... I will be reading along with several hundred readers in Random House of Canada’s Olympic Readathon. For this event, readers are asked to set a goal of number of pages. I figured that an average of 150 pages per day was pretty good—I should exceed it on weekends and struggle to make it on work days, thus keeping things challenging.
I was a little bit late in registering at the Random House site. Fortunately, I have been keeping detailed notes about what I'm reading, including the number of pages each day. So it was very easy for me to quickly fill in the Google spreadsheet with a goal of 2500 pages and current status of 734 pages. The Olympics are running for 17 days and I was very pleased to see that I'm almost 30% of the way to my goal just 3 days in. It was a very good weekend when it came to reading. I know, however, that on most of the work days this week, I'll be lucky to log 50 pages.
What have I been reading? Well, on Friday, I finally finished reading Nutty as a Fruitcake by Mary Daheim. I started it on the 22nd and finally finished it on the 27th. That's slower than the majority of books I read. I enjoyed it very much, but just struggled to find time to read during the week. I immediately started reading another cozy mystery, The Cat, the Quilt, and the Corpse by LeAnn Sweeney. I read most of the day on Saturday—staying in bed all morning allowed me to finish the book shortly after lunchtime. Mid-afternoon on Saturday, I started reading I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore and finished in on Sunday evening. Wow! It was a fantastic young adult science fiction novel and now I want to get my hands on the sequels to see how the story develops.
Summary
Friday, 7/27
Number of pages I've read today: 138
Number of books completed today: 1
Total number of pages I've read: 138
Total number of books completed: 1
Saturday, 7/28
Number of pages I've read today: 278
Number of books completed today: 1
Total number of pages I've read: 416
Total number of books completed: 2
Sunday, 7/29
Number of pages I've read today: 318
Number of books completed today: 1
Total number of pages I've read: 734
Total number of books completed: 3
You've just persuaded me to dig out I AM NUMBER FOUR and set it aside for one of the many read-a-thons happening this summer, thanks! I bought it before Christmas, I have no idea why I haven't read it yet... Good luck anyway, sounds like you're doing brilliantly already! :)
ReplyDeleteEllie -- not only is it very good, it's one of those books that "reads fast". Could be because its primary target is the YA market, but it could be just that it's written well.
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