You all know that I crush on Dewey, but she's gone mad!

24 Hour Readathon
SATURDAY OCTOBER 20TH, starting at 2pm GMT

People who sign up to be readers are committing to reading books, posting updates in their blogs, and if they need breaks, visiting the blogs of other readers and encouraging them. The most hardcore among us will stay up the entire 24 hours and do nothing but read and update, even going so far as to skip showering and eat meals while reading. However, not all of us are that hardcore, and it’s ok for you to customize this readathon to meet your needs. Personally, I have a chronic illness, and while I’m planning to try to stay up 24 hours, I take medication that makes me drowsy and I’m not sure I’ll make it. Other readers may have small children, or previous commitments, etc. that may take up some of their 24 hours. All I ask is that you be honest in your updates, and that’s about the only rule for readers.I can barely read more than a few hours at a time lately, much less for 24 hours. Dear Goddess the woman has lost it! hehe...but if you're woman enough, go sign up. I might sign up for a cheerleader role. That's what I'm best at!

I just finished book #14 for the 20 Book Summer challenge and looking at the calendar, I doubt I'll get to the finish line. *sigh* Yes, I'm hanging my head down low as I know that I very well could have finished. Instead I watched stupid TV, slept, ate without reading, blogged, watched my Cubbies, and oh yeah, spent time with the family. hehe...Seriously, I'm pretty sad that I didn't make it, but I'm still pretty amazed that I got as far as I did. I mentioned it to a friend last night and she was amazed. "I barely read 2 pages a day!"

With the end of the 20 book challenge, is my new personal challenge. I'm going to register to take the GRE sometime this fall and well, instead of losing myself in a Sandra Cisneros novel, I will punish myself with a GRE review book. Maybe I'll post some of the vocab words up here to reinforce my limited vocab skills. Seriously people...I have a limited vocab. Don't flatter me. I know you're just bullshitting. There will be weekly updates on my studying and if you see me in person without my book or flash cards, smack me upside the head.

BTW - Coming in second isn't as bad as it seems sometimes. More on that later.

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