Hey guess what? It’s Thursday! And I was supposed to do this post on Wednesday!
Time escapes me, my friends.
Sooooo, without further delay because there is a pizza on the way to my house and I intend to feast on it IMMEDIATELY, the winner of the $30 Amazon/The Book Depository prize is….
Laura at Devouring Texts!
True story.
Congrats Laura! I’ll be sending you an email right away.
Thanks to EVERYONE who participated! It was fun, but I promise next time will be even better!
~Sarah
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Hey guys! So sorry about the change in plans yesterday, but here we are now!
OK, so the winners are listed below. If you’re a winner, I need you to email me at sarahmay227(at)gmail(dot)com so that I can confirm your email address before I send you the $5 Amazon gift card. (For those of you who are international ladies, we’ll chat more in the emails.)
OK so here are the winners!
Start-up challenge: Kristilyn at Reading in Winter
Wordle challenge: Kayleigh at Nylon Admiral
READ challenge: Belle at BookBelle
Jenn’s movie cast challenge: Laura at Devouring Texts
Wrap-up challenge: Shari at Delighted Reader
And the winner for Heather’s Bonus Challenge is…
Shari at Delighted Reader
So remember, if you’re one of the lucky gals listed above, email me! I’m getting ready to go run some errands right now, but I’ll be home this evening to reply to you guys and start sending the prizes out!
So, major thanks and kudos to Jenn & Heather, for helping out with such awesome challenges. You guys rock 
And thank you SO SO SO MUCH to everyone who participated! It was so much fun, and I can’t wait until the Summer Mini-Readathon!
~Sarah
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Hey guys, so I initially planned on coming right home after work & doing the readathon winners, but there’s been a change of plans & I won’t be home until late tonight… I’m actually posting this from my phone real quick in the backroom at Second Job, lol.
So, readathon winners will be announced either late, late tonight or tomorrow morning. I promise! Sorry for the delay guys!!
~Sarah
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I can’t believe it’s over already! I didn’t get QUITE as much reading done as I wanted today, but I was able to read 242 out of 418 pages in Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer. And the great thing about it is that it was QUALITY reading time – no interruptions from work, people, doing laundry, etc. And I’m thinking that I’m going to go to the bookstore and buy the sequel to this book, cause I’m totally into it.
So, this is the last mini-challenge! Remember you have until 10 pm EST on Monday to complete the mini-challenges, and I’ll announce the randomly-chosen winners on Tuesday.
Thank you so so so so so much to Jenn for hosting her mini-challenge, and to Heather for hosting the bonus challenge. You guys are awesome
And thank you to EVERYONE who participated today! I really enjoyed visiting your blogs & chatting with you on Twitter! And I’m going to spend some time tomorrow morning coming around to visit blogs / posts that I didn’t have a chance to visit today.
OK, so let’s do the last mini-challenge! Same as the start-up post – copy, paste, and answer the questions below either in the comments or in a blog post link in the comments.
1. How many books and/or pages were you able to read?
2. About how many hours were you able to read for? (Were there many distractions, breaks, etc?)
3. Do you have any likes/dislikes about the 12-hour readathon, compared to a 24-hour readathon?
4. Favorite and least favorite books that you read today?
5. Do you have any suggestions for things you’d like me to do differently if I host another mini-readathon?
And just for funsies, here are my answers…
1. How many books and/or pages were you able to read?
I read 242 pages.
2. About how many hours were you able to read for? (Were there many distractions, breaks, etc?)
Well, if you assume I read at a page her minute, then I read for about 4 hours today, lol. And of course there were distractions: the challenges, re-doing my header with Heather, food, chatting, Twitter, blogs, etc…
3. Do you have any likes/dislikes about the 12-hour readathon, compared to a 24-hour readathon?
Not in particular, I like doing these little 12-hour readathons because they’re less stressful, even with me posting challenges every few hours. I don’t have to worry about struggling to stay awake.
4. Favorite and least favorite books that you read today?
The only one I’ve been reading is Hominids, which is kinda awesome so far.
5. Do you have any suggestions for things you’d like me to do differently if I host another mini-readathon?
Well this is like me asking MYSELF, lol, but yes I do. I’m going to try to think of more exciting prizes for next time, and I’ll try to think of better ways to promote it. Although honestly, I think having a small number of people participating is actually kind of nicer than having hundreds of participants like in the 24-hour ones. I get to know you all a little better, and I feel like you guys are actually participating for the fun of it, not necessarily to win a ton of cool swag like in the big giant readathons. What do you guys think?
OK, so that’s it! Thanks again to EVERYONE for joining in, and I hope I see you guys next time around, probably in July! And remember to check back here on Tuesday for the challenge winners! I’m going to go catch up on my reading now
~Sarah
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Hey ya’ll! So, I got a little bit more reading done - I’m on page 108 of Hominids. I’m really liking it so far, I already think I want to go buy the sequel. Sadly my sis had to go home, and then my honeyman came home and brought a friend for dinner, so we’ve been eating chicken tacos and socializing. These last 3 hours will be my best hours yet, dammit!
So, this next mini-challenge is hosted by the fabulous Jenn at Booksessed. Go there and follow her directions. Jenn’s hosted challenge counts as one of the 5 mini-challenges that you’ll be able to win a $5 Amazon gift card for. I’m going to participate too cause it looks like SO MUCH FUN (not for a prize obviously), but I’m going to do that later, after I get farther in this book that I’m reading.
Have fun!
~Sarah
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So, how’s everyone holding up? It’s officially the halfway point!
