Read-a-thon Mini-Challenge, Hour 13

Your task: Find a poem and post it. The length of the poem does not matter.

Your prize: Dirt Music by Tim Winton and 3 fridge magnets and dishcloths.
This challenge is open to Readers and Cheerleaders and will last until 11pm Pacific time. Remember to leave a comment below with the link to the specific post, after you've completed this challenge.

Hummingbird

Suppose I say summer,

write the word "hummingbird,"

put it in an envelope,

take it down the hill

to the box. When you open

my letter you will recall

those days and how much,

just how much, I love you.

Raymond Carver

Read-a-thon Mini-Challenge, Hour 4

The task: Grab one of your favorite books and post one of your favorite quotes from it. This challenge is open for the next two hours, ending at 11:00 a.m. pacific time, which is the very end of hour 5. This mini-challenge is open to Readers and Cheerleaders.

The prize: Ruined by Reading - Lynne Sharon Schwartz and a set of dishcloths

Here's one of my favorite quotes from one of my favorite books, East of Eden by John Steinbeck.

"No story has power, nor will it last, unless we feel in ourselve that it is true and true of us." p. 266

Read-a-thon Mini-Challenge, Hour 1

This mini-challenge is a meme from Darcie.

What are your reading from today? My lovely kitchen table in Long Beach, CA. The weather is perfect reading weather to me: cold and cloudy.

3 facts about me: I am a single mother of three kids, ages 3, 4, and 6. I am a full-time college student, majoring in English. I am reading with my kids and younger twin sisters who are 8.

How many books do you have in your TBR pile for the next 24 hours? Lucky number 13.

Do you have any goals for the read-a-thon (i.e. number of books, number of pages, number of hours, or number of comments on blogs)? Nope. What's the fun in that?

Any advice for people doing this for the first time? This is also my first time, so I'll just say have fun. This is not a race or a contest, just a bunch of people sharing their love of books with each other. Also, take a break when you need to.