POST-HOUR 24
End of event meme
A Readathon tradition!
- Which hour was most daunting for you? Hour 16, 'cause that's when I fell asleep!
- Could you list a few high-interest books that you think could keep a Reader engaged for next year? Graphic novels. Picture books. Browsable books (like Guinness Book of World Records). Poetry books. Audiobooks. A play. Short stories.
- Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year? It was perfect.
- What do you think worked really well in this year’s Read-a-thon? Everything.
- How many books did you read? Two.
- What were the names of the books you read? Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage. More Six-Word Memoirs.
- Which book did you enjoy most? I liked them both.
- Which did you enjoy least? NA.
- If you were a Cheerleader, do you have any advice for next year’s Cheerleaders? NA.
- How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again? What role would you be likely to take next time? 99.99% likely. Co-host was very, very fun.
and to all you bloggers who created mini-challenges
and to all you bloggers who were cheerleaders
and to all you bloggers who provided prizes
and to all you bloggers who participated!
HOURS 16-24
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....
Just couldn't stay awake any longer.
But, hey, I got in fifteen good hours of reading
and I'm happy.
HOURS 13-14-15
Reading again.
Eleanor & Park.
Two chapters in.
HOURS 9-10-11-12
Time to get behind the steering wheel!
Time to co-host. Wish me luck.
I'm a little nervous.
came along at just the right time!
I tried every pose, but my favorites were
Resting Child's Pose and Savasana.
And who could resist Kristen's Picture It! Mini-Challenge?!
Here's my favorite reading spot,
complete with inspirational Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus posters,
snuggly dragon pillow, and reindeer puppet.
And, of course, I couldn't pass up the Mid-Event Survey:
Mid-Event Survey
1) How are you doing? Sleepy? Are your eyes tired? Oddly, I feel good.
2) What have you finished reading? Two books.
3) What is your favorite read so far? Loved book about the rich people on the Titanic.
4) What about your favorite snacks? Almonds. Pizza is coming soon.
5) Have you found any new blogs through the readathon? Lots!
2) What have you finished reading? Two books.
3) What is your favorite read so far? Loved book about the rich people on the Titanic.
4) What about your favorite snacks? Almonds. Pizza is coming soon.
5) Have you found any new blogs through the readathon? Lots!
HOUR 8
I didn't get much reading done this hour,
as I had to get busy for Hours 9-10-11-12,
when I will be co-hosting! Woo hoo!
HOUR 7
Here's my response to the Best and Worst Cover Challenge.
I'd have to call this Worst, Worst-er, and Most Worst Cover:
Sorry, but as much as I love the text of WIT, I hate the covers. All of them.
HOUR 6
I finished my first two books last hour:
Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage (Titanic)
More Six-Word Memoirs
Encouraging.
I think I'll spend Hour 6 reading.
HOUR 5
Time for the Self-Portrait Mini-Challenge!
For this one, I have to share
one of my favorite self-portraits,
with my book haul from the library conference:
Back to my book! Thirty pages to go.
HOUR 4
Felicia at The Geeky Blogger challenges us this hour
to rename our current read.
I'm currently reading Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage:
The Titanic's First-Class Passengers and Their World.
That title's a little long, I think.
I'll rename it:
Immersed First-Class Morass
Back to the book!
HOUR 3
Whew! I was worried because
I'd scheduled (accidentally) a time to give blood today,
but it went really fast and now I'm back (sans one pint of blood)
with a new t-shirt and water bottle and two packages of snacks.
The mini-challenge this hour is from Book Journey.
Sheila invites us to create a menu for the book we are reading.
Easy-peasy. I'm reading a book about the rich people on the Titanic.
Here goes:
1. Book title and author: Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage: The Titanic's First-Class Passengers and Their World by Hugh Brewster
2. The menu, food, beverage, you can even go as far as background music, decorations: How about recreating the last dinner on the Titanic? Lobster Thermidor, Quail's Eggs in Aspic with Caviar, and Poached Salmon with Dilled Mousseline Sauce and Cucumber. A nautical theme, perhaps, with life rafts for seating? And we could dress to the hilt, with furs and jewels and, of course, life vests.
3. You will receive an additional entry if you create a drink to go with your book event and give it a name: Apparently, the most popular drinks while on board were a Champagne Cocktail, a Manhattan, or a Martini. Or we might choose to pass out little vials of whiskey; one passenger's survival was credited to the enormous amount of whiskey he drank after boarding a lifeboat. Water might be a cruel choice.
Off to read a little more of my Titanic book! Hope you are all having a great time.
HOUR 2
This was truly found poetry,
a stack of books I plan to read before I visit Italy (one day!)
And I'm off to give blood! I'm taking a book
and my iPhone with me...be back as soon as I can!
HOUR 1
AAANNNDDD...We're off!
Introductory Questionnaire
1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today? An itty-bitty town in Texas.
2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to? Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage: The Titanic's First-Class Passengers and Their World
3) Which snack are you most looking forward to? Almonds
4) Tell us a little something about yourself! Primary school librarian. Blogger. Reader.
5) If you participated in the last read-a-thon, what’s one thing you’ll do different today? I like to visit blogs. And do a little reading.
2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to? Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage: The Titanic's First-Class Passengers and Their World
3) Which snack are you most looking forward to? Almonds
4) Tell us a little something about yourself! Primary school librarian. Blogger. Reader.
