Little Pixie Posted July 4, 2014 Posted July 4, 2014 I`ve started on Isabel Allende`s The Sum of our Days. Quote
karen.d Posted July 4, 2014 Posted July 4, 2014 I didn't realise that the readathon was this weekend Will join in tomorrow and Sunday Quote
Athena Posted July 5, 2014 Author Posted July 5, 2014 That's nice to hear, Karen ! Here's my progress for yesterday: Friday 04-07-2014 60 mins, ~210 pages, Roald Dahl - Going Solo 50 mins, 136 pages, Ann M. Martin - BabySitter's Club 15: Little Miss Stoneybrook... and Dawn (re-read) 70 mins, 181 pages, A. C. Baantjer and Simon de Waal - De Waal & Baantjer 6: Een Mes in de Rug Total: 3h, ~527 pages I had a dip throughout the day and my mojo wasn't really feeling it (tbh, I wasn't really feeling it, I felt nauteous). It got better after a while and then I managed to read two more hours, but it's not as long as I would've hoped. The ~ is because I skipped/skimmed the last section of Going Solo, I didn't find it so interesting to be honest. All in all not a great day read-a-thon-wise. Whether today and/or tomorrow will go better I don't know, I'll have to wait and see . It's not nice but I don't need extra pressure of pushing myself into reading when I don't feel like it (the problem is I don't feel like anything so that makes things a bit more difficult). I did enjoy the last two books I read, the re-read of the BSC was nice as always and the dectecive book (nr. 6 in the series) was very enjoyable. LittlePixie, are you enjoying The Sum of Our Days ? Quote
Anna Begins Posted July 5, 2014 Posted July 5, 2014 I think this is the first one I've missed since Jan I miss it! Quote
Athena Posted July 6, 2014 Author Posted July 6, 2014 Awww Anna sorry to hear that . Maybe you can join in one of the next ones? Here's my progress for Saturday: Saturday 05-07-2014 1h, 175 pages, Dagmar Geisler - Vriendjes Verboden 30 mins, 64 pages, George R. R. Martin - A Song of Ice and Fire Graphic Novels 1: A Game of Thrones Boek 1 15 mins, 41 pages, George R. R. Martin - A Song of Ice and Fire Graphic Novels 1: A Game of Thrones Boek 2 Total: 1h 45 mins, 413 pages I didn't have great progress overall yesterday. I enjoyed reading what I did but a lot of other things came up. I'm just too tired to be forcing myself to do too many specific things, so I mainly did what I felt like at that moment (including lying down because I felt tired). So far today I've read 15 mins. I guess you can win every time . I've got other issues on my mind atm that I consider more imporant. I'm not sure how much I'll be participating in August's one as I might be busy unpacking and decorating. Quote
Little Pixie Posted July 6, 2014 Posted July 6, 2014 LittlePixie, are you enjoying The Sum of Our Days ? Thank you - yes, it was lovely. Friday : 240 pages of The Sum of our Days ( Isabel Allende ) Saturday : the last 60 pages of The Sum of our Days, all of Italo Calvino`s Mr Palomar ( 118 pages ) , the last few pages of Aphrodite ( Isabel Allende ) ( maybe 40 pages ) and the first 63 pages of Mario Vargas Llosa`s Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter. Sorry that your mojo was down this weekend, Gaia. Quote
Little Pixie Posted July 7, 2014 Posted July 7, 2014 Yesterday, I got up to page 218 of Aunt Julia and the Scripwriter, and also read Asterix the Gaul ( 48 pages ) and Asterix and the Golden Sickle ( 46 pages ). Total for the weekend - 770 pages. Hope everyone else had a good time. Quote
Athena Posted July 7, 2014 Author Posted July 7, 2014 (edited) Great progress Sarah (how were the Asterix books?)! Karen, how was your read-a-thon? Here's my progress for Sunday: Sunday 06-07-2014 15 mins, 23 pages, George R. R. Martin - A Song of Ice and Fire Graphic Novels 1: A Game of Thrones Boek 2 20 mins, 64 pages, Berthold Gunster - Omdenken 20 mins, 64 pages, Berthold Gunster - Omdenken in Relaties 35 mins, 63 pages, Sophie van der Stap - Buiten Spelen 35 mins, 62 pages, Virginia Andrews - De Beers 0: Duister Zaad Total: 2h 5 mins, 276 pages Total this read-a-thon: 6h 50 mins, ~1216 pages, 10 books read Sunday was a better day, I enjoyed most of the books I read and mojo seemed to be feeling a bit better. It felt like I read more than on the previous two days, but I only read for just over 2 hours. Overall then this read-a-thon wasn't the most satisfying one for me. I did enjoy some of my reads (though not all), but somehow mojo just wasn't feeling it. The next read-a-thon will take place on the 1rst 2nd 3rd of August. I might still be unpacking but if I feel like it I hope to be joining the next one. Edited July 7, 2014 by Athena Quote
Anna Begins Posted July 7, 2014 Posted July 7, 2014 The next read-a-thon will take place on the 1rst 2nd 3rd of August. I might still be unpacking but if I feel like it I hope to be joining the next one. I can't believe its almost August already! I'll be in, as it will be right before school starts. I might be reading my text book, but I'll be in for August! Quote
Athena Posted July 8, 2014 Author Posted July 8, 2014 Great ! I know, it seems the time has gone quickly.. Quote
