Read-A-Thon: Hour 13

Oct 18th, 2008

Hour 13 and I’m hoping for a second wind – I think I’m going to have to eat dinner soon and take a break during hour 14. Anyway, this hours mini-challenge comes from Sharon at Sharon Loves Books and Cats. It is The Very Mini-Library Cat Challenge:

1. Go to this website. Find on the map a library cat that lives/lived closest to you (there are library cats in Canada). What is the cats name? What library is/was it located in? I discovered Dewey at the Butte County Library in Chico, California (which is about 90 minutes from me). Sadly, it looks like Dewey has moved on to the big sandbox in the sky as of 2000.

2. Which library does Dewey live in? The Dewey in the book lives in The Spencer Public Library in Spencer, Iowa.

3. What is the name of the library cat documentary film that Dewey was in? Puss In Boots: Adventures of the Library Cat

4. What is Dewey’s full name? Dewey Readmore Books

Update since my last post (or see it in a Google spreadsheet)

Book I’m reading: Tomato Girl, by Jayne Pupek
Number of books read since I started: 1- Testimony, by Anita Shreve (read my review)
Pages Read since my last post: 26
Total pages read in the challenge: 381
Amount of time spent reading since my last post: 30 minutes
Total amount of time spent reading in the challenge: 405 minutes (6.75 hours)
Mini-Challenges completed:
1. Intro during Hour 1
2. Free-Rice.com with donation of 500 grains
3. Thanking hosts (not sure this is a mini-challenge … but I’m counting it!)
4. Meryl’s quote
5. Freerice.com with donation of 1000 grains
6. Name that Book Cover
7. Walkin’ and Snappin’
8. Mid-Event Survey
9. The Very Mini-Library Cat Challenge
Total amount of time spent blogging: 240 minutes (4.0 hours)
Blogs visited since I last posted: 4
Time spent visiting other people’s blogs (and number of comments left): 75 minutes (1.25 hour) and 18 comments
Down Time: 60 minutes (1 hour)
Amount of Participation Time (less down time): 12 hours
Prizes I’ve won: none yet