24 in 48 Readathon

7/21/2016

The 24 in 48 Readathon is this weekend! This is my first time participating in this readathon, and I'm so excited. I have a feeling I won't get anywhere close to 24 hours, but I am going to ask (beg, plead) my husband to be on baby duty for awhile so I can get some dedicated reading time in. Most of my updates will probably be on Twitter (you can follow me at @SmilingShelves), but I'll pop in here every once in awhile with my progress.

Here is my stack. I know it's giant. That's because it's really just all the library books I have currently checked out. I'm in the middle of The Slightly True Story of Cedar B. Hartley right now, and then my plan is to read A Tangle of Gold by Jaclyn Moriarty. If I get done with those two, anything in the pile is up for grabs!

The First 24 Hours

Time read: Nine hours and 10 minutes
Pages read: 557
Books read from/listened to: A Tangle of Gold by Jaclyn Moriarty; The Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin (audiobook); The Mommy Group by Elizabeth Isadora Gold
Books finished: A Tangle of Gold by Jaclyn Moriarty (AMAZING!)

The Full 48 Hours

Time read: Thirteen hours and 6 minutes
Pages read: Lost track of this one. . . more than 557 is all I know
Books read from/listened to: All of the ones mentioned above, plus Curtsies & Conspiracies by Gail Carriger (audiobook)
Books finished: A Tangle of Gold by Jaclyn Moriarty & The Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin

9 Comments

Kate @ Mom's Radius link

7/22/2016 11:37:08 am

Good luck! Happy reading! I'm hoping to get a lot of reading time in this weekend as well. We'll see. :)

Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

7/22/2016 03:09:54 pm

Thanks, Kate! Any reading time is better than none, right? :)

Joann Downie link

7/22/2016 01:25:49 pm

Good luck!! i haven't successfully done a readathon yet, butI wish you luck!!
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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

7/22/2016 03:10:29 pm

Thanks, Joann! In my opinion, if you spend any time reading at all, it counts as a successful readathon! :)

Jade @ Reading With Jade link

7/22/2016 03:56:29 pm

Good luck - I'm sure you'll squeeze in more reading than you think!

I told myself at the start of the year that I'd take part in this readathon but it kind of snuck up on me, so not this time, but definitely next, it sounds like a lot of fun.