Currently reading: Sisters by Raina Telgemeier
Pages read these hours: 292
Total pages so far: 1809
Books finished:
Twin Spica, vol. 11 by Kou Yaginuma
The Illusion (Animorphs #33) by K.A. Applegate
Squirrel, You Really Got Me Now (The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl vol. 3) by Ryan North and Erica Henderson
Phoebe and Her Unicorn in Unicorn Theater by Dana Simpson
The Marvels by Brian Selznick
Saga, vol. 9 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples
Snacks: None.
Current state of things: Finished strong! In the last two hours, I read all of Saga, vol. 9, and the majority of Sisters. So in total I read 6 books and most of a 7th, plus a little bit of my French book, totaling a very respectable 1809 pages! And now, off to bed!
Sunday, April 7, 2019
Read-a-Thon hours 21 and 22: 3:00 - 5:00
Currently reading: Saga, vol. 9 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples
Pages read these hours: 116
Total pages so far: 1517
Books finished:
Twin Spica, vol. 11 by Kou Yaginuma
The Illusion (Animorphs #33) by K.A. Applegate
Squirrel, You Really Got Me Now (The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl vol. 3) by Ryan North and Erica Henderson
Phoebe and Her Unicorn in Unicorn Theater by Dana Simpson
The Marvels by Brian Selznick
Snacks: Still sipping away at my energy drink (though I should probably finish it soon so I can fall asleep at 7:00!).
Current state of things: Just finished book five of the day! Now moving on to Saga, and we'll see if there's time for anything else after that!
Pages read these hours: 116
Total pages so far: 1517
Books finished:
Twin Spica, vol. 11 by Kou Yaginuma
The Illusion (Animorphs #33) by K.A. Applegate
Squirrel, You Really Got Me Now (The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl vol. 3) by Ryan North and Erica Henderson
Phoebe and Her Unicorn in Unicorn Theater by Dana Simpson
The Marvels by Brian Selznick
Snacks: Still sipping away at my energy drink (though I should probably finish it soon so I can fall asleep at 7:00!).
Current state of things: Just finished book five of the day! Now moving on to Saga, and we'll see if there's time for anything else after that!
Read-a-Thon hours 19 and 20: 1:00 - 3:00
Currently reading: The Marvels by Brian Selznick
Pages read these hours: 95
Total pages so far: 1401
Books finished:
Twin Spica, vol. 11 by Kou Yaginuma
The Illusion (Animorphs #33) by K.A. Applegate
Squirrel, You Really Got Me Now (The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl vol. 3) by Ryan North and Erica Henderson
Phoebe and Her Unicorn in Unicorn Theater by Dana Simpson
Snacks: None, besides my energy drink.
Current state of things: Good. Did my French reading (22 pages) with no sleepiness. Since then I've been really into The Marvels!
Pages read these hours: 95
Total pages so far: 1401
Books finished:
Twin Spica, vol. 11 by Kou Yaginuma
The Illusion (Animorphs #33) by K.A. Applegate
Squirrel, You Really Got Me Now (The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl vol. 3) by Ryan North and Erica Henderson
Phoebe and Her Unicorn in Unicorn Theater by Dana Simpson
Snacks: None, besides my energy drink.
Current state of things: Good. Did my French reading (22 pages) with no sleepiness. Since then I've been really into The Marvels!
Read-a-Thon hours 17 and 18: 23:00 - 1:00
Currently reading: The Marvels by Brian Selznick
Pages read these hours: 54
Total pages so far: 1306
Books finished:
Twin Spica, vol. 11 by Kou Yaginuma
The Illusion (Animorphs #33) by K.A. Applegate
Squirrel, You Really Got Me Now (The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl vol. 3) by Ryan North and Erica Henderson
Phoebe and Her Unicorn in Unicorn Theater by Dana Simpson
Snacks: I started my Monster energy drink.
Current state of things: I was getting quite sleepy indeed! So I got up and walked around a bit and started my energy drink. I'm gonna switch over to my French reading for half an hour to make sure I get that done, then switch back to The Marvels.
Pages read these hours: 54
Total pages so far: 1306
Books finished:
Twin Spica, vol. 11 by Kou Yaginuma
The Illusion (Animorphs #33) by K.A. Applegate
Squirrel, You Really Got Me Now (The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl vol. 3) by Ryan North and Erica Henderson
Phoebe and Her Unicorn in Unicorn Theater by Dana Simpson
Snacks: I started my Monster energy drink.
