Monday, October 11, 2010

End of Read-a-thon

I was really hoping to stay up until around the 19th hour, but I crashed around the 14th near the end of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.  Lesson learned:


Do not read a selection with the word "sleepy" in the title if you're trying to stay awake.


In all, I read for about ten hours, which is always a win in my book (pun completely unintended and only noticed when proofreading).  On Saturday I read:



and most of


And then on Sunday I was in denial that the read-a-thon was over, so I read:


And started:


I have found that reading short books is just like eating chips--you can't eat just one, and it's hard to stop until the bag is empty.  I'm looking at all the books left in my pile that I knew I wouldn't get to, but now it just breaks my heart to think of taking them back to the library unread.  I may have to sneak them into my week somehow.  I'm not sure I can stop myself . . .

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10 comments:

  1. BuffyOctober 11, 2010 at 9:40 AM

    You did great, Shelley!

    I should pick up Legend of Sleepy Hollow -- I think my daughter would enjoy reading it together. What was the Uncommon Reader like?

    I hope you have a great start to your week. I'll be interested to see what you pick up next. :)

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  2. AmandaOctober 11, 2010 at 10:02 AM

    I love it! I haven't put my books back on the shelves or taken the library books back, either...

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  3. AnonymousOctober 11, 2010 at 10:27 AM

    Wow, you read so many books during the readthon and all of them look really interesting!

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  4. CassOctober 11, 2010 at 2:13 PM

    84 Charing Cross Road has been on my TBR list for a while now. Maybe I'll save it for the next readathon!

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  5. Col (Col Reads)October 11, 2010 at 3:04 PM

    Shelley, the line about not reading a book with "sleepy" in the title during the Readathon made me laugh out loud! Thanks, I needed that :-)

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  6. alisonwonderlandOctober 11, 2010 at 3:34 PM

    Your "lesson learned" made me laugh too! You did a great job on the read-a-thon!

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  7. Rebecca ReidOctober 11, 2010 at 5:20 PM

    I think short books is the way to go. I read for about 8 hours (a win in my book) and I did not start and finish any books -- I just finished one I'd already started and made little progress in my huge chunksters. Not very satisfying. at any rate, glad you had so much fun.

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  8. *ೃ༄ JillianOctober 12, 2010 at 5:09 PM

    You did great! You finished far more than me. Congrats!! :-)

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  9. AmusedOctober 14, 2010 at 11:21 AM

    Wow, you did great with a full weekend read a thon! Nice work!

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  10. Peaceful ReaderOctober 17, 2010 at 7:23 PM

    Loved the covers-You did a great job. I get too sleepy and would fall asleep after two hours!

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