End of Hour Fourteen

This hour I read:

The Walking Dead Vol 2 Miles Behind Us - 45 pages - Finished It!

I read for 58 minutes

Total pages read: 316

Total minutes read: 325

Books Finished - 2

I really enjoyed the second Walking Dead book.  This series is so fun!

Zombie Fun

End of Hour Thirteen

This hour I read:

Simply Irresistible by Jill Shalvis - 7 pages

The Walking Dead Vol 2 Miles Behind Us - 5 pages

I read for 31 minutes

Total pages read: 271

Total minutes read: 267

Books Finished - 1

Spent part of this hour driving to Hastings coffee shop.

Yummy Frozen Hot Chocolate

End of Hour Twelve

No reading this hour as it was spent getting ready to go out, driving to dinner and eating dinner.

Yummy Pei Wei

Mid-Event Survey

1. What are you reading right now?
The Walking Dead Vol 2 Miles Behind Us

2. How many books have you read so far?
Finished One, read from Two others

3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Read-a-thon?
Finishing up Miles Behind Us and then maybe Amy & Roger's Epic Detour

4. Did you have to make any special arrangements to free up your whole day?
Nope, but we do plan for this months ahead of time and put it on our calendar as soon as we know the date.

5. Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those?
A few normal every day ones from the kiddos.  No biggie.

6. What surprises you most about the Read-a-thon, so far?
How much I'm enjoying The Walking Dead.  Perfect reading material for me today.

7. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year?
Nope, it rocks.

8. What would you do differently, as a Reader or a Cheerleader, if you were to do this again next year?
I think I would add a few more graphic novels to my pile.  This is the first time I've done this and I'm happy with how much I enjoy them.

9. Are you getting tired yet?
I was but a nap, some chocolate and a change of reading material helped.

10. Do you have any tips for other Readers or Cheerleaders, something you think is working well for you that others may not have discovered?
I haven't been visited by any cheerleaders yet so it's hard to say on that front.  I think for us eating lunch in but going out for dinner works well as it's a change of scenery.

End of Hour Eleven

This hour I read:

The Walking Dead Vol 2 Miles Behind Us - 46 pages

I read for 38 minutes

Total pages read: 259

Total minutes read: 236

Books Finished - 1

These Walking Dead comics are awesome!  We're getting ready to head out to get a bite to eat and then prob camp at a coffee shop to read for awhile.

She likes it!  I give good rec's.

End of Hour Ten

This hour I read:

The Walking Dead Vol 2 Miles Behind Us - 40 pages

I read for 33 minutes

Total pages read: 213

Total minutes read: 198

Books Finished - 1

Enjoying the second volume of The Walking Dead very much.  Awesome present from my husband!

Both yummy in different ways!

End of Hour Nine

This hour I read:

Simply Irresistible by Jill Shalvis - 9 pages

I read for 25 minutes

Total pages read: 173

Total minutes read: 165

Books Finished - 1

The sleepiness set in after lunch.  My concentration was made even worse by the fact I had snuggly, warm kitties on me.  Going to switch up my reading material this next hour, as I find this book is better in short doses.

Sleepy Coal

End of Hour Eight

This hour I read:

Simply Irresistible by Jill Shalvis - 6 pages

I read for 20 minutes

Total pages read: 172

Total minutes read: 160

Books Finished - 1

Lunch Time so I only got a little reading done.

Lunch - Egg Salad and Neiman Marcus Salad

End of Hour Seven

This hour I read:

The Walking Dead Vol 1 Days Gone By - 21 pages - Finished It!

I read for 15 minutes

Total pages read: 164

Total minutes read: 140

Books Finished - 1

Finished my first book and then spent some time adding to the database, updating GoodReads, ect.

First book finished.  Very well done.

End of Hour Six

This hour I read:

The Walking Dead Vol 1 Days Gone Bye - 44 pages

I read for 36 minutes

Total pages read: 143

Total minutes read: 125

Food Eaten - Half an assiago cheese bagel for breakfast with onion and chive cream cheese and a cinnamon roll for a snack.

Still enjoying Days Gone By.  Almost done!

Starlight, enjoying having his people home.

