September/October Readathon Wrap Ups

College has not given me much time for blogging or reading, but I'm still addicted to readathons so I have participated in several readathons off the radar and I'm here to wrap up my progress in each of them for you. Thank you to the hosts of these readathons. They were all such amazing events. 

I read 238 pages in 12 days during the Tackle Your TBR Readahtong Hosted by Colorimetry and Tressa's Wishful Endings. That is an average of 19 pages per day.

Books Started: 

Magic Hour by Kristin Hannah

I read 301 pages in 8 days during the Fall into Reading Readathon Hosted by The Bibliophile Sisters. That is an average of 37 pages per day. 

Books Finished:

Magic Hour by Kristin Hannah

Books Started: 

City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare and Where She Went by Gayle Forman

Frightfall Readathon is Hosted by Michele at the True Book Addict on the Seasons of Reading Blog

I read 61 pages in 7 days which is about 8 pages per day.

Books Started: 

City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare

Fraterfest is hosted by the Caffeinated Book Reviewer.

I read 71 pages in 6 days which is about 11 pages per day. 

Books Started:

City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare

Fraterfest Readathon Update

Day 1 October 3rd

pg 170 to pg 178 in City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare

Pages Read: 8
Total Pages Read: 8

Day 2 October 4th

pg 178 to pg 186

Pages Read: 8
Total Pages Read: 16

Day 3 October 5th

pg 186 to pg 192

Pages Read: 6
Total Pages Read: 22

Day 4 October 6th

pg 192 to pg 199

Pages Read: 7
Total Pages Read: 29

Day 5 October 7th

pg 199 to pg 220

Pages Read: 21
Total Pages Read: 50

Day 6 October 8th

pg 220 to pg 241

Pages Read: 21
Total Pages Read: 71

FrightFall Read-a-thon Progress

Day 1 September 30th

pg 138 to pg 153 in City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare

Pages Read: 15

Total Pages Read: 15

Day 2 October 1st

pg 153 to pg 163

Pages Read: 10

Total Pages Read:25

Day 3 October 2nd

pg 163 to pg 170 

Pages Read: 7

Total Pages Read: 32

Day 4 October 3rd

pg 170 to pg 178

Pages Read: 8

Total Pages Read: 40

Day 5 October 4th

pg 178 to pg 186

Pages Read: 8

Total Pages Read: 48

Day 6 October 5th

pg 186 to pg 192

Pages Read: 6

Total Pages Read: 54

Day 7 October 6th

pg 192 to pg 199

Pages Read: 7

Total Pages Read: 61

Fall Into Reading Read-a-thon Progress

Day 1 September 22nd

pg 365 to pg 451 in Magic Hour by Kristin Hannah (finished)

pg 0 to pg 77 in Where She Went by Gayle Forman

Pages Read: 163
Total Pages Read: 163

Day 2 September 23rd

pg 0 to pg 27 in City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare

Pages Read: 27
Total Pages Read: 190


Day 3 September 24th

pg 27 to pg 42

Pages Read: 15
Total Pages Read: 205

Day 4 September 25th

pg 42 to pg 76

Pages Read: 34
Total Pages Read: 239

Day 5 September 26th

pg 76 to pg 103

Pages Read: 27
Total Pages Read: 266

Day 6 September 27th

pg 103 to pg 111

Pages Read: 8
Total Pages Read: 274

Day 7 September 28th

pg 111 to pg 130

Pages Read: 19
Total Pages Read: 293

Day 8 September 29th

pg 130 to pg 138

Pages Read: 8
Total Pages Read: 301

Win and Fail Summer of Standalones and Summer Series Challenge Wrap Up

I participated in two summer challenges this summer and although I worked hard on both there was one I was able to finish and one that was a fail, but overall helped me with my goal. 

Hosted by Books with Cass

Here are the 8 books I read for the Summer of Standalones Challenge. My goal was 5 books so this was my win. 

