Hour 13:

Mid-Event Survey:

1. What are you reading right now?
I just finished Det är så logiskt alla fattar utom du by Lisa Bjärbo, a swedish YA novel with a title that loosely translates to It's so logical everybody gets it except you. The title is a reference to a popular swedish song. ATM I'm trying to figure out what to read next. It'll probably be a historical romance or an anthology of some kind.
2. How many books have you read so far?
Two.
3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Read-a-thon?
I'd really like to read Neil Gaiman's American Gods, but I doubt I'll be alert enough for it.
4. Did you have to make any special arrangements to free up your whole day?
Apart from informing my family ahead and put dinner duties on somebody else, no.
5. Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those?
Not really, no. I find the interruptions quite soothing actually. Keeps me grounded.
6. What surprises you most about the Read-a-thon, so far?
How much more concentration it takes for me to read in english rather than swedish when I'm tired. I'm used to them being interchangeable when reading.
7. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year?
Not really, I think I've found a method that works well for me.
8. What would you do differently, as a Reader or a Cheerleader, if you were to do this again next year?
Not very much, maybe add some more books in swedish.
9. Are you getting tired yet?
YES!
10. Do you have any tips for other Readers or Cheerleaders, something you think is working well for you that others may not have discovered?
It's always easier to read in your native language, despite how fluent you might consider yourself in another. Also, good lightning is key. It keeps the melatonin levels in your body in awake-mode (when it's dark our bodies is chemically wired to sleep).
Oh, and short, easy, quick reading books is always good. It makes you feel accomplished when closing the covers. For the same reason I find physical books better for readathon than ebooks. Just seeing the finished book gives an amount of satisfaction.

Now I will return to reading.