24 Hour Read-A-Thon October 2014 Finish Line Hour 24 Update

1. Which hour was most daunting for you? I always do better in the spring with the read-a-thon. I didn't force myself to stay up last night because I was happy with my progress. I passed out in hour 16. 
2. Could you list a few high-interest books that you think could keep a Reader engaged for next year? Burn for Burn by Jenny Han and  Siobhan Vivian, How Zoe Made Her Dreams (Mostly) come true by Sarah Stroymeyer
3. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year? I think the read-a-thon is great. I do think the blogs were a bit quiet this time around probaby because cheerleaders are always lacking. I might consider cheering for a few hours in April. 
4. What do you think worked really well in this year’s Read-a-thon? The social media was great. I loved the goodreads group. 
5. How many books did you read? 2. I finished the last little bit in Zoe. Then I read all of Burn for Burn and started a little bit of Fire With Fire.
6. What were the names of the books you read? How Zoe Made Her Dreams (Mostly) Come True by Sarah Stroymeyer, Burn for Burn by Jenny Han and Siobhan Vivian
7. Which book did you enjoy most? Burn for Burn
8. Which did you enjoy least? I liked them both
9. If you were a Cheerleader, do you have any advice for next year’s Cheerleaders? N/A
10. How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again? What role would you be likely to take next time? I might consider being a reader and a cheerleader come spring. We will see when the time comes. 

pg 0 to pg 12 from 10:50 to 11:01

Pages Read: 12

Time Read: 11 minutes

Total Pages Read: 417

Total Time Read: 8 hours 44 minutes

This is the completion of my fourth Dewey's Read-a-Thon. It is such a fun time. I  am excited to participate in the spring. 

24 Hour Read-A-Thon October 2014 Hour 16 Update

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After the volleyball game I made some peanut butter balls quickly and went back to reading. I read pg 197 to pg 223 from 6:37 to 7:05. Then I read pg 223 to pg 356 from 7:29 to 9:48. That was end of Burn for Burn. This was truly a great readathon book because it was fast paced, and interesting. I couldn't wait to find out what happened after every page. 

Pages Read: 159

Time Read: 2 Hours 47 Minutes

Total Pages Read: 405

Total Time Read: 8 Hours 33 Minutes

I'm only about 45 pages under my total from this past April. I feel like I had more distractions last April although I read for more hours. With the friend having plans for today I was free to spend the day reading and I did. Like I said earlier I couldn't have asked for a more perfect readathon book than Burn for Burn. After I finish this update I'm going to start Fire with Fire and see how far I get before I fall asleep. I'm very proud of myself so I'm not going to push myself too far. I think today was a great day of reading. I love Dewey's Readathon and I enjoy participating no matter how much or little I read. 

This will be my final update for the night. I'm going to make my grocery list and then I'm going to lay in bed and read. I will be back in the morning for the finish line post. 

24 Hour Read-a-thon October 2014 Hour 12 Update.

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I just finished up with my long break for today by watching my favorite college play volleyball and unfortunately they lost. I'm still reading Burn for Burn. I read from 3:29 to 3:48 pg 170 to pg 184. Then I read during halftime pg 184 to pg 197 from 4:49 to 4:58. 

Pages Read: 27

Time Read: 28 minutes

Total Pages Read: 246

Total Time Read 5 Hours 46 Minutes

Mid Event Survey

1. What are you reading right now?

Burn for Burn
2. How many books have you read so far?

1; How Zoe (Mostly) Made Her Dreams Come True
3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Read-a-thon?

I'm looking forward to hopefully finish Burn for Burn.
4. Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those?

I had a volleyball game to watch so I just took it as a long break. I'm going to make peanut butter balls, get those in the fridge, and get back to reading. 
5. What surprises you most about the Read-a-thon, so far?

How much I haven't been on the computer. I spent most of the morning just reading. This is such a fun way to spend my day. I'm feeling great. I will see you all in a few hours for another update. 

24 Hour Read-a-thon October 2014 Hour 9 Update

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I can't believe it is already hour 9 and this is my first update. Here's my secret. I have been way too busy reading to update. 

I woke up this morning and I only had 49 pages left in How Zoe Made Her Dreams (Mostly Come True by Sarah Strohmeyer. From 8:05 to 8:58 I finished Zoe. I have to say I really loved this book especially since I'm a Disney Fanatic and this was a contemporary about a theme park called Fairyland. 

Then I went downstairs to do laundry as planned, so I had lots of time to read. While downstairs I started Burn for Burn by Jenny Hann and Siobhan Vivian. From 9:27 to 11:32 I read from pg 0 to pg 92. Then I went to my friends room and only read 3 more pages from 11:57 to 12:05. Then I came back up to my room and decided to take a bath so I could read for a long time. It was very relaxing. I read pg 95 to pg 170 from 12:19 to 2:31. 

Pages Read: 219

Time Read: 5 Hours 18 Minutes

Opening Meme

1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today?

South Dakota, USA

2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?

Burn for Burn which I have already started and I am loving it so far. 3) Which snack are you most looking forward to?

Peanut Butter Balls or also know as Energy Bits. They are amazing. 4) Tell us a little something about yourself!

I'm a college student that still finds time to read for fun. 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?

Today I just want to spend a lot of time reading, but not stress out if I do not read as much as others. 

My Read-A-Thon Name is  How Rachael Burn for Burn and Made her Dreams (Mostly) Come True!

Dewey's 24 Hour Read-A-Thon October 2014 Sign Up and Goals

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I know this is really close to the date, but I'm finally announcing my plan to participate in Dewey's 24 Hour Read-A-Thon. I will be staying at college this weekend and my roommate is leaving so with the apartment to myself I'm hoping to have a productive day of reading. My friend that I hang out with on the weekends mostly also has plans for Saturday. She says she feels bad, but I was secretly happy because I knew that would give me lots of hours of reading. In April I hung out with her while doing the read-a-thon. I just ending up spending most of the time in her room reading instead of talking to her. That isn't abnormal in our friendship because she knows I read a lot anyways especially on the weekends when I can ignore schoolwork. 

My plan for Saturday is to wake up around 7 when the read-a-thon starts and read in bed until around 8:00. Then I'm going to get dressed and go downstairs to do laundry. I don't trust the people in my complex so I stay downstairs with my laundry in the laundry room no matter how many weird stares I get. While I'm down there I will read. Once my laundry is done and put away then I'm going to take a shower and get ready for the day. After that I will just pick random places to read changing places frequently. I'm hoping it is nice outside so that I can read outside for a while. I also will probably head down to the library and read there for quite a few hours. Their chairs are so comfortable. I have a volleyball game to watch at 4:00 so that will be my long break for the day. I'm excited for the read-a-thon. 

I'm currently on page 234 of How Zoe Made Her Dreams Mostly Come True by Sarah Strohmeyer. I plan to finish this early in the read-a-thon day. Then I will start Burn for Burn by Jenny Han and Siobhan Vivian. I also have Moonlight by Ann Hunter to read on my computer. 

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I will also be participating in the Wonderfully Wicked Readathon which starts today.