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Despite being sick, I was able to get in a few hours of reading just before bed; completing Harry Potter a few minutes shy of midnight. Not only is this my second read of the read-a-thon, but it is also my second time this week finishing one of my 2014 reading goals. Huzzah! The book was just as magical as I remembered, and I really enjoyed delving back into the world of Hogwarts.
× Day Four Progress:
▫ Finished reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling (Total books = 2)
▫ Read for: 3.5 hours (Total = 16.5)
▫ Read 146 pages (Total = 666)
▫ Completed the Double Date challenge at Writing My Own Fairytale
▫ Completed the Poem challenge at Pen in Her Hand
» Double Date Book Challenge:
For this challenge, we were asked to pair two books from our bookshelves that go well together; ones you would recommend reading back-to-back.
"How fun! I have just realized how many books on my shelves compliment one another…
I think I would have to choose Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and Epic Fail by Claire LaZebnik. The second is like a contemporary retelling of the first; though not so much so that you notice it right away. It took me a little bit to realize, and once I did, I enjoyed picking out all of the parallels and comparing/contrasting the characters. Both are great stories!"
» Poem Challenge:
This challenge was a bit more complicated. We were asked to choose a book. Then, a number. We would then take the book, open to a random page, count down our chosen number of lines and then in that many words - fourteen times. After that was done, we would take those fourteen words, change two of them if we wanted, and create a poem! Here is mine:
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Happy reading!