Well, this was fun!! I didn't finish full length books on the event as my time was somewhat limited and I didn't want to wake up very early today and end up like a coffee zombie for the rest of the day..

So here is my wrap up post for the whole event: (now all I have to do is write the reviews - oh boy.....)

Hour 0:

Opening Meme

1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today?

Netherlands, it's a sunny sunny day too
2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?

The girl on the train!
3) Which snack are you most looking forward to?

snack? you mean coffeeeee
4) Tell us a little something about yourself!

I'm just an ordinary girl who loves to read..
5) If you participated in the last read-a-thon, what’s one thing you’ll do different today? If this is your first read-a-thon, what are you most looking forward to?

This is my first one and I'm not sure what to expect to be honest!

Hour 6:

Mini Challenge - Operation Quotation!

My entry:

Time has a way of burying things, shifting like the desert and swallowing entire civilizations, erasing them from map and memory. Always, in the end, everything returns to dust.
“The Forbidden Wish” by Jessica Khoury

 and I am pleased to say that I was one of the random winners!!

Hour 7:

Mini Challenge - Readblock

What keeps you from reading?

My entry:

(nothing in particular - just sitting in front of my computer screen can keep me from doing anything really...)

Hour 9:

Mini Challenge - Share a Quote!

(yes I found the quote-sharing challenges easier to participate in for obvious reasons!)

Pick a quote from the book that you are reading or books that you've read during this read-a-thon.

My entry:

― Jane Austen, Pride And Prejudice (the graphic novel)

Hour 12:

Mid event update

And for the whole day mini challendge over @playster

My entry:

I pair "Every Heart is a Doorway" with ♪ Your Bones, Of Monsters and Men.

and now......

End of the event survey + Book list wrap-up!

1. Which hour was most daunting for you?
   I wasn't a hard-core reader for this readathon, so I didn't find one hour very daunting in particular
2. Could you list a few high-interest books that you think could keep a Reader engaged for next year?
   I read a lot of graphic novels and of books that I have already read (and liked). I finished a lot of them so I got the sense of that elusive sense of accomplishement ..lol
3. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next season?/What do you think worked really well in this year’s Read-a-thon?
   This is the first one for me, so I wouldn't know how things turned out in the past. I thought everything worked out great!
4. How many books did you read?/What were the names of the books you read?
   10 books, 1071 pages, time spent reading ~9hours
                      
   
5. Which book did you enjoy most?
   Every Heart is a Doorway. It's not just a pretty cover guys!
6. Which did you enjoy least?
   The bunny suicides.. I thought the title was weird but I thought why not? OMG.. If you know the cartoon known as "Happy tree friends" then you might guess what this was all about... I did not like this at all......
7. How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again? What role would you be likely to take next time?
   Definitely! I will be more prepared next time and who knows? maybe I would commit for 19 hours instead of 9!

How did you do on the readathon this year?

I do hate giving this, which is one of my favorite stories, only a three, but I was not really a fan of the adaptation.

The story itself was well-done, both in terms of the original and in terms of adaptation, and I thought the little magazine covers between each part (I'm assuming I was reading a combination volume and that they were originally released as individual comics) were adorable. The design there was quirky and charming.

My problem was the actual art.

I am one of those people (I apologize now!) that actually rarely notices the art in anything that has words. I read the words, I get a general impression, I notice color most decidedly, but I don't generally have a very strong opinion one way or the other on it. This really really bothered me, though, and it got progressively worse the longer I read. I was iffy from the beginning on the fact that they had clearly looked at the Keira Knightly adaptation of the film for inspiration, but I was willing to overlook that (and hey, redheads! I'm a fan of that!). Then small things started bothering me. The shading of their lips, which I winced every time I saw. The male faces, which were all oddly unsettling, even the friendly ones. By the time I finished this, I was attempting not to look at the art, which is kind of a terrible thing in a visual adaptation like this.

I can't say it isn't just me (it probably is), but it really came close to ruining this for me--I almost gave it up (and it's 120 pages of a story I love--seriously, it is not a long read). I finished and actually debated between two stars and three, but let the charm of the story, the well-handled dialogue and well-chosen bits that were adapted, and the cute little magazine covers sway me up to "I liked it."

I'll be going back to the book for my next re-read, though, for certain.

Today was very busy with working and other meetings, but I was still able to complete two books. Even though I am behind schedule and I am still happy with what I've been able to read this week and hope I can catch up reading during the weekend. 

• Books Read Today: Quidditch Through the Ages by J.K. Rowling; Jane Austen's Emma by Nancy Bulter
• Pages Read Today: 225
• Hours Spent Reading Today: 3 hours
• Challenge(s) Completed Today: Read someone else's favorite book (Jane Austen's Emma--J.K. Rowling's Favorite Book)

• Total Books Read: 5
• Total Pages Read: 679
• Total Hours Spent Reading: 12 hours