Saturday, October 12, 2013

Yay Readathon! Updates Galore!

I've always wanted to make it through the whole 'thon from start to finish! This year I have a pretty good feeling!  
So here is my update number ONE. 
Update 1st Hour:
Book:  Necromancing the Stone
Pages: 46
Foodstuffs: Monkey Bread, Coffee, Water
Challenges:
Introductory Challenge
1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today?  Anniston, AL :) or my couch. :P
2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to? Game by Anders De la Motte or The Dark Tower (my list is not a static one so I can't really say what I'll be reading today!)
3) Which snack are you most looking forward to? MONKEY Bread! lol
4) Tell us a little something about yourself! This is my upteenth readathon attempt! I'm 32 and a mommy/wife/virtual assistant/book lover/cat mommy...hmmm I am a coffee addict so expect a lot of coffee mentions.
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? This is not my first rodeo, so I will remember to get up and walk around. Drink tons of water and take a cat nap if I feel super tired. Switch up my books if it gets boring or tedious. Hmm I think that's it.

Made it to hour 2!!!

Update Hour 2:

Book: Necromancing the Stone
Pages: (started 46) 66 pages this hour
Foodstuffs: Coffee, Water
Challenges: Skipping the challenge this time. :)

Update Hour 3:

Book: Necromancing the Stone
Pages:(started page 112) 58 pages
Foodstuffs: orange juice and cheese grits (hey! i'm southern! deal with it!)
Challenges: Skipping again! :)
still going strong!
Update Hour 4:

Book: Necromancing the Stone
Pages: (starting at 170)56
Foodstuffs:perrier and oj
Challenges: Skipping again! Focusing on reading :)

hour 4 it's ON baby!


Update Hour 5:

Book: Necromancing the Stone
Pages: (starting at 226) 65 pages! almost done!
Foodstuffs: perrier, cheese dip and chips
Challenges:  Skipping again! :)

weeeee! still hanging in there!

Update Hour 6:

Book: Necromancing the Stone (FINISHED)
Pages: (starting at 291)NtS 50 pages STARTED BOOK 2 Dead Men Kill  (started pg. 3) 62 pages total
Foodstuffs:perrier, an apple
Challenges:  None for me this hour, thanks!

hour 6? i am here!
Update Hour 7:

Book: Dead Men Kill (DNF)
Pages: (started page. 15) 26 pages (DNF) New book: The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger 18 pages ( 44 pages total
Foodstuffs:perrier, water...
Books Finished: Necromancing the Stone 
Challenges: Not this hour either. :P

my thon so far has been about like this..no twitter stalking for me!


Update:  Hour 8
Book: The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger
Pages: (started pg. 18)  5 pages
Foodstuffs: none
Books Finished: Necromancing the Stone (DNF Dead Men Kill)
Challenges:None this hour.

I'm going to take a brief nap with my son. He's not feeling well and I need to recharge a little. So I'm not expecting much reading to be done in my 8th hour.

sorta kinda took a nap and now i'm back in action


Update:  Hour 9
Book: Game
Pages: GS-23 pages STARTED Game 31 (TOTAL PAGES: 54)
Foodstuffs: energy drink, clam chowder..I WILL BE SO FAT AFTER THIS THON!
Books Finished: Necromancing the Stone (DNF Dead Men Kill)(DNF The Gunslinger)
Challenges: skippity skip skip this one too! :P

 gah I hope that was the last of the DNF monsters...

Update:  Hour 10
Book: Game
Pages: (started pg. 31) 14 pages SLLOOOOWWWW reading hour
Foodstuffs:water
Books Finished: Necromancing the Stone (DNF Dead Men Kill)(DNF The Gunslinger)
Challenges: none

not reading related but I love pewdiepie :P


Update:  Hour 11
Book: Game
Pages: (started page 45) 45 pages
Foodstuffs: water, energy drink
Books Finished: Necromancing the Stone (DNF Dead Men Kill)(DNF The Gunslinger)
Challenges:selfie challenge 

when people call during readathon...

Update:  Hour 12
Book: Game
Pages: (started page 90) 23 pages
Foodstuffs: poptarts and perrier
Books Finished: Necromancing the Stone (DNF Dead Men Kill)(DNF The Gunslinger)
Challenges:

Mid-Event Survey

1) How are you doing? Sleepy? Are your eyes tired? I'm doing peachy. Had a little mini nap with the kidlet earlier and have gotten up and did a few very wonky jumping jacks and squat like movements to perk myself up. *Making said kidlet giggle*
2) What have you finished reading? I have finished Necromancing the Stone.
3) What is your favorite read so far? I'm really liking Game..first thought was that it was a young adult but it is SOOO NOT a YA lol
4) What about your favorite snacks? Monkey bread. Dear sweet heavens that stuff is delish!
5) Have you found any new blogs through the readathon? If so, give them some love! I have had a rather anti-social readathon this year. I've not really visited many blogs. 



I love you perrier, I feel lik you understand me on a deep level

Update:  Hour 13
Book: Game
Pages: (started page 113) 39 pages
Foodstuffs:perrier
Books Finished: Necromancing the Stone (DNF Dead Men Kill)(DNF The Gunslinger)
Challenges: nope for this hour.



Update:  Hour 14 and 15 (COMBO HOUR)
Book: Game
Pages: (started page 152) 232 pages
Foodstuffs: food! Husband brought dinner home!
Books Finished: Necromancing the Stone, Game (DNF Dead Men Kill)(DNF The Gunslinger)
Challenges: Audio Book Dream Date 

Update:  Hour 16
Book:  Outpost
Pages:21
Foodstuffs: food! Husband brought dinner home!
Books Finished: Necromancing the Stone, Game (DNF Dead Men Kill)(DNF The Gunslinger)
Challenges:  nope

Break Time.....

8 comments:

  1. Mmmm cat nap. I will totally be taking one of those WITH my cat later.

    Hope you have a great readathon!

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  2. I could watch that sloth all day! Hope you have a great readathon :)

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  3. Awesome gifs! Supernatural <3
    Have fun reading!

    Tanja
    #TeamOtter

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  4. Glad your first couple of hours are going well!

    Lisa
    #TeamOtter

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  5. Congrats on Finishing your first book!!!

    Lisa
    #TeamOtter

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  6. Ha ha, loooove the gifs!! You're doing such a great job of reading and updating and doing the challenges! Whew! :D I might need to take a bit of a snooze soon myself. Zzzzz

    Jennifer~ Team Otter Cheerleader!
    The Relentless Reader

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  7. Supernatural has a gift for every occasion. Isn't it great? And yay for Cas (I mean asocial) read-a-thons!

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  8. Loved reading all your updates! You're doing great.

    Team Otter Cheerleader, Joy
    Joy's Book Blog

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