1. My Teenage Dream Ended by Farrah Abraham 
2. Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult 
3. Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion
4. Towering by Alex Flinn
5. Sisters in Sanity by Gayle Forman
6. Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen
7. All I Need by Susane Colasanti
8. The Moon and More by Sarah Dessen

Here is the 6 books I read for the Summer Series Challenge. My goal was to read 10 books so as you can see I was 4 shy. This challenge was a fail.

1. Scarlet by Marissa Meyer 

2. City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
3. 50 Harbor Street by Debbie Macomber
4. Fly Away by Kristin Hannah
5.  5-B Poppy Lane by Debbie Macomber
6. City of Glass by Cassandra Clare

Overall I had an amazing, busy summer. I'm now currently knee deep into college and silently praying for this semester to end. I hate generals. 

Thanks for reading

Rachael 

Tackle Your TBR Read-a-thon Update

I have had a busy time at college and just haven't found the time to write this post. I did record my progress for the entire readathon. The problem is when I'm unable to participate in the blogging community during readathons I don't get as much reading done. I think I did good as I was still adjusting to college life. 

Day 1 September 8th

pg 127 to pg 134 in Magic Hour by Kristin Hannah

Pages Read: 7
Total Pages Read: 7

Day 2 September 9th

pg 134 to pg 140

Pages Read: 6
Total Pages Read: 13

Day 3 September 10th

pg 140 to pg 153

Pages Read: 13
Total Pages Read: 26

Day 4 September 11th

pg 153 to pg 178

Pages Read: 25
Total Pages Read: 51

Day 5 September 12th

pg 178 to pg 212

Pages Read: 34
Total Pages Read: 85

Day 6 September 13th

pg 212 to pg 214

Pages Read: 2
Total Pages Read: 87

Day 7 September 14th

pg 214 to pg 242

Pages Read: 28
Total Pages Read: 115

Day 8 September 15th

pg 242 to pg 247

Pages Read: 5
Total Pages Read: 120

Day 9 September 16th

pg 247 to pg 262

Pages Read: 15
Total Pages Read: 135

Day 10 September 17th

pg 262 to pg 294

Pages Read: 32
Total Pages Read: 167

Day 11 September 18th

pg 294 to pg 334

Pages Read: 40
Total Pages Read: 207

Day 12 Setpember 18th

pg 334 to pg 365

Pages Read: 31
Total Pages Read: 238

Finish Line Hour 24 Dewey's Readathon October 2013

1. Which hour was most daunting for you? I made it to hour 16 before I was falling asleep and decided to call it a day. 
2. Could you list a few high-interest books that you think could keep a Reader engaged for next year? I read City of Fallen Angels. 
3. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year? The readathon is so great. I don't have any suggestions to make it better. 
4. What do you think worked really well in this year’s Read-a-thon? The hourly posts are always my favorite. 
5. How many books did you read? I read part of 1. 
6. What were the names of the books you read? City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare
7. Which book did you enjoy most? I only read one. 
8. Which did you enjoy least? none.
9. If you were a Cheerleader, do you have any advice for next year’s Cheerleaders? Keep on cheering you guys are great. 
10. How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again? What role would you be likely to take next time? I'm so excited to participate again in April although I need some time to recover from this readathon. I would be a reader again because this readathon helps me get more reading done. 

I read from 8:10 to 8:45 from pg 318 to pg 334 in City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare

I read from 9:12 to 10:20 from pg 334 to pg 359

Cumulative Stats:

Total Time Read: 3 hours 44 minutes

Total Pages Read: 92

What was different in this read-a-thon from the April read-a-thon? 

• In April I was a high school senior with a lot of time on my hand
• Now I'm a college student with lots of homework and way more responsibility
• I didn't have a laid back Saturday this time because we are busy in the fall where things calm down in the spring
• I did more update posts in April because I had more to update about
• I finished a book in April

Overall I had so much fun being apart of Dewey's October Readathon and I will be glad to participate again in April if time allows. I will have updates for tons of readathons I have completed coming your way. 

Thanks

Rachael