24 Hour Read-A-Thon: Nearly 11 hours Into The Challenge

Perhaps it is purely coincidence that the setting sun is a red-orange orb and I’m reading Springtime on Mars – or maybe it is just a reminder to keep on reading! The smoke in the sky has created a gorgeous sunset here and I’m closing in on 11 hours of the Read-A_Thon. I’m slowing down a bit; feeling the fatigue set in. I took a break for dinner and a Gatorade. I whipped up a macaroni and canned chicken salad with lots of diced up veggies. It was quick and satisfying on this stiffling evening. So how am I doing? Here’s my latest update:

• Book I’m reading: Still reading Springtime on Mars, by Susan Woodring
• Number of books read since I started: 1 plus 1 short story
  1. The House at Midnight, by Lucie Whitehouse (read my review)
  2. Short Story: Mr. Bones, by Paul Theroux
• Pages Read since my last post: 35
• Total pages read in the challenge: 251
• Amount of time spent reading since my last post: 40 minutes
• Total amount of time spent reading in the challenge: 300 minutes (5 hours)
• Mini-Challenges completed: 6
  1. Intro (Darcie)
  2. Comics (Nymeth)
  3. Quotes (Vasilly)
  4. Comments on Reader of the Hour blogs (Andrea and Samantha)
  5. Comments on Readers of the Hour blogs (Jennie and Somer)
  6. Get some Exercise (Dewey)
• Total amount of time spent blogging: 180 minutes (3 hours)
• Blogs visited since I last posted: Aria (Just One More Chapter), Andi (AndiLit), Jen (Devourer of Books), and Dewey (The Hidden Side of a Leaf)
• Time spent visiting other people’s blogs: 80 minutes (1.3 hours) and left 15 comments
• Down Time: 1.7 Hours
• Prizes I’ve won: None yet!