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Sunday, October 19, 2014

Dewey Read-a-Thon: Hour 24 and End of Event

Hello everyone. Hour 24...wait, what? I did it?? I did it!!!

Books finished: 4->The Witch Sisters; The Catcher in the Rye; The Sister Brothers; The Descent. I am a bit sad I couldn't finish all my books, but I am in general satisfied.
Books started: 5->The Witch Sisters; The Catcher in the Rye; The Sister Brothers; The Descent; Alif the Unseen
Pages read: 1239, at least I read a bit the past hour
Hours slept: 0
Total hours reading: 23
# of Blogs visited: 59 unique visits, but I just started re doing my rounds so we are up to 177 visits. So I manage to visit each blog 3 times :)

Mini-challenges in which I'm participating:

End of Event Meme:

1. Which hour was most daunting for you?
This past 2 hours I was really struggling, I barely read 20 pages each hour, I kept re reading the same sentence!
2. Could you list a few high-interest books that you think could keep a Reader engaged for next year?
I really enjoyed all of my books, but I would say The Catcher in the Rye was funner than I thought it would be.

3. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year?
Not really, I love the organization this year. Great job guys!

4. What do you think worked really well in this year’s Read-a-thon?
The variety of support and challenges. As a cheerleader I loved the spreadsheet so we could make sure of who was lacking support.

5. How many books did you read?
4 and 3/4 ;)

6. What were the names of the books you read?
The Witch Sisters; The Catcher in the Rye; The Sister Brothers; The Descent.

7. Which book did you enjoy most?
I was pleasantly surprised with TCitR

8. Which did you enjoy least?
If I have to say one it would be The Sister Brothers; I liked it but not as much as I thought I was going to.

9. If you were a Cheerleader, do you have any advice for next year’s Cheerleaders?
I am very proud of my team, and as I mentioned, the spreadsheet did wonders for me. But as a reader I have to say, not a lot of cheering came my way :/

10. How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again? What role would you be likely to take next time?
Oh for sure I will be there in Spring unless something in the lab happens. As for my role, I might just stick to reading next time, we will see.

Dewey Read-a-Thon: Hour 23

Hello everyone. Hour 22 only 3 hours to go!

Books finished: 4->The Witch Sisters; The Catcher in the Rye; The Sister Brothers; The Descent.
Books started: 5->The Witch Sisters; The Catcher in the Rye; The Sister Brothers; The Descent; Alif the Unseen
Pages read: 1224, at least I read a bit the past hour
Hours slept: 0
Total hours reading: 22
# of Blogs visited: 59 unique visits, but I just started re doing my rounds so we are up to 168 visits. I have officially done the round twice and I am almost done with my third round for some blogs :D

Mini-challenges in which I'm participating:

Ok guys, back to reading :)

Dewey Read-a-Thon: Hour 22

Hello everyone. Hour 22 only 3 hours to go!

Books finished: 4->The Witch Sisters; The Catcher in the Rye; The Sister Brothers; The Descent.
Books started: 5->The Witch Sisters; The Catcher in the Rye; The Sister Brothers; The Descent; Alif the Unseen
Pages read: 1179...I know, barely advanced, I kept reading the same sentence several times :
Hours slept: 0
Total hours reading: 20
# of Blogs visited: 59 unique visits, but I just started re doing my rounds so we are up to 160 visits. I have officially done the round twice and I am almost done with my third round for some blogs :D

Mini-challenges in which I'm participating:

Ok guys, back to reading :)

Dewey Read-a-Thon: Hour 21

Hello everyone. Hour 21, we are so close!!!

