The squirrels have been behaving themselves in the last two hours, so I've been able to get more reading done. In the middle of a dinner break right now, so...
Title of book(s) read since last update: Food Network magazine
Number of books read since you started: part of one book; part of one magazine.
Pages read since last update: 51
Running total of pages read since you started: 209
Amount of time spent reading since last update: 120 minutes (more or less)
Running total of time spent reading since you started: 600 minutes
Mini-challenges completed: Opening meme; Traveler's Log; Readathon Memories; Thrills and Chills;
Other participants you’ve visited: None, yet.
What I've eaten/drunk: Coffee; two Eggos with margarine; water with lime; half a leftover meatball sub; the vaguely racist-sounding "Oriental" flavored ramen noodles; High Road Aztec Chocolate ice cream - do yourself a favor and get some of this stuff; more water; Crab Rangoon; egg drop soup; an egg roll.
Going to try to keep up the momentum! Let's hope the obnoxious squirrels cooperate.
Saturday, October 21, 2017
RAT: Hour Eight
Feeling good! Still being distracted, but trying to read, too.
Title of book(s) read since last update: Food Network magazine
Number of books read since you started: part of one book; part of one magazine.
Pages read since last update: 26 (see above re: distractions)
Running total of pages read since you started: 158
Amount of time spent reading since last update: 120 minutes (more or less)
Running total of time spent reading since you started: 480 minutes
Mini-challenges completed: Opening meme; Traveler's Log; Readathon Memories; Thrills and Chills;
Other participants you’ve visited: None, yet.
What I've eaten/drunk: Coffee; two Eggos with margarine; water with lime; half a leftover meatball sub; the vaguely racist-sounding "Oriental" flavored ramen noodles; High Road Aztec Chocolate ice cream - do yourself a favor and get some of this stuff.
Dinner time will be upon us in the next couple of hours. In grand Read-a-Thon tradition, I will NOT be cooking. I think we'll be ordering Chinese. So, let's get back to all that reading!!!
Title of book(s) read since last update: Food Network magazine
Number of books read since you started: part of one book; part of one magazine.
Pages read since last update: 26 (see above re: distractions)
Running total of pages read since you started: 158
Amount of time spent reading since last update: 120 minutes (more or less)
Running total of time spent reading since you started: 480 minutes
Mini-challenges completed: Opening meme; Traveler's Log; Readathon Memories; Thrills and Chills;
Other participants you’ve visited: None, yet.
What I've eaten/drunk: Coffee; two Eggos with margarine; water with lime; half a leftover meatball sub; the vaguely racist-sounding "Oriental" flavored ramen noodles; High Road Aztec Chocolate ice cream - do yourself a favor and get some of this stuff.
Dinner time will be upon us in the next couple of hours. In grand Read-a-Thon tradition, I will NOT be cooking. I think we'll be ordering Chinese. So, let's get back to all that reading!!!
RAT: Hour Six and Counting!
Still being distracted by squirrels and Facebook, dammit. And lunch. I did take a break to make and eat lunch. I'm going to buckle down the next couple of hours, because my page total is just pathetic!!!
Title of book(s) read since last update: Food Network magazine
Number of books read since you started: part of one book; part of one magazine.
Pages read since last update: 25 (see above re: distractions)
Running total of pages read since you started: 132
Amount of time spent reading since last update: 120 minutes (more or less)
Running total of time spent reading since you started: 360 minutes
Mini-challenges completed: Opening meme; Traveler's Log; Readathon Memories
Other participants you’ve visited: None, yet.
What I've eaten/drunk: Coffee; two Eggos with margarine; water with lime; half a leftover meatball sub; the vaguely racist-sounding "Oriental" flavored ramen noodles.
Okay, doubling down NOW. I mean, after I do this bookish crossword puzzle for the next challenge!
Title of book(s) read since last update: Food Network magazine
Number of books read since you started: part of one book; part of one magazine.
Pages read since last update: 25 (see above re: distractions)
Running total of pages read since you started: 132
Amount of time spent reading since last update: 120 minutes (more or less)
Running total of time spent reading since you started: 360 minutes
Mini-challenges completed: Opening meme; Traveler's Log; Readathon Memories
Other participants you’ve visited: None, yet.
What I've eaten/drunk: Coffee; two Eggos with margarine; water with lime; half a leftover meatball sub; the vaguely racist-sounding "Oriental" flavored ramen noodles.
Okay, doubling down NOW. I mean, after I do this bookish crossword puzzle for the next challenge!
RAT: Heading Into Hour Five!
Still being distracted by the squirrels and Facebooking about squirrel drama... But also by challenges. Not much reading got done these last two hours.
Title of book(s) read since last update: Food Network magazine
Number of books read since you started: part of one book; part of one magazine.
Pages read since last update: 25 (see above re: distractions)
Running total of pages read since you started: 107
Amount of time spent reading since last update: 120 minutes
Running total of time spent reading since you started: 240 minutes (well, not all of it reading, obvs)
Mini-challenges completed: Opening meme; Traveler's Log; Readathon Memories
Other participants you’ve visited: None, yet.
What I've eaten/drunk: Coffee; two Eggos with margarine
Going to eat lunch now and try to ignore the stupid squirrels. And Facebook. Facebook is the biggest time suck!
Title of book(s) read since last update: Food Network magazine
Number of books read since you started: part of one book; part of one magazine.
Pages read since last update: 25 (see above re: distractions)
Running total of pages read since you started: 107
Amount of time spent reading since last update: 120 minutes
Running total of time spent reading since you started: 240 minutes (well, not all of it reading, obvs)
Mini-challenges completed: Opening meme; Traveler's Log; Readathon Memories
Other participants you’ve visited: None, yet.
What I've eaten/drunk: Coffee; two Eggos with margarine
Going to eat lunch now and try to ignore the stupid squirrels. And Facebook. Facebook is the biggest time suck!
RAT Hour Two
Coming down to the end of Hour Two and I've been a bit distracted. We currently have a squirrel in our wall and it is driving me NUTS (no pun intended). Plus Facebook and other stuff. But I finished a book I'd started pre-Read-a-thon and have now begun some magazine reading! Hubby is in the bedroom reading comics, while I lounge out on the couch.
Title of book(s) read since last update: Drowned Ammet by Diana Wynne Jones; Food Network magazine
Number of books read since you started: part of one book; part of one magazine.
Pages read since last update: 82 (see above re: distractions)
Running total of pages read since you started: 82
Amount of time spent reading since last update: 120 minutes
Running total of time spent reading since you started: 120 minutes
Mini-challenges completed: Opening meme; Traveler's Log
Other participants you’ve visited: None, yet.
What I've eaten/drunk: Coffee; two Eggos with margarine.
I'd like to focus more on reading for the next two hours, instead of being distracted by stupid squirrels and whatnot. Back to it!
Title of book(s) read since last update: Drowned Ammet by Diana Wynne Jones; Food Network magazine
Number of books read since you started: part of one book; part of one magazine.
Pages read since last update: 82 (see above re: distractions)
Running total of pages read since you started: 82
Amount of time spent reading since last update: 120 minutes
Running total of time spent reading since you started: 120 minutes
Mini-challenges completed: Opening meme; Traveler's Log
Other participants you’ve visited: None, yet.
What I've eaten/drunk: Coffee; two Eggos with margarine.
I'd like to focus more on reading for the next two hours, instead of being distracted by stupid squirrels and whatnot. Back to it!
Read-a-Thon: Hour Zero
Well, it's been a while since my last RAT. My birthday weekend complicated things in April, and I can't remember if I participated last October or not. I think I read, but didn't blog? Anyway, trying to get back on the blogging wagon...
1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today? Overcast South Florida
2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to? Finishing my current read, Drowned Ammet.
3) Which snack are you most looking forward to? Mmm, the leftover half a meatball sub I have for lunch.
4) Tell us a little something about yourself! I'm a busy lady these days, so I haven't blogged since last summer. Still reading, slowly, but not at the rate I would like to be. Oh! And I just joined my first book club yesterday!!! Our first meeting is in November!
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? I wasn't a part of the LAST Read-a-Thon, but I have participated in almost all the other ones. I'll mostly be using my tried and true methods of slowly consuming one book at a time, though.
Happy reading!
1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today? Overcast South Florida
2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to? Finishing my current read, Drowned Ammet.
3) Which snack are you most looking forward to? Mmm, the leftover half a meatball sub I have for lunch.
4) Tell us a little something about yourself! I'm a busy lady these days, so I haven't blogged since last summer. Still reading, slowly, but not at the rate I would like to be. Oh! And I just joined my first book club yesterday!!! Our first meeting is in November!
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? I wasn't a part of the LAST Read-a-Thon, but I have participated in almost all the other ones. I'll mostly be using my tried and true methods of slowly consuming one book at a time, though.
Happy reading!
Saturday, July 9, 2016
Review: Show Me the Way by Jennifer Lauck
I read Jennifer Lauck's Blackbird last year, and then the sequel, Still Waters, and now this third in the series of memoirs. I finished this back in February, so I have no idea if I can recall enough of the book to do a really solid review, but I'll try. This installment covers Lauck's experiences in motherhood. It was both funny and sad, like all of her work. It was good. I can't really think of much else to say about it, since I don't remember much. I remember that I liked it, though.
Four out of five Whatevers. Recommended for those who have read the rest of the series, for anyone struggling through parenthood, or those who just enjoy memoirs in general.
2016-4
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