Books:
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
Starting things off with Yann Martel’s Life of Pi.
10:25am – Talk about getting nowhere fast. I got distracted in the garden and NOW I’m really getting started. Good thing I’m dragging my readathon out into tomorrow.
Took a 2-hour nap, went shopping for herbs, and now they are planted. Reading now.
3:42pm – Starting Darkly Dreaming Dexter.
5:30pm – Read 83pgs/80mins. This book is a pretty quick read. Lots of similarities with the series so far. I know that’s boring to a lot of people, but I enjoy Dexter’s inner monologue.
Breaking to clean and do some dinner prep!
MIDNIGHT - I’m not feeling too well, but I’m not sleepy yet, so I’m going to try to get more reading in. Until the Benadryl kicks in…15pgs/11mins
5:55am – I started to fall asleep in the chair last night and took myself to bed after about 15 pages. But I’m up again and joining you all for the last hour! I won’t be updating again until it’s officially “over.”
7:00am – TIME! 65pgs/60mins. Congrats to all of you who went the distance and managed to stay awake for TWENTY. FOUR. SOLID. HOURS! Now get your behinds in bed. I still feel rotten, but I’m here in my chair, engrossed in this book, so I might be here a little longer. Anyone going to be dragging their readathon out longer into the day?
Mini-Challenges:
The Cliffhanger Challenge
The best cliffhanger so far has been the human head flying out of the refrigeration truck and hitting the side of Dexter’s car. We now know that someone has upped the stakes quite a bit. There’s no way I could put it down after that!
End of Event Meme
1. Which hour was most daunting for you? – Probably the one when I took the Benadryl. Yipes.
2. Could you list a few high-interest books that you think could keep a Reader engaged for next year? Darkly Dreaming Dexter is the only one I made progress on (that’s what happens when this thing occurs on my planting weekend!) and it’s really a page-turner. Maybe even more if you haven’t seen the TV show.
3. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year? I’d rather see it start on a Friday night locally, but that’s just me. I might do that next time.
4. What do you think worked really well in this year’s Read-a-thon? Saw a lot of fun mini-challenges. Didn’t participate in as many this year though.
5. How many books did you read? Most of one.
6. What were the names of the books you read? (Listed at the top.)
7. Which book did you enjoy most? The only one I made progress on.
8. Which did you enjoy least? N/A
9. If you were a Cheerleader, do you have any advice for next year’s Cheerleaders? Spreading my time commitment (one hour) over the course of the 24 hours was a good idea. I’ll do that again next time.
10. How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again? What role would you be likely to take next time? Without a doubt, I’ll be here again! I think next time I might try to host a mini-challenge.
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Hope the reading is going well! I’m just taking a break and stopping by a few blogs
Trillian
I really need to read that book! Happy reading!
Back when I was blogging and readathoning I always got distracted. I did have the best intentions though. Hope you have fun!
Its a nice day out where I’m from too. Might spend some time in the sun reading later today. Have fun reading
I loved “Life of Pi!” happy reading during the read-a-thon.
I hope you enjoy Live of Pi! It’s a pretty crazy book.
Keep up the great reading!
Happy reading!
I loved Life of Pi! Enjoy!
a word, a sentence, a paragraph, a page. . .
continue on to that final sigh of contentment
and then do it again.
How’s Life of Pi coming along? Have a great dinner.
Just stopped here to leave a cheer – “Rock on, Readathon-er!”
Looks like you’re doing great! Happy reading
.
The reading will stop
Tomorrow
Bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow
your book count will be higher
Just keep thinking about tomorrow
all the great books you will have to talk about
with your blog friends
If you get blurred or sore, or sleepy
Just stick up your chin
and grin
and say
My TO BE READ PILE, Tomorrow
will be smaller than it was before
and your spirits will soar
because then TOMORROW, TOMORROW You can go shopping TOMORROW at Amazon and BUY SOME MORE!
I really like the Dexter series on TV, but I miss Dexter’s sardonic inner ramble.
I just stopped by to cheer you on and share my Read-A-Thon poem.
If I could have one wish,
I know what I would say.
Just give me my books,
And let me read all day.
Happy Reading.
you made it quite far, considering that you are needing Benadryl! Hope you enjoyed the readathon!
Hey! How are you doing?
Sorry I didn’t get to drop by with a cheer earlier on.
I hope you’re feeling okay though, and that the Benadryl kicks in to fight those unwanted bacteria.
And, on the more literary side of things, I hope you’re enjoying your reading.
The Read-a-Thon isn’t about pages or books or even hours spent. As long as you had fun, I’d say it’s a 100% success! 
Keep up the amazing work! Just a few hours left~
Kihana
Life of Pi is such an interesting book! Hope you enjoy(ed) it! Happy Readathon – CHEERS
Benadryl and the readathon don’t mix! It sounds like you got some good reading in though!