Hours 25 - 48

 Since last update:

Void Moon - 9 pages (audio), finished

The Echo Wife - 52 pgs (audio), finished

Go to Sleep: I Miss You - 88 pgs, finished (actually 177 pages, but some pages only had a single cartoon panel so I'm only counting half )

In Concrete - 42 pgs

Mystery of the Moss-covered Mansion - 54 pgs

Me by Elton John - 22 pgs  (audio - I hadn't planned on starting this one during the RAT, but I needed a new audiobook and this was available)

Final total, hours: 10 hr 48 min (3 hr 20 min reading, 7 hr 28 min audio)

Final total, pages: 658

Not stellar totals for 48 hours, but it was fun anyway. I guess I answered my question about whether I would get more done without the social media. The answer is no! It's too easy to give in to distractions when I'm not participating as part of the 'official' event.

Hours 18 - 24

Since last update:

The Sentence - 2 pgs

The Echo Wife - 60 pgs (audio)

Running total, hours: 1 hr 50 min reading, 6 hr 48 min audio

Running total, pages: 400

Since I was gone for almost 3 hours last night, I decided to make this a 48-hour readathon and keep reading today. Why not?! I'm behind on my reading goals for the year, so this will help me catch up. 😀

Hours 10 - 17

 Since last update:

Void Moon - 76 pgs (audio), finished

The Sentence - 54 pgs

Running total, hours: 1 hr 50 min reading, 5 hr 10 min audio

Running total, pages: 338

Hours 1 - 9

Void Moon - 169 pgs (audio)

The Echo Wife - 2 pgs (audio)

In Concrete - 37 pgs

Running total, hours: approx. 45 min reading, 3 hr 34 min audio

Running total, pages: 208

I got invited to dinner tonight, so that will be a 2-hour-ish break. I didn't get much sleep last night, so I can't read for very long at a time anyway. Hoping I can still stay up pretty late! 

Personal Readathon April 9,2022

I am sad about missing the next Dewey's Readathon on April 30th (I will be traveling), so I decided to have a personal RAT this Saturday! It won't be the same without the 'community', but I need a day for nothing but me and my books. The hubs is out of town, and I've worked extra hard this week prepping for carpet cleaning - so I deserve it!

Here's my traditional stack of ten. I'm a mood reader, but also these are just next on my TBR. Who knows if it will strike my fancy to stick to a couple or jump around? TBD!

Void Moon by Michael Connelly (in progress - also on audio)

The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey (in progress, also on audio - Tournament of Books)

Mystery of the Moss-covered Mansion by Carolyn Keene (got to have my traditional Nancy Drew for when I can't concentrate too hard 😉)

Go to Sleep (I Miss You) by Lucy Knisley (graphic)

The Sentence by Louise Erdrich (IRL book group)

State of Terror by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny

On Kindle:  In Concrete by Anna Garreta (Tournament of Books)

                   Subdivision by J. Robert Lennon (Tournament of Books)

                   The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy (1001 books)

                   The Last September by Elizabeth Bowen (1001 books)

ETA 4/8/22 - Photo of the stack:

I'm going to stick with the normal Dewey's schedule and start at 6:00 a.m! With no social media, I'm curious if I'll get more pages read. I suspect it will be about the same as normal, because I get sleepy and have to take plenty of breaks. 😩 Off to try and get a good night's sleep! 

Bout of Books 33 Updates

Day 1

   The Burden of Proof by Scott Turow (on Kindle and audio) - 31 pgs

   Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr - 73 pgs

Pages read today: 104 pgs

Day 2

   The Burden of Proof - 75 pgs

   Cloud Cuckoo Land - 72 pgs

Pages read today: 147

Day 3

   The Burden of Proof - 61 pgs

   Cloud Cuckoo Land - 51 pgs

Pages read today: 112

Day 4

   The Burden of Proof - 49 pgs

   Cloud Cuckoo Land - 35 pgs

   Sad Cypress by Agatha Christie (on Kindle and audio) - 40 pgs

Pages read today: 124

Day 5

   The Burden of Proof - 12 pgs

   Cloud Cuckoo Land - 125 pgs

   Sad Cypress - 63 pgs

Pages read today: 200

Day 6

   The Burden of Proof - 28 pgs

   Cloud Cuckoo Land - 131 pgs

   Sad Cypress  - 68 pgs

Pages read today: 227

Day 7

   The Burden of Proof - 51 pgs

   Cloud Cuckoo Land - 135 pgs, finished

   Sad Cypress - 105 pgs, finished

   Cockroaches by Jo Nesbo (on Kindle and audio) - 15 pgs

Pages read today: 306

Final total: 1,220 pages

I exceeded my goal of 1,000 pages. Yay! It was a great reading week. 📚😊

Bout of Books 33

Just got back from traveling, but I'm ready to start the new year off right with a week of reading as much as possible! As always, my goal will be 1,000 pages. From the website:

The Bout of Books readathon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It’s a weeklong readathon that begins 12:01am Monday, January 3rd and runs through Sunday, January 9th in YOUR time zone. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are reading sprints, Twitter chats, and exclusive Instagram challenges, but they’re all completely optional. For all Bout of Books 33 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team