Fictionista

Saturday, April 26, 2014

Hour 11

Currently reading: The Originals - Cat Patrick

Pages read: 112

Time spent reading: 90

Books finished: Size 12 and Ready to Rock – Meg Cabot

Total of pages read: 423

Total of time spent reading: 6.25

Total of time spend blogging: 1.75

Snacks: none

Challenges Entered: Shelfie

After both mom's book and mine have mentioned pizza about a hundred times, Hubby... I mean RAT boy has offered to get us pizza :) Love having him around!!!

Susie is already tired! How is she ever going to last through the night?

Hour 9

Currently reading: Size 12 and Ready to Rock – Meg Cabot

Pages read: 96

Time spent reading: 90

Total of pages read: 311

Total of time spent reading: 4.75 hrs

Total of time spend blogging: 1.5

Snacks: Honey Roasted Sunflower Seeds

Challenges Entered: On Food & Books

A book inspired recipe: from Size 12 and Ready to Rock by Meg Cabot

Pink Greyhound

2 ounces vodka

4 ounces freshly squeezed pink grapefruit juice

Ice

Optional Garnish : rosemary sprig

Hour 7 and still reading

Currently reading: Size 12 and Ready to Rock - Meg Cabot

Pages read: 64

Time spent reading: 60 minutes

Total of pages read: 215

Total of time spent reading: 3.25 hrs

Total of time spent blogging: 1 hr

Snacks: SUSHI!!!!!

Hour 5

Currently reading: Size 12 and Ready to Rock - Meg Cabot

Pages read: 86

Time spent reading: 90 minutes

Books finished: none yet

Total of pages read: 151

Total of time spent reading: 2.25 hrs

Snacks: trail mixes and coffee

Challenges Entered: Book Puzzles guess the title

So excited to be reading a Meg Cabot book! She is one of my favorite authors and I have been looking forward to reading this book all month!

My cat, Susie has decided to join us. Although she prefers looking at birds out the window over reading.

Here I am! Hour 4

I'm here, back from my short work day. Joining in on hour 4 with these books and snacks!

Currently reading: Size 12 and Ready to Rock - Meg Cabot

Snacks: Trail mixes, chocolate covered espresso beans, dried fruit etc.

Challenges Entered: Intro Meme

It's Here... pick up your books and...

READ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today? Central NY

2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to? Oh gosh, so many good ones, I can not pick! I have been very excited to finish the Size 12 series though!

3) Which snack are you most looking forward to? Sushi!!!

4) Tell us a little something about yourself! I'm an only child, a mamma's girl, a wife and a mother to two adorable cats. I work as a Chiropractic Assistant to the most amazing Chiropractor/Boss a girl could have, I am a Young Living Essential Oils distributor because I believe in healing your body naturally, and I am a born again Christian. I'm hopelessly addicted to coffee, books and my smartphone, but I love being out doors, hiking, sun bathing or sipping wine on the porch.

5) If you participated in the last read-a-thon, what’s one thing you’ll do different today? If this is your first read-a-thon, what are you most looking forward to? This is my umpteenth readathon and the only difference is that we are hosting this one at MY house this year instead of my mom's house! I am looking forward to the new cheerleading system, I hope it brings more cheers!

And on that note:

Mom is here, snacks are out, books are stacked and blogs are ready! I have to work for a few hours this morning so I did a little reading last night in pre-RAT preparation.

Currently reading: Orange Is The New Black

Pages read: 65

Time spent reading: 45 mminutes

Ok, I am off to work and will join you around 11! Have a fabulous morning reading!

Friday, April 25, 2014

The Ratting Hour

Get some sleep tonight ladies and gents because tomorrow is the day we've all been training for! All those sleepless nights, gripping the pages with anxious fingers, eyes tracing the words of our latest addiction... all in preparation for this one event...

THE READ-A-THON!!!!!!

That's right, it's here! And with it comes hours of snacking, blogging and propping our eyes open with toothpicks through all hours of the night! This has become a tradition for my mother and I, and while we have always done this at her house in the past, tomorrow we will be RATing at my house! AND my husband will be there to cater to our every need... err... ahem... I mean, to keep us company as we read. (See the rhyme I just made) And although he would love nothing more than dropping everything to read with us for 24 hrs, he has something called responsibilities to attend to. However, he will join us here and there as he gets a chance, and yes (be jealous) he offered to make us all kinds of snack platters and refill our cups when they are empty. Yes, we are newly weds and no, I don't expect this kind of willing servitude to last forever.

So here is the pile of books that my mother and I have accumulated and will share: