Coffeespoons

It's 12 midnight where I am, and four hours have passed since the Readathon started. My children and my husband are asleep, while I am here, struggling not to fall in with them. Although I started reading exactly at 8, which is when the Readathon started, I lost an hour and a half in between due to a long personal phone call. Goes to show that, no matter how well you plan things, life gets in the way. Ah well. So, how am I doing? Here are my stats, so far... Title of book read since last update: Still Pillars of the Earth (I'm only reading the one book, but I'm trying to finish it.) Pages read since last update: 90 pages of extremely tiny font Running total of pages read since you started: 90 pp. Amount of time spent reading since last update: 2 1/2 hrs. Mini-challenges completed: None. Not really planning to do any. Other participants you’ve visited: 10 Prize you’ve won: None yet, but if you give me one, then I can place something here.:) H...

In the rush of everything--job, family, even the NYRB reading week , I almost forgot: I'm joining Dewey's 24-Hour Read-a-thon this Oct. 9! I've joined this particular read-a-thon twice before . Both times, I think my performance was pathetic. Two and a half short books the first time ; three books the second . Well, at least there was some improvement. But I keep joining because hope springs eternal. That is, I hope I can actually get a lot of reading done. And because Dewey's Read-a-thon was the first blogging event that made me feel part of the Great Book Blogging Community (notice the capitalized letters. heehee.) This time, I join again as a reader. I leave the cheerleading to the eternally energetic ones. And I'm changing my strategy. Whereas before, I wanted to get as many books finished as I possibly could, this time, I shall not pressure myself with such lofty goals. Instead, I think I'll view this read-a-thon as an opportunity for me to final...