Carol's Notebook

Read-a-thon  Final Update: Total time spent reading/listening: 9 hours, 8 minutes Total time spent cheering: 4 hours Total pages read: 573 Time listening to books: 2 hour 10 minutes Books and stories finished: Flirting with Forever by Gwyn Cready, From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg, "The Stir Outside the Café Royal" by Clarence Rook, The Chatham School Affair by Thomas H. Cook, and Casey at the Bat by Ernest L. Thayer. Not finished: The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas and The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux Other tidbits: I'm heading to bed. Hope everyone has a great time in the remaining hours....

Read-a-thon Update: Total time spent reading/listening: 7 hours, 18 minutes Total time spent cheering: 2 hours 10 minutes Total pages read: 512 Time listening to books: 1 hour 10 minutes Currently reading The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas and listening to The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux Books and stories finished: Flirting with Forever by Gwyn Cready, From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg, "The Stir Outside the Café Royal" by Clarence Rook, and The Chatham School Affair by Thomas H. Cook Other tidbits: Just put some mini quiches in the oven. Time for a snack....

Read-a-thon Update: Total time spent reading/listening: 5 hours, 10 minutes Total time spent cheering: 2 hours 10 minutes Total pages read: 336 Time listening to books: 1 hour 10 minutes Currently reading: The Chatham School Affair by Thomas H. Cook and listening to The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux Books and stories finished: Flirting with Forever by Gwyn Cready, From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg, and "The Stir Outside the Café Royal" by Clarence Rook Other tidbits: Amber and I have been reading the Konigsburg book for a while, we just happened to finish tonight. David and the guys are watching the hockey game right now. After that they're planning on Axis and Allies, one game I'll gladly sit out of....

Read-a-thon Update: Total time spent reading: 3 hours, 35 minutes Total time spent cheering: 1 hour Total pages read: 319 Currently reading: The Chatham School Affair by Thomas H. Cook Books finished: Still only Flirting with Forever by Gwyn Cready. Other tidbits: Took some time out to walk the dog and plant some flower in the front yard. Dinner next, then back to reading. Family insists I feed them, though....

Read-a-thon Update: Total time spent reading: 1 hr 50 minutes, but now all my have-tos are done for the day so I'm good to go. Pages Read: 212 Books finished: Flirting with Forever by Gwyn Cready Next up: The Chatham School Affair by Thomas Cook, but first some visiting....

Morning, all. I'm looking forward to a day of great reading, but first my answers to the introduction questions. First up on my pile is finishing Flirting with Forever by Gwyn Cready. After that, I'm just kind of winging it, seeing what grabs my attention when I walk to the bookshelf. Three facts about me: I've never cut the grass. I love spaghetti and sauce, which is what I'm planning on for dinner tonight - quick and easy. I have a ten year-old daughter who unfortunately is not planning on joining me in reading today. I don't really have a set TBR pile. The Truth about Forever, The Chatham School Affair, and The Three Musketeers are all possibilities. I don't have any goals. This is going to be a no pressure day for me. Read, visit others, have fun. I've only done this once before, but I don't have any advice, except maybe through your family out of the house for the day. I didn't manage to arrange...