Current state of things: I was getting quite sleepy indeed! So I got up and walked around a bit and started my energy drink. I'm gonna switch over to my French reading for half an hour to make sure I get that done, then switch back to The Marvels.
Saturday, April 6, 2019
Read-a-Thon hours 15 and 16: 21:00 - 23:00
Currently reading: The Marvels by Brian Selznick
Pages read these hours: 452
Total pages so far: 1252
Books finished:
Twin Spica, vol. 11 by Kou Yaginuma
The Illusion (Animorphs #33) by K.A. Applegate
Squirrel, You Really Got Me Now (The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl vol. 3) by Ryan North and Erica Henderson
Phoebe and Her Unicorn in Unicorn Theater by Dana Simpson
Snacks: Perogies, om nom nom. Also a Kit Kat.
Current state of things: Feeling great! These are my best hours! After my quick read of Phoebe and Her Unicorn, I decided to jump into The Marvels, which is the longest book on my pile by a long shot, but which also has over 400 pages that are wordless! Most of them are in the first section of the book; I've finished that part and am now on the text part. There's another picture part at the end as well.
Pages read these hours: 452
Total pages so far: 1252
Books finished:
Twin Spica, vol. 11 by Kou Yaginuma
The Illusion (Animorphs #33) by K.A. Applegate
Squirrel, You Really Got Me Now (The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl vol. 3) by Ryan North and Erica Henderson
Phoebe and Her Unicorn in Unicorn Theater by Dana Simpson
Snacks: Perogies, om nom nom. Also a Kit Kat.
Current state of things: Feeling great! These are my best hours! After my quick read of Phoebe and Her Unicorn, I decided to jump into The Marvels, which is the longest book on my pile by a long shot, but which also has over 400 pages that are wordless! Most of them are in the first section of the book; I've finished that part and am now on the text part. There's another picture part at the end as well.
Read-a-Thon hours 13 and 14: 19:00 - 21:00
Currently reading: Phoebe and Her Unicorn in Unicorn Theater by Dana Simpson
Pages read these hours: 151
Total pages so far: 800
Books finished:
Twin Spica, vol. 11 by Kou Yaginuma
The Illusion (Animorphs #33) by K.A. Applegate
Squirrel, You Really Got Me Now (The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl vol. 3) by Ryan North and Erica Henderson
Snacks: None, but I'm about to have a late supper of perogies!
Current state of things: I LOVE Squirrel Girl, but 5 hours spent on that one volume was TOO MUCH. Phoebe and Her Unicorn, with its huge panels and huge font, is the perfect followup. I've only been reading it for about half an hour and I'm almost done!
Pages read these hours: 151
Total pages so far: 800
Books finished:
Twin Spica, vol. 11 by Kou Yaginuma
The Illusion (Animorphs #33) by K.A. Applegate
Squirrel, You Really Got Me Now (The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl vol. 3) by Ryan North and Erica Henderson
Snacks: None, but I'm about to have a late supper of perogies!
Current state of things: I LOVE Squirrel Girl, but 5 hours spent on that one volume was TOO MUCH. Phoebe and Her Unicorn, with its huge panels and huge font, is the perfect followup. I've only been reading it for about half an hour and I'm almost done!
Read-a-Thon hours 11 and 12: 17:00 - 19:00
Currently reading: Squirrel, You Really Got Me Now (The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, vol. 3) by Ryan North and Erica Henderson
Pages read these hours: 66
Total pages so far: 649
Books finished: Twin Spica, vol. 11 by Kou Yaginuma, The Illusion (Animorphs #33) by K.A. Applegate
Snacks: Nothing much.
Current state of things: Wow, I did not anticipate how long this Squirrel Girl book would take me! But anyway, here at the halfway point, I'm just about done my 3rd book. And I think they were among the lengthier books in my pile. So I'm still doing well!
Speaking of which, it's time for the mid-event survey!
1. What are you reading right now? Squirrel, You Really Got Me Now (The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, vol. 3) by Ryan North and Erica Henderson
2. How many books have you read so far? Almost 3.
3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Read-a-thon? I'm thinking volume 9 of Saga!!
4. Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those? None besides my own sleepiness and poor attention span! Although, at some point I do have to pop out for a few minutes to play a tiny bit of Ingress (augmented reality game) to keep my streak going.
5. What surprises you most about the Read-a-thon, so far? I'm slightly surprised by how easily distracted I've been today, lol.
Pages read these hours: 66
Total pages so far: 649
Books finished: Twin Spica, vol. 11 by Kou Yaginuma, The Illusion (Animorphs #33) by K.A. Applegate
Snacks: Nothing much.
