[Sunday Salon] – Read-a-Thon and Ongoing Challenges Update

Sadly it’s only a short meaningless Sunday Salon post from me today (do I ever offer anything else )) as I’m suffering the fallout of participating in my first 24 Hour Read-a-Thon.
I managed to read three titles in the 24-hour period, way less than a lot of the participants, but it’s three more [...]

24 Hour Read-a-Thon: End of the Event Meme

Seeing as I failed to enter any of the mini-events during the Read-a-Thon (heaven knows how you guys do it) I thought I should at least do this one.
1. Which hour was most daunting for you? When I woke up at 05:00 and still had half of Heart of Darkness to read. It’s [...]

24 Hour Read-a-Thon Hour 24 (plus 28 Minutes): Done and Dusted!

I’m done! I’m dusted! and I’ve finished this extraordinary journey. I managed to read only 3 books in total to completion, but I’m happy with that. I’m away now to freshen up and have breakfast (lunch) but I will return later both to give a fuller account of how I felt I fared during this [...]

24 Hour Read-a-Thon Hour 19: The final push!

Local time is 07:43 and I’ve just finished Heart of Darkness. Whether it was was down to trying to comprehend the prose at such an early hour, or whether the material was just too dense (I think you’re right Kim ), it’s really been a tough, laborious couple of hours finishing off the second [...]

24 Hour Read-a-Thon Hour 17: Who turned the lights out?!?!

Local time is 05:06. Managed to fall asleep around 01:00 (oops!), halfway through Heart of Darkness. Determined to get this finished by 07:00 so I can get a third book finished before the time limit. Not a brilliant total, but a total nonetheless.
Thanks to all who have stopped by to offer words of encouragement and [...]

24 Hour Read-a-Thon Hour 07: An Afternoon Full of Distraction

Well the Read-a-Thon has been going now for just over seven hours and I’ve only just finished my first title. I’m a little disappointed because my afternoon has been full of distraction and interruption, but it’s still an achievement I guess. To claw back a bit of time I’m going on to read the shortest [...]

24 Hour Read-a-Thon Hour 01: Let the Games Begin!

It’s 12:06pm (GMT), the Read-a-Thon has started and I’m heading into my first book. Contrary to my initial Read-a-Thon post, I’m starting with The Diary of a Nobody by George & Weedon Grossmith. I think it gives me a nice easy lead-in to the challenge, which is something I feel I need.
As for posting [...]

RobAroundBookLists: Eva’s 24 Hour Read-a-Thon list

Friday is RobAroundBookLists day, when I highlight one of the infinite number of recommended reading lists on the Internet, and as it’s the start of the 24 Hour Read-a-Thon tomorrow (yes I am taking part..gulp!), what better list to point to than the amazing recommended 24 Hour Read-a-Thon reading list compiled by Eva over at [...]

24 Hour Read-a-Thon: I’m in!

Due to all of the reading challenges I’ve got on right now (along with the task of having to read through a newly arrived review novel), I have been deliberately ignoring Dewey’s upcoming 24 Hour Read-a-Thon this weekend (starting 18th October). Then I got to thinking “Hey! Doing this Read-a-Thon could actually benefit me here. [...]