To Be Read List: May 2017 Voting

I'm breaking the rules this month. I chose three books from my deal me in/ fill in the gaps challenge. I'm skipping the summaries and letting you judge these books by their covers.

Dewey's 24 Hour Readathon April 2017: Finish Line

1. Which hour was most daunting for you? I was really tired last night and went to bed around 10 pm, which is hour 15.
2. Could you list a few high-interest books that you think could keep a Reader engaged for next year? Just One Day. 
3. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next season? I know you guys have worked hard on cheerleading and you just don't get the results you want, but I would love to see official cheerleaders come back and not just to twitter, but for the blogs too. 
4. What do you think worked really well in this year’s Read-a-thon? the hourly updates and the mini challenges were great. 
5. How many books did you read? 1
6. What were the names of the books you read? Two by Two by Nicholas Sparks
7. Which book did you enjoy most? Just One Day by Gayle Forman and Two by Two by Nicholas Sparks. 
8. Which did you enjoy least? -
9. How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again? What role would you be likely to take next time? I will be back in October to participate as a reader again. 

8:13 to 9:19 pg 133-171

9:37-9:48 pg 171-181

I fell asleep beween these two reading sessions and then I ended up going to bed for the rest of the readathon. 

Time Read: 1 hour 8 minutes

Pages Read: 48

Total Time Read: 192

Total Pages Read: 4 hours 24 minutes

This readathon was by far not my best. I was a lot more tired than usual. I still made a lot of progress and I'm proud of that progress. This is my 9th readathon. I participated in my first readathon in April of my Senior year of high school and I am now almost a college graduate. I love this readathon and I'm going to continue to participate no matter how busy I get. It is the perfect time to set aside time to read. 

April 2013: 296 pages

Oct 2013: 92 pages

April 2014: 440 pages

Oct 2014: 417 pages

April 2015: 360 pages

Oct 2015: 256 pages

April 2016: 187 pages

October 2016: 183 pages

April 2017: 192 pages

April 2013: 8 hours 6 minutes

Oct 2013: 3 hours 44 minutes

April 2014: 11 hours 24 minutes

Oct 2014: 8 hours 44 minutes

April 2015: 9 hours 13 minutes

Oct 2015: 4 hours and 38 minutes

April 2016: 4 hours and 38 minutes

October 2016: 5 hours 40 minutes

April 2017: 4 hours 24 minutes

Dewey's Readathon April 2017: Hour 13 Update

Mid Event Survey

1. What are you reading right now? Just One Day by Gayle Forman
2. How many books have you read so far? Two by Two by Nicholas Sparks
3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Read-a-thon? more of Just One Day. 
4. Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those? We moved my sister out of college, so I had a few hours where I wasn't reading.
5. What surprises you most about the Read-a-thon, so far? This readathon has been great and I have accomplished a lot. 

Hour 13 Update

Hello fellow readathoners. I'm back for an update. It has been awhile. We went and moved my sister out of college. She just has the bare essentials to last her through finals week. I took a nap in the car on the way home since I'm not able to read in the car anyways. Once we came home we got everything unpacked then I went back to reading. 

10:33 to 10:46 pg 50- pg 59

4:36 to 5:19 pg 59- pg 91

5:40 to 6:19 pg 91-122

6:37 to 6:53 pg 122-pg 133

Pages Read: 83

Time Read: 1 hr 49 mins

Total Pages Read: 144

Total Time Read: 3 hrs 16 mins

Dewey's Readathon April 2017 Hour 3 Update

Hour 3 Update:
So far my morning has been very successful. I woke up around 7:00, went to the bathroom, grabbed my phone, and my reading pillow. I was reading by 7:05. I finished Two by Two by Nicholas Sparks within the hour. Then I started Just One Day by Gayle Forman and I'm currently on page 31.


7:05 to 7:55 pg 452-482 Two by Two by Nicholas Sparks
8:08 to 8:45 pg 0 to pg 31 Just One Day by Gayle Forman

Pages Read: 61 pages
Time Read: 1 hour 27 minutes

Cover by Memory Mini Challenge

Here is my cover by memory. I think it is pretty good I just need to shade before I put the letters on. 

Dewey's Readathon April 2017 Starting Line

1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today? South Dakota
2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to? Just One Day, Geekerella
3) Which snack are you most looking forward to? don't know (didn't plan snacks this time around)
4) Tell us a little something about yourself! My name is Rachael. I have been blogging for four years now. This will be my 9th readathon. I'm now a senior in college and one week away from finishing student teaching. 
5) If you participated in the last read-a-thon, what’s one thing you’ll do different today? If this is your first read-a-thon, what are you most looking forward to?
We are moving my sister out of college, so that will be a time during the day that I won't be reading. 


This is a scheduled post, but here is my plan for Saturday:
I'm planning on waking up around 7:00 to 8:00 am and reading in bed for an hour. Then I will eat breakfast and get ready to travel to move my sister out. When we get home then I will spend the rest of the day laying around and reading. I'm planning on starting the day by finishing Two by Two and then moving on to Just One Day by Gayle Forman.