Final Report
Time Read: 13:00
Pages Read: 892.
Books Finished: 6.
Time Blogged and/or Tweeted: 7:00
Time on Break: 4:00
Frame of Mind: I'm really pleased with the outcome - and I'm also very ready to sleep for a while!
Cans of Diet Coke with Lime Consumed: 4.
Food Consumed: A mug of hot chocolate. Some raspberry-flavored almonds. A bacon, egg, and cheese biscuit sandwich and a hashbrown from McDonald's. A few Pretzel Crisps. Some E.L. Fudge cookies. A bowl of honey dew melon and raspberries. A chocolate croissant. Two crab cakes with Japanese sticky rice. Two pieces of pizza with pepperoni, black olives, and mushrooms. Another mug of hot chocolate. Some Heath Pieces.
1. Which hour was most daunting for you?
Hour 19 - 1:00 a.m. in my time zone - when I finally decided to take a nap. I slept for about two-and-a-half hours - but then I resumed participation, finishing my sixth book and a little bit of blogging and Tweeting.
2. Could you list a few high-interest books that you think could keep a Reader engaged for next year?
Young adult novels are great read-a-thon picks. Ann Dee Ellis' Everything Is Fine. and Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally were good ones for me this year.
3. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year?
I thought things went quite well this year. I didn't have as many visits from either cheerleaders or other participants as I have in the past, but that's probably a function of the high number of people involved.
4. What do you think worked really well in this year’s Read-a-thon?
I enjoyed Tweeting and reading Tweets about the #readathon.
5. How many books did you read?
I finished six books.
6. What were the names of the books you read?
- The Astronaut Wives Club by Lily Koppel
- Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally
- Everything Is Fine. by Ann Dee Ellis
- Just Being Audrey by Margaret Cardillo and Julia Denos
- Lulu and the Brontosaurs by Judith Viorst and Lane Smith
- Who's on First? by Abbott & Costello and John Martz
7. Which book did you enjoy most?
They were all great - but I think my favorite was Everything Is Fine..
8. Which did you enjoy least?
Not applicable.
9. If you were a Cheerleader, do you have any advice for next year’s Cheerleaders?
Not applicable.
10. How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again? What role would you be likely to take next time?
If at all possible, I will participate in the next read-a-thon - although April has been a hard month for doing that the past two years. I'd like to be a reader again - but I'm also thinking that it might be fun to try cheerleading.
I really enjoyed cheerleading and the Twitter feed -- but they conspired to not have me read much! It was great fun, though.
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