Comments:  I am so excited by my progress this readathon.  I knocked out a ton of books and even read some interesting ones.  I signed up for the Book Bash Club Readathon starting on Dec. 10.  These two events should lead to great book totals for the year.  Plus I loved the no pressure nature of this readathon.  I just sat and read.  Much more enjoyable!

My goals:

• Read at least 5 books -- 9 done and 1 started! √
• Review all books read  √
• Read at least 2 hours a day √

My TBR pile (what I need to read to finish my 2012 challenges):

• Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
• The Bridge of Scarlet Leaves by Kristin McMorris
• Arthurian Romances by Chretien de Troyes
• The Magician King by Lev Grossman
• The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan
• The Firemaster’s Mistress by Dickason
• Living History by Hilary Rodham Clinton
• Not Quite What I was Planning edited by Smith Magazine (added)
• Chocolate by Shara Aaron and Monica Bearden (added)
• The Boys Vol. 12 (added)
• Words Words Words by David Crystal (added)
• Sprezzatura (added)
• Click (added)
• A History of Egypt by Jason Thompson (added)
• Active Liberty by Stephen Breyer (added and started)

Readathon Day #6

Pages read today: 240 (Click)

Pages read total: 2420

Time read today: 1 hour 25 minutes

Time read total: 17 hours 50 minutes

Comments: Good compilation.

Readathon Day #5

Pages read today:  216 (Words Words Words) and 396 (Sprezzatura)

Pages read total: 2020

Time read today: 1 hour 59 minutes + 3 hours 35 minutes

Time read total: 16 hours 25 minutes

Comments: Love reading about language and history.  Two good choices for today.

Readathon Day #4

Pages read today: 170 (The Boys Vol. 12)

Pages read total: 1408

Time read today: 1 hour

Time read total: 10 hours 51 minutes

Comments:

Readathon Day #3

Pages read today: 213 (Chocolate) and 259 (Social Q's)

Pages read total: 1338

Time read today: 1 hour 34 minutes

Time read total: 9 hours 51 minutes

Comments: I got a bit distracted today.  First I was greeted with the maintenance man to finally fix the water bubbles in our ceiling.  He created too much noise and nonsense to get any proper reading done.  And he was here for at least 4 hours (and he has to come back tomorrow).  After he left, the paint fumes were giving me a headache.  Finally I say down to read properly, but then I remembered that I was intending to do my Book of Lists post today.  So I scrambled around and finished that.

Hours later, I actually sat down and picked up two books: Chocolate and Social Q's.  Quick reads.  One good, the other not so much.  Tomorrow I'll probably go back to fiction for awhile.

Readathon Day #2

Pages read today: 526 (Arthurian Romances) and 243 (Not Quite What I was Planning)

Pages read total: 866

Time read today: 6 hours 40 minutes + 45 minutes

Time read total: 8 hours 17 minutes

Comments: By completing Arthurian Romances, I knocked out another 2012 Reading Challenge.  I am loving my prospects this year.  And It was even a good book...  Plus a great slim volume of life and writing.  This might have been my crazy day of reading for the week, but I am really happy with my progress so far.

Readathon Day #1

Pages read today: 97 of Bridge of Scarlet Leaves

Pages read total: 97

Time read today: 52

Time read total: 52

Comments: I had such high hopes for today.  Then J convinced me to go out last night and get Lego Lord of the Rings.  And my idea for reading most of the day just went out the window.  I finished the book I started two days ago, so that's something.  Tomorrow should be a much better day for reading.

Readathon -- Starting Line

From the Book Drunkard:

With the end of the year upon us (and coming too quickly, in my opinion!), I looked at my stack of books and decided that there is no better way to make a dent in my TBR pile than to host a read-a-thon!  I will admit, I’ve been a bit in a ‘reading funk’ lately, and I need something to jump start me.

So, it’s pretty simple.  Sign up on this post with the number of books you plan on reading during the week of December 2 – 8.  You can even leave a list of books you’re reading!  If enough people sign up, there will be a prize, so tell your friends!  Leave a link to your read-a-thon blog post (if you have one) but you don’t need one to participate.

The more the merrier!  Let’s get together, cheer each other on and try to read our reading goals before the end of 2012.

My goals:

• Read at least 5 books
• Review all books read
• Read at least 2 hours a day

My TBR pile (what I need to read to finish my 2012 challenges):

• Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
• The Bridge of Scarlet Leaves by Kristin McMorris
• Arthurian Romances by Chretien de Troyes
• The Magician King by Lev Grossman
• The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan (about halfway through)
• The Firemaster's Mistress by Dickason
• Living History by Hilary Rodham Clinton