Sunday, October 13, 2013

Hour 22 Mini-Challenge: Turn to Page

Hey Read-a-thoners!!  We are still early yet  (kind of), but you might start feeling like a nap doesn't sound so bad.  Never fear, we have a challenge just for these moments.  So grab your coffee/tea, stretch those muscles, rub those sleepy eyes, and grab your read.  It's challenge time!!

For this challenge, you must turn to page 32 of the book you are currently reading (or the nearest page with text on it) and find the most entertaining phrase to complete the following sentence:

"I would rather read than ________ any day!"

 For example, mine might say: "I would rather read than spend hours at that windows, staring at the garden any day!""

 Post your sentence in the comments so everyone may enjoy!  Don't forget to include the title of the book you are reading and your email so I can contact you.  Let the laughs begin :)  Push through we've got tons of reading fun ahead.  You can also tweet your sentence.  Just make sure to use #turntopage and #readathon.

On winner will be chosen at the end of the readathon and the winner may choose a book of their choice from the Book Depository (or Amazon) under $15.  This challenge is open to all read-a-thoners who have a mailing address that the Book Depository ships to.

Happy Reading!!
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49 comments:

  1. LydiaOctober 13, 2013 at 4:02 AM

    Love this! I am reading The Lake by Banana Yoshimoto and mine is... "I would rather read than look kind of wilted, fuzzy around the edges any day!"

    Benz1966 at gmail dot com.

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  2. Faith Hope and CherryteaOctober 13, 2013 at 4:03 AM

    "I would rather read than ________ any day!"
    I would rather read than "taking out a handkerchief and holding it over his nose" any day!

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    1. Faith Hope and CherryteaOctober 13, 2013 at 4:04 AM

      This is from MC Beaton's 'Death of a Celebrity"

      luv this challenge :))

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    2. Faith Hope and CherryteaOctober 13, 2013 at 4:05 AM

      sorry - this is 4 am here and I haven't even napped !
      faithhopecherrytea at [gmail.] com or @_eHope

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  3. Becca SanbornOctober 13, 2013 at 4:03 AM

    I would rather read than "join a convent" any day! - page 32 of "The Diviners" by Libba Bray.

    Email: beccasanborn at gmail dot com

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  4. AlysiaOctober 13, 2013 at 4:04 AM

    I would rather read than draw him into a darken room any day. The Wolf Gift by Anne Rice. I am heading to bed now. Night night.

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  5. UnknownOctober 13, 2013 at 4:05 AM

    I would rather read than stare at everythin hungrily any day!

    This is from page 32 of Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters

    mostlyreviews at hotmail dot com

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  6. DoingDeweyOctober 13, 2013 at 4:05 AM

    I'm reading The Girl You Left Behind by Jo Jo Moyes and mine is "I would rather read than here the chatter from the bar any day!"

    kxw116[at]gmail.com

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  7. Livvvy75October 13, 2013 at 4:07 AM

    I would rather read than hop over a crack in the cement out of habit anyday.

    Insurgent by Veronica Roth (such a good book)
    livvvy75 (at) gmail (dot) com

    This was a great challenge - thank you!

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  8. AngieOctober 13, 2013 at 4:07 AM

    I'm listening to an audiobook now, so I'm grabbing the closest book on my shelf which is Dust Girl by Sarah Zettel.

    I would rather read than "know the right names for what walks this world" any day.

    pinkindle[at]hotmail[dot]com

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  9. MariaOctober 13, 2013 at 4:07 AM

    I would rather read than cut the wires any day! page 32 of "Glow" by Amy Kathleen Ryan.

    Email: maria.elmvang at gmail dot com

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  10. CaroGOctober 13, 2013 at 4:08 AM

    From Ender's Game (I modified the tense though)
    "I would rather read than Do a back flip and catch the ladder with my own hands any day!"
    Caro: cplazasg at gmail dot com

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  11. biochemguyOctober 13, 2013 at 4:08 AM

    I would rather read than play with the loosened gold teeth of dead men any day! Liesel & Po by Lauren Oliver

    biochemguy22(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  12. AnonymousOctober 13, 2013 at 4:09 AM

    I would rather read than spend my remaining breath chatting with you about the finer points of Islamic history any day!

