“Fiddle-de-dee’s not English.”

And here’s the end of the event meme!

1. Which hour was most daunting for you?
Hour 7, I think. That was around 2 am here.

2. Could you list a few high-interest books that you think could keep a Reader engaged for next year?
Go for YA titles — Diana Wynne Jones’s books are fun and quick to read. Manga/comics would be fun too, I think.

3. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year?
No, not really — this one was pretty perfect!

4. What do you think worked really well in this year’s Read-a-thon?
Twitter! Maybe a bit too well — I think a lot of us were glued to the Twitter feed instead of our books. ;)

5. How many books did you read?
I read five books. I finished three.

6. What were the names of the books you read?
– Race of Scorpions by Dorothy Dunnett; I started this before the read-a-thon, still haven’t finished it
– Moonbird by Joyce Dunbar and Jane Ray, a picture book
– The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
– The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
– Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann; still not finished
(Wait. There’s a pattern here. Scorpion, bird, goose, sheep. Is a prince an animal?)

7. Which book did you enjoy most?
The Goose Girl — looking forward to other books by Shannon Hale

8. Which did you enjoy least?
Moonbird — pretty pictures, but the story could’ve been a lot better

9. If you were a Cheerleader, do you have any advice for next year’s Cheerleaders?
Not a Cheerleader, but they did such a good job!

10. How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again? What role would you be likely to take next time?
Very likely! (I wanted to say “Imminent” but alas, scheduling constraints.) A Reader again, though maybe I can try cheerleading on the side!

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And that’s the whole 24 hours! I can’t believe I’m still up. I’m off for a shower (no, I won’t drown XD) and then dinner and then bed. A wrap-up summary type of thing will only be up after I come back from work tomorrow, so don’t wait up for me. ;)

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Final tally:

Last book read: Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann
Pages read: pp 110 to 126 (not finished yet)

Books finished:
Moonbird by Joyce Dunbar and Jane Ray (32 pages)
The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale (383 pages)
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (118 pages)

Total page count: 699

Books on hold: Race of Scorpions by Dorothy Dunnett

Three Bags Full: Sheep still trying to make sense of evidence. I just realised that this book was translated from German.

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One hour to go!

. . . I tried to write something about Dewey, but I just kept deleting what I wrote.

We miss you, Dewey.

I think she’d be really proud of this read-a-thon.

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Updates:

Currently reading: Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann
Pages read: pp 79 to 109

Books finished:
Moonbird by Joyce Dunbar and Jane Ray (32 pages)
The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale (383 pages)
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (118 pages)

Total page count: 672

Books on hold: Race of Scorpions by Dorothy Dunnett

Three Bags Full: Aaaaand. Sheep still interesting. I, however, can’t think of anything interesting to write about.

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Updates:

Currently reading: Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann
Pages read: pp 65 to 78

Books finished:
Moonbird by Joyce Dunbar and Jane Ray (32 pages)
The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale (383 pages)
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (118 pages)

Total page count: 655

Books on hold: Race of Scorpions by Dorothy Dunnett

Three Bags Full: Nothing much to update. Still reading this and getting really amused as the sheep ponder (and get wrong) concepts like God and Satan.

(You can tell I’m just posting this for the sake of not missing the hour. XD)

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Updates:

Currently reading: Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann
Pages read: pp 42 to 64

Books finished:
Moonbird by Joyce Dunbar and Jane Ray (32 pages)
The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale (383 pages)
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (118 pages)

Total page count: 641

Books on hold: Race of Scorpions by Dorothy Dunnett

The Little Prince: Care was pointing out in the last post that there’s a lot of critical analysis on this one (the book’s introduction itself had some of that) but I’m just not inclined to check it out, I guess.

Alas. The whole big allegory escapes me this time.

Uh. The illustrations were cute!

Three Bags Full: Just starting this one. There are funny pictures of sheep at the bottom of the pages!

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Hey ho. Still plodding along. Nothing much else to do. Besides, who’d be able to sleep in this heat anyway? Weather report says it’s 32 °C with a humidity of 66%.

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Updates:

Currently reading: Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann
Pages read: just starting it!

Books finished:
Moonbird by Joyce Dunbar and Jane Ray (32 pages)
The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale (383 pages)
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (118 pages)

Total page count: 577

Books on hold: Race of Scorpions by Dorothy Dunnett