tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76612010990828086462024-03-13T06:26:59.351-04:00Little Miss ZombieMelissa Helwighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09768161999259741044noreply@blogger.comBlogger407125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661201099082808646.post-20284149904235563582023-10-21T08:38:00.005-04:002023-10-21T08:38:35.085-04:00Dewey's Readathon<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI0AH31RCBPNdeZTeKfGUBdR_Xn3LJXlmaafst-R-kJWZMZSIgZ1G0l0Y2gD-bUYJ7z01ksOmJKAdU9qrcvapxq0tTcGcs16FkvNaCK84OMnll0atJEqMr1Cj4rQFOioTrbiCfuSKViTcsxN_hVg4-LTOExXFnL_r52DfGIuxsR_etTyUyLyFfughzQCpD/s591/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-21%20at%208.29.50%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="591" data-original-width="470" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI0AH31RCBPNdeZTeKfGUBdR_Xn3LJXlmaafst-R-kJWZMZSIgZ1G0l0Y2gD-bUYJ7z01ksOmJKAdU9qrcvapxq0tTcGcs16FkvNaCK84OMnll0atJEqMr1Cj4rQFOioTrbiCfuSKViTcsxN_hVg4-LTOExXFnL_r52DfGIuxsR_etTyUyLyFfughzQCpD/w318-h400/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-21%20at%208.29.50%20AM.png" title="My TBR for today" width="318" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My TBR for today</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b>Opening Event Survey:</b></p><p><b>1. Which part of the world are you reading from today?</b></p><p>Oakville, Ontario, Canada</p><p><br /></p><p><b>2. Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?</b></p><p>I'm really excited to re-read the Bunnicula books</p><p><br /></p><p><b>3. Which snacks are you most looking forward to?</b></p><p>Spinach dip</p><p><br /></p><p><b>4. Tell us a little something about yourself!</b></p><p>My birthday was on Thursday. I turned 36</p><p><br /></p><p><b>5. What are your goals for this readathon?</b></p><p>To read as much as possible</p>Melissa Helwighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09768161999259741044noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661201099082808646.post-53755509018709161332023-08-11T09:32:00.005-04:002023-08-11T09:32:53.112-04:00Horror Galore: 300 Fantastic Fright Flicks You Might Have Missed by Nathaniel Tolle<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhgbE6KDaOMjfnmDJlqpxjZG4vgZ9rGgKteQ5zOYo7XH41A2WohzmkSHTLc_byrHPxRwgSqxxbeuSQTS2cCuqM6yCQ8W1tQgl2RMZsDWD3gvaBqpSZWF9EId-QeVgSgVcnoEiWs-ZkAN-rEY7LjaA1CjvwRRFTY-Vw1gIR5jEqeNUcAE1IdkZHOXnpqXEqK" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="534" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhgbE6KDaOMjfnmDJlqpxjZG4vgZ9rGgKteQ5zOYo7XH41A2WohzmkSHTLc_byrHPxRwgSqxxbeuSQTS2cCuqM6yCQ8W1tQgl2RMZsDWD3gvaBqpSZWF9EId-QeVgSgVcnoEiWs-ZkAN-rEY7LjaA1CjvwRRFTY-Vw1gIR5jEqeNUcAE1IdkZHOXnpqXEqK" width="192" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I watch a lot of horror movies and I'm always on the lookout for hidden gems. This book has tons of films I've never heard of before, and the ones I've already seen I've loved. Plus, anyone who appreciates the genius that is </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">Basket Case 2</i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> has a trustworthy opinion. </span></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">I love reading books with horror movie recommendations, but I always find that the movies suggested are more serious fare, while I'm more into cheesy, so-bad-they're-good movies. I'm so happy to have found a book that has recommendations for both! Whatever your personal preference, this book has a horror film for you. And they're divided into sections based on specific subgenres (like How to Cook Forty Humans and More Reasons to Get a Vasectomy), so it's easy to find whatever you're in the mood for.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">I noticed a bunch of the movies mentioned are available for free on Tubi and I plan on using this book as my Tubi movie guide, because I never know if the horror movies on there will be good bad or bad bad. I've already watched a few movies recommended in the book and they were weird and cheesy in the best possible way. I can't wait to watch more!</span></p>Melissa Helwighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09768161999259741044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661201099082808646.post-89150612244092873892022-10-23T19:14:00.004-04:002022-10-23T19:17:08.890-04:00Readathon Wrap-up<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuE3tn7Nj5RoBmJB3yY_RaRpQ2YqP506aWcvO7veGbIrjC2btxLRFIG9Z_WVpIeZm3xsFlCT7R976izLCSZ_YuVpMKwc67dX78cI2Gkb55bDc2Nw0A1WHiDKrnTAa_rKPOs4Q1dz92YswHHzT_2JVlucgcl1MEYwWsGRvIrd541GM2vZdZSsdnDlTRyw/s608/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-23%20at%207.13.03%20PM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="608" data-original-width="564" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuE3tn7Nj5RoBmJB3yY_RaRpQ2YqP506aWcvO7veGbIrjC2btxLRFIG9Z_WVpIeZm3xsFlCT7R976izLCSZ_YuVpMKwc67dX78cI2Gkb55bDc2Nw0A1WHiDKrnTAa_rKPOs4Q1dz92YswHHzT_2JVlucgcl1MEYwWsGRvIrd541GM2vZdZSsdnDlTRyw/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-23%20at%207.13.03%20PM.png" width="297" /></a></div>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.<p></p><p><b>Books read:</b> <i style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Spook</i><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-size: 13px;"> by Jane Little, </span><i style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Susannah and the Poison Green Halloween</i><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-size: 13px;"> by Patricia Elmore, </span><i style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The Bailey School Kids: Aliens Don't Carve Jack-o'-lanterns </i><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-size: 13px;">by Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton Jones, </span><i style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Baby-sitters Little Sister: Karen's Pumpkin Patch</i><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-size: 13px;">by Ann M. Martin, </span><i style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Two of a Kind Diaries: Dare to Scare</i><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-size: 13px;"> by Judy Katschke, </span><i style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Goosebumps Series 2000: Headless Halloween</i><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-size: 13px;"> by R.L. Stine, </span><i style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Sweet Valley Twins: The Haunted Burial Ground </i><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: x-small;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">by Jamie Suzanne, and half of </span></span><i style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The Baby-sitters Club: Baby-sitters' Fright Night</i><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-size: 13px;"> by Ann M. Martin.</span></p><p><b>Total pages read:</b> 843</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Closing Survey</b></p><ol style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 1.6em 1.6em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(68, 67, 64); color: #444340; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>How would you assess your reading overall?</b> 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.</span></li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(68, 67, 64); color: #444340; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Did you have a strategy, and if so, did you stick to it?</b> Not really, just to read as much as possible.</span></li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span><span style="color: #444340; font-family: inherit;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 67, 64); font-style: inherit;"><b>What was your favorite snack?</b> My homemade </span></span><span style="color: #444340;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 67, 64);">pumpkin</span></span><span style="color: #444340; font-family: inherit;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 67, 64); font-style: inherit;"> bread turned out well.