Category: 2010-Dewey Read a thon

Sadly, Dewey’s Read a Thon 2010 is wrapping up. What a great Read a Thon it was.

I managed to read and complete:
-Through Thick & Thin by Sandra Byrd (This was a book I bought) (271 pages)
-Alexis and the Sacramento Surprise by Erica Rodgers (This was for a tour that passed) (159 pages)
-Twilight The Graphic Novel Vol 1 by Stephenie Meyer (Another book I bought) (224 pages)
-Six graphic novels that I borrowed from the library:

• Godchild volumes 1-2 and 3 (624 pages)
• The Dreaming volumes 1-2 (384 pages)
• The Big Adventures of Majoko (200 pages)

I managed to read 100 pages of Nice Recovery by Susan Juby.

So my total books read is 9 1/2

My total pages read is 1962

My total hours read is 11 hours

I knew that after finishing the three first books that I wanted to go lite on my reading and also because those graphic novels are due back at the library today.

So this is how I managed with the read a thon.

I feel bad because I never went to comment on any blogs but will be tackling that this week with all the comments I was left. I didn’t do many challenges either because I was having computer issues and getting online was difficult.

Thanks to all that left comments I will be replying to them this week. Hope everyone had fun and see you at the next read a thon.

1. Which hour was most daunting for you?
-I think because I had the break in the afternoon from reading that it made it work for me. Although at 1:30am I was getting tired so I ended up falling asleep on the couch until 5am.

2. Could you list a few high-interest books that you think could keep a Reader engaged for next year?
-Graphic novels of any kind are really good to break up the read a thon as well as light reads or small reads IE young adults or middle grade books.

3. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year?
-I think it was great the way it was.

4. What do you think worked really well in this year’s Read-a-thon?
-I think for me I had computer problems so I was reading more then being on line. LOL

5. How many books did you read?
-I read the 6 graphic novels I borrowed from the library and the 3 books that I own so that is 9 books.

6. What were the names of the books you read?
I read Twilight the graphic novel, Alexis and the Sacramento Ssurprise, Through Thick and thin and the graphic novels pictured below.

7. Which book did you enjoy most?
-I enjoyed reading Through Thick and Thin.

8. Which did you enjoy least?
-There really wasn’t a book I didn’t enjoy reading.

9. If you were a Cheerleader, do you have any advice for next year’s Cheerleaders?
-No I wasn’t a cheer leader.

10. How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again? What role would you be likely to take next time?
– I will definetly be taking part again for the next read a thon. I will be a reader. Not sure if I could do the cheerleading as there is so many blogs to follow and i love being able to tackle a pile of books in a day.

I am not sure what this mini challenge is numbered as because I quickly want to enter this one.

Bart from Bart’s Bookshelf is hosting this one. Here is what his mini challenge is:

Quite simple really, I want you to pull three or four books off of your
bookshelves and use them to form a sentence, from the book titles, take a
photograph and upload it somewhere you can link to it from. (ie: your blog,
photobox, flickr any of the various twitter pic sites, facebook… etc… etc…)

He suggested you don’t spend more then 10 minutes doing this one and I think I did.

Here is my sentence:

Five things I can’t live without: my little red book, New york City, roses, the blue notebook and marshmallows for breakfast.

I hope that is okay if not perhaps you got a good little laugh out of it.

Okay I think I just realized I labelled these wrong so let me correct this, the post after this is technically the intro mini challenge and this is the first mini challenge. So sorry to confuse anyone.

Thanks to Miss Remmer from Miss Remmers Review for hosting the first mini challenge.

In this challenge we would like you to write a post on your blogs about
your kick off strategy. What have you surrounded yourself with for these
early hours of the challenge besides your books? Is there a coffee
thermos, lucky book mark, snacks, pillow…. We want to know how you have
prepared so you do not have to leave your cozy reading space (by the way – we’d
like to know what is too…. (are you still in bed, a chair, the
couch…..)

As you can see by the above photo this is where I will be situated most of the day today. This is the comfiest love seat and perfect for me to recline and stretch out. I have my book buddy handy if my hands start to get sore from holding the book (s) but for now its my handy little holding spot for a big cup of coffee, tea or hot chocolate. Also near by is a little note pad and pen to make notes after I am done reading my book, I have two new book marks that I recently bought to use should I switch books in between readings. I know you can’t really tell by the picture but that blanket is super soft and comfy. That cute little dog is a webkinz that Michael gave me for mother’s day a few years ago to keep me company.

Happy reading.

With the first hour under our belts it feels pretty good.

Here is the first mini challenge that is being hosted by Darcy.

Where are you reading from today?
3 facts about me …
How many books do
you have in your TBR pile for the next 24 hours?
Do you have any goals
for
the read-a-thon (i.e. number of books, number of pages, number of hours,
or
number of comments on blogs)?
If you’re a veteran read-a-thoner, Any
advice
for people doing this for the first time?

-I am reading from my comfy love seat today. (If I can remember I will try and snap a picture of my reading spot today.)

-Three facts about me:

1. I love to read
2. When I read I tend to munch.
3. I need to be 120% comfy when I am reading so I always dress comfy and have a nice soft blanket around.

-On my TBR pile today I have 6 complete books to read and one that I started to read last night. Plus I have 6 mangas I borrowed from the library to break up my reading.

-My Goals:

• To at least complete 5 books so that I can have a weeks worth of reviews scheduled to post the week I am in NYC.
• To try and read at least the whol 24 hours
• To try and comment on as many blogs as I can.

– I am not a vetern read a thoner but I know the general advise is not to get overwhelmed. Start out light and easy and mix things up.

Good Luck fellow read a thoners.

I have been sitting on this idea for a little while now and wondering if I should take part? For me it always seems that the 24 hour read a thon always falls on a Saturday that I am super busy so is the case again this time.

Saturday this year falls once again on the weekend that I have to take care of my mother plus in the afternoon I am going to an author event at my local Chapters bookstore. Catherine McKenzie is going to be there signing her book Spin.

I was on twitter this week and there was talk about the read a thon. I mentioned that I might take part but not sure, well before I knew it Kate from Midnight Book Girl bookmailed me. (blackmailed)and I am not one to be bookmailed or blackmailed so I gave in to the pressure and signed up.

The only thing that I plan on doing differently is making up the time I have to take out of my Saturday to go to the book signing and my mothers and add it on to Sunday. I am suppose to start at 8am Saturday and finish at 8am Sunday. I hope that is okay with the organizers.

Also the books I will be reading in that time frame is books that I have on my TBR pile which consist of books I either bought, was given to me or ARC’s. I don’t have a set list yet but will post them in my beginning read a thon post on Saturday. I am sure my list will be alot but I am really hoping that I can at least read 5 books.

Those reviews will only appear on my blog in May as I am trying to make sure to have content for BEA/NYC week and this is the reason I am doing the read a thon.

I didn’t see anything in FAQ about any of this so I am presuming it will be okay.

Wish me luck I know I probably won’t last but I figured if I can at least get 5 books off my shelf its better then nothing.