2018 Winter's Respite Readathon - End Post

Pages Read: 376 (The Bostonians) + 249 (The English Wife)
Pages Read Total: 5855

Books Read: 1
Books Read Total: 18

Comments: Wow! Check out those stats! I totally rocked my reading in January and started the year off right. I can't wait to see what I read in February.

Goals: 

• Read 10 books ✓
• Read 3000 pages ✓
• Review all books read ✓
• Read at least one book for every reading challenge - One reading challenge off!
  • Perpetual ✓
  • Mount ✓
  • TBR Pile ✓
  • Reading Assignment ✓
  • Popsugar ✓
  • Share-a-Tea ✓
  • What's in a Name?
  • Modern Mrs. Darcy ✓
  • A to Z ✓
  • Graphic Novel ✓
  • Finishing the Series ✓
  • Library Love ✓
  • Picture Books ✓

TBR Pile:

• The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman ✓
• Nefertiti by Michelle Moran ✓
• Arabian Nights ✓
• The English Wife by Lauren Willig (in progress)
• Spellcasting in Silk by Juliet Blackwell ✓
• No Time Like the Past by Jodi Taylor ✓
• The Origin of Satan by Elaine Pagels ✓
• The Bostonians by Henry James ✓
• The Walking Dead Vol. 27 ✓
• Diana Prince Wonder Woman Vol. 1 ✓
• Diana Prince Wonder Woman Vol. 2 ✓
• Diana Prince Wonder Woman Vol. 3 ✓
• Diana Prince Wonder Woman Vol. 4 ✓
• Wonder Woman Rebirth Vol. 1 ✓ 
• Wonder Woman Rebirth Vol. 2 ✓
• The Governess of Highland Hall by Carrie Turansky ✓
• The Daughter of Highland Hall by Carrie Turansky ✓
• A Refuge at Highland Hall by Carrie Turansky ✓
• A Haunting is Brewing by Juliet Blackwell ✓

Next up on the TBR pile:

2018 Winter's Respite Readathon - Update #3

Pages Read: 113 (Haunting) + 336 (Spellcasting) + 120 (The Bostonians) + 45 (The English Wife)
Pages Read Total: 5230

Books Read: 2
Books Read Total: 17

Comments: This month has been amazing so far! I've read so much and such good books. And I even have a few more days left in the month. I'm hoping to be able to finish out one more book before February comes..

Goals: 

• Read 10 books ✓
• Read 3000 pages ✓
• Review all books read ✓
• Read at least one book for every reading challenge
  • Perpetual ✓
  • Mount ✓
  • TBR Pile ✓
  • Reading Assignment ✓
  • Popsugar ✓
  • Share-a-Tea ✓
  • What's in a Name?
  • Modern Mrs. Darcy ✓
  • A to Z ✓
  • Graphic Novel ✓
  • Finishing the Series ✓
  • Library Love ✓
  • Picture Books ✓

TBR Pile:

• The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman ✓
• Nefertiti by Michelle Moran ✓
• Arabian Nights ✓
• The English Wife by Lauren Willig
• Spellcasting in Silk by Juliet Blackwell ✓
• No Time Like the Past by Jodi Taylor ✓
• The Origin of Satan by Elaine Pagels ✓
• The Bostonians by Henry James
• The Walking Dead Vol. 27 ✓
• Diana Prince Wonder Woman Vol. 1 ✓
• Diana Prince Wonder Woman Vol. 2 ✓
• Diana Prince Wonder Woman Vol. 3 ✓
• Diana Prince Wonder Woman Vol. 4 ✓
• Wonder Woman Rebirth Vol. 1 ✓ 
• Wonder Woman Rebirth Vol. 2 ✓
• The Governess of Highland Hall by Carrie Turansky ✓
• The Daughter of Highland Hall by Carrie Turansky ✓
• A Refuge at Highland Hall by Carrie Turansky ✓
• A Haunting is Brewing by Juliet Blackwell ✓

Next up on the TBR pile:

2018 Winter's Respite Readathon - Update #2

Pages Read: 71 (No Time) + 1049 (Arabian Nights) + 396 (Nefertiti)
Pages Read Total: 4616

Books Read: 3
Books Read Total: 15

Comments: Wow! I had such a great reading week. I finished two books I started last week and read a huge classic. And now on to my fluffy next reads: A Haunting is Brewing and Spellcasting in Silk. Hoping to finish out the month strong.

