It's time for another Relax & Readthon! Yay! And I actually really need it this month because I have not read a single book on my TBR this month 😬 I mean, I've been reading, just nothing on my TBR 😅😂 So I'm hoping this readathon will help me catch up because the month is almost over. Lol. This readathon was created and hosted by the Reading Nymph (Here is the announcement video.)
For this readathon, I'm starting on Friday (yesterday), and I think I want to go all the way to Tuesday. I have some extra time off from work, so that's 5 days! Yay! (I might end it earlier... idk yet. Lol.) But anyway, here is the board we are working with this month:
This is the original board, which I haven't done in a while. I've been using all the themed boards for the last couple months. Lol.
Reading-wise, I'm focusing on my April TBR. Like I said, I've read NOTHING from it and the month is almost over 😅 Oh, why? If you guessed that it's because of my Resident Evil hyperfixation, you would be correct 😆 It's okay, though. I've got like a week left, and 6 books on my TBR that are actually on the shorter side. It should be doable, but if I don't manage to read them all, I'm really not going to stress about it. And to get myself to read, I can't play Resident Evil until I complete my reading goal for the day 😆 I think that's going to be very good motivation 🤣
Omg I actually slept in today and woke up a couple of minutes before 7am 😱 Truly shocked. Lol. Anyway, I actually have no plans today or this weekend, so it should be a good time for a readathon. This morning I'm going to go shower, have breakfast, clean up a bit, and then get started on the board. Speaking of which, here is how my first rolls went:
I decided to start on 'Reflect' and actually use that prompt because I need to write a review, like, now 😅 Then I did two more rolls, and here is what this morning is looking like:
- Reflect
- Rolled a 4 - Free Space
- Rolled a 4 - Favourite Beverage
No reading so far, but that's okay because I would like to do some blog-related things before I start reading, so that is what I'm going to use the 'Free Space' for. This worked out really well for me! Lol.
Okay, I wrote the review that needed to be written, finished the blog things I wanted to do, and I'm currently having a chai latte in this mug I got from my local indie bookstore!
Now let's get some actual reading done!
I'm all over the place here because for this board you don't have to move in one direction, and I fully took advantage on these next 3 rolls 😆
- Rolled a 5 - Move 3 spaces - Enjoy a cosy hobby
- Rolled a 1 - Reading Goal
- Rolled a 3 - Exercise
The way I am SO tempted to go play a video game for cozy hobby 👀 No! I'm going to be good! 😆 I'm gonna say reading is going to be my cozy hobby, and 'Reading Goal' is just referring to a book for a challenge, which is perfect for me! One book I have on my April TBR that will fulfill one of the prompts for one of my many challenges is this one:
It's short, and I really enjoyed the first one, so I'm really looking forward to reading this one! As for exercise, I just had a thought 👀 I was talking about video games... Well, I haven't played Ring Fit Adventure in quite some time, and boy does it give me a workout 😅 So I might do that.
Okay, I finished all my prompts, AND I finished How to Steal a Galaxy! It was so fun! I loved it! For the exercise prompt, I didn't end up playing the game I wanted because I realized that my Switch was dead. Like, super dead. Like, it wouldn't turn on 😂 I ended up just doing some stretches, which was nice because I read the novella pretty much in one sitting. Lol.
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Onto the next couple of rolls!
- Rolled a 5 - Move 2 Spaces - 1st Book that Comes to Mind
- Rolled a 3 - Short Book
- Rolled a 3 - Move 3 spaces - Comfort genre
So those first two roles are easy. I especially love that I got Short Book because I'm going to be reading this one next:
The next, and last, book in the Chaotic Orbits series! As for comfort genre... idk that I would consider sci-fi a comfort genre, even though I love it. I'm gonna have to think on it, especially because the next book I planned on reading was another sci-fi 😂
I finished Last Chance to Save the World and I really liked it! It was so fun! And the banter 😍 With that, I have completed the prompts '1st Book that Comes to Mind' and 'Short Book.' I still have not completed 'Comfort Genre' though. I have a few options, but I'm honestly not sure what I want to read. I kinda want to go with something NOT on my TBR, but the purpose of this readathon, for me this time, is to complete my TBR 😂 Anyway, I don't know. My reading goal for the day was to read these two novellas and I completed it! That means I can now go play Resident Evil, which I think I'm going to go do. This is later me's problem 😆 I'll be back tomorrow with a decision... hopefully. Lol.
