I need to go wander around the internet and try to find a character list for the Rot & Ruin series and compare it to the characters in Patient Zero. Some of these people are those people, right? Also, I found myself wondering whether there were discrepancies or I was not remembering Rot & Ruin correctly. I hate that, lol.
I very much enjoyed Patient Zero — and I’m super glad Texasebeth mentioned it a couple of months ago!
I saw Penny Dreadful mentioned on a blog — actually, several blogs (don’t ask me which ones!) and decided I should read it. Then I decided I should read it during the #readathon because children’s fiction(?)/middle grade fiction(?) is quick and easy to read.
It totally was. It was also really cute. I mean really really cute. It’s not a new book, I’m sorry I overlooked it years ago when it was first published.
Soooo tired. I’m not going to finish this next book. Way, way too tired.
Final totals:
7 books finished.
3 in progress.
Total pages read: 1842
It was a fun day and I can’t wait til the October #readathon rolls around!
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I’ve finished 6 more books — 3 children’s poetry and 3 graphic novels (I think they’re all Cybils? Maybe? I don’t know, I’ll write them up tomorrow.
Pages read so far: 1690!
I also finished cheering for all of the blogs on the #teamwordsworth list. Go team!
Now I’m going to go eat some watermelon and start on my friend Angelina’s book. Wish me luck… I’m not sure how long my second wind will last. lol
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I finished Patient Zero… awesome. Took me longer because I kept stopping to think about which of these characters are in the YA Rot & Ruin series I’ve already read. I need to go back and read the last book again, I think. Lol
So — 962 pages, so far (I’ve been reading Bleak House off and on a bit, too.) Moving on to graphic novels and children’s non-fiction/poetry from the Cybils shortlist.
I’ve eaten all of the foods… more pimento cheese, some brie & fig wonton things. Some sort of mushroom phyllo things. ALL the foods.
Now I’m off to cheerlead a bit (and do a little work since I am working today.)
Read on!
Updated: I forgot about the mid-event survey so here are my answers:
1. What are you reading right now? — Still reading Bleak House, moving on to graphic novels, children’s poetry and non-fiction.
2. How many books have you read so far? — I’ve finished two.
3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Read-a-thon? — If I have some energy, I’m going to read a book written by a friend. It’s called Winter: Cricket & Grey.
4. Did you have to make any special arrangements to free up your whole day? I couldn’t free up the whole day, I’ve had to pull spam for work off and on all day.
5. Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those? Nothing big — a grouchy teen and the spam pulling. 15 minutes or so every couple of hours.
6. What surprises you most about the Read-a-thon, so far? I’m more tired than in past years — I blame the puppies and the kids.
7. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year? No, it’s awesome.
8. What would you do differently, as a Reader or a Cheerleader, if you were to do this again next year? Eat less, haha.
9. Are you getting tired yet? I’m very tired.
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? It’s working great for me to have my home page set up to open Dewey, the cheerleading page, etc. I’m glad I thought to do that yesterday.
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Oh boy, eight hours and I’m getting tired. My stomach is also queasy — too much junk food, lol.
I haven’t finished anything else, still reading — 523 pages total, so far.
I’ve been cheering — a few readers every hour.
I’m considering a change in books for awhile. Maybe some non-fiction? Or some graphic novels? We’ll see… maybe I’ll just eat more junk food? hah
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Just shy of four hours and I finished Penny Dreadful — super, super awesome middle grade fiction. I loved it. I’ve also read 26 pages of Bleak House — so a total of 330 pages, so far.
I’ve cheered for a few other readers and am on my way to cheer for some more. Totally fun.
The mini cinnamon rolls were excellent. The zucchini bread was ok, not great but not bad. TW made some sort of cinnamon biscuits from some Charleston caterer. She liked them more than I did. I’m about to move on to some sort of lunch type food… and start on Patient Zero, I think.
So far, so good.
#readathon: 4 hours, 1 down, lots of snacking Read More »
I’m up, I’m up. I swear, I’m up.
Coffee in hand, here’s my stack of books and here’s my intro survey, same questions as usual:
1) Once again, stuck in Chicagoland — reading primarily from my bedroom but also from the back porch with the dogs and from my desk since I’m working today and doing some cheerleading, as well. My first time as a cheerleader (for #readathon.)
2) I’m most looking forward to Patient Zero. And, the new Christopher Moore book.
3) Snacks? All the snacks! We went to Fresh Market for snacks this time and I think it is the best place for us to find the yummy things.
4) Something about me… last year at this time, I had one puppy and two prairie dogs. This year… three puppies and three prairie dogs. Yes. Yes I am crazy.
5) I can’t even count how many times I’ve participated… my newest tip is … make your homepage the Dewey’s Readathon, that makes it faster and easier to get to the hourly mini-challenges. (If you’re really into it, make your home page all of the pages you’re going to use today. For instance: Facebook, Twitter, your blog’s dashboard, the master cheering spreadsheet, and the Dewey’s Readathon page. Throw in GoodReads if that’s how you track your books.) This year I followed my own advice from previous years and took yesterday off of work and am also taking Monday off. Not sure it is going to help since I’m also working today but hey, that’s better than nothing. I will be able to catch up on my sleep Monday. All the napping, I’m looking forward to that.
To quote Mr. Wordsworth (#TeamWordsworth!), “To begin, begin.” Shall we?
I’m kicking it off, exactly at 7am, with some light reading, Penny Dreadful and I’m going to dig into the mini cinnamon rolls. Oh what the hell, maybe I’ll have a piece of zucchini bread, too.
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Sassymonkey pointed out that Heaven Is Paved with Oreos is a middle grade companion to the Dairy Queen series so I decided I should read it.
It was cute, though I find Sarah a little young to be starting high school — but then again, DJ wasn’t super wordly herself, was she? Maybe that’s a small town Wisconsin thing?
The fiasco in Rome was a little jarring but I liked it. I liked how Sarah handled it. I like the advice DJ gave her — and based on the timing, I can see DJ giving her that advice, at that moment. So it definitely worked for me. I suspect it will not be a good book if you haven’t read the Dairy Queen series. The lesbian storyline makes almost no sense there, without the Dairy Queen storyline to clear things up. Heck, Curtis probably makes no sense if you don’t have some awareness of his character to start with.
So — I liked it but can see why others might not. I still say Murdock should go back to the whole Princess Ben thing.
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We have our snacks, oh lord do we have snacks. There’s a reason we rarely go to Fresh Market — it sucks more money from us than a trip to Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods combined!
I have my books ready to go:
I’m surfing the blogs of my cheerleader teammates right now, Go #TeamWordsworth. (I’m also downloading Wordsworth poems to read tomorrow. Hah.) The cheering makes me almost as excited as the snacks and full day of reading. Seriously. If you’d like to visit my teammates, here are there blogs:
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