Most Hated Mini-Challenge!

Hello! Welcome to the Most Hated Mini-Challenge! No, it's not the mini-challenge that you hate the most, but one about your most hated characters. I figured by this time in the readathon, if you're actually still awake and participating, you're probably hating the readathon right now. And the organizers. And those perky cheerleaders. And yourself for signing up. So, let's channel that into hating a fictional character, then you can get back to remembering why you signed up - to read!

Here's what you need to do. Create a post on your blog about your most hated character from a book. Maybe they're evil, maybe they're just annoying, or maybe they remind you of your ex. Whatever the reason, just pick someone and then write a post that shares who they are, what book they're from and the author, and why you hate them. Then come back here and sign and Mr. Linky, and make sure to leave a comment!

You've got three hours to complete this mini-challenge, which takes us through the end of the readathon! (hours 22-24; 4 a.m. to 7 a.m. central) The winner will receive a $10 Amazon.com gift card via e-mail. I will select the answer I like best.

Readathon Update Number 6

Happy 24-hour readathon day! I think this is my last update for the day, although I will host the Most Hated Mini-Challenge here at 4:00 central time, so happy reading and commenting!

Title of book(s) read since last update:
Imitations of Austen by Jane Greensmith and Club Dead by Charlaine Harris

Number of books read since you started: 3 (The Ladies' Paradise, Herland, and Big Boned) and parts of 2 others

Pages read since last update: 70

Running total of pages read since you started: 790

Amount of time spent reading since last update: 34 minutes

Running total of time spent reading since you started: 450 minutes = 7 1/2 hours

Mini-challenges completed: Kick off champions
And the nominees are...
Pantyworthy mini-challenge
Where in the world are you reading?
Soundtrack song mini-challenge
Bookish Movies
Get the Heck Out of Here

Other participants you’ve visited:
http://aliteraryodyssey.blogspot.com/
http://luvviesmusings.blogspot.com/http://tilwereadagain.blogspot.com
http://virginiebarbeau.wordpress.com
http://myfavoritest.blogspot.com/
http://fyreflybooks.wordpress.com/
http://athyrium.blogspot.com/
http://ponderingthelibrary.blogspot.com/2010/04/read-thon.html
http://annotatedreading.blogspot.com/
http://nomadreader.blogspot.com
http://thelostentwife.net

Prize you’ve won: Fot the Dewey comment post for hour 17 I won a Lionel Shriver prize pack with two books! Yeah!

Get the Heck Out of Here Mini-Challenge

The Literate Housewife is hosting a Get the Heck out of Here mini-challenge.

The Questions:

1.What steps did you take to ensure you’d be able to read as much as possible today? I created a TBR pile and cleaned up my reading area last night, and made sure I didn't have anything planned for today. And then my husband got the day off. He usually works on Saturdays. So he's been a bit distracting, but I love him! :) I also made sure my TBR pile had a lot of variety, including short stories and easier reads.
2.Of those steps, which proved to be the most beneficial to your day? having a clear TBR pile that wasn't too full, so I had choices but not so many that I spent too much time deciding what to read. And telling my husband I would really be reading all day, not just reading most of the day like normal.
3.Is there anything you might do differently next time? I might sit up camp in another room if my husband is home. I would also prepare some of my blog posts early by setting up posts for updates throughout the day so I only have to edit them with the updates numbers, etc. I also think I've gotten distracted by the mini-challenges. Like right now. Ooops. But that is a really, really awesome prize!

Title Teasers Mini-Challenge

Write for a Reader is hosting a mini-challenge of fill-in-the-blank title teasers. Here are my answers!

The Dark Divine
An Irish Country Girl
The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott
Necessary Heartbreak
She's So Dead to Us
Fireworks Over Toccoa
Club Dead
Scones & Sensibility
All Unquiet Things
Beautiful Creatures
Perchance to Dream
The Dead-Tossed Waves
I Kissed a Zombie and I Liked It
Prophecy of the Sisters
Very LeFreak
The Girl Who Fell from the Sky
Marriage and Other Acts of Charity
Making Toast
White Cat
Letters to My Father

Readathon update number 5

Happy 24-hour readathon day! Here's my fifth update for the day!