I did not sleep in today. Woke up like at 6am 😪 I didn't get started reading till later, though, like 8am. And I decided to go with this horror/mystery thriller as my comfort genre because I am a crazy person 😆 I mentioned this many times, but I grew up reading stuff like Fear Street, okay? It's comforting to me. And I just love horror, as you know. Lol. I've only made it about 16% into the book, so I don't have any thoughts yet, considering the horror aspect hasn't quite started yet. But we'll see how it goes!
So now that I finished my rolls from yesterday, let's do some more rolls for this morning!
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And here is what I got:
- Rolled a 5 - Set the Ambiance
- Rolled a 6 - Move 2 Spaces - Reading Goal
- Rolled a 3 - Exercise
Okay, this is perfect! I'll light a candle and continue with my current read since it's a book for a reading challenge. AND I actually charged my Switch, so I will be able to do Ring Fit Adventure this time! 😆
Okay, all of my previous rolls are complete! I have a candle on a candle warmer, read just over 50% of my book, and I got some exercise in! Let me just say, though, that past me is such a jerk because she left off on the boss fight for that level, so that's what I did on Ring Fit Adventure today 😭😂 I hadn't played this in a while, so the exercises kicked my butt, but it was fun! I have missed playing this! Maybe this will get me back into exercising more since I'm always so inconsistent. Lol.
But back to the board!
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Another perfect set of rolls!
- Rolled a 1 - Move 3 Spaces - Enjoy a Cosy Hobby
- Rolled a 6 - Free Space
- Rolled a 4 - Reflect
Here is the thing: my reading goal for the day was to read half of my book before I could go and play Resident Evil, my motivation for this whole thing 😆 But I already finished that goal and it's not even noon. AND I am really into my book! It's very survival horror and I just want to know what's going to happen! It's not that long a book, 330 pages or so, so I think I could finish it today 👀 So here is what I'm going to do: I am enjoying my book so I am going to continue with reading as my 'Cozy Hobby,' I don't know yet what I want to do for 'Free space,' but I do want to write a couple reviews for 'Reflect.' And I'm gonna go have some lunch 'cause I ate very early in the morning. Lol.
I finished We Won't All Survive and I liked it! There was just something addictive about it and I just couldn't put it down. Lol. It took me a while to finish it, though, because my brother and his girlfriend were visiting and we decided to go into town to the festival going on this week and we just had a bunch of snacks at the food fair! It was fun, but I am WIPED. There weren't as many people as I was expecting, but I'm an introvert and my social battery dies pretty fast regardless. Lol.
As for the board, I'm counting reading as my cozy hobby, and I just put on a horror movie right now, so I'm counting that as my Free Space. I don't think I'll get to the 'Reflect' space today, but that's okay because I can just do that tomorrow. And anyway, later tonight I want to start Resident Evil 0 😆 I finished Resident Evil 1 yesterday and I really liked it! So I, of course, need to continue on with my hyperfixation. Lol.
Very late start to the morning, even though I didn't sleep in. Literally, my body doesn't know how to sleep in anymore 😭 Anyway, I wrote two reviews this morning, so that's the last prompt I needed to finish from yesterday's rolls. Now let's get to this morning's rolls!
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Oh, I like these.
