Sunday, April 19, 2009

Sunday Salon: Readathon Meme


(Pictured: Grumpy Bird, who I suspect I may resemble today, after almost no sleep!)

1. Which hour was most daunting for you?
This last one.

2. Could you list a few high-interest books that you think could keep a Reader engaged for next year?
Streetcar Named Desire
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Breakfast at Tiffany's

3. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year?
Everything was very good just as it was.

4. What do you think worked really well in this year’s Read-a-thon?
I especially liked the list of posts from bloggers.

5. How many books did you read?
17 (many of these I started earlier in the week)

6. What were the names of the books you read?
Goodbye, Mr. Chips; Breakfast at Tiffany's; Member of the Wedding; Death in Venice; Joey Fly, Private Eye; Tales from Outer Suburbia; The Great Fire; Years of Dust; The Black Pearl; Amelia's Notebook; Boyology; The Upstairs Room; The Old Man and the Sea; That Night; Poetry in Motion; Streetcar Named Desire; Afternoon of the Elves

7. Which book did you enjoy most?
Streetcar Named Desire

8. Which did you enjoy least?
I liked all of them.

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?
Reader, most likely.

18 comments:

Robin said...

What an awesome list of books with those classics sprinkled in! You've done a great job! Congratulations!

Book Psmith said...

Yea...great job. You finished so many books. Now for some much deserved rest...

Trish said...

17 books!! Holy cow. You must be the read-a-thon champion! :D

Eva said...

Congrats! You did great!

3m said...

You read a lot of books!!

Great job!

SFP said...

Wow, 17 books. That's wonderful.

rhapsodyinbooks said...

Amazing accomplishment! My eyes don't even last nearly that long! Congratulations!

tanabata said...

Congratulations on completing the read-a-thon! You did great!

jessi said...

Wow, you got a lot of reading done - great job! :) Breakfast at Tiffany's is an excellent book and good suggestion for the 'thon.

naida said...

17 books! you rock!
sounds like you did great. thanks for stopping by my blog :O)
http://thebookworm07.blogspot.com/

Valerie said...

Very productive!! I have "Breakfast at Tiffany's" in my TBR pile--will have to read that soon!

Memory said...

Wow, that's a lot of books! Congrats on a great read-a-thon!

Beth F said...

Wow you read a lot of books.

Natasha @ Maw Books said...

17!! Seriously impressive! Great job!

A said...

That's a great list of books. Street Car is great isn't it? I also want to thank you for the book.

bkclubcare said...

Wow - that's awesome.

claire said...

You did great! Congratulations on finishing!

Nise' said...

Job well done! Hope you have recovered! ;o)