25 Oct 2009

24 Hour Read-a-Thon: The Final Tally




Final figures then.

I've bookcrossed 19 books.

I've passed on 2 Akoha cards.

I've read 1733 pages from the following books, which I'll do full reviews of when I get a chance over the next couple of days.

A Walk In The Woods by Bill Bryson (only part read)
Boating For Beginners by Jeanette Winterson
The Consolations Of Philosophy by Alain de Botton
Thirteen by Sebastian Beaufort
Santa: A Life by Jeremy Seal (only part read)
Everyman's Poetry: Lord Byron
Binary - Andy Warhol's Dracula by Kim Newman and The Vaccinator by Michael Marshall Smith
Raw Spirit by Iain Banks
A Time To Keep Silence by Patrick Leigh Fermor
Hamlyn Juices and Smoothies
A Walk Around The Snickelways Of York by Mark W. Jones
Stockholm by Bryony Lavery

I could have read a lot more short books but I really enjoyed the mix of books I read today. In the end I think I read for 20 hours and was awake for 23 hours. I think that's pretty good going. But now my eyes ache and I am very, very sleepy.

I wrote four posts throughout the day:
The first has my full list of books
The second has a picture of the sign I had up when reading in town
The third talks about my experiences of bookcrossing and reading in town
The fourth continues with talk of reading in the Art Gallery and then is a live blog of my afternoon and evening

I'm rather glad the clocks go back tonight in the UK, I could use another hour in bed.

Thanks again to all those who cheerleaded here, on Twitter and on LJ. It's been great fun. :)

Hugs and bookmarks,

Ms Alex

11 comments:

softdrink 24-Oct-2009 23:57:00  

Well done! Congratulations!

Vasilly 25-Oct-2009 00:07:00  

You did such a great job!

Ronnica 25-Oct-2009 00:09:00  

Awesome! Doesn't it feel good? I'm done as well...though I'm tempted to pick up my last partially finished book again. I shouldn't though...my eyes need a break!

alitareads 25-Oct-2009 01:37:00  

Wow, congrats on finishing 19 books!

Nicole 25-Oct-2009 01:58:00  

Amazing! You did a fantastic job! Hope you had fun too.

Kailana 25-Oct-2009 02:23:00  

Wow, you did a really good job! Congrats to you!

Michelle 25-Oct-2009 02:24:00  

Congratulations! That is so impressive! And now you can rest. ;-)

Eva 25-Oct-2009 03:24:00  

Congrats on finishing! Your numbers are marvelous!

Yorkshire Soul 25-Oct-2009 08:17:00  

Brilliant, I managed about 300 pages to finish Broad And Alien Is The World (another to cross off the 1001 list), but I was working and then taking young children to fireworks so doing the 24hr thing was out of the question.

Well done.

Maree 25-Oct-2009 08:34:00  

Well done!!! Hope you had a lot of fun :D

tanabata 25-Oct-2009 11:50:00  

Sorry I didn't get a chance to stop by earlier. You've done great! Congratulations on a successful read-a-thon!