Hello hello, and welcome back to another episode of “Xandra just doesn’t know when to stop signing herself up for readathons”! I am your host, Xandra, and this summer… I’m doing another 24-Hour Readathon. And then another.
As I mentioned a few times in the past couple of weeks, today is the first day of my Summer Readathons.
Hopefully… I will be able to read as much as possible, but we shall see if that actually happens.
MORNING:
5:00am – Okay, time to start on page 90 of Tithe by Holly Black!
I’m not really sure why I woke up at 5am, but I tried to get as much sleep as I could.
But let’s get started! We have a long day ahead of us.
5:29am – Page 110 – You guys. I found a typo! 😂
5:40am – Snack time!
6:10am –
Page 123: A POV from Roiben? Nice.
Page 126: Wow, that was angsty.
Page 132: Oh no, poor Corny.
7:20-8:00am – I took a break to pet my dog…
which turned into me eating breakfast and eventually chatting with my parents before they went off to work.
8:45-9:05am – *sigh* I got distracted by Goodreads 😂
9:07am – A VERY LARGE BUG just crawled out of nowhere, but I’m not wearing my glasses and I don’t know what to do.
Send help.
9:09am – The bug is gone because I lost it, but I am prepared to squash it if need be.
Okay, back to reading.
9:30am – Someone PLEASE take away my phone! I keep reading book reviews instead! 😫
Page 190: I’m so confused. Rescue me from 2002 Holly Black, please.
Page 195: When Roiben was found chatting with Kaye’s mom, I nearly spit out my coffee 😂
Page 197: Roiben will eat every drop of honey you have if you let him into your house, spread the word.
11:25am – I was almost done with Tithe, but I decided to stretch my legs a bit and listen to some of Hunting Prince Dracula while doing some exercises!
(Not before getting distracted again, of course, haha.)
12:30-2:00pm– I decided to eat lunch with my family!
However… I’m still not very far on the Readathon! 😅 I really need to get everything together. I told myself I would actually read this time!
2:32pm – Again, listening to HPD while exercising, but I promise I will finish Tithe today! I am determined.
I haven’t been awake for very long, so there’s still so much more for me to read! Hopefully I can sit down and really read without falling into a trap of doing other things!
Well, that’s all for now! I will post my next update whenever I get the chance! 😀
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I like this and I should do a readathon one day! That has always been on my list!
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You should try a readathon one day! It sounds long and tiring, but it’s also a lot of fun! 🙂
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It is on my list so def doing it!
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This is so fun to read. Best of luck! 🙂
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Thank you! I had fun on this readathon! 😀
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Looking forward to your next updates! Hope you’ll enjoy everything you read!
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Thanks, Miri! I enjoyed all of the books, which is unusual for readathons! Usually I end up getting bored with some of the books, so I have to keep starting new ones! 😂
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Ha, this is awesome!! Did you get my other comments?
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Thank you! 😀 I got your comments, but I usually take forever to respond to them 😂 I’m trying to be better about that!
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Ah okay 😀 sorry if I came off harshly!!
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No worries! WordPress can be confusing sometimes 😂
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Haha, deeefinitely!
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I love your Readathon posts! 🙂 Also: taking a break to pet your dog is always valid 😄🐶
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Thank you, Caro! 😊 And I loving stopping to show my dog some love! It’s very important.
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I’m impressed by your dedication to wake up early! Wish I could have joined in with this, but alas, I was working all day 😦 Still, looks like a fairly good start, despite some distractions 😉 (which I think are totally valid. Who wouldn’t get distracted by goodreads reviews??)
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Thank you – I’m someone who loves to sleep as much as possible, but perhaps I love reading a bit more! 😂 That’s okay, maybe you can do a readathon one day soon. 🙂 I basically get distracted by everything, but reviews are some of the best distractions!
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I liked this post – it was kinda chill & informal (and also pretty funny – show me the bug, I will kill it for you *she says when really she knows she’d run away screaming*)
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I am a chill and informal person at heart! 😂 And thank you, the bug is gone, but I will direct the next bug I find in your direction!
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I was so surprised by how big the modern fairy tales was when I saw it 😂 I love how you have documented this– so fun. I would love to try to do a 24 hour readathon one day!! 😂 and getting up at 5am is impressive– I probably wouldn’t be able to do that!! 😂 I would get distracted though– I love that you took a break to pet your dog!! ❤
Great post!! 😊
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Modern Faerie Tales is so big because it’s three books in one! 😂 But my family was still very surprised when they saw it, too. You should totally do a readathon one day! I wake up at 5am because I know starting at 12am is too much for me! 😂 And thank you, Sophie!
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Oh right that makes so much more sense!! 😂😂 Yes I hope I get to– waking up at 5am would be very good for me!! I would probably be more 7am!! 😂😂
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Omg, the bug had me scared for you. I think losing it is the hardest part because when will it appear again??? But I loved reading your update for the first part of the day (since I went backwards somehow).
(I also somehow wasn’t following you?? I know I was, but I had this issue the other day too where I was somehow unfollowed from another person too. SO weird. I hopefully have it fixed now. D:)
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You’re right, I hate it when I can’t see the bug anymore. Maybe that’s worse than just finding it somewhere and killing it? Oh well.
(And don’t worry – I know you were following me at one point, because you were one of the first bloggers to follow and comment on my posts! 💕)
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Hahaha what an entertaining post! It seems you needed quite a bit of rescuing here. 😂
I’d love to try and attempt one of these 24-hour readathons btw. (Like, don’t people end up passing out trying to stay up for so long? <<legit question) It sounds super fun though, trying to bulldoze through as many books as possible. Also kudos, listening to audiobooks while exercising is a clever strategy to stay active and not waste time. 😉
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Haha, thank you! And yes, I did need rescuing, but everything is fine now, thanks.
If you want to try a 24-hour readathon, let me know! Maybe I’ll join you! And you should have read about the first time I did this – I only stayed awake for about 20 hours, and I was practically falling asleep on my book. 😂 But now I’m better at staying awake! I think it just takes practice. 😉
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For sure, that’d be awesome! 😍 I honestly don’t think I’d make it through a 24-hour readathon alone, so it’d be good to have people joining in my pain and suffering!
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