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The Boy Turned TwoThe little guy turned two this week. He sort of understood that it was a special day and that he was the star of the show. He took a lot of pleasure in all the birthday songs that his family sang to him - he also added some of his own tunes to the mix. Honestly, some days it feels so hard to believe that he is not a baby anymore. With my daughter, I felt the passing of each day and her birthdays appeared to be following the Martian calendar - they felt very far apart. But this guy has blazed through the past two years, I almost feel that I've missed months in between. I'm worried that if I pinch myself and blink twice, I may catch him packing for college. Yikes! 
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The Sunday Salon: The Day after a readathon

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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.

Rue, trying to insist that playing with
her is more fun than reading.
Yesterday, I participated in Dewey's readathon, after 3 years. Last time I did it, I read through the entire 24 hours, so that by morning, I was woozy and nauseated and having the beginnings of a migraine. But I loved it! The downside was that the readathon led to a long reading rut - all that reading just burned me out. There's a first time for everything. This time, I read at my pace - took breaks, went shopping, went browsing in B&N, made sure the husband wasn't bored out of his mind with my reading, and slept by 1 am.

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?

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Beth(bookaholicmom) said…
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!
October 13, 2013 at 11:34 AM
Booksnyc said…
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!
October 13, 2013 at 11:37 AM
bermudaonion(Kathy) said…
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!
October 13, 2013 at 12:36 PM
Juju at Tales of Whimsy.com said…
Good job! Sounds like you paced it out nicely.
October 13, 2013 at 3:07 PM
Sam_TinyLibrary said…
Sounds like you had an awesome readathon :)
October 13, 2013 at 3:12 PM
Athira / Aths said…
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.
October 13, 2013 at 6:34 PM
Athira / Aths said…
Me neither. I'm sure I had lots of tiny breaks every half hour, but I was able to read otherwise.
October 13, 2013 at 6:35 PM
Athira / Aths said…
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.
October 13, 2013 at 6:41 PM
Athira / Aths said…
Thansks! I'm glad it worked well this time.
October 13, 2013 at 6:41 PM
Athira / Aths said…
I guess it turned out to be great after all!
October 13, 2013 at 6:41 PM
Delia (Postcards from Asia) said…
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.
October 14, 2013 at 5:41 AM
Jennifer Hartling said…
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
October 14, 2013 at 11:15 PM
Helen Murdoch said…
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
October 15, 2013 at 12:36 PM
Athira / Aths said…
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.
October 16, 2013 at 7:11 PM
Athira / Aths said…
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!
October 16, 2013 at 7:15 PM
Athira / Aths said…
Oh yeah. Glad that I took plenty of breaks. It made me want to get back into reading.
October 16, 2013 at 7:17 PM
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