Friday, January 1, 2010

New Year Read-a-thon update 1

Hosted by Kristen at Bookworming in the Twenty First Century.

I started at 5:00 pm, read for 10 hours, spent 2 hours reading blogs and commenting. Then to bed at 5:00 am.


Have read:

1.Ticknor*** by Sheil Heti 2005 Canada (109 pages)

2.Introduction to Moby Dick by Herman Melville 1851 US (51 pages) - for the Moby Dick Monday group, hosted by Ti at Book Chatter.
3.So Many Ways to Begin**** by Jon McGregor UK (343 pages) - for the Typically British Reading Challenge, hosted by Book City Chick.

Started:

4.
Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf 1925 UK (172 pages) - for the Woolf in Winter Challenge, hosted by Sarah at What we have here is a failure to communicate.

Next:

Black Swan Green by David Mitchell - for the Colorful Reading Challenge, hosted by Rebecca at Lost in Books.

The Blue Flower by Penelope Fitzgerald - for the Reading From My Shelves Project, hosted by Diane at Bibliophile by the Sea

I hope you are enjoying your weekend. Have fun with the read-a-thon.

I'm always open to questions about works or authors mentioned on my blog, comments, reading suggestions (literary fiction only and No Spoilers please), dissenting opinions, or links to reviews. I'd love to read them.

10 comments:

  1. You go! Also Happy New Year!!

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  2. Nice job Sandra! I have almost 10 hours worth of reading down so far on and off. Just wanted to pop in and cheer you on hon! :)

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  3. You're doing great! Keep having fun!

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  4. Have fun doing this Read-a-thon!!

    Happy New Year Sandra!!!!

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  5. Have fun! I wanted to stop by and say happy new year!

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  7. Happy New Year! Great job with your readathon! :-)

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  8. You're doing fantastic! 10 hours in one day? Awesome!

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  9. Wow, you are doing a great job!! Have fun!

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  10. Looks like you did a great job during the read-a-thon! Happy New Year!

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