I have to skip the Fall edition of Dewey’s 24-Hour Readathon this Saturday, so I thought I’d collage some Mini-Challenge photos from last Spring.
This week is a “Wild Card” Wordless Wednesday, so we get to post photos of whatever we like! I like that I was able to participate in this past weekend’s 24-Hour Readathon—I got in close to 10 hours of reading altogether, plus tweeting and updating. I summarized my Readathon activity in a Storified Sunday Salon post; here, it’s condensed even more, in pictures. An InLinkz Link-up Subscribe to Blog via Email Enter your email address […]
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Mid-Event Survey 1.What are you reading right now? Just finished Clever Girl by Tessa Hadley 2.How many books have you read so far? I’ve finished two. My plan was to try to finish books I’d previously started. 3.What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Read-a-thon? I’m hoping to finish The Book Thief, which I’ve had to pick up and put down multiple times this year. 4.Did you have […]
It’s 5 AM in Southern California. I just got out of bed and went straight to my reading chair in the loft, where I’ll be starting out my Readathon day with Kaui Hart Hemmings’ The Possibilities, joined in progress (I’m on Chapter 13). All of my books today will be “joined in progress,” actually. My goal for the day is to finish books–I’m aiming for two, possibly three–or at least make further headway with books […]
I held off on committing for the longest time, but this is my official Declaration of Intent to participate in the Spring 2014 edition of Dewey’s 24-Hour Readathon this Saturday, April 26. My participation will be fairly casual because I didn’t clear my calendar for the day, but here’s my general plan: Get up and read for a couple of hours (my local start time is 5 AM), posting brief updates here and on Twitter […]
The Wilder Life: My Adventures in the Lost World of Little House on the Prairie Wendy McClure Riverhead Hardcover (2011) (ISBN 1594487804 / 9781594487804) Nonfiction (memoir/literature), 352 pages Source: ARC from publisher (pub date 4/14/11) Reason for reading: Review copy; 24-Hour Readathon, Spring 2011 Opening Lines: “I was born in 1867 in a log cabin in Wisconsin and maybe you were, too. We lived with our family in the Big Woods, and then we all […]
Today’s Sunday Salon will wrap up my participation in yesterday’s 24-Hour Readathon with my completion of the End-of-Event Survey: 1. Which hour was most daunting for you? I flagged around Hour 11 or so; after I finished my cheerleading shift, it was a bit challenging to get back into reading mode and I kept fighting off the urge to take a nap! Hours 18-21 (11 PM-1:45 AM local time) went surprisingly well, thanks to a […]
Well, it’s past halfway, I’m afraid, and I’m late with the Mid-Event Survey, but I didn’t want to post an update until I actually finished a book! 1. What are you reading right now? I just finished The Wilder Life: My Adventures in the Lost World of Little House on the Prairie by Wendy McClure. I think I’ll switch to fiction next: Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok. 2. How many books have you read so far? Just one, […]
It’s 5 AM Pacific time – opening bell for the Spring 2011 24-Hour Readathon! I have never lasted through the entire 24 hours, and I don’t expect things to be any different this time, but it’s always fun to see just how long I make it! I will be spending most of the day – and into the night – here: But that chair’s in the same room as the TV, so there will probably […]
The Chosen One: A Novel Carol Lynch Williams St. Martin’s Griffin (2010), Paperback (ISBN 0312627750 / 9780312627751) Fiction (YA), 240 pages Source: Personal/purchased copy Reason for Reading: Fall 2010 Readathon Opening Lines: “‘If I was going to kill the Prophet,’ I say, not even keeping my voice low, ‘I’d do it in Africa.’ “I look into Mariah’s light green eyes. “She stares back at me and smiles, like she knows what I mean and agrees. […]
Carney’s House Party/Winona’s Pony Cart (Two Deep Valley Books) Maud Hart Lovelace Harper Perennial Modern Classics (2010), Edition: Reprint, Paperback (ISBN 0062003291 / 9780062003294) Fiction (YA/children’s), 448 pages Source: Publisher, via Book Club Girl (Jennifer Hart) Reason for Reading: Review/Fall 2010 Readathon Opening Lines (Carney’s House Party): “Carney was climbing Sunset Hill. “Far below she could hear a group of her classmates, like herself just released from examinations, singing as they strolled beside the brook.” […]
