Oh boy, still struggling. I’ve tried two naps, neither helped. This also means I’m still reading all the things I was reading several hours ago. hahaha. Still enjoying my day, just not getting much finished. 406 pages, so far.
Time for some chips and dip and a little book spine poetry:
#Readathon 8+ Hours and a Mini-Challenge Read More »
Oh boy. Three hours in and I’m all over the place, like I’ve never been before. This is weird.
I finished a non-fiction book about small fruit trees (168 pages). I’ve read a couple of chapters of a book on my Kindle (Boy, Snow, Bird), I’ve read another chapter of a non-fiction book I’d been reading before #readathon started (Lillian Gilbreth) and I’m 40 pages into Sisters of Heart and Snow.
Woo. Really not how I normally read at any time, much less #readathon. I’m also getting tired — I didn’t sleep well last night and have been up since 5am. I’m gonna need a nap, shortly.
But first, a mini-challenge! Seasons In Four Covers.
Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall!
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Yippee! Another April, another #readathon. And I really, really need this #readathon. Too much work/life stress. In fact, I need it so much that I was sure #readathon was last Saturday until Friday at about 6pm when my mother Facebooked me confused because she thought it was the 25th, not the 18th. Hahaha. So we had a mini-fake-#readathon last Saturday. We called it a warm up for the real thing. Today is going to be awesome, except I woke up way too early and didn’t sleep very well, lol. I’m probably gonna end up having to nap, darn it. Enough of that, let’s get to the intro meme, shall we?
1) Still reading in Chicagoland. From my bedroom. With TW. And the dogs.
2) I’m most looking forward to read Sisters of Heart and Snow. #TeamMargaretDilloway for me!
3) This year we shopped for snacks a little differently than usual. Partially because we thought #readathon was last weekend and we needed to go to Costco. And, because we thought it was last weekend, Elly and the boyfriend were going to be here and needed different types of snacks than we do. So we hit up the Costco for some chips and dip and rootbeer and ended up with dried fruit and chocolate truffles and cheese and I don’t even know what else. Some of that we ate last weekend but a lot of it we saved for today. Hah
Then, we went to Mariano’s and bought some more snacks — special sodas, my favorite lucky charm donuts (which we ate last weekend and then went back to get more for today, haha.) We have gelato, and more stuff that we’ll never manage to eat in one day — which is amusing since we bought a bunch of this LAST weekend and didn’t manage to finish it all. Then we bought more and we’ll still never finish it all up. Hah.
4) Yea, I totally have to work on this particular line item for October’s #readathon. Something interesting about me… haha. Hmmmm. I’ve got nothing.
5) Oh, I did remember to find something new to say… I went back and counted up all of my #readathons. This is #10 for me. I’m going to go with last fall’s strategy and kicking it off with an easy book — a non-fiction gardening book and then I’ll dive into Sisters of Heart and Snow and then move along to an easy book, and then see if I can do a bit of alternating like that — finishing up, as usual, with a whole lot of children’s non-fiction. And now I’m going to stop typing and start reading.
Happy #readathon to everyone!
#readathon Begins with the Intro Meme Read More »
I finished every single book I put on my TBR pile and that has never happened during a #readathon. I planned well, didn’t I?
Here’s the final count:
14 books
2,224 pages
Woohoo!
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Two art books down, 290 more pages.
I’m trying to get one more book in before I give up the ghost… TW and the dogs are already snoring. Hah. Wish me luck, I’m going to need it…
#readathon 17 Hours Read More »
Six books from the Cybils shortlist DONE. 745 pages.
I’m gonna catch up on some mini challenges and hit the art books, next.
#Readathon: 15 Hours Read More »
1. I’m diving into some books from the Cybils shortlist — first up is Scary Tales: Home Sweet Horror
2. I’ve finished 5 books for a total of 963 pages.
3. Gah. I still don’t have any one particular book I’m looking forward to. Mostly I’m hoping to get through my stack of Cybils and two more art books before this thing ends. I’m looking forward to hitting that goal!
4. I had a rough start — kid issues. My dad called at some point but I didn’t pick up (sorry dad, I’ll call you tomorrow.) Another kid texted me for a bit but that wasn’t much of a distraction. The dogs have been pretty darn well behaved so yippee!
5. I’ve been surprised by the fact that I haven’t given in to my desire for naps. Heh.
Onward, the books await!
12 Hours of #Readathon and the Mid-Event Survey Read More »
I read Mind MGMT (Vol 3), 175 pages, — unfortunately I hadn’t read vol 1 or 2 so I was a little lost. I was also a little bored. I don’t think I’m going to backtrack and read the first two. Too bad though since I like the idea of the darn series.
It’s time for dinner … veggie samosas and lemon orzo with pine nuts.
I’m moving on to some middle grade fiction, I think.
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I just finished The Harlot’s Tale and it was awsesome and 308 pages. I’m about 60% through my Kindle book and moving to a graphic novel that I hope to finish by dinner time.
So far, it’s been a darn good day for reading. And, for eating. Heh.
#readathon: Nine Hours In and… Read More »
I got sucked into my Kindle book and the Harlot’s Tale hasn’t lured me back. But, I did pick it up again to do the Book Staging challenge and that was fun!
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