Title of book(s) read since last update:
Big Boned by Meg Cabot

Number of books read since you started: 3 (The Ladies' Paradise, Herland, and Big Boned) and part of 1 other one

Pages read since last update: 179

Running total of pages read since you started: 720

Amount of time spent reading since last update: 70 minutes

Running total of time spent reading since you started: 416 minutes = 6 hours and 56 minutes

Mini-challenges completed: Kick off champions
And the nominees are...
Pantyworthy mini-challenge
Where in the world are you reading?
Soundtrack song mini-challenge
Bookish Movies

Other participants you’ve visited:
http://aliteraryodyssey.blogspot.com/
http://luvviesmusings.blogspot.com/http://tilwereadagain.blogspot.com
http://virginiebarbeau.wordpress.com
http://myfavoritest.blogspot.com/
http://fyreflybooks.wordpress.com/
http://athyrium.blogspot.com/
http://ponderingthelibrary.blogspot.com/2010/04/read-thon.html
http://annotatedreading.blogspot.com/
http://nomadreader.blogspot.com
http://thelostentwife.net

Prize you’ve won: none

Romancing your friendship challenge

Star Shadow is hosting a Romancing Your Friendship mini-challenge. My favorite friends than romance couple is Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley from the Harry Potter series. I love how they evolve over the series and end up falling in love by the end. I was so glad that they didn't do a Harry/Hermione relationship. It was nice for the side kick to end up with the main girl, and they work really well together.



And wow! Here's a pic of the actors from the movies. Ron's making a move!

Bookish Movies Mini-challenge

The Lost Entwife is hosting a mini-challenge on what book we'd like to see made into a movie and then cast a character. THe first one that springs to mind is Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger. I just finished it this week and really enjoyed it. I think it would make a good, although creepy, movie.



I think Emily Blunt would work really well as the main characters, twins Julia and Valentina. She's dainty enough to play them and is a strong enough actress to play the dual role, including playing the two very different personalities.

Readathon update number 4

Happy 24-hour readathon day! Here's my fourth update for the day!

Title of book(s) read since last update:
Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Big Boned by Meg Cabot

Number of books read since you started: 2 (The Ladies' Paradise and Herland) and parts of 2

Pages read since last update: 140

Running total of pages read since you started: 541

Amount of time spent reading since last update: 100 minutes

Running total of time spent reading since you started: 346 minutes = 5 hours and 6 minutes

Mini-challenges completed: Kick off champions
And the nominees are...
Pantyworthy mini-challenge
Where in the world are you reading?
Soundtrack song mini-challenge

Other participants you’ve visited:
http://aliteraryodyssey.blogspot.com/
http://luvviesmusings.blogspot.com/http://tilwereadagain.blogspot.com
http://virginiebarbeau.wordpress.com
http://myfavoritest.blogspot.com/
http://fyreflybooks.wordpress.com/
http://athyrium.blogspot.com/
http://ponderingthelibrary.blogspot.com/2010/04/read-thon.html
http://annotatedreading.blogspot.com/
http://nomadreader.blogspot.com

Prize you’ve won: none

Readathon update 3

Happy 24-hour readathon day! Here's my third update for the day! I took a break in between my last update to eat lunch with Ryan and watch an episode of Mythbusters.

Title of book(s) read since last update:
The Ladies' Paradise by Emile Zola

Number of books read since you started: 1 (The Ladies' Paradise) and parts of 3

Pages read since last update: 162

Running total of pages read since you started: 401

Amount of time spent reading since last update: 90 minutes

Running total of time spent reading since you started: 246 minutes = 4 hours and 6 minutes

Mini-challenges completed: Kick off champions
And the nominees are...