</span></span></span></li></ol><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix8dCQkvUMXtkvBoER5X-yrMKnE9JZ_ABWOhuG7bwGAXNee6uBGajkcVjumtSROrfA8dt3oYf61p9PlM1FO8CrSPjvvlqEcoUxmFZj1Tegq0Fp0IQ9zIHLxWL-nOh0H-iQDoTiY99PrYCQjkvMimamBB0BDYCnaN4_Yk-l3GySv2MS-xAQF1yxYLy4oQ/s609/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-23%20at%203.28.48%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="609" data-original-width="485" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix8dCQkvUMXtkvBoER5X-yrMKnE9JZ_ABWOhuG7bwGAXNee6uBGajkcVjumtSROrfA8dt3oYf61p9PlM1FO8CrSPjvvlqEcoUxmFZj1Tegq0Fp0IQ9zIHLxWL-nOh0H-iQDoTiY99PrYCQjkvMimamBB0BDYCnaN4_Yk-l3GySv2MS-xAQF1yxYLy4oQ/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-23%20at%203.28.48%20PM.png" width="255" /></a></div></div>Melissa Helwighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09768161999259741044noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661201099082808646.post-1294427977265065472022-10-22T21:32:00.000-04:002022-10-22T21:32:09.749-04:00Mid-Event Survey<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="474" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1goGwTNw03WIse0Yw0buWFVmsxGVArHkbA4auyAW2wweAFQjtKIAwjL_JK7aICGTs_4rzLhYk1A8iNFZ2a1OWvKNkwiLPSI3c7wYij_h8Ed8w8MsXml9wJmknz3ceaet_Tbv1WFGou7XXYctVLiS42CqQ9Pm0XNS-k7MEdFXep49-W0ZaRXVZry5Paw/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-22%20at%209.21.49%20PM.png" width="257" /></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1goGwTNw03WIse0Yw0buWFVmsxGVArHkbA4auyAW2wweAFQjtKIAwjL_JK7aICGTs_4rzLhYk1A8iNFZ2a1OWvKNkwiLPSI3c7wYij_h8Ed8w8MsXml9wJmknz3ceaet_Tbv1WFGou7XXYctVLiS42CqQ9Pm0XNS-k7MEdFXep49-W0ZaRXVZry5Paw/s590/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-22%20at%209.21.49%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><p></p><span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 67, 64); color: #444340; font-family: inherit;"><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit;"><b>What are you reading right now?</b> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Goosebumps Headless Halloween</i></span></li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-style: inherit;"><b>How many books have you read so far? </b>Five: </span><i>Spook</i><span style="font-style: inherit;">,</span><i> Susannah and the Poison Green Halloween</i><span style="font-style: inherit;">, </span><i>Aliens Don't Carve Jack-o'-lanterns</i><span style="font-style: inherit;">, </span><i>Karen's Pumpkin Patch</i><span style="font-style: inherit;"> and </span><i>Dare to Scare</i><span style="font-style: inherit;">.</span></span></li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-style: inherit;"><b>What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the readathon?</b> </span><i>Baby-sitters Fright Night</i></span></li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those?</b> 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!</span></li></ol></span>Melissa Helwighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09768161999259741044noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661201099082808646.post-39882350687734592122022-10-22T08:53:00.000-04:002022-10-22T08:53:06.693-04:00Dewey's Readathon<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4HC8kr3XkkuxY1ruimMl3dTvVUKMNdHUqz0NUXmP0C3oAf1JsnRez3asSFW2lBLzvLse77Bz7wMLgIgNVtoVLhYE7yPgNpVpNs2j3ZtG58_gN_gUBYYatNe7ehq1djcEW94fD4v4N69dn6gLqIYMOQuY_iZOFwCcYc35pnH6Vw80uBzLFWyWicV0oiQ/s614/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-22%20at%208.24.20%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="608" data-original-width="614" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4HC8kr3XkkuxY1ruimMl3dTvVUKMNdHUqz0NUXmP0C3oAf1JsnRez3asSFW2lBLzvLse77Bz7wMLgIgNVtoVLhYE7yPgNpVpNs2j3ZtG58_gN_gUBYYatNe7ehq1djcEW94fD4v4N69dn6gLqIYMOQuY_iZOFwCcYc35pnH6Vw80uBzLFWyWicV0oiQ/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-22%20at%208.24.20%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />Today is <a href="https://deweysreadathon.wordpress.com" target="_blank">Dewey's Readathon</a>! I'm ready to read for 24 hours and eat some delicious snacks!<p></p><p><b>Here's what I'll be reading today:</b></p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><i>Dark Harvest</i> by Norman Partridge</li><li><i>Goosebumps Series 2000: Headless Halloween</i> by R.L. Stine</li><li><i>Spook</i> by Jane Little</li><li><i>The Bailey School Kids: Aliens Don't Carve Jack-o'-lanterns </i>by Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton Jones</li><li><i>Peanut Butter and Jelly: The Haunted House</i> by Dorothy Haas</li><li><i>Baby-sitters Little Sister: Karen's Pumpkin Patch</i> by Ann M. Martin</li><li><i>The Baby-sitters Club: Baby-sitters' Fright Night</i> by Ann M. Martin</li><li><i>Sweet Valley Twins: The Haunted Burial Ground </i>by Jamie Suzanne</li><li><i>Sweet Valley Twins: Evil Elizabeth</i> by Jamie Suzanne</li><li><i>Two of a Kind Diaries: Dare to Scare</i> by Judy Katschke</li><li><i>You're Invited to a Creepover: No Trick-or-Treating!</i> by P.J. Night</li><li><i>Susannah and the Poison Green Halloween</i> by Patricia Elmore</li><li><i>Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror Spine-tingling Spooktacular</i></li></ol><div><b>What I'll be eating:</b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Homemade pumpkin bread</li><li>Deviled eggs</li><li>Veggies and dip</li><li>Cheetos</li><li>Peanut Reese's Pieces</li><li>Starbucks pumpkin spice latte iced espresso</li></ul><div><b>Opening Survey</b></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(68, 67, 64); color: #444340;"><b>1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today?</b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Oakville, Ontario</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(68, 67, 64); color: #444340;" /></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(68, 67, 64); color: #444340;"><b>2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?</b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><i>Baby-sitters' Fright Night</i> because I wanted to read it during the last October readathon, but didn't get to it.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(68, 67, 64); color: #444340;" /></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(68, 67, 64); color: #444340;"><b>3) Which snack are you most looking forward to?</b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">The pumpkin bread that I baked last night for the readathon.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(68, 67, 64); color: #444340;" /></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(68, 67, 64); color: #444340;"><b>4) Tell us a little something about yourself!</b></span></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(68, 67, 64); color: #444340;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(68, 67, 64); color: #444340;">This past </span></span><span style="color: #444340;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 67, 64);">Wednesday I turned 35 and my readathon buddy, my cat Betty, celebrated her 16th birthday last month.</span></span></div><p></p>Melissa Helwighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09768161999259741044noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661201099082808646.post-3691904226967253192022-05-01T17:10:00.001-04:002022-05-01T17:14:50.214-04:00Readathon Wrap-Up<div><span style="font-family: inherit;">I did it! I stayed up the whole 24 hours, but I was too tired to post my wrap-up at 8:00 am. I fell asleep right away and have been sleeping most of the day. The fire alarm went off in my apartment building at 2:00 am and I was like, "good, now I won't fall asleep!" But I also couldn't concentrate on reading either. My building didn't burn down or anything, there are false alarms all the time, to the point that I'm never worried and if there was actually a fire I could probably die because I would just ignore the alarm.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Books read:</b> <i>Dollies </i><span style="background-color: white;">by Pat Graversen, <i>The Charming</i> by Jane </span></span>Polcovar, <i>Evil on the Bayou</i> by Richie Tankersley Cusick, <i>Cheerleaders: The Evil Lives!</i> by R.L. Stine, <i>Bury Me Deep</i> by Christopher Pike, <i>Ghost World</i> by Daniel Clowes</div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><b>Total pages read: </b>1054</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><b>Closing Survey</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b><b>1. How would you assess your reading overall?</b></span></div><div><b style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></b><span style="font-family: inherit;">I only read six books and one of them wasn't even on my TBR, but I think 1054 pages is pretty good. I never read that </span>much<span style="font-family: inherit;"> on an average day.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><b>2. Did you have a strategy, and if so, did you stick to it?</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b>Not really, just to read as much as possible. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><b>3. What was your favourite snack?</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b>I ordered pizza from Papa John's for the first time and I loved it!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><b>4. Did you add any new books to your TBR/wishlist after seeing what everyone else is reading?</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b>Yeah, I always do. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><b>5. What was your favourite book or experience from this readathon?