Showing posts with label Spring. Show all posts
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Sunday, April 26, 2015

Spring 2015: Dewey's 24 hours Readathon: End of Event meme

Hello everyone. I slept for about 6 hours. I'm still feeling a but woozy, so I will probably go back to bed, but I wanted to update the End of Event Meme:

Which hour was most daunting for you?

I couldn't make it past hour 20, I could feel my body giving up, so I went to bed.


Could you list a few high-interest books that you think could keep a Reader engaged for next year?
Towards the end, I went to comics, I was reading Sex Criminals and Rat Queens, their art is beautiful and the story keeps you hoocked, so I will recommend something like that. 

Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year?
No guys, I am always in awe on how you organize the event, specially this year with the so many readers!

What do you think worked really well in this year’s Read-a-thon?
I can only speak for our team, but I know the cheerleaders kept very active and that always motivate other.

How many books did you read?
4 books and 3 comics

What were the names of the books you read?
L'Oubli que nous serons by Héctor Abad (really liked it); How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran (it was ok, it picked up at the end); The View from Castle Rock by Alice Munro (Liked it, she has a very interesting style), Inés del Alma mia, by Isabel Allende (It was very good). I also finished The Yellow Wall-Paper Short story. Sex Criminals: Vol 1, Rat Queens #3 and #4

Which book did you enjoy most?
L'Oubli que nous serons.

Which did you enjoy least?
While it picked up at the end, How to be a Woman had me thinking of DNFing at first.

If you were a Cheerleader, do you have any advice for next year’s Cheerleaders?
Always make time to cheer for your fellow readers; give yourself a goal (say 5 visits/hour) and set that time aside from your reading time; read the post and try to write comments showing that you actually are there for the person. 

How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again? What role would you be likely to take next time?
I would love to be there this fall. Everything depends on how things go with my studies. But if not as a reader, I for sure will be a cheerleader!

Some stats:



Pages read: 1509

Hours slept: 4/24

Total hours reading: 20/24

# of Blogs visited: Wow, this year I'm with Team Mr.Popper. So far I've visited 131 blogs! 

Mini-challenges in which I participated: 

Opening Meme
4Seasons4Books 
Picture it
Treasure Hunt 
In 100 Years 
Mid Event Survey
Get Fit and Read 
Bookish Brews
Reading Story  
Shelfie 
End of Event
 
Thank you to everyone who participated in the challenge and to all the great cheerleaders, to all the hosts and most importantly to those amazing organizers Andi and Heather, you guys are the best!

Spring 2015: Dewey's 24 hours Readathon: Hour 20

Hello everyone. I think this is my last hour. I will go to 1500 pages and call it a night, probably

Books finished: L'Oubli que nous serons by Héctor Abad (really liked it); How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran (it was ok, it picked up at the end); The View from Castle Rock by Alice Munro (Liked it, she has a very interesting style), Inés del Alma mia, by Isabel Allende (It was very good). I also finished The Yellow Wall-Paper Short story. Sex Criminals: Vol 1, Rat Queens #3

Books started: Rat Queens #4

Pages read: 1477

Hours slept: 0

Total hours reading: 19

# of Blogs visited: Wow, this year I'm with Team Mr.Popper. So far I've visited 131 blogs! 

Mini-challenges in which I'm participating: 

Opening Meme
4Seasons4Books 
Picture it
Treasure Hunt 
In 100 Years 
Mid Event Survey
Get Fit and Read 
Bookish Brews
Reading Story  
Shelfie
 
Back to reading!

Spring 2015: Dewey's 24 hours Readathon: Hour 19

Hello everyone. I'm glad I switched to comics, I was starting to nod off.

Books finished: L'Oubli que nous serons by Héctor Abad (really liked it); How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran (it was ok, it picked up at the end); The View from Castle Rock by Alice Munro (Liked it, she has a very interesting style), Inés del Alma mia, by Isabel Allende (It was very good). I also finished The Yellow Wall-Paper Short story

Books started: Sex Criminals: Vol 1

Pages read: 1366

Hours slept: 0

Total hours reading: 19

# of Blogs visited: Wow, this year I'm with Team Mr.Popper. So far I've visited 131 blogs! 

Mini-challenges in which I'm participating: 

Opening Meme
4Seasons4Books 
Picture it
Treasure Hunt 
In 100 Years 
Mid Event Survey
Get Fit and Read 
Bookish Brews
Reading Story  
Shelfie
 
Back to reading!

Spring 2015: Dewey's 24 hours Readathon: Hour 18

Hello everyone. This are the hours I notice how silent the house can be.

