Weekend Plans

Many around the book blogging community are participating in a GoodReads Catch Up Readathon hosted by Once Upon a Chapter.  I thought about it.  I do so love my readathons.  But then I started thinking about everything else I wanted to do this weekend and next week.  And the readathon started to seem like a chore.  So I won’t be participating this time around.  I have some other things that I want to get done today, tomorrow, and Sunday:

• Library crawl — Yep that’s right, a library crawl.  I’ve lived in Omaha for over 6 months and still haven’t been to most of the branch libraries.  So I decided this would be the perfect time.  And the library closest to my house just reopened after a huge renovation project.  I want to find the best magazine, children’s, and graphic novel areas.  Those always seem to be lacking at the branch I usually go to (it’s right between home and work). 
• Prep my huge collection of March posts — I’m gearing up for a month long event celebrating my 30th birthday.  I have posts scheduled every day.  Plus, I’m hosting a big giveaway (tune back in March 1st for details).  I need to have all of that basically ready to go by March 1st so I don’t get behind.
• Finish my Disney trip scrapbook — I have less than a third to go…
• Catch up on Downton Abbey — I just started season 2 the other night and have been itching to get back into it
• Catch up on The Vampire Diaries — I’m only one episode behind.  Unfotunately, I have to watch it on cwtv.com because our server went down the other day.  It’s rebuilding, but will probably take a few days.
• Laundry/dishwashing/bathroom cleaning — Oh the joys of chores.  I need to schedule these, otherwise they never get done.

Quite a list of things for this weekend.  And on top of all that, I am toying with a self-imposed readathon on Sunday… But I guess I have to get through most of the list first. 

Btw: A double check on my GoodReads Challenge shows that I am 8 books ahead of my goal (total 200).  I think that will hold me for awhile.

 

Frightful Fall Readathon Finish Line

Time Read Today:  1 hours 42 minutes
Time Read Total: 14 hours 15 minutes

Pages Read Today: 276
Pages Read Total: 1877

Books Read Today: 1.5
Books Read Total: 9

Thoughts/Comments:  Finished The Boys Volumes 3 and 4.  Love them both.  I am powering through these volumes!

My goals:

• Read at least 5 books COMPLETED!
• Review all books read COMPLETED!
• Update once a day COMPLETED!
• Participate in the mini challenges/contests COMPLETED!

TBR List:

• Jack of Fables: Americana
• Fables: Wolves
• Heat Wave by Richard Castle
• Accidentally Dead by Dakota Cassidy
• Accidentally Catty by Dakota Cassidy
• The Affinity Bridge by George Mann
• Night World Vol. 1 by L.J. Smith

Added reads:

• The Accidental Werewolf by Dakota Cassidy
• The Elephant Mountains by Scott Ely
• The Boys: Vol. 1 The Name of the Game
• The Boys: Vol. 2 Get Some
• The Boys: Vol. 3 Good for the Soul
• The Boys: Vol. 4 We Gotta Go Now

I read over my goal (9 books!) and completed all reviews for books read.  I’m very proud of myself for staying on top of everything even while settling into a new job and a new routine.  I also participated in a few mini challenges (my favorite was the Scary Movie trivia, I just adore trivia).  Overall, I think I did a good job with this readathon.  Now I have a week off and then the Dewey 24-Hour Readathon and Bout of Books Readathon.  I think I’ll take a bit of a reading break in preperation for those. 

 

 

Frightful Fall Readathon Update 6

Time Read Today:  1 hours 24 minutes
Time Read Total: 12 hours 33 minutes

Pages Read Today: 354
Pages Read Total: 1601

Books Read Today: 1.5
Books Read Total: 7.5

Thoughts/Comments:  Accidentally Dead wasn’t the best read, but definitely entertaining for a few hours.  And of course, The Boys is just awesome!

