Readathon Wrap-up

I fell asleep around 6:00 am I think. So, I almost made it to the end. I think I spent more time on the hourly Instagram challenges than I did reading, but I still had fun.

Books read: Spook by Jane Little, Susannah and the Poison Green Halloween by Patricia Elmore, The Bailey School Kids: Aliens Don't Carve Jack-o'-lanterns by Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton Jones, Baby-sitters Little Sister: Karen's Pumpkin Patch by Ann M. Martin, Two of a Kind Diaries: Dare to Scare by Judy Katschke, Goosebumps Series 2000: Headless Halloween by R.L. Stine, Sweet Valley Twins: The Haunted Burial Ground by Jamie Suzanne, and half of The Baby-sitters Club: Baby-sitters' Fright Night by Ann M. Martin.

Total pages read: 843

Closing Survey

1. How would you assess your reading overall? I didn't read all the books in my stack and I gave into distractions. It wasn't the most I've ever read during a readathon, but overall I think I did OK.
2. Did you have a strategy, and if so, did you stick to it? Not really, just to read as much as possible.
3. What was your favorite snack? My homemade pumpkin bread turned out well.

Mid-Event Survey

1. What are you reading right now? Goosebumps Headless Halloween
2. How many books have you read so far? Five: Spook, Susannah and the Poison Green Halloween, Aliens Don't Carve Jack-o'-lanterns, Karen's Pumpkin Patch and Dare to Scare.
3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the readathon? Baby-sitters Fright Night
4. Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those? I've just been giving into all my distractions, which is why I haven't read much so far. Planning on making up for that in the second half!

Dewey's Readathon

Today is Dewey's Readathon! I'm ready to read for 24 hours and eat some delicious snacks!

Here's what I'll be reading today:

1. Dark Harvest by Norman Partridge
2. Goosebumps Series 2000: Headless Halloween by R.L. Stine
3. Spook by Jane Little
4. The Bailey School Kids: Aliens Don't Carve Jack-o'-lanterns by Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton Jones
5. Peanut Butter and Jelly: The Haunted House by Dorothy Haas
6. Baby-sitters Little Sister: Karen's Pumpkin Patch by Ann M. Martin
7. The Baby-sitters Club: Baby-sitters' Fright Night by Ann M. Martin
8. Sweet Valley Twins: The Haunted Burial Ground by Jamie Suzanne
9. Sweet Valley Twins: Evil Elizabeth by Jamie Suzanne
10. Two of a Kind Diaries: Dare to Scare by Judy Katschke
11. You're Invited to a Creepover: No Trick-or-Treating! by P.J. Night
12. Susannah and the Poison Green Halloween by Patricia Elmore
13. Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror Spine-tingling Spooktacular

What I'll be eating:

• Homemade pumpkin bread
• Deviled eggs
• Veggies and dip
• Cheetos
• Peanut Reese's Pieces
• Starbucks pumpkin spice latte iced espresso

Opening Survey

1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today?

Oakville, Ontario

2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?

Baby-sitters' Fright Night because I wanted to read it during the last October readathon, but didn't get to it.

3) Which snack are you most looking forward to?

The pumpkin bread that I baked last night for the readathon.

4) Tell us a little something about yourself!

This past Wednesday I turned 35 and my readathon buddy, my cat Betty, celebrated her 16th birthday last month.