honeydew69862004 Readathon Blog for april 10, 2010

I'll be checking in here off and on on the 10th to report on what i've been reading.

Checking in to start reading it's 6:56am my time. I'll be in the recliner with my youngest son keeping me up. Reading The Traveler's Gift.

Where are you reading from today? My first book is The Traveler's Gift and the rest are just whatever I pick up including books to read to my kids.

3 facts about me …
1. I have two boys ages 5yrs and 8 months
2. I hardly ever read Non-fiction
3. I am 23 yrs old and still learning a bout blogs really

How many books do you have in your TBR pile for the next 24 hours?
21 right on hand plus I can easily find books I haven't read yet if I just look in my packed boxes

Do you have any goals for the read-a-thon (i.e. number of books, number of pages, number of hours, or number of comments on blogs)?

Since my plans got changed on me I'm going to try for AT LEAST 12 hours But I'm hoping for the full 24hrs.

If you’re a veteran read-a-thoner, Any advice for people doing this for the first time?
First timer

I have coffee right beside me and I'm my boys right in front of me watching mickey mouse club house so I know I won't be falling asleep. I'm planing on getting a breath of fresh air in a lil bit. I'm sitting in my recliner with my legs over the arm in the living room.

So far I'm on my second time of listening to mickey mouse club house and 2nd cup of coffee. I'm still reading The Travelers Gift. I've only read a measly 56 pages so far but my head hasn't fully been into it. As you can imagine it's not the easiest to focus on reading when you have a 5yr old and an 8 month old.

"If a thousand people believe something foolish, it is still foolish!"

"if you worry about what other people think of you, then you will have more confidence in their opinion than you have in your own. Poor is the man whose future depends on the opinions and permission of others. Remember this, if you are afraid of criticism, you will die doing nothing."

I'll check back in in about an 1 1/2 hrs.

I can't enter a picture but here is the sentence for the 4th hour mini challenge. Four to Score The Traveler's Gift Something Blue

During my reading slot I was able to reade 33 pages whichi unfortuanatly is almost as much as I have read since 7am.

"Do not run from power. Gather it as you would the finest fruit. Power in the hands of a good person is like a cool drink of water on a hot summer day. It refreshes everyone with whome it comes in contact."

"As children, we were afraid of the dark. Now as adults, we are afraid of the light. We are afraid to step out. We are afraid to become more."

Favorite Female Character in a book: Linsday Boxer in the Womens Murder Club Series by James Patterson
Favorite Male Character in a book: Ranger in the Stephanie Plum book series by Janet Evanovich
Favorite Side Kick in a book: Cindy in the Womens Murder Club series by james paterson
Favorite Couple in a Book: Jenny and Oliver in Love Story
Favorite Book Series: Womens Murder Club by james patterson
Favorite Author: Nicholas Sparks
Favorite Book Cover: Firefly Girls by Kristin Hannah
Favorite Book of 2009 that I've read?
Just Breathe by Susan Wiggs

YAY!!! I just finished my first book The Traveler's Gift a great inspirational and uplifting book.

Hour 8 Readathon Mini-Challenge: Drabble Time

Melissa's day started at 3:30 in the morning. She was excited about her first Read-a-thon but apparently her youngest son wasn't. He was hungery and he decided to wake her up less than three hours later to eat again. She was planning on getting up at 6:30 anyway to prepare for the day. So she went downstairs and started coffee. She got off to a slow start on reading but as the time passed she gain energy to keep reading. She finished her first short book later than she wanted. Then she went on to finish the whole 24 hours with a tired but happy smile on her face.

Soundtrack Song Mini-Challenge!

Book: The Traveler's Gift by Andy Andrews
Song: Stand by Rascal Flatts
Reason: Because the book is about the choices you make and not giving up and that is exactly what the song is telling you also. Not to give up.

Reading Is Fundamental (Read-a-Thon Mini-Challenge)

My youngest was in his little reclining chair and my oldest was on my lap. We got through Cowboy dreams, Funny Farm, and The Tickle Stories. At the end of Tickle Stories I HAD to rest my eyes for 20 minutes.

Readathon Mini-Challenge: If the Cover Fits...
10 April 2010

Disturbing-The Robber Bride Atwood, Margaret
Vibrant- Out of Eden (Hqn) Ciotta, Beth
Beautiful- Glimmerglass (Faeriewalker, Book 1) Black, Jenna
Scary-BRAIN CHILD Turner, GEORGE
Moving-Searching for David's Heart: A Christmas Story Bennett, Cherie

12 hour mini challenge
1. What are you reading right now? Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
2. How many books have you read so far? 4 I'm on my 5th
3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Read-a-thon? Finishing Nineteen Minutes and then maybe The 6th Target by James Patterson
4. Did you have to make any special arrangements to free up your whole day? Yeah but they fell threw
5. Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those? Constinatly. Just have to roll with the punches and entertain the kids
6. What surprises you most about the Read-a-thon, so far? How fun it is
7. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year? none off hand
8. What would you do differently, as a Reader or a Cheerleader, if you were to do this again next year? make sure that i have a babysitter for at least part of the day.
9. Are you getting tired yet? yeah I cheated and took a 20 minute nap
10. Do you have any tips for other Readers or Cheerleaders, something you think is working well for you that others may not have discovered? Nope just get up and walk at least every 2 hours

Checking in since my last post about my how my reading is going. I'm reading Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult and I've read 34 pages and had numerous interruptions.

Bookish Movies – A Read-A-Thon Mini-Challenge

Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin
Mischa Barton as Darcy

"Title Teasers" Mini Challenge
1. The Black Tower by Stephan King
2. An Old-Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott
3. The Lost Stories Of Louisa May Alcott by Louisa May Alcott
4. Necessary Stranger by Graham W. Foust
5. She's So Dead to Us by Scott, Kieran
6. Fireworks Over Toccoa by Stepakoff, Jeffrey
7. Deja Dead by Reichs, Kathy
8. Scones and Sensibility by Eland, Lindsay
9. All Unquiet Things by Jarzab, Anna
10. Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
11. Perchance to Dream
by Lisa Mantchev
12. The Dead-Tossed Waves (Forest of Hands and Teeth, Book 2) by Ryan, Carrie
13. I Kissed a Zombie, and I Liked It by Selzer, Adam
14. Prophecy of the Sisters (Prophecy of the Sisters Trilogy, Book I) by Zink, Michelle
15. Very Valentine by Trigiani, Adriana
16. The Girl Who Fell from the Sky by Durrow, Heidi W.
17. Marriage and Other Acts of Charity: A Memoir by Braestrup, Kate
18. Making History by Stephen Fry
19. White Cat by Holly Black
20. Letters to My Mother by Teresa Cardenas

Alot of these had mulitiple choices so it was kind of hard to guess which title or which writer.

If I win you can comment on my blog.

Read-a-Thon Mini Challenge: Early Favorites

The first book that I can Remeber LOVING would have to be Erich Segal's Love Story. I remember finding it mixed in a box full of my parents old stuff. I read it for the first time when I was about 13 and there was one summer that I reread it at least 2 or 3 times.

Still just chugging along on nineteen minutes luckily everyone is asleep so I should be able to do major reading now. I just have to stay off the computer.

HELP!!!!! I'M STARTING TO DRAG. I thought that there was supposed to be cheerleaders that went around to everyones blog and cheered them on? Is anyone even reading this?

I'm sorry I get cranky without sleep. But sometimes it's just nice to know that your not wasting your time writing things when no one is reading them. Between my son waking up and my computer having internet problems it's been an interesting hour I'm really into my book but the words are blurring a little bit.

I have the lines of a matchbox 20 song running though my head. at least i think it was their song. "Hello can anybody hear me?" tahts all i can remember. It's the day of the arraingment in the book. Such a good book.

Most Hated Mini-Challenge!

Lula from the stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich. She just makes it about herself and trys to acts all big and bad when she's not and she just annoys me to no end.

honeydew - I am so sorry you didn't get any cheerleaders. I am impressed with the amount you got done. Great effort - and great job of persevering in the face of loneliness in the depths of the night. When I read your earlier posts, you seemed to be doing so well, I forgot to check back. I'm sorry.

Oh it's not your fault MerryMary. I just get cranky with little or no sleep.

Poor Lulu. You definitely want to strangle her sometimes!

Well she wouldn't be so bad if she didn't mouth off so much and didn't act so big and bad. You have no idea how disappointed i was with finger lickin fifeteen because it revolved around her so much.