Hour 8

No! The time is going by too fast! I spent too much time reading blogs last hour.
28 pages in The Girl With the Dragon Tatoo.
Running total, pages: 174
Running total, hours read: 3hr 45min

Hours 5, 6, and 7

Mid-day break - longer than I wanted. My reading companion insisted on a walk, but she's on board for the rest of the day!

Hours 3 and 4

I was confusing myself by posting at the beginning of the hour - from now on the post title will indicate the END of that hour.
Read 94 pages in The Girl With the Dragon Tatto - am liking it, although the pace is a little slow.
Took a few short breaks.
Running total, pages: 146
Running total, reading time: 3 hr. 15 min

Hour 3

Ate breakfast, did challenge, read a few blogs - read 22 pages in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.
Running total: 52 pages
Slow but steady wins the race :)

Hour 2

Slow start - 20 pages in War and Peace, 10 pages in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Going to have some breakfast now.

Read-a-Thon: Hour 1 (6:00 a.m.)

And we're off and running! Good luck, everyone - here's wishing you hours and hours of pleasurable reading! I'm starting off with a bit of War and Peace, so I can meet my goal of plugging away a little at this every day... (am currently on page 530)

Read-a-Thon books!

O.K, here are my books for the Read-a-Thon this weekend (Oct. 9)! No, I am not a speed reader. I just want to have a wide variety available since this is my first Read-a-Thon, and I'm not sure what I'll feel like reading, and how tired I'll get. I read fairly slowly (have to get EVERY word), so I imagine I'll finish a part of several books. I don't think I've read more than about 200 pages in a day in the past, so I'm curious how many pages I'll get through if I give myself permission to read for a whole day (and part of the night, hopefully)! As you can see, I have everything from War and Peace (which I am currently reading - about 1/3 through) to Nancy Drew (beloved books from my younger days). I'm looking forward to cheering others on as well, and see how they're doing. Now I have to work hard for the next few days so I don't feel guilty about neglecting my family this weekend! Oh, I also have The Hunger Games in my stack, even though it's not pictured here...