    What a fun challenge :D I'm reading John Green's Looking for Alaska!

    vanessacbsantos at gmail dot com

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  13. TeeOctober 13, 2013 at 4:09 AM

    "I would rather read than sunburned and hungry and loused up with sea bugs any day!"

    St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen Russell

    tdlittle@asu.edu

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  14. NadiaOctober 13, 2013 at 4:10 AM

    I would rather read than making my first million any day!

    nadia.s.batista@hotmail.com

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  15. atrixaOctober 13, 2013 at 4:11 AM

    Looking for Alaska by John Green- "I would rather read than have someone to make out with any day!" - Louise @atrixareads

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  16. ElisabethOctober 13, 2013 at 4:11 AM

    I would rather read than wonder if the human race isn't collectively as mad as a sack of doorknobs any day! From The Woman Who Died A Lot by Jasper Fforde.

    aoi dot sakura 116 at gmail dot com.

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  17. atrixaOctober 13, 2013 at 4:12 AM

    Looking for Alaska by John Green- "I would rather read than have someone to make out with any day!" - Louise @atrixareads

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  18. world4annaOctober 13, 2013 at 4:13 AM

    I'm reading Blood Rites by Jim Butcher

    I would Rather read than "Stumble onto an uncomfortable topic" any day.
    World 4Anna at gamail.com

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  19. UnknownOctober 13, 2013 at 4:14 AM

    How fun!!! I'm reading Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children mine is "I would rather read than flamingo orgy any day!!"


    mandapantsreads[at]gmail.com

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  20. AnonymousOctober 13, 2013 at 4:16 AM

    Ok this is hard as page 32 talks about being in a library, and books.
    I would rather read than make his way to directly to the Reading Room at the British Museum any day!
    I am reading The Somnambulist by Jonathan Barnes
    Poguereid(at)Hotmail.com

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  21. AlyssaOctober 13, 2013 at 4:17 AM

    I'm reading This is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith. And here is my take in this challenge ...
    "I would rather read than rushing around with heavy trunks of equipment any day!"

    Email: alyssallanes@yahoo.com

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  22. UnknownOctober 13, 2013 at 4:21 AM

    I would rather read than getting my hands slapped with ruler any day!

    I'm reading a book in Turkish, Kalemimin sapını gülle donattım, so I translated it. Hope this counts.

    tim.guillan at gmail dot com

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  23. KelleyOctober 13, 2013 at 4:22 AM

    My book is Strange Neighbors by Ashlyn Chase and my line is "I would rather read than go 'down there to clean lint traps in the dryers, and while I'm there I check the water heater and oil tanks. I think I'd have noticed a coffin' any day!"
    ~ Kelley @ CK2S Kwips and Kritiques - kelley (at) ck2skwipsandkritiques (dot) com

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  24. AnonymousOctober 13, 2013 at 4:24 AM

    “I would rather read than jiggle my matronly body any day!” (Desire by Design by Paula Altenburg)

    Oh, boy. That gave me the giggles. kanoko.han@gmail.com

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  25. Regina ReneeOctober 13, 2013 at 4:25 AM

    This is from Life Is So Good by George Dawson. I would rather read than start up raising cattle.

    email: regina DOT renee AT gmail DOT com

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  26. AleksandraOctober 13, 2013 at 4:26 AM

    At the moment I'm reading the novella Claudette in the Shadows by M.J. Hearle.

    "I would rather read than leap with excitement any day!"

    Not really good choices on this page ;)

    sandric.sk at gmail dot com

    Thanks for hosting, it was fun :)

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  27. Kristen M.October 13, 2013 at 4:28 AM

    I would rather read than act as a tour guide any day. (from The Watcher in the Shadows by Carlos Ruiz Zafon)

    Fun!
    webereadingATgmaildotcom

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  28. EstherOctober 13, 2013 at 4:35 AM

    from The Passage by Justin Cronin - "I'd rather read than dump the rental and get on a plane to Colorado any day".
    NB This isn't true, I'd LOVE to go to Colorado...and you can read on planes, so..

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  29. AnonymousOctober 13, 2013 at 4:41 AM

    "I would rather read than have a wife and child to look after any day!" -- from The Cage of Zeus, by Sayuri Ueda, because Terry Pratchett's Dodger didn't have anything good. thebrightspark [at] gmail [dot] com.

