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Dewey's 24 Hour Readathon Updates - October 2017

10/21/2017

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Dewey's Readathon is finally here! As I mentioned in my prepping post, I've got some time dedicated to my library book sale this afternoon. But other than that, it's a day of reading!

​Opening Survey

1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today?
Michigan, where the leaves are colorful and gorgeous, and it's supposed to be 75 and sunny today. At least the crazy Michigan weather is working in my favor this time.

2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?
Code Name Flood by Laura Martin. I LOVED the first book in the series, and I can't wait to read the sequel.

3) Which snack are you most looking forward to?
I don't have tons of snacks planned, but I am going out to lunch and planning to get a bacon cheeseburger with a fried egg on top. So good!

4) Tell us a little something about yourself!
I'm a stay-at-home mom with my son who is a year and a half. My favorite day of the week is Wednesday when we volunteer at our school library.

5) If you participated in the last read-a-thon, what’s one thing you’ll do different today?
I try to keep this day as unscheduled as possible, but this year, it coincided with my library book sale. I just couldn't pass that up!

Hour Nine Update​

Time spent reading: Two hours and 29 minutes
Number of pages read so far: 80
Book I'm reading from: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
Book I'm listening to:​ Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan
Number of bags of books that I bought at my library book sale:​ Nine

​Hour Fifteen Update

Time spent reading: Five hours and 2 minutes
Number of pages read so far: 344
Book I'm reading from: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark; Code Name Flood by Laura Martin
Book I'm listening to:​ Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan
Number of books I've finished:​ One (The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie)
It's time for bed for now, but I'll be able to get a bit more reading in before church tomorrow. Sometimes it pays to set the alarm for 6 a.m.!

​Final Readathon Numbers

Time spent reading: Five hours and 20 minutes
Number of pages read: 390
Number of books finished:​ One
Another great year! Can't wait for next time!
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Nadia link
10/21/2017 06:15:18 pm

Challenge: Make New Friends :)

Hello Julie!

I hope you're enjoying the read-a-thon! :)

I truly hope when my boyfriend gets home he comes back with some nice and delicious McDonalds :P reading your Opening Meme just made me desire any McAnything even more :P

Enjoy your read-a-thon! And take care :)

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
10/21/2017 08:40:48 pm

I hope you got your McDonalds! Have a great readathon, Nadia!

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Anna link
10/21/2017 06:25:05 pm

Hi there!
I just want to wish you luck with the readathon! I hope you have a lot of fun and enjoy all the books you read!

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
10/21/2017 08:40:12 pm

Thanks, Anna! I hope you're having a great readathon as well!

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Jaret G
10/21/2017 08:03:59 pm

Sounds like you had a great day "planned" today. I'm impressed with how much restraint you showed at your library sale today. Only nine bags, wow. Good luck knocking down that TBR list today!

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
10/21/2017 08:39:49 pm

It was a really fun day! Thanks for stopping by!

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