Pre-readathon Time!

It was a busy spring break with my sister and nephew here.  I just barely finished one book- of course that is pretty low for me. It was suppose to be the first prereadathon challenge, too, and I already resigned myself to not participating but now with spring break over and back on regular schedule I am able to participate in the pre-readathon challenge #2.  It is a good one too.  Read for 24 hours before the 24 Readathon on April 6th (which I can't fully participate in any way because that is the Ladies Spring Brunch).  Life is just a series of obstacles keeping me from reading!  I am kinda joking, kinda not.  Any way, the way I figure it I need to read at least 3 hours a day till April 6th to get in my 24 hours.  This is how it is going so far-

March 30th:
Time Read- 1 hour
Pages Read- 48
What I Read-
Reading to finish the series














March 31st:
Time Read- 2 hours
Pages Read- 154
What I Read-
Reading to finish the series












Reading with Ariana










Read with Lucy












Read with Lucy














Total Time: 3 hours
Total Pages: 202

April 1st:
Time Read- 6 hours 15 minutes
Pages Read- 182
What I Read:
Popsugar and GAR












Reading with Ariana














Total Time Read: 9 hours 15 min.
Total Pages Read: 384

So far today on April 2nd:
Time Read- 1 hour 45 min.
Time Listening to Audiobook- 1 hour
Pages Read- 94
What I Read/Listened To:
Reading to finish the series












Reread and listening on audiobook for GAR book club












So Far Totally On Track- Read or Listened for 12 hours!  might do more today depends! 

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