Joining A Bout Of Books Week Long Read-a-thon

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Read A Thon Update 1

I finished one book. 1 down and.... who knows how many to come.

This is the book I finished....

Libriomancer by Jim C. Hines

Pages read: 308

I would compare the book to The Magicians but not as dark.  The magic part is awesome and sounds like it could be dangerous and fun.  I mean if you were a libriomancer in this book you could literally take out any items from a book...as long as it is not magically closed.  

I am on to read this book....

Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl

Dewey's Readathon - Introductory Questionnaire

Introductory Questionnaire

1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today?
2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?
3) Which snack are you most looking forward to?
4) Tell us a little something about yourself!
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?

1) I am reading in North America, Pennsylvania.

2) I am most looking forward to reading Beautiful Creatures.

3) Trying not to think about food or I will eat it all.

4) I am a artist. You can see and buy my work on my art blog Confuzzled Designs.

5)Hopefully this one i will read more. I was distracted by RL last time.

End Meme for Read A Thon

1. Which hour was most daunting for you? hour 18
2. Could you list a few high-interest books that you think could keep a Reader engaged for next year? Kids chapter book, maybe even reread your favorite Nancy Drews or Hardy Boys.
3. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year? Nope
4. What do you think worked really well in this year’s Read-a-thon? I think the fact that Dewey had help posting the mini challanges was awesome even though I really didn't participate in them. I focus on reading and trying catch up on Arcs.
5. How many books did you read? 7
6. What were the names of the books you read? Silvermist and the Ladybug Curse, Johnny Big Ears, Pendragon Bk1, Tailsman of Zandria, Dulcie's Taste of Magic, The Dragonfly Secret and Fairy Haven and the Quest for the Wand
7. Which book did you enjoy most? The Dragonfly Secret
8. Which did you enjoy least? Fairy Haven and the Quest for the Wand
9. If you were a Cheerleader, do you have any advice for next year’s Cheerleaders?
10. How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again? What role would you be likely to take next time? Yes and I would be a reader!

Last Read A Thon :

Total Books Read: 4

Total Pages Read: 839

Total Hours Read: ?

This Read A Thon:

Total Books Read:7

Total Pages Read:831

Total Hour Read: 8hr 45 min

Shannon's Review - Fairy Haven and the Quest for the Wand by Gail Carson Levine

This is left over from the read A thon. I just went to sleep after I read. I was too tired to write.
















Summary: Sequel to the book Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg. In the first book Rani had promised a mermaid, Soop, that for her comb she would give her a magic wand. The book starts that Soop is angry because she never received the wand Rani had promised. Soop feels Rani lied and send her wrath to Fairy Haven by flooding it until she gets the wand she wants.





My Thoughts: I am sort of upset that I didn't like this adventure. It's just if you have read my review of Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg you would know why I like the Disney Fairies. They just seem comfortable with themselves. In this book it was all about the fairies having magic wand madness that made them want to wish for what they wanted. Of course things go bad when they get what they want. It is a story that gets told a lot. Yes, Yes, be careful what you wish for. I know this story very well. I guess I am disappointed because I don't think the fairies needed this story. Couldn't the wand have done something else besides grant wishes. And then again poor Rani has yet another accident. The first book she cuts off her wings. This book she gets turned into a bat and the bat has it's own essence. It is esscentually it's it own person or own bat with Rani stuck inside. Neither one wants to not exist. They work it out eventually sort of... I am thinking there is going to be a whole book about that.


About the Author: Gail Carson Levine is known for writing retelling fairy tales, especially her book Ella Enchanted, which was made into a movie. (The movie doesn’t do it justice, read the book). She has also written a book on writing fiction called Writing Magic: Creating Stories that Fly.

Read A Thon Stats:
Title of book(s) read since last update: 1
Number of books read since you started:7
Pages read since last update:191
Running total of pages read since you started:831
Amount of time spent reading since last update: 3hr
Running total of time spent reading since you started:8hr 45min

Shannon's Review - Silvermist and the Ladybug Curse by Gail Herman

Summary: Silvermist finds the bad luck white lady bug. Every fairy thinks she is cursed. She tried her best to prove she is not but even she has her doubts.





My Thoughts: The water talent fairy Silvermist thinks she is cursed by the white lady bug she finds in a game. Vidia is happy to keep spreading the rumor that she is cursed for good. Silvermist tries to show her good side and keep a stiff upper lip. This is book is a lesson of perpective. If you put your mind on the bad, then bad happens. Or if you put your mind on the good, then good happens. What happens to Silvermist and others around her doesn't matter if it is good or bad. It just the fact it could happen to anyone. I thought this story was only okay. Vidia was very annoying in this book. I know she is the mean fairy but boy can she be mean. I am not sure the character Silvermist was as detailed as other fairies have been in other books.

