Dewey's Readathon Hangover Day

Well I disappeared well before I stopped reading yesterday. This was the first readathon that I've ever had real sleep problems the night before. Me and a 7 AM start time NEVER get along well as my usual wake up time is noon. I'm just not a morning person AT ALL. But seeing as my body seemed to think that it was taking a nap when I went to bed at 10 the night before the readathon and I only got about 4 hours of broken sleep, I just didn't feel right the whole day. But I still had a hell of a good time. As usual, I missed Dewey a hell of a lot yesterday. The readathons tend to bring out a bunch of people at the same time that all used to blog back then and seeing everyone together throughout the day just brings me back to that time and makes me think of her. And I also have a tendency to go back and read some of my old posts from when Dewey was around during the readathons and it's still just hard to believe that she's NOT around anymore. That one day she was commenting on my posts and then one day there was just silence. She had a personality that can't and won't and shouldn't ever be replaced. 

I'm so damn thankful though to Heather and Andi for continuing on the readathon in her tradition though. Seriously....there's not enough words for what you two ladies do. It's so much more than just this event. It's the sense of community, the memories, the entertainment, and of course the hard hard work that you all do. You two are amazing and I love you to death! 

So I ended up reading three books total and I started two more. My downfall was reading nonfiction. Should've never gone there, ESPECIALLY after reading something as awesome as The Graveyard Book graphic novels. Anything would've been hard to read after those books. And it's not even that the book was BAD! I started Smoke Gets In Your Eyes by Caitlyn Doughty and I'm actually really loving it, but I've learned that nonfiction requires a totally different part of your brain to process it and that part of my brain was not a happy camper after about 16 hours of reading. So then I moved over to The Last Policeman by Ben Winters and that went MUCH better but I only read 100 pages before calling it a night at about 2 in the morning. I actually started reading at 5 in the morning (2 hours before the start) as I had woken up at 4 :/ My total page count for the day was 872 pgs. which is actually my worst in readathon history but I'm ok with that as my goal yesterday was just to have fun!

Here's my end of event meme:

1. Which hour was most daunting for you?

Probably right at about hour 16 for me...I started crashing hard and picked the totally wrong book AND was coming off of the high of a totally awesome book which would've been hard to follow with anything.

2. Could you list a few high interest books that you think could keep a Reader engaged for next year?

Constable & Toop by Gareth Jones was incredibly awesome and so good that I flew through it and The Graveyard Book graphic novels by Neil Gaiman were so. damn. good. As in, I may have liked them even better than the novel novel. Which is saying a LOT.

3. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the readathon next year?

Nope! Just keep doing what you're doing :)

4. What do you think worked really well in this year's readathon?

Like I said above, no complaints here. I think everything worked great. I really love the sense of community during these events and I think that just gets better each year!

5. How many books did you read?

I completed 3: Constable & Toop by Gareth Jones and The Graveyard Book Graphic Novel Vols 1&2 by Neil Gaiman and I read about 100 pages each of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Caitlin Doughty and The Last Policeman by Ben Winters

6. What were the names of the books you read?

Sheesh...read the questions first Chris....see above.

7. Which book did you enjoy most?

Definitely the Graveyard Book graphic novels

8. Which did you enjoy least?

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes but only because it wasn't right for this event. I fully intend to finish it and enjoy the hell out of it. It's a fascinating and often hilarious book, but not for 16 hours into a readathon.

9. N/A for me

10. How likely are you to participate again? What role will you be likely to take? 

I will definitely be a READER again in April :)