Mini Challenge: Mid-Event Survey

Mid-Event Survey:
1. What are you reading right now?
The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson

2. How many books have you read so far?
Only 2, Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill and Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce

3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Read-a-thon?
I'm looking forward to re-reading Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

4. Did you have to make any special arrangements to free up your whole day?
ha no the opposite.  I had to go into work for the first five hours of the challenge.  I usually don't work on the weekends.

5. Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those?
My interruptions were 5 hours of work, an hour of of working out, and an accidental 2.5 hour nap (oopsies!).  So I've only been reading for about 3 hours.  I guess I just keep reading when I can, and try and get as much in a possible.

6. What surprises you most about the Read-a-thon, so far?
I'm surprised at how fast it's going.  All of the mini challenges make it really fun and fast paced.  I was expecting some more comments though.  It feels like everyone is writing their mini challenges and updates without reading anyone elses.

7. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year?
I'd say try and find a way to encourage more interaction between the readers.  Maybe make greater use of twitter.

8. What would you do differently, as a Reader or a Cheerleader, if you were to do this again next year?
Not work for the first five hours?  lol that's about all I can think of really.

9. Are you getting tired yet?
No, but like I said, I've cheated.

10. Do you have any tips for other Readers or Cheerleaders, something you think is working well for you that others may not have discovered?
I think just read books you find really exciting and interesting.  Books that make you want to keep reading.  Now is not the time to suffer through a reading of War and Peace (unless you like that kind of thing).