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Thanks to the miracle of DVRs, I was able to watch a few commercials, fast forward to the exciting plays of the Super Bowl AND read. Thanks, Jenn , for hosting this event. It was fun and I did get a lot of reading done. I finished Moon over Manifest , read 7 chapters of Villette , and read about 117 pages in Ship Breake r. A great start to the week! (Btw, I still maintain that U2's halftime show in 2002 was the best ever.) 
Click for more Readathon info Jenn has asked us to 'predict the winner' of the books we read. As of now I'm only planning on reading two books, Moon over Manifest and Ship Breaker , and I already finished the former. So is it cheating to say that I think I'll like Moon over Manifest better? It's going to be a 4.5 for me. I'd be pleasantly surprised if it's a tie, though!
This week was a really good reading week. Being able to do nothing but lie and down and watch TV or read helped. I finished up On Beauty , read Crooked Letter Crooked Letter in one sitting and then read How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe (which I loved) in just two days. It really feels good to be reading again. I don't know if any of you noticed, since I didn't really come out and say it, but I didn't read (I should say complete) anything for the last 6 months of last year. Nothing. Zilch. Nada. I picked up several books and read a few chapters or maybe halfway through, and one book even 3/4 of the way through. Just couldn't finish anything. Like I said, it was a bad year. But I'm off to the races now and it feels good to be back in the saddle reading again. Today I decided to participate in The Big Game's On Readathon , hosted by Jenn of Jenn's Bookshelves . I'm actually a football girl. I love it. But this year I didn't really watch it at all, mostly because the Denver Broncos were out of it so early. Sooo, while I'll probably watch it and have it on mute, I am going to be reading during the game (and before and after it as well). Here's my lineup (hee hee) for today:
Hopefully there will be a couple of touchdowns. (I couldn't resist.) Happy reading to all the other readathoners today!
My strategy for any read-a-thon is really just to read as much as I can. I don't do a lot of the mini-challenges just because I'd rather spend the time reading. I don't visit other read-a-thoners very much during the read-a-thon, either, but I do enjoy going to everyone's blogs the following day to see how they did and which books they read. It seems like quite a few people read the same books as I did, so it will be fun to compare notes. Thank you organizers and cheerleaders for such a fun event! Time spent reading : 672 total (11 hours 12 minutes) Pages read: 772 pages total
1. Which hour was most daunting for you?
The 19th hour. I fell asleep hoping to take a short nap, but my body demanded more.
Time spent reading : 121 minutes/672 total (11 hours 12 minutes) Pages read: 125 pages/772 total What's up next: A nap! Books finished : 2 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
I'm pretty happy with my progress so far, especially since I had a late start. I'll have to look back to check, but for most of the read-a-thons I think I have had about 10-12 hours of pure reading time, so I'm definitely on pace to at least meet that. I'm getting a little tired now, but who knows? Maybe I can beat my own personal record. Time spent reading : 115 minutes/551 total (9 hours 11 minutes) Pages read: 132 pages/647 total What's up next: Hopefully finishing up Catching Fire . Books finished : 1 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins |
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I sooooooo want a lampost.... (Neil Gaiman's post '
I always enjoy the read-a-thon, and this one was no exception. I had a bit of a late start (really didn't start reading until 10 am) and then crashed at 1am, so actually for the time I had available, I really did well. I had 15 hours that I participated, and I read just over 11. I do hope to hit the 15 hour mark in a future read-a-thon, though!
What I've been reading
: Just finished
Catching Fire.
I'm getting soooooooo sleepy. I think I'll take a short nap now...
What I've been reading
: I'm now 2/3 of the way into
Catching Fire
and about ready to start Part III: The Enemy.