Goals: 

• Read 10 books ✓
• Read 3000 pages ✓
• Review all books read ✓
• Read at least one book for every reading challenge
  • Perpetual ✓
  • Mount ✓
  • TBR Pile ✓
  • Reading Assignment ✓
  • Popsugar ✓
  • Share-a-Tea ✓
  • What's in a Name?
  • Modern Mrs. Darcy ✓
  • A to Z ✓
  • Graphic Novel ✓
  • Finishing the Series ✓
  • Library Love ✓
  • Picture Books

TBR Pile:

• The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman ✓
• Nefertiti by Michelle Moran ✓
• Arabian Nights ✓
• The English Wife by Lauren Willig
• Spellcasting in Silk by Juliet Blackwell
• No Time Like the Past by Jodi Taylor ✓
• The Origin of Satan by Elaine Pagels ✓
• The Bostonians by Henry James
• The Walking Dead Vol. 27 ✓
• Diana Prince Wonder Woman Vol. 1 ✓
• Diana Prince Wonder Woman Vol. 2 ✓
• Diana Prince Wonder Woman Vol. 3 ✓
• Diana Prince Wonder Woman Vol. 4 ✓
• Wonder Woman Rebirth Vol. 1 ✓ 
• Wonder Woman Rebirth Vol. 2 ✓
• The Governess of Highland Hall by Carrie Turansky ✓
• The Daughter of Highland Hall by Carrie Turansky ✓
• A Refuge at Highland Hall by Carrie Turansky ✓

Next up on the TBR pile:

2018 Winter's Respite Readathon - Update #1

Pages Read: 343 (Light) + 176 (DPWW1) + 176 (DPWW2) + 176 (DPWW3) + 176 (DPWW4) + 176 (WWR1) + 168 (WWR2) + 338 (Governess) + 338 (Daughter) + 354 (Refuge) + 130 (TWD) + 214 (Origin) + 257 (No Time) + 78 (Nefertiti)
Pages Read Total: 3100

Books Read: 12
Books Read Total: 12

Comments: Starting the year off with a bang! So much reading while still in Indiana in the deep freeze. I was excited by some good volumes of comics as well as longer novels. Looking to my next stack for January...

Goals: 

• Read 10 books ✓
• Read 3000 pages ✓
• Review all books read ✓
• Read at least one book for every reading challenge
  • Perpetual ✓
  • Mount ✓
  • TBR Pile
  • Reading Assignment
  • Popsugar
  • Share-a-Tea ✓
  • What's in a Name?
  • Modern Mrs. Darcy ✓
  • A to Z ✓
  • Graphic Novel ✓
  • Finishing the Series ✓
  • Library Love ✓
  • Picture Books

TBR Pile:

• The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman ✓
• Nefertiti by Michelle Moran (in progress)
• Arabian Nights
• The English Wife by Lauren Willig
• Spellcasting in Silk by Juliet Blackwell
• No Time Like the Past by Jodi Taylor (in progress)
• The Origin of Satan by Elaine Pagels ✓
• The Bostonians by Henry James
• The Walking Dead Vol. 27 ✓
• Diana Prince Wonder Woman Vol. 1 ✓
• Diana Prince Wonder Woman Vol. 2 ✓
• Diana Prince Wonder Woman Vol. 3 ✓
• Diana Prince Wonder Woman Vol. 4 ✓
• Wonder Woman Rebirth Vol. 1 ✓ 
• Wonder Woman Rebirth Vol. 2 ✓
• The Governess of Highland Hall by Carrie Turansky ✓
• The Daughter of Highland Hall by Carrie Turansky ✓
• A Refuge at Highland Hall by Carrie Turansky ✓

Next up on the TBR pile:

2018 Winter's Respite Readthon

From Seasons of Reading:

This is the official sign up for the Winter's Respite Readathon! All our regular seasonal readathons are now a month long so Winter's Respite runs for the entire month of January. Woot! So, we start at 12:00 am on January 1 and end at 11:59 pm on January 31. Times are set for the central time zone so adjust your times accordingly (you can use the link to the time zone converter in the sidebar menu). Of course, like most readathons, the books read must be novels or novellas, adult or young adult are fine, and you can read children's books (as long as you do read some novels too). Note: Non-Fiction is also okay! You DO NOT have to participate the entire month. Join in when you can, start in the middle, end early...whatever works best for your schedule. As with all of my readathons, it will be an event of relaxed reading during which we can personally challenge ourselves and whittle away those ever looming TBR piles/shelves/libraries.