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  30. Stiletto StorytimeOctober 13, 2013 at 4:46 AM

    I would rather than "turn into a drunk" any day! LOL My-Oh-My! Thanks for the lovely challenge and enjoy the last but of this year's readathon. ~"Fangirl" by Rainbow Rowell

    Courtney
    Stiletto Storytime
    stilettostorytime@gmail.com

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  31. MalinOctober 13, 2013 at 5:06 AM

    "I would rather read than talk with you sometime later any day" Murder Mysteries - Nei Gaiman

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  32. Hanna @ Booking in HeelsOctober 13, 2013 at 5:11 AM

    This is mine:

    'I would rather read than allow the common people - unreliable and seditious as they were prone to be - to wander freely any day!'

    That's from The Tower Menagerie by Daniel Hahn, which is a non-fiction book about the Tower of London.

    My e-mail is misshwhitehead@gmail.com

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  33. TanjaOctober 13, 2013 at 5:17 AM

    Here's mine: "I would rather read than see the universe as it really is any day!"
    It's from Babette's Feast by Karen Blixen.
    tanjavrljic AT gmail DOT com

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  34. alisonwonderlandOctober 13, 2013 at 5:27 AM

    I'm modifying the tense and a pronoun. From 'The Astronaut Wives Club' by Lily Koppel:

    I would rather read than invite some of the wives over to my house in Stoneybrook to try out a facial mask any day!

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  35. UnknownOctober 13, 2013 at 5:27 AM

    Using Patricia Briggs' Hunting Ground, here's mine:

    "I would rather read than screw up in public any day!"

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  36. ElizabethOctober 13, 2013 at 5:31 AM

    Here is mine: "I would rather read than waste time wondering if it's the right decision any day!"

    From: Wings of Morning by Kathleen Morgan

    umopdaap at gmail dot com

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  37. AnonymousOctober 13, 2013 at 6:05 AM

    Here is mine, from 'Serás-tu lá', by Guillaume Musso:

    I would rather read than put out my cigarette with my foot any day!"

    p.intocavel @ outlook . pt

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  38. UnknownOctober 13, 2013 at 6:30 AM

    -giggles- The first sentence I noticed was "Have no sex feelings about you". Second: "not doing the fairy sleepathon of comfort anymore"

    This is from page 32 of Deadlocked, the 12th Southern Vampire Mystery/Sookie Stackhouse novel. This is Sookie talking to her young Fae great-uncle, a doppelgänger of her brother Jason.
    In sentence:

    "I would rather read than [we're] not doing the fairy sleepathon of comfort anymore, any day!"

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  39. UnknownOctober 13, 2013 at 6:49 AM

    I would rather read than emerge from the Silver Sea and travel up over the rocky cliffs to to get to the frosty grantie Limeros castle at the top any day!

    From Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes

    Stephanie @ Inspiring Insomnia

    slkbridge gmail com

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  40. KristenOctober 13, 2013 at 7:22 AM

    I would rather read than overcome almost any fear any day!

    From Dead City by James Ponti

    Kristen @ The Book Monsters

    kharvey at gmail dot com

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    1. KristenOctober 13, 2013 at 7:23 AM

      I meant dragonzgoil at gmail dot com (was thinking about work email oi)

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  41. TamiOctober 13, 2013 at 7:29 AM

    The readathon is officially over by 26 minutes, but this was such a cute challenge I had to join anyway. From page 32 of Ghost on Black Mountain by Ann Hite:

    "I would rather read than sit around this house doing nothing much any day."

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  42. Book DragonOctober 13, 2013 at 7:36 AM

    I'm with Tami, this was too cute not to do!

    The last book I read was A Tale Dark & Grimm by Adam Gidwitz. Page 32 is kind of short but I grabbed an entertaining phrase from the chapter. . .

    I would rather read than cut off their heads any day!

    and this a 10 and up book too!

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  43. Book DragonOctober 13, 2013 at 6:48 PM

    just stopping by to say thank you for hosting such a funny mini-challenge. I had fun finding what I needed. Too bad my page 32 was only three sentences long! Gina @ BookDragon's Lair

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