So in the end:
- I read for almost 7 hours
- Cheered for 5 hours
- Completed two books
- Finished more than half of a third
- Completed a short story
- Slipped into unconsciousness twice Took two naps
- Had meals out twice
- Took one bubble bath
- Nodded of more times than I can count
Stats:
- Read for 6 hours and 45 minutes
- Read 385 pages
- Completed The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros
- Finished Prayers for Sale, by Sandra Dallas
- Got 2/3 of the way though The Obama Revolution, by Alan Kennedy-Shaffer
- Completed The Birds, by Daphne du Maurier (short story)
- Completed o challenges, tweets, etc and is in awe of those who could keep up
- Had an unquantifiable amount of fun
- Is immensely tired, but wired.
Congratulations! 7 hours of reading is just a huge amount for one day, you did great!
Yay, Nicole! I knew you could do it!! Job well done. Hope you can get some sleep today
Wendy’s last blog post..Friday Finds – April 17, 2009
You had a great day!
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Great job and thank you for being such a great cheerleader and visiting my blog. It really helped.
Robin of My Two Blessings’s last blog post..Read A Thon Recap
Congratulations!
Lorin’s last blog post..Another Read-a-thon Update
You had a great day and did awesome!
Darlene’s last blog post..Read-a-Thon Final Results
Good job. Fun reading this post. The Read-a-Thon was fun too. Thanks for being a Cheerleader. That was so helpful to me, the reader. Next time I’m going to spend some time doing that. I know how much it meant to me.
Margot’s last blog post..Tuesday Teasers
What a productive day!! Even a bubble bath–need to do that next time.
Thanks so much for coming by and cheering us on. You were awesome!
Trish’s last blog post..The Outsiders and Sam’s Letters to Jennifer (2 mini-reviews)
I had so much fun cheering! I definitely think that I am going to increase the hours I do it next time!
Congrat on entering the Read-A -Thon. i hope you had tons of fun and had a chance to read a book you wanted to complete…
See you at the next Read-A-thon.
Have a good day.
E.H>
Erotic Horizon’s last blog post..Discussion Point – The Swing in Your Reading….
The nap and bubble bath are nice ways to break from reading. I didn’t get to participate this time but I read on and off all day at the beach, in Hawaii!
Matt, I think I would have gladly switched places with you to read on the beach in Hawaii! Nicely done.
Hi Nicole! I love your blog and have awarded you A Lovely Blog Award! Here it is:
chickwithbooks.blogspot.com/2009/04/lovely-blog-award.html
Enjoy!
Suzanne’s last blog post..Lovely Blog Award!
Thanks so much for the lovely award! It’s going to be hard to decide who to share it with.
Did you fall asleep after the Read-a-Thon and not wake up?
Rose City Reader’s last blog post..Opening Sentence of the Day: Red Square
Something like that. It was really busy this past week, and I think I just got all booked out.
Sorry I didn’t make it over here during the Read-a-thon but I’m glad you had fun! I wish I had gotten more accomplished though.
No worries! There was so much going on that day. I had thought I would get more accomplished as well, but it just didn’t happen.