Dewey’s 24 Hour Read-a-Thon begins today and I am ready to read! I’ll be keeping track of my progress and mini-challenge participation on this post so as not to bog down my blog. I would love to read for at least 6 hours and finish one (or maybe two) books.
Queue (I have not deluded myself into think I can or will read all of these)
- Bellman and Black by Diane Setterfield
- The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley
- A Wilder Rose by Susan Witting Albert
- Slimed by Matthew Klickstein
- The Wife, the Maid and the Mistress by Ariel Lawhon
- Under the Wide and Starry Sky by Nancy Horan
- Bella Cora by Phillip Margulies
- The Drake Equation by Heather Walsh
- Love, Money and Murder by Mike Wells
- What the Dog Knows by Cat Warren
- Red Means Run by Brad Smith
- Crow’s Landing by Brad Smith
- Shoot the Dog by Brad Smith
- James Clyde and the Diamond Orchestra by Colm McElwain
- Manson by Jeff Guinn
- The Wicked Girls by Alex Marwood
- The Execution Of Noa P. Singleton by Elizabeth L. Silver
- Divergent by Veronica Roth
- Legend by Marie Lu
- The Riddle of Sphinx Island by R.T. Raichev
2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?
3) Which snack are you most looking forward to?
4) Tell us a little something about yourself!
5) If you participated in the last read-a-thon, what’s one thing you’ll do different today? If this is your first read-a-thon, what are you most looking forward to?
Hours 1-5
Time Reading: 4 hours
Time Commenting: 30 minutes
Books Read: 0
Book Progress: 50% of Bellman and Black by Diane Setterfield (kindle edition)
Caffeine Intake: 1
Hours 6-9
Time Reading: 2 hours
Time Commenting: 20 minutes
Books Read:0
Book Progress: 35% of Bellman and Black by Diane Setterfield (kindle edition)
Caffeine Intake: 0 (although I’m due for another one)
Hours 10-12
Time Read: 1 hour & 30 minutes
Time Commenting: 10 minutes
Books Read: 1
Book Progress: Finished Bellman & Black by Diane Setterfield & started Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
Caffeine Intake: 0
2) What have you finished reading?
3) What is your favorite read so far?
4) What about your favorite snacks?
5) Have you found any new blogs through the readathon? If so, give them some love!
Mini-Challenge: Audio book dream date
hosted by Felicia @ The Geeky Blogger’s Book Blog
Answer: Jeremy Irons reading The Man in the Iron Mask
Hour 17-24 (off to bed)
Time Read: 3 Hours
Time Commenting: 0
Books Read:0
Book Progress: 22% read of The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley
Caffeine Intake:0
Final Tally
Time Read: 11 Hours 30 Minutes
Time Commenting: 1 Hours 30 Minutes
Books Read: Bellman and Black by Diane Setterfield
Books in Progress: The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley & Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
Caffeine Intake: 2
End of Read-a-Thon Survey
1. Which hour was most daunting for you?
Hours 10-12 I was starting to get a little sleep and needed to wake up
2. Could you list a few high-interest books that you think could keep a Reader engaged for next year?
Even though I didn’t read any this time young adult fantasy is always a great choice
3. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year?
I think its perfect as is
4. What do you think worked really well in this year’s Read-a-thon?
The motavation/comments from other participants is always great
5. How many books did you read?
1
6. What were the names of the books you read?
Bellman and Black by Diane Setterfield
7. Which book did you enjoy most?
I only read one thus is the answer above, but I enjoyed the bit I read of The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley
8. Which did you enjoy least?
I had a really hard time with Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup. It wasn’t that I didn’t like it, just the wrong book for a read-a-thon
9. If you were a Cheerleader, do you have any advice for next year’s Cheerleaders?
N/A
10. How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again? What role would you be likely to take next time?
If I can, I will. I’ve always thought about being a cheerleader, maybe next time.
Another Illinois resident – woot! 🙂 I loved beanie babies in middle school as well. I hope your tea helps you read and that you will knock through some of the books on your list. It's nice to have a variety to choose from.
Your cheerleader,
Kristen
I'm from Illinois also. 🙂 The Wicked Girls looks like a good one.
I've got Legend in my TBR pile too! I hope I get to it!
Good luck with your list!
"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives." (Annie Dillard)
So let's spend today reading 🙂
I'm reading Bellman & Black too! How are you finding it? I'm loving it so far. The writing is fabulous and I'm looking forward to a bit of creepiness later on! 🙂
Awesome list! Good luck today–you're off to a great start! 🙂
Wow with a list of 20 books I dunno how you managed to pick which one to read. You're doing awesome. read for 6 hours & halfway through a book! What a legend! #TeamTiger
A "new to me" blog! 🙂 I love the name of your blog, for sure. It looks like you're doing great so far. Well, good luck as we head into those nighttime hours ahead!
I usually try to get a good night's sleep before the readathon, too, but last night just could not sleep. Too excited, maybe? 😉
Hope you're still having a great readathon!
"Little by little does the trick." (Aesop)
Or maybe we should say 'hour by hour' 🙂
Team Tiger
I think he would be excellent doing The Man in the Iron Mask 🙂 Little known fact: Karl Urban played on the Lonesome Dove Prequel as a young Call on a made for TV Movie. Which is where I got the idea 🙂
I tore the tag off of one of my Beanie Babies the other day. I felt so wicked.
Fantastic job! Anytime you can sit down and read and finish a book is a time to celebrate!
Impressive indeed! It takes me a long time to read just one book, I find I constantly get interrupted. With out fail the second I start reading, I will hear from some long lost friend, the neighbor will need to borrow jumper cables, or the UPS man will show up with a surprise package.