About the Author: Gail Herman has written many children book including some early readers. She lives in Newton, MA


Read A Thon Stats
Title of book(s) read since last update: 1
Number of books read since you started:1
Pages read since last update:117
Running total of pages read since you started:117
Amount of time spent reading since last update:1 hr
Running total of time spent reading since you started: 1 hr

If you would like to win a free copy of this book come back on Friday for Refer A Book Friday!

24 Hour Read A Thon For me starts ....noow!

Ack 5 hours In I thought I was only going to miss 3. I had work. I am starting now. *Looks at to be read pile and decides what to start*

24 hour Read A Thon

I have been meaning to post this. Now is better then never. I am participating in Dewey's 24 Hour Read A Thon on Oct 18. Unfortunately I will be working when it first starts but I am done at 11 EST. It starts on my end at 9 am but I am sure I will try to catch up and also not go to sleep to early this time. lol Click on the image to the right or above to see the details on the 24 Hour Read A Thon.

Prilla and the Butterfly Lie by Kitty Richards

Fourth Book read for Read - a - thon!!! This is probably the last book.
Pages: 113
Total Number of Page Read : 839

Summary: Prilla learns her lesson after telling a lie.

My Thoughts: This one was cute. I Prilla is she a fairy with the talent of blinking to the clumsies (humans) mainland and playing with child. This talent keeps the fairies alive because it keeps the belief of fairies alive. I wish there was a little more of her using her talent because I think it cute when she plays with the kids. It had a pretty good lesson at the end too. 3.5 Stars

About the Author: Kitty Richards has only written one other book and it is a Spongebob Squarepants book. Other then that I can’t find anything on her.

The Trouble With Tink by Kiki Thorpe

Third book Read for Read- A-Thon! And I forgot this disney fairy books are also for the Young Readers Challenge at Becky's.

Pages:109
Total Pages Read : 726

Summary: Tinker Bell loses something, rumors start that she lost her talent to fix pot and pans.

My Thoughts: I like this one it was as good as the last Disney Fairy book I read, A Masterpiece for Bess, but it was nice. It was nice to see what happen with her an Peter Pan in this one although it the is no continuity to other Peter Pan stories by Disney, like Peter and the Starcatchers. There was no real lesson in this one and the other if fact I don’t like the fact that it was okay for Tinker Bell to not ask for help and keep everything to herself that didn’t seem right. 3 Stars

About the Author: Kiki Thorpe has written many books some separate novels, Disney books and a lot of Bear in the Big Blue House books. Unfortunately she does not have a website but I can just by looking at the google search people have been looking for her biography. She has written one other Disney Fairy book call Tink, North of NeverLand. Disney Fairies, Fantasy, Kiki Thorpe, Read-A-Thon, Series, Young Reader Challenge

The Fire Eternal by Chris D'Lacey

2nd Book Finished for Read- a- Thon!!

pages : 506

Summary: Fourth book in a series by Chris D’Lacey. This one takes place five years after the last book FireStar. Our main character, David, from the last books is missing and we now find out that his girlfriend, Zanna, has had a daughter by him. The daughter might be the key to saving the world from the end of days.

My Thoughts: Loved to see the returning characters in one, Zanna, Lucy, Arthur and let’s not forget all the dragon characters. Very creative and imaginative story about dragons and where they come from. They even added some fairies in this time. I most loved about this book is the characters returning to them just felt natural and it did seem like there was more story to be told. I even got the feeling there could be another one in the works. I recommend this book any time a there is a kid asking for a good series and especially if they like fantasy I recommend this at work. I thought this whole series was great and I have even made my husband read them. One thing I didn’t like was how abruptly it ended I was confused when it ended and had to go back and read it again to make sure I had not missed some thing. Other then that is was good. 4 Stars

About the Author: You can tell Chris D’Lacey is passionate about saving the polar bears and the ice caps from this series and the other small books he has written for children about them. He mostly known for his dragon series.

A Masterpiece for Bess by Laura Bergen

1st Book Done for the Read-A-Thon!!

Summary: Bess an artist fairy who paints a portrait of Tinker Bell and soon all the other fairies want a portrait to call there own.

My Thoughts: Very cute. I thought this really captured the artist in me. I don’t know if I would say Bess is my favorite fairy thou but I see a lot of myself in her she’s messy, and likes to paint when wants to. I read this fairly quickly it is somewhere in the mid range for a chapter book not too easy and not to hard but definitely an enjoyable story. 4.5 stars

About the author: I couldn’t find to much on Laura Bergen. She has written some Dora’s The Explorer books and more Disney books. This is the only Disney fairy book she has done so far. I give her an A+.