Hour 8 Update

Minutes read: 45 (total 375)

Pages read: 42 (total 344)

Books finished: 1

Caffeine units: still just 2–pretty good for me!

And now comes a break in my reading, as my poor, lonesome hubby looked up from his video game, gave me puppy dog eyes, and asked me if I wanted to go out.

Most likely, we’ll wander Wally World for half an hour, pick up V for Vendetta (he mentioned it last night), and come back.  So maybe I’ll be back to reading by 4?

Happy reading to all, and to all a good…afternoon!

Much Better

Minutes read: 50ish (total: 335)

Pages read: 45 (total 302)

Books finished: 1

Caffeine units: still just 2 total

Currently reading: The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck and not hating it, despite fears from others who hated it in school.

Oh, and for a mini-challenge going on here, I thought that I would mention (if you hadn’t guessed already from my posts) that my dear, darling, ever-lovin’ husband is keeping me company through all of this–and by company I mean that he is now playing LEGO Star Wars on the Wii in the same room as me.

Yes, I married a nerd.  And no, I probably shouldn’t talk as the word could probably applied to yours truly.

Switching Gears…

27 pages in an hour? Mr. Dickens may have to be put aside for a time…we’ll try The Good Earth and a little pizza with the hubby; he told me to find something easy to pop in because of the readathon–isn’t that sweet? Plus he’s reading along with me for now (he’s got his nose stuck in the first Horatio Hornblower book, but he’ll have to get back to homework this afternoon…

So far:

Minutes spent reading: 285
Pages read: 257
Books finished: 1
Caffeine units: 2

Goodbye, Tom!

Oh, I loved me some Tom Sawyer! And how much better is it to read a novel all in one sitting? Well, minus the time that my husband woke up and seemed hurt that I wasn’t reading in bed next to him. Of course, he looked guilty when I asked why the bed in the spare room was unmade when I went in there this morning: he had gone in there last night to read after I had fallen asleep rather than reading by MY sleeping form! Well, hypocrisy abounds in this household this morning. But all was well when I brought Tom to our room and read through the end.

So that leaves us with…

Minutes read: 235
Pages read: 230
Caffeine units: 1.5 (have to finish this last Diet Pepsi before the mister is really awake–I’m not supposed to drink it, but the aspartame calls to me!)
Books read: 1 (Tom Sawyer)
Up next: Well…what harm is there in attempting David Copperfield? If it doesn’t grab me, I’ll put it aside and try something else, but for now, I have a date with Mr. Dickens!

Hour 2

Pages read: 56 (total 101)
Caffeine units: 0 (total .5)

Over halfway through with Tom…should finish in an hour and a half? And darling Mr. J just keeps on sleeping, poor love barely stirred when my alarm went off on a Saturday morning and I announced, “IT’S TIME FOR THE READATHON!”

Hour 1

Pages read: 55
Caffeine units: .5

Hasta luego!

And So It Begins

Diet Pepsi? Check.
Pastry? Check. Amish-made cinnamon roll. Yum!
Book? Check. Starting with Tom Sawyer.

Let the readathon commence!