~A Winter's Respite~ Read-a-thon Day 1 and 2 Post

A Winter's Respite Read-a-Thon hosted by Michelle @ Season's of Reading

My first book will be Jane Austen's Emma. I'm trying to get finished with it before the end of the month! It's a great book, just super wordy and hard to sit and read for more than 30 minutes (for me at least!)

Day 1 and 2 and 3:
Book: Emma by Jane Austen
Starting Page: 65
Ending Page:

Notes: I'm combining two days into this post. I had a busy day with work yesterday and did not get much reading done :( So crossing my fingers today is better! 

Tuesday notes: BAH! This week! I love to work, so I'm not complaining about my job, but I've been soooo busy by the time I have time my eyes are wanting to shut! Combining 3 days into one post = lazy Melissa.  

Read-a-thon: A Winter's Respite..Last Day and Wrap Up

Well children, it's been real I've read a crapton and am now officially (thank you daynight!) at 5 books ahead of schedule! 2013 is starting off to be pretty read-tastic! Yes ma'am (and sirs..) I am happy with my progress for this 'thon. I'm not expecting to squeeze in another one, but the day is still young so who knows.

So far the books I've read since starting AWR are:

• The City of Earthly Desire
• Wicked Wives
• Unholy Testament: The Beginning
• Daynight

Today I have my bookmark in:

One Grave at a Time ...which I'm not sure if I'm gonna be able to finish by the time this 'thon is over, but I'm super serial satisfied with what I've read so far! :)

Read-a-thon: A Winter's Respite

Okie dokie artichokie, I know I've been MIA on this read-a-thon, but I have good reasonings! Monday in the middle of my work shift all my cables/internets vanished on me! Poof! No webs or tvs for the whole day!

This was me the whole time...I kid not. 

Anywho, other than mindnumbing boredom and panicking over not being able to work, I DID read a lot. Me and the kidlet monster laid out on the couch and read...it twas delightful! 

So far this 'thon I've gotten 2 books read! Today I am off work and taking a trip to my sister's house so I can FINALLY meet my new niece y'all! I LOVE new humans! Babies! Ermaghad! 

So the booktype objects I'll be taking with me are as follows:

• One Grave at a Time
• Unholy Testament-ebook
• Murder on Mars-ebook
• The Woman in White-not an ebook but is a book that qualifies for a challenge
• Persuasion

NO the trip is NOT that long, but my husband plays ANNOYING music when he's driving so I will have to drowned out the NOISE!

So there you have it! Mah plans! After I am done cuddling and contemplating how to sneak the babeh back home with me...I will be reading all night!

Read-a-thon: A Winter's Respite Updates

Okay party peeps! I'm back at it again! This time the "thon is being hosted by my loverly friend Michelle and this time I've got 2 mountains of books (but they look really good!) Soooo here goes my friend!

Oh, and throughout the day I'll be chatting/checking in on the people reading too! The hashtag thingamabob for this is #WintersRespite

So without furter ado:

1st Check-in:
Book: The City of Earthly Desires -FINISHED! Thanks to a cable/internet outage in my area! 

2nd Check-in: 
Book: Wicked Wives-
 

Read-a-thon: A Winter's Respite *sticky*

Everyone that's ever been to my blog knows I'm a read-a-thon slut! I join up every single one of them! So when my friend Michelle announced this one..well you can tell how that turned out for me! ;)

Book Stack: 

• The Haunting of Hill House
• Halfway to the Grave
• Bastion
• All these Things I've Done
• All's Fair in Vanities War
• The Fallen Queen
• The Great Gatsby (ebook)
• The Scarlet Letter (ebook)
• Pride and Prejudice

Update: 1/23
Book: The Great Gatsby (Ebook) start: 36/135 (end: 70/135)
Pages: 34
Challenges: Post a picture of your stack

Update: 1/24
Book: The Great Gatsby (Ebook) start: (70/135) FINISHED
Pages:65
Challenges: None

Update: 1/25
Book: The Haunting of Hill House-Shirley Jackson (12 pages)
Pages:77
Challenges: none today

Update: 1/26 & 1/27 & 1/28 and 1/29
Book: The Haunting of Hill House-Shirley Jackson (start pg 12/ end pg --)

Pages:77
Challenges:
I am failing miserably. Is there a challenge for just reading? LOL

A Winter's Respite Read-a-Thon Final Post

It's over. I had a blast and can't wait to see other people's totals and what they read! Got my handy dandy notebook ready to pile on more to the TBR list! So here are my totals! I had such a great time!!

Total Days Participating: Jan. 17th-23rd
Total Pages Read: 1055
Total Books Read or Completed: 4 books

1. Fallen-Lauren Kate-ebook
2. The Black Dahlia-James Ellroy
3. Down the Road-Bowie Ibarra
4. Across the Universe by Beth Revis

I'm so proud of myself! I didn't read all day everyday but I did make it a point to read as much as I could whenever I could, which is something that I plan on continuing to do!

