Dewey's Read-a-thon: Mid-way Survey

This mommy just got done driving from Kansas to Minnesota. If I had been doing my Read-a-thon social media in real time, my replies would've been logged in right around 4 p.m. on Saturday, October 17th. But because my brain and hands were busy, all I can commit to is the Read-a-thon's simply reading. I don't have a free hand to do the fun social media stuff in real-time. 

Back to replying to surveys in retrospect!

1. What are you reading right now?
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

2. How many books have you read so far?
On #4. The kids and I had a round of picture books this morning.

3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Read-a-thon?
The very one, I'm reading right now. I have been looking forward to reading it before it was published!

4. Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those?
The whole day has been one long-extended-interruption as I juggle mother-hood, visit with distant relatives in Kansas, witness their local Maple Leaf Festival, and read in the midst of all of it. I deal by using several strategies:

• Thanking the heavens for e-books on my phone 
• Asking multiple other adults to watch the girls for "just a minute." 
• Taking many bathroom breaks to sneak in a few extra moments of private (e-book) time 
• Saying "yes" any time my 5-year-old wants to do festival activities that leave my hands-free, even momentarily... like jump in the bouncy castle or face painting. 
• Keeping the kids distracted with festival food: funnel cake, sweet corn, church baked goods, kettle corn, etc. 
• Agreeing to wait in line, any line, no matter how long.

5. What surprises you most about the Read-a-thon, so far?
The jump in reader participation this year.

Dewey's Read-a-thon: Opening Questions

Dewey's Readathon. (Or is it Read-a-thon? Anyway.) It takes place every October and April and is all about the joy or reading.

Everytime I sign up to do it, I end up traveling. With two kids! (Why do l do this to myself?! Anyway.) Couple such distractions with the slow pace I read at means I am always Johnny-come-late to the surveys. This read-a-thon is already complete; it took place last Saturday, October 17th. Yet, here I am doing the introductory survey on Sunday night. This just goes to show that yes, I do commit to Dewey's Read-a-thon despite such daunting distractions! But only barely and by the seat of my pants.

1. What fine part of the world are you reading from today?

While on a road-trip, I've stopped in Lawrence, Kansas.

2. Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?

Best to Laugh by Lorna Landvik

3. Which snack are you most looking forward to?

A caramel apple

4. Tell us a little something about yourself!

I'm a mother of two lovely but clingy little ones. And I always seem to be traveling every read-a-thon. I don't know how it quite happens or if it'll ever get easier.

5. If you participated in the last read-a-thon, what’s one thing you’ll do different today?

Bringing extra adults on this road-trip.