Dewey's Read-a-thon: April 2010 04/10/2010
 It's that time again! Time to read hard.core. 24 hours. Nothing but books. I don't know how often I'll update but I look forward to all the fun. First book up is The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Let's do it...  Hour Six Update Man the time sure does fly! I finished my first book, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie and it was great. I will post a review in the coming days for this one. I just started a MG (I think) book called Bird by Angela Johnson. I'm bought it for my son at a library sale recently so I'm doing a preview reading. I'm 30 pages into that. The Mr. and the kid started me off distracted with all of their questions as they tried to get out of my hair for awhile. Now I'm kinda in a groove. Gonna grab some a cheese and tomato sandwich then might hit the Free Step on my Wii Fit Plus and read simultaneously. Yeah, I'm kinda weird... Pages read: 260 Time spent reading: 5 hours Books completed: 1 Food consumed: 1 bagel w/ strawberry cream cheese and water  Hour 12 Update So, I actually did a half hour of Free Step aerobics on the Wii while reading. My second book, Bird, was okay. It was not the performance Angela Johnson delivered with First Part Last. I'm now just over the halfway mark with Heidi Durrow's The Girl Who Fell From the Sky and really enjoying it. I knew I'd like this book. Honestly, I woulda been pissed if it hadn't delivered as I expected. Before my little workout I did handle some lunch and that's about it. I'm kinda staying away from challenges this time and it seems to have me at a better pace. Pages read since last update: 248 Time spent read since last update: 5 hours 40 mins Books completed since last update: 1 Total pages read: 508 Total time reading: 10 hours 40 minutes Total books completed: 2 Food consumed: Tomato and sharp cheddar cheese sandwich (toasted), plain chips, pomegranate and cranberry juice, chocolate chip cookie  Hour 17 Update Just readin' and eatin' and readin' and eatin'. This means that once I regain consciousness sometime tomorrow, I'll be hitting the Wii Fit pretty hardcore. Anyway, I've finished my third book since last update. A review of The Girl Who Fell From the Sky definitely to come soon. Loved.it! I also started Searching For Tina Turner. I just don't know about this one... Pages read since last update: 138 Time spent reading since last update: 4 hours 3 minutes Books completed since last update: 1 Total pages read: 646 Total time reading: 14 hours and 43 minutes Total books completed: 3 Food consumed: I just finished some Pop Secret Homestyle and a coke and the rest I've blocked from my memory as it's too shameful to say. Oh yeah, I do remember some kinda gourmet crackers and monterey jack cheese.  Hour 24 Update I'm done. I finished my 4th and final book. Searching For Tina Turner was...meh. Oh I will be reviewing this one too and it's not gonna be pretty. My reading got super slow the last 4 hours and I didn't have a page number goal but am kinda bummed I just missed 1000 pages. There's always September. It's 6:20 a.m. 40 minutes shy of 24 hours. Once again, I read HARD.CORE. :P Pages read since last update: 278 Time spent reading since last update: 6 hours 15 minutes Books completed since last update: 1 Total pages read: 924 Total time reading: 20 hours 58 minutes Total books read: 4 Food consumed: just lots of water Comments04/10/2010 7:55am
Yeeeeeah!! I hope you have a fab reading day. Keep it up! Book Psmith 04/10/2010 12:05pm
Hope your reading is coming along. Enjoy! 04/10/2010 7:59pm
LOVE Part Time Indian always book talking it to 8th gr honors. I loved Heaven and First Part Last, sorry Bird wasn't that great. I've only done one challenge myself. It is better to just read... 04/10/2010 11:39pm
You are amazing! I can't wait for your review of The Girl Who Fell From the Sky, that book just keeps catching my eye. BrownGirl 04/10/2010 11:54pm
All I can say is that my fellow book bloggers are so effin awesome! I appreciate all the cheers and support. :) 04/11/2010 4:53am
Congratulations on all the reading you've done so far, and good luck making it to the end! 04/11/2010 5:00am
You're doing brilliantly! Not long to go now. Keep reading! :) 04/11/2010 1:55pm
Hardcore is good! I'm sad I fell asleep well before I wanted to. I keep hearing good things about The Girl Who Fell From the Sky. I'm officially putting in on my TBR list. Comments are closed. | Authors and publishers feel free to check out my review policy and contact me regarding review requests.
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