A Winter's Respite Read-a-Thon Day 7 Last Day

Aww, today is the final day of the read-a-thon! Catch me chatting every now and then on Twitter using #readathon! I'm going to have a busy day today so I don't know what will get done but so far I've finished 3 books!! Three!!
Starting tomorrow I will be reviewing all the books that I've read this week so watch for those! I'm hoping I can finish the Black Dahlia and really crack into the Greyfriar!

Here Be the Books:

• The Black Dahlia starting page 221 FINISHED page 371-150
  
• The Greyfriar starting page 12

Total Pages Read Today: 150 pages
Books Completed: One-The Black Dahlia

A Winter's Respite Read-a-Thon Day 6

Well yesterday wasn't very productive. I worked, then I vegged. My husband came home and after the boy went to sleep we had some adult beverages (very rarely do we do this lol) and watched movies. It was fun, but since I am not used to drinking anymore my head is a bit messed up today. Not sure how much reading I will do.

Still going to focus on the books I have been working on:

• Fallen (start on page 125) Ended on page 271 (FINISHED!)(146 pages)
  
• The Black Dahlia (start on page 208) Ended on page 221 (boo 13 pages)
  
• The Greyfriar (start on page 12)
  

I'm slow to start this morning so I'd say
Start Time: 9am
Pages Read: 159 pages total
Books Finished: One! Fallen by Lauren Kate
Time Finished:not sure when I stopped last night.

A Winter's Respite Read-a-Thon Day 5

How are you all doing? I'm reading a lot and this is great! Haven't finished anymore books but I feel like today is going to be a good one! I'll check out #readathon on Twitter often!

My books:
The Black Dahlia-starting pg. 206-Ending 208 (yes..that's just 2 measly pages)
Fallen-starting pg. 43-Ending 125 (82 pages..obviously the book I focused on the most!)
The Greyfriar-starting pg. 12

I'll still focus on these books. So far they are all pretty interesting so I don't think I need to throw anymore into the mix. I don't think my brain could take it!

Starting time: 7am (remember I don't read all this time it's just the first minute I get to crack open a book!)
Ending Time: I think I stopped reading around 4pm (i was super tired)
Pages Read: 84
Books Completed: (crossing my fingers i get one today!)-None! A big fat goose egg ZERO :(

Oh and another thing! Reviews are going to come next week. I'm just focusing on the reading this week. I'm taking notes as I go so I won't forget anything! So look for those soon!

A Winter's Respite Read-a-Thon Day 4

Well you guys! Yesterday was fun, but I didn't read as much as I'd like. :( So here's crossing my fingers to a productive reading day!

I'm going to start the reading day at 7:00am today!

Here are the books that I am going to read:

The Black Dahlia (starting on page 132) Stopped on 206-Total 74
Fallen (starting on page 25) Stopped on 43-Total 18
The Greyfriar (starting on page 1)

Now I know that seems like I'm crazy picking out three books, but I seem to have reading ADD at the moment, so I figured I'd be more productive if I give myself a wider selection today! Hope it works!

End Time: 10:00pm
Pages Read:
Books Finished:

A Winter's Respite Read-a-Thon Day 3

Well it's day three! Woo hoo! I'm going to focus on two books today! I want to finish up The Black Dahlia and finish up Fallen (ebook!)
So them's my plans!
Don't forget to use #readathon To talk to Everyone Else Participating!
Starting Time: 7:00am
Starting Book: The Black Dahlia (finish)-didn't finish
Start Page: 45
Ending page: 132
Second Book: Fallen-Did not get to Fallen Today!
Books Read:-none finished
Pages Read: 82
End Time: 10:00 PM

A Winter's Respite Read-a-Thon Day 2

It's not too late to sign up! Just click my button up there and then you can join in on the fun! If you wanna hop on twitter and talk to us then you should use the hashtag #readathon ! So get your books ready, sign up, and crack open a book!



Starting Book: Down the Road (finish)
Starting at pg: 60
Starting Time: 7:00 AM
Second Book: The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy (for the Lost Entwife's Read-a-Long)

Finishing Time: About 10:30pm
Book Finished: Down the Road (152)

Total Pages Read Today: 197

When I have the start/stop times these are when I open the book the first time and close it for the last time of the day. I'm not reading straight from 7am-10:30pm. I wished I could do that! I do have work, a home to keep up, and most importantly a child to wrangle! :)

Starting Line (A Winter's Respite)

I'm starting with Across the Universe by Beth Revis. I didn't get finished last week so that's what I'm focusing on today! Here's the stats:

Starting at pg: 162
Starting Time: 7:10 A.M
Finishing Time: (ATU) 4:30pm
Pages Read: 236 pages
Book Finished: Across the Universe

Second Book:
Book: Down the Road by Bowie Ibarra (Not on my original list but I can't say no to zombies!)
Start Time: 5:00pm
End Time:6:30 PM
Pages:55


Total Pages Read Today:291