Hours 19 - 24

The Clue in the Jewel Box - 25 pgs

The Stand - 34 pgs

Horse - 35 pgs

Freewater - 50 pgs

Final total, pages: 642

Final total, hours: 13 hr 40 min (9 hr 50 min reading, 3 hr 50 min audio)

Summary:

The hours-read total might be a record for me! I probably should have had just half of that 20-oz Diet Coke at 11:00 p.m. because I didn't sleep at all (although I tried to for about an hour)! I slept a few hours after the RAT was over, though, so I'm ok. I read one full book, and started all nine others in my stack. I had two already in-progress that I had put aside until after the readathon, so that makes a total of 11 books I'm currently-reading - also a record, I think! 😄 I'm especially enjoying Horse, The Great Believers, and The Stand. Can't wait for the next excuse to unplug from the world and hang out with my books! 📚

Hours 13 - 18

Freewater - 10 pgs (audio)

Brida - 65 pgs

The Great Believers - 36 pgs

The Bandit Queens - 43 pgs

Running total, pages: 498

Running total, hours: 7 hr 30 min reading, 2 hr 54 min audio

Just had a Diet Coke and hope to get at least a few more hours in. I'm enjoying all my books!

Hours 7 - 12

Whereabouts - 54 pgs, finished (audio)

Every Day in Tuscany - 45 pgs

The Stand - 47 pgs

Running total, pages: 344

Running total, hours: 4 hr 20 min reading, 3 hr 21 min audio

I'm enjoying all the books so far! I'll probably continue jumping around during the second half of the RAT. Luckily, my books are all different enough I can get away with that.

Hours 1 - 6

Circe - 51 pgs

Horse - 44 pgs

Whereabouts - 103 pgs (audio)

Running total, pages: 198

Running total, hours: 2 hr reading, 1 hr 45 min audio

I've decided on 6-hour updates this time. I got a slow start, as I read for an hour then slept for an hour (I think I did the same thing last readathon). I'm going to get dressed (it's noon) and go for an "audiowalk" to finish up Whereabouts. 

(I'm posting this late, so ignore the time stamp.)

Dewey's Readathon October 21, 2023

 Here's the stack!

Bottom to top:

Circe by Madeline Miller

Horse by Geraldine Brooks

The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff

Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri (also on audio)

The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai

Brida by Paulo Coelho (also on audio)

Every Day in Tuscany by Frances Mayes

Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson (also on audio) - 2023 Newbery winner

The Clue in the Jewel Box by Carolyn Keene - Nancy is my wee-hours companion 

The Stand by Stephen King (original, uncut version)

Looking forward to the start in 5 days, 16 hours, and 13 minutes! 😀