5) If you participated in the last read-a-thon, what’s one thing you’ll do different today? I like to visit blogs. And do a little reading.
PRE-HOUR 1
My delightful Meditation Room? Check.
Candle? Check.
Relaxation fountain? Check.
Reading music? Check.
Comfy reading clothes? Check.
Coffee? Check.
Snacks? Check.
Snacks? Check.
How about you? ¿Esta lista? Ready?
What are we waiting for? ¡Vamos! Let's go!
SO READY!
ReplyDelete¡Yo también! Me, too!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with it Debbie. You forgot to tell us what you'll be reading- or at least starting with.
ReplyDeleteOops! I'll add a photo. Thanks, Louise.
ReplyDeleteThis year I will only be a cheerleader Deb, have to read for an exam, nothing fun :(. But I wish you all the fun in the world, and gosh you do look comfy!
ReplyDeleteA Girl that Likes Books
Have a blast, your stack looks fun!
ReplyDeleteHave a blast, your stack looks fun!
ReplyDeleteNice prep work!! I signed up last minute-ish (yesterday afternoon), but I made sure chores were done so I didn't have to worry about them today :D Have fun, and thanks for visiting my blog!
ReplyDelete¡Buena Suerte! Good Luck! Happy Reading!! :)
ReplyDeleteawesome, Deb! glad to see you here & wEll prepared :))
ReplyDeleteI'm also tweeting in case you are 2 - I'll watch for your tweets @_eHope
ty for stopping by FHC !
Love the reading birds in the background. Have a great read-a-thon
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the read-a-thon. And most importantly, enjoy it!
ReplyDeleteGo, Deb! Happy reading friend.
ReplyDeleteHappy reading!
ReplyDelete...the bookworm...
Cheering you on from Boston, Debbie. Enjoy your weekend of reading!!
ReplyDeleteI think your title is right on the money :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for playing along!
Love the self-portrait! That's an impressive book haul.
ReplyDeleteGreat self-portrait! And mmmmm almonds! I should have grabbed some of those for a snack.
ReplyDeleteHave fun today!!!
I'm a librarian as well in an elementary school! Love the prehour photos!! Looks like you are having fun with the mini challenges, but hope you are reading as much as you wanted as well. :)
ReplyDeleteI love the self portrait and the Frederick book. Leo Lionni is one of my sons' and my favorite kids book authors! Good luck whittling down that wonderful stack of books today. Hope you are having a great day and enjoying all your reads! I'm a first time participant and focusing on cheering on other book lovers. Here's my Dewey's Read-a-thon post if you'd like to stop by.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you are having fun!
ReplyDeleteHappy reading! Gosh, you're all set! Bravo!
ReplyDeleteHa! Love the Wrinkle In Time Best/Worst covers. I had the one in the middle. Thanks for hosting!
ReplyDeleteI had the blue WIT cover and it was pretty awful!
ReplyDeleteYay for the read-a-thon! I like the very first Wrinkle in Time cover you have up, but you're right, they're all pretty bad! Good luck with hosting over the next couple hours. You'll do great!
ReplyDeleteI love your self portrait, so fun! And good luck co-hosting, that is very exciting!
ReplyDeleteHope you are having fun hosting, and still wearing your comfy reading clothes!!!
ReplyDeleteI am, even though I had to put on some real clothes (my yoga pants and brand-new "Authors Are My Rock Stars" shirt) to go out and give blood.
ReplyDeleteThis day looks so fun, I'm enjoying your progress from afar. You manage to have such a busy day, while on the face of it not doing all that much! Yoga, hosting, giving blood. Do you get to sleep?
ReplyDeleteI love how prepared you were at the beginning! I look forward to getting some yoga in.
ReplyDeleteWell, it's not quite 5 pm here, so I haven't even gotten sleepy yet. You really must join in next time, Louise. So fun.
ReplyDeleteWhen you've joined in for a readathon eleven times, you know how to prepare, Shan. :-)
ReplyDeleteI love your reading space! And who can resist the PIGEON!! :) I still have stuffed animals too that I sometimes read with. :-D
ReplyDeleteAll the cool people read with stuffed animals, I think.
ReplyDeleteGreat job as co-host as always Deb!
ReplyDeleteThank you, CaroG!
ReplyDeleteLove your reading spot, looks so comfy!! Great job co-hosting but even better job reading! Nearly 2/3 there!
ReplyDeleteEverywhere we go
ReplyDeletePeople want to know
Who we are
So we tell them
We are the readers!
The mighty, mighty readers!
I hope you’re having a fantastic Read-a-Thon!
Jennifer ~ Team Panda
The Relentless Reader
LOL whenever I do yoga I like the resting child best too!!!! Good to see you're still hanging in there and thanks for dropping by earlier. :)
ReplyDeleteCongrats on doing so much during the read-a-thon and for doing the restorative yoga poses!
ReplyDeleteyou had a great readathon! happy recovery day!
ReplyDeleteLol, fun post! I wish I had 24 hours to do something like this. i was trying to figure out what was in your reading stack but the image is too small!
ReplyDeleteI'm so jealous that you've done a readathon 11 times! It does sound fun, will definitely try to coordinate for the next one.
ReplyDeleteYou did SUCH a great co-hosting job! Wonderful, wonderful. I hope you'll be back with us in October!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Andi! Loved co-hosting!
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