14:01
The day and hour has finally arrived: it’s time for my very first readathon. I’ve spent my morning getting ready – i.e. buying candy and thinking about books. The tea is brewed, I’ve prepared some healthy snacks (I’m saving the unhealthy stuff for later) and settled myself on the couch in our kitchen: I’m finally ready to dive into Jane Austen’s world. I’ll update regularly and will follow the progress of other readers. Let’s get started! Persuasion, here we go …
19:03
Status: I’ve read 76 pages (I’m a slooow reader), had lunch, four cups of tea, done a bit of laundry and checked up on a thousand other bloggers’ reading progress.
Oh, this is such a cozy event! I’m having a brilliant time with Persuasion – I feel like reading on and on and on … These characters are horrible! I literally shake my head every other page. I don’t remember much from when I read it 10 years ago. I remember how it ended and something about a picnic …
“It is over! it is all over!” she repeated to herself again, and again, in nervous gratitude. “The worst is over!”
21:45
Had homemade sandwiches for dinner. It’s the perfect meal if you wish to read or blog whilst eating. Bonus info: did you know that the sandwich was invented by the Earl of Sandwich? He needed a snack for him and his buddies while gambling, and asked his butler to make something you could eat with one hand AND without getting your hands dirty. So the butler invented the sandwich – and the Earl of Sandwich got all the credit. True story! Back to Jane Austen …
02:15
With the help of coffee and candy, I’ve turned the last page of Persuasion. A sweet and beautiful story and an excellent companion for the last 12 hours. Now I can barely keep my eyes open. Will crawl into bed. Goodnight!
10:37
I woke up around 8am, made a cup of tea, went back to bed and started Mansfield Park. Now I’ve had a nice breakfast (banana pancakes and berries) and is ready to dive back into Jane Austen’s universe.
14:04
Wait, it’s already over??? But I’m only 100 pages into Mansfield Park! What am I supposed to do now that it’s all over? It feels kind of empty … like I can’t remember what I usually do when I don’t read …
I managed to read 335 pages of Jane Austen, which for my standard is pretty good – I don’t think I’ve ever read more than 100-150 pages a day. The two Jane Austen novels were very different but both have that Jane Austen-feeling I’ve craved for weeks. For the past hour or so, I switched to the audio version because I felt like knitting. It’s been a blast doing the readathon! It’s such a treat to read, blog about reading and follow other readers. I hope so very much I’ll be able to join again next time!
Thanks for all the support – see you soon ๐
Sikke et fantastisk selskab du er i under readathon. Det er nรฆsten helt overflรธdigt at sige god lรฆselyst sรฅ. :0) For det fรฅr du helt sikkert. Men rigtig god fornรธjelse med den gode lรฆselyst! :0)
Tak, Karin – og i lige mรฅde ๐
Rigtig god fornรธjelse med al din Austen. Jeg ser frem til at lรฆse hvor meget du nรฅr igennem. ๐
Tak, Michelle! Ser ogsรฅ frem til at fรธlge med i din lรฆsning ๐
Jeg syntes det er imponerende at du har holdt dig kun til Austen alle 24 timer. ๐
Tak Michelle ๐ Jeg tror, at det fungerer bedst sรฅdan for mig – sรฅ det fรธles som en lang lรฆseoplevelse, hvor jeg virkelig kommer i dybden med noget.
ร รฅรฅรฅh, Persuasion! Du starter med den bedste! <3
Rigtig god fornรธjelse! ๐
Tak, Rikke – du kan tro, at jeg nyder den!
Det er dejligt at hรธre <3 Det er virkelig sรฅdan en smuk og velskrevet bog. Og Wentworth er min drรธmmehelt <3
I รธvrigt er sandwich ogsรฅ helt passende Austen-spise. Hendes bรธger fรฅr mig altid til at tรฆnke pรฅ agurkesandwich :p
Ja! Og te af fine smรฅ hรฅndmalede kopper!
Lige prรฆcis! Helt perfekt!
Godmorgen i รธvrigt! Nรธj, hvor jeg misunder dig din lรฆkre overskudsmorgenmad ๐
Hehe, trรฆngte til lidt selvforkรฆlelse ๐
Pรธjpรธj med det – det ser ud til, at du er godt forberedt ๐
Det kan du tro! Ogsรฅ pรธj pรธj til dig ๐
Det ser Sร hyggeligt ud!
God lรฆselyst! ๐
Tak Rikke – ogsรฅ god lรฆselyst til dig ๐
Mange tak!
Jeg hรฅber det gรฅr godt med lรฆsningen! Jeg er ogsรฅ selv en langsom lรฆser, sรฅ jeg har heller ikke fรฆrdiggjort den fรธrste bog endnu. ๐
ร h, hvor er jeg glad for, at jeg ikke er den eneste ๐
Hvor dejligt at du lige nรฅede at fรฆrdiggรธre bogen inden sengetid! Sov godt! ๐
ร h, Austen-kรฆrlighed! Jeg hรฅber sรฅan at “Persuasion” vil vinde dit hjerte, sรฅdan som den vandt mit.
God lรฆselyst!
Den har totalt vundet mit hjerte!
Og i lige mรฅde med lรฆselysten ๐
Sikke en skรธn misser, som er med pรฅ billedet:0) Rigtig god lรฆselyst!
Han er min tro fรธlgesvend ๐
Ogsรฅ god lรฆselyst til dig!
Mange tak, og sov dejligt:0)
Sikke en fin idรฉ, at fordybe sig i Jane Austens univers under read-a-thon. Jeg har kun lรฆst Pride and Prejudice fรธr, hvilket var et hit, sรฅ jeg vil sige fortsat god fornรธjelse med lรฆsningen! ๐
Ja, det er skรธnt at kunne forsvinde ind i hendes univers sรฅ lรฆnge ๐
Ogsรฅ god fornรธjelse til dig!
God morgen lรฆsehest ;-), tak for hep og jeg ser at du er kommet godt igennem gรฅrsdagen. Det ser super hyggeligt ud hos dig, og med selskab fra fรธlgesvenden sรฅ blirยด det ikke bedre. Du er meget inspirerende, og Persuasion er nu pรฅ min TBR-list. God lรฆse-sรธndag til dig og kat.
Tak for de sรธde ord, Anja ๐ Hรฅber, at du nyder det!
PS: jeg er trist over, at det slutter allerede kl. 14 ๐
Jeg รธnsker at jeg havde haft tid til maraton i denne weekend. Er sรฅ misundelig! – Det ser sรฅ hyggeligt ud. Lige bortset fra hr kat som mรฅske har det lidt som mine babyer nรฅr det gรฆlder det der med interesse for bรธger ๐
Hehe, ja, katte og baby’er kan have meget til fรฆlles ๐ Dog spandt han det meste af tiden, han ser bare ofte sรฅ sur ud ๐
Jeg hรฅber, at du har mulighed for at deltage nรฆste gang! (Og at jeg ogsรฅ kan deltage)