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Drop Everything and Read ( DEAR ) Day Challenge
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I'll give this a try. Midnight to Midnight, or My own waking hours, or a certain time zone, or ... ?Also, for this one, should we confine all comments to a single post, or keep adding anew so the times (etc.) are recorded?
I'll join you ladies! I'm looking forward to it! Ha, I wish life wouldn't get in the way of my reading time! I am definitely going to "drop" as much as I can and read, read, read!!DEAR DAY!!
read from p 216 - finish
- 30%
Allegra wrote: "I'll give this a try. Midnight to Midnight, or My own waking hours, or a certain time zone, or ... ?Also, for this one, should we confine all comments to a single post, or keep adding anew so the ..."
No timeline Allegra, so anytime on the 12th in your timezone whenever you can read! You can keep everything in one post or keep posting...up to you.
I'm in!Children of God 261-320 = 59 pages (of 450) percentage: 58%-71%
3 hours of The Moonstone - (audio) 15% so far
page count - based on a book length of 528 pages - approx. 80 pages
Welcome everyone! Is it too far away or does everyone already have an idea of how much they will read and what?
Just added this to my calendar! I'll join!Books reading:
Frankenstein (audio)start of day: 5 hours 49 minutes remaining
end of day: 2 hours 23 minutes remaining
The Lucky Ones (Kindle) start of day: at 67%
end of day: 89%
24 hour Drop Everything And Read Day,,,,April 12th
Books reading-
I'm so in!(:I had an exam today so I wasn't able to keep track of my hours read (cause of panic studying) but it was more than two hours and I read 240 pages of
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I’m retired. This is my everyday goal.
I'm in!Reading:
Clockwork Angel
Time: 5 hrs 26 mins
Pages: 283
Children of Blood and Bone
Time: 20 mins
Pages: 26
I will do my best. I have to work during the day, but as my boss is my dad, he already knows I spend most of my day reading!Reading:
Time: 1 hr 30 mins
Completed!
Time: 3 hrs 30 mins
Not quite completed :(
I'm in :) Love participating in read-a-thons <3I'll update my reading plan once we get a little closer. I'm in the process of finishing some books I've started.
My Reading Plan/Options
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Pages read: 29
Time read: 55 minutes
The Diviners
Pages read:
Time read:
Mary's Monster: Love, Madness, and How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein
Pages read: 320
Time read: 1 hour 10 minutes
Total pages: 349
Total time: 2 hours 5 minutes
I'm in! I'm rather behind in my reading this year so far.
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Lucky you!
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How nice!
April 12th - Drop Everything and Read Day Challenge � Tunnels of Blood - 100 pages
� - 163 pages
Total Pages: 263 pages
Books Finished:
I'm in and I'll be reading for 5-6 hours.
I'm in~ I read very slowly though, so I'm not sure I'll get much done. Will try my best :)-
The Battle of the Labyrinth | Complete - ★★★★�
[Continuing from page 89]
Pages read: 273
The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza
Amount read: 19% [Loc 815 of 4242]
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That's ok Ash! Whatever you can read will be great!
I would love to participate! Looking forward to the 12th!Working on The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See.
I want to join also have the day off and only have plans to visit a friend to meet her new baby
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Your challenge post is HERE
After a rather slow beginning it still became an exceptional reading day (especially thanks to the audiobook). All in all I read almost 14 hours, finished 1 book, read the following novella and continued four of my current books with an amazing total of 544 pages :-)My books today
Finished/Read entire novella:
Symphonie des Todes=Betrayal in Death by J.D. Robb 169 pages
²Ñö°ù»å±ð°ù²õ±è¾±±ð±ô±ð=Three in Death (book 2 ²Ñö°ù»å±ð°ù²õ±è¾±±ð±ô±ð = Interlude in Death) 135 pagesContinued:
Rise Above: How to Heal the Hurts and Overcome the Worst by Robert Rogers 1 chapter (15 pages)
Das Kreuz Und Die Messerhelden=The Cross and the Switchblade by David Wilkerson 20 pages
Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich 70 pages
Mörder Anders und seine Freunde nebst dem einen oder anderen Feind=Hitman Anders and the Meaning of It All by Jonas Jonasson 200 min. = 136 pages*
Happens to be my day off -- mental health day spent reading; not much could be better! My goal is to finish Breath of Earth, The Noticer: Sometimes, All a Person Needs Is a Little Perspective, Absolutely Truly, and get a great start on Aunt Dimity Digs In, so approximately 350 pages.Not going to get nearly as much done as I thought since I got called in to work tonight. Here's what I've read so far:
Absolutely Truly
start: 138
so far: 200 (12:30 am - 1:30 am)
The Noticer: Sometimes, All a Person Needs Is a Little Perspective
start: 58
finished (100 pages; 11:30 am - 1:00 pm)
Aunt Dimity Digs In
start: 1
end: 56 (1:00 pm - 1:45 pm)
Breath of Earth
start: 183
end: 246 (1:45 pm - 2:45 pm)
Think I'm going to give this a go :) I've never done anything like this before and seeing as I have no plans tomorrow, I don't see why not.Books Read:
Gone Girl - 382 pages
Trump’s Christmas Carol - 112 pages
Total Pages Read: 494
Books Finished:
All in all, an okay day in terms of reading. I didn't read as much as I hoped but I ended up having a few admin things to get done and I also had to pack because I'm going back to uni after the Easter holidays tomorrow.
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April 12th is Drop Everything and Read (DEAR) Day. Do you have what it takes to drop everything and read as much as you can?
Duration: April 12th - for 24 hours only!
Rules: Drop everything and read as much as you can. Claim your spot and let us know your book reading details. Have fun!