SomeReads

Well, I didn’t read nearly as much as I thought I would, but part of that is because I spent a lot of time checking out other people’s blogs. By nighttime, I was distracted and couldn’t settle on doing one thing for too long. Such is my life.

I had a great time, though, even though I only read 6 hours max!

Laura did, too, and thought it was really neat that all these people all over the place were just reading.

She did it! Laura wants to share that she finished Artemis Fowl. Way to go!

I, on the other hand, have pretty much reached my limit for tonight… YAWN!

I’ve taken a bit of a break…went for a nice walk with the husband and the dog, then took Laura out for a milkshake.

Since I last posted, I read a chapter of Anne of Green Gables to Laura (which adds about 8 pages to my total). I tried to read some of this Civil War diary (Sarah Morgan: The Civil War Diary of a Southern Woman), but the introduction is very long, and I want to read it, but not today.

I think I have to give up on Little Women for today, if I want to stay awake, so I’m going to read a bit of Sandman.

Thanks to all of you who responded with encouragement for Laura. It made her day! And I got a huge hug out of it, too. She is having fun with this and is enjoying checking in with me.

Title of book(s) read this hour: No Girls Allowed: Tales of Daring Women Dressed As Men for Love, Freedom and Adventure (finished); Little Women
Number of books read since you started: 3
Pages read: 98
Running total of pages read since you started: 427
Amount of time spent reading: 1 hour, 20 min
Running total of time spent reading since you started: 5 hours, 15 min
Mini-challenge this hour: none
Distractions this hour: dinner
Current location: On my bed, with a cat on either side, but I’ve also read in the family room

This completed book was also a quick read. It was a graphic novel, with an intended audience of 9-11 years.

Laura wanted me to post that she has now read 127 pages. She is 88 pages away from finished Artemis Fowl. She says her goal is to get this one book finished, if nothing else, but she’s feeling a little discouraged. I know she’d love some encouragement!

Someone asked how I’m dividing my reading (with so many comments it’s easier to just make a post!). Little Women is long (duh), so I’m taking breaks from it by reading something lighter. So, I’ll read a bit of Little Women (a chapter or two, or a whole hour), then read something else. I’m not reading multiple “something elses,” just the one other until it’s finished, then pick something else up. Make sense?

I loved It’s Perfectly Normal. I think it’s important to cut straight to the chase in terms of sex education, and that’s exactly what this book is. It’s a very balanced book and very frank. I want *both* my kids to read it, so that they can make the best decisions they can when the time comes (hopefully a long time from now, since they’re only 9 and 11!). The only thing that annoyed me about this book were the little cartoon bird and bee interspersed throughout the book. It was like that annoying person who can’t have a serious conversation without making a joke.

Title of book(s) read this hour: Life on the Refrigerator Door: Notes Between a Mother and Daughter (finished); Little Women
Number of books read since you started: 2
Pages read: 224
Running total of pages read since you started: 329
Amount of time spent reading: 55 minutes
Running total of time spent reading since you started: 3 hours, 55 min
Mini-challenge this hour: Nymeth’s web comics
Distractions this hour: bathroom break
Current location: On my bed

I feel like I cheated a little, because, while Life on the Refrigerator Door is 217 pages, most pages consist of something like this:

Claire,

We need to talk. I’m in my room.

I love you, Mom

But 217 pages it was, and 217 pages I’m counting. Laura is mad because she doesn’t read quickly. I need to tell her to take a break from Artemis Fowl and read something quick, for a sense of accomplishment.

I’m starving, so I’m taking a dinner break!

The 9-year-old boys switched houses, so this was a much calmer hour!

Title of book(s) read this hour: Little Women; It’s Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex & Sexual Health (finished)
Number of books read since you started: 1
Pages read: 28
Running total of pages read since you started: 105
Amount of time spent reading: 1 hour
Running total of time spent reading since you started: 3 hours
Mini-challenge this hour:
Other participants visited: Debi, C.B. James
Distractions this hour: lots (9-year-old boys make a lot of noise)
Current location: On my bed, but I’ve also visited the loveseat in the family room

Laura has read a total of 81 pages and is still working on Artemis Fowl.

I’ve decided to label my posts with my update number instead of hour number, since I may not post every hour.

Title of book(s) read this hour: Little Women; It’s Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex & Sexual Health
Number of books read since you started: 0 (I’m not keeping track of fractions of books – I’ll update this when I finish one)
Pages read: 36
Running total of pages read since you started: 77
Amount of time spent reading: 1 hour
Running total of time spent reading since you started: 2 hours
Mini-challenge this hour: Nymeth’s web comics
Other participants visited: None yet this hour
Distractions this hour: bathroom break
Current location: On my bed

Laura has read a total of 47 pages so far; she’s currently working on Artemis Fowl.

Nymeth’s mini challenge for hour 2 was to read a web comic and write a short post about it. I caught up on my Unshelved feed, which I was many posts behind on. Unshelved is a web comic set in a public library, that deals with many of the common situations that occur in a library. When I worked in a public library I found it spot on, and now that I’m not in a public library, I find it fun to remember. Sometimes the posts are relevant to special libraries, too.