WHAT I READ:
There were lots of audiobooks as I’d expected, but I was able to do a lot more physical reading this time which was really nice. I finished three books [Women Talking (Miriam Toews), Before She Sleeps (Bina Shah), and Resurrection Bay (Emma Viskic)] and two audiobooks [Among the Missing (Morag Joss) and The Echo Killing (Christi Daugherty)] and read a smattering of other things, although less than last time. Picking shorter books that I was really excited to read really helped with motivation particularly later in the day when I was tired and my brain was looking for some other form of stimulation (I’ve never missed YouTube that much in my life). In total I read 1,524 pages which averages out to about 63.5 pages per hour.
THOUGHTS (WHAT WAS EASY? HARD? WHAT WAS DIFFERENT THAN ANTICIPATED):
Overall I did more physical reading than I’d expected, particularly since I had a pretty bad headache the first day, but I wasn’t as miserably tired as I was in January and I think that helped a lot, it certainly made the whole readathon a better experience. There’s not much I can do about that in the future, but it’s a good thing to keep in mind when I have to cut myself some slack and take a nap or go to bed. Also doing most of the reading and listening on my phone was really helpful. It made moving around and getting comfortable a lot easier. I also really appreciated the list I made ahead of time of things I could do while listening to audiobooks, things off my to do list that I could still get done. It added a nice boost in between finishing books and it added a bit of variety to my day.
CHANGES FOR NEXT TIME:
I did much better this time making sure I had stuff checked out ahead of time so I didn’t end up with half my TBR being unavailable, but I think I could be even more proactive with that next time, particularly if there’s something I’m really looking forward to read. I lucked out this time with ‘The Echo Killing’ and I’m really grateful for that.
There were lots of audiobooks as I’d expected, but I was able to do a lot more physical reading this time which was really nice. I finished three books [Women Talking (Miriam Toews), Before She Sleeps (Bina Shah), and Resurrection Bay (Emma Viskic)] and two audiobooks [Among the Missing (Morag Joss) and The Echo Killing (Christi Daugherty)] and read a smattering of other things, although less than last time. Picking shorter books that I was really excited to read really helped with motivation particularly later in the day when I was tired and my brain was looking for some other form of stimulation (I’ve never missed YouTube that much in my life). In total I read 1,524 pages which averages out to about 63.5 pages per hour.
THOUGHTS (WHAT WAS EASY? HARD? WHAT WAS DIFFERENT THAN ANTICIPATED):
Overall I did more physical reading than I’d expected, particularly since I had a pretty bad headache the first day, but I wasn’t as miserably tired as I was in January and I think that helped a lot, it certainly made the whole readathon a better experience. There’s not much I can do about that in the future, but it’s a good thing to keep in mind when I have to cut myself some slack and take a nap or go to bed. Also doing most of the reading and listening on my phone was really helpful. It made moving around and getting comfortable a lot easier. I also really appreciated the list I made ahead of time of things I could do while listening to audiobooks, things off my to do list that I could still get done. It added a nice boost in between finishing books and it added a bit of variety to my day.
CHANGES FOR NEXT TIME:
I did much better this time making sure I had stuff checked out ahead of time so I didn’t end up with half my TBR being unavailable, but I think I could be even more proactive with that next time, particularly if there’s something I’m really looking forward to read. I lucked out this time with ‘The Echo Killing’ and I’m really grateful for that.
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