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Thursday, October 10, 2013

Dewey's Read-a-Thon



Between my playing video games 25 hours straight on October 25th, and reading 24 hours straight this coming Saturday, October is going to be a very sleep deprived month.

I desperately need to add more to my page count before my 20,000 page goal reaches its deadline Dec. 31. So here goes! On Oct. 12th I'm going to read for 24 hours as part of Dewey's Read-a-Thon, which you can find more about here.

I'll probably be live tumbling/vining (can't link my vine, but just search for scifibrarian) that day if anyone's interested in the ramblings of someone with attention problems trying to focus on one activity for an entire day. Prepare for plenty of whining and Red Bull worship.

UPDATE:

Wow, so did you guys know that 24 hours is a long time!? Like, if you start reading at 8am, you're supposed to continue until 8am...the next morning!?

Yeah, needless to say I'm calling it a night. I didn't get started until 1pm due to Things™, and I'm stopping now at 1am due to having a headache so intense it feels like Athena's going to burst from my forehead. Also I have a potluck and volleyball practice to go to tomorrow. Under the influence of no sleep I'd most likely start spiking pumpkin pies and gnawing on my knee pads.

But 12 hours ain't bad...right? And turns out "live-blogging" reading is kind of impossible. But I did make one vine:



Fun coincidence though, the one novel I did manage to make it all the way through today was Ursula K. Le Guin's The Lathe of Heaven, which features a guy desperately trying not to sleep. I identified! I'll write up a post about it once I get some Zzzz's into my system. I also made it through a chunk of The Complete Poems of Anne Sexton which is going to take a lot more than a day to make it through.
Good job all you dedicated read-a-thoner's out there! I bow to your resilience. 

12 comments:

  1. If you get behind on the page count you should switch to graphic novels. And if that doesn't work try children's books.

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  2. Hey Jessica,
    I'm one of your cheerleaders for Dewey's #readathon. Let us know if this isn't the best place to Cheer you on and I can let our fellow cheerleaders know where to find you.
    Let us know what you're reading :)
    #TeamTiger 7 Hours to Go until Start
    p.s Please turn off your captcha so us cheerleaders can leave comments faster.

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  3. Hope you're having a great read-a-thon so far! Go go go, eye of the #TeamTiger!

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  4. Looks like you've got a lot of crazy things going on - love the idea of a gaming event to raise money. Hope you are reading and having fun with the books you picked!

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    1. Thank you! It was a lot of fun, though I didn't end up making it through the whole 24 hours. Still a great experience.

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  5. "How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives." (Annie Dillard)
    So let's spend today reading :)
    Team Tiger

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    1. I love Annie Dillard! Thanks for your support :)

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  6. Keep up the great reading! #TeamTiger

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  7. I told my hubby who loves gaming about your fundraiser & I don't think he was convinced that he could raise money by playing his playstation.
    Go #TeamTiger!

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    1. Haha, yeah it's a pretty unique fundraiser. I hope he gives it a try! And thanks for your support!

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  8. 12 hours is awesome! Congratulations!

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  9. Twelve hours is still a long time to read. I think when the Harry Potter books came out (5-7) I read for 24 hours straight ... or maybe it was less time, but I read them non-stop until they were done. It's not easy.

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