Current state of things: Wow, I did not anticipate how long this Squirrel Girl book would take me! But anyway, here at the halfway point, I'm just about done my 3rd book. And I think they were among the lengthier books in my pile. So I'm still doing well!
Speaking of which, it's time for the mid-event survey!
1. What are you reading right now? Squirrel, You Really Got Me Now (The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, vol. 3) by Ryan North and Erica Henderson
2. How many books have you read so far? Almost 3.
3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Read-a-thon? I'm thinking volume 9 of Saga!!
4. Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those? None besides my own sleepiness and poor attention span! Although, at some point I do have to pop out for a few minutes to play a tiny bit of Ingress (augmented reality game) to keep my streak going.
5. What surprises you most about the Read-a-thon, so far? I'm slightly surprised by how easily distracted I've been today, lol.
Read-a-Thon hours 9 and 10: 15:00 - 17:00
Currently reading: Squirrel, You Really Got Me Now (The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, vol. 3) by Ryan North and Erica Henderson
Pages read these hours: 58
Total pages so far: 583
Books finished: Twin Spica, vol. 11 by Kou Yaginuma, The Illusion (Animorphs #33) by K.A. Applegate
Snacks: Veggie dogs. I ate a meal! Good job me.
Current state of things: Pretty good! I don't know why my page count was so low. I mean, I do read the letters page at the end of each comic issue, which takes a while, but you'd think the comic book pages would make up for that! Anyway, I've been slow, but wide awake!
Pages read these hours: 58
Total pages so far: 583
Books finished: Twin Spica, vol. 11 by Kou Yaginuma, The Illusion (Animorphs #33) by K.A. Applegate
Snacks: Veggie dogs. I ate a meal! Good job me.
Current state of things: Pretty good! I don't know why my page count was so low. I mean, I do read the letters page at the end of each comic issue, which takes a while, but you'd think the comic book pages would make up for that! Anyway, I've been slow, but wide awake!
Read-a-Thon hours 7 and 8: 13:00 - 15:00
Currently reading: Squirrel, You Really Got Me Now (Squirrel Girl, vol. 3) by Ryan North and Erica Henderson
Pages read these hours: 86
Total pages so far: 525
Books finished: Twin Spica, vol. 11 by Kou Yaginuma, The Illusion (Animorphs #33) by K.A. Applegate
Snacks: More popcorn twists (oh my god someone get this giant bag of popcorn twists away from me). Also my husband got home from work and brought me a mocha frappuccino. :)
Current state of things: Doin' fine. Back on a graphic novel now.
Pages read these hours: 86
Total pages so far: 525
Books finished: Twin Spica, vol. 11 by Kou Yaginuma, The Illusion (Animorphs #33) by K.A. Applegate
Snacks: More popcorn twists (oh my god someone get this giant bag of popcorn twists away from me). Also my husband got home from work and brought me a mocha frappuccino. :)
Current state of things: Doin' fine. Back on a graphic novel now.
Read-a-Thon hours 5 and 6: 11:00 - 13:00
Currently reading: The Illusion (Animorphs #33) by K.A. Applegate
Pages read these hours: 45
Total pages so far: 439
Books finished: Twin Spica, vol. 11 by Kou Yaginuma
Snacks: Popcorn Twists and water.
Current state of things: I had a lot of trouble concentrating the last couple hours. Kept getting distracted by my phone. But at least the sleepiness seems to have passed, and I'm back to concentrating now!
Pages read these hours: 45
Total pages so far: 439
Books finished: Twin Spica, vol. 11 by Kou Yaginuma
Snacks: Popcorn Twists and water.
Current state of things: I had a lot of trouble concentrating the last couple hours. Kept getting distracted by my phone. But at least the sleepiness seems to have passed, and I'm back to concentrating now!
Read-a-Thon hours 3 and 4: 9:00 - 11:00
Currently reading: The Illusion (Animorphs #33) by K.A. Applegate
Pages read these hours: 186
Total pages so far: 394
Books finished: Twin Spica, vol. 11 by Kou Yaginuma
Snacks: None right now.
Current state of things: OK, so I got sleepy again. I was doing great, but in the last little bit I definitely dozed a bit!
Pages read these hours: 186
Total pages so far: 394
Books finished: Twin Spica, vol. 11 by Kou Yaginuma
Snacks: None right now.
Current state of things: OK, so I got sleepy again. I was doing great, but in the last little bit I definitely dozed a bit!
Read-a-Thon hours 1 and 2: 7:00 - 9:00
Currently reading: Twin Spica, vol. 11 by Kou Yaginuma
Pages read these hours: 208
Total pages so far: 208
Books finished: None yet.
