Readathon Report: Hours 16 & 17

Time: 10pm - midnight

Totals
Time Reading: 11 hrs 1 min
Pages Read: 1357
Books Read: 5+
Mini-Challenges Completed: 7
Time Blogging: 4 hrs
Prizes Won: 1

Books Read
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Soulless by Gail Carriger
The Firework-Maker's Daughter by Philip Pullman
The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
Cantos X through XII in Dante's Inferno
Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane by Suzanne Collins
Changeless by Gail Carriger (still reading)

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Mini Challenge 16: Poetry Angst!

I do not read poetry. I do not write poetry. But as I'm getting a bit goofy...

There once was a girl from Leesbrook

Whose nose was oft' buried in a book

Her hoarding got bad

Her neighbors got mad

So the townsfolk bought her a nook

Coffee and Cola
Sugary caffeinated goodness
Shakey book pages

Mini Challenge 17: Ban this Book!

Ladies and Gentlemen, readers of the more subtle, discreet, and discerning nature, hear me and my most horrid predicament. Just yesterday while perusing my local library, I came across a most horrid book. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster. In this wretched book which is sure to corrupt our children, the main character Milo is a perfectly reasonable, manageable, well-behaved boy when a mysterious package arrives for him. Not having the proper and appropriate parental guidance, he opens this package and assembles the tollbooth inside by himself and begins to...I can barely write this dear readers for fear of upsetting your delicate sensibilities..he begins to IMAGINE. His indelicate role-playing leads him to a different world where he is taught all manner of unspeakable things such as the importance of wisdom and the necessity to defy authority in the face of rhyme and reason. He also finds himself in the presence of many magical beings, which as we all know, are ferocious and satanic beasts. After his adventures in this insufferable land, Milo returns home a changed boy. He is no longer content to merely lie about being perfectly  undetectable which is most appropriate for a child. Instead, he now wishes to EXPLORE and PRETEND and HAVE ADVENTURES and in general be a most bothersome child. This book must be immediately banned so as not give our children any IDEAS.