I wish I could say that me and my brother read for an entire day, nonstop (except to go to the bathroom), not even eating or sleeping until it was finished. Sadly, though, that was my cousins, not me. 

I was actually still behind (on the sixth book) when the seventh one came out. 

Don't be mad! I was only like 7 and they were long books! But when I DID get to it, I literally took it everywhere (yes, even the bathroom). I can't say I finished it quickly. It took me a good month, between school and dance and sports and life, but it became like an extra limb. It never left my side, even if I knew that I wouldn't get a chance to read it wherever I was going. 

So yeah. There are various food stains on it, torn pages, and a few wet ones from when I dropped it in the bathtub. 

The best part is, I finished it in the car, on a surprise trip to Hawaii that my parents had planned. I thought I was going on a six-hour road trip, not to an island paradise! So I finished the last page right as we pulled up to the airport. 

I got like the two best things ever in one day. It was AWESOME!