Read-A-Thon Update
Posted 11th April 2010
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Thank you to all the cheerleaders who have visited, reading your comments certainly gave me the drive I needed to finish the first book in a place where there was a loud television program on and people making phone calls (I read best in a quiet environment).
I decided to write a mini-review of The Magician’s Nephew which I’ll be posting after the event. I’ll carry on reading for another hour or more – The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe – and set my alarm for the morning. I had to stop part way through today for a couple of hours so want to make the most of the remaining time while also staying awake.
Starting Read-A-Thon
Posted 10th April 2010
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I’ve been able to start earlier than planned and am beginning with The Magician’s Nephew from The Chronicles Of Narnia.
On The Eve Of Read-A-Thon
Posted 9th April 2010
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Having suddenly realised that Read-A-Thon is tomorrow I thought I’d better make a plan of sorts. I wasn’t going to but going into the big read undecided will take time away from the goal.
As a child I read The Chronicles Of Narnia – up until halfway through book six. I won’t say why I didn’t finish them now because I’ll be covering it in a later topic but I look back and think it was silly of me to get so far and then stop. Each of the seven books are pretty short, years ago it was daunting but as an adult I know I should be able to get through them quickly enough.
I went to the bookstore a few days ago and picked up The Luminous Life Of Lilly Aphrodite which I’ve wanted to read for some time; that’ll be my “relief” selection. If I get bored with the chronicles, and that’s quite possible because Voyage Of The Dawn Treader goes on and on, I have this to fall back on.
As said previously, I will be starting several hours after my country’s starting time, around 7-8pm. I’ll turn in as late as I can and get up as early as I can, tired eyes will have the say here. I’ve realised it won’t be fun updating only once so I’ll update on finishing a book or two. If I decide to review the books I’ll also take time out for that.
And food plans – I’d never thought to think ahead on this until I started reading other people’s ideas. I’ve been eating far too much chocolate these past week (thank you, Easter) so I’ll use this occasion to get back to vegetables. Fresh ready meals, for health but speed, will be my indulgence.
Ready, set, read.
24 Hour Read-A-Thon
Posted 4th April 2010
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I’ll be participating in the 2010 Read-A-Thon (10th April) as a reader. I wanted to participate in some way, and decided to just jump into the deep end and go for reading. I’ll be starting a few hours after my country’s starting time, reading until late, but still getting sleep because I recently stayed up until 4am for Breaking Dawn and it wasn’t the best idea. I’m going to aim for a modest one book because it usually takes me at least two days to finish one so it’ll work out to my advantage anyway. I’ll probably take a few breaks to read other’s blogs and post one big update of my own at the end.