</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b><i>Ghost World </i>by Daniel Clowes--I thought it was hilarious.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz_lYW3sBKDaqr29f3FMMsjk4ZfokuZuHkyTRZhBwAY4zYnPDqvw-1NLoPORL-Vneog4f6phQtGVT-tWYrUEK5tGD3yKfddrIV3eCQsR1U3RK5jhbKQdJ66CCqL9IoNcaABm8CNPc5vE4pbGajtFIuuQEr7rT2FPbdiSYghvp47PMobybjOq94Sx9vDg/s663/Screen%20Shot%202022-05-01%20at%205.14.10%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="663" data-original-width="614" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz_lYW3sBKDaqr29f3FMMsjk4ZfokuZuHkyTRZhBwAY4zYnPDqvw-1NLoPORL-Vneog4f6phQtGVT-tWYrUEK5tGD3yKfddrIV3eCQsR1U3RK5jhbKQdJ66CCqL9IoNcaABm8CNPc5vE4pbGajtFIuuQEr7rT2FPbdiSYghvp47PMobybjOq94Sx9vDg/w592-h640/Screen%20Shot%202022-05-01%20at%205.14.10%20PM.png" width="592" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>Melissa Helwighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09768161999259741044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661201099082808646.post-76667260498598923092022-04-30T20:35:00.000-04:002022-04-30T20:35:18.843-04:00Mid-Event Survey<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvSttWBNkPKKBMmByPdkhDQCjdyy7NU4MnVRDskRxCzL6B5FI54t3Qw-hjbPo__rBqKLtsqIVftPyR_u70G00jajlFMo7LFa34tw0GwLVVHP7w0ABnU98DdpoA6VguyK2YAycbs9yLb3VL3GvYkGXws2A_77IkM9O-tF-b5vZ1gU66aVHCvCaayMiPYA/s667/Screen%20Shot%202022-04-30%20at%208.22.03%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="667" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvSttWBNkPKKBMmByPdkhDQCjdyy7NU4MnVRDskRxCzL6B5FI54t3Qw-hjbPo__rBqKLtsqIVftPyR_u70G00jajlFMo7LFa34tw0GwLVVHP7w0ABnU98DdpoA6VguyK2YAycbs9yLb3VL3GvYkGXws2A_77IkM9O-tF-b5vZ1gU66aVHCvCaayMiPYA/w400-h291/Screen%20Shot%202022-04-30%20at%208.22.03%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <b style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(68, 67, 64); color: #444340;">1. What are you reading right now? </span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(68, 67, 64); color: #444340;"><br /></span></b><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(68, 67, 64); color: #444340;"><i>Bury Me Deep </i>by Christopher Pike</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(68, 67, 64); color: #444340;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(68, 67, 64); color: #444340;"><b>2. How many books have you read so far? </b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(68, 67, 64); color: #444340;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(68, 67, 64); color: #444340;">One and a half. I wanted to finish <i>Dollies</i> by Pat Graversen before I started on my TBR and I still had quite a bit left, so that took most of the day. I'm halfway through <i>Bury Me Deep</i>.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(68, 67, 64); color: #444340;"><b>3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Read-a-thon? </b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(68, 67, 64); color: #444340;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: #444340;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(68, 67, 64);"><i>Cheerleaders: The Evil Lives</i> by R.L. Stine. I still haven't read that yet, despite mentioning how much I'm looking forward to it in my previous post.</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #444340;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(68, 67, 64);"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(68, 67, 64); color: #444340;"><b>4. Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those? </b></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(68, 67, 64); color: #444340; font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #444340; font-family: inherit;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 67, 64);">I've been spending a lot of time taking photos for the Instagram challenges and have </span></span><span style="color: #444340;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 67, 64);">given</span></span><span style="color: #444340; font-family: inherit;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 67, 64);"> into other distractions instead of reading. </span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #444340;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 67, 64);"><br /></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(68, 67, 64); color: #444340;"><b>5. What surprises you most about the Read-a-thon, so far?</b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(68, 67, 64); color: #444340;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #444340;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 67, 64);">How little I've read</span></span><span style="color: #444340;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 67, 64);">. I'm going to focus more in the second half and hopefully get more books read.</span></span></span></span></div>Melissa Helwighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09768161999259741044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661201099082808646.post-55425712302829038552022-04-30T08:25:00.000-04:002022-04-30T08:25:33.813-04:00Dewey's Readathon<p>Today's the day! It's Dewey's Readathon and I'm excited to spend 24 hours reading. I chose pretty much all young adult and middle grade books this time because I had a lot of fun reading those during the last readathon.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>My TBR:</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI4LEPTjFgJ22N3mQRl8P-upJjrxZKoRjngIHFrjM1jwAUF1Lt9Tv9oY6Yy3c1oeMUrUyXMdZudjQmcw9A0C3PZ4TwlnOJws_GKP8JH3JwufXl23AZ1ii9ECZuG45j6h22ChiSBFYBMqGu8gqaVMb99a4K_pHwcf-jYz8u5Y1PO1nqAo2zhn3aB5rNxA/s2013/20220430_073513.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2013" data-original-width="1796" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI4LEPTjFgJ22N3mQRl8P-upJjrxZKoRjngIHFrjM1jwAUF1Lt9Tv9oY6Yy3c1oeMUrUyXMdZudjQmcw9A0C3PZ4TwlnOJws_GKP8JH3JwufXl23AZ1ii9ECZuG45j6h22ChiSBFYBMqGu8gqaVMb99a4K_pHwcf-jYz8u5Y1PO1nqAo2zhn3aB5rNxA/s320/20220430_073513.jpg" width="286" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><i>Dark Forces: The Charming </i>by Jane Polcovar</li><li><i>Twilight: Evil on the Bayou</i> by Richie Tankersley Cusick</li><li><i>Night Cries</i> by Barbara Steiner</li><li><i>Scream: The Dead Girl </i>by Jo Gibson</li><li><i>Fear Street: Cheerleaders: The Evil Lives!</i> by R.L. Stine</li><li><i>Bury Me Deep</i> by Christopher Pike</li><li><i>Sweet Valley High: Lost at Sea</i> by Francine Pascal</li><li><i>Phantom Valley: The Evil One</i> by Lynn Beach</li><li><i>Bone Chillers: Beware the Shopping Mall</i> by Betsey Haynes</li><li><i>Shivers: The Thing in Room 601</i> by M.D. Spenser</li><li><i>Deadtime Stories: Terror in Tiny Town</i> by A.G. Cascone</li><li><i>Spine Tinglers: Check it Out--and Die!</i> by M.T. Coffin</li><li><i>Terror at the Zoo</i> by Peg Kehret</li><li><i>The Baby-Sitters Club: Mary Anne and the Library Mystery</i> by Ann M. Martin</li><li><i>Ghost World</i> by Daniel Clowes</li></ol></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>My Snacks:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihb2SQ1lvBtsFi7m_2NVQHyUqpT6Pxxzb09EJ4sj6sxYWLPBRjawN3p0i7UmNWK3uXZLEhr8BnDSVtxgCTZGgRwTwf3ajNC7Gd1QWpL9kmCDuqlyoVPFMYepKFGHRJYWQt86S7_bjd0_7J6rYpJTs053r-5VDlAjquJU3UiLhkresW1jmZARA_CilF2A/s2000/20220430_074135.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="2000" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihb2SQ1lvBtsFi7m_2NVQHyUqpT6Pxxzb09EJ4sj6sxYWLPBRjawN3p0i7UmNWK3uXZLEhr8BnDSVtxgCTZGgRwTwf3ajNC7Gd1QWpL9kmCDuqlyoVPFMYepKFGHRJYWQt86S7_bjd0_7J6rYpJTs053r-5VDlAjquJU3UiLhkresW1jmZARA_CilF2A/w422-h190/20220430_074135.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><br /><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Tons of discount Easter candy</li><li>Bruschetta</li><li>Brie</li><li>Various Starbucks iced coffee drinks</li><li>Cinnabon International Delight</li><li>Chips</li></ul><div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Opening event survey: </span></b></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">1. What fine part of the world are you reading from today?</span></b></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Oakville, Ontario</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">2. Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?</span></b></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Cheerleaders: The Evil Lives!</i> by R.L. Stine. I've been looking for this book forever and finally found it when I was thrifting a few weeks ago. The Cheerleaders books are my favourite Fear Street books.</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">3. Which snack are you most looking forward to?</span></b></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Bruschetta </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">4. Tell us a little something about yourself!</span></b></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm obsessed with thrifting and that's how I bought all of the books in my stack. I also work in a thrift store and I get a 50% discount on books.</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">5. If you participated in the last readathon, what's something different you'll do today?</span></b></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I want to read the most I ever have during a readathon.</span></div></div></div>Melissa Helwighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09768161999259741044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661201099082808646.post-22272600301287353722021-10-24T13:46:00.000-04:002021-10-24T13:46:08.738-04:00Dewey's Readathon Wrap-Up<p>Yay I made it to the end! I was too tired to write this post at 8:00 am, I fell asleep immediately.</p><p><b>Books read:</b> <i>The</i> <i style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Adventures of the Bailey School Kids Super Specials: Mrs. Jeepers' Scariest Halloween Ever </i><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">by Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton Jones, <i>T</i></span><i style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">he Bailey City Monsters: The Monsters Next Door</i><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> by Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton Jones, <i>M</i></span><i style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">a and Pa Dracula </i><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">by Ann M. Martin, <i>T</i></span><i style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">he Baby-Sitters Club Mysteries: Dawn and the Halloween Mystery </i><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">by Ann M. Martin, <i>T</i></span><i style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">he Baby-Sitters Club Mysteries: Stacey and the Haunted Masquerade</i><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> by Ann M. Martin, <i>F</i></span><i style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">ear Street: Halloween Party</i><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> by R.L. Stine, </span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><i>J</i></span><i style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">ughead: The Hunger </i><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">by Frank Tieri, Matt Herms, Pat Kennedy, Tim Kennedy, <i>A</i></span><i style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">fterlife With Archie </i><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Francesco Francavilla, Jack Morelli, <i>A</i></span><i style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">rchie Halloween Spectacular 2017 and 2019, C</i><i style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">ount Crowley: Reluctant Monster Hunter</i><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> by David Dastmalchian, Lukas Ketner, Lauren Affe</span></p><p><b>Total pages read: </b>1158</p><p><b>Closing Survey</b></p><p><b>1. How would you assess your reading overall?</b></p><p>I thought I wasn't doing very well because I only read half of the books I wanted to, but 10 books is still a lot and I think 1158 pages is probably the most I've ever read during a readathon.</p><p><b>2. Did you have a strategy, and if so, did you stick to it?</b></p><p>Not really, just to read as much as possible. </p><p><b>3. What was your favourite snack?</b></p><p>Homemade pumpkin bread</p><p><b>4. Did you add any new books to your TBR/wishlist after seeing what everyone else is reading?</b></p><p>Yeah, whenever I see what other people are reading I always end up adding more books to my never-ending wishlist. </p><p><b>5. What was your favourite book or experience from this readathon?</b></p><p>I loved reading nostalgic books from my childhood like <i>The</i> <i style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Adventures of the Bailey School Kids </i><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">and </span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><i>T</i></span><i style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">he Baby-Sitters Club.</i></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--hxxxS4f-6M/YXWY_26bUBI/AAAAAAAADWU/P3uvi9SXGx8uXyjf4VziyZvXJSFbdz_mwCLcBGAsYHQ/s725/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-10-24%2Bat%2B12.35.53%2BPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="678" data-original-width="725" height="374" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--hxxxS4f-6M/YXWY_26bUBI/AAAAAAAADWU/P3uvi9SXGx8uXyjf4VziyZvXJSFbdz_mwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h374/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-10-24%2Bat%2B12.35.53%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div>Melissa Helwighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09768161999259741044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661201099082808646.post-89863655066202023722021-10-23T23:08:00.001-04:002021-10-23T23:08:27.290-04:00Mid-Event Survey<p style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zwHPBaduMCk/YXTN0anJvaI/AAAAAAAADWM/5tlEKZbZLR4lAmroOu4UXS_QxVhX6JvBQCLcBGAsYHQ/s593/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-10-23%2Bat%2B11.06.18%2BPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="593" data-original-width="517" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zwHPBaduMCk/YXTN0anJvaI/AAAAAAAADWM/5tlEKZbZLR4lAmroOu4UXS_QxVhX6JvBQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-10-23%2Bat%2B11.06.18%2BPM.png" width="279" /></a></b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div><p></p><p><b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(68, 67, 64); color: #444340;">1. What are you reading right now? </span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(68, 67, 64); color: #444340;"><i>Stacey and the Haunted Masquerade </i>by Ann M. Martin</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(68, 67, 64); color: #444340;"><b>2. How many books have you read so far? </b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(68, 67, 64); color: #444340;">Four: </span></span><i style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Mrs. Jeepers' Scariest Halloween Ever </i><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">by Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton Jones, </span><i style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">The Monsters Next Door</i><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"> by Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton Jones, </span><i style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Ma and Pa Dracula </i><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">by Ann M. Martin and </span><i style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Dawn and the Halloween Mystery </i><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">by Ann M. Martin</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(68, 67, 64); color: #444340;"><b>3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Read-a-thon? </b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444340;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(68, 67, 64);"><i>Halloween Party</i> by R.L. Stine...I started reading it earlier, but I stopped because I wanted to have something to look forward to in the second half of the readathon.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(68, 67, 64); color: #444340;"><b>4. Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those? </b></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #444340; font-family: inherit;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 67, 64);">I let myself get distracted a </span></span><span style="color: #444340;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 67, 64);">bunch of times today, so I haven't read as much as I wanted to, but I still have time to catch up!</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(68, 67, 64); color: #444340;"><b>5. What surprises you most about the Read-a-thon, so far?</b></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #444340; font-family: inherit;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 67, 64);">How little I've been </span></span><span style="color: #444340;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 67, 64);">able to read so far even though all the books I chose are super short. I'm going to focus more in the second half. </span></span></span></p>Melissa Helwighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09768161999259741044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661201099082808646.post-78055639843845261992021-10-23T08:24:00.001-04:002021-10-24T13:46:47.098-04:00Dewey's Readathon<p>It's time for another Dewey's Readathon! A day where I will stay up for 24 hours reading<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12px;">—</span>or at least try to. I chose a lot of books to read today, but most of them are very short middle-grade books, or comics. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>What I plan on reading:</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HyCvEsqvEi8/YXP-fwll3nI/AAAAAAAADWE/AhOsK0OuQJc-V0-9LI8xpcZSWAS3ioMqwCLcBGAsYHQ/s594/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-10-23%2Bat%2B8.21.42%2BAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="443" data-original-width="594" height="239" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HyCvEsqvEi8/YXP-fwll3nI/AAAAAAAADWE/AhOsK0OuQJc-V0-9LI8xpcZSWAS3ioMqwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-10-23%2Bat%2B8.21.42%2BAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><i>Dark Harvest </i>by Norman Partridge</li><li><i>Fear Street: Halloween Party</i> by R.L. Stine</li><li><i>Teen Witch: Lucky 13 </i>by Megan Barnes</li><li><i>Ma and Pa Dracula </i>by Ann M. Martin</li><li><i>The Baby-Sitters Club Super Mysteries: Baby-Sitters' Fright Night </i>by Ann M. Martin</li><li><i>The Baby-Sitters Club Mysteries: Dawn and the Halloween Mystery </i>by Ann M. Martin</li><li><i>The Baby-Sitters Club Mysteries: Stacey and the Haunted Masquerade</i> by Ann M. Martin</li><li><i>Sweet Valley Twins Super Chillers: Evil Elizabeth </i>by Francine Pascal</li><li><i>The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids Super Specials: Mrs. Jeepers' Scariest Halloween Ever </i>by Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton Jones</li><li><i>The Bailey City Monsters: The Monsters Next Door</i> by Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton Jones</li><li><i>The Best Halloween Ever</i> by Barbara Robinson</li><li><i>Wishbone Super Mysteries: The Halloween Joker </i>by Anne Capeci</li><li><i>Jughead: The Hunger </i>by Frank Tieri, Matt Herms, Pat Kennedy, Tim Kennedy</li><li><i>Afterlife With Archie </i>by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Francesco Francavilla, Jack Morelli</li><li><i>Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror: Spine-Tingling Spooktacular </i>by Matt Groeaning </li><li><i>The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror: Fun-Filled Frightfest</i> by Matt Groeaning </li><li><i>Archie Halloween Spectacular 2017 and 2019</i></li><li><i>Count Crowley: Reluctant Monster Hunter</i> by David Dastmalchian, Lukas Ketner, Lauren Affe</li><li><i>Spell on Wheels</i> by Kate Leth, Megan Levens, Marissa Louise, Jen Bartel, Nate Piekos</li><li><i>I Luv Halloween</i> by Keith Giffen, Benjamin Roman</li></ol><div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>What I plan on eating:</b></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-j3qCTx0kSoI/YXP5-VuQlvI/AAAAAAAADV8/VJ3dALqTHQAfBD5cKI-ftnyxSFjIo6d_QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20211023_075635.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1414" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-j3qCTx0kSoI/YXP5-VuQlvI/AAAAAAAADV8/VJ3dALqTHQAfBD5cKI-ftnyxSFjIo6d_QCLcBGAsYHQ/w221-h320/20211023_075635.jpg" width="221" /></a></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Pumpkin bread (not pictured because it's still in the oven)</li><li>Various Halloween candy</li><li>Pumpkin spice pecans</li><li>Cheetos</li><li>Starbucks cold brew with Starbucks pumpkin creamer</li><li>Homemade pumpkin spice lattes</li><li>Pizza</li></ul></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Opening event survey: </b></div><div><br /></div><div><b>1. What fine part of the world are you reading from today?</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Oakville, Ontario</div><div><br /></div><div><b>2. Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?</b></div><div><br /></div><div><i>Halloween Party</i> by R.L. Stine. I love the Fear Street books and I haven't read this one yet.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>3. Which snack are you most looking forward to?</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Pumpkin bread that I baked this morning.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>4. Tell us a little something about yourself!</b></div><div><br /></div><div>I love Halloween so I chose almost all books that take place at Halloween for today.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>5. If you participated in the last readathon, what's something different you'll do today?</b></div><div><br /></div><div>I want to read more than I ever have before during a readathon.</div><p></p>Melissa Helwighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09768161999259741044noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661201099082808646.post-64418489909732110882021-04-25T14:09:00.004-04:002021-04-25T14:09:58.960-04:00Dewey's Readthon Wrap Up<p>Yay! I managed to stay up the full 24 hours!</p><p><b>Total hours read: </b>24</p><p><b>Total pages read: </b>949</p><p><b>Total books read: </b>Eight<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12px;">—</span><i>Chopping Spree</i> by Angela Sylvaine, <i>Church</i> by Renee Miller, <i>Who Will Save Your Soul</i> by Jody Smith, <i>The Catcreeper </i>by Kevin Arthur Lewis, <i>Kutter</i> by Jeff Strand, <i>The Malan Witch</i> by Catherine Cavendish, <i>Zombie</i> by Joyce Carol Oates and <i>Truth or Dare</i> by P.J. Night.</p><p><b>Closing Survey</b></p><p><b>1. How would you assess your reading overall?</b></p><p>I stayed up for the full 24 hours and I read more during this readathon than I have during the previous ones, so I would say it went well.</p><p><b>2. Did you have a strategy, and if so, did you stick to it?</b></p><p>My strategy was to focus on reading this time and not do any challenges in hopes of getting more reading done. I stuck to that and it ended up being the most I've ever read during a readathon.</p><p><b>3. What was your favourite snack?</b></p><p>Reese's pretzels<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12px;">—</span>it was my first time trying them and I loved them! They're even better than chocolate covered pretzels!</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nYykn5m87Ko/YIWs6e5UEMI/AAAAAAAADTM/yWdeiBSqDTgL2cpzMjqsdA7iDDAJXz5NQCLcBGAsYHQ/s587/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-04-25%2Bat%2B1.22.12%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="587" data-original-width="487" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nYykn5m87Ko/YIWs6e5UEMI/AAAAAAAADTM/yWdeiBSqDTgL2cpzMjqsdA7iDDAJXz5NQCLcBGAsYHQ/w530-h640/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-04-25%2Bat%2B1.22.12%2BPM.png" width="530" /></a></div>Melissa Helwighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09768161999259741044noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661201099082808646.post-72734882240977284712021-04-24T19:50:00.001-04:002021-04-25T13:35:20.292-04:00Dewey's Readathon Mid-Event Survey<p><b style="background-color: white; color: #444340;"></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #444340;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8jvF1feCYNA/YIStW585ngI/AAAAAAAADTE/_fe64G6gVX440XUWpJyNzsdjAr1ObnN0gCLcBGAsYHQ/s408/chopping%252Bspree.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="408" data-original-width="255" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8jvF1feCYNA/YIStW585ngI/AAAAAAAADTE/_fe64G6gVX440XUWpJyNzsdjAr1ObnN0gCLcBGAsYHQ/w200-h320/chopping%252Bspree.png" width="200" /></a></b></div><b style="background-color: white; color: #444340;">1. What are you reading right now?</b><p></p><span style="background-color: white;"><i>Kutter</i> by Jeff Strand</span><br /><span><span style="background-color: white;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(68, 67, 64); color: #444340; font-size: 18px;" /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444340;"><b>2. How many books have you read so far?</b></span></span><div><span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #444340;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #444340;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Four: <i>Chopping Spree</i> by Angela Sylvaine, <i>Church</i> by Renee Miller, <i>Who Will Save Your Soul</i> by Jody Smith and <i>The Catcreeper</i> by Kevin Arthur Lewis.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #444340;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></span></span></span><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444340;"><b>3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the readathon?</b></span></span><br /><span><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><i>The Malan Witch </i>by Catherine Cavendish</span><br /><span><span style="background-color: white;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(68, 67, 64); color: #444340; font-size: 18px;" /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444340;"><b>4. Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those?