"She has spent most of the day reading and is feeling rather out of touch with reality, as if her own life has become insubstantial in the face of the fiction she's been absorbed in."
After You'd Gone - Maggie O'Farrell
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Read-a-Thon Hour 10 Update
Reading Now: The Year of Secret Assignments by Jaclyn Moriarty
It's been __95__ pages and __100__ reading minutes since my last update.
Total Time Spent Reading: 5 hr 48 min
Cumulative Pages Read: 285
Books Completed: 1 (Freewill by Chris Lynch)
Eating?: Just a few more pretzels and a couple of sips of the lone Dr. Pepper I allowed myself for the day.
I've found a real winner in The Year of Secret Assignments. The pages are flying by, well, for me they are. A faster reader than I probably could have finished it three times by now. Nonetheless, it is just the sort of compulsively readable book that one needs for the Read-a-thon. And, if I didn't mention it, it's hilarious. I'm approaching the halfway mark and looking forward to getting back to it.
My parents returned from all their errands, so the dogs were barking and the TV was playing, and they were, like, talking to me and stuff, so I retired to my bedroom for some more reading. Much to the credit of Jaclyn Moriarty's book, I didn't feel compelled to sleep despite the over-coziness of my environs.
We're approaching the halfway mark - hope everybody's still going strong! Thanks all you cheerleaders for stopping by - I'm mightily enjoying your comments and would reply if I wasn't supposed to be, um, reading.
Now, I'm off for a little cheerleading and mini-challenging before I get back to my most excellent book.
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I'd be sound asleep if I went into my bedroom right now! Good job staying focused!
ReplyDeleteI'm loving all these posts of yours, btw!
cjh
Sounds like you've found the perfect readathon book. Well done!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your progress so far. Keep up the good work!
Happy Reading!
You're doing great! Glad you've found such a good book.
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