Saturday, July 21, 2018

24in48 Progress Post

I'll keep all updates in this one post.

Hours 1-12 (One quarter through already!)

Not off to a stellar start, because I was just not able to stay up late last night. So far:

33 minutes of reading (Missing Joseph) and 1 hr 31 min audio (All the Little Liars)

Running total: 2 hr 4 min 

Hours 13-20
As usual, the time is going by too fast! Since last update:

3 hours of reading (Finished Missing Joseph and started Little Fires Everywhere)

Running total:  5 hours 4 min

Hours 21-24
Had a busy evening, so only listened to 32 minutes of audio (All the Little Liars). Hope to listen some more before getting some sleep.

Running total:  5 hr 34 min

Hours 25-36
Had to get some sleep, but am back at it today and hoping to add several more hours to my total.  Since last update:

45 min of reading (Little Fires Everywhere) and 2 hr 3 min audio (All the Little Liars)

Running total:  8 hr 19 min

Hours 37-43

3 hr 26 min reading (Finished Little Fires Everywhere) and 31 min audio (All the Little Liars)

Running total:  12 hr 16 min

Hours 44-48
30 min reading (How to Write an Autobiographical Novel) and 2 hr 38 min audio (Finished All the Little Liars)

Final Stats:  15 hours 24 minutes (8 hr 9 min reading, 7 hr 15 min audio), 657 pages

Missing Joseph - Last 66 pgs
Little Fires Everywhere - 336 pgs, Finished
All the Little Liars - 229 pgs, Finished
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel - 26 pgs

Friday, July 20, 2018

24in48 Stack

I've been so busy that I'm just now getting around to my stack, and I'll be starting 24in48 in just an hour and a half!  Without further ado, here it is:


Monsoon Diary by Shoba Narayan
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Acichie
The Tao of Travel by Paul Theroux
The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion
All the Little Liars by Charlaine Harris (also on audio)
White Tears by Hari Kunzru
not pictured:  Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng (Kindle)
                       My Cousin Rachel by Daphne Du Maurier (Kindle and audio)
                       The Hand of Ethelberta by Thomas Hardy (Kindle)

The top three are a shoutout to #Diversity. Obviously, I won't finish all these, but I like to have lots of variety and this will be my reading material for the next few (or several) weeks.  Can't wait to get started! I'm hoping to get in an hour or two before I have to sleep tonight. I'm starting at 10:00 p.m. MST to coordinate with the "official" time of midnight EST.