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!

Dewey Read-a-Thon: Hour 16

Hello everyone.Getting tired, time to get coffee I think

Books finished: 3->The Witch Sisters; The Catcher in the Rye; The Sister Brothers.
Books started: 4->The Witch Sisters; The Catcher in the Rye; The Sister Brothers, The Descent.
Pages read: 900
Hours slept: 0
Total hours reading: 14
# of Blogs visited: 59 unique visits, but I just started re doing my rounds so we are up to 118 visits. I have officially done the round twice! As we are approaching midnight I will take a break of cheering, but I will be back, don't worry!

Mini-challenges in which I'm participating:  

• Opening Meme, 
• Shelfie
• Weird reading Position 
• Quotable Quotes 
• Book Staging
• Show it Off
• Recommend me a book 
• Mid-Event Survey 
• Color Cover 
• The Pet Parade

Ok guys, back to reading :)

24h Read-A-Thon (Spring 2014): Hour 16

Hello everybody,

Books finished: 3--> Going Over by Beth Kephart; Delirio by Laura Restrepo; The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
Books started: 1-->The Last Unicorn
Pages read:743
Hours slept: 0
Mini-challenges in which I'm participating:Intro Meme, Pick a Paragraph (@ Cautious dot DK); Jigsaw Cover Puzzle (@ Little Miss Reader);Best of your Reading Year (@ Lisa's World of Books); Six Word Celebration (@ Estella's Revenge); Selfie (@ The Book Monsters); First Editions (@ The Bluestocking Society); Book Blending (@ Things mean a lot); Your Name in Titles (@ the Geeky Bloggers Bookc Blog); Page 35, 3rd Sentence (@ The Bibliophibian).

Here is my entry for Page 35, I also left it in the comments section.

From The Last Unicorn
“I enjoyed that” Mommy Fortuna said to Rukh. “I always do. I guess I’m just stagestruck at heart” (end of original text)
Fortuna always felt that rush of excitement after leaving the set. Being an adult film star had it’s ups and downs, but, she told herself, at least she was acting, like she always wanted. If only she wasn’t ashamed of her work; if only she could share it with her family back in the country…

24h Read-A-Thon (2013): Hour 16

Hello everybody,

Books finished: 3 (City of Ashes, Girl of Nightmares, Letters to a young Scientist)

Books started: 3 (Girl of Nightmares, Letters to a young Scientist, The Nightmare)

Pages read: 1103

Hours slept: 0

Feeling: I feel my reading slowing down as sleep is trying to take over.

Mini-challenges in which I'm participating/participated: A Puzzling Mini-Challenge from Just One More Thing, Read-a-Thon Mad Libs from Nisaba Be Praised, Book Trailer from Jehara, Self Portrait from The Estella Society`, The Best of Your Reading Year from Lisa’s World of Books , Audiobook Dream Date from The Geeky Blogger’s Book Blog, 

24 Hour Read-a-Thon: Hour 16

Hello everybody,

Books finished: 4 
Reading know: El misterio de las Tanias  by Sebastian Edwards
Pages read: 903
Hours slept: 0
Mini-challenges in which I'm participating:Time Flies, I Love Fall; Book Bingo; Turn to page;  Oldies but Goodies