Wrap-Up

 Here's what I read:

The Book Censor's Library - 261 pgs, finished

With No One as Witness - 33 pgs

The First State of Being - 45 pgs

The Wedding People - 72 pgs

Let the Great World Spin - 65 pgs (audio)

Total pages: 476

Total hours: 8 hr 27 min (6 hr 13 min reading, 2 hr 14 min audio)

I'm fairly happy with my totals, given I had to go out for the evening. I liked everything I read, but the ending of The Book Censor's Library felt rushed. I plan to continue reading today - four good ones in -progress!

Hours 7 - 18

The Book Censor's Library - 186 pgs, finished

Let the Great World Spin - 30 pgs (audio)

With No One as Witness - 14 pgs

The First State of Being - 39 pgs

Running total, pages: 428

I was out for 4 hours, but did an hour sprint after I got home and am going to try to stay awake for a bit longer (it's 12:15 a.m.) I'll probably doze some, but then try to get up for the last hour. I finished a book - yay!

Hours 1 - 6

The Wedding People - 45 pgs

With No One as Witness - 19 pgs

The Book Censor's Library - 75 pgs

Let The Great World Spin - 20 pgs (audio)

Running total, pages: 159

I'll calculate hours at the end. I spent 30 mins. listening to "With No One as Witness", then realized it was abridged. Ugh (I don't do abridged). Luckily, I also have a print copy so I switched to that. I will be missing the next 6-hour update because I have to go out for the evening to a fundraiser/concert. Next update will be at midnight my time (end of Hour 18). As usual, the time is going way too fast!

Dewey's Readathon - 4/26/25

 Here's The Stack!

With No One as Witness - Elizabeth George (also on audio)

The Book Censor's Library - Bothayna Al-Essa

Go Down, Moses - William Faulkner (random pick from 1001 list)

The First State of Being - Erin Entrada Kelly (2025 Newbery winner)

Let the Great World Spin - Colum McCann

The Body - Bill Bryson

My Friends - Hisham Matar

Blankets - Chris Thompson (Banned Book - graphic)

Martyr! - Kaveh Akbar (not pictured - on Kindle)

The Wedding People - Alison Espach (not pictured - on Kindle)

I was a little more intentional with my "readathon/next up" reads this time, hence the random-number-generated book from the 1001 list, one banned book, one nonfiction, and the most recent Newbery winner (for the April readathon only).