Snacks: Breakfast! A bowl of cereal.
Current state of things: The early wake up was rough, but I'm already feeling pretty good! Sometimes I stay exhausted for quite a few of the morning hours. Looks like the start of a good day!
Pages read these hours: 208
Total pages so far: 208
Books finished: None yet.
Snacks: Breakfast! A bowl of cereal.
Current state of things: The early wake up was rough, but I'm already feeling pretty good! Sometimes I stay exhausted for quite a few of the morning hours. Looks like the start of a good day!
Read-a-Thon Time!
It's time for my 16th go at Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-Thon! (I've done this 16 times! Whaaaaat!)
As always, the start time here at (roughly) the longitudinal centre of Canada is 7:00 in the morning. Therefore, I obviously wrote this post last night because I do not function well at 7:00 in the morning.
Last read-a-thon, I did not have enough graphic novels. I really need graphic novels to switch up the pace and keep me focused. I also like quick reads so that I can change books frequently, and graphic novels are generally very quick reads! So for today I have compiled a whole bunch of graphic novels, plus a couple of regular (short) novels. I think it's going to be ideal. And if I run out of books because I'm going through them so fast, as always, my bookshelves are nearby and ready with more options.
Here's what I've got piled up:
Oh, and because I'm currently doing a 365 Day Challenge for language learning, I will have to at some point spend at least half an hour reading in French, so for that time I'll be reading La vie compliquée de Léa Olivier: Rumeurs by Catherine Girard-Audet.
Finally, here are my answers to the opening survey:
1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today? Winnipeg, Manitoba
2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to? Squirrel Girl! She is my favourite super hero.
3) Which snack are you most looking forward to? Perogies!
4) Tell us a little something about yourself! I'm a Trekkie. It occurs to me that my blogger friends may not know this about me, but it is a pretty big part of my nerd identity, lol.
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? Well, the last read-a-thon was not one of my better ones, and the one before that was perhaps my best ever, so I'm trying to be more like that one! Hence my huge pile of easy reads. I also tried to have more easy-to-prepare meals on hand this time. The last few, I haven't done so well with the food prep. We'll see if I eat better this time!
As always, the start time here at (roughly) the longitudinal centre of Canada is 7:00 in the morning. Therefore, I obviously wrote this post last night because I do not function well at 7:00 in the morning.
Last read-a-thon, I did not have enough graphic novels. I really need graphic novels to switch up the pace and keep me focused. I also like quick reads so that I can change books frequently, and graphic novels are generally very quick reads! So for today I have compiled a whole bunch of graphic novels, plus a couple of regular (short) novels. I think it's going to be ideal. And if I run out of books because I'm going through them so fast, as always, my bookshelves are nearby and ready with more options.
Here's what I've got piled up:
- The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, vol. 3: Squirrel, You Really Got Me Now by Ryan North and Erica Henderson (168 pages)
- The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, vol. 4: I Kissed a Squirrel and I Liked It by Ryan North and Erica Henderson (120 pages)
- Amulet, vol. 8: Supernova by Kazu Kibuishi (199 pages)
- Phoebe and Her Unicorn in Unicorn Theater by Dana Simpson (147 pages)
- Sisters by Raina Telgemeier (197 pages)
- Twin Spica, vol. 11 by Kou Yaginuma (359 pages)
- Saga, vol. 9 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (152 pages)
- The Marvels by Brian Selznick (665 pages, many of them pictures)
- How I Broke Up with Ernie by R.L. Stine (136 pages)
- The Illusion (Animorphs #33) by K.A. Applegate (156 pages)
Oh, and because I'm currently doing a 365 Day Challenge for language learning, I will have to at some point spend at least half an hour reading in French, so for that time I'll be reading La vie compliquée de Léa Olivier: Rumeurs by Catherine Girard-Audet.
Finally, here are my answers to the opening survey:
1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today? Winnipeg, Manitoba
2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to? Squirrel Girl! She is my favourite super hero.
3) Which snack are you most looking forward to? Perogies!
4) Tell us a little something about yourself! I'm a Trekkie. It occurs to me that my blogger friends may not know this about me, but it is a pretty big part of my nerd identity, lol.
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? Well, the last read-a-thon was not one of my better ones, and the one before that was perhaps my best ever, so I'm trying to be more like that one! Hence my huge pile of easy reads. I also tried to have more easy-to-prepare meals on hand this time. The last few, I haven't done so well with the food prep. We'll see if I eat better this time!
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