Read-A-Thon Wrap Up

1. Which hour was most daunting for you? Since 8 am to 1:30 pm, as I was at school...

2. Could you list a few high-interest books that you think could keep a Reader engaged for next year? It depends on the reader, the books I read were awesome!

3. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year? I think it was awesome, but a couple times the links to the Mini-Challenges were broken :S so, checking on that could be great!

4. What do you think worked really well in this year’s Read-a-thon? The enthusiasm of all the participants :D

5. How many books did you read? 3 books, 5 short stories and 3 essays

6. What were the names of the books you read?

• Books: Travesuras de la Niña Mala by Mario Vargas Llosa, Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling and The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
• Short stories: "The Kiss" by Angela Carter, "A Visit to Grandpa's" by Dylan Thomas, "In Love With Raymond Chandler" and "Happy Endings" by Margaret Atwood, and "The Whore of Mensa" by Woody Allen.
• Essays: "Politics and the English Language" by George Orwell and "The Language Mavens" by Steven Pinker.

7. Which book did you enjoy most? It is difficult to chose :S I loved them all, but it was great to read Travesuras de la Niña Mala, a new kind of story for me :D (highly recommended, too... I thinks its title in English is Bad Girl, but I am not sure XD)

8. Which did you enjoy least? Everything I read was great!

9. If you were a Cheerleader, do you have any advice for next year’s Cheerleaders? Well, I tried to cheer as much as I could, but some pages were blocked by my computer... so it made it quite difficult to comment... but, it was great, because I visited more blogs than the usual ones ;)

10. How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again? What role would you be likely to take next time? Yes, I would love to participate again. Mainly as a reader and an sporadic cheerleader.

Hour 21

We are at Hour 21 of the Read-A-Thon. It is 3 am in Mexico and I am tired. So, I think I am just going to leave it here, as I will not wake up before 11 am and I will celebrate my brother's birthday.

Even though, I managed to finish 3 books, some essays and short stories, made some Mini Challenges, tried to cheer a little (I am having technical problems with my lovely computer) and went through the first half of Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert.

So, my stadistics are:

• Hours spent reading: 13 hours.
  
• Pages read: 968.
• Books read: 3 (Travesuras de la Niña Mala by Mario Vargas Llosa, Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling and The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry).
  
• Other readings: short stories ("The Kiss" by Angela Carter, "A Visit to Grandpa's" by Dylan Thomas, "In Love With Raymond Chandler" and "Happy Endings" by Margaret Atwood, and "The Whore of Mensa" by Woody Allen) and essays ("Politics and the English Language" by George Orwell and "The Language Mavens" by Steven Pinker).

Hopefully, I'll manage to post some reviews soon and to finish Eat, Pray, Love through Sunday.

Wishing all of you to enjoy the remains of the Read-A-Thon, I am off!

Hour 18

I have been reading for 10 hours now. I have finished Travesuras de la Niña Mala by Mario Vargas Llosa (he is awesome!), Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling (for the 4th time I have loved it!), some short stories ("The Kiss" by Angela Carter, "A Visit to Grandpa's" by Dylan Thomas, "In Love With Raymond Chandler" and "Happy Endings" by Margaret Atwood (she is one of the greatest writers I have ever read, seriously!), and "The Whore of Mensa" by Woody Allen) and a couple of essays ("Politics and the English Language" by George Orwell, and "The Language Mavens" by Steven Pinker), and am through the half of Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. I am quite tired of it, so I'll read a childhood favourite: The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

I conclusion, I have read 868 pages so far, which is awesome!

And, as a footnote, today, October 10th, is my little brother 13th birthday. He is an awesomely intelligent kid and I am glad of being his sister. I wish him the best!

Title Word Scramble

This Mini-Challenge is hosted by Sheery's Place:

1.Firefly Lane
2.East of Eden
3. Water for Elephants
4.To Kill a Mockingbird
5. The Great Gatsby
6. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
7. The Art of Caring in the Rain
8.The Time Travelers Wife
9. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
10.Diary of a Wimpy Kid
11.A Wrinkle in Time
12. The Polar Express
13.Love Walked In
14.Where the Wild Things Are
15.The Shinning
16.Goodnight Moon
17. Interview with a Vampire
18. The Secret Life of Bees
19. The Search
20. The Help

Mid-Event Survey

1. What are you reading right now? Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
2. How many books have you read so far? Two (Travesuras de la Niña Mala and Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone)
3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Read-a-thon? Finish Eat, Pray, Love
4. Did you have to make any special arrangements to free up your whole day? No, I really had to go to classes
5. Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those? Yes, I have brought the books withme everywhere (that is annoying my brother, but I don't care!)
6. What surprises you most about the Read-a-thon, so far? How many people is participating!
7. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year? I think it is awesome the way it is!
8. What would you do differently, as a Reader or a Cheerleader, if you were to do this again next year? Cross my fingers, so I don't have to go to school that day
9. Are you getting tired yet? No
10. Do you have any tips for other Readers or Cheerleaders, something you think is working well for you that others may not have discovered? Just enjoy the books you're reading and don't stress over time!

Six Word Celebration

Estella's Revenge is hosting this mini-challenge where you must create a six-word celebration of the 24 hour Read-A-Thon.

So, here is mine:

Books, chocolates, blogs... this is fun!

Still with Vargas Llosa's book... he is an amazing writer, no wonder why he is the new Nobel Prize.

Book Puzzle

This Mini Challenge is from One Librarian's Book Reviews. We have to post an image or group or images illustrating a book, so that people can guess it.

So, I am doing 3 Book Puzzles... try to guess them!

Puzzle 1

Puzzle 2

Puzzle 3

Arm Chair Travelling

This Mini Challenge is hosted by The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader.

The single time I have gone abroad was when I was 5 years old and I went to DisneyWorld with my family (that's 14 years ago, people!), but I have travelled a lot by my reading. And while I'd love to visit Neverland and Lyra's Oxford, my biggest dream since I am a child is to visit the United Kingdom, and I have read a lot of stories settled there, that I'd love to see each place!

But, definately, I want to visit Bath and all those places where Jane Austen's books are located, because, let's face it: her descriptions are amazing!

Let's Get the Party Started

I've just arrived from my English classes and have read 50 pages of Mario Vargas Llosa's book.


I don't know how far I'll get from my reading, but I'll do my best!

Also, I am answering Hour 1 questions, even though we're at Hour 8:

Where are you reading from today?

• Mexico City, Mexico

3 facts about me …

• I am a chocolate addict.
• I am studying English Literature
• I have 3 brothers

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

• 3

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)?

• Finish Travesuras de la Niña Mala by Mario Vargas Llosa and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling
• Start Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
• Have fun!

Keep tuned, because I'm going to update as much as I can!

Read-A-Thon Time!

I have decided to join to the 24 hour Read-A-Thon for the first time, which will happen tomorrow. I am not going to read the 24 hours as I have had a difficult week at school and have English classes in the morning (even though, I'll try to read in my breaks), but for the remains of the day I'll read as much as I can.

I am planning to finish Travesuras de la Niña Mala (Bad Girl) by Mario Vargas Llosa, and read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer Stone by J. K. Rowling and Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. I hope I can finish them all!

I am also being a cheerleader for 6 hours, so I'll be paying attention to all the participants I can besides the ones I was assigned.

It is going to be lots of fun!