Read-A-Thon: Hour 15

Oct 18th, 2008

The mini-challenge for this hour was sponsored by Softdrink at Fizzy Thoughts…here it is:

The Top Ten Reasons Why You Are Participating In the Read-A-Thon

It is the Internet event of the year.
You need an excuse to drink all those cases of caffeinated beverages in your garage.
Your husband snores so you can’t sleep anyway.
People already think you’re nuts, so why not?
The German Shepherd needs someone to step in on guard duty at 2AM.
You’re an obsessive-compulsive, reading challenge addict.
What? You don’t get up at 5:00Am to read?
It is better than running a marathon.
You needed to make a dent in your massive mountain of Advance Readers Editions.
No one can ever accuse you of being one of THOSE people who only average two books a year (who are those people anyway?)

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:19
Total pages read in the challenge: 400
Amount of time spent reading since my last post: 25 minutes
Total amount of time spent reading in the challenge: 430 minutes (7.2 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
10. Top Ten List
Total amount of time spent blogging: 280 minutes (4.7 hours)
Blogs visited since I last posted:2
- Joanne at Book Zombie
- Softdrink at Fizyy Thoughts
Time spent visiting other people’s blogs (and number of comments left): 85 minutes (1.4 hour) and 20 comments
Down Time: 105 minutes (1.75 hours)
Amount of Participation Time (less down time): 13.25 hours
Prizes I’ve won: none yet