Hours 13-24

Since I missed most of the first evening of the readathon, I decided to read as much as I could today and pretty much forego social media. I was very much into my books, but I did miss checking in with other readers.  Hopefully, next time I won't have any other committments and I can do both!

Here are my final stats:

Hours: 9 hr 13 min (8 hr reading, 1 hr 13 min audio)

Pages: 425

Books: An American Marriage by Tayari Jones - 314 pgs, started and finished

Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts (in progress) - 66 pages

He Shall Thunder in the Sky by Elizabeth Peters (in progress - audio) - 45 pgs

Mid-Event Survey

1. What are you reading right now? An American Marriage and He Shall Thunder in the Sky (audio)

2. How many books have you read so far? Part of 2
3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Read-a-thon? Finishing An American Marriage and starting The Hate U Give
4. Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those? I started really late because of a family dinner, and I will probably not be able to participate fully this afternoon. I just had to accept that this time around I couldn't be 'all in'.
5. What surprises you most about the Read-a-thon, so far? Nothing - I've done this SO many times!

Hours 1-12

 I started 4 hours late and had to try to sleep a little, so I don't have stellar results so far. I'm going to try to dig in hard now for several hours!

Total, pages:  97 pages in An American Marriage

                      22 pages in He Shall Thunder in the Sky (audio)

Total, hours:  3 hr 2 min (2hr 16 min reading, 46 min audio)

I don't know why this is double-spacing!

                      

Dewey's Reverse Readathon

I'm not sure how much I'll be able to participate in this Readathon, but I can't resist giving it a go. My reading has really been suffering lately for various reasons, most of them to do with COVID-19. Here's what's up next on my TBR. As usual, I have a stack of 10 books for the Readathon, to cover all possible moods!

24in48 - July 24/26, 2020

This was another "unofficial" 24in48 readathon hosted on Goodreads. I love to keep track of my reading stats because I'm a nerd! 📚📚💓

So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo - last 133 pgs
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander (audio) - (in progress) - 65 pgs 
The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich - first 326 pgs
He Shall Thunder in the Sky by Elizabeth Peters (audio) - first 6 pgs

Total hours: 10 hr 49 min (8 hr 27 min reading, 2 hr 22 min audio)
Total pages: 530

Bout of Books 28 Updates

As usual, I'll keep all updates in this one post:

Day 1
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman (in progress)- 13 pgs
What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures by Malcolm Gladwell (in progress) - 38 pgs
The Marseille Caper by Peter Mayle (in progress - audio) - 54 pgs
   Pages read today: 105

Day 2
The Marseille Caper - 57 pgs

Day 3
Good Omens - 12 pgs
The Marseille Caper - 59 pgs (finished)
We Cast a Shadow by Maurice Carlos Ruffin (audio) - 26 pgs
   Pages read today: 97

Day 4
What the Dog Saw - 18 pgs
We Cast a Shadow - 24 pgs
   Pages read today: 42

Day 5
Good Omens - 18 pgs
What the Dog Saw - 24 pgs
We Cast a Shadow - 83 pgs
   Pages read today: 124

Day 6
Good Omens - 18 pgs
What the Dog Saw - 19 pgs
We Cast a Shadow - 84 pgs
   Pages read today: 121

Day 7
Good Omens - 18 pgs
What the Dog Saw - 117
We Cast a Shadow - 28 pgs
   Pages read today: 163

 Final total - 709 pages

I only finished one book, but made good progress on two others. Hope everyone had a great BoB! 

Bout of Books 28

The Bout of Books readathon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It’s a weeklong readathon that begins 12:01am Monday, May 11th and runs through Sunday, May 17th in YOUR time zone. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are daily challenges, Twitter chats, and exclusive Instagram challenges, but they’re all completely optional. For Bout of Books 28 information and updates, visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team