My World...in words and pages: Spring's Serenity Read-a-thon, wrap-up

Monday, May 2, 2011

Spring's Serenity Read-a-thon, wrap-up

Spring's Serenity Read-a-thon ran from April 25th through May 1st.

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I tried my best this past week with reading. But some times life gets cranky. For the most part I did pretty well until the weekend. I had planned on reading more over the weekend as my son had 7 boys over for his birthday party sleepover. What was I thinking!?! They had me up late with being 8 rambunctious 12 year old boys. And I wasn't able to get much reading in. Then Sunday was grandparents birthday day. And a few stayed later than I had anticipated. Not a bad thing, just didn't figure they would stay so long.

But, on to what I got through...

I read and completed A Moth in Darkness by Frances Pauli - 212 pages

I finished Iron King by Julie Kagawa - 80 pages left

I started The Sweet Scent of Blood by Suzanne McLeod - 116 pages into

Yeah, not much in page numbers right. But, I was happy to have gotten completely through A Moth in Darkness so quickly. And I had only planned on finishing Iron King and reading A Moth in Darkness, knowing all that was going on this weekend. So I guess in the end I did better than I was realistically hoping. (on the far end of my hopes I was hoping to get at least half way with The Sweet Scent of Blood.)

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Melissa (Books and Things)May 2, 2011 at 6:53 PM
You should have told the boys to be quiet so you could read. That would work... right? lol

Still looks like you did pretty well! Much better than I would have done... so congrats!
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Michelle FlickMay 2, 2011 at 7:20 PM
God bless you for being so brave with all those boys!!! ANd remember, those words are more than what you had before the weekend started
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Melissa (My World...in words and pages)May 2, 2011 at 9:19 PM
Melissa (Books&Things) - Oh, I don't think I could consintrate at all with those boys yelling and hollaring and running and... it was just crazy chaos! lol. But, we got through and birthdays only come once a year!

Mflick1 - I really don't know what I was thinking when I agreed to it. I have to say I do not envy teachers at all. :) Bless you! But it was nice to get some reading in. :) Thank you!
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Michelle Stockard MillerMay 3, 2011 at 12:28 AM
Yeah, I know all about 'cranky' weeks..LOL! I think you did great! I'm happy you joined me this time. I hope you will think about trying again for my summer read-a-thon in July. =O)
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Alexia561May 3, 2011 at 8:10 AM
So true that life gets cranky sometimes and messes up your plans! You are a brave woman to take on 8 little boys! Hope they didn't totally destroy your house!

For all that you had going on, I think you did pretty well with the read-a-thon! Hope you enjoyed The Iron King as much as I did! I'm Team Puck all the way! :)
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Melissa (My World...in words and pages)May 3, 2011 at 8:38 PM
Michelle The True Book Addict - hey hon! Thank you for stopping by and hosting! :) Oh, and thank you. I think I did do well and I didn't over do the expectations, which helps. I'll have to think about joining up in July. :) I'll keep an eye out for the information. :)

Alexia - Hi! Oh, I don't know if brave is the right word after having those boys all here. lol. Oh, I did love Iron King and can't wait to go on in the series. :) I love Puck, but I think I'm leaning for Ash. ;)
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Spring's Serenity Read-a-thon, wrap-up

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