Once Upon a Read-a-Thon: Day Two

Posted July 12, 2011 by Whitney in read-a-thon / 3 Comments

Yesterday was filled with reading and due to being a slow reader felt that I got quite a lot accomplished. Below are my stats from day one and my goals for today.

Stats For Day One
Currently Reading: Bright Young Things by Anna Godbersen
Books Read: 0
Pages Read: 223
Time Read: 5 Hours 10 Minutes
Time Blogging: 1 Hour 15 Minutes
Mini-Challenges: 1
Caffeine Intake: 2
Hours Slept: 8

Goals For Day Two
Finish Bright Young Things Anna Godbersen
Start Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
Read at least 200 pages
Participate in at least one mini-challenge

First Update: 10:51 AM
Currently Reading: Wintergirls by Laurie Hasle Anderson
Finished: Bright Young Things by Anna Godbersen
Pages Read: 89
Time Read: 2 Hours 30 Minutes
Time Blogging: 20 Minutes
Caffeine Intake: 1

Mini-Challenge #1 Literary Love Triangles @ YA Bliss
List your top three favorite literary love triangles

  1. Mr. Darcy, Elizabeth Bennet, Mr. Wickham ~ Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
  2. Ashley Wilkes, Scarlett O’Hara, Rhett Butler ~ Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell
  3. Edgar Linton, Cathy Earnshaw, Heathcliff ~ Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

Second Update: 1:46 PM
Currently Reading: Wintergirls by Laurie Hasle Anderson & The Borrower by Rebecca Makkai
Pages Read: 51 (30 Wintergirls 21 The Borrowers)
Time Read: 1 Hour 15 Minutes
Time Blogging: 10 Minutes
Mini-Challenges: 1

Mini-Challenge #2 Fake Summary @ The Bookish Type
Pick any book from your readathon pile and write a fake synopsis based solely on the cover. The synopsis does not have to be related to the actual book at all, just the pretty, pretty cover.

Little Red Riding Hood is all grown up and at her grandmother’s death bed is informed of a long lost sister, being torn apart during a nasty custody battle.    Rhonda Hood journeys into the woods again, believing that with the pedophile, Bryan Wolf behind bars the forest is a far safer place, or is it?

Third Update: 9:08 PM
Currently Reading: Wintergirls by Laurie Hasle Anderson & The Borrower by Rebecca Makkai
Pages Read: 20
Time Read: 1 Hour
Time Blogging: 20 Minutes
Mini-Challenges: 1

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