Books finished: L'Oubli que nous serons by Héctor Abad (really liked it); How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran (it was ok, it picked up at the end); The View from Castle Rock by Alice Munro (Liked it, she has a very interesting style)

Books started: Inés del Alma mia, by Isabel Allende...still, I'm reading more and more slowly! Less than 50 pages to go, and then I am officially moving into comics

Pages read: 1241

Hours slept: 0

Total hours reading: 18

# of Blogs visited: Wow, this year I'm with Team Mr.Popper. So far I've visited 128 blogs! (I lost count of how many unique visits, but oh well)

Mini-challenges in which I'm participating: 

Opening Meme
4Seasons4Books 
Picture it
Treasure Hunt 
In 100 Years 
Mid Event Survey
Get Fit and Read 
Bookish Brews
Reading Story 
 
Back to reading!

Spring 2015: Dewey's 24 hours Readathon: Hour 17

Hello everyone. Is about to be midnight here and I sent A to sleep, since he is leaving tomorrow for bussiness :(

Books finished: L'Oubli que nous serons by Héctor Abad (really liked it); How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran (it was ok, it picked up at the end); The View from Castle Rock by Alice Munro (Liked it, she has a very interesting style)

Books started: Inés del Alma mia, by Isabel Allende, almost done with this one.

Pages read: 1181

Hours slept: 0

Total hours reading: 17

# of Blogs visited: Wow, this year I'm with Team Mr.Popper. So far I've visited 120 blogs! (I lost count of how many unique visits, but oh well)

Mini-challenges in which I'm participating: 

Opening Meme
4Seasons4Books 
Picture it
Treasure Hunt 
In 100 Years 
Mid Event Survey
Get Fit and Read 
Bookish Brews
Reading Story 
 
Back to reading!

Saturday, April 25, 2015

Spring 2015: Dewey's 24 hours Readathon: Hour 16

Hello everyone. Is about to be midnight here and I sent A to sleep, since he is leaving tomorrow for bussiness :(

Books finished: L'Oubli que nous serons by Héctor Abad (really liked it); How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran (it was ok, it picked up at the end); The View from Castle Rock by Alice Munro (Liked it, she has a very interesting style)

Books started: Inés del Alma mia, by Isabel Allende


Pages read: 1101

Hours slept: 0

Total hours reading: 16

# of Blogs visited: Wow, this year I'm with Team Mr.Popper. So far I've visited 115 blogs! (I lost count of how many unique visits, but oh well)

Mini-challenges in which I'm participating: 

Opening Meme
4Seasons4Books 
Picture it
Treasure Hunt 
In 100 Years 
Mid Event Survey
Get Fit and Read 
Bookish Brews
Reading Story 
 
Back to reading!

Spring 2015: Dewey's 24 hours Readathon: Hour 15

Hello everyone. God, time is passing so fast!!!!

Books finished: L'Oubli que nous serons by Héctor Abad (really liked it); How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran (it was ok, it picked up at the end); The View from Castle Rock by Alice Munro (Liked it, she has a very interesting style)

Books started: Inés del Alma mia, by Isabel Allende


Pages read: 1041 (passed the 1K mark finally!)

Hours slept: 0

Total hours reading: 15

# of Blogs visited: Wow, this year I'm with Team Mr.Popper. So far I've visited 110 blogs! (I lost count of how many unique visits, but oh well)

Mini-challenges in which I'm participating: 

Opening Meme
4Seasons4Books 
Picture it
Treasure Hunt 
In 100 Years 
Mid Event Survey
Get Fit and Read 
Bookish Brews
Reading Story 
 
Back to reading!

Spring 2015: Dewey's 24 hours Readathon: Hour 14

Hello everyone.Anyone already struggling to keep their eyes open?

Books finished: L'Oubli que nous serons by Héctor Abad (really liked it); How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran (it was ok, it picked up at the end); The View from Castle Rock by Alice Munro (Liked it, she has a very interesting style)

Books started: Inés del Alma mia, by Isabel Allende


Pages read: 987. I can tell I am startging to be tired because I am reading less every hour.

Hours slept: 0

Total hours reading: 15

# of Blogs visited: Wow, this year I'm with Team Mr.Popper. So far I've visited 104 blogs! (I lost count of how many unique visits, but oh well)

Mini-challenges in which I'm participating: 

Opening Meme
4Seasons4Books 
Picture it
Treasure Hunt 
In 100 Years 
Mid Event Survey
Get Fit and Read 
Bookish Brews
 
Back to reading!