Little Pixie Posted July 8, 2014 Posted July 8, 2014 Great progress Sarah (how were the Asterix books?)! Asterix books are a lot of fun - they`re beautifully drawn in such detail and the expressions are so funny. I have around 15 of them ; this was a re-read. Quote
Athena Posted July 9, 2014 Author Posted July 9, 2014 I'm glad to read that . If I'm not mistaken my dad used to read them when he was younger. I haven't read them myself though I did see a few of the Asterix films and we had a video game for it on the CD-i. Quote
Little Pixie Posted July 9, 2014 Posted July 9, 2014 I think I may use August`s read-a-thon to catch up with my Kimples and have a good look at things I`ve downloaded to Kindle, with a view to actually reading some of them. Quote
Athena Posted July 9, 2014 Author Posted July 9, 2014 How many Kimples do you have? I hope you find something interesting . I should really read some more books I have on my Kindle, I just prefer to read paperbooks though. Quote
Little Pixie Posted July 10, 2014 Posted July 10, 2014 How many Kimples do you have? I hope you find something interesting . I should really read some more books I have on my Kindle, I just prefer to read paperbooks though. I`ve just counted them and it`s 256. Eep. Quote
Athena Posted July 10, 2014 Author Posted July 10, 2014 I`ve just counted them and it`s 256. Eep. Wow, that's a lot! I hope you enjoy reading them for the read-a-thon (and hopefully you find some nice ones in there, and perhaps some not so nice ones too). Quote
Little Pixie Posted July 10, 2014 Posted July 10, 2014 Wow, that's a lot! I hope you enjoy reading them for the read-a-thon (and hopefully you find some nice ones in there, and perhaps some not so nice ones too). I would`ve guessed around 100, so 256 was a bit scary. Yes, hopefully I won`t find that I want to read all of them... Quote
Athena Posted July 10, 2014 Author Posted July 10, 2014 That'd be a lot of books! Are they from several different kinds of genres and are they all new authors to you? Quote
Anna Begins Posted July 10, 2014 Posted July 10, 2014 I would`ve guessed around 100, so 256 was a bit scary. Yes, hopefully I won`t find that I want to read all of them... I always keep a ton of Kindle Samples- that's how I keep track of books I want to read! I don't think I could even survive without free Kindle Samples- in fact, I always read the Sample before buying the book! Happy Reading! You'll have fun finding tons of stuff in your Sample collection Quote
frankie Posted July 10, 2014 Posted July 10, 2014 I didn't have great progress overall yesterday. I enjoyed reading what I did but a lot of other things came up. I'm just too tired to be forcing myself to do too many specific things, so I mainly did what I felt like at that moment (including lying down because I felt tired). So far today I've read 15 mins. I guess you can win every time . I've got other issues on my mind atm that I consider more imporant. I'm not sure how much I'll be participating in August's one as I might be busy unpacking and decorating. Awww I hope you don't feel like you have to take part in each of the read-a-thons, just because you came up with the idea originally. We all have things that come up and can't always join the read-a-thon, no matter how much the ideal appeals to us. I hope you only join the read-a-thon when you feel like it! Quote
Athena Posted July 11, 2014 Author Posted July 11, 2014 Awww I hope you don't feel like you have to take part in each of the read-a-thons, just because you came up with the idea originally. We all have things that come up and can't always join the read-a-thon, no matter how much the ideal appeals to us. I hope you only join the read-a-thon when you feel like it! Thanks Frankie . I haven't missed one yet so I kind of do feel like I have to take part.. but that's very true. I shouldn't pressure myself too much and only join because I feel like it. I guess the read-a-thon is becoming less unique to me because I keep choosing short reads that don't always interest me much, as well as that I read a lot outside of the read-a-thon days. I guess I'll see how things are going near the end of the month. I'll be busy with the bakery / moving in / unpacking / decorating so depending on how it goes I might either want a break from it or I might want to keep going. You're very friendly . Quote
frankie Posted July 11, 2014 Posted July 11, 2014 Reading is no fun if you feel like you have to do it. And read-a-thon is every month so if one takes part in it each month it's quite a lot to do. You should definitely only do it when you really feel like it. And yes, you'll be having a lot of other things to do at the end of this month! It's a very exciting time for you, but it's also possibly rather stressful, so you really don't want to stress yourself over something like read-a-thon, as well. The read-a-thon will always be here when you have the time for it and when you really feel like it Quote
Athena Posted July 11, 2014 Author Posted July 11, 2014 Thanks Frankie, it's good to have a friend like you . Quote
frankie Posted July 11, 2014 Posted July 11, 2014 Thanks Frankie, it's good to have a friend like you . Oh don't mention it, it was just an observation You'd do the same for others! Quote
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