Good morning, Sunday Saloners! I woke up just about an hour and a half ago, got some muffins into the oven, made my cup of tea and am sitting at my desk, browsing, reading and doing everything a lazy Sunday morning is supposed to be about. I have some office work I need to finish today, but hopefully, it doesn't transform into a day-long affair.
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| Rue, trying to insist that playing with her is more fun than reading. |
I did finish both the books I had planned to read - MetaMaus and Quarantine, and loved both of them. I also got a quarter-way through a third book - Monsters of Men, which started a little slow, but is now in the thick of action, so it's quite entertaining.
Here are some readathon stats:
Hours spent with a book: ~12
Books finished: 2
Books in progress: 1 (quarter of the way in)
Pages read: 614
Hours spent on distractions: ~4
Today, I need to catch up on everything I put aside yesterday, so I may not get to do much reading until late in the evening. There's that office work, then some grocery shopping, then clear through the week's mails, read blogs, clear emails, cook. Boy, sounds pretty busy when I put it all down like that.
How's your day shaping up?
16 comments:
I love your reading buddy! She is a cutie! I took a more relaxed approach to the readathon too. It was much more enjoyable. I can almost smell those muffins! Have a great Sunday!
Looks like you balanced out this readathon perfectly. I am generally not able to read straight thru for hours on end so building in breaks is essential. Have a good weekend!
Part of why I've never done a read-a--thon is I'm afraid of the burnout. It sounds like you found the perfect solution!
Good job! Sounds like you paced it out nicely.
Sounds like you had an awesome readathon :)
I found that my second time doing the readathon was so much more fun. Sure, I didn't get to be involved in the community much, but my reading went well and I'm still holding on to my reading mojo.
Me neither. I'm sure I had lots of tiny breaks every half hour, but I was able to read otherwise.
I didn't try a readathon since my first one because of the burnout. To my mind, doing a readathon doesn't make sense if I cannot do it for 24 hours and come out strong. But this time, I approached it differently and it worked.
Thansks! I'm glad it worked well this time.
I guess it turned out to be great after all!
Wow! I never did a readathon but 12 hours of reading in a day...makes my eyes hurt just thinking about it. It's great that you could do it, though, and it looks like you very quite productive, too.
Rue is such a lovely dog.
Hooray for the Readathon! I'm glad you participated again :D This was my 3rd time and I have more fun every time! I don't know if I'll ever make it 24 hours. Around hour 20 my mind starts to hurt, lol
Such a smart approach to the read-a-thon! I haven't done it in about a year, but I remember taking breaks felt really good and sane
It can be overwhelming for sure. It was like that for me the first time, and then I didn't do it for three years for exactly that reason. But this time I took it easier, so it was much less overwhelming. You should do it sometime - it's quite fun. You don't have to read continuous or even the whole 24 hours.
20 is great too. That's when my head would hurt as well and then I get taunted by the idea of being so close!
Oh yeah. Glad that I took plenty of breaks. It made me want to get back into reading.
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