Spring 2015: Dewey's 24 hours Readathon: Hour 13

Hello everyone. Can you believe we are already halfway done? also: This is my post #500 in this blog!!!!!!!

Books finished: L'Oubli que nous serons by Héctor Abad (really liked it); How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran (it was ok, it picked up at the end); The View from Castle Rock by Alice Munro (Liked it, she has a very interesting style)

Books started: Inés del Alma mia, by Isabel Allende


Pages read: 946

Hours slept: 0

Total hours reading: 14

# of Blogs visited: Wow, this year I'm with Team Mr.Popper. So far I've visited 100 blogs! (I lost count of how many unique visits, but oh well)

Mini-challenges in which I'm participating: 

Opening Meme
4Seasons4Books 
Picture it
Treasure Hunt 
In 100 Years 
Mid Event Survey
Get Fit and Read
 
Back to reading!

Spring 2015: Dewey's 24 hours Readathon: Hour 12

Hello everyone. Can you believe we are already halfway done? also: This is my post #500 in this blog!!!!!!!

Books finished: L'Oubli que nous serons by Héctor Abad (really liked it); How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran (it was ok, it picked up at the end)


Books started: The View from Castle Rock by Alice Munro


Pages read: 894

Hours slept: 0

Total hours reading: 13

# of Blogs visited: Wow, this year I'm with Team Mr.Popper. So far I've visited 92 blogs! (I lost count of how many unique visits, but oh well)

Mini-challenges in which I'm participating: 

Opening Meme
4Seasons4Books 
Picture it
Treasure Hunt 
In 100 Years 
Mid Event Survey

Mid-Event Survey:
1. What are you reading right now?

I am finishing The View from Castle Rock 2. How many books have you read so far?
Almost 3! 3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Read-a-thon?
Inés del Alma Mia and Ms Marvel: Generation Why 4. Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those?
I've only taken breaks to eat and go to the bathroom, but I've been lucky; I mnaged to clear my day completely. 5. What surprises you most about the Read-a-thon, so far?
The amount of new readers! It's so fun to see new people joining!! 

Back to reading!

Spring 2015: Dewey's 24 hours Readathon: Hour 11

Hello everyone. Can you believe we are already halfway done?

Books finished: L'Oubli que nous serons by Héctor Abad (really liked it); How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran (it was ok, it picked up at the end)


Books started: The View from Castle Rock by Alice Munro


Pages read: 800

Hours slept: 0

Total hours reading: 12! I can't believe we are officially half way there.

# of Blogs visited: Wow, this year I'm with Team Mr.Popper. So far I've visited 87 blogs! (I lost count of how many unique visits, but oh well)

Mini-challenges in which I'm participating: 

Opening Meme
4Seasons4Books 
Picture it
Treasure Hunt 
In 100 Years

Back to reading!

Spring 2015: Dewey's 24 hours Readathon: Hour 10

Hello everyone. So many recipes for the challenge! I'm sorry I haven't answered yet, but I will get to it  I promise. Thanks for participating

Books finished: L'Oubli que nous serons by Héctor Abad (really liked it); How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran (it was ok, it picked up at the end)


Books started: The View from Castle Rock by Alice Munro


Pages read: 712

Hours slept: 0

Total hours reading: 11! 'm starting to feel a bit sleeppy!

# of Blogs visited: Wow, this year I'm with Team Mr.Popper. So far I've visited 77 blogs! (I lost count of how many unique visits, but oh well)

Mini-challenges in which I'm participating:  

Opening Meme
4Seasons4Books 
Picture it
Treasure Hunt 
In 100 Years

Back to reading!

Spring 2015: Dewey's 24 hours Readathon: Hour 9

Hello everyone.Did you register for my challenge already??

Books finished: L'Oubli que nous serons by Héctor Abad (really liked it); How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran (it was ok, it picked up at the end)


Books started: The View from Castle Rock by Alice Munro


Pages read: 559

Hours slept: 0

Total hours reading: 10! We are almost half way there!

# of Blogs visited: Wow, this year I'm with Team Mr.Popper. So far I've visited 67 blogs! (I lost count of how many unique visits, but oh well)

Mini-challenges in which I'm participating:  

Opening Meme
4Seasons4Books 
Picture it
Treasure Hunt

Back to reading!

Spring 2015: Dewey's 24 hours Readathon: Hour 8

Hello everyone. I'm so exited, my challenge is officially up! Can't wait to read your recipes!

Books finished: L'Oubli que nous serons by Héctor Abad (really liked it)

Books started: How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran


Pages read: 559

Hours slept: 0

Total hours reading: 9

# of Blogs visited: Wow, this year I'm with Team Mr.Popper and oh boy do we have a lot of readers. But I love seeing so many new blogs! Anyway, so far I've visited 60 blogs!

