Well, the April 2010 Read-a-Thon is almost over. I hope everyone enjoyed it! I’ve been reading some more of The Warden this morning and am almost finished now, so my total for the read-a-thon is one and three-quarter books. I knew I wouldn’t read as much as a lot of other bloggers, so I’m quite happy with that. It was fun anyway – I took part in a few mini-challenges and was even chosen to win a prize in Hour 11!

Thanks to all the read-a-thon co-hosts, mini-challenge hosts, cheerleaders and everyone else who was involved in making this such a great event!

Hour 10 Update

Hour 10 already! The book I’m currently reading is The Warden by Anthony Trollope. I’ve been wanting to read something by Trollope for such a long time but for some reason have just never got round to it until now.

I’m going to have to go to bed soon, but since the read-a-thon doesn’t finish here until 1pm tomorrow afternoon, I should have plenty of time to continue reading in the morning. Good luck to everyone in a different time zone or who is planning to read all night!

Mini-Challenge

This hour I also took part in another mini-challenge – Where in the World Have You Read Today? hosted by nomadreader. We were asked to place a pin on a map to show the location where the book we’re reading is set, so I posted one in England which is where The Warden takes place.

Hour 6: Update

1/4 of the way through the read-a-thon now – and I’ve finished my first book, Our Promised Land by Michael T. Darkow. You can look out for my review of that one later in the week, as I’m not planning to post any reviews during the read-a-thon.

Mini-Challenge

I couldn’t resist taking part in this Mini-Challenge hosted by Bart’s Bookshelf. For this challenge we were asked to put together a sentence formed by the titles of three or four books – here’s what I came up with:

Wild Swans Haunted The Italian

I hope everyone who’s taking part in the read-a-thon is having fun. I’m going back to my books now!

It’s 1:00pm here in the UK which means the April 2010 Dewey’s 24 Hour Read-a-Thon has begun! This is the first time I’ve participated – I had only been blogging for a few days when last October’s Read-a-Thon took place and I didn’t know about it until it was too late. I’m very excited about being able to join in this time!

Here are my answers to the Hour 1 Meme:

Where are you reading from today? I’m at home and at the moment I’m in my nice peaceful bedroom away from the noise of the TV! It’s a lovely sunny spring day here, though, so I’ll be spending some of the day reading outside in the garden.

3 facts about me…
1. I work in admin.
2. I have one younger sister.
3. My middle name is Louise.

How many books do you have in your TBR pile for the next 24 hours? I haven’t decided exactly which books I’ll be reading, but I have about 10-15 that I’ll be choosing from depending on my mood.

Do you have any goals for the read-a-thon (i.e. number of books, number of pages, number of hours, or number of comments on blogs)? No – as this is my first read-a-thon I didn’t want to set any goals for myself. I just can’t seem to read as quickly as a lot of other bloggers and I don’t want to feel under any pressure. I’m also not planning to go without sleep – I work full time during the week so I look forward to being able to catch up on some sleep at the weekend!

If you’re a veteran read-a-thoner, Any advice for people doing this for the first time? No – not a veteran.

Good luck to everyone else who is taking part!

I’m planning to spend most of my time actually reading rather than blogging etc, but I’ll post a few updates throughout the 24 hours to let you know how I’m doing.

The first book I’m reading is Our Promised Land by Michael T. Darkow.