Dewey's Read-a-Thon, April 2014 Edition!

Wrap Up!

One more readathon down, and Heather and myself are still relatively sane! I think. I haven't talked to her this morning yet. 

1. Which hour was most daunting for you? Hour 22. That's when I finally crashed due to no sleep the night before and a terrible headache. 
2. Could you list a few high-interest books that you think could keep a Reader engaged for next year? I didn't get to read much this time around, but I highly recommend Tender at the Bone by Ruth Reichl.
3. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year? We're looking at the possibility of a Goodreads group. Definitely want to carry on the revamp we did for Cheerleading this year. Heather did an amazing job on that. 
4. What do you think worked really well in this year’s Read-a-thon? The cheerleaders did a great job with what they had to work with. 
5. How many books did you read? See above. 
6. What were the names of the books you read? See above. 
7. Which book did you enjoy most? Let's just skip all the actual book questions. 
8. Which did you enjoy least? Womp, womp.
9. If you were a Cheerleader, do you have any advice for next year’s Cheerleaders? Not much! I think everyone did a great job with the new system.
10. How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again? What role would you be likely to take next time? I'll be here in October! Planning, planning, planning. 

Hour 12 Update!

Wow, I hadn't meant to go QUITE that long without updating! There have been lots of admin tasks to do, and I got sucked into several of those today. On the whole I'd say I've read for probably 2 hours. I've got 120 pages under my belt, I think.

I've also been on Twitter quite a lot, cheerleading, and I've been commenting on blogs as well. After I finish Tender at the Bone, by Ruth Reichl, I intend to read a graphic novel or a novella, and I'll cheer some more! 

In past years I flake out right around Hour 21, but this year I'm gonna try to go all the way! Here's a short recap in pictures so far. 

I had a pretty decent breakfast fuel-wise (not the healthiest). Then I more or less ate junk food for lunch. But we redeemed ourselves with some halfway-decent nachos for dinner with shredded chicken, corn, kidney beans, etc. Wish I had some spinach and tomatoes to throw on top! 

How's the read-a-thon going for you? 

Mid-Event Meme!

1. What are you reading right now? See above!
2. How many books have you read so far? Just the one. And it was started before the 'thon. 
3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Read-a-thon? Probably The House on the End of Hope Street  or Saga, volume 3
4. Did you have to make any special arrangements to free up your whole day? Greyson is with his dad, but that's pretty normal for us. David has done yard work and generally tried to let me read. 
5. Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those? Only administrative ones, and those come with the territory. 
6. What surprises you most about the Read-a-thon, so far? THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS!
7. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year? Always percolating on that. 
8. What would you do differently, as a Reader or a Cheerleader, if you were to do this again next year? Nothing yet!
9. Are you getting tired yet? Little bit. I didn't sleep well last night, so there might be a power nap in my future. 
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? NA

Hour 1 Update!

We went early with the opening event meme this year, but I was busy with administrative stuff, so I"m on time but technically late with the questionnaire. 

1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today? DALLAS, TX y'all! If you've ever watched one of my YouTube videos you know that y'all is totally sincere. 

2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to? Probably The House at the End of Hope Street by Menna Van Praag. 

3) Which snack are you most looking forward to? Ummm, we're making a creamy taco chicken thing for dinner, so I'm pretty stoked about that! I also have leftover buttered popcorn Jelly Belly jellybeans in the house. 

4) Tell us a little something about yourself! I have been hosting the Dewey's 24 Hour Readathon with Heather for two years now! I also got married in March. 

5) If you participated in the last read-a-thon, what’s one thing you’ll do different today? If this is your first read-a-thon, what are you most looking forward to? We're doing plenty of things differently on the back-end of the readathon to make mine and Heather's lives easier! Hopefully it works! 

YOU GUYS!!! We're well over 600 readers! We might make it to 700! That's just incredible and insane! Heather and I have been hard at working organizing all the things, but now it's time to get down to business. I'll be doing the following on readathon day...

• CHEERING! This is my main task for the day. 
• Wrangling prizes behind the scenes and updating the prizes page!
• Trying to read at least a couple of books.
• Posting my WEDDING DRESS VIDEO CHEER!

I'll post all of my updates here every few hours, so I hope you'll stop by and say 'ello!