Wicked Wildfire wrapped up a couple of days ago, but I'm just now getting to our final post. Why? Well...because I'm a procrastinator and I like watching House, M.D. Yup. Pure, unadulterated laziness.
So...how about a wrap-up of my worst read-a-thon showing ever? I am not super happy with my numbers on this one. Sad enough that I didn't meet any of my goals even half way, I also got bested by the kid...who had six fewer participation days. Pathetic. Let's hope I do better with the Wonderfully Wicked Read-a-Thon that My Shelf Confessions will be hosting from October 17th to 27th.
Elle's Final Stats
Currently Reading:
Yes...I finally finished The Grapes of Wrath. And let me tell you, I totally wanted to give it the review of wrath. That book freaking ticked me off. I was so incredibly bored by it. The story had a great premise, an important piece of American history, but between the slang language and the idiotic Rosasharn, I wanted to throw the book against the wall. It was on my Nook though, so I refrained. On Goodreads there are about 5 billion raving reviews of the book. Nope...not me. I gave it two stars and don't feel a bit sorry about it. Now I'm throwing myself into young adult fiction to help assuage my pain and get out of my reading funk. I seriously blame The Grapes of Wrath for these horrible stats.
Total Time Read: 8 hours 38 minutes (518 minutes)
Goal: 21 1/2 hours (1300 minutes).
Total Pages Read: 356
Goal: 1600 pages.
Total Books Finished: 0
Goal: 6 books.
Darian's Final Stats
Total Time Read: 22 hours 28 minutes. (1348 minutes)
Goal: 900 minutes
Total Pages Read: 1391
Goal: 900 pages
Total Books Finished: 3
Goal: 4 books.
We have one more day of the High Summer Read-a-Thon left, so we're still hitting the books. At least my progress on that read-a-thon won't look quite so awful now that I've finished a book. Thank goodness.
I'm in awe that you finished Grapes of Wrath, I wouldn't wish that book on my worst enemy, lol.
ReplyDeleteHoly crap that book just about killed me. I thought for sure I'd be in good company with that opinion, but apparently the Goodreads community loves it. Tons of 4 and 5 star ratings over there. I almost felt bad about my 2 1/2 rating...almost.
DeleteI hate Steinbeck with a passion. Nobody is going to have good read-a-thon progress with that book. Great job Darian!
ReplyDeleteYay! Two fellow book bloggers that share my disdain. Makes me feel much better. I have to say, having Darian kick my butt is both good and bad. Glad he's such a great reader, but the competitive in me really wants to do better than him. :)
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