Hours 10, 11, and 12

Since last update:

Still Life with Bread Crumbs - 114 pgs

Running totals
Pages: 301
Hours: 6 hr 40 min

It's 2:00 a.m. here and I'm still going strong!

Hours 7, 8, and 9

Since last update;

Still Life With Bread Crumbs - 60 pgs
I'm really enjoying this.  It's only my second Anna Quindlen novel, but I will definitely read more.

Running totals:
Pages - 187
Hours - 4 hr 30 min

Favorite Reading Spot

And THIS is where I was sitting in the sun...😊

Hours 1 through 6

Not burning up the pages so far, but hoping to do better...

Pages: The War of the Worlds - last 103 pgs
            Still Life With Bread Crumbs by Anna Quindlen - 24 pgs
Hours: 3 hr 25 min

One hour of this was really SLOW reading because I was sitting in the sun and kept getting sleepy!

Greeting and Opening Survey:

Good morning/afternoon/evening all (depending on where you are located)! I'm participating from a different time zone today than what I am used to.  Normally, I start the Readathon at 6:00 a.m. (Utah), but today I'll be starting at 2:00 p.m. (just about 15 minutes from now).  It's going to be a different experience (but still certainly FUN!)  I got a decent night's sleep this time, which I normally don't do;however, I doubt it will be enough to keep me going until 2:00 p.m. tomorrow. That's ok, though, I'll give in for a snooze if I need to.  Here's my opening survey:

1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today? Switzerland (I know...it's rough reading from here, but somebody's got to do it!)
2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?  Hmmm, that's a tough one. Maybe Amsterdam by Ian McEwan.
3) Which snack are you most looking forward to?  Chili multi-grain chips
4) Tell us a little something about yourself!  I have two grown daughters, one on each coast of the U.S., work part-time, travel quite a bit with the hubby, and a day never goes by that I don't read at least a few pages!
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?  Can't think of anything specific. Looking forward to seeing how it goes with a different time schedule!

Readathon stack

Here are my books!
   Hidden Figures by Margo Lee Shetterly
   Still Life With Bread Crumbs by Anna Quindlen
   March by Geraldine Brooks
   Murder in the White House by Margeret Truman
   Death of a Glutton by M.C. Beaton
   ebooks on my Kindle(s): The Narrows by Michael Connelly
                 Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie
                 Amsterdam by Ian McEwan
                 Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde
                 Nancy's Mysterious Letter by Carolyn Keene

I had a difficult time narrowing my stack down to 10 books.  I'm a mood reader and like lots of options, but I'm not likely to finish more than a couple so don't want to get TOO carried away.  I usually focus on this stack for the Readathon and a few weeks afterwards.  In keeping with tradition, I have a Nancy Drew mystery for when my reading ability takes a nosedive due to fatigue 😵.  I also have a few of these on audio so I can take a walk or give my eyes a rest.  Now, to figure out meals and snacks 😋.  Good luck to all on their preparations!

Dewey's Readathon!

Time to dust off the Readthon blog (it wasn't meant to JUST be a readathon blog, but oh well...) and start preparing for Dewey's Readathon April 29.  This will be my 12th Dewey's!  My first was in October, 2010, and I've only missed two since then. Will be back soon with the book stack!