Dewey's 24 Hour Readathon Updates

Today is the readathon! I've gotten everything out of the way that I could (except for laundry), and I am ready to read! Bring on the books!

And for the first time, I'll be tweeting! I just created a Twitter account on Thursday, so I'm definitely new at this. You can follow me at @SmilingShelves.

Introductory Meme

1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today?
The beautiful state of Michigan, which is full of fall colors at the moment!
2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?
Probably Turn Right at Machu Picchu by Mark Adams. I've been wanting to read that one for a long time.
3) Which snack are you most looking forward to?
I'm going out to lunch, and the restaurant has these really amazing parmesan mushroom sticks. They kind of hard to describe, but oh, are they good!
4) Tell us a little something about yourself!
I live in a 120-year-old farmhouse, and my husband is spending the day redoing our eaves so that we can keep out the invasion of the bats this winter. Hopefully, at least! (I hate bats!!)
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?
The biggest difference for me is that I now have a Twitter account that I'll be using to tweet throughout the day. Totally new for me!

Hour Six Update​

Time spent reading: Three hours and 46 minutes
Number of pages read so far: 209
Book I'm reading from: The Passion of Artemisia by Susan Vreeland
Number of books finished: One (Around the World on Two Wheels by Peter Zheutlin - and only because I had just 30 pages to go!)

Hour Nine Update​

Time spent reading: Five hours and 43 minutes
Number of pages read so far: 338
Number of books finished: Two (Around the World on Two Wheels by Peter Zheutlin & The Passion of Artemisia by Susan Vreeland)
Book I'm just starting:​ The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde (I'm listening to an audio production of it while reading along. Should be fun!)

Hour Twelve Update​

Time spent reading: Seven hours and 3 minutes
Number of pages read so far: 385
Book I'm reading/listening to: The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde (Although it turns out the book I have is the original version, and the recording I'm listening to is the revised version. That makes this really confusing occasionally!)

Hour Fifteen Update​

Time spent reading: Nine hours and 24 minutes
Number of pages read so far: 473
Number of books finished: Three (Finally got through the confusing-ness of The Importance of Being Earnest.)
​Best snack so far:​ Cinnamon-sugar cider donut!

Hour Seventeen (and final) Update​

Time spent reading: Eleven hours and 7 minutes
Number of pages read: 561
Book most recently read from:​ Turn Right at Machu Picchu by Mark Adams
Number of books finished: Three (Around the World on Two Wheels by Peter Zheutlin; The Passion of Artemisia by Susan Vreeland; The Importance of Beiing Earnest by Oscar Wilde)
Number of times my eyes have closed involuntarily in the last hour:​ Too many to count

Sadly, I think I'm going to have to call it a night. I'm loving the book I'm reading, but I just can't keep my eyes open anymore. It's crazy how fast this day always goes. But as always, I had a marvelous time, and I can't wait for this next round in April!