I can’t believe we’re halfway through Dewey’s! The day goes by so fast when  you devote it to reading. My readathon has been really lovely so far and I’m hoping to stay up quite late tonight if possible, but we’ll have to see how that goes. Here’s my mid-event survey:

1. What are you reading right now?

I’m currently reading Replica by Lauren Oliver, which is a science fiction YA read that is told from the perspective of two girls and deals with human cloning. The book is actually separated into two books, and you have to choose which story to start with and whether you alternate between the two storylines or read one and then the other straight through. So far I’ve been alternating between the two girls’ perspectives in chunks and it’s worked well to help mix up my reading.
2. How many books have you read so far?

So far, I’ve finished one book and read about 3/4 of another, for a total of464 pages.
3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Read-a-thon?

Hmm…I’m really looking forward to finally picking up the most recent volume of Saga by Brian K. Vaughn and Fiona Staples, but I’m also getting this urge to go rogue and pick up a book that’s not on my TBR. After I finish Replica I feel like I’ll be all over the place.
4. Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those?

I woke up late (the readathon starts at 8 a.m. my time, and I am physically unable to force myself to wake up that early when I don’t have to work) and I’m planning on taking a reading break soon to work out. I feel like as it gets later I’ll get more and more distracted with interruptions, so we’ll see.
5. What surprises you most about the Read-a-thon, so far?

I haven’t been as easily distracted as I thought I’d be! I haven’t spent this much time in one day reading since, well, the last round of Dewey’s, but so far I really haven’t gotten bored or restless or anything. I think it’s partly because I was really looking forward to a reading-centered day after a few weeks of craziness, and partly because I picked out good choices for my TBR.