Book Events & Blog Events, Challenges

Dewey’s 24-Hour Readathon: April 2019

 

 

Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathon is a readathon hosted over at 24hourreadathon.com, where readers challenge themselves to read for 24 hours. You can find out more info on their FAQ Page.

 

Hi everyone! I’m very excited to be participating in Readathon again! It’s been a year and a half, I think. And this is my 10th readathon! That’s kind of exciting!

I’ve decided to just do one all-encompassing post this time. So I’ll be using this post to share my opening meme, updates, mid-event survey, mini challenges, end of event meme, and any other info.

My TBR Pile

The Stars are Legion by Kameron Hurley
Saga Vol 9 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples
Bitch Planet Vol 1: Extraordinary Machine by Kelly Sue DeConnick, Taki Soma, and Valentine De Landro
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas (audiobook) (not pictured)

Getting to Know You Survey

1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today?
Washington state, USA
 
2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?
All of them! 
 
3) Which snack are you most looking forward to?
I always forget about the snacks, damn it! Luckily my wife is a candy fiend and usually has candy and chocolate somewhere in the house.
 
4) Tell us a little something about yourself!
I have had this blog since 2012, and I’ve had a booktube channel since 2016, but I’ve kind of been on hiatus the past couple of years from both. But I’m hoping to get back into it soon! Here’s my TBR Pile video that I just posted the other day:
 

 
5) If you participated in the last readathon, what’s one thing you’ll do different today? If this is your first readathon, what are you most looking forward to?
I didn’t participate in the last one, but I’ve participated in 9 previously! I think today will be pretty much the same as before. I’ll read very slowly and not get as much reading done as I wanted, but that’s okay. I’m also planning on going to dinner and a movie with my wife and some friends tonight, so I won’t be able to read the whole time anyway.

 

Updates

Hours 1-6

Titles of Books Read During This Period: On the Come Up, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and Saga Vol 9
Thoughts on Current Read: I just started Saga Vol 9 and I’m trying to remember what happened in Vol 8
Number of Books Read So Far: None finished
Pages Read During This Period: 35, plus listened to about 5 minutes of audiobook
Total Pages Read So Far: 35 pages read, 5 minutes listened
Amount of Time Spent Reading During This Period: 1 hour
Total Amount of Time Spent Reading So Far: 1 hour
Notes: I woke up at the end of hour 3, had breakfast and started working on this post in hour 4, talked to a couple people and watched a couple of TBR Pile videos, then started reading in hour 5, and spent most of hour 6 reading. I didn’t get enough sleep last night, so I’m already super tired. I might have to take a nap and then get back to reading.

Hours 7-12

Titles of Books Read During This Period: 
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Mid-Event Survey

1. What are you reading right now?

2. How many books have you read so far? 

3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Read-a-thon?

4. Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those?

5. What surprises you most about the Readathon, so far?

 

More Updates

Hours 13-18

Titles of Books Read During This Period:
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Hours 19-24

Titles of Books Read During This Period:
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Mini Challenges

Getting to Know You Survey

 

Other Participants I’ve Visited

I’ve talked to a couple people via Twitter and liked some photos on Instagram, but that’s all so far.

 

Closing Survey

1. Which hour was most daunting for you?


2. Tell us ALLLLL the books you read!


3. Which books would you recommend to other Read-a-thoners?


4. What’s a really rad thing we could do during the next Read-a-thon that would make you smile?


5. How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again? Would you be interested in volunteering to help organize and prep?

 

 

2 Comments

  1. Deb Nance at Readerbuzz

    April 6, 2019 at 12:13 pm

    I hope you enjoy the readathon and are able to get lots of reading done. It’s one of my favorite things!

  2. Krystianna

    April 7, 2019 at 7:27 am

    Good luck with the challenge! I love HP and the Goblet of Fire.
    Krystianna @ Downright Dystopian

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