Dewey's Read-a-thon Update 4

Mid-Event Survey:
1. What are you reading right now?
Charlaine Harris - Real Murders (Murder mystery series staring Aurora Teagarden, a librarian!)

2. How many books have you read so far?
1 - The Hunger Games
Almost done with The Old Man and the Sea but took a break
A good chunk of Gourmet Rhapsody

3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Read-a-thon?
This Real Murders book.

4. Did you have to make any special arrangements to free up your whole day?
Yeah, arranged with the husband. With Grand Theft Auto and College Football, he's been great!

5. Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those?
Many - breakfast, puppy walk, post office run, bubble bath, and nap.

6. What surprises you most about the Read-a-thon, so far?
How hard it is to juggle reading and updates. And I get tired! Hmm.

7. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year?
Not yet! Can't think that far ahead.

8. What would you do differently, as a Reader or a Cheerleader, if you were to do this again next year?
Hmm...definitely be better prepared. I had to upload stuff to iPod today. Would have done that earlier.

9. Are you getting tired yet?
Yes. I took a nap.

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?
Not yet. THANKS to all my commenters so far. You've kept me going!

Read-a-thon Break

Ok. So thanks to Nymeth I took a break and checked out this WebComic called No Rest for the Wicked. Which is AWESOME. Go check it out.

Start Reading Here.

It's like a cool amalgamation of all the fairy tale stories into one cool tale. The artwork is just amazing.

Hopefully I can snatch this...this is Red, my favorite character

Go check it out now.

Read-a-thon Challenge

This is for Joystory's Reading is Fundamental's Challenge.

Children NEED to be read to and learn the joy of reading at an early age.

Can you guess which one of these kids is me when I was little??

Check out my old post for a couple more photos.

Dewey's Read-a-thon Update 3

Phew. The walk was good. Much needed. Then I remembered I had to go pick up packages from the post office and then hit up the pharmacy on the way home. So I went on another walk. My audio book kept me company. On 17 of 84 with that. And almost done with The Hunger Games.

So this is for Feed Me Seymour! Challenge over at Nicole's blog:

From The Hunger Games:

I shoot two fish, easy pickings in this slow-moving stream, and go ahead and eat one raw even though I've just had the groosling.

GROSS!

Here's what I'm up to now (cool Shakespeare cup compliments of my big brother):

Dewey's Read-a-thon Update 2

It's been just over five hours of the Read-a-thon. On page 209 of The Hunger Games and on Track 12 of 84 of my audio book.

Need some fresh air. Going on a puppy walk.

How are you all doing? I can't keep up with the mini-challenges but that's ok.

Dewey's Read-a-thon Update

Good morning!

This is my first Read-a-thon post. I'm currently listening to Muriel Barbery's book on CD, Gourmet Rhapsody. I have to admit that I have a hard time listening to books. My mind tends to wander and I have to back track a lot. Does anyone else have that problem? I've taken a break from reading The Hunger Games. Ok...I am really glad I jumped on that bandwagon.

Anyway...time for my photos!

Here's my table of goodies. (Please ignore the pile on the windowsill. I've run out of bookshelf space. I know I know.)
This is one pile of books. These are the kids book section and graphic books.


Here's my second pile. The top one is my audio book. The rest are easier quick reads. Here's my third pile. I went on a library spree and picked up some short classics. You know, Steinbeck, Hemingway, Tolstoy, and Dostoevsky. Then I found a couple un-read ones in our books shelf. The Vonnegut one is my husband's book and the Rilke one is a wedding gift that I have yet to read.
Ok. Time to make some breakfast. The husband is looking hungry and I told him I'd make it today. Scrambled eggs and little smokies. Hehehe....

How are you all coming along?

Reath-a-thon Challenge

1. I'm reading from the second half of our living room - the table and computer area. The husband is doing a Grand Theft Auto marathon in the other half. :)

2. I have 21 books. Eek!

3. My goal is five books. I think that's reasonable.

4. Not really a veteran read-a-thoner...failed miserably last year.

Read-a-thon

This year I'm going to try and join in on the Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-thon. I tried doing it last year and failed spectacularly. This year I'm going to be more prepared. I even told my husband and he's supporting me and going to give me the time and space to do it. It's on a Saturday so while I'm reading he can watch college football.

But I have a question.

I recently received an audiobook of Muriel Barbery's Gourmet Rhapsody from LibraryThing's FirstLook program. And I told my husband that I was planning on popping on the audiobook during the Read-a-thon so I could still go work out and cook dinner, etc. And he said: THAT'S CHEATING!!!

So I'm asking...is listening to an audiobook during the Read-a-thon cheating?

***UPDATE: Consensus is, listening to an audiobook is NOT cheating. Whatever my husband says.