Sunday, October 22, 2023

Read-a-Thon hours 21-24: 3:00 - 7:00

Currently reading: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams

Pages read these hours: 286

Total pages so far: 1109

Books finished:
The Stranger by Caroline B. Cooney
Saga, Vol. 10 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples
The Return (Animorphs #48) by K.A. Applegate
A Summer to Remember (Lumberjanes #19) by Shannon Watters
The Girl Who Cried Monster (Goosebumps #8) by R.L. Stine
Unicornado (Phoebe and Her Unicorn #16) by Dana Simpson
Skeletons Don't Play Tubas (Bailey School Kids #11) by Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton Jones

Snacks: Early on, my last sips of caffeine, and then after that just herbal tea.

Current state of things: It became clear that I was not going to finish Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency before the end of the read-a-thon (or if by some miracle I did, I wouldn't get any other books read), so I decided to take a break from it and read the two shorter books still on my stack. I'm glad I did, because it gave me more variety in the final hours. And I ended up reading about half of Dirk Gently. All in all, a pretty solid read-a-thon!

Read-a-Thon hours 17-20: 23:00 - 3:00

Currently reading: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams

Pages read these hours: 49

Total pages so far: 823

Books finished:
The Stranger by Caroline B. Cooney
Saga, Vol. 10 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples
The Return (Animorphs #48) by K.A. Applegate
A Summer to Remember (Lumberjanes #19) by Shannon Watters
The Girl Who Cried Monster (Goosebumps #8) by R.L. Stine

Snacks: Tea, and then more energy drink.

Current state of things: Definitely had some of my weakest hours in there. Lots of distractions and lots of struggling to keep my eyes open, reading the same paragraph over and over again. But the caffeine is getting me focused again now! Time for the final stretch!

Saturday, October 21, 2023

Read-a-Thon hours 13-16: 19:00 - 23:00

Currently reading: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams

Pages read these hours: 141+

Total pages so far: 774

Books finished:
The Stranger by Caroline B. Cooney
Saga, Vol. 10 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples
The Return (Animorphs #48) by K.A. Applegate
A Summer to Remember (Lumberjanes #19) by Shannon Watters
The Girl Who Cried Monster (Goosebumps #8) by R.L. Stine

Snacks: Some more bread and butter. I had some really good homemade (not by me) bread to finish today.

Current state of things: Still going strong! I'm on to the biggest book on my stack for the day, so I'm settling in for the long haul now. I'm 20 pages in and liking it so far!

Read-a-Thon hours 9-12: 15:00 - 19:00

Currently reading: The Girl Who Cried Monster (Goosebumps #8) by R.L. Stine

Pages read these hours: 214

Total pages so far: 633

Books finished:
The Stranger by Caroline B. Cooney
Saga, Vol. 10 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples
The Return (Animorphs #48) by K.A. Applegate
A Summer to Remember (Lumberjanes #19) by Shannon Watters

Snacks: Gummy worms, and then a flatbread pizza for supper.

Current state of things: Plenty of energy! And happy with my pace so far, as we hit the halfway point!

Read-a-Thon hours 5-8: 11:00 - 15:00

Currently reading: The Return (Animorphs #48) by K.A. Applegate

Pages read these hours: 244

Total pages so far: 419

Books finished:
The Stranger by Caroline B. Cooney
Saga, Vol. 10 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples

Snacks: Some bread and butter, and I started my Monster.

Current state of things: Doing fine! I'm surprised I haven't been sleepier.

Read-a-Thon Hours 1-4: 7:00 - 11:00

Currently reading: The Stranger by Caroline B. Cooney

Pages read these hours: 175

Total pages so far: 175

Books finished:
none yet

Snacks: Raspberry pomegranate Greek yogourt with chocolate granola for breakfast.

Current state of things: So far so good! This first book is taking slightly longer than I'd hoped, but I haven't been struggling too much to stay awake, at least!

Ready, Set, Read!


I don't love autumn, but I do love Halloween, Comic Con, and Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-Thon, so all in all October's pretty good!

Nothing too out of the ordinary in my book stack for today. Emboldened by my completion of a novel written for adults during the April read-a-thon, I have included one again this time. We'll see how things go!

  • Saga, Vol. 10 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (160 pages)
  • A Summer to Remember (Lumberjanes #19) by Shannon Watters (112 pages)
  • Unicornado (Phoebe and Her Unicorn #16) by Dana Simpson (171 pages)
  • The Stranger by Caroline B. Cooney (198 pages)
  • The Girl Who Cried Monster (Goosebumps #8) by R.L. Stine (137 pages)
  • The Baby-Sitter III by R.L. Stine (183 pages)
  • The Return (Animorphs #48) by K.A. Applegate (148 pages)
  • The Witches of Worm by Zilpha Keatley Snyder (183 pages)
  • Skeletons Don't Play Tubas (The Bailey School Kids #11) by Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton Jones (73 pages)
  • Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams (247 pages)
That's a total of 1612 pages, consisting of 443 pages of graphic novels, and 1169 pages of standard text. That's quite a bit more than I read last time (the first time I ever finished my stack and had to look for another book!) so this should be plenty to get me through the day.