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Dewey's 24 Hour Readathon Updates

4/23/2016

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As you may have guessed from the silence here on Smiling Shelves, my little guy showed up a few weeks ago (more on this in a post next week). Life has been just a bit crazy since then, but I am still determined to participate in this readathon!

Most of my participation will be on Twitter, since that's easier than jumping on the computer. You can follow me to get my update posts - @SmilingShelves. I'm planning to update this post at the end to see just how much (or little) actual reading I got done today.

Happy Readathon, everybody!

Here's what I read:

Pages read: 198
Books finished: One (On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Audiobook listened to: Two and a half hours (A Red Herring Without Mustard by Alan Bradley)

All in all, I'm pretty pleased. Keeping up with Twitter made me feel still involved, even if I didn't get tons of time to participate. I did discover that there's nothing better than reading with a sleeping baby in your arms, though!
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Susan in TX
4/23/2016 06:40:49 pm

Congrats on the arrival of your little guy! I noticed you went silent and was hoping all was well. (Hope you get some reading time in, but readathon will come around again, and your new little one will only be this little once -- enjoy!)

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
5/15/2016 04:36:28 pm

Thanks, Susan! Next readathon, I'm hoping my little guy can participate even more! :)

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Kailana link
4/23/2016 06:54:59 pm

Congrats on the new arrival!

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
5/15/2016 04:36:47 pm

Thanks, Kailana!

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Kate @ Mom's Radius link
4/23/2016 08:44:24 pm

Congrats! Enjoy your reading today.

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
5/15/2016 04:37:17 pm

Thanks, Kate! It was a lot of fun. :)

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Kim (Sophisticated Dorkiness) link
4/24/2016 09:21:57 am

Congrats on your new arrival! I hope you found some time to read despite all of the time and care a new infant takes. Thank you for taking the time to stop and comment on my blog during all of that!

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
5/15/2016 04:37:48 pm

Thanks, Kim! I'm finding moments here and there to keep reading. :)

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Christine @Buckling Bookshelves link
4/25/2016 04:46:42 pm

Congrats Julie! I hope mama and baby are both doing well. You totally rocked this readathon with newborn. It is pretty great to read while holding a sleeping baby...I already miss that since my ONE YEAR OLD (how did that happen already?!?!) isn't big on staying still anymore :) :)

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
5/15/2016 04:38:36 pm

Thanks, Christine! He's so cozy! I'll make sure to savor all of these moments for when he's a bit more mobile. :)

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Emily link
5/1/2016 06:24:14 pm

Congrats on your new little guy, Julie! Enjoy this wonderful time!

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
5/15/2016 04:39:02 pm

Thanks, Emily! I'm trying to savor every moment! :)

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