Fitzwilliam Darcy, Rock Star (#readathon)

Finally – finished another book for the #readathon – who knew it would take so darn long to finish 428 pages Fitzwilliam Darcy, Rock Star? If I’d known, I probably would have NOT read it for the readathon for goodness sakes.

It was amusing – very amusing. Darcy & Elizabeth. Charles & Jane. Charlotte & Richard. Lots of fun and confusion – just like a re-write of Austen should be.

And now – 18 hours after I started the #readathon – I’m calling it a night.

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Re-reading Mini-Challenge (#readathon)

I don’t re-read many books – there just aren’t enough hours in the darn day. But – there are a few that I do re-read, quite regularly. Or I re-read bits and pieces of them. They’re all loaded on the Kindle app for my iPhone and iPad so I flip them open when I’m without a book or just in the mood to re-read one of them.

The three I re-read are:

The Woman in White

Fluke

The Red Tent

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Redemption (Finished a book – finally. #readathon)

I finally finished Redemption. Finally. Lord that was long – and really, it’s the only complaint I have about this book. It was just a wee bit too long the beginning should have been edited a bit. I think the lead was just a little to long. Otherwise – interesting story – demons, angels, wiccans, gargoyles. Who doesn’t love that?

I will be interested to see what happens after the flying carpet and the ring of Solomon.  See – how awesome is that?

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#Readathon Mid-Event Survey

1.)    I’m still reading the same darn books I started with. Gah. Redemption and Fitzwilliam Darcy, Rock Star. These are taking forever – and I really am reading and not playing around.

2.)    2. I’ve finished four children’s non-fiction books – and that’s it, darn it.

3.)    I’m looking forward to The Blue Tattoo. It looks like that’s probably all I’m going to get to dig into.

4.)    Well I would have liked to have been able to make arrangements to free up my whole day but my life doesn’t work like that. So I’ve freed up most of my day and will catch up on the stuff I didn’t do today – tomorrow.

5.)    The only surprise interruption I had was a run to Five Guys after picking my daughter up from work. But that was ok since I listened to a book on audio while in the car and I read a book on the iPhone while I was there waiting for my order. Fewer interruptions this readathon than ever before.

6.)    How little I’ve actually finished. What the heck. This book is LONG.

7.)    I think the readathon is fabulous as it is – and I really don’t have a single recommendation to make to improve it.

8.)    I’d choose different darn books, that’s for sure.

9.)    I was tired mid-day and then I was tired right after that Five Guys burger. I’m good now, though. Ask me again at 10pm!

10.)  I always get up and walk around, and visit Twitter/blogs every hour. A five/ten minute break every hour seems to work well for me.

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Four Children’s Non-Fiction (During the #readathon)

I took a break from the other two books I’ve been reading and picked up four of the books from the Cybils Shortlist for children’s nonfiction. I enjoyed them all.

The Secret of the Yellow Death – I expected to find this one dull but I didn’t. It was interesting and exactly the right length with the right amount of photos. I highly recommend it.

The Extraordinary Mark Twain (According to Susy) – I expected to like this one the best, but I didn’t. It was fine but a little too dry though I did like the way Suzy’s journal was tucked into the book as its own separate journal. That was smartly done. The illustrations were nice as well. It was fine – just not my favorite.

Henry Aaron’s Dream – Why are there always baseball books in the Cybils shortlist? Could we have some football or basketball or soccer every now and then? I like the baseball books but there are other sports stories to be told to kids, ya know? Warning: If you are thinking of reading this to your children or letting them read it, the N WORD is written out (twice, I believe) so be prepared. 

Pop! The Invention of Bubble Gum — Heh. Enough said, right?

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Five Titles I’m Looking Forward to Reading (#readathon)

For this challenge, we have to list five books we’re looking forward to reading in the months ahead. Interesting… let’s see…

Ami McKay’s new novel, The Virgin Cure. I know it’s got a 2012 publish date but I’m hoping to get a copy early… Hi Sassymonkey… Hi Ami… pretty please…

Jeffrey Eugenides – The Marriage Plot. It’s on my shelf now and I thought I’d have already started it but … no. Next week, though, for sure!

Jeff Lindsay’s – Double Dexter. What can I say, I’m a Dexter fan!

Rick Riordan’s – Heroes of Olympus, book two. (I’m falling behind in all of my series reading all of a sudden. Oh heck, I’m falling behind on all of my reading. Gah!)

Lauren Willig’s – Garden Intrigue!!!  I don’t love the name (a garden is not a flower!) but I can’t wait for the next book in the series!

Bonus Book: (Also, Willig’s Ivy & Intrigue… I was going to download it to Kindle but decided I should just order it and then forgot to order it.)

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Almost at the 5 hour mark…. #readathon

Offically, 4  hours 41 minutes though the first hour was really spent getting some work done, visiting some #readathon bloggers and tweeters, fixing coffee (cleaning up the mess when the first pot exploded) and driving a kid to work – only one chapter actually read during the first hour.

After 4 hours and 41 minutes:

          I’ve read 36 pages of Fitzwilliam Darcy, Rock Star and 10 chapters of Redemption.

          I soaked in the tub for awhile.

          I had 8 lemon abelskivers for breakfast.

          I’ve had 4 cups of coffee (black).

          I tried some funky black bean and rice chips with horseradish hummus dip (all from Trader Joe’s)

I’m going to crack open some children’s fiction during the fifth hour… and I’m waiting for TW to decide it’s naptime because I’m feeling like a short nap might be in order.

It’s been a great day, so far!

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#Readathon Character Photo Mini-Challenge

My first book is Redemption (by R.K. Ryals) – and it’s about two sisters who go to live with their aunt in Blackstone Abbey after their parents die. Amber is the good one – angelic in looks and behavior. Dayton is the problem child – and scary bad things are happening. Aunt Kyra, head of the Abbey is… well… we will find out what she is, soon, I think.

This photo, my contribution to the Character Photo Mini-Challenge, feels like a mixture of the three women. When I took the photo at first, I thought it was going to represent Dayton but as I resized it and really thought about it – it’s the three, together. And I don’t think these three can really be separate entities at all.

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