Books in Bed

#Readathon Update

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It’s 3:33 – I took a short nap, or tried to – with the bird screaming, not much napping was done. I’ve cleaned some spam (at work) and answered some email (at work) and posted a couple of links (work again!) and now I’m ready to get back to the books.

2 books complete

Working on 2 more (at the same time)

I’ve eaten a cranberry scone, two handfuls of chocolate covered pomegranate seeds, two handfuls of olive oil popcorn, a plate of leftover spaghetti with three small pieces of Ciabatta bread.  I think it’s time for some braided mozzarella, cherry tomatoes and falafel chips. Maybe one of TW’s bottled cokes or a bottled Fanta to go with it?

Total pages read:  630

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#Readathon — Book 2, Done! Forbidden Fruit

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Another 209 pages down, which is a little misleading. Forbidden Fruit: A History of Women and Books in Art is a very large coffee table type book. It’s beautiful and interesting and I would own it if I were a rich woman. I also need to remember to find a copy of The Tale of the Genji, which I still have never read.

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#Readathon Mini-Challenge – Book Appetit

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This is for the Book Appetit mini challenge…

I just finished Spell Bound, by Rachel Hawkins, and every time Cal heals Archer (which is a lot), Archer says he ows Cal a burger. We’d have to have the BEST burgers on the face of the planet — with awesome toppings for everyone to choose from. Everything from bleu cheese to bacon to guac to pickles and onions.

Oh, and green smoothies to go along with the Brannick’s favorite green healing/energy drink.

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First #Readathon Book DONE! — Spell Bound

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One book down, 327 pages. And TW called when I had two pages left to read. Talk about bad timing, heh.

Spell Bound was excellent. I wasn’t sure how everything was going to be fixed at the end of the last book. In fact, I didn’t think it could be  fixed. But, Hawkins did it beautifully. All wrapped up in a nice little bow. Even the ending was perfect. Exactly right. How often does that happen?  Almost never.

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#Readathon Mini-Challenge – Books in Translation

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Interesting challenge… not all books translate well to English but one of my favorites is The Shadow of the Wind.  I’m not sure which cover is the original and it would take more time than I want to spend to figure it out right now – but interesting question and I’ll go explore the covers again another time. Maybe this one?

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My copy is not on the shelf where it belongs, which means a kid (RJ???) has stolen it. That’s not good. I need that back…

But one of my favorite lines is… the first line:

I still remember the day my father took me to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books for the first time

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Readathon Intro Kick Off

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Yippee! (I’m kind of still getting some work done but the spam can wait for me to introduce myself and eat the first yummy food of the day…)

1) I’m reading from Chicagoland — mostly the bedroom but also from the back porch and the office and maybe the front porch if the weather holds.

2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to? — tough question. Probably Spellbound.

3) Which snack are you most looking forward to? — another tough question, they’re all going to be yummy. Probably the braided mozzarella.

4) Tell us a little something about yourself! — what? no! no time for that! I have to get some work done before I can officially start. Click About Me up there instead, ‘k?

5) If you participated in the last read-a-thon, what’s one thing you’ll do different today? If this is your first read-a-thon, what are you most looking forward to? — I’ve tossed some zines into the reading mix this year, and I’m going to make extra sure not to do more work than absolutely necessary. No workplace distractions for me!

Happy #Readathon! Now excuse me while I wolf down a cranberry scone and grab my first book!

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