Dewey’s 24-Hour Read-a-Thon Update #3
I’m reading today in Dewey’s 24 Hour Read-a-Thon!
I finished Born on a Blue Day which has been on my shelf FOREVER. I wanted to read it as April is Autism Awareness Month. Glad I read this one earlier in the day as it wasn’t one that tends to be a fast read. The Surrender Tree is a free verse novel and it was excellent. Frankie Pickle was a breather book and I was able to read it in mere minutes. I enjoyed going back into my childhood with Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Clearly. While I enjoyed the book, I also realized that I have been tainted by my love for Clementine and as I kept comparing the two, Clementine won out. I’m just a chapter into Mare’s War by Tanita Davis. I’ll likely read a breather book while reading that one as well.
We planned to take the kids to the park so they could play while we kept our eyes on them and read at the same time. Yeah . . . that didn’t work out. It was so cold and windy that I didn’t last long at all.
Lunch was the best sandwich I have ever made. Seriously. And veggies with homemade spinach dip.
My little boy insisted that I take a picture of his veggies when he saw me snapping pictures of my plate.
Taylor’s feeding the kids right now. Nothing exciting. Just leftovers. But when the kids go to bed in a couple of hours, we plan on getting the good stuff out!
The Stats
- Book Currently Reading: Mare’s War by Tanita Davis
- Books Finished: Frankie Pickle and the Pine Run 300 by Eric Wight, The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba’;s Struggle for Freedom, Born on a Blue Day – Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant by Daniel Tammet, Romona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Clearly, A Fine White Dust by Cynthia Rylant
- Total Books Read Thus Far: 5
- Food Consumed Since Last Update: An AWESOME grilled cheese sandwich (seriously – see photo above), veggies with spinach dip, Little Debbie Oatmeal Cream Pies, pumpkin seeds.
- Foods I’m Looking Forward to Eating: Sorbet, yogurt and nutella dips with fruit. More spinach dip but with sweet bread this go round.
- Loads of laundry done: 2
- Loads of laundry put away: 0
- Number of movies the kids have watched: 2
- Blogging, Visiting, Comments: This is my third readathon post and I’ve left 13 comments on other participant blogs.
- Time Started: 6:45 am
- Time Now: 6:45 - Twelve hours in! Although it doesn’t feel like I’ve gotten good reading time in.
- Reading for a Cure – We will be donating a set dollar amount for each page read during the Read-a-thon to the Huntsman’s Cancer Foundation in conjunction with Wendy at Caribousmon Reading for a Cure challenge.
- Follow me on Twitter for real time updates!
- Challenges: Completed only one. Nicole’s mini-challenge. I finding challenges too hard when I still have young kids to take care of as I’m very distracted. Updating with posts on my own blog is proving challenging enough.
The Husband (aka Taylor)
Still reading and enjoying treats.
- Book Currently Reading: Still reading Unwind-A world where unwanted teens are salvaged for body parts.
- Books Finished: Arkham Asylum
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Readers rule
on April 10th, 2010 at 6:59 pmReaders rock
As the hour grows late
I wouldn’t be reading any John Locke
I loved Born on a Blue Day…wasn’t it fascinating??? Your pics of the food are making me hungry!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cheering you on!
on April 10th, 2010 at 7:15 pmStaci
You guys are doing great! Keep up the good work and enjoy your books!
on April 10th, 2010 at 7:48 pmYou’re doing great, Natasha! (and Taylor!) I also find it really difficult to do the mini-challenges during the readathon.
And that sandwich looks scrumptious!
on April 10th, 2010 at 8:16 pmIt looks like you’re having fun! I love Ramona Quimby. But I love Clementine too. I do. I don’t know that I could choose between the two!
Have you read any other Margarita Engle books? I have really enjoyed some of hers! And since it sounds like you love verse novels, are you familiar with Sonya Sones?
on April 10th, 2010 at 8:22 pmWhat does Taylor think of Unwind? It was one of my favorite reads last year!
on April 10th, 2010 at 8:26 pmIn a Story Book
At night when sunshine goes away,
on April 10th, 2010 at 8:32 pmAnd it’s too dark for me to play,
I like to come inside, and look
For new friends in a story book.
Wow, you are doing great and have read a lot of books! I know how it is having kids around. I have a 23 month old and an 8 year old and of course the 8 year old had dance today and I promised to take her to the mall, and the 23 month old has a runny nose and is crabby, so I am happy to be on my 3rd book. Just here to cheer you on!
on April 10th, 2010 at 9:27 pmMan that sandwich looks good! I’m feeling like some tater tots, but I’m too lazy to get up at this point. I wish you hours of pep after the kids go to bed!
on April 10th, 2010 at 9:31 pmA story is a special thing
The ones that I have read
They do not stay inside the books
They stay inside my head.
(author unknown)
Enjoy the rest of the read-a-thon. You’re doing great!
on April 10th, 2010 at 10:17 pmI love all your fun stats, Natasha! And thank you AGAIN, for joining in the fight to cure cancer by joining Reading for a Cure
on April 10th, 2010 at 10:38 pmStill so impressed you guys are both doing the read-a-thon with two little kids! And great job!
on April 11th, 2010 at 1:01 amDon’t let those eyes droop
on April 11th, 2010 at 3:51 amhead out on the stoop
get some fresh air
before heading back to that chair
pick up your book
take another look
read, read, read
Wonderful job on the Read-a-Thon! Way to go! I’ll be looking forward to reading with you on October. Keep on rocking and reading, read-a-thoner! It’s been lots of fun!
on April 11th, 2010 at 6:02 amNatasha what did you put in your grilled cheese??? It looks absolutely yumms!
on April 11th, 2010 at 11:57 amSounds like you both accomplished a lot. Congrats!
on April 12th, 2010 at 6:33 amBecky – I haven’t read any other Margarita Engle books. This was my first one. And no I’m not familiar with Sonya Sones. I will check her out for sure. Thanks for the rec!
Christina – The grilled cheese is called The Heartland on this site: http://www.grilledcheeseacademy.com/# Yummy carmalized onions, tomato, and two kinds of cheese. It was to die for good!
Wendy – You’re welcome! We have donated to this charity before so we are looking forward to doing so again. Thanks for hosting it!
on April 13th, 2010 at 11:43 amI love all the pictures you always share! I had fun looking through your updates, because you gave me “illustrations” of a sort.
It looked so fun.
on April 13th, 2010 at 4:33 pmThank you Taylor for the quick synopsis of “Unwind.” I would never have looked into it by the title alone. I have it on hold at the library. I think it will be be very interesting. A dystopian society like “The Hunger Games,” but with a tie to abortion…so interesting!
on April 28th, 2010 at 7:23 pm