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Karsyn's Kickass Jocoserious, Kooky, Jannock book blog: Dewey's 24 Hour Read-A-Thon Ending.....

Sunday, April 27, 2014

Dewey's 24 Hour Read-A-Thon Ending.....

:( Does it HAVE to end? But I don't want it to!!



End of Event Meme:

Which hour was most daunting for you?
Will anyone believe me, if I say none?  :)  I've only started yawning since around quarter after 6, and my hubby woke up at 6:45 so I'm all chipper again though I am planning on a nap around 9 or so.

Could you list a few high-interest books that you think could keep a Reader engaged for next year?
Um, not sure.  I really enjoyed The Selection by Kiera Cass a lot more than I thought that I might.  That's what I ended up going with, beyond a shorter book and finishing the two I had been working on.

Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year?
No, not right now, everything has been great!!  

What do you think worked really well in this year’s Read-a-thon?
It seemed to me it all went well.  I followed a few blogs and mine was followed a little bit.  I was too late for a cheerleader, but I didn't mind that at all.

How many books did you read?
I finished up 5 books ~ 2 were ones that were long and I had started prior to RaT.  One was 846 pages, the other was 545.  I listened to 178 pages of the longer and read 276 of the shorter.  I also read a shorter book at 171 pages, a novella at 128 pages and a regular novel at 338 pages.  I read for about 20 of the 24 hours and finished 1083 pages.

What were the names of the books you read?
  • Inkheart by Cornelia Funke (276 pages ~ from 51%)
  • With this Collar by Sierra Cartwright (171 pages)
  • The Selection by Kiera Cass (339 pages)
  • Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke (178 pages ~ from 79%)
  • The Prince (Selection Novella) by Kiera Cass (128 pages)
Which book did you enjoy most?
The Selection by Kiera Cass

Which did you enjoy least?
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

If you were a Cheerleader, do you have any advice for next year’s Cheerleaders?
I was a reader.

How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again? What role would you be likely to take next time?
I do plan on joining in again and I will likely be a reader again, though with as much blog hopping as I did, I wouldn't rule out cheering as well.

The only thing I personally would change would be a different variety for challenges.   I mean, they were good but for me personally, they weren't my thing.  I don't take photos of myself, so that left me out of quite a few challenges, and I don't have much of a physical TBR so I couldn't do much with that.  I loved the Best of Lists the most, something I could easily do without photos or physical books (even finding a certain page on my Kindle is a pain).  Other than that, and that's just me being weirdly me, all was great!!  :)



My overall update ~

Read ~ 20 hours total (8-11am, 12-2:30pm, 4pm-2:30am, 3:00am-7am)
Completed ~ 5 books, going to start another in this last half hour
Current pages read ~ 1083 pages (178 of that was listening to audio for 9 hours.  YIKES!!)
Bloging Breaks ~ 4 hours total (11am-12pm, 2:30-4pm, 2:30am-3am, 7am-?)
Food ~ Oreos, Hot Dogs (lunch) & Mt Dew ~ pizza (dinner) ~ upcoming breakfast ~ Cinnamon Rolls!
Mood ~ Feeling good, slightly sleepy, little bit of a headache.  Hubby going to put cinnamon rolls in for breakfast soon, then I'll take a nap in a bit!!  :)


A VERY special THANK YOU to the bloggers who checked in on me through the night, it was fun to get comments and hear from others.  A special thank you to ~ <a href="http://ashleyfictionista.blogspot.com">Fictionista</a>, <a href="http://wall-to-wall-books.blogspot.com">Wall to Wall Books</a>, <a href="http://wavesoffiction.blogspot.com">Waves of Fiction</a> & <a href="http://www.tiftalksbooks.com">Tif Talks Books</a>!  Thanks ladies!!







6 comments:

  1. You did awesome!! That's a lot of books read and I'm glad you had fun!

    I managed to finish 2 books after the day I had and I'm really happy with that. Definitely going to sign up again in October and hopefully be able to read more!

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  2. Awesome job! Very proud!!!! Hope to see you next time as well!

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  3. Oooo man I just squeaked by you in pages!
    Great job!
    It was fun commenting with you.

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  4. 5 books is awesome, and with that amount of pages too?? You did a fantastic job :) I also didn't realize how much I acted like a cheerleader even though I did not initially sign up to be. It was one of my favorite parts!
    Random Ramblings

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  5. 5 books is awesome, and with that amount of pages too?? You did a fantastic job :) I also didn't realize how much I acted like a cheerleader even though I did not initially sign up to be. It was one of my favorite parts!
    Random Ramblings

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  6. I agree about being a cheerleader. I blog hopped as much as I could. Thought it was hard to find blogs sometimes since there wasn't an official list where we post updates. I would like to see that added.

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