Guidelines for the readathon can be found HERE or you can access in the sidebar menu. Any information you need about the readathon can be found there. Please do be sure to check the guidelines to make sure you're following along correctly. There are specific rules regarding signing up and wrapping up, especially in regards to the giveaway. Also, regarding the giveaway, I'll be again adding a Google form to capture names and email addresses so if you're interested in winning a prize (and you've met the sign up and wrap up criteria), I will ask you to fill in that form which will be located on the prize page. The form will now have a required field for you to enter the link to your wrap-up post.

As is typical, I will not be hosting any mini-challenges. However, if anyone else would like to host a mini-challenge or giveaway, you are more than welcome. I am also looking for prize donations so if anyone would like to contribute, let me know. Authors, this is a great way to promote your book! (Contact me using the contact form link in the sidebar menu).

Our hashtag is #WintersRespite Also, don't forget about our Facebook group. You can access via the link in the sidebar menu.

I love a good readathon and I'm hoping this one will get my 2018 reading off on the right foot! As the readathon is starting very soon, here are my goals and my TBR pile:

Goals: 

• Read 10 books
• Read 3000 pages
• Review all books read
• Read at least one book for every reading challenge
  • Perpetual:
  • Mount:
  • TBR Pile:
  • Reading Assignment:
  • Popsugar:
  • Share-a-Tea:
  • What's in a Name?:
  • Modern Mrs. Darcy:
  • A to Z:
  • Graphic Novel:
  • Finishing the Series:
  • Library Love:
  • Picture Books:

TBR Pile:

• The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
• Nefertiti by Michelle Moran
• Arabian Nights
• The English Wife by Lauren Willig
• Spellcasting in Silk by Juliet Blackwell
• No Time Like the Past by Jodi Taylor
• The Origin of Satan by Elaine Pagels
• The Bostonians by Henry James
• The Walking Dead Vol. 27
• Diana Prince Wonder Woman Vol. 1
• Diana Prince Wonder Woman Vol. 2
• Diana Prince Wonder Woman Vol. 3
• Diana Prince Wonder Woman Vol. 4
• Wonder Woman Rebirth Vol. 1
• Wonder Woman Rebirth Vol. 2
• The Governess of Highland Hall by Carrie Turansky
• The Daughter of Highland Hall by Carrie Turansky
• A Refuge at Highland Hall by Carrie Turansky

Next up on the TBR pile:

A Winter's Respite Readathon Finish Line

Pages Read:  15 (The Colour of Magic)  +  21 (The Daily Show) +  295 (Just One Damned Thing After Another)

Pages Read Total: 1039

Books Read: 1

Books Read Total: 4

Comments: I didn't quite meet my page goal, but I did finish four books. I'm a little disappointed to not have finished Voyager, but other books keep distracting me. All in all, I'm going to call this readathon a success.

Goals:

• Read 4 books/1200 pages √
• Review all books read √
• Finish Voyager

TBR:

• Finish Buffering by Hannah Hart √
• Finish The Bargain by Jane Ashford √
• Finish Voyager by Diana Gabaldon - in progress
• A Poisoned Season by Tasha Alexander
• The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett - in progress
• A Flaw in the Blood by Stephanie Barron √
• The Daily Show: The Book by Chris Smith - in progress
• Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor √

A Winter's Respite Readathon Update #4

Pages Read:  37 (The Colour of Magic)  +  75 (The Daily Show) + 40 (Just One Damned Thing After Another)

Pages Read Total: 708

Books Read: 0

Books Read Total: 3

TBR:

• Finish Buffering by Hannah Hart √
• Finish The Bargain by Jane Ashford √
• Finish Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
• A Poisoned Season by Tasha Alexander
• The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett - in progress
• A Flaw in the Blood by Stephanie Barron √
• The Daily Show: The Book by Chris Smith - in progress
• Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor - in progress

A Winter's Respite Readathon Update #3

Pages Read: 46 (The Bargain) + 250 (A Flaw in the Blood) + 26 (The Colour of Magic)

Pages Read Total: 556

Books Read: 2

Books Read Total: 3

TBR:

• Finish Buffering by Hannah Hart √
• Finish The Bargain by Jane Ashford √
• Finish Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
• A Poisoned Season by Tasha Alexander
• The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett - in progress
• A Flaw in the Blood by Stephanie Barron √

A Winter's Respite Readathon Update #2

Pages Read: 28(Buffering) + 32 (The Bargain) + 22 (Voyager)

Pages Read Total: 234

Books Read: 1

Books Read Total: 1

TBR:

