This update covers hours nineteen and twenty of the Read-A-Thon (11:00 pm to 1:00 am PST).
How I am feeling at this point in the Event:Well so much for my second wind…I’m falling asleep. Barely made it through this last 30 minutes. I reached my goal to get through hour 20, and I’m packing it in. Will post a summary post tomorrow. Thanks to everyone who helped with the event!
Mini Challenges during this Time Period:
From the Hungry Readers:
Your mission, which you MUST accept, is to turn to page 23 of the book you’re currently reading (or the nearest page with text on it) and find the most entertaining phrase to complete the following sentence: “I would rather read than _____________ any night!”
I would rather read than camp on the roof any night! T- From page 23 of The Cradle by Patrick Somerville -
The stats:
| Hour of Event | # of Pages Read/Total # of Pages | Time Spent Reading (min)/Total Time Reading (min) | Time Spent Blogging (min)/Total Time Blogging (min) |
| 11:00 PM – 1:00 AM (hours 19 & 20) | 106/591 | 95 minutes/660 minutes | 30 minutes/435 minutes |
| Hour of Event | Time Spent Visiting (min)/Total Time Visiting (min) | Mini Challenges Completed This Hour | Down Time in Minutes |
| 11:00 PM – 1:00 AM (hours 19 & 2A) |
0 minutes/30 minutes | 1 | 0 minutes |
Books I Have Finished:
- Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich
- The Girl She Used To Be by David Cristofano
- The Cradle by Patirck Somerville
My Current Read: Bundle of Trouble by Diana Orgain
Bloggers I Have Visited Since the Read-A-Thon Began:
- Good Books & Wine
- True Harbour
- Aphazia
- Just One More Thing…
- Karen
- Secret Dreamworld of a Bookaholic
- The Book Cellar
- Finding Biblical Truths In Christian Fiction
- KiwiRia
- Moored at Sea
- Donna Shepherd
- Bloody Bad
- Find Your Next Book Here
- This Book and I Could Be Friends
- Lesley’s Book Nook
Mini Challenges (with links) That I have Completed:
- Hour 1 Intro
- Where in the World is the Read-A-Thon
- Bart’s Bookshelf: Using book titles to make a sentence
- Opi’s Ramblings: Perspectives
- Beth Fish Reads: Eat to Read
- Reading In Appalachia: Mix Up the Titles
- Under The Boardwalk: Who Keeps You Company
- Caribousmom: Collection Obsession
- Mid-Event Survey
- Jill’s Musical Mini-Challenge
- Eva’s Honoring Dewey Challenge
- Wisdom of Age Challenge
- Libri Touches Drabble Challenge
- The Hungry Readers: Fill in the Sentence
TOTAL Time I have participated (less the down time): 18.75 hours
Come back tomorrow when I’ll post a wrap up! Good night everyone!!
= Excellent
= Good/Very Good
= Okay read
= Not recommended
= Ugh! Don't waste your time.
I’m so impressed that you made it through hour 20. Way to go!!
I’m starting to feel like my second wind has died too. I think it may be just about time to throw in the towel.
Great job though! Hope you’ll wake up refreshed!
You did great
I am sure you had loads of fun reading
Looks like you’ve done great in the read-a-thon! Good luck and happy reading!
Man oh man, you’ve been busy! Good job. :O)
Great job! Now, get some sleep!
Hope you had fun! Rest well
You had an awesome read-a-thon! Way to go!
Yay, Wendy!! You had a super read-a-thon. You participated in way more challenges than I did. I packed it in around 11:30 central time. Wish I could’ve stayed awake longer, but I was beat and didn’t want the details of my book to become a blur. Next time around, I’ll take a shower late at night when I’m getting sleepy. That always perks me up.
Off to read all of your posts. I wasn’t a very good blog-hopper yesterday.
Thank you to everyone who stopped by and cheered me on during this hour!! You guys ROCK!