Woo I did iiiiiitttt!!!!!! I’m really proud of myself because I’m really struggling with my reading this past week or so. I’m desperately trying to avoid this becoming a full-on slump, which is part of the reason I did the read-a-thon at all. I think all-in-all it was successful in motivating me during my almost-slump.
64 pages – The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater
107 pages – My Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, & Jodi Meadows
Previous Total: 851 pages
Total Pages: 1,022
I forgot to post this last night, so here it is now. I was a little discouraged because I didn’t read at all day before yesterday, but I made up for it yesterday by finishing Restore Me. And hopefully today I’ll make some good progress on My Plain Jane to finish the thousand pages.
221 pages – Restore Me by Tahereh Mafi
Previous Total: 630 pages
Total Pages: 851
Getting closer now! If I keep up this pace I’ll make the goal of one thousand pages a full day before the read-a-thon ends. I think that’s pretty good for a person currently in a mild reading slump.
202 pages – Restore Me by Tahereh Mafi
Previous Total: 428 pages
Total Pages: 630
I feel a bit better about my progress today, and I’m optimistic for tomorrow. Wish me luck!
121 pages – Lips Touch: Three Times by Laini Taylor
12 pages – Restore Me by Tahereh Mafi
Previous Total: 295 pages
Total Pages: 428
Alright, I didn’t do great today. My brain would not sit still for reading today…
25 pages – The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater
6 pages – Lips Touch: Three Times by Laini Taylor
Previous Total: 204 pages
Total Pages: 235
I probably could have read more, but this was a pretty distracting day. I’m going to call this good progress. I read a couple chapters on a reread, finished a book I was reading, and started a new one.
21 pages – The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater
141 pages – Places No One Knows by Brenna Yovanoff
42 pages – Lips Touch: Three Times by Laini Taylor
Total Pages: 204
Welp, I’m cutting out a little early because I have to keep to a schedule or I get all out of wack.
I’m pretty satisfied with how I did today because I’ve been reading more slowly lately. As some of you know I wasn’t able to do Paper Valentine for this Read-A-Thon because I went and finished the whole thing yesterday by accident… But I managed to read 2 books cover-to-cover and got some pages in on two of the books I’ve been reading for like MONTHS.
Book one was a novella, Orfe by Cynthia Voigt, that I have been meaning to read for years. It’s pretty much the only Voigt novel I hadn’t gotten to yet. It was strange, I could hear Voigt’s voice in there but it was different from all the others in a way I can’t quite put my finger on. I’m glad I read it though.
Book two was The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher. I actually listened to the audiobook that Carrie read herself, while following along occasionally with the print version. I think my new favorite way to enjoy memoirs is when the author reads it to me. I can’t believe I hadn’t tried this before this year.
I didn’t get a lot of pages on the books I’ve been stuck on (Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell & The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen), just 3-5 each, but it’s better than nothing. And I’m hopeful I’ll be able to keep up on The Truth About Forever. As for Wives and Daughters, I think I’m going to have to do that thing where I make myself read a chapter a week. If that doesn’t help I’m going to DNF it, as much as I hate to.
I’m so glad I did this Read-A-Thon, it was a great motivator! Thanks BibliophilicWitch!
Most importantly, I’m hoping to finish the book I’m currently reading: Paper Valentine by Brenna Yovanoff. After that I plan to read Orfe by Cynthia Voigt, and it would be really cool if I could finish that too, but I won’t get my heart set on that since Paper Valentine has been slow going.
If I get stuck during PV or Orfe, I’ve also got a couple other books I’m currently working on, Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell and The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen, which I can read a bit on as a palette cleanser.
Wish me luck!
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