1. What are you reading right now? I just started The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay 2. How many books have you read so far? 2 3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Readathon? I’m hoping to at least start The Sundial by Shirley Jackson, but I’m also really looking forward to The Mist by Stephen King. 4. Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those? Only 1 interruption so far, when the Boyfriend asked me to go with him to pick up dinner. Not a big deal, since I continued to read while I waited in the car. 5. What surprises you most about the Readathon, so far? How I haven’t gotten sleepy at all yet, not even a little, despite being awake since 6am.
The first 8 hours of Dewey’s 24-Hour Readathon have passed and I haven’t fallen asleep on the couch even once! Instead, I’ve enjoyed several delicious foods and a couple of wonderful books.
Pages Read: 296
Books Read:How to Survive a Horror Movie by Seth Grahame-Smith, Poison for Breakfast by Lemony Snicket
Time Read: 5 hours and 20 minutes
Yummy in my Tummy: I had a giant cup of tea, a vanilla yogurt, and a couple slices of cinnamon chip toast with butter for Breakfast. Then I had an egg and sausage kolache for Second Breakfast. I had a blueberry kolache and another giant cup of tea for Elevenses. Then I had the leftover Cajun chicken salad I had in the fridge from yesterday for Lunch, and a snack of grapes, crackers, cheese, almonds, and apricot slices. Later, I had another snack of peanut butter pretzels. I’ve also been drinking plenty of sparkling water.
Until my 2nd update, at midnight EST, I’ll continue reading the remaining books from my TBR stack and, at some point, hopefully, I’ll listen to at least a little bit of World War Z by Max Brooks.
Whether you’re participating in the readathon or not, what book(s) are you currently reading?
Dewey’s 24-Hour Readathon has officially started! I’ve been awake since around 6 am, thanks to both of our cats deciding that the Boyfriend and I needed to be awake. I’ve got my huge cup of tea and I’m set up in the den on our super comfy couch to read while I eat my cinnamon chip toast with a little bit of butter.
My first book of the readathon is How to Survive a Horror Movie by Seth Grahame-Smith. While I still have my pile of books, I’m trying something a little different this time and pulled 9 physical books from the list by length. So, in theory, I’ll only be reading shorter books from my shelves instead of books from any other format, with the exception of one audiobook I already started yesterday, WorldWar Z by Max Brooks. I’ll be posting updates here every 8 hours.
My #Readathon TBR stack
What fine part of the world are you reading from today? I’m in Columbus, OH.
Which book in your stack are you looking forward to the most?Poison for Breakfast by Lemony Snicket.
Which snack are you looking forward to the most? I went to Trader Joe’s and bought all.the.snacks. Their peanut butter pretzel bites are my fave, but I also got a bag of their rice cracker mix, a package of fig cookies, and so many other yummy things!
Tell us a little something about yourself! I recently moved into the main part of my house, out of the attached guest house, after the renovation was finally finished, and I’ve been spending the past week getting everything put away and set up so that I don’t have to do anything but relax and read this weekend.
If you participated in the last readathon, what’s one thing you’ll do differently today? As mentioned above, I’ve selected a small stack of books from my physical TBR, based on length, that I will attempt to stick to for this readathon. I don’t know if it will work, or if I’ll veer off into my Kindle or one of several audiobook apps I have on my phone, but we’ll see. I also have an hourly reading goal of at least 30 minutes per hour (so hopefully I’ll read for 12 hours of the readathon) and an overall reading goal of 700 pages.
My first update will be at 4 pm. I’ll be tracking how many pages I read and any books I finish. I’ll also include snacks I’ve nommed, and any music I’ve listened to while reading.
Whether you’re participating in the readathon or not, what book(s) are you currently reading?
We’re moved into the house and have most of our stuff out of the guest house. I also spent a lot of time unpacking boxes that have been in our garage since we closed on the house and finding homes for everything.
Tomorrow is Dewey’s 24-Hour #Readathon, and then on Monday I start my new job, so I’m not doing anything other than reading and enjoying my weekend (other than laundry, anyway).
The Boyfriend and I are one story away from finishing Uncle Montague’s Tales of Terror. We’ve watched all of “Midnight Mass” and are now a couple of episodes into “Brand New Cherry Flavor,” which is extremely weird.
We are officially moving out of the guest house tomorrow, and I’ve been spending most of my time doing everything I can think of to make the transistion easier. I’m honestly not sure how my FitBit didn’t track all that activity, even though I was dripping sweat like I had been doing some serious cardio.
It’s October! The Boyfriend and I are continuing to read Uncle Montague’s Tales of Terror together. We’ve also watched all of “The Haunting of Bly Manor” and have started watching “Midnight Mass.” On Saturday, I continued watching “Supernatural”, and it’s gotten good again, so far. I still plan to at least finish season 13, and then I’ll decide if I want to continue.
The renovation is done! Now I’m cleaning (so much dust), and putting furniture together, and putting everything in place. The house is starting to look like a home, and in about a week, the Boyfriend and I will hopefully be moving out of the guest house and getting the cats settled in.
It’s October! The Boyfriend and I started reading Uncle Montague’s Tales of Terror together. It’s a book of Middle-Grade Horror short stories, and I think we’re going to read one story a night.
The new carpet has been installed upstairs, but now the baseboards are all messed up and will need to be repainted. In the meantime, I’ve been vacuuming up all of the loose carpet fibers and doing as much other work as I can without the Boyfriend’s help (who hurt his back and has been taking it easy).