</b></span></span><br /><span><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span>Nope, so far I've been able to read all day.<br /><span><span style="background-color: white;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(68, 67, 64); color: #444340; font-size: 18px;" /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444340;"><b>5. What surprises you most about the readathon, so far?</b></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: #444340;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(68, 67, 64);">How many books I've been able to read. Usually I get distracted very easily, but I haven't so far.</span></span></div>Melissa Helwighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09768161999259741044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661201099082808646.post-44786282915893973952021-04-24T08:15:00.001-04:002021-04-25T13:35:47.421-04:00Dewey's ReadathonToday is <a href="https://deweysreadathon.wordpress.com" target="_blank">Dewey's Readathon</a>! A day where I will once again attempt to read for 24 hours. Here's what I plan on reading:<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i_LdmCiYzHk/YII6sA4QCLI/AAAAAAAADS4/F79f5MADIkkXSgMSh1VyOGel-Pvg4YQPwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1168/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-04-22%2Bat%2B11.10.08%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="1168" height="308" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i_LdmCiYzHk/YII6sA4QCLI/AAAAAAAADS4/F79f5MADIkkXSgMSh1VyOGel-Pvg4YQPwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h308/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-04-22%2Bat%2B11.10.08%2BPM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><i>Chopping Spree</i> by Angela Sylvaine </li><li><i>Church</i> by Renee Miller</li><li><i>Who Will Save Your Soul </i>by Jody Smith</li><li><i>Offstage Offerings</i> by Priya Sridhar</li><li><i>The Catcreeper</i> by Kevin Arthur Lewis</li><li><i>Sole Survivor</i> by Zachary Ashford</li><li><i>The Malan Witch</i> by Catherine Cavendish</li><li><i>Kutter</i> by Jeff Strand</li><li><i>Night of the Mannequins</i> by Stephen Graham Jones</li><li><i>Zombie</i> by Joyce Carol Oates</li><li><i>The Thrill Club</i> by R.L. Stine</li><li><i>Truth or Dare</i> by P.J. Night</li><li><i>The Stand: Captain Trips</i> by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Stephen King, Laura Martin, Mike Perkins</li></ol><div><b style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></b></div><div><b style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Opening Survey</b></div><div><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b>1. What fine part of the world are you reading from today?</b></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Oakville, Ontario</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b>2. Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?</b></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><i>The Malan Witch</i> by Catherine Cavendish</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b>3. Which snack are you most looking forward to?</b></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Reese's pretzels<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12px;"> — </span>I've been looking for an excuse to try these.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b>4. Tell us a little something about yourself!</b></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I work in a thrift store, which is where I buy most of my books (I get a 50% discount), but today most of the books in my TBR are from Kindle Unlimited because I haven't been using it much and I want to get more use out of my subscription. </p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b>5. If you participated in the last readathon, what's one thing you'll do different today? </b></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I want to read more than I did during the last readathon. I say this every time, but that's always my goal.</p></div></div>Melissa Helwighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09768161999259741044noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661201099082808646.post-27754850720604402852021-02-06T12:06:00.000-05:002021-02-06T12:06:51.040-05:0024 in 48 ReadathonThis weekend is the <a href="https://24in48.com">24 in 48 Readathon</a>, a readathon with the goal of reading a total of 24 hours over the weekend, beginning at midnight on Friday and ending midnight on Sunday. All the books I've chosen for my TBR are written by women writers because February is Women in Horror Month.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cIw_ge1FgjQ/YB7JoJJ4ENI/AAAAAAAADRw/KLiy5F2HLMYdxBuPM6laCLyX7Q1AARRcgCLcBGAsYHQ/s586/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-01-25%2Bat%2B4.02.36%2BPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="364" data-original-width="586" height="249" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cIw_ge1FgjQ/YB7JoJJ4ENI/AAAAAAAADRw/KLiy5F2HLMYdxBuPM6laCLyX7Q1AARRcgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h249/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-01-25%2Bat%2B4.02.36%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My TBR:</div></div><p></p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><i>The Kelping</i> by Jan Stinchcomb</li><li><i>Hell's Bells</i> by Lisa Quigley</li><li><i>Food Fright</i> by Nico Bell</li><li><i>Cirque Berserk</i> by Jessica Guess</li><li><i>Hairspray and Switchblades</i> by V. Castro</li><li><i>Trampled Crown</i> by Kirby Kellogg</li><li><i>Infested</i> by Carol Gore</li><li><i>Dead Eyes</i> by EV Knight</li><li><i>Red Station</i> by Kenzie Jennings</li><li><i>My Favorite Thing is Monsters</i> by Emil Ferris</li></ol><p></p>Melissa Helwighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09768161999259741044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661201099082808646.post-51088634673195310662020-10-24T09:34:00.001-04:002020-10-24T09:34:12.924-04:00Dewey's Readathon<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UI76gbE2eD0/X5Qn6D8lfdI/AAAAAAAADQQ/1e5rSHMr23cAFyejwnnYBRRgJpPZI9F3QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/Screenshot_20201024-082527_Instagram.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="974" data-original-width="1080" height="361" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UI76gbE2eD0/X5Qn6D8lfdI/AAAAAAAADQQ/1e5rSHMr23cAFyejwnnYBRRgJpPZI9F3QCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h361/Screenshot_20201024-082527_Instagram.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Today is <a href="https://deweysreadathon.wordpress.com">Dewey's Readathon</a>, a day where I will once again attempt to read for 24 hours straight.</p><p><b>My TBR:</b></p><p>1. <i>We Have Always Lived in the Castle</i> by Shirley Jackson</p><p>2. <i>Dark Harvest </i>by Norman Partridge</p><p>3. <i>Something Wicked This Way Comes</i> by Ray Bradbury</p><p>4. <i>Night in the Lonesome October</i> by Richard Laymon</p><p>5. <i>Home Before Dark</i> by Riley Sager</p><p>6. <i>Autumncrow</i> by Cameron Chaney (on my Kindle)</p><p><br /></p><p>My snacks:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Pumpkin bread</li><li>Pumpkin snickerdoodles</li><li>Pumpkin pie Chex mix</li><li>Pumpkin cheesecake</li><li>Copycat Starbucks pumpkin cream cold brew and pumpkin spice lattes</li><li>Boursin cheese and crackers</li></ul><p></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Opening Survey</b></p><p><b>1. What fine part of the world are you reading from today?</b></p><p>Oakville, Ontario</p><p><b>2. Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?</b></p><p><i>Autumncrow</i> by Cameron Chaney</p><p><b>3. Which snack are you most looking forward to?</b></p><p>The pumpkin bread I baked last night.</p><p><b>4. Tell us a little something about yourself!</b></p><p>My birthday was this past Monday. I turned 33. Fun fact: I was born on Black Monday (October 19, 1987).</p><p><b>5. If you participated in the last readathon, what's one thing you'll do different today? </b></p><p>I want to read more than I did last time. I think I say that every time, but that's always the goal.</p>Melissa Helwighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09768161999259741044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661201099082808646.post-26517258334717941782020-08-07T21:18:00.000-04:002020-08-07T21:18:58.009-04:00Dewey's Reverse Readathon<p>Tonight I'm going to be participating in <a href="https://deweysreadathon.wordpress.com" target="_blank">Dewey's Reverse Readathon</a>, which starts at 8:00 pm instead of at 8:00 am, like the readathon normally does. I did have to work today, so I'll probably fall asleep at some point tonight because I'm already feeling tired.