I’m not sure if I’m too late on this or not. But here it goes. I had a great time! Thanks to all of the organizers and cheerleaders for their hard work.
1. Which hour was most daunting for you?
- Hour 18 – I fell asleep
2. Could you list a few high-interest books that [...]
Archive for October, 2009
End of readathon meme
Posted in Uncategorized on October 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Readathon – End of event
Posted in Uncategorized on October 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Total books read: 4 (The Book Thief, Club Dead, The Mystery of the Blue Train, Confessions of a Shopaholic)
Total books finished 3.25
Total pages read:1312
Total time reading: Lost track
Love Agatha Christie, and I only once figured out who the murderer was in all of the books I’ve read by her. This was not one [...]
Readathon Update #7: end of hour 17
Posted in Uncategorized on October 25, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Books read: 3
Books completed: 2.5
Currently reading: The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie
Pages read since last post: 152
Total pages read: 995
Total time reading: gave up keeping track
Mystery of the Blue Train is going well but I have a feeling that I’m going to end up taking a short nap. [...]
Update #6 Into hour 15
Posted in Uncategorized on October 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Books read:2
Books finished: 2
Next up: The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie.
Total pages read since last post: 77
Total pages read: 843
Total time reading:562 minutes
So I’ve just spend the last 20 minutes trying to figure out why my posts aren’t posted in order on my blog. If anyone else has [...]
Readathon Update #4: End of Hour 10
Posted in Uncategorized on October 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Books finished: 1
Current Book: Club Dead by Charlaine Harris
Pages read since last post:189
Total pages read: 663
Total reading time: 425 minutes
OMG The Book Thief was amazing. I haven’t cried reading a novel in a long time. I was doubting whether or not it was still possible for a book to make [...]
Readathon Update #3
Posted in Uncategorized on October 24, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Books read:0
Currently reading: The Book Thief
Total pages read 474
Total time reading: 290 minutes
Still about the same. It’s easy to get distracted by all the other blogs I want to visit to check out other peoples’ progress. It’s off now to have a shower to wake myself up a bit. I’ll keep [...]
Going into hour 5
Posted in Uncategorized on October 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Update:
Books read: 0
Currently reading: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Total pages read: 281
Total time reading: 195 minutes
So I haven’t finished anything yet but I did have to take a 30 minutes break to wash some dishes. BUT during the dish washing I was listening to Pride and Prejudice (on CD) so I’ve been [...]
Read-a-thon- Hour 1 down!
Posted in Uncategorized on October 24, 2009 | 4 Comments »
So I’ve decided to start this read-a-thon with Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief.
I’m 82 pages in and really like it so far.
Here’s my hour 1 meme
Where are you reading from today? My living room in Lakeshore,Ontario, Canada
3 facts about me 1. I’m a high school French teacher. 2. I’m 27 years [...]
Readathon Update #5: End of hour 12
Posted in Uncategorized on October 24, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Books read: 1.75
Currently reading: Finishing Club Dead by Charlaine Harris
Pages read since last post: 103
Total pages read:766
Total reading time: 505 minutes
Have about 75 pages left of this book. I never thought that I’d be into novels about vampires (I tried reading Twilight, just couldn’t get through it!) but these ones have [...]
Just in time for the read-a-thon…
Posted in Uncategorized on October 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I came home from work yesterday to a lovely surprise. My book order from Amazon was delivered. Wahoo! I have at least 80 books that I own and haven’t read yet but I bought a new bookshelf last month and had some extra room. You can’t have empty bookshelves . [...]
