24 in 48 July 18 Readathon Wrap Up

Ok its finally the end of the 24 in 48 readathon. I like this readathon because it allows you to do other things over the course of the weekend and still read loads with lots of other people on the internet!

I'll break down my reading progress then show you what/how many pages I read. I was also vlogging throughout the weekend so lookout for that vlog on my channel and I'll add it to this post when it's ready!

10pm-3am Reading (5 hours total)

3am-7am Sleep

7am-2:30pm Reading (12.5 hours total)

2:30pm-11:30pm Lunch/Concert

The concert was way longer that I thought it was going to be, I thought this was only going to be a few hours out of my readathon, not 9!

11:30pm-2am Reading (15 hours total)

2am-7am Sleep

7am-1pm Reading (21 hours total)

1pm-3pm Nap (fell asleep listening to my audiobook-woops!)

3pm-6:38pm Reading (24.5 hours total yey!)

6:38pm-10pm Eating, resting my eyes and writing this post! (ok so maybe I started a new book, but that totally doesn't count!)

So my stopwatch app seems to be just a little bit silly. I was trying to remember to screenshot but it crashed so this is the last screenshot that I took...

I didn't do all the challenges but completed the 'read books' spreadsheet on the 24 in 48 website. I did some of the challenges and I won a prize as well, so exciting! I updated on Goodreads, Twitter, Snapchat and Instagram stories of course. 

This was the first book I finished in the readthon. I was already 102 pages into it and so I read 298 pages of this one to finish it. 

This was the one I wanted to finish this weekend. I knew it was one I wanted to read all at once because it was such an emotional book and I wanted to digest all that emotion all at once. This was 537 pages and I loved every single word! 

In hindsight, 2 emotional books when you're reading in the wee small hours of the morning was maybe a mistake...

 

I listened to this one on audiobook. To begin with I listend to it whilst making food, having a shower of ready to fall asleep so I would rest my eyes and then when While I Was Sleeping was finished I dedicated the rest of my time to finishing this audiobook. I thought about switching to the physical copy I got from the library but my eyes, I think, were done and my head hurt so I stuck to the audio. It was very well narrated. This was 352 pages. 

Altogether I read 1187 pages, I can feel it believe me! I read 2 complete books and the last 2/3 of another book. I think I've read more complete books in previous readathons but I'm happy with that. I think my eyes were more tired from crying at the first 2 books I read to be honest. I can't wait for the next readathon and I'm looking forward to the next on, I've already got my TBR lined up!

Did you participate in the readathon? Let me know what you read this weekend either way!

24 in 48 Readathon TBR July 2018

It's that time again! Time for another 24 in 48 readathon. July is definitely the month of readathons so I'm going to have to pick and choose what to do at the risk of reading myself into a slump!

The 24 in 48 readathon folk explain it best, this is from their website which can be found here...

"If you’re new to 24in48, this is the basic gist: beginning at 12:01am on Saturday morning and running through 11:59pm on Sunday night, participants read for 24 hours out of that 48-hour period. You can split that up however you’d like: 20 hours on Saturday, four hours on Sunday; 12 hours each day; six four-hour sessions with four hour breaks in between, whatever you’d like."

Because the time markers are done in eastern time zone and I like to stick to the official time stamps so I can keep track easier with naps and things, I'll be starting at 10pm on Friday and reading through until 10pm on Sunday. 

I love this readathon because I know I can do other things throughout the weekend and I have a concert to go to on Saturday night so I will be attempting the 24 hours but I'm alright if I don't make it!

Here are the books I want to read during the readathon...

This is the main book I want to finish during the weekend. I have left this one to read this weekend specifically because I knew I wanted a decent chunk of time to dedicate to it. 

And here are the other books I have to choose from...

I thought I might finish this before the readathon but I have some more of this to read, but that's ok because I'm really enjoying it!

Fiction paperback

Non-fiction hardback

Non-fiction audiobook

Poetry ebook

Can you tell I'm just a little bit indecisive?

Make sure you're following me on social media for regular updates. I'll be filming throughout as well so look out for a vlog on my channel soon as well and check back here for a wrap up!

24 in 48 Readathon Wrap Up

Here is my 24 in 48 readathon wrap up. I'll tell you how I read and what books I read. I will have a wrap up video coming up on my channel this week as well so keep your eyes peeled for that!

So the readathon stars at 10pm eastern time officially. If you want to do the readathon from midnight to midnight that's completely up to you but it worked out well for me to do a 10pm start because I'm currently mountain time, 2 hours behind eastern.

Here's how it went:

Day 1

10pm-1am Reading, (total so far: 3 hours)

1am-8am Sleep!

8am-11am Reading (total so far: 6 hours)

11am-11:30am Break

11:30am-6:30pm Reading (total so far 13 hours)

6:30pm-7pm Break

7pm-9pm Reading (total so far 15 hours)

9pm-12am Dinner/SNL

Day 2

12am-8am Sleep

8am-9am Read (total so far 16 hours)

9am-10am nap (woops!)

10am-12pm Read (total so far 18 hours)

12pm-2pm Read over brunch (total so far 20 hours)

2pm-3pm chat with family

3pm-7pm Read (total so far 24 hours)

7pm-7:30pm Listen to audiobook on the way to dinner (total so far 24.5 hours)

7:30pm-9:30pm Dinner

9:30pm-10pm Listen to audiobook on the back from dinner (total 25 hours reading!)

So I read for 25 hours of the readathon (I didn't remember to time the last 30 mins as I was in the car giving directions!). I found I read more slowly this weekend as I wasn't feeling great and I got easily distracted when I was out and about or when there were other people around. But I DID stick to my TBR-yey!

I read 3 full books and most of another book

Book 1: 281 pages

Book 2: 432 pages

Book 3: 272 pages (audiobook)

Book 4: 218 of  320 pages

Total pages: 1203

I took part in a couple of the challenges as well and updated regularly on social media. I would have liked to have taken part in a few more challenges but I didn't want to get even more distracted than I already was!

Did you take part in the readathon? Either way, what did you read this weekend?