Sunday, April 7, 2019

Dewey's 24 Hour Readathon - Ending Survey

1) Which hour was most daunting for you?

I had a lot of trouble focusing in Hours 8 and 9, and I think I only got through 50 pages, if that, in that time.

And, of course, I wasn't able to make it through Hour 21 (went to sleep a little past 4am)

2) Tell us all the books you read!

-Drama by Raina Telgemeier

-Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier

-Four Quartets by T.S. Eliot

And I also read 1/3 of When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead & 40% of The Beauty and the Beast (the original novella) by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve

Total pages read: 700 (woo-hoo!)

3) Which books would you recommend to other Read-a-thoners?

They're all good, quick books for a readathon, but I especially love Telgemeier's graphic novels.

4) What's a really rad thing we can do during the next read-a-thon that would make you smile?

More mini-challenges, maybe? 

It would also be cool if you could have the one of the Goodreads group moderators put up a blog post about what's going on over at that site, and maybe one for the Facebook group and such too . . . Just give a little update about (and encouragement to check out) the other discussions and activities that are happening at other sites . . .


5) How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again? 

It's a guarantee! 

Saturday, April 6, 2019

Mid Event Survey - April '19





1) What are you reading right now?

The Beauty and the Beast by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve (illustrated novella by MinaLima)

I'm on page 48 of 201 pages, and am really enjoying it so far, though I'm only two chapters in and Beauty just arrived at the Beast's castle . . . love the elegant illustrations

2) How many books have you read so far?

I've read 2 so far and am 1/4 of the way through 2 others (including my current read from above)

I read the graphic novel Drama by Raina Telgemeier & T.S. Eliot's poetry volume, Four Quartets.

I also started When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead and got to page 67 of 197 pages, but set it down to read Eliot and Beauty.

3) What book are you most looking forward to in the second half of the Read-a-thon?

Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier

4) Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those?

Only 2 short ones - I took my dogs for a 20 minute walk in the early afternoon and a friend came over and visited for about half an hour soon after. 

5) What surprises you most about the Read-a-thon, so far?

I'm a little surprised at how quickly this read-a-thon seems to be going by this time . . . I can't believe it's already 10:30pm here. In the past, I haven't made it much later than midnight (so about 16 hours of reading) which means I may only have about a couple of hours left in me . . . but we'll see . . . I was really hoping I could finish both The Beauty and the Beast as well as Ghosts before I crash . . .

Dewey's 24 Hour Readathon - April 2019


Getting to Know You Survey

1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today?

I am reading from a beautiful little town called Pilot Mountain, in the foothills of North Carolina. It borders Mt. Airy, which is where Andy Griffith is from!

Image result for andy griffith show


2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?

MinaLima illustrated Beauty and the Beast.

3) Which snack are you most looking forward to?

I may make some buffalo chicken dip in the crock-pot later on today . . . And I'm really looking forward to my Crab and Corn Chowder. Yum!!


4) Tell us a little something about yourself.

I'm an elementary school teacher, and the fact that Easter/Spring Break is coming so late this year is driving everyone bonkers!! It'll be so nice to just have a day to relax, read and not worry about the stresses that come from molding young (restless) minds.

As far as what I like to do in my leisure time - I love reading, painting and hanging out with my dogs. ;-)

Here's me hiking at Stone Mountain in NC with my two dogs, Libby and Nova.





5) If you participated in the last readathon, what's one thing you'll do different today?

I didn't really choose the books I wanted to read ahead of time. I want to have fun looking through my shelves throughout the day as I pick the next read . . .