It almost doesn't count, me participating in scheduled/named readathons because I do not interact with other readers during the event. I just read. And I break the rules. I try to read for 24-hours and I keep reading until I hit that mark, even if it takes me days. I should call it the 'Anne Readathon.' I am almost done. I managed to read somewhere between 22-23 hours over the course of four days. Ha! Not as impressive as it sounds at first glance, huh? What is the daily average? 5.62-5.75 hours, which is a whole lot more reading per day than I usually do.
Here is the down of what I accomplished.
Books I started before the readathon and completed during it:
- Saving My Enemy: How Two WWII Soldiers Fought Against Each Other and Later Forged a Friendship That Saved Their Lives by Bob Welch. (Print)
- I had barely started the book before Friday starting from page10. Pages read during readathon: 370.
- Dune by Frank Herbert (Audiobook)
- I'd been listening to the audiobook for a month and was somewhere around page 580 when I started the event. Equivalent pages read/listened to during the event: 310.
- The Atlas of Happiness: The Global Secrets of How to Be Happy by Helen Russell. (Print)
- I was on page 206 when the event started. Pages completed: 82.
- Total pages: 762
Books I read in entirety:
- Fred Rogers: The Last Interview and Other Conversations. (Print) Pages: 97.
- His Day is Done: A Nelson Mandela Tribute by Maya Angelou (Print poetry) Pages: 43.
- Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass by Lana Del Ray (Print poetry) Pages: 128.
- Scribbled in the Dark by Charles Simic (Print poetry) Pages: 72.
- I Can't Talk About the Trees Without the Blood by Tiana Clark (Print poetry) Pages: 112.
- We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom, illustrated by Michaela Goade (Print children's book) Pages: 40.
- Total pages: 492
Books I started but didn't complete/progress made:
- The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare. (Audiobook). I started the event at 9% now I'm at 52% on the audio settings. Page equivalency: from 33 to 192=159.
- Postcolonial Love Poem by Natalie Diaz. (Print). Pages read: 34.
- The Metamorphosis and Other Stories by Franz Kafka. Pages read: 10.
- "Bonnie's Big Day", James Herriot's Treasury for Children (Print children's book). Pages read: 32.
- Total pages: 235
- Grand total: 1489
- That averages to 66 pages per hour, which doesn't sound like that much but listening to audiobooks is much slower than reading, usually around 32-25 pages per hour. (I was going to figure out the adjusted pages per hour if I back them out, but I can't figure out the math. Ha!)
I like to do these 'readathons' when I am feeling swamped by the number of books I have in a queue. Those books tend to call out to me and it can get pretty noisy when there are a lot of books waiting. Even though I finished nine books during the event, I still have five books waiting to be read/finished. Guess I should just keep going!😄
-Anne
I hope you are enjoying your reads! Did you have a favorite poetry book from your library bundle? I also wanted to pick up Dune because of the movie adaptation, but was wondering if I should go the graphic novel route or the audiobook.
ReplyDeleteAbout the poetry books: I loved the Nelson Mandela tribute by Maya Angelou. I liked a few, especially the title poem, in Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass. I wasn't aware of Lana Del Ray until I looked her up once I was done with the book. She has a big following but is not to my taste.
DeleteI warn you, the Dune audiobook is over 21 hours long. It is a commitment unless you have a long commute to work.
I love the idea of reading for 24 hours even if it takes a few days. Who says we have to follow certain rules when it comes to reading?!
ReplyDeleteI was able to finish three books that really needed to come off my list, so that felt good. I also read a bunch of poetry books that I didn't really like, so that was a bummer.
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