Hours 20-24

Well, I didn't make it back for the last hour like I usually do - guess the lack of sleep the night before caught up to me.  I had an impressive number of pages (for me) this time, due to a couple of graphic novels :)  Hours were not so good, as I usually get 10-12 in.

Final totals
   Pages:  852

   Hours: 5 hr 45 min reading, 1 hr 45 min audio
                     Total:  7 hr 30 min

As always, SO much fun.  Can't wait until the next one!  Per the usual, thank you to my RAT buddy Laura@pleasepardontheinterruption.  Can't imagine doing one of these without you!

Hours 15-19

Since last update:

   Drama - 233 pgs, Finished (graphic)
   I am Jazz by Jessica Herthel & Jazz Jennings - Finished (children)
   Nightlights by Lorena Alvarez - 53 pgs, Finished (children)

Am going to try to last another hour or so, then sleep for a bit and hopefully get up for the last hour. That seems to be my normal pattern.

#Readathonbuddy photo challenge

Here's my adorable puppy (almost 14!)  She has just given up on me and gone to bed.

I read the graphic novel Drama by Raina Telgemeier over the last hour and enjoyed it very much. 

Hours 9-14

Since last update:

  Y is for Yesterday - 8 pgs
   Midnight in Austenland - 14 pgs
   This One Summer - 318 pgs (Finished)

I think I'll just update my hours at the end.  I decided to take a break from Y is for Yesterday for awhile.  I was in the mood for a graphic novel so I read That One Summer, and it was great!  Midnight in Austenland is on audio, and I'm not loving it but I'll continue listening when my eyes need a break.  I think I'll start another graphic now...

Mid-Event Survey

1. What are you reading right now? Y is for Yesterday, Midnight in Austenland, and This One Summer
2. How many books have you read so far? Haven't finished one yet - have been mixing it up
3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Read-a-thon?  Finishing This One Summer
4. Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those?  No outside interruptions - just social media, walking the dog, snack, tea-type breaks (too many of them!)
5. What surprises you most about the Read-a-thon, so far?  Nothing, really

10 Years in 10 Books Mini-Challenge

Here are my recommendations:

2007 - A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
2008 - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Pool Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
2009 - Outcasts United by Warren St. John
2010 - Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
2011 - Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
2012 - Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
2013 - The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
2014 - All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
2015 - Gratitude by Oliver Sacks
2016 - Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen
2017 - What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton

Hours 5-8

Since last update:

Y is for Yesterday - 123 pgs

Running totals:
   Pages: 209
   Hours:  3 hrs reading, 54 min audio

Intro Survey

1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today? Lovely Utah
2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to? Y is for Yesterday 
3) Which snack are you most looking forward to? Popcorn
4) Tell us a little something about yourself! I love to read (obviously), play the piano, crochet, and watch tennis and college basketball on TV. Roger Federer is my sports hero. 
5) If you participated in the last read-a-thon, what’s one thing you’ll do different today? If this is your first read-a-thon, what are you most looking forward to? I always hope to get more actual reading hours in (without giving up social media time – not sure how to do that!) 

Dewey's Readathon!

Only 3 days until the Readathon, and I've got my stack all ready to go! It was tough paring it down, but I only allow myself 10 books (ok, I do have 11 this time because I included a picture book) - silly tradition, but hey, it's a tradition! I'm not likely to read more than a few of these, but I'm a mood reader and like to have several to choose from.  There are more graphic novels this time, however, so I might surprise myself.

The bottom 5 books are in honor of the "Most Challenged Books of 2016". I listened to an interview with the authors of "This One Summer" on NPR, and immediately planned to get as many of these books as possible for the Readathon. The Stack:

• The Sign of the Twisted Candles by Carolyn Keene - another tradition is that I have a Nancy Drew for the wee hours when my reading ability takes a dive. These books started me off on a life-long love of mysteries.
• Midnight in Austenland by Shannon Hale - I really enjoyed Austenland, and thought this would be fun and light for the RAT.
• Appointment with Death - yet another tradition to include an Agatha Christie mystery
• Something New - graphic novel by Lucy Knisley. I've read and liked a couple of others by her.
• March: Book Three by John Lewis - graphic novel on a serious subject. The first two were great.
• Y is for Yesterday - AND another tradition to save the latest Sue Grafton alphabet mystery for the RAT
• These last five are the "challenged" books and they all look great!
• George by Alex Gino
• Drama - graphic novel by Raina Telgemeier
• Looking for Alaska by John Green
• This One Summer - graphic novel by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki
• I Am Jazz - picture book by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings