Dewey's Reverse Readathon - Reading Plans/Updates

Frankly, I love the reverse readathon because it starts at night. I'm a night owl by nature. Definitely not a morning person. 

My reading plans...books in the image below. The writing group I'm a member of (Heart Breathings) is having an online writing retreat this weekend so I may join in on some sprints. 

Stealing an update template (idea) from Melissa at Must Read Faster, but I'm terrible at updating. We'll see how it goes.

All my progress below and here's the...

Closing Survey

1. How many books did you read during this readathon? Did you have any favorites?

Less than one 😒
2. How many books did you finish?

Big. Fat. Zero.
3. Did you accomplish your goals for this readathon?

Nope. This is a promising survey...
4. How did your snacks and meals work out? Are there things you would change about the food and beverages side of your readathon for next time?

I just ate what I usually do. I'm boring.
5. Did you enjoy this readathon? What was the most successful part of your readathon? What would you change for next time?

Even though my performance is usually less than stellar, I always enjoy the readathons. Of course, I would change not reading a lot. lol
6. Will you be continuing your readathon reading past the end of our official readathon?

I want to at least finish Dracul tonight, and then get started on the others. 

Block 1 8pm-10pm

Book:
Pages:
Notes: family crisis so no reading was done. 😟

Block 2 10pm-12am

Book: Dracul by Dacre Stoker
Pages: 30
Notes: I'm a slow reader.

Block 3 12am-2am

Book:

Pages:

Notes: Had to work

Block 4 2am-4am

Book: Dracul

Pages: 49

Notes: Probably going to go to bed during the next block. Will pick up again in the morning.

Block 5 4am-6am

Book: Dracul    

Pages: 14

Notes: I made it less than 30 minutes in. Had to go to bed.

Block 6 6am-8am

Book:

Pages:

Notes:

Block 7 8am-10am

Book:

Pages:

Notes:

Block 8 10am-12pm

Book: Dracul

Pages: 18

Notes: only read from 11-12

Block 9 12pm-2pm

Book: Dracul

Pages: 9

Notes: took a nap. My readathon game is weak. lol

Block 10 2pm-4pm

Book: Dracul

Pages: 36

Notes: another nap. I really wish I could stop falling asleep when I'm reading.

Block 11 4pm-6pm

Book: Dracul

Pages: 25

Notes: I only read between 5-6

Final Block 12 6pm-8pm

Book: Dracul

Pages: 32

Notes: like I said earlier, my readathon game is weak. lol

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24 Hour Reverse Readathon - Opening survey

Opening Readathon Survey!

1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today? 

Mt Pleasant, Michigan

2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to? Come With Me by Ronald Malfi

Will also be working on finishing The Count of Monte Cristo. Sigh.

3) Which snack are you most looking forward to? Nothing in particular. 

4) Tell us a little something about yourself! I'm an almost 53 year old recent empty nester (quite the struggle) who's just trying to claim back my own life, trying to write a book, and trying to read as much as I can.

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? I expect it will be about the same. Get a little bit of reading in. Just try to be laid back about it. 

Will probably be updating mostly on Instagram and Facebook. 

Happy Reading!

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Scary Fall Doings! #SomethingWickedFall #RIPXIV #FrightFall

It's that time of year again! I'm so ready for fall...the weather, the scary reading, Halloween! As usual, there are tons of fun events and challenges for those of us who love the scary, and I'm hosting two of them. 🎃

Readers Imbibing Peril XIV (RIP) is here! I look forward to this every year. It coincides well with my other scary events too.

Bonfires.

Gourds.

Sweaters and seasonal socks and candles.

Welcome to the FOURTEENTH year of Readers Imbibing Peril, or RIP, as it is affectionately called. For these many years, we here at RIP headquarters have embraced the spookiness of the seasons’ change.

The purpose of the R.I.P. Challenge is to enjoy books that could be classified as:

Mystery.
Suspense.
Thriller.
Dark Fantasy.
Gothic.
Horror.
Supernatural.

The emphasis is never on the word challenge, instead it is about coming together as a community and embracing the autumnal mood, whether the weather is cooperative where you live or not.

The goals are simple.

1. Have fun reading.

2. Share that fun with others.

Sign up here.

I'm doing...

Peril the First:

Read four books, any length, that you feel fit (our very broad definitions) of R.I.P. literature.
This is my for sure list of books. I'm sure there will be more.

Doctor Sleep, Stephen King

The Vampire Armand, Anne Rice

The Fall, Bethany Griffin

The Siren and the Specter, Jonathan Janz

Peril of the Short Story:

I'll be reading Poe, of course. Also, short stories by Algernon Blackwood, Nathaniel Hawthorne, M.R. James, Ralph Adams Cram, Ronald Malfi...and maybe more.

Peril on the Screen:

I'm a horror movie lover ALL the time so it's not like this will be any different, but of course, kicking things off with IT next week. We're also going to have some movie watch-alongs during Something Wicked Fall (see below). Probably The Shining to go along with our Doctor Sleep read-along, and possibly Midsommar (a rewatch for me...I absolutely loved it). 

and possibly even...

Peril of the Review:
Submit a short review of any book you read and you may see it here on the blog! 

I'm not terribly great at posting reviews of late, but I will try. 

Something Wicked Fall is an event I created last year at Castle Macabre (my horror blog)...an all encompassing event featuring a read-along, horror movie watch-alongs, Gothic and horror reads, and the penultimate FrightFall Readathon in October.

Get all the details at Castle Macabre here. I hope you will join us!

FrightFall Readathon runs all of October. Sign ups coming very soon at Seasons of Reading. Stay tuned!

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Reverse #Readathon Opening Survey and Reading Plans

Late start. My son had his first varsity football scrimmage tonight and it was in a town an hour away...and we got lost! Hoping to read all night because I have plans tomorrow for a movie and I have to get my car oil changed. I'm pretty tired so it may not go as planned.

1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today? 

Nashville, Tennessee

2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?

I don't have much of a stack. I really want to finish The Terror (I have less than 100 pages to go) and then read all of To Kill a Mockingbird (I'm about 40 pages in on it already).
3) Which snack are you most looking forward to?

This came on me so fast, I really didn't plan snacks. Probably just my normal popcorn and Crystal Light lemonade. I live dangerously.
4) Tell us a little something about yourself!

I'll use my standard internet bio. lol 

Mom of 2 boys, avid reader, writer, book blogger, cat lover, owner of a massive library, Freethinker
5) This is our VERY first Reverse Readathon! How does it feel in your time zone?

I'm in central time zone. I have to say, I like the night starting time. Then again, I am a night owl.

Happy Reading!

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