I just found out about this readathon the other day, and I was so excited to join up! It lasts from July 27th to August 12th. It’s a way to catch up on some books while the Olympics are on. Click on the image above to be directed to the original sign up post.
So this post is to simply help me keep track of everything since it’s a long one, if you have joined please let me know and I will cheer you on! I will also be updating on Twitter using the #OlympicReadathon hashtag.
Goal:
2500 Pages
Books to Read:(will be added as I go)
Entangled by Heather Dixon (starting from page 400)Rampant by Diana PeterfreundAscendant by Diana PeterfreundLola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie PerkinsHemlock by Kathleen PeacockI Am Me by Ram SundaramThe Lost Prince by Julie KagawaEasy by Tammara Webber
Pages Read:
July 27th:
- Reading: Entangled (finished today)
- Pages Read: 72
- Total: 72
July 28th:
- Reading: Rampant
- Pages Read: 226
- Total: 298
July 29th:
- Reading: Rampant (finished today)
- Pages Read: 176
- Total: 474
July 30th:
- Reading: Ascendant
- Pages Read: 188
- Total: 662
July 31st:
- Reading: Ascendant (finished)
- Pages Read: 204
- Total: 866
August 1st:
- Reading: Lola and the Boy Next Door
- Pages Read: 158
- Total: 1024
August 2nd:
- Reading: Lola and the Boy Next Door (finished)
- Pages Read: 180
- Total: 1204
August 3rd:
- Reading: Hemlock
- Pages Read: 300
- Total: 1504
August 4th:
- Reading: Hemlock (finished)
- Pages Read: 116
- Total: 1620
August 5th:
- Reading: -
- Pages Read: 0
- Total: 1620
August 6th:
- Reading: The Lost Prince
- Pages Read: 56
- Total: 1676
August 7th:
- Reading: The Lost Prince
- Pages Read: 146
- Total: 1822
August 8th:
- Reading: The Lost Prince (finished)
- Pages Read: 177
- Total: 1999
August 9th:
- Reading: I Am Me
- Pages Read: 120
- Total: 2119
August 10th:
- Reading: I Am Me (finished) + Easy
- Pages Read: 156 + 54 (17% of book)
- Total: 2329
August 11th:
- Reading: Easy
- Pages Read: 262 (83% of book)
- Total: 2591- Completed!
August 12th:
To wrap up, I finished 8 books this week, and read 2591 pages! I didn’t read today since I was getting ready for the next read-a-thon. Hope everyone had fun!
Good luck Kelsey! I’ve signed up too, though I’m aiming for a modest 850 pages as I’m working so many days over the fortnight. All these enticing posts are reminding me of all kinds of great books I have on my shelves but haven’t read yet – I might have to dig LOLA out, for a start… I’ll be updating on Twitter and on the blog, so drop by and say hi if you fancy a break from all that reading!
Ellie @ Musings of a Bookshop Girl
http://musingsofabookshopgirl.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/the-olympic-read-thon.html
Thank you! Good luck with your goal, any amount of pages is awesome! I followed you on Twitter as well
Good luck! I’m participating as well (obviously, lol). Lola and the Boy Next Door was excellent.
Yay! Can’t wait to get to that book
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Yay! I see I’m not the only crazy one, though your goal is still lower than mine. I feel like I need to read like a madwoman all weekend to get lots of pages in and then if I slack, it’s still okay. This is going to be fun!
I’ll be lucky if I can make my goal lol I tend to get distracted while reading. Yeah I’ll probably read on the weekends like crazy too, I only read at work when it’s slow. Woot!
Hi Kelsey. I also chose 2500 pages as a goal for the Read-a-Thon. I don’t seem to do a very good job of planning what I’m going to read ahead of time, so it’s nice to see what you have lined up for the 17 days of the Olympics. Go go!
Awesome, good luck with your 2500 pages!! I tend to plan on which books need to get done first, like library ones, otherwise I just pick ones I think I may want to read hehe.
You’re doing awesome, Kelsey!!
Aww thank you!!
Wow, your page total just keeps going up and up, doesn’t it?! Super-congratulations, you’re doing brilliantly!
Thanks you!! Yeah it just seems to add up, even if I read a little bit.
Wow! Wow! almost 2000 pages. I’m several hundred pages behind you. You’re making a lot of progress.
I missed a day reading so have been trying to catch up to make sure I met the goal, I think I read more than I needed lol.
Congratulations on making your goal early. I had to push on Sunday to do it, but I wound up with 2631 pages. You mention getting ready for another Read-a-thon — does that mean I’ll see you at #boutofbooks ?