A few weeks ago, Alex from The Sleepless Reader mentioned that she too lives in Brussels. I'm excited to now tell you that we managed to meet up and have lunch.
So. much. fun.
Alex is the first book blogger I meet in real life. It was so wonderful to be able to talk about the blogosphere, about the various people who blog, about the books that no one else has heard of. It was slightly strange as well, almost as if my blogging didn't properly exist before and now that whole world belongs to reality. You know?
Aside from being a fabulous lunch companion, Alex has a great blog that you should definitely check out. Head on over there and say hi! :-)
Friday, October 15, 2010
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Read-a-thon - Final Update!
That's it, it's over! I have to admit that I wasn't as productive a reader this morning as I was last night... I woke up with lots of chores in my head and I wasn't able to sit still for any amount of time... Still, I managed to get more of Mockingjay read, I'm on the last part now. I want to finish and know what happens, but I don't want the series to end. Does that make sense?
Title of book(s) read since last update: Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Number of books read since you started: three finished - Percy Jackson and the Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan, A Short Guide to a Happy Life by Anna Quindlen, The Borden Tragedy by Rick Geary and two started - Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins, Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Pages read since last update: 80
And the end-of-event meme:
1. Which hour was most daunting for you? I was getting very tired around hour 8 or 9. But I think I'm on the perfect timezone because it was 10pm in Belgium so I could just go to sleep as usual and wake up Sunday morning for more reading!
2. Could you list a few high-interest books that you think could keep a Reader engaged for next year? Mockingjay was a fabulous read-a-thon choice, I would think that the entire Hunger Games series would work very well!
3. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year? None, everything was great!
4. What do you think worked really well in this year’s Read-a-thon? Everything! :-)
5. How many books did you read? I finished 3 and started 2 more
6. What were the names of the books you read? three finished - Percy Jackson and the Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan, A Short Guide to a Happy Life by Anna Quindlen, The Borden Tragedy by Rick Geary and two started - Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins, Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
7. Which book did you enjoy most? Mockingjay!!!!
8. Which did you enjoy least? Little House on the Prairie was good in the sense that I need something simple, but it's not like it's riveting :-)
9. If you were a Cheerleader, do you have any advice for next year’s Cheerleaders? No advice, but if you haven't tried it you should, it's great!10. How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again? What role would you be likely to take next time? If I can get Joe to take Baby away again, I'd love to do this again in April, as both a cheerleader and a reader.
Title of book(s) read since last update: Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Number of books read since you started: three finished - Percy Jackson and the Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan, A Short Guide to a Happy Life by Anna Quindlen, The Borden Tragedy by Rick Geary and two started - Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins, Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Pages read since last update: 80
Running total of pages read since you started: 562
Amount of time spent reading since last update: 90 minutes
Running total of time spent reading since you started: 8 hours 10 minutes
Mini-challenges completed: the Hour 1 meme, Back-in-the-Day Children's Book Mini-Challenge, Show me the books, Armchair Traveller Mini-Challenge, Banned Books Mini-Challenge, Favorite Sidekick Challenge
Other participants you’ve visited: none during the last couple hours
Prize you’ve won: none
And the end-of-event meme:
1. Which hour was most daunting for you? I was getting very tired around hour 8 or 9. But I think I'm on the perfect timezone because it was 10pm in Belgium so I could just go to sleep as usual and wake up Sunday morning for more reading!
2. Could you list a few high-interest books that you think could keep a Reader engaged for next year? Mockingjay was a fabulous read-a-thon choice, I would think that the entire Hunger Games series would work very well!
3. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year? None, everything was great!
4. What do you think worked really well in this year’s Read-a-thon? Everything! :-)
5. How many books did you read? I finished 3 and started 2 more
6. What were the names of the books you read? three finished - Percy Jackson and the Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan, A Short Guide to a Happy Life by Anna Quindlen, The Borden Tragedy by Rick Geary and two started - Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins, Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
7. Which book did you enjoy most? Mockingjay!!!!
8. Which did you enjoy least? Little House on the Prairie was good in the sense that I need something simple, but it's not like it's riveting :-)
9. If you were a Cheerleader, do you have any advice for next year’s Cheerleaders? No advice, but if you haven't tried it you should, it's great!10. How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again? What role would you be likely to take next time? If I can get Joe to take Baby away again, I'd love to do this again in April, as both a cheerleader and a reader.
Bring on April! :-)
Read-a-thon Hour 21-22
Title of book(s) read since last update: Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Mockingjay by Suzanne Collin
Number of books read since you started: three finished - Percy Jackson and the Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan, A Short Guide to a Happy Life by Anna Quindlen, The Borden Tragedy by Rick Geary and two started - Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins, Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Pages read since last update: 90
Number of books read since you started: three finished - Percy Jackson and the Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan, A Short Guide to a Happy Life by Anna Quindlen, The Borden Tragedy by Rick Geary and two started - Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins, Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Pages read since last update: 90
Running total of pages read since you started: 482
Amount of time spent reading since last update: 90 minutes
Running total of time spent reading since you started: 6 hours 40 minutes
Mini-challenges completed: the Hour 1 meme, Back-in-the-Day Children's Book Mini-Challenge, Show me the books, Armchair Traveller Mini-Challenge, Banned Books Mini-Challenge
Amount of time spent reading since last update: 90 minutes
Running total of time spent reading since you started: 6 hours 40 minutes
Mini-challenges completed: the Hour 1 meme, Back-in-the-Day Children's Book Mini-Challenge, Show me the books, Armchair Traveller Mini-Challenge, Banned Books Mini-Challenge
Other participants you’ve visited:
Prize you’ve won: none (yet!)
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