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iliana Nightstand October 22, 2007

Remember I mentioned that I got distracted from the Read-a-thon by a box from Barnes & Noble? I didn’t go into the details of the goodies that came in then because I wanted to get back to reading but here are the new books on my shelves:

The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson. This is one of those books I’ve been meaning to add to my shelves for, well, forever and now I finally have it.
The Birth House by Ami McKay. This seemed to be a favorite for a lot of book bloggers. I know I had this one on my wishlist for a long time.
Nature of Monsters by Clare Clark. Yet another book that I’d been coveting for a while.
The Observations by Jane Harris. Someone please host a Victorian era challenge because I can’t get enough of books set in during this time!
Sweetness in the Belly by Camilla Gibb. I’m sort of tempted to exchange this with another of book from my Armchair Traveler challenge reads.

I was also taking a peek through the B&N latest Discover Great New Writers newsletter and you know what? I had already heard of at least five books from book bloggers. I love that. Here’s to all of us discovering a lot of new books this Fall.

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Post Read-a-thon

iliana Nightstand October 21, 2007

Happy Sunday everyone! I guess we all made it through the 24 HR read-a-thon right? I had such a great time participating even though my hours read is actually a very small number – 5! That’s right, just five hours out of the 24. I really thought I’d read more but that’s okay.

What I didn’t expect was to do as much blog hopping throughout the day but it was addicting to see how the readers were doing. I also want to send a big thank you to all the cheerleaders who kept us motivated. All of this also means that I’ve “met” a lot of other book bloggers – yippee!

Dewey, many thanks for hosting a such a wonderful event. I’m looking forward to the next one.

So, now what to do today? I think my husband and I are going out to catch this film, do a bit of shopping at Whole Foods and as there’s a Barnes & Noble next to Whole Foods, well, we may just have to pop in for a bit.

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Ready.Set.Go!

iliana Nightstand October 20, 2007

Good morning everyone. Just wanted to pop in and let you know that I’m ready to start the 24 Hour Readathon!

I’ll update this post throughout the day to let you know how it’s going. To all of you who are participating – have tons of fun!

10:00 a.m. CST – Do some quick blog visits and then start reading An Infamous Army by Georgette Heyer.

12:00 p.m. CST – The reading is going great but I did get interrupted for a bit when the mail arrived. I got a box from Barnes & Noble. Yay. I’ll tell you about those books later though. Now, I’m going to take a break for lunch.

12:20 p.m CST – Still haven’t gone to lunch. Instead I did some blog visiting and checked in on one of challenges set up during the 24 hr read-a-thon. Found Sarah’s challenge and couldn’t pass it up. So An Infamous Army is on hold while I read a short story from Leyendas Mexicanas. A book of creepy little tales in Spanish.

2:00 p.m. CST – In case you were wondering which short story I read, it was La Llorona. Love that story. There are a lot of versions of it but the one I prefer is set in Mexico City in colonial times. Now I’m off to Half Price books for some reading and browsing. I’ll update after I’m back around 6:00.

5:40 p.m. CST – I had a good time at Half Price Books even though I didn’t buy any books. Shocking isn’t it? But I did meet up with Christine and her husband for a bit so that was nice. I also read another short story, The Romance of Certain Old Clothes by Henry James. This is my first intro to Henry James and now I’d love to read more of by him. Great little story. I’m counting this and La Llorona as my reads for The Literate Kitten’s Horror Short Story Short Challenge. Back to reading… I’ll post later in the evening and let you know how it’s going.

10:00 p.m. CST – I’ve started two books since I last checked in. An Infamous Army is quite good but I thought if I added a couple of other books it’d help to keep things a bit more exciting during the read-a-thon. One book is Season of the Witch by Natasha Mostert, which is my fourth R.I.P. II Challenge book, and the other is The Sewing Circles of Herat by Christina Lamb which I’m reading for a book group. This non-fiction book is set in Afghanistan and I am actually going to replace one of my Armchair Travel Challenge reads with this one. Now it’s time for a little break. I’m trying to decide if I should make some coffee – hee,hee.

12:25 a.m. CST – This will be my last update of the evening. I slacked off a bit between 10 and 12 but have started reading again. I think I can still stay up for another hour or so but am not making any promises. I’ll be back in the morning with a new post on hours read and all that good stuff.

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