48 Hour Book Challenge-Check In # 2

Finished reading Eight Keys by Suzanne LaFleur (see previous post on how much I LOVED this book) and then read Gossip from the Girls' Room by Rose Cooper (deelightfilled book, fantastic voice and main character, Sofia made me laugh out loud, smile and _feel_ for her as she reached for popularity in her middle school, school. One I will be recommending to my book club kids, fans of Dork Diaries & Wimpy Kid).

This added 3 hrs fifteen minutes to my previous chunk of reading, bringing me up to 9 hours. As the time for my 48 hours of read-a-thon time draws to a close I realize it highly unlikely I will be able to put in 20 hours! Over imagined the amount of time I could get in for taking part in this. S'okay, though. I'm thrilled to have taken part in my first ever read-a-thon thanks to Mother Reader and the 48 Hour Book Challenge!

Going to to a bit of reading and catching up with others taking part in the challenge then off to finish up, Illegally Blonde by Nelsa  Roberto (MC is funny, strong, utterly likeable- inspite of being dragged away from from life in Canada and her final year of school there. Fans of Sarah Dessen would really enjoy this one, imo.)

48 Hour Book Challenge-Checking In

Just a checking in. And it was a interesting first attempt, and one I realize now I'd over thought. I kept changing the time until a really could start. Had a few things that kept coming up that I did need to deal with right away. Realized that if I kept pushing the time back it would be midnight...okay maybe not that bad, but with me you never know!

SO---went back to the 9 AM-9 AM Sunday senario realizing there are going to be times when I am cobbling together (saw that in the Mother Reader comments, can't remember who said it?) the reading time.

Blogging/Social/Seeing what up in #48HBC land : 30 mins/5mins/30mins

Reading: 3mins/2mins/15mins/60mins/55mins/35mins/66mins/40mins

**Edited to add (yeesh, in a bit of too much a hurry!)

Total time-5 hrs 45 mins

What I Read
I have three ARCS I want to read, MG.
Eight Keys-not finished yet, but already it's filling all corners of my heart as I follow Elise as she grows into being 12, finding new friends, trying to fit into middle school, being bullied by "that girl", questioning her bff and whether or not it's good for her to hang with him anymore cause everyone thinks she's a baby because of him. And--taking that journey with her dad who is no longer with her, but each birthday she is given a letter--year 12 is the last letter and I think will be, for Elise, the most significant..it will unlock everything she needs to know about herself. In other words, I'm hooked into the book and the MC. Think kids will be too. This is not due for release until August 23--normally I wouldn't talk so early about a book but it's going back to the person I borrowed it from, today. Same with the next two.

The Girl Behind the Glass-Kind of wanted to start reading it all over again. Subtle ghost story, compelling mystery behind the who and the why and how the author told the story itself. More detailed review closer to release date. This is an ARC from the publisher that I borrowed from a friend

And one YA.

Extraordinary-A fuller review coming later, this book does not come out until Nov/2011. But I will say (as The Plot Whisperer does), beginnings hook the reader (and Adam Selzer did a great job of hooking me in)...endings make fans. I am a fan. He took vampires (including prudish victorian ones), fairy godmothers (okay, fairy godmofo), zombies, highschool, true love, an ordinary girl (who deals with anger by smashing crap from the dollar store), Shakespeare, The Music Man and some unicorn poop, mixed it all together into a great, clever read for teens. Kind of a wow for me.

Off into the day for awhile. Our library book sale is today and I am doing a puppet show @ 11:00 (Pig-Pig is in the house and someone told him the show is ALL about him! Move over Little Red Hen and Goldilocks. Snort!).

Cheers and happy reading!

48 Hour Book Challenge

I am set. Have a few other things going on this weekend-puppet show, big library sale, book signing to attend, grandson sleepover (yay for sleepovers with grandma and grandpa!)

The time frame:

From Fri. 10 AM to Sunday 10 AM (Friday will have the biggest chunk of reading time).

The Goal:

Read 20 hours during the next 48

The books:

I have three ARCS I want to read, MG.

Eight Keys

The Girl Behind the Glass

And one YA.

Extraordinary

Plus, I have a YA I am going to finishing reading (which BTW, I am loving!)

Illegally Blonde

The above are for the first leg of the reading. I have two more piles to choose from depending on how the above reading goes. One includes all Canadian MG and YA titles, the other is a pile of MG I recently purchased and or won, plus in there is one YA I have _must_ read...WITHER (yep, have not read that one yet).

The Cause:


I am going to donate to Slave Lake Library-buying books from our own library sale this weekend (all the money we make goes to them.) Plus, will make a $48 general donation. For those of you who are wondering about Slave Lake, it is the town in Northern Alberta that burnt almost 50 percent to the ground a couple of weeks ago.This included their library which was just built in 2010 and we all know the heart, sweat and soul that goes into making something like that happen. Here is more information on donations to Slave Lake, in general:

Global TV, Slave Lake Donation information

Alrighty, that is it for my starting line post! Thanks to Mother Reader for being the read-a-thon Mom! See you all in about five hours. Going to stop, do a quick read see what everyone else is up to, report progress then back to the readin'.