(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 [...]
Read-a-Thon ~ Hour 24 Meme
19 Apr By 25 Comments
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 [...]
Read-a-Thon ~ Hour 20 Wrap Up
19 Apr By 12 Comments
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 [...]
Read-a-Thon ~ Brought to You by Diet Coke
19 Apr By 11 Comments
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 [...]
Read-a-Thon ~ Get This Party Started & Mid Event Survey
18 Apr By 7 Comments
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 [...]
Read-a-Thon ~ The First Four Hours
18 Apr By 23 Comments
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 [...]
Read-a-Thon 3 Facts About Me
18 Apr By 7 Comments
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. [...]
Read-a-Thon Hour One Meme
18 Apr By 18 Comments
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, [...]
Read-a-Thon!
18 Apr By 6 Comments
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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