Other participants you’ve visited:
http://aliteraryodyssey.blogspot.com/
http://luvviesmusings.blogspot.com/http://tilwereadagain.blogspot.com
http://virginiebarbeau.wordpress.com
http://myfavoritest.blogspot.com/
http://fyreflybooks.wordpress.com/
http://athyrium.blogspot.com/
http://ponderingthelibrary.blogspot.com/2010/04/read-thon.html
http://annotatedreading.blogspot.com/

Prize you’ve won: none

Book score/soundtrack mini-challenge

I Just Wanna Sit Here and Read is hosting a mini-challenge on book score/soundtracks! I'm currently reading The Ladies' Paradise by Emile Zola. I think the perfect soundtrack for this book is Money (That's What I Want).

Here's a video clip of it in my favorite movie, Empire Records:


The Ladies' Paradise is about shopping and the growth of the department store in Paris in the nineteenth century. The last chapter I read featured a huge sale where a half a million francs of items were sold in one day. So, this song seems quite appropriate. Actually, the fact that I used the clip from Empire Records is even more appropriate, but both the movie and the book are about the little shops trying to take on the big guys. That's kind of funny. Look for my full post on The Ladies' Paradise to come soon!

And the nominees are...

Here's my second mini-challenge to enter for the readathon! And the nominees are..., hosted by 'Til We Read Again. I am answering quickly to get back to reading, so these are off the top of my head answers!

Favorite Female Character in a book: Hermione Granger - Harry Potter
Favorite Male Character in a book: Gulliver - Gulliver's Travels
Favorite Side Kick in a book: Ron Weasley - Harry Potter
Favorite Couple in a Book: Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy - Pride and Prejudice
Favorite Book Series: Harry Potter!
Favorite Author: Jane Austen
Favorite Book Cover: Out of my stack for potential reading for today...White is for Witching
Favorite Book of 2009: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley (I'm not sure if it came out in 2009, but that's when I read it, so I'm counting it.)

Kick off of champions mini-challenge

Yeah! My first mini-challenge for the readathon! It's hosted by Miss Remmers' Review. To start off my first readathon, I've surrounded myself with books (obviously), opened the blinds by my reading chair, grabbed a Diet Mountain Dew, my laptop, my Snuggie (I know they're kind of goofy but every big reader should have one! My arms can be warm and snuggly and I can still read!), and my cats. I just took some pictures, but realized I have no idea where the camera cord is to upload them. Doh! At least getting up to get the camera got the blood moving a bit. I will try to post the pics later even though this challenge will be over. Happy reading everyone!

24-hour readathon update 2

Happy 24-hour readathon day! Here's my second update for the day!

Title of book(s) read since last update:
The Ladies' Paradise by Emile Zola (I should have already finished this one for my Classics Circuit post today...I'll finish it soon and post by early afternoon!

Number of books read since you started: Parts of 4

Pages read since last update: 104

Running total of pages read since you started: 239

Amount of time spent reading since last update: 54 minutes

Running total of time spent reading since you started: 2 hours and 36 minutes

Mini-challenges completed: Kick off champions
And the nominees are...

Other participants you’ve visited:
http://aliteraryodyssey.blogspot.com/
http://luvviesmusings.blogspot.com/http://tilwereadagain.blogspot.com
http://virginiebarbeau.wordpress.com

Prize you’ve won: none

24-hour readathon

I woke up a little late this morning and so I launched right into reading and am just getting my first 24-hour readathon update posted. I was about 40 minutes late starting. Boo.

Title of book(s) read since last update:
Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Big Boned by Meg Cabot
Club Dead by Charlaine Harris

Number of books read since you started: 0

Pages read since last update: 135

Running total of pages read since you started: 135

Amount of time spent reading since last update: 1 hour and 40 minutes.

Running total of time spent reading since you started: 1 hour and 40 minutes.

Mini-challenges completed: none (I'm about to do that though!)

Other participants you’ve visited: none (I'm about to do that though!)

Prize you’ve won: none