Sadly, I have no real updates. Somehow I got no reading done during the last 3 hours… I made my sister watch some funny songs on YouTube (I’m On a Boat & I’m Awesome, in cause you were wondering), we did her bonus challenge post, made some cucumber sandwiches, made more coffee, chatted, etc… This is what happens when you have two sisters who don’t get to hang out enough, and throw them together all day with food and drinks.
Anyhoo, on with the next challenge! The challenge is to use random objects around your house to spell out the word “read”, take a picture of it, post it on your blog, and then come back here to leave the link in the comments!
Here is mine…
We’re not alcoholics, I swear. The honeyman doesn’t even drink, lol, but he had all of his friends save bottlecaps for him for some game he wants to play. Lucky for me, they made this challenge easy-peasy But you can use ANY OBJECTS around your house.
See you in 3 hours, when Jenn will be hosting a mini-challenge!
~Sarah
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Hey ya’ll, so it’s time for the surprise bonus challenge, hosted by my lovely sister Heather over at All You Need Designs!
You want to win this bookish necklace? You know you do. Head on over to Heather’s blog and follow her directions to win!
Also, you should visit her super-cool and successful Etsy shop.
OK, see ya’ll for the next mini-challenge at 4 pm EST!
~Sarah
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alllllll the books!
Sarah updates: Hey ya’ll! So this week FLEW by. Had a comfy date night on Sunday, making a pizza and watching Terra Nova. Monday I worked at Second Job, and then it time to hang out with Amanda & L! Monday and Tuesday are a blur of family time, in which I cooked and had people over for dinner and chilled with the baby.
Fun story - On Tuesday Amanda and my mom went to get their hair done, and the MINUTE they left me alone with my darling nephew L, he pooped all the way up his back, peed on my bathroom floor, and finally after a bath fell asleep. 5-month old jerk… Yup, that’s right I’ve officially crossed a line and talked about baby poop on this here blog. But it’s important, because this is one of the thousands of reasons that I WILL NEVER HAVE CHILDREN.
Anyways, Amanda & L went home Wednesday afternoon, and I got my apartment back. I worked half days at First Job on Thursday and Friday, and on Friday morning was the annual giant book sale! My local library hosts a huge book sale in the mall once a year, and I took a half day at work just so that I could be there when it started at 10. The picture at the top is the books I came home with (minus two that I gave to the honeyman), all for only $31 in rolled change. Now I don’t feel like typing up all those titles, but the ones I’m most excited about are…
And obviously a bunch more… Oh and I bought a crapload of Cliff’s Notes. When I’m reading classics, I tend to go online to Sparknotes if I’m confused about anything, or want to know more about it. So I figured I’d get some of these so that when I’m reading a classic, I don’t have to have internet access if I want to double-check something.
Anyways yes, very exciting stuff. What else… Oh right we finally have snow! And it might not melt in the next few days. I LOVE that we had practically none all the way up until mid-January, that it so rare for NY. I hate driving in snow. Anyways, after the book sale on Friday the honeyman met me at the mall for lunch, and then we did some shopping. I bought a few things at LB, and he bought some work clothes, and then he bought me something VERY exciting – Zumba 2 for the Wii! I have been wanting to try Zumba FOREVER, but the DVD’s are expensive as all hell. The game comes with the a belt to put the controller in, so you don’t have to use the Wii Fit board or anything. I’m really excited to try it this week, it looks like so much fun.
And now I’m at work, the start of an 18-hour day. Ugh. Luckily I have some food, some books (although I just realized that I forgot to bring Norwegian Wood, DAMMIT…), and the first season of Pushing Daisies. Loved that show, and I got the second season for Christmas, so I’m going to start re-watching it from the beginning.
Bookish updates: So, obviously, the book sale. Duh.
I got very little reading done this week, since Amanda & L were here. I’m still going slowly through Don Quixote. I’m still really enjoying it, but it’s super long and I’m mainly reading a couple chapters a day so that I can read other stuff as well. I started Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey, which is the book the honeyman and I are reading together this month. And still reading Norwegian Wood for the readalong, but looks like I’ll be cramming those chapters in tomorrow.
Also, the Mini-Readathon is ONE WEEK AWAY!
And now for the moment you’ve all been waiting for… the winner of the $10 Amazon gift card for blogging about the Mini-Readathon is Belle at Book Belle! Congrats to her, and thank you EVERYBODY who blogged about it. I’m so excited and so glad that it’s almost here!
OK that’s it for me today… I’m gonna go start watching Pushing Daisies. Have a great Sunday!
~Sarah
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Good morning everybody! So, the mini-readathon is only about two weeks away! I can’t believe it! I’m very excited to spend the day reading & eating yummy food. So this is kind of a reminder post, but I also want to work on spreading the word a little bit – the more the merrier, as they say.
So, if you do a blog post letting others know about the mini-readathon, you have the chance to win a $10 Amazon e-gift card. Just leave the link to your blog post in the comments below by Saturday January 14th and I’ll draw a winner using random.org. Winner will be announced on Sunday the 15th in my Sarah Sunday post.
You can do this whether you’ve already joined the mini-readathon or are just signing up now. So, if you need it again, here’s the info (also located in the Winter Mini-Readathon tab above).
The Sarah Says Winter Mini-Readathon will be on Sunday January 22, 2012.
So, original sign up post is here. Start spreading the word and let’s have a great mini-readathon, shall we?
~Sarah
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That’s right, the time has finally come to get this thing rolling! So, here’s the info…
OK, I think that’s about it. My caffeine-lacking brain is probably forgetting something, but if so all of this info will also be posted on the Sarah Says Mini-Readathon: January page of my blog.
So, sign up below! And feel free to grab a button for your sidebar or a blog post
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