Readathon 2015 Updates and Challenges

Hour Eighteen Update

Whew! That was a long haul of reading just now!

What I’m (we’re) reading now: I read 15 pages of Dune and then switched back over to We'll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han, the final book in that series.

How many pages read since last update: almost 100 maybe?

How many pages read total: 600 plus?

Books finished since last update: I finished The Red Notebook. Really cute book! Toto finished Ignite. Loved it. Her friends finished The Graveyard Book and almost Harry Potter #2!

How many minutes/hours read since last update: 3 hours perhaps. We had a dinner break when the husband went out and got Cafe Rio for us!

What we are listening to: We put Spotify back on for awhile. Oliver Shanti radio station

What we are eating: Cafe Rio!

Distractions: dinner, and the more crazy kitty stuff (sheesh I can tell she can tell something was weird about today!), rain, feeling uncomfortable ( I kinda got sick of my reading spot) and etc.

I didn't take more pictures and I didn't do any more mini challenges. :(

This will be my last update for the day! I'm going to read in bed for awhile and then I'll do a wrap up tomorrow! Take care and Happy Reading!

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Hour Fourteen Update:

What I’m (we’re) reading now: The Red Notebook by Antoine Laurain . Really enjoying it!

How many pages read since last update: 133

How many pages read total: nearing 500

Books finished since last update: none

How many minutes/hours read since last update: 2 hours

What we are listening to: silence. It's sort of making me crazy.

What we are eating: nothing since last update. I'm feeling a bit snacked out.

Distractions: nothing too much here either. Very quiet at our house right now.

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Hour Eleven Update:

What I’m (we’re) reading now: I read a about 30 pages in Dune. I need to read something else now. I think I'll try this really tiny book that came to me in the mail the other day called The Red Notebook. The girls are still reading the same book from last update. The one boy joining us said he was done reading and left the party!

How many pages read since last update: 30!

How many pages read total: 300 and plus

Books finished since last update: none

How many minutes/hours read since last update: three hours maybe?

What we are listening to: hmmm, nothing now. Wind and rain is starting up though.

What we are eating: we've just finished a lunch break of frozen pizza and a brownie. Yeay!

Distractions: sleepiness is setting in pretty big. Also, just the comings and goings of people in the house. The cat left us alone for several hours so much so that we thought she'd become lost! Also, my phone, Instagram and Twitter and taking pictures. See below.

Here are some pictures:

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Hour Eight Update:

I finished a book! :)

What I’m (we’re) reading now: In between books, but I think I read a few pages in Dune now.

How many pages read since last update: about 100 I think

How many pages read total: 280 or so

Books finished since last update: I finished It's Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han. One teenager finished The Winner's Curse and started in on Ignite by Sara B. Larson. Another one stopped Harry Potter for a bit to read Calamity Jack by Shannon Hale. Yet another one is getting tired and called for his mom to come get him in a bit!

How many minutes/hours read since last update: a couple more hours

What we are listening to: Han Zimmer

What we are eating: same.... broke out the chips and nuts now to. I'm getting hungry for some real lunch soon though.

Distractions: starting to feel a little sleepy eyed. Not too many other distractions this time though. It's been pretty good!

Some more pictures:

The treasure hunt:
tree, snow, weapon

We are eating a lot of caramel popcorn!

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Hour Six Update:

Sheesh! This is when I freak out about how fast the day is flying by.

What I’m (we’re) reading now: We are all still reading the same books!

How many pages read since last update: I think I've added another 80 pages or so.

How many pages read total: 200 ish

Books finished since last update: none!

How many minutes/hours read since last update: Many distractions this past sprint, probably only actually read half of the time, an hour and a half maybe.

What we are listening to: changed the Spotify station to Hans Zimmer. A lot of Interstellar is coming through.

What we are eating: broke out the caramel popcorn and the peanut butter m and ms. :)

Distractions: giggling teenagers, crazy cats, beeping phones and etc.

Here's the group reading shot if you missed it on Instagram:

Also, our four seasons books:

And now I'm going to have a shower so I can feel a little more human.

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Hour Three Update:

What I’m (we’re) reading now: It's Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han

The teenagers are reading: The Davinci Code, The Winner's Curse, Harry Potter #2 and The Graveyard Book

How many pages read since last update: I've read 120 pages so far! Other pages reported: 50, 75.

How many pages read total: See above!

Books finished since last update: None yet!

How many minutes/hours read since last update: 2 hours

What we are listening to: David Arkenstone station on Spotify

What we are eating: We have just taken a breakfast break... strawberry banana smoothies and muffins.

Distractions: Breakfast... and the arrival of two more teenagers. So that's me, me daughter and three extra kids now! We'll see how this goes!

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Happy Readathon! Let the reading begin!

Here, all day long, I'll be updating my (our) reading progress and experiences and fun. Be sure to follow along on my Instagram and Twitter too! (See sidebar for links!)

Each time I update, I'll put the newest bits up top and I'll just add to this post all day. I always start out strong and peter out as the day goes along. I expect tomorrow to be no exception! But maybe I'll update a little more than normal!

Here's my opening get to know you post:


1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today?

UTAH!

2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?

You know, I'm not sure! I think a Jenny Han book will be fun. :)

3) Which snack are you most looking forward to?

Peanut butter M and M's.

4) Tell us a little something about yourself!

Let's see. I have four kids, two still at home. One of them is off to France in a week for study abroad and I'm so nervous! I work at the library in administration doing odd jobs and secretary stuff. I've been blogging for a long time and knew Dewey and her readathon way back when. I remember thinking..."you guys are so CRAZY!!" :)

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?

I've got it pretty much figured it and won't be changing anything up too much. We are expecting a bunch of teenagers to join us today, so I'm looking forward to that. One of them is here already! Arriving a few minutes before the official start time! (which is 6 am here. Crazy!)

I'm off to read! See you back in a few.