Closing Survey

1.       How would you assess your reading overall?	Amazing, I read 4 books
2.       Did you have a strategy and if so, did you stick to it?	I really had no strategy other than just read
3.       What was your favorite snack?	The corn dip I made – it was so good!
4.       Wanna volunteer for our next event?	I love having a day just devoted to reading without any other commitments, obligations. This is one of the days I look forward to most of the year.  I do appreciate all it takes to host this event and volunteers it takes to host this read a thon and I give kudos to all that run this event. It’s one of the best days of my year! And I’m glad to see it’s not going away.

Hour 21 - 3 a.m.

Hour 21	3 a.m.
Grand Total Pages	836 page
Grand Total Time:	829 mins = 13 hours and 49 mins
Total # of Books Read:	4

And that's it folks! This Read A Thon comes to a close. 

Books Read

Hour 20 - 2 a.m.

Hour 20	2 a.m.
Time:	2:01
Book:	Shelter Me by Catherine Mann
Page Started:	253
Page Ended:	372
Total Pages	66 pages
Grand Total Pages	836 pages
Minutes Read:	65 mins
Grand Total Minutes:	829 mins
Books Completed	4

Book 4 Completed

Hour 19 - 1 a.m.

Hour 19	1 a.m.
Time:	1:18 a.m.
Book:	Shelter Me by Catherine Mann
Page Started:	216
Page Ended:	253
Total Pages	37 pages
Grand Total Pages	770 pages
Minutes Read:	41 mins
Grand Total Minutes:	764 mins
Books Completed:	3

Late night snack

Hour 18 - 12 am

Hour 18	12 a.m.
Time:	12 a.m.
Book:	Shelter Me by Catherine Mann
Page Started:	170
Page Ended:	216
Total Pages	46 pages
Grand Total Pages	733 pages
Minutes Read:	58 mins
Grand Total Minutes:	723 mins
Books Completed:	3

Hour 17 - 11 p.m.

Hour 17	11 p.m.
Time:	11:01
Book:	Shelter Me by Catherin Mann
Page Started:	123
Page Ended:	171
Total Pages	48 pages
Grand Total Pages	687 pages
Minutes Read:	59 mins
Grand Total Minutes:	665 mins
Books Completed:	3

Hour 16 - 10 p.m.

Hour 16	10 p.m.
Time:	10:01
Book:	Shelter Me by Catherine Mann
Page Started:	85
Page Ended:	123
Total Pages	40 pages
Grand Total Pages	639 pages
Minutes Read:	59 mins
Grand Total Minutes:	606 mins
Books Completed:	3

My Dinner 

Hour 15 - 9 p.m.

Hour 15	9 p.m.
Time:	9:00
Book:	Nothing started
Page Started:	0
Page Ended:	0
Total Pages	0
Grand Total Pages	599
Minutes Read:	0
Grand Total Minutes:	547
Books Completed:	3

Played catch up on blog, Facebook and took a side break.

Hour 14 - 8 p.m.

Hour 14	8 p.m.
Time:	8:01
Book:	Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Page Started:	161
Page Ended:	198
Total Pages	47 pages
Grand Total Pages	599 pages
Minutes Read:	47 mins
Grand Total Minutes:	547 mins
Books Completed:	3

Book 3 Completed

Hour 13 - 7 p.m.

Hour 13	7 p.m.
Book:	Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Page Started:	113
Page Ended:	161
Total Pages	48 pages
Grand Total Pages	552 pages
Minutes Read:	55 mins
Grand Total Minutes:	500 mins
Books Completed:	2

Listening to music on headphones to block out the neighbors playing their music loud

Mid-Event Survey

1. What are you reading right now?

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson  (Just Finished)

2. How many books have you read so far?	3
3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Read-a-thon?	I have so many to choose from that I don’t know what to pick up next probably a Western Romance. My Dad love to read Western Books and I love Romance so combined, that will work
4. Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those?	Not really distractions just 2 separate hour panel with different authors which were awesome to listen to & it was about books so it was fitting
5. What surprises you most about the Read-a-thon, so far?	How much time really flies by when you are enjoying yourself

My Bookmaker

Hour 12 - 6 p.m.

Hour 12	6 p.m.
Time:	6:00
Book:	Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Page Started:	113
Page Ended:	113
Total Pages	0 pages
Grand Total Pages	504 pages
Minutes Read:	0 mins
Grand Total Minutes:	445 mins
Books Completed:	2

Listening to Panels from Various Authors

Hour 11 - 5 p.m.

Hour 11	5 p.m.
Time:	5:02
Book:	Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Page Started:	54
Page Ended:	113
Total Pages	59 pages
Grand Total Pages	504 pages
Minutes Read:	58 mins
Grand Total Minutes:	445 mins
Books Completed:	2

Snacks 

Hour 10 - 4 p.m.

Hour 10	4 p.m.
Time:	4:53
Book:	Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Page Started:	48
Page Ended:	54
Total Pages	6 pages
Grand Total Pages	445 pages
Minutes Read:	7 mins
Grand Total Minutes:	387 mins
Books Completed:	2

Corn Dip

Hour 9 - 3 p.m.

Hour 9	3 p.m.
Time:	3:00
Book:	Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Page Started:	1
Page Ended:	48
Total Pages	48 Pages
Grand Total Pages	439 Pages
Minutes Read:	53 Mins
Grand Total Minutes:	380 Mins
Books Completed:	2

Reading to infinity

Hour 8 - 2 p.m.

Hour 8	2 p.m.
Time:	2:10
Book:	Blubber by Judy Blume
Page Started:	113
Page Ended:	153
Total Pages	40 pages
Grand Total Pages	391 pages
Minutes Read:	21 mins
Grand Total Minutes:	327 mins
Books Completed:	2

This hour I took half off - to update blog, input my completed books into the database, check Facebook and grab a shower. Feeling refreshed and ready to go for Hour 9 and on.

Book 2 Completed

Hour 7 - 1 p.m.

Hour 7	1 p.m.
Time:	1:15
Book:	Blubber by Judy Blume
Page Started:	31
Page Ended:	113
Total Pages	82 pages
Grand Total Pages	351 pages
Minutes Read:	44 mins
Grand Total Minutes:	306 mins
Books Completed:	1

This was my breakfast this morning