End of Hour Five

This hour I read:

The Walking Dead Vol. 1 Days Gone Bye - 81 pages

I read for 45 minutes

Total pages read: 99

Total minutes read: 89

Interesting seeing how the story differs from the TV show.  I'm absolutely addicted and obsessed with the show.  So far there the stories are very similar (No Darryl of course.  Boo) with some slight changes.  I'm really liking it so far.  

Comfy Sweeties I Love

End of Hour Four

This hour I read:

Simply Irresistible by Jill Shalvis - 18 pages

I read for 44 minutes

Total pages read: 18

Total minutes read: 44

Tolstoy enjoying a few minutes of cuddling.

End of Hour Three

Set Up

So got myself all situated now.  I found out I won a prize.  Got that sorted.  Had some tea and some breakfast.  So now it's time to finally start reading.

Introduction Meme

1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today?
The Woodlands, Texas

2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?
The Walking Dead, a Christmas present from my husband

3) Which snack are you most looking forward to?
Carrot Cake Dip

4) Tell us a little something about yourself!
I had to say goodbye to my sweet cat Clara yesterday as she was very ill.  I'm really hoping to lose myself in a book today.

5) If you participated in the last read-a-thon, what’s one thing you’ll do different today? If this is your first read-a-thon, what are you most looking forward to?
I'm not cheering this year for the first time in awhile.  I just wanted to focus on reading.

End of Hours One and Two

I slept in.  So for hour one I have my Reading Pile.

Read to start reading!

The Giver by Lois Lowry (Apparently I'm just going to keep putting this in my pile till I actually read it.)
Amy & Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson (Started reading online and loved it)
The Walking Dead Vol 1 Days Gone Bye & Vol 2 Miles Behind Us (A birthday present from my husband)
Simply Irresistible by Jill Shalvis (Hoping to finish this off first as I have a little over a hundred pages to go)
Insurgent by Veronica Roth (Hoping to make some progress in this)
Serenity, Vol. 1 Those Left Behind
Buffy Vol. 1 The Long Way Home
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (Picked it up from the library to at least give it a try)

Hour Two I have my morning Tea.

Tea, glorious tea.

My Reading Goals for the Year 2013 Recap and Reading Goals for 2014

My reading goals were:

1. Read 46 books - Nope, I read 30
2. Finish all books carried over (There were three but I finished one last night, so down to two.) - Done
3. Try some new authors I already have books by.  The authors I have chosen are :

Cassandra Clare
Rhys Bowen
Sarah Dessen
Meg Cabot
Harlan Coben
Sarah Vowell
Carolyn Haines
Robin Jones Gunn
Heather Webber
Victoria Thompson

I manged to read two of the authors on my list, though I am still reading one of them (Rhys Bowen) now.  I loved the book I read by Victoria Thompson.

It was a strange year of reading for me as I had a lot of things going on and struggled to be in the reading mood a lot.  I changed my goal mid-year to 30 and am glad I made that.

Going into 2014 my reading goals are:

1. Read 36 books

2. Finished all books carried over (The exception being the one in our car, which is there for reading emergencies.)

3. Get all my books on Goodreads (Makes it so much easier if I'm out and don't have my book list with me.)
4. Finish at least one book every month.  In September of 2013 I didn't finish a single book. That's the first time in 6 years that's happened.

5. Try some new authors.  The authors I have chosen are:

Christie Ridgway

Kristan Higgins

Nora Roberts

July Hyzy

Nancy Bush

Joyce and Jim Lavene

Jenn McKinlay

Jodi Thomas

Hope Ramsay

Emily March

Julia Spencer-Fleming

Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Jill Shalvis

Kate Collins

Veronica Roth

All these are authors I have quite a few books by already.  Hopefully I'll discover I love some of these authors.  

It's not really a goal but I do want to try to read a diverse group of books this year.  I'm looking forward to it.  Happy Reading Everyone!

2013 Christmas Spirit Reading Challenge Results

I managed to read 4 Christmas books, three of which I had picked ahead of time to read.  I read:

Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor by Lisa Kleypas - A sweet Christmas read. There were lots of little moments to laugh at in this book and lots of sweet, romantic moments as well. This was my first book to read by Lisa Kleypas and it was good enough to make me want to read the others in the series. A good holiday read.

The Mitford Snowmen by Jan Karon - Cute and sweet...a perfect holiday read.

The Quiet Little Woman by Louisa May Alcott - Louisa May Alcott is one of my favorite authors. The fact that these stories remained unknown for so long is amazing. I loved the first story, adored the second and liked the third.

A Virgin River Christmas by Robyn Carr - It took me ages to find this book (in the end I had to special order it) but it was worth it. This book was incredibly sad but so full of hope too. It was very emotional for me. Robyn Carr has introduced two new characters for her readers to care about.

I also watched a ton of Christmas movies -

The Family Stone
The Bells of St. Mary's
Surviving Christmas
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
The Waltons: The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
The Waltons - Ep. 5.12 "The Best Christmas Ever"
The Mistle-Tones 
Christmas with Holly (Movie of Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor by Lisa Kleypas)
Susan Slept Here
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Christmas Miracle
Window Wonderland
Bachelor Mother
A Princess for Christmas
Love Actually
Meet Me In St. Louis
Twelve Trees of Christmas

2013 Christmas Spirit Reading Challenge

I always try and read Christmas books during December and this is a great motivation!

 I'm shooting for the Mistletoe level of 2-4 books.  I'll definitely be watching some Christmas movies so I'll be going for the in the Fa La La La level too.

I'm not sure what exactly I'll read.   I want to read A Virgin River Christmas by Robyn Carr but have yet to find it.  Some possibilities are:

The Quiet Little Woman by Louisa May Alcott

Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor by Lisa Kleypas

The Christmas Pearl by Dorothea Benton Frank

White Christmas Pie by Wanda E. Brunstetter

End of Event Meme

1. Which hour was most daunting for you?

Hour Twenty - I was so tired!

2. Could you list a few high-interest books that you think could keep a Reader engaged for next year?

Anything by Robyn Carr

3. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year?

Nope, it's excellent as is!

4. What do you think worked really well in this year’s Read-a-thon?

For me it was just having books that really held my attention.  Also, going out for dinner but staying home for lunch helped too.

5. How many books did you read?

I finished two (one of which I had started before the RAT) and read a bit from three others.

6. What were the names of the books you read?

Deep in the Valley by Robyn Carr (Finished)
Not Becoming My Mother by Ruth Reichl (Started and Finished)
Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen
Girl at Sea by Maureen Johnson
Two For the Dough by Janet Evanovich

7. Which book did you enjoy most?

Both Deep in the Valley and Not Becoming My Mother were excellent.

8. Which did you enjoy least?

Girl at Sea - Just not in the mood for it, really.

9. If you were a Cheerleader, do you have any advice for next year’s Cheerleaders?

Just work through the list of blogs and enjoy your time cheering.  Don't necessarily start from the end of the list or the beginning as sometimes the middle listed blogs get left out.

10. How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again? What role would you be likely to take next time?

I'll most definitely be there!  Reading and Cheering!  I had been in a big reading slump before this years RAT.  I had an excellent time this RAT and it really got me back into a reading mood.

End of Hour Twenty

I did a little bit of cheering this hour and also did a mini challenge.  And I think I'm going to call it a night.  I may try to fit in a few more pages once I'm in bed but don't know that I'll make it.

Rollo says it's bed time.  Good Night Everyone!

Mini-Challenge - Six Word Celebration!

Your challenge is to create a six-word celebration of Dewey's Read-a-Thon -

Books and friends - best combo ever!

End of Hour Nineteen

This hour I read:

Two For the Dough by Janet Evanovich - 10 pages

I read for 23 minutes

Total pages read: 252

Total minutes read: 487

Books Finished - 2

We tried Two For the Dough this hour and I got into that a bit more easily.  I think I need a break though so will be cheering next hour.

The Required Sock Picture

End of Hour Eighteen

This hour I read:

Girl at Sea by Maureen Johnson - 13

Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen - 6

I read for 42 minutes

Total pages read: 242

Total minutes read: 464

Books Finished - 2

I am struggling to get into a book.  Nancy and I picked out three books to choose from to read together.  We tried Girl at Sea this hour and it was OK but not grabbing me.  I went back to Her Royal Spyness and it's ok but not really keeping me interested either.  Ugh!

Our reading options

End of Hour Seventeen

No reading for me this hour as it was time to feed the kiddos...

Rollo, Andie and Coal eating.

And then it was snack time for us.

Cherry Cheesecake Dip

End of Hour Sixteen

This hour I read:

Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen - 18 pages

I read for 40 minutes

Total pages read: 223

Total minutes read: 422

Books Finished - 2

I'm enjoying this book so far but am not 100% convinced I'll love it.  I think it's the time it's set in (1930's) and I had a bad experience with an Agatha Christie novel this year (set roughly around that time) so that concerns me.  Gonna give it a a chance though.

My newest bookmark with my new book.

End of Hour Fifteen

This hour I read:

Not Becoming My Mother by Ruth Reichl - 4 pages - Finished It!

I read for 8 minutes

Total pages read: 205

Total minutes read: 382

Books Finished - 2

Not Becoming My Mother by Ruth Reichl was an amazingly power book.  It was funny, sad, insightful and touching.  I'm so glad Richard found it for me.

An amazing book.
(And my model helped with this picture too!)

End of Hour Fourteen

This hour I read:

Not Becoming My Mother by Ruth Reichl - 16 pages

I read for 33 minutes

Total pages read: 201

Total minutes read: 374

Books Finished - 1

We went to a local Starbucks and read for most of this hour.

Peppermint Mocha Frappucino

End of Hour Thirteen

This hour I read:

Not Becoming My Mother by Ruth Reichl - 30 pages

I read for 54 minutes

Total pages read: 185

Total minutes read: 341

Books Finished - 1

Ate dinner during this hour at Cici's Pizza.

Alfredo Pizza - My favorite!

End of Hour Twelve

No reading this hour.  Got ready and headed out to grab some dinner.

Driving to dinner.

Mid-Event Survey

1) How are you doing? Sleepy? Are your eyes tired?

I'm amazingly awake.  I thought for sure I would have needed a nap by now.  I think the  great books I have are really helping.

2) What have you finished reading?

Deep in the Valley by Robyn Carr

3) What is your favorite read so far?

Honestly both books I have read have been excellent.  Deep in the Valley and Not Becoming My Mother

4) What about your favorite snacks?

Hmmm, probably my Symphony candy bar.  Haven't snacked as much as I thought I would.

5) Have you found any new blogs through the readathon? If so, give them some love!

Adventures in Never Never Land

End of Hour Eleven

This hour I read:

Not Becoming My Mother by Ruth Reichl - 32 pages

I read for 45 minutes

Total pages read: 155

Total minutes read: 287

Books Finished - 1

Loving this book....heading out to get some dinner this hour.

Reading Snuggles

End of Hour Ten

No reading for me this hour as I was cheering.  I've cheered at 21 different blogs so far.  :)

Cheering!

End of Hour Nine

This hour I read:

Not Becoming My Mother by Ruth Reichl - 30 pages

I read for 42 minutes

Total pages read: 123

Total minutes read: 272

Books Finished - 1

I started a new book this hour and am really liking it.  I adore Ruth Reichl (Her book Garlic and Sapphires is one of my all time favorite books and got me to try sushi!) and so far this is just really grabbing me.  Yae!

My new book and adorable Rollo ears.

End of Hour Eight

This hour I read:

Deep in the Valley by Robyn Carr - 15 pages - Finished It!

I read for 30 minutes

Total pages read: 93

Total minutes read: 260

Books Finished - 1

Deep in the Valley was so, so good.  I love that Robyn Carr writes strong female, believable characters.  Now I have to decide what to read next...

I loved this book!
(And I had an awesome model to help hold up my book for this picture.)

End of Hour Seven

This hour I read:

Deep in the Valley by Robyn Carr - 10 pages

I read for 26 minutes

Total pages read: 78

Total minutes read: 230

We had some lunch this hour.  My book is full of lots of heart tugging emotional moments right now.

Rotisserie chicken sandwich with Ruffles.  Yum!

End of Hour Six

This hour I read:

Deep in the Valley by Robyn Carr - 10 pages

I read for 35 minutes

Total pages read: 68

Total minutes read: 204

I was a bit sleepy this hour and also wound up having a conversation about plastic surgery and the good it can do in a person's life.  Aw, the topics that come up from a good book!

Nancy in read-a-thon mode.

End of Hour Five

This hour I read:

Deep in the Valley by Robyn Carr - 10 pages

I read for 30 minutes

Total pages read: 58

Total minutes read: 169

Had some snacks this hour.  I am so loving this book.  Not that much more to go in it.  It'll be hard not to go directly to the next in the series!

Yummy Snacks on Fall Plates

End of Hour Four

This hour I read:

Deep in the Valley by Robyn Carr - 12 pages

I read for 41 minutes

Total pages read: 48

Total minutes read: 139

Hmmm, thinking I might need a snack soon.

Watching my parents read makes me so sleepy.

End of Hour Three

This hour I read:

Deep in the Valley by Robyn Carr - 7 pages

I read for 31 minutes

Total pages read: 36

Total minutes read: 98

We moved to the library this hour.  All camped out on my comfy chair with Rollo snuggled with me!

In the library now

End of Hour Two

This hour I read:

Deep in the Valley by Robyn Carr - 15 pages

I read for 35 minutes

Total pages read: 29

Total minutes read: 67

Had a wee bit of breakfast this hour and took care of some cheerleader housekeeping.  Loving this book!

Rollo and Clara, early morning cuddling

End of Hour One

This hour I read:

Deep in the Valley by Robyn Carr - 14 pages

I read for 33 minutes

Total pages read: 14

Total minutes read: 33

Early morning reading

Introductory Questionnaire

Rollo, ready to nap while I read.

1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today?

The Woodlands, TX

2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?

Deep in the Valley by Robyn Carr.  I'm already well into it and I love her books.

3) Which snack are you most looking forward to?


Well last night we made Pineapple Cream Cheesy Dip, Cherry Cheesecake Dip, Cheddar Snack Mix and The Best Bad-For-You Fudge Ever.  We also have all the ingredients for Rolo Brownies and Smore's Cookies.  Right now the fudge sounds yummy!


4) Tell us a little something about yourself!

I'm reading with my husband, our cats and dog and my best friend.  I'm currently drinking a mug of hot tea, expertly made by my husband and am hoping the caffeine kicks in quickly.  I am not a morning person!

5) If you participated in the last read-a-thon, what’s one thing you’ll do different today? If this is your first read-a-thon, what are you most looking forward to?

This is my twelfth read-a-thon.  I can't really think of anything I'll be doing differently than last time.  I'm starting out in my living room but will probably move to our library next hour.  I'll be cheering throughout the RAT (I'm head cheerleader for Team Owl).  I have lots of yummy snacks to munch on throughout the day and I'm sure I'll be taking a nap sometime today.   Aside from being head cheerleader (since that didn't exist until this RAT) none of those are new things for me this RAT.   So on with the reading!

Sleepy Jubilee is staying in bed.

Getting Ready for the Read-A-Thon & My Read-A-Thon Book Pile

It's almost time for Dewey's 24 Hour Read-A-Thon!

It's the night before and Nancy and I are up making snacks.  Yum!

I've also got a pile of books to choose from.

The top three I'm already reading -

Deep in the Valley by Robyn Carr - I'm hoping to finish this one.  I just love her books.

Let Me Whisper in Your Ear by Mary Jane Clark - I think I'm about a 100 pages in.

Flip This Zombie by Jesse Petersen - I liked the first book better but this one is OK so far.

The next three Nancy and I both chose.  We'll both read one of them during the read-a-thon-

Lifelines by CJ Lyons - I have had this for a few years (I got it as an Easter present the year it came out) and keep wanting to read it and not getting around to it.

Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich - We read the first in the series two years ago and liked it a lot.

Not Becoming My Mother by Ruth Reichl - Woops, this isn't one to read with Nancy!  I love Ruth Reichl and Richard found this for me last weekend at a booksale.  It's short and might be nice to read during the RAT.

Girl at Sea by Maureen Johnson - I love Maureen Johnson and Nancy found this last week on a book buying outing so we threw it into the mix.

Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen - This author was on my list to try this year.  After reading a review I decided to add this book to my pile.

I'm also cheering.  I'm head cheerleader for Team Owl.

I can't wait for the RAT to begin!  Now off to finish our snacks!

My Stick Family

My Stick Family from WiddlyTinks.com

End of Event Meme

Which hour was most daunting for you?

Hour Twenty - I was cheering but I was so sleepy.

Could you list a few high-interest books that you think could keep a Reader engaged for next year?

Little Blog on the Prairie was really funny & The Golden Mean definitely kept me interested.  All the M.C. Beaton books are great too.

Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year?

Nope, it worked really well.

What do you think worked really well in this year’s Read-a-thon?

This was the first time I actually made snacks ahead of time.  That worked really well, having those snacks to look forward to.  Also, we read in our library this year and that was really comfy.  I also like taking the pics every hour.  It's nice to be able to look back on those later.  And for us this year we started on Friday with a book signing and finished on Sunday with a book sale so it was a whole literary weekend.  That was cool.  I also think doing the read-a-thon with my husband and best friend makes it that much more fun.

How many books did you read?

I finished two (one I had been reading ahead of time) and read from one other.

What were the names of the books you read?

Little Blog on the Prairie by Cathleen Davitt Bell
The Golden Mean by Nick Bantock
Death of an Outsider by M.C. Beaton

Which book did you enjoy most?

Little Blog on the Prairie

Which did you enjoy least?

None, I had really good books this time.  I did look at one book (The Green Angel by Alice Hoffman) and decided not to start it.  Not sure if I will be reading it or not.

If you were a Cheerleader, do you have any advice for next year’s Cheerleaders?

I think spreading out when you cheer works well.  I did one in the afternoon, one in the evening and two late at night.

How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again? What role would you be likely to take next time?

Oh I'll be participating for sure!  I love the reading and the cheering so I'll be doing both.

Our final tally of Books Read

End of Hour Twenty One

No reading but I made it all the rest of the blogs on my list to cheer.  Woohoo!  This is gonna do it for me...if I have the energy I may read a page or two in bed but I doubt it.  I'm tired!  Tomorrow I have a soccer game to go to and a used book sale to go to.  So I need some sleep so I can at least half way function.  Good Night all!

My Boy has the right idea.  It's bed time.

End of Hour Twenty

No reading this hour as I was cheering.  I only made it to 9 blogs but assuming I don't cheer anymore I'll have made it to all but the L's on my list.  I think I'll try and get to those this next hour.

Our famous foot shot

End of Hour Nineteen

This hour I read:

Death of an Outsider by M.C. Beaton - 9 pages

I read for 38 minutes

Total pages read: 206

Total minutes read: 486

I always get less reading done once Richard goes to bed as Nancy and I wind up talking!

Finally eating the sandwich I got for dinner.

End of Hour Eighteen

This hour I read:

Death of an Outsider by M.C. Beaton - 16 pages

I read for 52 minutes

Total pages read: 197

Total minutes read: 448

That was the last hour of reading for my husband.  He's off to bed.

End of Hour Seventeen

No reading I was busy cheering (Made it to 10 blogs this time) and deciding what to read next.  I decided to stick with a book I had already started (Death of an Outside) by an author I love (M.C. Beaton).

My drinks so far....

Quote Time Mini Challenge

This mini challenge is to provide a quote from the book we are currently reading or have read.  
I love this one - "Never say anything important in a barn." Little Blog on the Prairie by Cathleen Davitt Bell.

End of Hour Sixteen

This hour I read:

The Golden Mean by Nick Bantock - 48 pages - Finished It!

I read for 48 minutes

Total pages read: 181

Total minutes read: 396

This is honestly one of the oddest books.  It's the third in a trilogy (though there are more listed...so not a trilogy??).  It's beautiful and intriguing and just really, really odd.  Now what to read next...

Inside the cover of The Golden Mean.

End of Hour Fifteen

I spent this hour cheering and made it to fifteen different blogs.

This whole read-a-thon is so tiring for Nilla!