Alternate reality fun! NYC in the early 1900s – magic is everywhere, so is anti-semitism. Houdini & Edison + J.P. Morgaunt + Teddy Roosevelt = fabulous. Throw in a nice Jewish boy who has a whole lot of magical power that he doesn’t know about and some awesome visits to Coney Island and you’ve got The Inquisitor’s Apprentice plus a really great book.
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18 hours.
14 books completed.
1,619 pages.
6 books of children’s poetry
1 ebook (romance)
1 non-fiction
2 middle grade fiction
4 easy readers
And no Nancy Drews, which might be a first for me during a Readathon.
A lot of food (more chocolate than I normally eat in six months, hah.)
Oh, I won a prize, too. Which was fun and a surprise and made me smile.
Another fabulous readathon day, I accomplished exactly what I’d hoped to accomplish – a whole lotta Cybils crossed off of my challenge list. Thank you to everyone who made it happen and made it fun. Thanks to Dewey, who is missed everyday but is particularly missed on readathon days.
‘night and good luck to those who are barreling on.
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I probably should have started the #readathon with the poetry, I’m tired and that’s not the best time to read poetry. Thankfully, all five of these were good – for different reasons.
Self-Portrait with Seven Fingers – I always like books like this, that tell the story of art and artists.
We Are America: A Tribute From the Art – As you’d expect from Walter Dean Myers. A book everyone should read (maybe particularly during an election year…)
Emma Dilemma: Big Sister Poems – As a big sister, I had to love this one. Because little sisters are annoying and wonderful all at the same time.
Dear Hot Dog – Poetry to everyday things (like toothpaste and socks and sunshine. My favorite is about light.)
Cousins of Clouds: Elephant Poems – I have two children who love Elephants so this one made me particularly happy. I’ll be buying it for someone…
(Readathon page count, 1,619)
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Warp Speed was a lot of fun, and not just because it’s always fun to debate the Star Trek vs Star Wars issue – extra fun to throw in some Batman and Superman debate as well. I really liked Marley’s mom – she’s blind and that’s not something you see in a character’s mom very often. Marley’s dad sounds like he has some social phobia. So yea, interesting family which makes the whole bullies in middle school topic a lot more interesting.
(Readathon page count: 1,435)
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Oh man, I just finished Fang Chronicles: Emily’s Story and I’m (again) dying for the next book. Emily is AWESOME – even better than Amy, I think. And I cannot wait to find out more about the cats – and Zenya.
(Readathon page count: 1,124)
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Halfway there, though I know I won’t make it around the clock – I’ve probably got another 4 hours left in me. Maybe. Hopefully….
1) I’m not tired yet but my eyes are starting to burn just a little bit.
2) I’ve finished 4 easy readers, 1 YA poetry, 1 non-fiction, 1 middle grade fiction and I’m 1/3 of the way through a middle grade fiction about and about ¾ of the way through a romance novel.
3) I really enjoyed Words in the Dust but I’m also enjoying my friend’s book, Fang Chronicles: Emily’s Story.
4) We’ve eaten a LOT of really great food today – the garlic tortilla chips were fabulous. I’m surprised by how terrific they are. The ginger drops I just ate were perfect to give me a little boost. And, the edamame salad was excellent.
5) I haven’t surfed many blogs today – except to do the mini-challenges. I’ll actually surf a bunch tomorrow to thank people properly for stopping by and congratulate them on their success.
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First – A little book I noticed on the library shelf and thought it might be fun to read and interesting for the kids to flip through, The End: 50 Apocalyptic Visions from Pop Culture That You Should Know About… before it’s too late.
I’ve read/watched/heard most of the stuff featured here and it was fun to think about old movies and old books – One I haven’t read but am going to have to check out one of these days is The Scarlet Plague. And now I have the urge to watch Tank Girl again. Or Mad Max. Or even Waterworld. Heh.
Now the not fun at all book, from the Cybils Shortliste – Requiem Poems of the Terezin Ghetto. Nothing fun about Holocaust poetry. Nothing at all. I’m glad I read it, though.
(Readathon page count: 1,032)
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Readathon page count: 781
I really liked Words in the Dust. We need more stories about children in Afghanistan and we need more books with really solid female characters. I was skeptical when I read the introduction by Katherine Paterson but she’s right – Zulaikha is a character who you can’t help but care about and wonder about after the story ends.
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Huh, I don’t remember ever doing this one in a readathon – how the heck did I miss it? Or maybe I didn’t and it was all a blur, which is possible after long hours of reading. Heh.
I’m currently reading Words in the Dust so …. I’ll leave out ‘in the’ … here’s my acrostic.
Worrying
Over
Relationships,
Daughters and
Sons.
Dangers
Untold,
Soldiers
Trust.
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Hah. This is fun. (surfing the blogroll while I wait for my spring rolls to bake! Mmmm, spring rolls.)
B – A blogger you’ve never come across before – Wall-to-Wall Books, great blog, it’s nice to meet her.
I – A blogger whose blog name has the word ‘book’ in it – The Crazy Life of a Bookaholic Mom
N – A blogger who lives in Europe – Shirin (is in Sweden)
G – A male blogger – RobbFlynn!
O – A blogger whose read-a-thon pile has more than 5 books – Buried in Print (and one of those is Wilkie Collins, be still my heart!)
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