Books finished: 4->The Witch Sisters; The Catcher in the Rye; The Sister Brothers; The Descent.
Books started: 5->The Witch Sisters; The Catcher in the Rye; The Sister Brothers; The Descent; Alif the Unseen
Pages read: 1120...I know, barely advanced, I kept reading the same sentence several times :
Hours slept: 0
Total hours reading: 20
# of Blogs visited: 59 unique visits, but I just started re doing my rounds so we are up to 149 visits. I have officially done the round twice and I am almost done with my third round for some blogs :D

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
Promote that Genre
Books on Books

Here are my guesses:

Miss Penunmbra's 24-hour bookstore
I can read with my Eyes Shut
The Neverending Story
Farenheit 451
The Book of Tomorrow
The Weird Sisters
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Misery
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Uncommon Reader
The Night Bookmobile
The Book Thief
The Body in the Library
Dewey: The Small-town Library-cat Who Touched the World

Ok guys, back to reading :)

Dewey Read-a-Thon: Hour 20

Hello everyone. Hour 20.Well, A has gone to bed and now is just me and the cat...and you guys off course!

Books finished: 4->The Witch Sisters; The Catcher in the Rye; The Sister Brothers; The Descent.
Books started: 5->The Witch Sisters; The Catcher in the Rye; The Sister Brothers; The Descent; Alif the Unseen
Pages read: 1089
Hours slept: 0
Total hours reading: 19
# of Blogs visited: 59 unique visits, but I just started re doing my rounds so we are up to 140 visits. I have officially done the round twice and I am starting my third round for some blogs :D

Mini-challenges in which I'm participating:

Swedish Noir Novella: Is a great genre because it has the mystery of any thriller plus unbelievable dark yet beautiful settings. Authors from this genre seemed to have taken the darkness of a very long winter and put into their creepy characters to the dot!

Ok guys, back to reading :)

Dewey Read-a-Thon: Hour 19

Hello everyone.Hour 19 starting, how are you all doing?

Books finished: 4->The Witch Sisters; The Catcher in the Rye; The Sister Brothers; The Descent.
Books started: 5->The Witch Sisters; The Catcher in the Rye; The Sister Brothers; The Descent; Alif the Unseen
Pages read: 1050...40 pages last hour :/ better but I don't know if I will make it too all my stack now.
Hours slept: 0
Total hours reading: 18
# of Blogs visited: 59 unique visits, but I just started re doing my rounds so we are up to 132 visits. I have officially done the round twice and I am starting my third round for some blogs :D

Mini-challenges in which I'm participating:

Dewey Read-a-Thon: Hour 18

Hello everyone.I had a cappuccino and I am feeling a bit better.

Books finished: 4->The Witch Sisters; The Catcher in the Rye; The Sister Brothers; The Descent.
Books started: 5->The Witch Sisters; The Catcher in the Rye; The Sister Brothers; The Descent; Alif the Unseen
Pages read: 1010...I barely read 30 pages last hour :/
Hours slept: 0
Total hours reading: 17
# of Blogs visited: 59 unique visits, but I just started re doing my rounds so we are up to 124 visits. I have officially done the round twice and I am starting my third round for some blogs :D

Mini-challenges in which I'm participating:

Ok guys, back to reading :)

Dewey Read-a-Thon: Hour 17

Hello everyone.I had a cappuccino and I am feeling a bit better.

Books finished: 4->The Witch Sisters; The Catcher in the Rye; The Sister Brothers; The Descent.
Books started: 5->The Witch Sisters; The Catcher in the Rye; The Sister Brothers; The Descent; Alif the Unseen
Pages read: 979
Hours slept: 0
Total hours reading: 16
# 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:

Ok guys, back to reading :)

Saturday, October 18, 2014

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:

Ok guys, back to reading :)

Dewey Read-a-Thon: Hour 15

Hello everyone. We are beginning hour 15 and I am starting to feel like I might need a nap soon :/ I really want to make it to the 24h, but we will see what happens.

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: 827
Hours slept: 0
Total hours reading: 13
# of Blogs visited: 59 unique visits, but I just started re doing my rounds so we are up to 102 visits

Mini-challenges in which I'm participating:

Ok guys, back to reading :)

Dewey Read-a-Thon: Hour 14

Hello everyone. We past the half mark and I don't know about you but I had to walk around the house a bit to stretch my legs. How are you guys doing?