 

Frightful Fall Readathon Update 5

Time Read Today:  0 hours
Time Read Total: 11 hours 9 minutes

Pages Read Today: 0
Pages Read Total: 1247

Books Read Today: 0
Books Read Total: 6.3

Thoughts/Comments: I had an all day training, so no reading today.  The training wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be, but it still was a long 8 hours.  At some point I developed a headache.  I might do some reading tonight.  Hopefully.  We’ll see.

 

Frightful Fall Readathon Update 4

Time Read Today:  3 hours
Time Read Total: 11 hours 9 minutes

Pages Read Today: 276
Pages Read Total: 1247

Books Read Today: 1.3
Books Read Total: 6.3

Thoughts/Comments: I finished The Boys: Get Some and started Accidentally Dead.  I’m only 60 pages into Accidentally Dead, so I haven’t really decided what I feel about it yet.  Slow reading day.  Work was a big crazy (lots nd lots of meetings and people coming in) and I had a baby shower to attend after work.  Tomorrow I have an all day training but get off work early.  I plan on finished Dead and at least one more Boys volume.

Mini Challenge from The Book Retreat:

1. My mini challenge is for you to choose a character from a book you have read or are reading during this read-a-thon, and pick a Halloween costume for them. What would they want to dress up as for Halloween? A vampire? A superhero? A sexy pirate? Think about the character and what you think they would want to be if they were heading off to a Halloween party.1. Identify the character and the book they appear in.

2. Tell what kind of costume they’d choose.

3. Explain WHYyou chose that costume: What is is about the character that makes you think they’d want that type of costume?For an extra point toward winning the prize, share a picture you’ve found online that shows what you think the character would look like in their costume (or create your own picture if you’re so inclined).You can only enter one character per book, but if you read multiple books during the read-a-thon, you can enter a character for each one you read.

My answers:

• Marty Andrews from The Accidental Werewolf would be a fairy princess.  As she has now been turned into a werewolf, she misses her blond hair and pastel color wheel.  She would want to be able to live that etheral beauty of a fairy princess at least for one day.
• Wee Hughie from The Boys would be a ninja.  Hughie has just joined the band of superhero police.  He’s very innocent and insecure and having a hard time using his genetically altered strength and reflexes.  If he could hide behind a ninja mask, I’m sure it would make him feel more confident.
• Angela from The Elephant Mountains would be an angel.  Early in the book, Angela’s entire life has been taken from her.  She professes that everything that has happened is part of God’s plan.  If she dresses up for Halloween, it would be as an angel to show her devotion to God.
• Jack from Jack of Fables would definitely be a well-dressed gangster.  He always wants money and power, but doesn’t want to get them through legal means, so a gangster is perfect.  And I could totally see him a pinstriped suit with fedora and cigar as accessories.

 

Frightful Fall Readathon Update 3

 

Time Read Today: 1 hours 54 minutes

Time Read Total: 8 hours 9 minutes

 

Pages Read Today: 252

Pages Read Total: 971

 

Books Read Today: 2

Books Read Total: 5

 

Thoughts/Comments: I finished The Elephant Mountains by Scott Ely and The Boys: The Name of the Game.  Two great reads… but work got a little crazy and I had a headache.  So it ended up not being the best reading day.  Never fear, I have big plans for Thursday. That is, until I have to go to a baby shower. 

 

 

Frightful Fall Readathon Update 2

Time Read Today: 2 hours 57 minutes

Time Read Total: 6 hours 15 minutes

Pages Read Today: 393

Pages Read Total: 719

Books Read Today: 2.5

Books Read Total: 3.5

Thoughts/Comments: I finished Jack of Fables: Americana and Fables: Wolves.  Plus I read about half of The Elephant Mountains.  Of course I loved Jack and Fables.  The Elephant Mountains is intriguing.  I’ll have to see what happens in the second half of the book.

