A few more hours to go for this October’s 24-Hour Readathon. Just clocking in to let you know how I’m doing before I do my wrap-up later on.
I read two books last night, but the novel got a bit too scary for me so I took it up to bed around 1am and switched on the reading light. It was a shivery-good tale and so I crawled under the blankets and that was a mistake, because I was snoring soundly until 9 am! The light was still on this morning but the batteries had gone kaput! And then I had to read like a maniac until hour 20 to make up for it!
I’m a bit late for the mid-event meme, but I’ll answer the questions, anyway.
1. What are you reading right now? Skeleton Creek by Patrick Carman
2. How many books have you read so far? Five: The Spook’s Apprentice, The Hair Scare, Kate Culhane, Num8ers, and Faust.
3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Read-a-thon? The Skeleton Creek books, because they came very highly recommended
4. Did you have to make any special arrangements to free up your whole day? I tried to but I couldn’t, it’s my cousin’s birthday and the whole family that lives nearby is over at our place to celebrate and I had to entertain some.
5. Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those? There was the lunch party, with a heaping table of food… I filled my plate and settled in a corner, eating while reading!
6. What surprises you most about the Read-a-thon, so far? I think this is the year I will have read the most pages. I usually just do thin books.
7. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year? I really want my book club to organize a group reading so we can keep each other awake.
8. What would you do differently, as a Reader or a Cheerleader, if you were to do this again next year? I’d like to do a full 24 hours!
9. Are you getting tired yet? Not really, but I have to go church in a bit, so that’ll be one hour less reading time. I hope I finish the next three books!
10. Do you have any tips for other Readers or Cheerleaders, something you think is working well for you that others may not have discovered? I’ve been pacing myself interspersing the thinner, more visual books with the text heavy ones. It helps stave off eyestrain!
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Thanks to all those who came to cheer me on (I’ve done my rounds as well!), and only a few more hours for us to go!
great post and you inspired me to read hehe
Join us next April, Ella!
Baka mag-group readathon kami!
Baka mag-group readathon kami
Hi Bloo! Thanks sa Cheer! Kaw rin go lang ng go haha!
hi blooey! dropping by! last few hours before the readathon ends!
Thanks Ruby!
Two hours na lang! You’ve finished a lot na! :) Yes to the group readathon!
Yeyeye!!!