• Finish Buffering by Hannah Hart √
• Finish The Bargain by Jane Ashford
• Finish Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
• A Poisoned Season by Tasha Alexander
• The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett
• A Flaw in the Blood by Stephanie Barron

A Winter's Respite Readathon Update #1

Pages Read: 45 (Buffering) + 68 (The Bargain) + 39 (A Flaw in the Blood)

Pages Read Total: 152

Books Read: 0

Books Read Total: 0

TBR:

• Finish Buffering by Hannah Hart
• Finish The Bargain by Jane Ashford
• Finish Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
• A Poisoned Season by Tasha Alexander
• The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett
• A Flaw in the Blood by Stephanie Barron

A Winter's Respite Readathon 2017

From Seasons of Reading:

Well, the holidays are behind us and we are now in a new year. Goodbye, 2016! Now it's time for some winter's respite and recovery. Hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and I wish you much health and prosperity this new year!

This is the official sign up for A Winter's Respite Readathon! Dates are January 16 - 29, starting at 12:00am Monday the 16th, and ending at 11:59pm on Sunday the 29th. Times are central standard time so adjust your times accordingly. Yes, the readathon is now two weeks long! I, for one, am pretty excited about that!

Of course, like most readathons, the books read must be novels or novellas, adult or young adult are fine, and you can read children's books too (as long as you do read some novels too). Note: Non-Fiction is also okay! You DO NOT have to participate the entire two weeks. Join in when you can, start in the middle, end early...whatever works best for your schedule. As with all of my readathons, it will be a time for relaxed reading during which we can personally challenge ourselves and whittle away our ever looming TBR piles/shelves/libraries.

Guidelines for the readathon can be found HERE or you can access in the tab at the top of the blog. Any information you need about the readathon can be found there. Please do be sure to check the guidelines to make sure you're following along correctly. There are specific rules regarding signing up and wrapping up, especially in regards to the giveaway. Also, regarding the giveaway, I'll be again adding a Google form to capture names and email addresses so if you're interested in winning a prize (and you've met the sign up and wrap up criteria), I will ask you to fill in that form which will be located on the prize page.

I will not be hosting any mini-challenges. However, if anyone else would like to host a mini-challenge or giveaway, you are more than welcome. I am also looking for prize donations so if anyone would like to contribute, let me know. Authors, this is a great way to promote your book! (Contact me using the contact form above).

Our hashtag is #WintersRespite Also, don't forget about our Facebook group. You can access via the tab at the top of the blog.

I need a good readathon to get to kick my January reading into gear. I think this is just the ticket.

Goals:

• Read 4 books/1200 pages
• Review all books read
• Finish at least two in progress books

TBR:

• Finish Buffering by Hannah Hart
• Finish The Bargain by Jane Ashford
• Finish Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
• A Poisoned Season by Tasha Alexander
• The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett
• A Flaw in the Blood by Stephanie Barron

A Winter's Respite Readathon -- Finish Line

Pages Read Today: 32 (Roaring Midnight) + 35 (The Nanny Diaries) + 25 (Tithe)

Pages Read Total: 738

Comments: I finished Roaring Midnight and started two new books; one on the iPad and one in physical form.  Even though I lowered my expectations for this readathon, I still feel like it was a success.  I'm hoping to continue my reading momentum.

Goals:

• Read two books √
• Review all books read √
• Read each day √

TBR Pile (my pile of choices, not mandatory reads):

• Living History by Hillary Rodham Clinton
• Lessons in French by Laura Kinsale
• The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus -- In progress
• Time Enough for Love by Robert Heinlein
• Rot and Ruin by Jonathan Maberry
• Iron Legends by Julie Kagawa
• Bloodlines by Richelle Mead
• Added: Roaring Midnight by Colleen Gleason
• Added: Tithe by Holly Black -- In progress

A Winter's Respite Day #5

Pages Read Today: 92 (108 Roaring Midnight)

Pages Read Total: 646

Comments: Finished a huge chunk of Roaring Midnight (only 32 pages to go!).

A Winter's Respite Day #4

Pages Read Today: 40 (Lessons in French) and 69 (Roaring Midnight)

Pages Read Total: 554

Comments: Finished Lessons in French, started Roaring Midnight.  Very excited about both books.  And I'm even on target to finish my goals.

A Winter's Respite Day #3

Pages Read Today: 140 (Lessons in French) and 39 (Roaring Midnight)

Pages Read Total: 445

Comments: Almost done with Lessons in French (I should finish tomorrow) and started Roaring Midnight on the iPad.  So far, I'm really doing better than I thought.

