1. What are you reading right now?
I am reading Hector and the Search for Happiness by Francois Lelord.
2. How many books have you read so far?
I am reading my first book.
3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Read-a-thon? I am looking forward to reading Eve by William Paul Young. I LOVED The Shack and I am eager to read Eve.
4.Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those? The entire day thus far has been a read-a-thon interruption called WORK. I had to work 8-5 today, so not much reading took place during the first half of the read-a-thon. In order to deal with the situation, I checked in every hour to do a mini-challenge when possible and post to the blog. It actually worked out very well, and I am now thinking of hosting a mini-challenge for April's read-a-thon.
5. What surprises you most about the Read-a-thon, so far?
I am pleasantly surprised by how much I have enjoyed mini-challenges.
Courtesy of Just One More Thing:
Look at the item list below and find a word, phrase or thought IN THE BOOK YOU ARE CURRENTLY READING that fulfills that item.
Something hard: "When they were still at the bar and Ying Li was telling Hector about herself (of course now he realised that she hadn't told him everything) she'd told him how much her sisters earned in a month: he'd worked out that it was half the price of the bottle of white wine Edouard had ordered, sparkling next to them in its ice bucket." (p.33)
Something fast: airplane
Something sweet: "Happiness is being with the people you love." (p.48)
Something high: ..."Hector could see magnificent green mountains all around and, down below, the sea dotted with boats. (p.35)
Something funny: "Pills are a bit like sweets: not everybody likes the same ones." (p.3) Funny, but true.
My first mini-challenge of the day is brought to you by A Literary Odyssey.
"Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."
These words come to you from Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy. Literary critics will talk to you about the theme of marriage and how every marriage requires many elements to be successful. However, this quote is a reminder to me that just as we are unique as individuals, we are also unique as family units. My family is not your family, so I need not look to your family for answers to my family's happiness.
