I was feeling like a massive failure at Dewey's 24-Hour Readathon earlier today. I probably only read about 10 hours, only read about 400 pages and didn't participate in a single mini-challenge. On the other hand, I did finish one book, read another book and got a good start on a third. I visited a lot of other blogs, including many new-to-me blogs. And I did all of that while still managing to do laundry, give my son a haircut, get my hair colored and enjoy an evening out with friends. So, yeah, now I'm feeling pretty good about what I got done.
It may be a foregone conclusion that if you work for a newspaper and you write a book, the paper will be a great promoter for you. Still, it was nice to see not just a nice review of Rainbow Rowell's Attachments, but also this article. If you'd like to see what Rowell is all about, check out her articles. I'm looking forward to hearing her this Thursday but suddenly realized that I've given my copy of the book to my mom to read. Argh!
I'm looking forward to finishing The Heretic's Daughter this week and then I'll either move on to Valerie Laken's Separate Kingdoms or Jay Winik's April 1865 for the War Through The Generations challenge. What are you reading this week?
I was wondering what happened to you after your first update yesterday! Didn't know if family crashed the party or what. ;) But 400 pages is still fantastic! I managed 405 and amthisclose to finishing my second book. Not bad.
ReplyDeleteLook forward to what you think of The Heretic's Daughter.
Ten hours is great, especially if you had other things going on during the readahon! You certainly shouldn't feel like a failure.
ReplyDeleteEven if I read straight through a read-a-thon, I never manage to accomplish much. I spend a great deal visiting blogs and posting updates but reading? Not much, so I didn't participate this time. Plus, I got back from Spring Break late yesterday so I would have missed most of it anyway. I'm sorry I wasn't around to cheer you on, but you did great anyway!
ReplyDeleteYou did a great job! You got a lot more read than I did. I've owned The Heretic's Daughter for about two years now and I've been wanting to read it...someday I'll get around to it! I look forward to your thoughts on it.
ReplyDeleteDon't beat yourself up because it sounds like you got a whole heck of a lot done! I was not able to participate this time around, and I am beginning to wonder if I will ever get the chance to participate :( I can't wait to hear what you think of The Heretic's Daughter. I am reading The Widow's Story by Oates.
ReplyDeleteI failed at the RAT too!! I finished one book, didn't visit one blog, heck, I didn't even get on the computer all weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm reading my last two review commitment books for this month...and after that who knows!!
What? That does NOT sound like a failure at all. But... I do know the feeling. But seriously, you did awesome!
ReplyDeleteI'd say you had a hell of a good readathon day!
ReplyDeleteKudos to you!
I am finishing up Medium Raw by Anthony Bourdain for my bookclub. I just picked up the new memoir by Ashley Judd too. I'm intrigued!