Mid-Event Survey:
- What are you reading right now?
- How many books have you read so far?
- What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Read-a-thon?
- Did you have to make any special arrangements to free up your whole day?
- Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those?
- What surprises you most about the Read-a-thon, so far?
- Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year?
- What would you do differently, as a Reader or a Cheerleader, if you were to do this again next year?
- Are you getting tired yet?
- Do you have any tips for other Readers or Cheerleaders, something you think is working well for you that others may not have discovered?
My Answers:
- Right now I am reading Koula by Menis Koumandareas
- I have completed two books of the five books I've read during the readathon.
- Black Dogs by Ian McEwan, for two reasons. (1) I enjoyed the previous McEwan book I read, Amsterdam. (2) It is a large print book which will be easier on my eyes.
- I skipped the NaNoWriMo kickoff for the Houston area and had to arrange for my wife to take over my usual household duties: dinner, shuttling our child around, etc.
- I've had quite a few interruptions. But I deal with them by understanding from the beginning that I'm not going to read for the entire 24 hours. This is supposed to be fun, not a joyless slog.
- I was surprised at the amount of joy I got from reading to my son. I read to him all the time, but it was really cool to read to him for that long.
- I think the readathon is very well organized and I wouldn't suggest changing a thing.
- I think next time as a reader I will perhaps try to find more large print books. Also, audiobooks might allow me to "read" while doing household chores.
- I didn't sleep well last night, so I'm already tired and my eyes hurt. But if it was easy, everybody would do it.
- I don't have any tips right now, but I'll let you know about the large print book later.
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