It’s Time for Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathon

Good Morning Everyone!

The day is here for our next 24 hour Readathon.  I will be using one post this one to track all 24 hours along with the mini challenges to go along with them.  I hope you are ready for a fun day!

Opening Meme

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

I am reading from Oxford, Michigan.  Just a little town about a hour north of Detroit.  It is a going to be a cool fall day here today.  We are looking at a high of 49 degrees with a light drizzle.  Perfect day for reading!

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

I am going to be the first one to admit that I am unprepared as far as what books I am going to be reading today.  I have in the past planned but never followed my plan.  My TBR pile is well crazy so I know I won’t have any trouble finding books and this way I can wing it when my mood changes.
3) Which snack are you most looking forward to?

I think that there will be some gummy worms and apples with caramel involved with my snacking today.  Again unprepared as the week got away from me.  I don’t get the chance  to read the full 24 hours since my son had a marching band competition which will take us out and while we are out there will be a grocery trip.
4) Tell us a little something about yourself!

Hi!  I am Lisa.  I am 35 years old.  I have two boys ages 13 and 12.  My husband will be doing the readathon with me today.  It is a great day to be lazy and enjoy spending time together with one of our favorite passtimes.  I work for CDK Global where I manage a team of graphic designers who make content and code updates to auto dealer websites.  I love my job and the people I work with!
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 did!  I just take it in stride.  I took my first couple of readathons super seriously and found that I did not enjoy them as much as when I relax and just have a good time.  This is about reading not a competition for how many books I can read.  I will be cheering along the way was well!  For each hour that I read, I will be spending about 10 minutes of that hour cheering.

Let’s get started!

 

Hour 1  8am-9am

Name of Books Read:
Amount of Time Read:
Pages Read:
# of Cheers Completed:

Summary:

Total Books Read:
Total Amount of Time Read:
Total Pages Read:
Total Cheers Completed:

Notes: This was a hour where we had to grocery shop, get gas, auto parts store and bank

 

Hour 2  9am-10am

 

Mini Challenge

It is tea all the way for me #teamCSLewis

Name of Books Read: Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys
Amount of Time Read: 10 minutes
Pages Read: 12 pages
# of Cheers Completed: 0

Summary:

Total Books Read: Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys
Total Amount of Time Read: 10 minutes
Total Pages Read: 12 pages
Total Cheers Completed: 0

Notes: Finished Running Around and dropped off son for Marching Band
Food: Nothing
Hour 3  10am-11am

Mini Challenge

Reading Position

 

Ok, I am not sure creative but here it is.

Shelfie

This is one of the  shelves  in our office.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name of Books Read: Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys
Amount of Time Read: 40 minutes
Pages Read: 54
# of Cheers Completed: 8

Summary:

Total Books Read: Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys
Total Amount of Time Read: 50 minutes
Total Pages Read: 66
Total Cheers Completed: 8

Notes: Good Hour – cheered – did two mini challenges
Food: Chocolate Milk and Blueberry Scones
Hour 4 11am-12pm

 

Name of Books Read: Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys
Amount of Time Read: 30 minutes
Pages Read: 46
# of Cheers Completed: 11

Summary:

Total Books Read: Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys
Total Amount of Time Read: 1 hour 20 minutes
Total Pages Read: 112
Total Cheers Completed: 20

Notes: Good Hour – cheered – off for a few hours due to Marching Band Competition
Food: None

Hour 9 4pm-5pm

Yeah I won a door prize for cheering while I was gone!  So much fun!

Name of Books Read: Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys
Amount of Time Read: 0
Pages Read: 0
# of Cheers Completed: 42

Summary:

Total Books Read: Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys
Total Amount of Time Read: 1 hour 20 minutes
Total Pages Read: 112
Total Cheers Completed: 62

Notes: We made it back about 4:15.  The kids has a good competition and placed 4th.  Only 2 point between 1st and 5th.  I dedicated this hour to cheering since I missed hours 5-9.
Food: None

Hour 10 5pm-6pm

Name of Books Read: Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys
Amount of Time Read: 45 minutes
Pages Read: 90
# of Cheers Completed: 0

Summary:

Total Books Read: Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys
Total Amount of Time Read: 2 hour 5 minutes
Total Pages Read: 202
Total Cheers Completed: 62

Notes: Nothing to say.  Returned some tweets and enjoyed my book.
Food: Chocolate Chip Cookie

Hour 11 6pm-7pm

Name of Books Read: Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys
Amount of Time Read: 60 minutes
Pages Read: 123
# of Cheers Completed: 0

Summary:

Total Books Read: Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys
Total Amount of Time Read: 3 hour 5 minutes
Total Pages Read: 325
Total Cheers Completed: 62

Notes: Book one completed!  Off for a quick shower and on to book 2
Food: None

Hour 12 7pm-8pm

Mid-Event Survey:
1. What are you reading right now? She’s So Dead to Us by Kieran Scott
2. How many books have you read so far? 1
3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Read-a-thon? I’m not sure.  We shall see.
4. Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those? Yes, we had to go some things this morning which killed the first hour and a half of the read-a-thon then we had my son’s marching band competition.  I thought I could read there but it was raining so that was out.  Overall, I knew I was facing it so I just let it go and am doing the best I can.
5. What surprises you most about the Read-a-thon, so far? That I have already cheered for everyone in my group!

Name of Books Read: She’s So Dead to Us by Kieran Scott
Amount of Time Read: 40
Pages Read: 56
# of Cheers Completed: 0

Summary:

Total Books Read: Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys
Total Amount of Time Read: 3 hour 45 minutes
Total Pages Read: 386
Total Cheers Completed: 62

Notes:
Food: Gummy worms

Hour 13 8pm-9pm

Name of Books Read: She’s So Dead to Us by Kieran Scott
Amount of Time Read:  30
Pages Read: 46
# of Cheers Completed:

Summary:

Total Books Read: Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys
Total Amount of Time Read: 4 hour 15 minutes
Total Pages Read: 432
Total Cheers Completed: 62

Notes:
Food:

From Here I was A Huge FAIL!  I guess the week caught up with me because I feel asleep.

End of Event Meme:

1. Which hour was most daunting for you? All of over night because I feel asleep!
2. Could you list a few high-interest books that you think could keep a Reader engaged for next year? I thought She’s So Dead to Us was good
3. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year? Keep doing what you are doing!
4. What do you think worked really well in this year’s Read-a-thon? Cheering!
5. How many books did you read? 1
6. What were the names of the books you read? Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys
7. Which book did you enjoy most? She’s So Dead to Us
8. Which did you enjoy least? none really
9. If you were a Cheerleader, do you have any advice for next year’s Cheerleaders? Have a plan of attack and have fun!
10. How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again? What role would you be likely to take next time? I will read and cheer again!  Hopefully doing more than the little I did this time