I crashed right at 8 am and didn’t get a chance to complete this meme in the last hour. But I’ve napped for a few hours and I’m feeling a little rejuvenated!

1. Which hour was most daunting for you? It was definitely the 18th hr. I needed to get some semblance of sleep. I have two kids and have to be at least a bit presentable today. I ultimately went to sleep at 3 am and awoke at 5:30 am.

2. Could you list a few high-interest books that you think could keep a Reader engaged for next year? My books were high interest..I think it helped that they were YA. My recommendation, though-Don’t read books longer than 250 pages or so. Mine were around 300-350 each and sometimes I felt I was never going to finish them!

3. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year? None at all!

4. What do you think worked really well in this year’s Read-a-thon? Cheerleaders and Twitter! It was a nice and easy way to keep in contact with others participating. Well, until Beth got kicked off for “over-tweeting!” She was our head cheerleader!

5. How many books did you read? 4 1/2
6. What were the names of the books you read? Wicked Lovely, Ink Exchange, Fragile Eternity, Marked, and Speak.

7. Which book did you enjoy most? I enjoyed all of them, but probably Marked the most.

8. Which did you enjoy least? I enjoyed them all.
9. If you were a Cheerleader, do you have any advice for next year’s Cheerleaders? N/A
10. How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again? What role would you be likely to take next time? 100%! I’ll be there! The only thing that would prevent me would be a conflict with the date, so I suggest perhaps doing a survey or something similar. I’ll definitely participate as a reader again.

Well, the 24 Hour Read-a-thon has come to a close. I lasted longer than I thought! I’m going to take a short nap, and then get up and prepare for the day’s activities.

Following are my final stats:

Well, I’ve been up since around 5:45. Jack woke me to go outside. Jack is the dog, for all those that don’t know. Jack and I went outside and when we returned I made cinnamon rolls for breakfast. My three year old came down at 6 I told him it wasn’t wake up time yet and sent him back upstairs. That worked for about 15 minutes. Now the entire family is up eating breakfast.

I’ve started reading Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. Here is my status thus far:

I’ve just finished reading Marked, and I’ve decided to go to sleep for a while. I’m hoping to be up in a few hours to get a little reading before the Read-a-thon is officially over.

Here are my stats thus far:

Thanks to all the cheerleaders that sent their encouraging words via comments and tweets!

Still awake, although I’ve made another cup of coffee to keep me going. I’m thinking I’ll stay up for another hour or two, at least finish my current read. Here is my status: