(or How I Prepared for the Read-a-Thon) This mini challenge is all about getting ready for today. If you’re participating, you can easily be successful. I know that it’s been a long day at this point. Easy is good, right? What Do I Have to Do? To enter this mini challenge, answer the questions below by [...]
Just as I expected, my 4-year-old early bird did in fact get me up at 7:30. I put Postman Pat on and that should buy me the time I need to finish the Hour 24 Meme. To all of those still reading ~ I am so proud of you! You rock and are my reading [...]
Very tired. So very tired. Finished The Uncommon Reader and really enjoyed it. It was the first novel I have ever tweeted completely – each gigle, laugh, snicker, dogearred page (by the previous reader, not me). I did that more to keep myself awake than anythin else. Stats: Pages: 361 Finished The Boneman’s Daughters and The [...]
Okay, peeps, I’ve finished Boneman’s Daughter! Whoo Hoo! Despite one twist that WAS NOT NECESSARY (which makes me even more mad), I really enjoyed it. So, it’s approximately midnight and I just finished a book. What does my body say? “It’s time to go to sleep.” ”Nuh uh! This is a read-a-thon, not a [...]
As of 9:04 pm EST, I have been a full on Read-a-Thon participant! Yeah! Not a great video, but others wouldn’t allow embedding (Communists!) Here are my totals as of the 10pm hour: Audio: 1 hour 45 minutes. I won’t get any further with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo because audio will [...]
We’e survived the first four hours of the Read-a-Thon and I’ve enjoyed following everyone on their blogs and through Twitter. What an exciting day! After my rough last week, it feels nice being in a great mood even while doing laundry and cleaning out the minvan. The following are my stats: Pages: 54 pages from [...]
Kathy @ BermudaOnion‘s Weblog pointed out that I forgot to add three facts about me from Dewey’s 24-Hour Read-a-Thon’s first hour meme. So, here you go: 1) I’ve now read 58 pages of Boneman’s Daughters today. 2) Sweet Lou Whitaker, the former Detroit Tiger and best second basemen ever, is my all-time favorite baseball player. [...]
From the hour one post, we read-a-thoners have been asked the following questions: Where are you reading from today? 3 facts about me … How many books do you have in your TBR pile for the next 24 hours? Do you have any goals for the read-a-thon (i.e. number of books, number of pages, [...]
Dewey’s 24-Hour Read-a-Thon has begun!!!!! I won’t be terribly active until later tonight, but I’m going to try to read as much as I can of my current book, Boneman’s Daughters by Ted Dekker. I’m starting on page 158, so I’ll use that for my page count. I wish everyone the best of luck and [...]
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