Dewey’s Read-A-ThonCategory Archives

Time Started: 9:00 AM CST
Time Now: 10:30 PM CST

Currently reading: Child of Thunder by Mickey Zucker Reichert
Total pages read: 740
Books finished: 1
What’s up next: Cinder and Ella by Melissa Lemon

Total Time Spent Reading: 9 hours
Mini-challenges completed: 5

Food/drink consumed: Lots and lots of water – thinking about brewing some Awake Tazo Tea!
Mentality: Very, very sleepy – must keep going!

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The Bluestocking Society has a Re-Read Mini Challenge up for Hour 16.

2. Go back to your blog, and give us a list of your top favorite rereads of all time. You know, those books that you can go to time and time again for comfort and escape. Again, pictures are always good but not required.

The first answer that came to mind for this one is The Princess Bride by William Goldman. I’ve seen the movie too many times to count, and read the book now four times.  Each time it thrills me more and more and gives me a different, but still satisfying, feeling.  There really isn’t another book quite like it.

Time Started: 9:00 AM CST
Time Now: 8:30 PM CST

Currently reading: Child of Thunder by Mickey Zucker Reichert
Total pages read: 600
Books finished: 1
What’s up next: Cinder and Ella by Melissa Lemon

Total Time Spent Reading: 7 hours
Mini-challenges completed: 5

Food/drink consumed: Lots and lots of water – thinking about brewing some Awake Tazo Tea!
Mentality: Very, very sleepy – must keep going!

Mid-Event Survey:
1. What are you reading right now?

• Child of Thunder by Mickey Zucker Reichert

2. How many books have you read so far?

• One – this one I’m on is a doozy!

3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Read-a-thon?

• Really, really looking forward to Cinder and Ella.

4. Did you have to make any special arrangements to free up your whole day?

• I still had homework to do, practice to do, etc.. so I haven’t freed my entire day, but the free hours I’ve had have been very productive.

5. Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those?

• I get what needs to be done, done, then get back to reading.

6. What surprises you most about the Read-a-thon, so far?

• How easy it is to get totally lost in my book.

7. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year?

• Nope, I think it’s a great event and I love that I can do it this year.

8. What would you do differently, as a Reader or a Cheerleader, if you were to do this again next year?

• Plan better – this was a spur of the moment decision for me!

9. Are you getting tired yet?

• Yes, thinking about a mini-nap here soon!

10. Do you have any tips for other Readers or Cheerleaders, something you think is working well for you that others may not have discovered?

• Drink lots of water – it may not have caffeine, but it makes you have to go to the bathroom a lot which is a sure wake-up for me =p

Time Started: 9:00 AM CST
Time Now: 6:00 PM CST

Currently reading: Child of Thunder by Mickey Zucker Reichert
Total pages read: 420
Books finished: 1
What’s up next: Cinder and Ella by Melissa Lemon

Total Time Spent Reading: 5 hours
Mini-challenges completed: 4

Food/drink consumed: Parents lunch at school, chips and dip, chex mix
Other Activities: Homework, homework, practicing piano, homework
Mentality: Very, very sleepy – must keep going!

Erin of Erin Reads is hosting the next challenge, which is a hodgepodge! Giving this a go:

Colbey Chevy, a professional scuba-diver, is on a mission, to find the lost treasure of Elentra.  But tragedy struck down his partner last year off the shore of Spain, the spot they were certain housed the treasures.  Will he be able to face the demons, both real and fictional lurking beneath the waters?

I’m 120 pages into my book and LOVING it.  Oh, how I love how a fantasy can just suck you into the world – but now a break because I want to share something.

Jehara at Quirky Girls Read wants us to share our favorite book trailer!  So here is mine:

I just got home from a good solid 3 hours of piano practice at Eureka College (where I’m a piano performance student) and am ready to dive right back into my reading.  Buuttt first, a few challenges!

Kate at Midnight Book Girl wants us to make a sentence out of our book titles!  So here is mine:

(it says: The Forest of Hands and Teeth Feed Forbidden Sea)

Now.. diving back into my current book, Child of Thunder!

Just a quick update before I shower and head off to school for parent’s day… I’ve finished Practical Jean – the first book on my TBR list!  That’s 290 pages out of a goal of 1500.  Not too shabby!  I’ll be back later today with some more updates!

Melissa, at One Librarian’s Book Reviews is hosting the challenge for this hour and it is…dundundun.. A Book Puzzle!  Have fun guessing (I’ve made mine kinda hard I think..but still fun!)