Read-a-thon Wrap Ups

I will start with the wrap up for the 24 hour-readathon - since the books I read during it also counted for the Spring into Horror Read-a-thon.  When I went up to bed last night, after my 2 hour cat nap, I ended up reading for about another hour - which took me almost to hour 21.  I think that is the latest that I have read.  I finished up at about 570 pages for the day and read The Last Telegram by Liz Trenow and 1/2 of Love Water Memory by Jennie Shortridge.

1. Which hour was most daunting for you?    I would say hour 16 as that was when I fell asleep!
2. Could you list a few high-interest books that you think could keep a Reader engaged for next year? Chosen Ones and Naturals by Tiffany Truitt
3. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year? Nope - it is always well run with lots of high energy!
4. What do you think worked really well in this year’s Read-a-thon? The form to list the books read - posts were timely every hour - mini challenges were a lot of fun!
5. How many books did you read? 1 and 1/2
6. What were the names of the books you read? The Last Telegram by Liz Trenow and Love Water Memory by Jennie Shortridge
7. Which book did you enjoy most? The Last Telegram
8. Which did you enjoy least? Love Water Memory
9. If you were a Cheerleader, do you have any advice for next year’s Cheerleaders?  No - they did great!
10. How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again? What role would you be likely to take next time?  I will definitely participate again, but until my kids are more self sufficient, will only participate as a reader.

Okay - now for my wrap up of the Spring into Horror Readathon which started last Monday.  

I read 4 books and parts of 3 others.  

1. When Summer Comes by Brenda Novak

2. Naturals by Tiffany Truitt (this is my one 'horror'/dystopian book)

3. The Last Telegram by Liz Trenow

4. Love Water Memory by Jennie Shortridge

Parts of

1. The Spark by Kristin Barnett

2. (started) Wind Chime Point by Sherryl Woods

3. (finished) From the Kitchen of Half Truth by Maria Goodin

Total pages - about 1750 for the week. 

Hour 18 - I've been sleeping. . .

This will be my last post of the night.  I started Love Water Memory by Jennie Shortridge and after 74 pages needed to close my eyes for awhile.  I only wanted a little catnap - asked my daughter to wake me after about 20 minutes - but 2 hours later I finally shook myself awake!  So I am headed up to bed, but I am taking my book with me!  Will let you know in the morning how long I actually lasted.

Good night and Happy Reading with y'all!

Hour 14 - and I finally finished a book!

Yes folks - you heard it hear first - I finally finished a book!  My quick dinner out with my husband turned into a trip to the mall to drop my son off with daughter two.  But daughter two had to return a dress TODAY, so I had to find said dress and meet her at the mall and wait while she found something to exchange it for - then my husband and I left, only to return within 10 minutes because daughter one had daughter two's debit card and she had no cash.  Then we finally made it to dinner.  So, this all leads to me finally finishing one book!   The Last Telegram by Liz Trenow - Great book BTW.

Happy Reading!

Hour 10 - Time for dinner

Well, hour 10 and still reading my first book. . .  A little disappointed by that but I have had some interruptions today that I was and wasn't expecting.  Like my husband inviting me out to dinner since daughter two is taking son to a movie when she gets off work - woo hoo!  So, we are off to dinner and then I hope to tuck in for a nice evening of reading.

I think I have read about another 80 pages since the last post.

Happy Reading!

Hour 8 - 1/3 of the way there!

Eight hours in and I have finally read about 80 pages since the last post!  My son is ensconced in his favorite chair watching funny videos - this all started with me showing him the Pocoyo - Gangnam Stye video from hour 5. . .   Thank you Youtube!  Of course, Battleship is on TV right now and I think he has it memorized line for line.   Dad is asleep in the other chair - Daughter one has finally rolled out of bed, but actually REMEMBERED it was readathon day for me, so after an initial hello told me she would leave me alone to read - Daughter two is still at work. 

Thought it was time for a break so thought I would give the Book Puzzle a shot  - Can you figure out the book from the pictures below?

Happy Reading!

Hour 7 - I think. . .

I thought if I was going to do the book poetry from the 2nd hour (I think) that I had better get to it!  Here is my poetry:

How is the reading going everyone?  Still haven't done much reading - took my daughter to work, made my son lunch. . ..  Next year I am leaving the house for the day!  It is amazing how much they can do by themselves when I am not here  - lol. 


Happy reading!

Hour 2 - Slow start. . .

Well, it has been an inauspicious start this morning - I have read only 20 pages in the last 40 minutes - but I have fed my son and gotten him ready for his first soccer game of the season.  The next few hours are going to be just as slow reading wise as we will be leaving for the game soon.  I will be back probably sometime in hour 4 or 5 for an update and then should have fewer interruptions!  There is a Book Spine Poetry starting this hour - I always have fun with the book spine challenges, so hopefully when I get back I will be able to contribute something.

Happy reading!

It's Almost Here!

Who else is doing the readathon??

Even though I have known about it for months, Dewey's read-a-thon seems to have crept up on me this time around!  There has just been so much going on the last couple of weeks.  I am going to partake as much as I can on Saturday - but the morning is going to have some interruptions, including watching my son play his first soccer game of the year (Can't wait!).  This should have been his third game, but the first one was cancelled due to rain, the second one was cancelled due to flooding! and this game is actually being played at an alternate field because his is still under water.  Gotta love the Des Plaines river in the springtime.

If you haven't signed up yet though, it is not too late!  Just head over to the read-a-thon blog and take the plunge!

Some of the books I may or may not read on Saturday are (I want to give myself a big variety to choose from):

The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa
The Eternity Cure by Julie Kagawa
Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire
Walking Disaster by Jamie McGuire
NOS4A2 by Joe Hill
Wind Chime Point by Sherryl Woods
Love Water Memory by Jennie Shortridge
Navigating Early by Claire Vanderpool
There Was an Old Woman by Hallie Ephron
Three Graves Full by Jamie Mason
Out of Nowhere by Maria Padian


Some of the snacks I will probably be eating:
Popcorn, peanuts, raisins, lots of water, coffee, apples, smoothies

Not sure what the meals will consists of - guess that depends on how much patience my husband has with me reading all day. . .  but he will probably just ask me how that is different from any other day - lol!