Dewey Read-A-Thon…. we interrupt the regularly scheduled hoo hah and what nots of this blog…

Published on by Sheila (Book Journey)

And I am OFF and READING!  I am up and ready to READ READ READ today!  If you are scratching your head saying Read-A-Thon… what read-A-Thon… you can check it out on the Dewey Read A Thon site.  My book list is not impressive or well thought out as I just didn’t plan for any thing really and plan to use the old “grab as I go” technique.  Seriously – I am not lacking for any reading materials here…

First here’s a bit about me:

1)I am reading from Central Minnesota

2)Three random facts about me are – I just took up kick boxing this week (OW!), I have been to Honduras 8 times to work with kids who live on the street, and I have a once in-house office that now serves as my library (and thank goodness as the option would be to have books EVERYWHERE… er, which I kind of do anyway.

3)I have plans to read 5 or 6 books throughout the read-a-thon (see book list below)

4)I have no real goals other than to commit to reading instead of seeing something shiny and getting distracted… oh and to have fun.  Fun is a good thing 😛

5)This is my 4th read-a-thon…. my advice to newcomers is just have fun…. (oh, I said that already?)  Well…. that’s how important it is… tackle the books that you want too…. read at least one guilty pleasure book – that book on your shelf that you want to read sooooooo bad and just never seem to get to it.  Oh, you know the one.  Shoot…. so do I… now I need to change my list!  “Doh!”

 

Midnight Book Girls Mini Challenge was to create a sentence using books only.  FANTASTIC!  Here is what I got:

Thirteen Reasons Why The Outside Boy Sold The Dress Lodger. (LOL)

 

I had to try Hungry Readers Challenge which was to recreate a book cover for a book I am currently reading for the readathon…. so here goes…

and the actual cover….

LOL – that was AWESOME!  And yes I used my ET from Disney World for the cover pick….LOL

 

 

In Hour 7 here is Hannah’s (Word Lilly) Challenge where we were asked to try origami:

This.... is a frog. Yes.. feel free to laugh 😛

A total epic fail on my part, but decided to post it anyway… at least for a smile 😀

 

Ok entering Mini Challenge for hour Four:  Book Puzzle – we are asked to create a puzzle using book titles…. so FUN!!!  😛

Hate List by Jennifer Brown

 

Dreamland by Sarah Dessen

 

I do have a few in the planning and I will let you in on them here:

I eat Hate Lists for breakfast!  Oh… well, uhhh… in this case I do.  I am kicking off on this book that I was able to read a few pages last night and I am moving forward on as soon as this post is up.

Dreamland is my “I need an eye break” audio all set up in the kitchen ready to play if I stop for substance….

Berg of course is on the agenda… what would a read-a-thon be if I had not included Berg in the mix…. that’s like having a party without chips…… UNHEARD OF!

Partially read and then set down for I don’t know why…. I need to complete this book.  I think the read-a-thon is a good time to finish the books I have not but have meant too.

Another one I have started and not finished yet…. today (HOPEFULLY) could be the day I complete it.

Hmmm….. I guess I do kind of have a plan then.  Well – Excellent! Also, I am reading for a cause – my post of where my pages are being donated to is here.  😀

I will post updates on this post throughout the day.

Off I go to read and hope to see you all back here for the mini challenge later today!

63 thoughts on “Dewey Read-A-Thon…. we interrupt the regularly scheduled hoo hah and what nots of this blog…”

  2. I wish I could participate but alas I will be working for 9 of the 24 hours… Maybe next year. I’m looking forward to hearing what you think about the Kitchen Boy its been on my TBR list for a little while!

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  3. Enjoy! I wanted to participate but my husband is throwing a large bday party for me tonight and we have shopping an cleaning to do.

    Have a blast reading – those are some great options!

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  8. Great list!! The Kitchen Boy was one of my top ten reads last year, but then I am very interested in the Romanovs. Have fun today!

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  11. Enjoy the day Sheila! And kickboxing! How fun. 😉

    Have some Dessen in my stack as well–hope it’ll be good for the readathon.

    Good luck!

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  12. Read with joy Sheila.

    I’ve been so busy messing around on my post, twitter, fb, the thon hub and doing mini-challenges I have yet to pick up a book. But when I do it will be Berg’s The Last Time I Saw You. Yeah was supposed to have that read a month ago for Wordshaker’s.

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  13. Enjoy reading. I hope you had fun. I stumbled upon your blog via Deweys Read-a-thon the year before and have loved your writing. Cannot participate this year but I hope you have tonnes of fun..

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  14. Happy read-a-thon day! Oh, I didn’t even think of reading The Hate List today. Although, I think I might need some lighter fare to start off the day.

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  23. Great puzzles! Thanks for playing. And you were the lucky random winner – email me with your address and two book choices from the list on my blog! librariansbook(at)gmail

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    1. LOL…. I was on my way out the door Hannah to go support the Camp silent auction and did not have time for a retry….. I had to post it though…. my hubby thought it was pretty funny. 😛

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  27. Good luck! 🙂

    I had thought about joining in, but I’ve had a busy couple of weeks and could do with relaxing (though I’m off out to see a comedian tomorrow night!).

    Will check in again tomorrow 🙂

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