Mini-challenges in which I'm participating:  

Opening Meme
4Seasons4Books 
Picture it
Treasure Hunt

Back to reading!

24 Read-a-Thon Reading Challenge: On Food and Books (Hour 9)



 
Hello everyone and welcome to this mini-challenge. How is it going? Feeling tired yet? How about hungry? 

It has happened to all of us. We are reading our book and then they talk about food; food that is described so perfectly that you start to salivate. It might be an actual dish like every chapter of Like for Chocolate, it might be fantastic and sadly not real like the carnival food of The Night Circus. The later are my favorite since it inspires me to try something different. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. So here is the challenge my fellow Read-a-Thoners: Make a post where you will share your best "book-inspired" recipe and explain its origin, inspiration, etc. Be as original as you want; as whimsical as you feel. If you do not have a blog, don't worry, just leave your entry on the comments down here :)

Leave your name and the link to your post in the Rafflecopter down here. The winner will get 20CAD gift card from Book Outlet (or if they don't deliver to your country we will find an alternative :)). This challenge will be open for the next 3 hours, hence finishing at the beginning of hour 12


Hope you have fun!

Spring 2015: Dewey's 24 hours Readathon: Hour 7

Hello everyone. I got some Tostitos and salsa, so I am less hungry. Good news! I won a prize for the readathon!!!

Books finished: L'Oubli que nous serons by Héctor Abad (really liked it)

Books started: How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran


Pages read: 474

Hours slept: 0

Total hours reading: 7 with brief interruptions to eat

# of Blogs visited: Wow, this year I'm with Team Mr.Popper and oh boy do we have a lot of readers. But I love seeing so many new blogs! Anyway, so far I've visited 50 blogs!

Mini-challenges in which I'm participating:  

Opening Meme
4Seasons4Books 
Picture it
Treasure Hunt

Back to reading!

Spring 2015: Dewey's 24 hours Readathon: Hour 6

Hello everyone. I ate a bit around noon, but almost 2h after I am hungry again :/ it always happens during the readathon, I get hungry all the time!

Books finished: L'Oubli que nous serons by Héctor Abad (really liked it)

Books started: How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran


Pages read: 419

Hours slept: 0

Total hours reading: 6

# of Blogs visited: Wow, this year I'm with Team Mr.Popper and oh boy do we have a lot of readers. But I love seeing so many new blogs! Anyway, so far I've visited 44 blogs!

Mini-challenges in which I'm participating:  

Opening Meme
4Seasons4Books 
Picture it

Back to reading!

Spring 2015: Dewey's 24 hours Readathon: Hour 5

Hello everyone. It's noon here and I am starting to be hungry again :/

Books finished: L'Oubli que nous serons by Héctor Abad (really liked it)

Books started: How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran


Pages read: 364

Hours slept: 0

Total hours reading: 5

# of Blogs visited: Wow, this year I'm with Team Mr.Popper and oh boy do we have a lot of readers. But I love seeing so many new blogs! Anyway, so far I've visited 37 blogs!

Mini-challenges in which I'm participating:  

Opening Meme
4Seasons4Books 
Picture it
Back to reading!

Spring 2015: Dewey's 24 hours Readathon: Hour 4

Hello everyone. It's noon here and I am starting to be hungry again :/

Books finished: L'Oubli que nous serons by Héctor Abad (really liked it)

Books started: How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran


Pages read: 329

Hours slept: 0

Total hours reading: 4

# of Blogs visited: Wow, this year I'm with Team Mr.Popper and oh boy do we have a lot of readers. But I love seeing so many new blogs! Anyway, so far I've visited 31 blogs!

Mini-challenges in which I'm participating:  

Opening Meme
4Seasons4Books 
A photo posted by CaroGomez (@carolikesbooks) on


Ok guys, back to reading :)

Spring 2015: Dewey's 24 hours Readathon: Hour 3

Hello everyone. How is everybody feeling?

Books finished: I'm almost done with the first book

Books started: 

Pages read: 200

Hours slept: 0

Total hours reading: 3

# of Blogs visited: Wow, this year I'm with Team Mr.Popper and oh boy do we have a lot of readers. But I love seeing so many new blogs! Anyway, so far I've visited 25 blogs!

Mini-challenges in which I'm participating:  

Opening Meme
4Seasons4Books 
A photo posted by CaroGomez (@carolikesbooks) on


Ok guys, back to reading :)