read-a-thon « Medieval Bookworm

Read-a-Thon Hour 2 & Intro post

How I’m doing so far:

Number of Books: 1
Pages Read: 218
Time Spent Reading: 1:56

Sorry if that’s formatted a little weird, but it’s easier for me to copy from Excel!

And for the intro meme:

Where are you reading from today?

I’m in York, UK, in a teeny little dorm room since I’m an international grad student. It’s lovely outside, but I’m immersed in a book!

3 facts about me …

I’m a grad student in medieval studies but very much looking forward to the end of my program in September 2009!
I’m engaged to the best person in the world.
I’ve been looking forward to the Read-a-Thon ever since I couldn’t participate in the last one in October!

How many books do you have in your TBR pile for the next 24 hours?

Um, maybe 10? I would go count but my mom called. That’s why I’m taking a break! I don’t plan on reading them all.

Do you have any goals for the read-a-thon (i.e. number of books, number of pages, number of hours, or number of comments on blogs)?

I’d really like to read 4 books. Actually I’d like to read more than that, but I’m not sure if it’s going to happen.

If you’re a veteran read-a-thoner, Any advice for people doing this for the first time?

This is my first time! If you have tips, please feel free to leave them in the comments!

I’m going to go comment and tweet for a little while! I hope to finish in the next couple of hours Old Man’s War and move on to something else. I don’t know what yet though! I will let you know.

The Read-a-Thon is about to begin!

I’m all set to go! Here are my final book selections for your perusal:

That one you can’t see is Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris, in case I just love Dead Until Dark. I also threw in two last-minute review selections. Tea and Other Ayama Na Tales is a book of short stories that I’m really looking forward to and I thought it might work for in-between-book reading. I Had To Row Across the Ocean is now titled A Pearl in the Storm: How I Found My Heart in the Middle of the Ocean. I don’t know if it will make for good Read-A-Thon reading but it was released on April 7th and I’ve had it for months so I should probably get cracking.

Saying that, I’m planning on starting with Old Man’s War by John Scalzi. I have just waited too long to read this book. I had to resist picking it up all week. The romance novels will probably wait until tonight when I can’t think very well. I really doubt I’m going to make the 24 hours, but if I do fall asleep I hope I will wake up before 1 pm tomorrow so I can sneak in some more reading tomorrow morning. I would like to read at least 4 books in the next 24 hours.

You’ll be able to find me on twitter every few hours throughout the day and night unless I fall asleep. I’m keeping up through Tweet Grid, so if you don’t attach #readathon to your post or @ me, I will probably not be seeing your tweets today. I expect to post after I’ve finished a book or if I need a break, maybe every 2-3 hours, so you can find me here for that as well.

Still not sure what I’m talking about? Dewey’s 24 hour Read-a-Thon is described right here.

A bit of bad/a bit of good news

I will no longer be participating in the 24 hour Read-A-Thon today. My fiance unexpectedly turned up last night and I can’t spend 24 hours reading while he’s here. I’m disappointed that I can’t read but I’m very happy he’s here, so I’ll just have to arrange things better for the next read-a-thon. I’m sorry! I’ll be keeping updated on your progress when I can and cheering you all on, though.

24 hour Read-A-Thon, October 2008 – I’m in!

After much deliberation, I decided to join the 24 hour Read-A-Thon, which is beginning this Saturday at 12 pm GMT! It looked like so much fun last time and I could clear out my schedule this weekend, so I’m all for it. I will admit that I am completely incapable of staying up for 24 hours, so I will probably be falling asleep into my book at some point, but I’m going to do my best to read as much as possible, and I’ll keep you all updated on my progress here at Medieval Bookworm.

Some of the books I’m thinking about reading:

The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham
Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safron Foer
The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever by Julia Quinn
Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner
and anything else that is short and quick!

Not sure what the Read-a-Thon is? Well, it’s hosted by Dewey at The Hidden Side of a Leaf and you can check out the FAQs here. Thanks Dewey! You can sign up right here if you’re interested. You don’t have to read; you can also sign up to be a cheerleader.