Friday, October 9, 2009

My first 24-hour Challenge





I'm afraid I've gone too far this time. I know I read and read a lot. I know I'm up at insane hours. I know I'll read all night to finish a book. But to read for 24 hours straight? A specific 24 hours? Yep, I'm going to do it.

I don't have a list yet but will edit to add it later. I've still got some blog maintenance to do but I needed a post in order to sign-up..... Everything you need to know can be found here. Sign-ups, mini-challenges, prizes, and FAQ. That's where I'm headed.

A list to choose from:
~Library Books~
1. The Neighbor
2. No Time to Wave Good-by
3. The Midnight Twins read before challenge
4. Heck: where the bad kids go
5. The Summer Kitchen

~other Books~
6. Wild Horse Running
7. Stolen Pony
8. The Secret Horse
9. Must Love Hellhounds
10. Life in the Pit
11. A Harvest of Bones
12. The Cat, the Quilt and the Corpse
13. Snake in the Glass
14. Impetuous
15. Whiphand
16. ...and any number of picture books
17. Defenders of the Scroll
18. The Lost Symbol
19. Blue Moon
20. The Christmas List
21. The Masonic Myth

edited 10-27: Would you believe I didn't read ANY of these? I kept pulling books and putting them on a shelf and then not updating this list.

1. Thanksgiving at the Inn
2. Ghouls Don't Scoop Ice Cream
3. Magic or Madness
4. Magic Lessons
5. Dragolin
6. Dragonling, Vol 2
7. Magic's child - partial read

16 comments:

Melissa (Betty and Boo's Mommy) said...

Love the new look! I'm doing the Read-a-thon too. See what you've done to me since being my BBAW partner ... now I'm doing a Read-a-thon, NaNoWriMo, and the Fall Into Reading Challenge! :)

Vasilly said...

Glad to see you've joined the read-a-thon. It's a great event. I added picture books to my list also. Happy reading.

Dana said...

This will be my first read a thon and I'm really looking forward to it!

Cindy said...

Blue Moon looks great!

Lenore said...

Best of luck! Hope you get lots and lots read!!

Aarti said...

I haven't read or even heard of any of those books. Best of luck with the read-a-thon; I'm sure you'll do great :-)

karinlibrarian said...

I read HECK: WHERE THE BAD KIDS GO. It is cute. Have a great day.
Karin

Sassy Brit said...

Good list of books. Have fun! And thanks for popping by. For anyone interested my 24hr-read-a-thon book lists and progress will be posted HERE!.

I may not get to everyone today, but I will certainly catch up over the coming days.

millymarie said...

Wow. Lots of awesome books! Good luck with the reading and continue to have fun! I'd personally likee to read 'Heck: Where The Bad Kids Go.'

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Chantele said...

Good luck on staying up the whole 24 hours!:) I wish I could do it... Let us know how it goes and happy reading!;)

Eva said...

I'm not sure if you're participating in the read-a-thon, but if you are, keep up the reading!

fleurfisher said...

Great list - good luck with reading it!

Susan @ Reading Upside Down said...

Good luck with your readathon challenge - I hope you've found some books to keep your eyes open and your energy levels high.

Happy Reading!

ccqdesigns said...

Now that it's past midnight and our eyes are drooping lower, it's time for us night owls to get our second wind! So here is a big HOOT from Alabama. Keep on Reading!!!! Just a few more hours to go!!!!

Go Reading,Go Reading,Go Reading!!!
Rebecca
the Transcendentalists team!

Dana said...

happy reading! Hope you're still enjoying all your books!

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Stats

New blog goal for 2010. I'm going to try keeping a running total of the following. We'll see how long it lasts... well, let's try this again for 2011! Just remember, anything with an ISBN counts, even the short stories.
Up to date as of December 18 (to the best of my knowledge)

Books read, new: 231
Books read, re-read: 27
New to me authors: 64
Pages: 19,841 plus 168 ebooks
Reviews posted: 29


Nonfiction: 10
Picture Books to Young Adult: 34
Banned/Challenged Books: none? fix this next year!

books left to read in 2012

Don't know if this will work or not but will give it a try. . .

As of May 25, early a.m., I have the following books left to read to complete all of my open challenges.

68 separate ISBNs
22 21 specific states
1-6 :: 0-5 :: 0-4 cozy mysteries
1 Mystery/Suspense with a weapon in title (Poison)
4 3 Dystopia
1 Fairy Tale
1 from 100 Best list
1 Science Fiction
1 Literary Fiction
1 Classic (Hound of the Baskervilles)
3 Memoirs
1 Fae
?? The Unread Book
7 Harry Potter
7 Narnia
3 by Dean Koontz
5 Song of Fire and Ice series - Game of Thrones
7 free ebooks
Redwall
Easy Prey
Magic Kingdom for Sale-Sold
1 Disney Lit
311 Pelican Court
5 specific colors
1 foodie
12 11 specific...Summer Book Challenge
8-10 8-9 specific...Summer Reading Challenge
5 specific..Getting Lost in a Comfortable Book
1 AlA's Top Ten/2011
"x" title
review 2+ personal books
review 8 already read ARCs
review 15 ARCs
Room
11 Shelf Discovery books


Some of these can/will overlap but it is still a HUGE list.