End of Event Meme

I missed the mid-event survey (I thought about doing but decided to keep reading instead :P), but here’s the end of event meme.

• Which hour was most daunting for you?
• The last one before I finally crashed (Hour 16). I actually fell asleep with the book in my hands! Should have had a nap…
• Could you list a few high-interest books that you think could keep a Reader engaged for next year?
• I don’t usually read the kind of books that are considered ‘good’ Read-a-thon reads… Perhaps a book you’ve wanted to reread for ages could be a good one to get pulled back into.
• Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year?
• Nope, keep up the good work!
• What do you think worked really well in this year’s Read-a-thon?
• I didn’t use the GoodReads group too much as part of my ‘less social media’ attempt, but it looked really well organized.
• How many books did you read?
• I read five books (but only one in its entirety during the Read-a-thon).
• What were the names of the books you read?
• The Lord of the Rings – 54 pages
• “Shouldn’t You Be In School?” – 239 pages (finished the book) 
• The 1918 Pilgrimage of Takamure Itsue – 80 pages
• Walk on Earth a Stranger – 436 pages (entire book)
• Skary Childrin and the Carousel of Sorrow – 165 pages 
• Which book did you enjoy most?
•  Surprisingly, I enjoyed Shikoku Pilgrimage book the most! (LotR aside, of course). Takamure sounds very much like a modern 23 year old. There’s a lot of humour I didn’t anticipate.
• Which did you enjoy least?
• Skary Childrin. It’s fine but not quite compelling enough to keep me awake 😛
• If you were a Cheerleader, do you have any advice for next year’s Cheerleaders?
• I cheered on Twitter (previously I cheered on blogs). I’m not sure I have any great advice, but I try to spread out my cheering throughout the day so it’s not too much to do at one time.
• How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again? What role would you be likely to take next time?
• Unfortunately I will likely miss out on April’s Read-a-thon for the first time in three years, as I will be WWOOFing in New Zealand 🙁 (though I’m not too sad about that!)

I read 974 pages in 10.5 hours. I used a stopwatch to keep track of my reading so even bathroom breaks and drink top ups were excluded this time 😉 Not quite the 12 hours I hoped for, but I managed managed to squeak by my last record! I stayed off social media more than ever before, I think. I took a couple bigger breaks to do engage on Twitter and that was really fun (what would this even be without Twitter?!). How was your Read-a-thon?