Tuesday, February 6, 2018

Read-a-thin/TBR BustAThon Read-a-thons!

So, in case you didn't read my previous post, I'm going to be participating in a lot of readathons in order to get myself back into a reading habit again. So far, I've been finding that the sprints are really helping me become motivated to just pick up my book and read for at least 15 minutes. I actually finished a book that I started almost a month ago! I was halfway through in 25 days, then got through the 2nd half in just 2! The power of read-a-thons indeed.

So, here are the two read-a-thons that are going on this week (Feb. 4-10): Read-a-thin (@readathin) and TBR BustAThon (@tbrbustathon). They both have the same goals for getting through your TBR list, which is definitely what I'm trying to do. Here's my reading progress so far:

<u><b>Sunday, February 4</b></u>
Minutes reading: 1 hr. 25 min.
Pages read: about 56 pages (15%)
Books finished: 0
Total Minutes:1 hr. 25 min.
Total pages: ~56 pages
Total books: 0

<u><b>Monday, February 5</b></u>
Minutes reading: 10 min.
Pages read: ~11 pages (3%)
Books finished: 0
Total Minutes: 1 hr. 35 min.
Total pages: ~67 pages
Total books: 0

<u><b>Tuesday, February 6</b></u>
Minutes reading: 2 hr. 10 min.
Pages read: ~112 pages (30%)
Books finished: 1 - Akarnae
Total Minutes: 3 hr. 45 min.
Total pages: ~179 pages
Total books: 1

Sunday, February 4, 2018

When a week turns into 7 months

So, it's been a while. Moving into the new house definitely took a lot more time and energy than I thought it would. Once we were settled in, I realized just how little time I have now to read between work, commuting to/from work, and basic necessities. :/ It wasn't until November that I really started reading again by re-reading The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson. I got through the first two and Edgedancer, then started tackling Oathbringer. When I started tackling Oathbringer, I started into another reading slump. I've been slowly working my way out of it, but it has me in the middle of about 5 books right now. 

So, to get back on track I'm participating in some readathons and hoping I can finish up the books that I've started. I'll be posting my progress on those readathons and also provide some information so you all can participate yourselves! 

Overall, I'm sorry for such a long hiatus, but a huge life change like moving always knocks me off my game. Here's to hoping I can get back on course!