We’ve got a little more than an hour to go of the 24 Hour Read-a-Thon but I realised that I no longer feel like reading. So I’m going to quit! I’ve read for an embarrassing total of 3:15 hours (*hides in shame*) but that’s more than I’ve read in a long time and I got halfway The Book of Negroes -a chunkster- so I’ve met my goal. ;)
You can laugh.
You can point your fingers at me.
You may argue that I’m not a worthy readathonner.
BUT I’M HAPPY WITH WHAT I’VE DONE! And I know you’re all nice people and won’t think anything bad of me anyway! :D
A big THANK YOU to the organisers, mini challenge hosts, cheerleaders and all participants who made this spring 2013 read-a-thon possible. I hope to see you all around next fall!
Early End of the Event Meme
- Which hour was most daunting for you?
The first few hours when I had expected to read a lot in one stretch before I needed to go to a birthday party but didn’t . :( - Could you list a few high-interest books that you think could keep a Reader engaged for next year?
Well, the book I have been reading today is definitely one of those: The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill!
Another would be Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami or Julian Barnes’ The Sense of an Ending for a shorter novella. - Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year?
Not really, everything runs so smoothly! Except maybe that I don’t like mini challenges that take up a lot of reading time but are too tempting to resist. I’ve had issues with those in previous years and now I tend to ignore the challenges as a whole so I won’t get distracted. - What do you think worked really well in this year’s Read-a-thon?
I can’t think of anything that went better than other times! - How many books did you read?
(*whispers*) Not even one: just the first part of The Book of Negroes; books 1 and 2. - What were the names of the books you read?
Ha! I already mentioned that several times and I don’t think you want to hear me say it again! LOL - Which book did you enjoy most?
Well, THAT one. ;) - Which did you enjoy least?
– - If you were a Cheerleader, do you have any advice for next year’s Cheerleaders?
– - How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again? What role would you be likely to take next time?
Yes please! Looking at my results I shouldn’t challenge myself beyond reading though…
The Sunday Salon is a virtual gathering of booklovers on the web, blogging about bookish things of the past week, visiting each others weblogs, and oh — reading books of course ;)
Graasland 
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zondag 28 april 2013 bij 12:52
midnightbookgirl
lol, the whispered part made me laugh! You did great! This year I listened to audiobooks and did most of the early challenges. I normally skip the ones in the later hours though. And I cheered and hosted a challenge, but again, listening to audiobooks made that easy. I wonder if announcing what the mini-challenges are prior to the day of readathon would help get more participants? Hmmm…