Read-a-Thon
Random Thoughts for The Sunday Salon, Oct. 25th
My second Read-a-Thon has come and gone. In my first read-a-thon I was a reader and this time a cheerleader. I feel guilty that I didn’t make it around to all the readers that were participating. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to start cheering until 6pm yesterday and I crashed earlier than I thought I would. [...]
Read-A-Thon and NaNoWriMo
The Read-A-Thon starts at 8am tomorrow (Saturday) morning. I’ll be in classes most of the day, but I’ll be cheerleading starting around 7pm. I’m looking forward to stopping by as many blogs as I can while I can. Not sure how long I’ll be up tomorrow night but I hope to get around to a [...]
It's Read-a-Thon Time Again
What is the 24 Hour Read-a-thon?
It’s sort of a reading challenge, only everyone participates at the same time. For 24 hours, we read books, post in our blogs about our reading, and visit other readers’ blogs. We also participate in mini-challenges throughout the day.
The Read-a-Thon challenge is happening again and this time I’ll be participating [...]
Read-a-Thon Post #5 – Final Hours
I went to bed at 9:30pm after reading one more story Mojo: Conjure Stories, and then woke up at 4am and started reading at 4:30am – finished the last 5 stories in the book.
Next I looked for more stories to read in Free Speculative Fiction Online, but didn’t find anything except for one story by [...]
Read-A-Thon Post #4 – Mid-Event Survey
1. What are you reading right now? – I’ve gone back to reading stories from Free Speculative Fiction Online
2. How many books have you read so far? – 13 short stories (and it should be noted that some of them were VERY short), almost feels like I’m cheating by reading short stories.
3. What book are [...]
Read-a-Thon Post #3: Lost time and slowing down
I started reading more stories from Free Speculative Fiction Online at 1pm, and only had time to read one story:
Night of the Fireflies by Dale Bailey – an interesting and weird short story.
Before I lost over two hours to lunch out with the parents and other errands. I started reading again at 3:30pm and [...]
Read-a-Thon Post #2 – More Reading
Since 10am I’ve read one more of the the Mojo: Conjure stories, and then decided to check out some online sources of short stories to read. The first place I went to was the Free Speculative Fiction Online site. I’ve been checking out the authors there and reading some of their stories. I’ve listed the [...]
Read-a-Thon Post #1a – an intro
Where are you reading from today?
ETA: (Misread the question the first time) I’m sitting in my comfortable arm chair.
3 facts about me …
I’m hard of hearing, an avid science fiction fan and a web designer
How many books do you have in your TBR pile for the next 24 hours?
Right now the plan is [...]
Read-a-Thon post #1
I actually started a half hour late due to an errand that needed to be done early this morning but now I think I’ll be reading for most of the day.
I’m currently reading “Mojo Conjure Stories”, a collection of short stories edited by Nalo Hopkinson. So far I’ve read four of the stories from the [...]
Dewey's Read-a-Thon Challenge
I just discovered Dewey’s Read-a-Thon Challenge and thought it sounded like fun. The idea is to spend 24 hours reading and posting about reading. From the FAQ for the challenge:
What is the 24 Hour Read-a-thon?
It’s sort of a reading challenge, only everyone participates at the same time. For 24 hours, we read books, post in [...]
