Wah! I have 200 pages to go before I finish the two books I’m reading and I’m fading fast. Can I do it? Can I stay awake? I hope soooooo. Snacks. I need snacks. Lime Tostitos? And more coffee.
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1.What are you reading right now? — I’m reading The Madame Curie Complex and The Clue in the Diary – both are slow going, I’m tired.
2. How many books have you read so far? –I’ve finished 4 1/3 (the third, finishing a book I’d started before the Readathon began)
3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Read-a-thon? – The Madame Curie Complex.
4. Did you have to make any special arrangements to free up your whole day? – Not special, I just had to convince myself that it was ok to skip work for a day.
5. Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those? – Not really. My mom called and chatted for awhile and Wilma the prairie dog has been a bit distracting at times. But, nothing long or ongoing or really troublesome.
6. What surprises you most about the Read-a-thon, so far? – Just how much I’m enjoying it. I mean really really enjoying it. I needed a day off. And it’s been years since I spent a day in bed with books.
7. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year? – Hmmm can I give you suggestions once it’s over? I need to think about this and the books are calling me back to them.
8. What would you do differently, as a Reader or a Cheerleader, if you were to do this again next year? – I’d have less nonfiction (though the nonfiction I’ve chosen has been excellent) and more salty snacks. Heh.
9. Are you getting tired yet? – Yep, I am. I had some Thai food and got up to walk around to try and stretch out a bit and get invigorated.
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? – I planned to avoid my office computer all day and stick with just my iPhone and iPad to surf and update. But, I quickly realized that getting out of bed… walking to the office… sitting in a different environment were actually helpful. Everytime I take a break and use the office computer, I feel more ready to get back to my bed and my books. I’m not sure will find this useful but it’s been good for me and I was surprised by it.
My entry for the mini-challenge, If the cover fits in the “Moving” category.
And maybe this doesn’t make sense to you, but it does to me.
When I look at my old Nancy Drew books I remember the weekends when I’d hole up in my room and devour Nancy Drew books… coming out only to beg one of my parents to take me to the story to buy another – and another – and another. And if I couldn’t con them into that, then I’d head back in and just re-read them all over again.
I read a lot but never make the time to hole up with books for an entire day, like I used to when I was a kid. There’s always too much work to be done for anything like that.
It’s fitting that today, Readathon Day, I’m incorporating Nancy Drews into my reading.
(pst, it might take a minute for the image to load, it’s being pulled from my other blog.)
Another Nancy Drew challenge book finished. The Secret of Red Gate Farm was always one of my favorites. My copy is well worn and a wee bit smudgy in places. I wonder what snacks I ate as I read this as a child…
(178 pages)
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I started exactly Nine hours ago.
I’ve read 817 pages
Finished the YA novel I started last week.
Read a book of poetry.
Read a children’s graphic novel.
Read a non-fiction book.
Am 100 pages into the first Nancy Drew.
Am starting another non-fiction.
Food consumed:
½ a pot of coffee
1 carrot ginger muffin (no wonder I didn’t taste anything orange-y!)
Braided mozzarella with crackers
Chocolate covered edamame
Dried cranberries & pomegranate seeds
Well now I know the backstory to the graphic novel I read last month. Still enjoying the Stonekeeper series and am glad I went back and got Amulet. But, now I need book three to see what happens next. Is the Elf King’s son good or bad? Does the mother recover?
(187 pages)
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Just finished my first book on the iPad, Everyday is a Good Day (by Wilma Mankiller.) I’m so glad I read it and just wish I’d read it before Mankiller passed away. Interesting essays and observations from Mankiller and other women from various tribes. Highly recommend this one.
(Pages – 256)
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I picked up 7 poets 4 Days 1 Book at the library because the cover was cool. When I read the first couple of pages, it was even cooler. Seven poets from all of the world came to Iowa to spend four days writing poetry. Not collaboratively but not singularly, either. They’d write, they would read aloud (some had to translate to English, on the spot, because they write in other languages – which I cannot even imagine doing) and then they would edit, write some more, and talk about their poems.
It’s interesting to see themes, common and not, that obviously came from the direct sharing of works in progress. Mis-hearing or misunderstanding another poets words turned into something else completely in someone else’s work. Or pushed them toward something that sounded similar but was different.
Very interesting reading. And, a good choice for both the Dewey Readathon and National Poetry Month.
(And just to help me keep track – 122 pages.)
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