Dewey's 24 Hour Readathon!!! final update

Today is the Fall 2009 Dewey's 24 hour read-a-thon! I have prepared by cleaning my house and doing laundry the day before, grocery shopping is done; no chores to do on Saturday. All my favorite reading spots are prepped with blankets and pillows. I have comfy pj's to wear all day, easy to prepare meals and snacks.

I am going to update this post with my reading progress and confessions of any naps I might take. I'll also update on Twitter.

In case I get grumpy when I get tired, I have 3 DVD's from Netflix of Curb Your Enthusiam to make me laugh.

Here is my list of books that I will be choosing from to read, unless my mood changes and I add to it. I don't expect to read them all, I just want lots of choices:

The Virgin's Daughters by Jeane Westin

New Mercies by Sandra Dallas

A Royal Pain by Rhys Bowen

While My Pretty One Knits by Anne Cabadeo

Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laura Viera Rigler

Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris

Once a Witch by Carolyn MacCullough

A Fatal Waltz by Tasha Alexander

Prophecy of the Sisters by Michelle Zink (I read half of this before the read-a-thon)

Ruined: A Ghost Story by Paula Morris

Good luck to all my fellow read-a-thoners!

8:30 am woke up late because ironically was up late last night reading. Also bed was just so comfy. But I'm up, dogs are fed and I'm ready to start with The Virgin's Daughters

 

#1-11:19 oh dear, read a little over an hour then napped an hour. Not good. Think a wake up shower is in order and some food. Also not going to read in bed. Still with The Virgin's Daughters pg 76. very lame showing for me so far. will pick up speed

#2 12:42 Had mini-meltdown over technical issues w/ map mini-challenge. I am not a morning person unless I am at the office. So ate lunch and watched an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm. Now ready to jump back in. I'm switching to Prophecy of the Sisters, of which I am 1/2 done with because I started it earlier this week. I'm off!

#3-4:58 Am doing terrible, I am just so tired today. Plus all my reading spots are very comfortable and make me want to sleep.

so far I have read 1/2 of The Virgin's Daughters and am almost finished with Prophecy of the Sisters but I started that half finished. On a normal Saturday I read more than this! Not sure what is going on. I really like my YA books that I have but why are all part of a trilogy? Is that a YA thing? So now I am going to start Ruined, but am going to watch in front of the tv which is my normal thing and I usually get a lot of reading done that way. First I am off to check on some of my blogger friends.

PS- And thanks to all of you who have been cheering me on- you are greatly appreciated!! 

#4 Hour 12- I was off to a very slow start this morning (and afternoon) but am doing a little better now. I finished The Virgin's Daughters and Prophecy of the Sisters and am now 1/2 way through A Royal Pain. I decided to hold off on Ruined as I felt I needed a cozy humorous mystery. Also I am much more wide awake than before. I expect I can at least make it until 5am, not sure about 8am. I'm not sure what my next pick will be once I finish my current read but I'll be back to update.

Mid event meme

Mid-Event Survey:
1. What are you reading right now?  A Royal Pain

2. How many books have you read so far? 2

3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Read-a-thon? Ruined

4. Did you have to make any special arrangements to free up your whole day? Not realy, just did my errands and cleaning yesterday

5. Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those? no interuptions, just that I am not a morning person and easily get grumpy

6. What surprises you most about the Read-a-thon, so far? It's easier for me to read unplanned

7. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year? Only for me not read-a-thon itself

8. What would you do differently, as a Reader or a Cheerleader, if you were to do this again next year? Not even attempt to get up at 8 am on a Saturday after crazy work week. Also to have no expectations before 2 in afternoon

9. Are you getting tired yet? Have already had 2 naps, I'm a night owl so starting to hit my stride

10. Do you have any tips for other Readers or Cheerleaders, something you think is working well for you that others may not have discovered? none

#5 1:00AM Just finished A Royal Pain. I'm not sure why it takes me longer to finish the second half of a book than first. I feel like such a slow reader only, 2.5 books completed so far.
I'm going to start Definitely Dead, #6 in Sookie Stackhouse series. I think I will switch on and off with Ruined which I meant to get to earlier.

final update: I crashed at 2:30 last night, normally I am a night owl but I didn't take an evening nap which I often do. But I took 2 naps during the day, which I never do! I got some of Ruined read and some of Definitely Dead. I think I will read those later today

My hat off to others that fared far better than I did, and some had distractions of a family, which I didn't since I lived alone. I will do the next read-a-thon but will have some sort of strategy. But I am really glad I participated in this, it was awesome!

Thanks to everyone who left comments and cheered me on, that meant a lot to me, thank you thank you!!