I signed up to participate in the “48 Hour Reading Challenge” from 7 PM Friday to 7 PM Sunday. My goal to read six of the 2010 Sasquatch Reader Award and 2010 YRCA nominees. I forgot (until packing)that I would be out of town with friends all weekend.
Happy to say that yesterday was spent in the car for almost nine hours and I read. I read four of the six (bolded and starred are ones read) books:
**The Return of the Killer Cat. Fine, Anne
Brendan Buckley’s Universe and Everything In It. Frazier, Sundee
**Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little. Gifford, Peggy
**Ten Ways to Make My Sister Disappear. Mazer, Norma Fox
**No Talking. Clements, Andrew
Elijah of Buxton. Curtis, Christopher Paul
I could have started Elijah of Buxton and had planned to but then I saw my copy of Silksinger by Laini Taylor, started already and pleading to be read. So I rewarded myself by sticking my nose into its pages. Soon I was taken away with Whisper to find the city of Nazneen. It total I read 559 pages which will pale in comparison to those who cleared their calendar to read. But I tried and after two years of not participating due to conflict, I am happy that I could try once more.
Now rereading the rules, I did not check in. I did not blog. I read on Sunday. Well, there is next year!!
Last weekend I was invited to join the Summer Revision Smackdown at Holly Cupala. So last week did I state my goals? No. Did I do any revising? Only in my head. Doubt that counts for anything. So thank goodness for a new week!
My revision goals this week:
To make the changes based on our May writer’s critique group meeting.
To revise at least two haiku to submit for publication.
We raised $16,000 with the two auctions (one local and the on-line). Checks are arriving in the mail daily. The Paypal is operational (and taking a fee, bleh!)
If you have not heard from me, please contact me at macrush53 at yahoo dot com. I was gone for the weekend. Tonight’s plan? To go into the “spinning room” to email folks and catch up on all things auction.
