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.
I recently read An Infamous Army. It’s enjoyable. Good luck and happy reading. Dewey has some contests and a mini-challenge on her blog.
Cheerleader Chris
The Infamous Army seems to be making its rounds in the blog world lately. I look forward to hearing how your reading goes!
Cheerleader Alisia
Have a great day of reading. Don’t forget to check out Dewey’s blog for contests during the day.
Good luck, Iliana! And happy reading!
Oh-there’s something just so addicting about Napoleanic literature! Have fun with it. 🙂
Chris – It is a fun book isn’t it. I need to check out the contests!
Alisia – I know. I had been wanting to read Heyer for so long that this was perfect timing.
BookGal – So far it’s great. I’ll make sure to check in on Dewey’s blog too.
Literary Feline – Thank you!
Eva – Hee, yes there is. It is fun so far.
I hope you have a great time! Don’t forget to pop in and check out the mini-challenges. One of them closes in 45 minutes.
Oops, people already said that! Sorry! I got cool mail today, too! Swiss magazines from Verbivore (don’t know if you know her).
How is The Infamous Army? Amazon says it’s a historical mystery? I have never read anything of this genre, so am interested in your comments… 😀
so delighted you partook in the mini-challenge! Haven’t read any Leyendas Mexicanas (of any kind, ever!) but I find the idea of creepy little tales in Spanish so intriguing that I’m off to add it, or something similar, to my wishlist 🙂 Have fun!
A package of books is a great interuption. Keep up the great reading!
Cheerleader Chris
Dewey – I joined one challenge 🙂
Lissa – So far it’s very enjoyable but I think Amazon may be confused. This isn’t a mystery. At least I haven’t come across any murder and mayhem in it yet. Now I do know Heyer did write some mysteries so maybe they are referencing some other of her novels. Who knows.
Sarahdillon – Perhaps one of the most popular ones is La Llorona. I love it – it’s my favorite and I always read it around this time of the year too.
Chris – I know, what can you do right 🙂
That book of Mexican legends sounds really interesting!
Good luck with the rest of the read-a-thon!
just popping online to give you a little cheer for the 24 hour readathon 🙂
I have a special treat on my blog for read-a-thon readers, come on by!
Cheerleader Alisia
Yay readers – go, go, go.
thanks for the title, I’ll definitely look that up. Oh and I think your blog design is really beautiful, by the way!
Nymeth – Thank you! I do love those legends. Reminds me of being little and listening to my grandma tell us ghost stories.
Sally 906 – Thank you bunches!
Alisia – I’ve got to check that out 🙂
Ted – Ah, thanks!
sarahdillon – Thank you – my husband takes all credit for the design 🙂 Hope you can find the book or something similar. Unfortunately I’ve never seen it on Amazon or at any bookstore. I believe the book is from an indie press in Mexico.
What a great title for a story!
I read a lot of Henry James for a class in college, but nothing since. I do remember enjoying him, though, and I’m glad you’ve had some good reads.
I have yet to read Henry James, although I have quite a few of his books on my shelves. You have some great choices for the read-a-thon.
I love Henry James, he’s one of my favs. Keep it up
Rah! Rah! Sis Boom Bah! That’s suppose to encourage you to rev up the reading at this late hour of the Readathon. Hope you are enjoying all the fun titles you are dipping into. Can’t wait to read the reviews.
Stop by my blog and enter my mini-challenge at A Reader’s Journal.
I’m impressed with all you’ve done today!
Glad to see you’re still with us!
Eva – It is good isn’t it?
Dewey – I’m still playing although I’m begging to feel a bit sleepy 🙂
Alisia – It’s my first Henry James too. I have seen The Turn of the Screw on PBS which I loved but I think I should read the story now.
Shannon – Ooh good too hear!
Booklogged – Rah,rah!! I’ll come over and check out your mini challenge. Gotta stay awake 🙂
Becky – It’s actually not too much. I’ll tally up my hours at the end of the challenge. I keep getting distracted by going to visit other participants 🙂
I was out most of yesterday so not a participant or cheerleader. Seems like you did pretty well. 🙂
Sorry I didn’t visit you sooner, great job reading, see you tomorrow.
Have a good rest and congrats on getting through it.
Tanabata – Well, I actually thought I did better but I just counted up the hours… Only 5! ha,ha. Still I think that’s good.
Callista – Can’t wait to see how you did!
Chris – Thanks. I think I needed it 🙂