Saturday, April 26, 2014

Hour 5 - 12p - 1p

Title of book(s) read since last update: A Spoonful of Poison by M.C. Beaton
Number of books read since you started: #1
Pages read since last update: 5% read (no page numbers in this e-book)
Running total of pages read since you started: 22%
Amount of time spent reading since last update: 20 minutes
Running total of time spent reading since you started: 96 minutes
Mini Challenges: Intro Meme, Pick a Paragraph, Jigsaw Cover Puzzle, Comment Challenge

Hour 4 - 11am - 12pm

Title of book(s) read since last update: A Spoonful of Poison by M.C. Beaton
Number of books read since you started: #1
Pages read since last update: 8% read (no page numbers in this e-book)
Running total of pages read since you started: 17%
Amount of time spent reading since last update: 35 minutes
Running total of time spent reading since you started: 76 minutes
Mini Challenges: Intro Meme, Pick a Paragraph, Jigsaw Cover Puzzle, Comment Challenge

Hour Two Complete 9 am - 10 am

I had a bit of a slow start while I got myself organized this morning. Didn't get a single page read for the first hour, but I did much better for hour Two.


Title of book(s) read since last update: A Spoonful of Poison by M.C. Beaton
Number of books read since you started: #1
Pages read since last update: 9% read (no page numbers in this e-book)
Running total of pages read since you started: 9%
Amount of time spent reading since last update: 41 minutes
Running total of time spent reading since you started: 41 minutes
Mini Challenges: Intro Meme, Pick a Paragraph, Jigsaw Cover Puzzle

Had fun working on challenges this hour. Now, back to reading!

Kick Off Meme

 
 
I'm very excited to be starting the first read-a-thon for 2014. I have been doing the read-a-thons since the very beginning, sometimes with not so great success, but, hey, any bit of reading done is a good thing, even if it isn't as much as I wanted.
 
So, on to the Kick off Meme:
 
1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today? Queensbury, NY

 2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to? A Spoonful of Poison by M.C. Beaton, always glad to get back to see what Agatha Raisin is up to.

 3) Which snack are you most looking forward to? Probably not the best day to ALSO be starting a new diet, but I'm going carb free today (and for the next two weeks), so I'll be enjoying delicious deli turkey meat, cheddar and swiss cheese, black olives, salad, maybe some pork rinds! Yum!

 4) Tell us a little something about yourself! I've always been a big reader, but somehow over the last couple of years, reading has been put on the back burner. Being able to participate in the read-a-thon gives me a chance to get my nose deep into some books and hopefully find time to read more until the next read-a-thon comes along. I have a 10 year old daughter,  and somehow have ended up with 9 dogs all living in the same house. Small ones, luckily, mostly Chihuahuas, and they are all really good snugglers when I have a good book and a blanket, they are all most happy to climb on and cuddle. When they aren't running around barking at a leaf blowing across the lawn! 

 5) If you participated in the last read-a-thon, what’s one thing you’ll do different today? If this is your first read-a-thon, what are you most looking forward to? Last year I wasn't very prepared in the snacks department, which ended up costing me a lot of reading time while I prepared food. This year I think I've got everything I'll need to get through. (fingers crossed)
 
 

 

Saturday, October 12, 2013


Hour 12 - 7pm - 8pm

1) How are you doing? Sleepy? Are your eyes tired? Feeling a bit tired. Unfortunately, I also have to leave for work at 8:30 pm, but I can do some more reading at work! :-) Not sure if I will be able to participate in the challenges and keep blogging on my Kindle Fire but I will give it a try when I leave since I have to be awake all night anyhow.
2) What have you finished reading? Only finished a SpongeBob book with my daughter. Still working on Inferno by Dan Brown, seems to be taking me forever.
3) What is your favorite read so far? Should I have read an entire book by now? LOL I am really going slow!
4) What about your favorite snacks? little mini pizzas and cheesey tater skins
5) Have you found any new blogs through the readathon? If so, give them some love! I had fun visiting some blogs but darned if I remember the names!

Thanks for doing these read-a-thons! I really enjoy getting to participate!

Title of book(s) read since last update: still on Inferno
Number of books read since you started: on #2
Pages read since last update: 
Running total of pages read since you started: 
Amount of time spent reading since last update:
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Hour 11 - 6pm - 7pm

Title of book(s) read since last update: still on Inferno
Number of books read since you started: #2
Pages read since last update:  13 pages
Running total of pages read since you started:  155 pages
Amount of time spent reading since last update: 28 minutes
Running total of time spent reading since you started: 293 minutes

Hour 10: 5pm - 6pm

Title of book(s) read since last update: still on Inferno
Number of books read since you started: #2
Pages read since last update: 15
Running total of pages read since you started: 142 pages
Amount of time spent reading since last update: 27 minutes
Running total of time spent reading since you started: 265 minutes (4 hours, 25 minutes)

Hour 9: 4pm - 5pm

Title of book(s) read since last update: still on Inferno, might be time to switch into something else but I'm really enjoying this one
Number of books read since you started: #2
Pages read since last update: 11 pages
Running total of pages read since you started: 127 pages
Amount of time spent reading since last update: 38 minutes
Running total of time spent reading since you started: 238 minutes

Hour 8: 3pm - 4pm

Title of book(s) read since last update: Inferno
Number of books read since you started: #2
Pages read since last update: 5 pages
Running total of pages read since you started: 116 pages
Amount of time spent reading since last update: 8 minutes
Running total of time spent reading since you started: 200 minutes

Woah! Spent way too much time trying to complete the last challenge! LOL Oh, well, had a lot of fun doing it! On to the next...
Hour 7: 2pm - 3pm

Title of book(s) read since last update: Spongezilla Attacks by Erica David & Inferno by Dan Brown
Number of books read since you started: #2
Pages read since last update: 25 pages
Running total of pages read since you started: 111pages
Amount of time spent reading since last update: 17 minutes
Running total of time spent reading since you started:192 minutes
 
Prizes Won: Reading Companion Comment Giveaway