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DREAMY DECEMBER DAYS READ-A-THON

Who: ANYONE~
What: Weeklong Read-a-thon
When: December 1-7, 2013
Where: Always Lost in Books and Books Keep Me Sane
Why: Because we can~
How: Simply sign up at Always Lost in Books or Books Keep Me Sane

WRAP-UP

Spent much of the week feeling pretty poorly, so I didn’t quite get as much reading done as I wanted. My challenge participation fell off too. On the other hand, I finished two books, read two novellas, and got well into Death from a Top Hat.

LIST / GOAL

The Turk: The Life and Times of the Famous 19th Century Chess-Playing Machine

Finished last 35%

Christmas Tales of Terror (Tales of Terror)

Finished last 80%

Finish The Turk.
Finish Christmas Tales of Terror.
Make some progress on In the Company of Thieves or Death from a Top Hat (library book).
Will probably read something not at all on this list!

Not going to declare any page count goal. Just getting through a couple extra chapters of something would be good.

PROGRESS

Saturday, December 7, 2013

Pages Read Today: 59
Pages Read Total: 416
Reading Materials:

Death from a Top Hat, pg. 84-122
Ghosts at Christmas by Darren W. Ritson, pg. 1-19

Challenges & Notes: Death from a Top Hat isn’t bad, but I was in the mood for something lighter. Spent a good part of the day bouncing from book to book.

Friday, December 6, 2013

Pages Read Today: 57
Pages Read Total: 357
Reading Materials:

Death from a Top Hat, pg. 27-83

Challenges & Notes: Challenge #6: Dreamy Characters
Playing ultimate frisbee last night didn’t treat me well. I spent the morning on the couch reading and napping. A terrible, terrible thing. Still behind on, well, everything, but at least I’m less stressed out.

Thursday, December 5, 2013

Pages Read Today: 26
Pages Read Total: 300
Reading Materials:

Death from a Top Hat, pg. 1-26

Challenges & Notes: Sheesh, the busy days keep on coming. Dealt with some financial stuff this afternoon and played ultimate frisbee this evening. Maybe tomorrow I’ll have a good clear block of time in which to read. (But, hey, I’m at an even 300 pages read!

Read!

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Pages Read Today: 59
Pages Read Total: 274
Reading Materials:

Whom the Gods Would Destroy, pg. 27-74
Dalek I Love You, pg. 1-11

Challenges & Notes: Another kind of busy, kind of spacy day. Was feeling kind of hermity. There was ultimate frisbee to be played and basketball to be listened to.