- Rolled a 5 - 1st Book that Comes to Mind
- Rolled a 4 - Reading Goal
- Rolled a 6 - 1st Book that Comes to Mind
The following book was the one I was going to read yesterday before my rolls threw a wrench in my plans 😆
My reading goal for the day is to read 50% of this book, which is about 200 pages. Yesterday I didn't end up playing RE0, but I would really like to start that game today! So I'll be back later!
It took me a little longer to update today, but that's just because I was busy with laundry, taking a micronap, and going to town to run a quick errand and randomly pick up a Blizzard from Dairy Queen 😆 But I have read just a little bit over 50% of my book and I'm really enjoying it! It's insane and funny and I'm having a blast with it! There's been a Dracula, a werewolf, Cthulu nonsense, Frankenstein's monster, and I think I just left off with a pharaoh who may or may not be evil. Lol. It's so fun!
And I think I'm going to count all my previous prompts as done. So we can move on to more!
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Ohh, okay...
- Rolled a 3 - Enjoy a Cosy Hobby
- Rolled a 3 - Comfort Genre
- Rolled a 6 - Exercise
So, comfort genre is going to be a problem... again 😅 Especially because I'm in the middle of a book right now that I wouldn't necessarily call a comfort genre, even though I like it. However, I wasn't planning on reading anymore tonight, so this is tomorrow me's problem 😆 I'm gonna go play Resident Evil 0 now. Lol.
Okay, I have completed all the rolls from yesterday! I played one day of Tiny Bookshop for my cozy hobby, I read about 50 pages of Wild is the Witch as my comfort genre because it's an urban fantasy, which I consider to be one of my comfort genres. And I did some exercises on the Ring Fit Adventure! It's been a very productive morning. Lol.
Onto more rolls!
Lots of back and forth on this one 😅
- Rolled a 5 - Move 3 Spaces - Free Space
- Rolled a 1 - Bake/Have a Sweet Treat
- Rolled a 6 - Enjoy a Cosy Hobby
Oh, this is nice. I like this. I think I'm going to go write some reviews for free space. Idk what I'm doing for the other two prompts, but I would like to get some reading done this morning too.
Okay! I have completed all of my previous prompts! I wrote two reviews for 'Free Space' and read more of Of Monsters and Mainframes for cozy hobby because I'm trying to be good. I don't want to get sucked down the rabbit hole of video games when I'm supposed to be reading 😆 Hence my rule of completing my daily reading goal before being able to play Resident Evil. Lol. I did good this morning by playing only one day of Tiny Book Shop, but I don't want to press my luck 😆
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Anyway, for 'Sweet Treat' I ended up having an orange with my lunch and it was SO good! I know the prompt means a baked treat, but I don't currently have any of those. And I don't feel like baking right now. Lol. And anyway, oranges are my current snack hyperfixation 😆 That's right, I don't only hyperfixate on video games 😂
Anyway, onto my next rolls! Lots of going back and forth with this one too 😅
- Rolled a 4 - Free Space
- Rolled a 1 - Move 3 Spaces - Enjoy a Cosy Hobby
- Rolled a 1 - Reading Goal
Hmm, Okay. I might actually allow myself to play some Sim 4 for this cozy hobby prompt... idk. We'll see. Like I said, I tend to get sucked in. I'll continue reading Of Monsters and Mainframes, and then I'm not sure about this free space. I'll think about it. Oh! As for my daily reading goal, it's just to finish Of Monsters and Mainframes. Lol. I'm almost done! Wild is a Witch was a curveball this morning, thanks to the prompt. Lol. I'll continue that one tomorrow, but my main focus today is the sci-fi book.
First of all, I finally managed to read a readathon post WHILE IT'S HAPPENING YASSS, this is super exciting 😂
ReplyDeleteSecond of all, you're doing amazing! You did so many prompts (rounds, spaces?) already and it's not even Sunday 😎 You definitely deserve to have some Leon time 😂 Who knew that witholding Resident Evil would be the perfect motivation lol
Can't wait to see what else you get to! And enjoy your days off girl 🤗