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 you think could keep a Reader engaged for next year?
- Anything but Charlaine Harris or Agatha Christie
3. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year?
- Well, did they not do the “Readathon Feeds” where every time a readathon participant posted an update on their blog it showed up on that web-site? They had it last time and I liked that a lot. I didn’t see the link to it this time.
4. What do you think worked really well in this year’s Read-a-thon?
- Everything
5. How many books did you read?
- 3 and a half
6. What were the names of the books you read?
-The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, Club Dead by Charlaine Harris, The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie, Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella (half of it)
7. Which book did you enjoy most?
-The Book Thief
8. Which did you enjoy least?
-I liked them all if I wasn’t enjoying them I would have switched books
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?
-Very likely. Probably switch it up next time 1/2 reading 1/2 cheerleading.

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 of those times. So I know I posted this late but I was having Internet problems (plus I thought I’d sleep a bit before posting so that the post would be coherent) I did fall asleep a bit towards hour 20 but woke up in time to finish the readathon. Unfortunately I couldn’t see how others did because of my crappy Internet. So now I’m going back to the readathon sign up page and am going to visit other blogs to see how people did.

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. Maybe a couple of hours and then wake up about 3 hours before the end of the readathon. Maybe I need to go outside in the cold to wake me up a bit.

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 a blog with WordPress let me know how I can fix it! Frustrating! So I haven’t accomplished a lot in the past hour and a half (stupid computer wasting my reading time!) but I did finish my second book. Hopefully when I post this it will be put in the right place. GRRRR!

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 me cry. I’m really liking Club Dead so far as well. Off to eat some supper and then more reading! Wish me luck!

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 playing my Pride and Prejudice CD so that technically I’ll still be “reading”

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 surrounded by literature since the beginning!
Off I go!

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 old. 3. My Jack Russell terrier Charlie will be keeping me company today
How many books do you have in your TBR pile for the next 24 hours? about 6 but I’ll probably be switching it up pretty often.
Do you have any goals for the read-a-thon? To finish at least 2 books maybe 3.
Any advice for first time readers? Save the easier reads for later when you’re getting tired. Switch up reading spots. Take mini breaks every hour or so to see what other readers are up to and how they’re doing.

And now…back to The Book Thief

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 sucked me in (hahaha). Ok, I’m making bad jokes so I must be getting tired. I might need to take a reading break for a bit after I finish this book to read other readathon participants’ blogs to get me motivated. For the 2nd half of the readathon I’ve got my next Agatha Christie mystery. After that, I might choose some chicklit (not much thinking involved) to make it through the rest of the readathon. I’m already doing better I did in April not nearly as many distractions as last time. Anyway here I go into hour 13. Wish me luck

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 . It just looks wrong.

So what came?
1. Agatha Christie’s The Mystery of the Blue Train
- This one is for my Poirot challenge (self-challenge) to read all of the Poirot books in order of publication.
2. Sookie Stackhouse Box Set (8) by Charlaine Harris
-I can’t watch the show True Blood on HBO (too gory) but I enjoyed the first book in the series so I thought I’d find out what happens next. I got the entire box set for $43.75! The store price is $72.92. Great deal!
3. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
-I’ve heard so much about this book and put it on my 100 novels list that I have for the Fill in the Gaps Project. (Make a list of 100 books you’ve been meaning to read and read 75 of them in 5 years)
4. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (2009 Booker Prize Winner)
-Historical fiction, prize winner, 50% off on amazon.ca

I plan on finishing at least 2 during the read-a-thon this weekend. Should be fun!