A Winter's Respite Day #2

Pages Read Today: 266 (Lessons in French)

Pages Read Total: 266

Comments: I completely forgot to update my progress last night.  So, I am updating today.  I've been reading Lessons in French the past few days.  Pretty good fluffy type of romance.  Hope to finish it by Friday.

A Winter's Respite Readathon -- Starting Line

After a not-so-great Bout of Books earlier in January, I realized that I need to re-evaluate my expectations when it comes to readathons.  Gone are the days of unlimited reading.  My 3-month-old demands too much of my time to be able to read 2000 pages in one week.  So, I am scaling back.  I still want to commit myself to read more than usual, but I'm going to keep the goals realistic.

Goals:

• Read two books
• Review all books read
• Read each day

TBR Pile (my pile of choices, not mandatory reads):

• Living History by Hillary Rodham Clinton
• Lessons in French by Laura Kinsale (in progress)
• The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus
• Time Enough for Love by Robert Heinlein
• Rot and Ruin by Jonathan Maberry
• Iron Legends by Julie Kagawa
• Bloodlines by Richelle Mead

A Winter's Respite Readathon is Almost Upon Us

From Seasons of Reading:

Happy New Year! I know a lot of you have probably been wondering when I would get this posted. Well, here it is...finally! The official sign up for A Winter's Respite Read-a-Thon! It's just a little under a month away on January 27 - February 2, starting at 12:00am Monday and ending at 11:59pm on Sunday.  Times are central standard time so adjust your times accordingly.  Of course, like most read-a-thons, the books read must be novels or novellas, adult or young adult are fine, and you can read children's books too (as long as you do read some novels too).   Note: Non-Fiction is also okay! You DO NOT have to participate the entire week.  Join in when you can, start in the middle, end early...whatever works best for your schedule.  As long as you sign in at the sign-in post and do some kind of wrap up post, you're in for the big giveaway at the end.  As with my previous read-a-thons, it will be a week of relaxed reading during which we can personally challenge ourselves and whittle away those ever looming TBR piles/shelves/libraries.  I hope you will join me! I will not be hosting any mini-challenges. However, if anyone else would like to host a mini-challenge or giveaway, you are more than welcome (Contact me using the contact form above). We will have a few scheduled Twitter chats. Dates/Times will be announced at the sign-in post. Our twitter hashtag is #WintersRespite

This has become on of my yearly readathons.  Of course I'll be joining this time.  Now to go and get my TBR stack and goals ready...

A Winter's Respite Readathon -- Finish Line

Pages read today: 190 (Thomas Paine)

Pages read total: 1135

Time read today: 3 hours 7 minutes

Time read total: 14 hours  47 minutes

Comments: I had very low totals for Friday and Saturday, so no updates. I've been reading a biography of Thomas Paine for the last few days.  It's really good, but very dense.  I should be able to finish it tomorrow.  Overall, I didn't surpass last year's totals, but I am happy about my accomplishments.

My goals:

• Read 5 books √
• Review all books read √
• Read Part IV of Persuasion (online readalong) √
• Read Long Way Gone (January book club selection) √
• Read an average of 2 hours a day √

My TBR pile (I like lots of options):

• Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
• Persuasion by Jane Austen
• Mansfield Park by Jane Austen (iPad)
• The Wedding Gift by Lucy Kevin (iPad)
• Lost by Gregory Maguire (iPad)
• Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Anderson (iPad)
• Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman (iPad)
• Mirror Mirror by Gregory Maguire (iPad)
• The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
• P.S. I Love You by Cecelia Ahern
• Matched by Ally Condie
• Crossed by Ally Condie
• One Day by David Nicholls
• Velveteen by Daniel Marks
• Terror by Night by Ambrose Bierce
• A Foreign Affair by Caro Peacock
• Thomas Paine by Craig Nelson (in progress)
• One Day by David Nicholls

A Winter's Respite Readathon Day #4

Pages read today: 218 (The Reader) + 102 (The Wedding Gift)

Pages read total: 945

Time read today: 4 hours  26 minutes

Time read total: 11 hours  40 minutes

Comments: Wednesday was a bust.  I got busy reading blogs and doing house things.  I didn't read but 20 pages.  Oh well.  Thursday was much better.  I finished one book (The Reader), but the review is pending until I watch the movie.  I also sped through a romance novella.  Just the ticket after the slightly depressing The Reader.