Good morning! Did everyone survive the weekend? I hope wherever you are at you were able to experience a bit of nice weather, a little reading, and a lot of fun….
I think I did…. Friday was almost 60 degrees for the first time in Minnesota this year. I actually got on my bike. It’s true!
Saturday – well Saturday was the Dewey Read-A-Thon and despite the Camp Benedict Silent Auction being on the same day (I ran to it twice!) and dinner out…. I still did ok for a chick on the fly!
Here is what I accomplished:
Hate List by Jennifer Brown- start to finish 432 pages … sadly, this is the only book I finished
Open House by Elizabeth berg (car audio) 30 minutes
Dreamland by Sarah Dessen (kitchen/living room audio) 1 hour 10 minutes
Massacre at Mountain Meadows (bathroom/bedroom audio) 30 minutes
I was reading (listening) for charity, for Camp Benedict the camp for children with AIDS and their families. I pledged $1.00 for every 10 pages I read or 10 minutes I listened to audio. I also opened it up to others to sponsor me if they chose or make a donation…. here are the results:
My reading: $43.00
My Audio: $13.00
Millie: $3.00
Key from Random Acts Of Reading donated .5 cents a page: $21.60
Don Saxum $25.00
For a total of: $105.60!
Yesterday I skipped my morning gym weight lifting class knowing I was going to be there in the afternoon and instead visited the Monday What Are You Reading participants. I really enjoy seeing what everyone is reading and many times I can get through the list without adding a book to my tbr…. yesterday that was not true.
At There’s A Book, I found Danielle’s review for The Kitchen Daughter by Jael Mchenry
Also, Danielle caught me again with her review of The Fourth Stall by Chris Rylander
At Helen’s Book Blog, her review of A Thousand Sisters by Lisa Shannon grabbed me right away!
At Not Just Reading I was interested in a book called Half The Church by Carolyn Curtis James (unfortunately, this is the only one my library did not have.)
The top three have been reserved at my library. I usually visit the other blogs with my library reserve on-line page open…. just in case 😀
FINALLY – update to Kickboxing. Yesterday evening I took my third class and enjoyed it very much. They put me with a girl who was there for the first time and while we are both beginners, it was fun to talk to her and when we were given instructions I could whisper, “don’t worry…. I am still learning that too!”
It was fun – quite the work out and I am LOVING it! My friend Heidi is coming with when I go Wednesday evening, and I am working on my friend Wendy! (Come on Wendy – everyone is doing it! 😛 )
Ok – off – busy day…. book club meets tonight to discuss Sunday’s At Tiffanys by James Patterson
Book Journey 
Glad your reading for charity was successful, even if you didn’t get as much read as you’d hoped!
It was fun to do Hannah, I will definitely do it again for the fall readathon…. I was not planning on earning as much as I did for the event so that is exciting 😀
Definitely! 🙂
Sheila, I’m going to send a check to Camp Benedict today. I’ll make sure they know to credit your fundraising efforts. Thanks for letting me help out with this worthy effort.!
Thank you Kay! That is so sweet of you. I am going to email Connie so she can watch for it and put it in the right area. I really appreciate your generosity on such a wonderful cause!
You did well for, as you say, for “a chick on the fly.” Or for anyone, as a matter of fact.
I’ll be watching for your reviews as they filter down to us, and also waiting for more tidbits on your exciting kickboxing and biking journeys.
Oops, I put an extra “for” in there! LOL
Oh – I can always use an extra “for” Laurel 🙂
I am impressed with the kick-boxing! I know I’d probably last for about five minutes before collapsing in an exhausted heap.
Congrats on all of the reading you got done for the readathon!
Thanks Alyce… I have to kind of admit…. I am too 😳 LOL
Thanks _ I had a lot of fun with the readathon this spring!
You just now got to get on the bike – and my race season is half over! Lol. It will soon be almost too hot to ride here.
Here’s the epic ride of the year: http://pagesofjulia.wordpress.com/2011/04/11/ouachita-challenge/
Crazy huh? And I couldnt even really ride it as there is still snow across the trail. I have a busy weekend otherwise for sure I would be out there! We had a couple days of rain so I am hoping it is clear now 🙂
Great job on the read-a-thon/fundraising. One of these days I hope to be free to do the Dewey. It looks like fun.
And you’re right A Thousand Sisters looks awesome!
There will be another readathon in the October Angie – not sure of a date yet but it will be a Saturday…..:)
Thanks about the fundraising – I have to love the generosity of book bloggers 🙂
Hey! I just got Sundays at Tiffany’s from my library! can’t wait to hear about your reviews on it:)
I hope to be able to post about this week yet… I have blog tours that have all squished into the same week… one I had forgotten about too “doh!” It will be a fun one to share about 😉
Good job on your reading and fundraising!
I have Hate List and can’t wait to read it.
Thanks Medeia – I really found it to be – wow.
Congratulation on your readathon efforts- that’s a nice bit of money for charity!
Thanks Abigail 🙂
You did great on the read-a-thon. And you raised so much money for your charity…good on you!
Thanks Michelle 🙂
I’m always so late with commenting, but wow! You did an incredible job! Look at all that support you provide just by doing something you love doing already. So neat!
And thank you so much for the link-love! I hope you enjoy both of those books when get a second to squeeze them in! 🙂