</p><p><b>What I plan on reading:</b></p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><i>The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires</i> by Grady Hendrix (the last 200 pages or so)</li><li><i>Magic</i> by William Goldman (the last 150 pages or so)</li><li><i>Until Summer Comes Around </i>by Glenn Rolfe</li><li><i>Slash</i> by Hunter Shea</li><li><i>Those Who Came Before</i> by J.H. Moncrieff</li><li><i>The Dead Girls Club</i> by Damien Angelica Walters</li><li><i>The Last Final Girl</i> by Stephen Graham Jones</li><li><i>Kill River 2</i> by Cameron Roubique</li><li><i>Ten</i> by Gretchen McNeil</li><li><i>Someone We Know</i> by Shari Lapena</li></ol><p></p><p><b>1. What fine part of the world are you reading from today?</b></p><p>Oakville, Ontario</p><p><b>2. Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?</b></p><p><i>Until Summer Comes Around </i>by Glenn Rolfe</p><p><b>3. Which snack are you most looking forward to?</b></p><p>Pizza!</p><p><b>4. Tell us a little something about yourself!</b></p><p>I work in a thrift store and I get a 50% discount on books and whenever I buy books there I always buy five, because if you buy four books, you get the fifth free! I actually bought five books after work today and included one of them in my TBR stack for tonight.</p><p><b>5. If you participated in the last readathon, what's one thing you'll do different today?</b></p><p>I might allow myself to sleep instead of forcing myself to stay up the whole 24 hours because I had to work today, so I'm pretty tired.</p>Melissa Helwighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09768161999259741044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661201099082808646.post-22887658317512566672020-04-26T17:46:00.004-04:002020-04-26T17:46:57.913-04:00Dewey's Readathon Wrap-Up<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Total pages read:</b> 568<br />
<b>Books read:</b> <i>Monster, She Wrote</i> by Lisa Kroger and Melanie R. Anderson, and <i>Horrorstor</i> by Grady Hendrix<br />
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I sort of made it to the end. I stayed up until 8:00 am, but I fell asleep for a couple hours earlier in the day because I didn't sleep well on Friday night, so I didn't really read the full 24 hours.<br />
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I only ended up reading two books, <i>Monster, She Wrote</i> by Lisa Kroger and Melanie R. Anderson, and <i>Horrorstor</i> by Grady Hendrix. I enjoyed both and would definitely recommend them. I now have a long list of horror books and stories written by women that I want to check out thanks to <i>Monster, She Wrote. </i><i>Horrorstor </i>was a quick read and a lot of fun.<br />
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I didn't end up reading as much as I would have liked because I kept getting distracted, but I read more than I did last readathon and I'm happy with that.<br />
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I didn't really have a strategy, I just tried to read as much as I could, but I gave into distractions pretty easily.<br />
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I ordered pizza from Little Caesars and it was really good. I especially love their Italian cheese bread. Yum.Melissa Helwighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09768161999259741044noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661201099082808646.post-31107616719203013362020-04-25T08:25:00.000-04:002020-04-25T08:25:03.308-04:00Dewey's Readathon<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Today is <a href="http://www.24hourreadathon.com/" target="_blank">Dewey's Readathon</a> and I'm thrilled because I can't think of a better way to spend my time in quarantine than reading all day.<br />
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<i>Midnight</i> by John Russo<br />
<i>Magic</i> by William Goldman<br />
<i>The Female Man</i> by Joanna Russ<br />
<i>Monster, She Wrote</i> by Lisa Kroger and Melanie R. Anderson<br />
<i>Horrorstor</i> by Grady Hendrix<br />
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The only snack I really have is this clearance Easter candy I've been working my way though. I didn't make anything special for the readathon like I normally do because since the quarantine has started I've been snacking constantly and I really need to stop.<br />
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Oakville, Ontario, Canada<br />
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<i>Horrorstor</i> by Grady Hendrix<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Times; font-size: 12px;">—</span>I've loved all his other books, so I'm hoping I'll love this one too.<br />
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Reese's eggs<br />
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I've been in a bit of a reading slump for the past few months and I'm hoping this brings me out of it.<br />
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I want to post more updates in my blog, but I also want to read more, and those are two conflicting goals, so we shall see.Melissa Helwighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09768161999259741044noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661201099082808646.post-9927845894268334822020-04-16T15:36:00.000-04:002020-04-23T19:17:18.118-04:00The Stay Home Reading Rush<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm going to be participating in <a href="https://thereadingrush.com/stayhome" target="_blank">The Stay Home Reading Rush</a>, which starts today and ends on April 19. Seeing as how I'm off work due to COVID-19, I should have plenty of time to read. I've been in a reading slump for the past several months, so I'm hoping this will help bring me out of it.<br />
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Here's what I plan on reading for all of the prompts:<br />
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<b>Read a book with a house on the cover: </b><i>The Garden of Bewitchment </i>by Catherine Cavendish <span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12px;">— </span>It's very tiny and in the background, but it's still there.<br />
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<b>Read a book set somewhere you wish you could go:</b> <i>Bunny</i> by Mona Awad <span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12px;">— </span>I've always wanted to go to New England, and I just really want to read this because I was planning on reading it for Women in Horror Month, but I never got around to it. Plus I've had it checked out from the library for months.<br />
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<b>Read a book that will make you smile and read a book in the same room the whole time: </b><i>Hyperbole and a Half</i> by Allie Brosh <span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12px;">—</span> I'm combining two challenges on this book because I don't think it will take me long to read this.Melissa Helwighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09768161999259741044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661201099082808646.post-24207367395759934592019-10-26T09:16:00.000-04:002019-10-26T09:16:22.227-04:00Dewey's Readathon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<li><i>The Darkest Veil</i> by Catherine Cavendish</li>
<li><i>Slash</i> by Hunter Shea</li>
<li><i>Those Who Came Before</i> by J.H. Moncrieff</li>
<li><i>Night in the Lonesome October </i>by Richard Laymon</li>
<li><i>Halloween Party</i> by R.L. Stine</li>
<li><i>How to Survive a Horror Movie</i> by Seth Grahame-Smith</li>
<li><i>Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror Spine-Tingling Spooktacular</i></li>
<li><i>The Haunted Forest Tour </i>by James A. Moore and Jeff Strand (audiobook on Hoopla)</li>
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Most people are wary of Shiny Creek Trail, located deep in the Green Mountains of Vermont. There are stories about hikers and hunters who have gone missing in the area, and rumors of a "man beast" seen in the same location. In 1917, a group of photojournalists head into the woods to capture a photograph of the legendary monster to skyrocket them to fame and fortune. What they find in the caves of the forest is far worse than any beast.</div>
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<i><a href="https://smile.amazon.com/Silence-Woods-Monsters-Green-Mountains-ebook/dp/B07P5FM2T5/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=silence+in+the+woods&qid=1567463904&s=gateway&sr=8-1" target="_blank">Silence in the Woods</a></i> by <a href="http://jpchoquette.me/" target="_blank">J.P. Choquette</a> puts an interesting twist on Bigfoot stories, adding an extra supernatural element. The story actually begins a few months after the trip to the woods with the main character, Paul, in an insane asylum and what happened on their adventure is slowly revealed in alternating chapters, focusing mostly on Paul and his wife, Jane.</div>
