Pages Read This Hour: 123
Minutes Spent Reading This Hour: 31
Tot. Minutes Spent Reading: 289
Books Read This Hour: Miss Leavitt’s Stars by George Johnson, Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Total Pages Read: 529
Books Completed: 4 (Disquiet by Julia Leigh, Expat ed. by Christina Henry de Tessan, Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie, Miss Leavitt’s Stars by George Johnson)
Tot. Mini-Challenges Participated In: 9
Minutes Spent Blogging/Mini-Challenge-ing This Hour: 10
Tot. Minutes Spent Blogging/Mini-Challenge-ing: 82
Minutes Spent Cheerleading This Hour: 19
Tot. Minutes Spent Cheerleading: 174

Sorry about two updates at once; I don’t know why Hour 8 didn’t publish when I told it to. And I’m publishing this one before the hour’s up to make sure I make the mini-challenge deadlines; I’ve already done my reading, so I know the rest of the time will be spent cheering! I finished Miss Leavitt’s Stars: it was a really neat book that looked at a few pivotal years in astronomy in the early 1900s, and how Miss Leavitt was a key player despite the lack of historical acknowledgement. I also start Marquez’s Chronicle of a Death Foretold, which is really short and so far a nice little novella. The subject matter isn’t nice, all about the machismo of the Latin male, but more about that later. I have two pictures for this post, both for mini-challenges! Nise asked us to post a picture of our reading buddy, so I thought I’d share one of my fave teddy bears along with the book I was reading then. This was a fun mini-challenge Nise!

Then Wendy asked us to share a picture of whatever we collect aside from books. I was puzzled by this one at first, and even talked to my mom and she agreed I don’t really collect things. But then I realised I was overlooking my HUGE collection: clothes! lol So here is a picture of my closet: I’ve left the file full size, so if you want to make it huge, just click. As you can see, I have more than a few dresses, shirts, and skirts (all hanging), sweaters (on the shelf above), shoes (on the floor), and purses (on the door). You can also kind of see my collection of ‘pashminas’ hanging on the other side of the door to the left. Yes, my closet is always open! lol My coats and jackets live elsewhere. (Sorry about the ridiculous cropping; I had to edit out some family pics that are on my desk, and I only have Paint right now and it wasn’t cooperating! lol)