 

Frightful Fall Readathon Mini Challenge #1

 

From Castle Macabre:

First of all, I want to apologize for the late posting of this mini-challenge.  Hosting a read-a-thon is a lot of work.  No wonder Dewey’s 24 hour needs so much help! I know why now.  =O)  Anyway, since it is so late, I’m going to make this relatively simple.  Also, since I’m doing three mini-challenges this week (and I had more prize donations, so I might be throwing in a little scary trivia contest.  We’ll see!), each one will run for two days.  This one will kind of overlap with the next one because I posted so late.  So this mini-challenge will be open until Wednesday at 10pm CST.

All you have to do is go online to an image site (Google images, photobucket, etc.) and find the scariest image you can.  Post the link in the comments and as they come in, I will put the images up in the post so everyone can see them (a nod to vvb32 reads…she does this on her blog all the time).  If you want to also do a blog post with the image, that is totally up to you.  All I ask is that you leave the link in the comments.  At 10pm tomorrow night, I will choose 3 winners randomly and each of the winners will pick a prize from the prize page.  Fun, fun, fun!!!

Once I post these, I will never be able to look at my post again.  Notice that they are all related.  Can you guess my phobias?  My scary pics:

 

 

Frightful Fall Readathon Update 1

Time Read Today: 3 hours 18 minutes

Time Read Total: 3 hours 18 minutes

Pages Read Today: 326

Pages Read Total: 326

Books Read Today: 1

Books Read Total: 1

Thoughts/Comments: Finished The Accidental Werewolf.  Great fun read.  Have some good looking books on tap for tomorrow.

Mini Challenge 1

So here goes the deets:

**Look to the left…the first item that you see is your only weapon during the Zombie Apocalypse*** (Don’t cheat and try to find something cool! If the first thing you see are socks then that’s what you got!)

The only thing I see to my left is a plate.  A small salad plate.  I could possibly use it to hit a zombie upside the head, but I really don’t think it’s going to be a very good weapon.  To survive, I really need to find some good blunt objects.  A cricket bat would be awesome!  I now have the urge to go online and but a cricket bat to have on hand.  Just in case!

 

Frightful Fall ReadaThon Oct. 3-9

From Castle Macabre:

It’s almost that time again…my next seasonal read-a-thon! I usually host these at my main blog, The True Book Addict, but, as promised to the participants of my summer read-a-thon, I am doing a spooky theme in honor of the scariest time of year–the Halloween season.  So I decided that hosting it here on my new horror blog would be quite appropriate.

Details

• Dates:  Monday, October 3 at 12:00am through Sunday, October 9 at 11:59pm (your time zone).
• To go along with the scary theme, this time I will have a requirement.  You must read at least ONE scary book during the read-a-thon.  If you are not a horror fan, then make it a thriller or a mystery, as long as the book has some kind of spooky premise to it.  Those of you who fulfill this requirement, and sign in at the starting line, will automatically be entered in the participant giveaway.
• Read as much or as little as you want.  You do not have to join in all week.  Start during the week or just do the weekend.  It’s your decision.  Just be sure to sign in at the starting line when you start reading.
• I will be hosting a scary themed mini-challenge and hopefully we will have other mini-challenges and/ or giveaways (see note above).
• Our hashtag for Twitter will be #frightfall

Excited to start another readathon.  I haven’t done one in a few months.  Unfortunately I have work all next week, but I’m hoping to get some reading done each night and during my lunch breaks.  I also have a baby shower on Thursday night and an all day crop on Saturday.  This will put a dent in my reading time.  But still, I am hopeful!

My goals:

• Read at least 5 books
• Review all books read
• Update once a day
• Participate in the mini challenges/contests

TBR List:

• Jack of Fables: Americana
• Fables: Wolves
• Heat Wave by Richard Castle
• Accidentally Dead by Dakota Cassidy
• Accidentally Catty by Dakota Cassidy
• The Affinity Bridge by George Mann
• Night World Vol. 1 by L.J. Smith