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I'm not a huge fan of historical fiction and I was a bit concerned that the language used would be hard to read because the novel takes place in 1917, but the dialogue sounded modern, which I enjoyed, but could be a problem for readers who are looking for something more authentic.</div>
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This is a fast-paced read that I read in one sitting (it's only 214 pages), and I recommend it for Bigfoot fans, or fans of supernatural thrillers in general. <i>Silence in the Woods </i>is the first book in the <i>Monsters in the Green Mountains</i> series.</div>
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<b>Rating:</b> 4/5Melissa Helwighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09768161999259741044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661201099082808646.post-37944527796724853152019-07-22T20:08:00.000-04:002019-07-22T20:10:18.918-04:00The Reading RushI know I just finished a readathon yesterday, but since I love readathons so much I decided to participate in another one. <a href="https://thereadingrush.com/" target="_blank">The Reading Rush</a> is a week-long readathon (starting today and ending this Sunday) with different reading challenges and badges you can earn on their website for completing each challenge. I found out about The Reading Rush while watching BookTube and I thought I would try it even though I'm not a BookTuber.<br />
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There are seven reading challenges but I don't think I can read seven books in a week (I probably won't even finish all these), so I'm going to combine some of the challenges.<br />
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<b>Read a book with purple on the cover/read an author's first book</b> - <i><a href="https://www.amazon.ca/Cellar-Beast-House-Book-ebook/dp/B0028T82H4/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=the+cellar&qid=1563840313&s=gateway&sr=8-3" target="_blank">The Cellar</a></i> by Richard Laymon<br />
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The copy I have has <i>The Cellar</i> in purple font.<br />
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<b>Read a book you meant to read last year</b> - <i><a href="https://www.amazon.ca/Kill-Hill-Carnage-Tim-Meyer-ebook/dp/B07F5N4LL9/ref=sr_1_1?crid=33UDW7MEN52KL&keywords=kill+hill+carnage&qid=1563840339&s=gateway&sprefix=kill+hill+%2Caps%2C157&sr=8-1" target="_blank">Kill Hill Carnage</a></i> by Tim Meyer<br />
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I bought this book for my Kindle last summer and was so excited to read it, but I just kept putting other books first, as I so often do.<br />
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<b>Read a book with a non-human main character</b> - <i><a href="https://www.amazon.ca/Thor-Wayne-Smith-ebook/dp/B004NIFTII/ref=sr_1_1?crid=39IRLBLUUZ3DK&keywords=thor+wayne+smith&qid=1563840362&s=gateway&sprefix=thor+wayne+%2Caps%2C156&sr=8-1" target="_blank">Thor</a></i> by Wayne Smith<br />
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This book is a werewolf story told from a dog's perspective. I could've used this for "read and watch a book to movie adaptation" because it was made into the film <i><a href="http://littlemisszombie.blogspot.com/2010/03/movie-review-bad-moon.html" target="_blank">Bad Moon</a></i>, but I wanted to choose a book with an adaptation that I haven't seen yet.<br />
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<b>Pick a book that has five or more words in the title/read a book in the same spot the entire time </b>- <i><a href="https://www.amazon.ca/Summer-Ended-Are-Not-Saved/dp/1771481471/ref=sr_1_1?crid=CFB4U2F6840P&keywords=the+summer+is+ended+and+we+are+not+yet+saved&qid=1563840390&s=gateway&sprefix=the+summer+is+%2Caps%2C159&sr=8-1" target="_blank">The Summer is Ended and We Are Not Yet Saved</a></i> by Joey Comeau<br />
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This is the shortest book on my TBR, so I think it'll be the easiest to read in the same spot. I normally don't read books in one spot. I read on the bus, on my breaks at work, in bed, on the couch, on my balcony, in the bathtub...so this will be a challenge for me.<br />
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<b>Read and watch a book to movie adaptation</b> - <i><a href="https://www.amazon.ca/Meg-Steve-Alten/dp/1943957010/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1Z28G25IEVYFC&keywords=meg+steve+alten&qid=1563840417&s=gateway&sprefix=meg+stev%2Caps%2C157&sr=8-1" target="_blank">Meg</a></i> by Steve Alten<br />
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This would also work for "book you meant to read last year" because I planned on reading it before I watched the film that was released last year, but didn't end up reading it or seeing the film.Melissa Helwighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09768161999259741044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661201099082808646.post-51631257471783764152019-07-20T10:52:00.002-04:002019-07-22T00:05:28.224-04:0024in48 ReadathonThis weekend, I've decided to participate in the 24in48 Readathon. It's a readathon with a goal of reading 24 hours over the course of the whole weekend. My plan is to read 12 hours today and 12 hours tomorrow.<br />
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My TBR:<br />
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<li><i>Witch Island</i> by David Bernstein</li>
<li><i>Camp Carnage</i> by Joshua Winning and Elliot Arthur Cross</li>
<li><i>Silence in the Woods</i> by J.P. Choquette</li>
<li><i>The Witching House</i> by Brian Moreland</li>
<li><i>Unmasked</i> by R. Saint Claire</li>
<li><i>Death Tour</i> by David J. Michael</li>
<li><i>The Bad Seed</i> by William March</li>
<li><i>The Incredible Shrinking Man</i> by Richard Matheson</li>
<li><i>Creature</i> by Hunter Shea</li>
<li><i>I Call Upon Thee</i> by Ania Ahlborn</li>
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<b>Total hours read:</b> 20 hours 52 minutes<br />
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<b>Total pages read:</b> 721<br />
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<b>Books read: </b><i>Silence in the Woods</i> by J.P. Choquette, <i>Creature</i> by Hunter Shea, <i>The Bad Seed</i> by William March, and two hours of the audiobook<i> I Call Upon Thee</i> by Ania Ahlborn<br />
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I came close to reading 24 hours, but I think there were a few times when I wasn't reading and I forgot to turn my timer off. I really enjoyed the few books I managed to read and will hopefully have time to review them this week.</div>
Melissa Helwighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09768161999259741044noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661201099082808646.post-4039103841351138792019-04-28T17:36:00.000-04:002019-04-28T17:36:46.510-04:00BOOK REVIEW: The Beast of Brenton Woods by Jackson R. Thomas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;">I love werewolf books, so I was really looking forward to reading </span><i style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Beast-Brenton-Woods-Jackson-Thomas-ebook/dp/B07BM2WFJV/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?crid=VG82ICRY79VO&keywords=the+beast+of+brenton+woods&qid=1556486621&s=gateway&sprefix=the+beast+of+brenton%2Caps%2C152&sr=8-1-fkmrnull" target="_blank">The Beast of Brenton Woods</a></i><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"> and it did not disappoint. </span><br />
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Everyone in town has heard the notorious legend of the white wolf of Brenton Woods, which supposedly was responsible for many murders in the 80s. Recent gruesome deaths have led a few members of the local law enforcement to believe the white wolf is back, while others will need to suspend their disbelief if they want to help save the town from the savage beast. <br />
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<i>The Beast of Brenton Woods</i> is a quick and fun read with tons of gore<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12px;">—</span>which is to be expected of a novel about a monster that rips its victims to shreds. The action starts on page one and the frenetic pace doesn't let up until the end.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">The ending left a few questions unanswered, so I'm really hoping Jackson R. Thomas will write a sequel. I would really love to read more about the beast of Brenton Woods and see what happens to the characters in the future.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Rating:</b> 4/5</span></span>Melissa Helwighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09768161999259741044noreply@blogger.com3