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: 747
Hours slept: 0
Total hours reading: 13
# of Blogs visited: 59 unique visits, but I just started re doing my rounds so we are up to 92 visits

Mini-challenges in which I'm participating:

Ok guys, back to reading :)

Dewey Read-a-Thon: Hour 13

Hello everyone. We past the half mark and I don't know about you but I had to walk around the house a bit to stretch my legs. How are you guys doing?

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: 687
Hours slept: 0
Total hours reading: 12
# of Blogs visited: 59 unique visits, but I just started re doing my rounds so we are up to 86 visits

Mini-challenges in which I'm participating:

Ok guys, back to reading :)

Dewey Read-a-Thon: Hour 12 AND Mid-Event Survey

Hello everyone. Already hour 12! Did you have time to participate in my challenge? I hope you did!

Mid-Event Survey:
1. What are you reading right now?
I jsut started The Descent by Alma Katsu
2. How many books have you read so far?
I have finished 3 books
3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Read-a-thon?
That would be Beautiful Redemption since I am eager to finish that series!
4. Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those?
Only self imposed, walk around the house a bit to wake me up.
5. What surprises you most about the Read-a-thon, so far?
It always surprises me how committed people are through the day!

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: 627
Hours slept: 0
Total hours reading: 10
# of Blogs visited: 59 unique visits, but I just started re doing my rounds so we are up to 77 visits

Mini-challenges in which I'm participating:

Dewey Read-a-Thon: Hour 11

Hello everyone. Already hour 11! Did you have time to participate in my challenge? it will be open for another hour, so you still have time!

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: 627
Hours slept: 0
Total hours reading: 10
# of Blogs visited: 59 unique visits, but I just started re doing my rounds so we are up to 68 visits

Mini-challenges in which I'm participating:

Ok guys, back to reading :)

Dewey Read-a-Thon: Hour 10

Hello everyone. Already hour 10! Did you have time to participate in my challenge? it will be opne for another 2 hours, so you still have time!

Books finished: 2->The Witch Sisters; The Catcher in the Rye.
Books started: 3->The Witch Sisters; The Catcher in the Rye; The Sister Brothers
Pages read: 522
Hours slept: 0
Total hours reading: 9
# of Blogs visited: 59

Mini-challenges in which I'm participating:

Ok guys, back to reading :)

Dewey Read-a-Thon: Hour 9

Hello everyone. Is it hour 9 and that means is time for MY challenge! I hope you have a chance to drop by and participate

Books finished: 2->The Witch Sisters; The Catcher in the Rye.
Books started: 3->The Witch Sisters; The Catcher in the Rye; The Sister Brothers
Pages read: 429
Hours slept: 0
Total hours reading: 8
# of Blogs visited: 53

Mini-challenges in which I'm participating:

Ok guys, back to reading :)

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

This Challenge is now closed
The Winner is: Ariel!

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 a book from the Book Depository of 15 CAD (or the equivalent). This challenge will be open for the next 3 hours, hence finishing at the beginning of hour 12

Hope you have fun!

Hello everyone. Is it hour 8 already??

Books finished: 2->The Witch Sisters; The Catcher in the Rye.
Books started: 3->The Witch Sisters; The Catcher in the Rye; The Sister Brothers
Pages read: 372
Hours slept: 0
Total hours reading: 7
# of Blogs visited: 47

Mini-challenges in which I'm participating:

Ok guys, back to reading :)

Dewey Read-a-Thon: Hour 7

Hello everyone. Hour 7 already! How is everybody doing?

Books finished: 2->The Witch Sisters; The Catcher in the Rye.
Books started: 3->The Witch Sisters; The Catcher in the Rye; The Sister Brothers
Pages read: 327
Hours slept: 0
Total hours reading: 6
# of Blogs visited: 38

Mini-challenges in which I'm participating:

Ok guys, back to reading :)

Dewey Read-a-Thon: Hour 6

Hello everyone, we are starting hour 6, almost a quarter of the day gone!

Books finished: 1->The Witch Sisters
Books started: 2->The Witch Sisters; The Catcher in the Rye
Pages read: 205
Hours slept: 0
Total hours reading: 5
# of Blogs visited: 32

Mini-challenges in which I'm participating: