Hello my lovely people of blog land. We are now into hour seven of this wonderful read-a-thon and I thought this would be a good time to update you all on how things are going. As this read-a-thon started at 10pm for me, I had already been up over 12 hours when it started. This means in hour seven, at 4am, I am struggling to keep my eyes open as I read and I think that I may need to take a nap for an hour or two to try and wake myself back up a little.
Currently Reading: Vassa in the Night by Sarah Porter
Total Pages Read: 168
Opening Survey
1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today?
I am reading from the land down under! (Australia)
2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?
I didn’t really create a stack for this read-a-thon because I know my mood will probably change and I have been going through a bad (horrible) reading slump, but I am going to say that I am most looking forward to starting my second book as that means I completed one!
3) Which snack are you most looking forward to?
I know I will at some point go and get myself sushi because I always do, and it will be glorious.
4) Tell us a little something about yourself!
I am 24, own a cat, live with 4 other people and aspire to work in a wildlife sanctuary (as well as read books for a living haha)
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 completed forgot to have a nap before the read-a-thon started this time so doing something differently has gone out the window already! But it will still be enjoyable.
Happy Birthday Poem
In this mini-challenge, I challenge you to read a poem written by a poet born in October, to celebrate the October setting of the Dewey Readathon. I have listed the birthday followed by poet name and title of poem and a link to read the poem on-line. Please read one of the following poems and make a comment about which one you read and how you liked it
For this challenge I chose number four (Oct. 21) Jilly Dybka: “Carnaval of Souls.”
Carnival of Souls
The bird-like woman
at the ramshackle carnival—
the only one riding
a roller coaster in the rain.
At the ramshackle carnival
the sparse crowd seeks shelter.
A roller coaster in the rain
has but one passenger.
The sparse crowd seeks shelter.
The only one riding
a roller coaster in the rain:
the bird-like woman.
I like this poem because to me it speaks of great personal struggle or sadness, and the desire, or the overwhelmingness of it is stopping someone from letting it go. In a situation most people would avoid, like a ramshackled roller coaster in the rain, a single woman fails to seek shelter with the rest of the people.
Book Memories
That’s all I want from you- your book memories! Just leave a comment, or a link if you’re posting it on your blog or twitter or litsy or instagram or tumblr or goodreads or whatever social media site you most prefer.
For this I am going to go with really my first clear bookish memory of my father reading The Hobbit to me as a child. I think it was this early interaction with a proper book (not just a picture book) and it being fantasy has really shaped me as a reader even though because of my dyslexia there was a very painful time in my life where the idea of reading anything seemed to out of reach.
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Till Next Time . . .
