Hour 22 - Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-thon

Best of the Best

Best Book of Your Reading Year

I only rated it 4 stars,Summer House with Swimming Pool by Herman Koch

Best Romance Book of Your Reading Year

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

Best YA Book of Your Reading Year

Divergent by Veronica Roth

Best New Adult Book of Your Reading Year

A History of Stone and Steel by Christopher Fisher

Best Mystery Book of Your Reading Year

Still Missing by Chevy Stevens

Best Non-Fiction Book of Your Reading Year

Canyons and Ice: Wilderness Travels of Dick Griffith by Kaylene Johnson

Best Sci-Fi Book of Your Reading Year

Kindred by Octavia Butler

Best Fantasy Book of Your Reading Year

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

Best Children’s Book of Your Reading Year

The Secret of the Unicorn by Herge

Best Fiction Book of Your Reading Year

A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki

Best Main Character of Your Reading Year

Little Bee by Chris Cleave

Best Author of Your Reading Year

Vladimir Nabokov

Best Supporting Character of Your Reading Year

Will Traynor of Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

Best Cover of Your Reading Year

The Pigeon by Patrick Suskind

Best Setting of Your Reading Year

Still Missing by Chevy Stevens

Best Story Line of Your Reading Year

My Soul to Keep by Tananarive Due

Best Indie Author of Your Reading Year

Christopher Fisher

Calling it a night at hour 22.
Currently reading: Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Finished reading:
Animal Farm by George Orwell
A Clash of Kings by George RR Martin
The Pigeon by Patrick Suskind

Hour 16 - Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-thon

The Pet Parade!

Kiki Dee resting with some Lewis Carroll

Currently reading: Animal Farm by George Orwell

Finished reading: A Clash of Kings by George RR Martin

The Pigeon by Patrick Suskind

Hour 14 - Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-thon

Color Cover

Currently Reading:

Animal Farm - George Orwell

Finished Reading:

A Clash of Kings - George RR Martin

The Pigeon - Patrick Suskind

Hour 12 - Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-thon October 2014

Mid-Event Survey:
1. What are you reading right now? A Clash of Kings by George RR Martin

2. How many books have you read so far? I finished The Pigeon by Patrick Suskind

3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Read-a-thon? I may start Animal Farm by George Orwell, but I have no commitment to books today.

4. Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those? I didn't rest well last night, so I took a midday nap for a coupe of hours, but that was my only setback

5. What surprises you most about the Read-a-thon, so far? Can't say there are any real surprises other than how interested I finally became in finishing A Clash of Kings 

Hour 11- Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-thon October 2014

Check In

Took a nap and a break from A Clash of Kings

Awoke and then started and finished The Pigeon by Patrick Suskind   4 out of 5.

Made a chicken sandwich and baked some cookies.

Second mug of coffee today

Now to finish my previous.

Hour 6 - Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-thon October 2014

Name Your Read-a-thon

The Book of Deadly Rabbit Alchemist

Hour 3 - Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-thon October 2014

Weird Reading Position Challenge!

I am some strange four legged creature.

Currently reading: A Clash of Kings page 564 of 865

Hour 2 - Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-thon October 2014

Coffee or Tea?

#TeamTrollope

(is my mug big enough)

Still Reading: A Clash of Kings by George RR Martin

Opening Meme - Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-thon October 2014

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

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

The Pigeon by Peter Suskind

3) Which snack are you most looking forward to?
I'm gonna bake some chocolate chip cookies later. I'm also looking forward to breakfast, because I never have breakfast.

4) Tell us a little something about yourself!
I'm really grumpy when waking and have obscene reading goals, but I started reading later in life.

5) If you participated in the last read-a-thon, what’s one thing you’ll do different today? If this is your first read-a-thon, what are you most looking forward to?
I really have no set goals. My aim is just to read, so my list may change or I might switch it up or never finish anything.

Currently Reading: Clash of Kings by George RR Martin
To Read: The Pigeon by Peter Suskind

September 2014 Reading List

His Majesty's Hope (Maggie Hope Mystery #3)

by Susan Elia MacNeal 

The Dud Avocado

by Elaine Dundy

Lolita

by Vladimir Nabokov

The Book of Madness and Cures

by Regina O'Melveny

Marlon Brando: A Memoir

by Nancy K. Peardon

To Finish

A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire #2)

by George R.R. Martin

Start of Vinyl Collection

I'm not a vinyl snob anything, but last year I bought a cheapo record player which I immediately regretted, but it was already sent and returning it I would only get a fraction of the amount back. Since I have been buying vinyl from the local Goodwill. They only have crap, but here a few of good finds:

Crosley Cruiser Portable Turntable

 

Pointer Sisters - Breakout

Whitney Houston - Self Titled

Jody Watley - Self Titled

Footloose  OST

Piano Rags by Scott Joplin

Power Station - 33 1/2

Loverboy - Get Lucky

Human League - Dare

The two gems:

Dolly Parton - Greatest

Tina Turner - Private Dancer

P.S. There is also a South Pacific OST vinyl which I can't post without it screwing with the other images. I bought it for $2 but is retailing on Amazon for $250. SCORE!

The Meals of Studio Ghibli

The Castle of Cagliostro

Howls Moving Castle

Castle in the Sky

Spirited Away

Never got to make this one.

OH WELL!!

Kiki's Delivery Service

Princess Mononoke

Never Photographed the Jerky, but you already know.

Porco Rosso

My Neighbor Totoro

Another one that never happened.

Ponyo

Never made that sandwich.

Let's Try This Again

I am the worst blogger out there. I don't have a niche and am not a frequent enough blogger to even care, but I want to do it. Maybe I have some insight or not.

Things That Bother Me

• People who have multiples in their Pinterest boards. Do you never go back and look at them? Why bother?
• Beauty bloggers/vloggers/gurus who only do swatches on their hands. How it looks on your hand and how it looks on your face are two different things,
• People who spend a boatload of money on sunglasses. Expensive sunglasses are the same shit quality as cheap ones, but hey whatever idiot.
• You-tubers who complain about editing, video quality.... Hey. you're getting paid and if you can't do it right, quit or shut up.
• Cyber-bullies.
• Children at CicLAvia. NO!
• People who eat the food they have yet to pay for at the grocery.
• Old ladies at the grocery. There is something wrong with them.

Playing With Cheap Makeup

Kleancolor Femme Lipsticks

Purchase Here: Amazon

Great on its own, just not a good color on me.

As evidenced a lot of bleeding on me, needs a liner. Base not necessary.

The  most standard color of the bunch and does well without a base.

Probably the best for daily wear, was surprised at how much better it looked with a base.

It looks very nice. My favorite color of the group, but moves around a lot. Not for daily wear.

The worst of the bunch. This was a hard one to transfer to the lip and very shifty. Such a shame.

The biggest letdown. This was my most anticipated color and it is a very sheer wash and not build-able. Also the tube broke when applying.

Good stand alone with no base.

Another one that works great without a base.

Very nice color, but I foud this to move a bit. Easily a fave color, but not the best of collection.

Not the best on it's own, but better than some of the others. Very nice color.

Very nice on it's own.

I was shocked at how good they were. After watching some reviews/videos on them, I was up for a letdown. As a base I just used concealer which altered the color somewhat but also made it more vivid. A lip-liner or eyeliner base may be best.

Without Base

With Base