Read-A-Thon: Hour 18

Oct 18th, 2008

No mini-challenges this hour…but I DID win a prize (see below). And I spent some time responding to all the great comments people have left on my blog and updating my Google Spreadsheet which had gotten somewhat behind.

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: 504
Amount of time spent reading since my last post: 30 minutes
Total amount of time spent reading in the challenge: 540 minutes (9.0 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
11. Photo Caption
Total amount of time spent blogging: 335 minutes (5.6 hours)
Blogs visited since I last posted: 1
Time spent visiting other people’s blogs (and number of comments left): 100 minutes (1.7 hour) and 24 comments
Down Time: 105 minutes (1.75 hours)
Amount of Participation Time (less down time): 16.25 hours
Prizes I’ve won: I won a book for the Walkin’ and Snappin’ Challenge!