Hi all! I need to apologize. I am really late in sharing this post.
This post was supposed to be all about the July #24in48 Readathon. It was on July 22 and 23 (in U.S. Eastern Time) and the goal was to read 24 hours in those 48 hours. But since the July 2017 24in48 was nearly two weeks ago now, I am going to double up (or triple up, as it were) in my talking about readathons for this post. . .
First, the #24in48 Readathon, July 22-23, 2017:
I made it past 24 hours of reading! I completed five-plus books – 1,095 pages plus around 6.5 hours in audiobooks – over 25 hours, 41.5 minutes before time was officially up for me. 😊
What all did I read? I’ll tell you (all title links will lead you to my review of the edition I read on Goodreads [you do not have to be a member of Goodreads to see my reviews!]). . .
- First, I finished the book I had begun on Friday, July 21. After #24in48 got started, I read from page 100 through to the end on page 346 in Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear.
- Then I read the next two books in Matt Wallace’s wonderful Sin du Jour series: Books three and four – also known as Pride’s Spell and Idle Ingredients – were fabulous! 😊
- After midnight (for me) on Day Two, I read Saga, Vol. 1 by Brian Vaughan and it was really great! I might someday have to buy this collection, if the later volumes continue the excellence that was this first volume. 😊
- And then I started an audiobook: The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells (5h,56m; read by Simon Vance). It was good (I think), but sadly I did not track it at all. When all I was doing was listening, I didn’t track it, and when doing “social stuff” after I had a few hours of sleep I didn’t track it. So I “read” it, but I couldn’t tell you what it was about. I’ll have to re-listen (or maybe “reread” the Kindle edition I downloaded), something I hope to do soon. (Please note that this book’s review link takes you to “my review,” but my review remains unwritten because. . . Did I mention that though I spent nearly six hours focusing on this book, that I didn’t track it at all?)
- After The War of the Worlds ended, I started in on another audiobook: John Scalzi’s Miniatures: The Very Short Fiction of John Scalzi (2h,54m; performed by a “full cast”). This would have been my 15th listen had I been able to complete it, but I set it aside after finishing “the Pluto story” to read a print book. . .
- Because You Love to Hate Me, edited by Ameriie! I really enjoyed this anthology. Fun stories, and they introduced me to a whole lot of booktubers that were new-to-me. (So that’s why this post on the 24in48 ‘thon is “so late.” I’ve been in a reading slump – or, at least, an “updating social media” slump – due to the fact that I am obsessed with watching “backlist” videos by the new-to-me booktubers, to whom I subscribed [to all of them!].)
(All three of the above books were finished/read on Day One, July 22.)
I didn’t finish Because You Love to Hate Me during #24in48 (I read *only* to page 274), but, as the ‘thon ended for me at around 10p, I was able to finish the book while it was still the 23rd. 😊
And that’s it for what all I read. In sum. . .
- Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear (final 246/346 pages);
- Pride’s Spell by Matt Wallace (230 pages);
- Idle Ingredients by Matt Wallace (185 pages);
- Saga, Volume 1 by Brian Vaughan (160 pages);
- The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells (read by Simon Vance; 5h,56m);
- Miniatures: The Very Short Fiction of John Scalzi by John Scalzi (performed by a “full cast”; listened to the first 36+ minutes out of 2h,54m); and
- Because You Love to Hate Me, edited by Ameriie (made it to page 274/339 pages).
All of which adds up to 1,095 pages read and just over 6.5 hours in audiobooks listened to! And as I said at the beginning, I read all of this over 25h,41.5m during the 48 hours of July 2017’s #24in48 Readathon. 😊
Here is the picture I put together to show what all I read – and how much time I spent reading – during July’s 24in48:
Did you participate in last month’s 24in48 ‘thon? I’d love to hear how you did! What did you read? Did you achieve your reading goal for it?
Speaking of reading goals, I had hoped to read six books from start to finish. I didn’t achieve this goal, but I am proud of myself for finishing one, starting and finishing four more, and making it past the halfway point into a sixth (or seventh, as it turned out) book. (I read +1,000 pages!!!) 😊
So I am counting this July 2017 #24in48 Readathon a SUCCESS! 😊
Now, on to August ‘thons!
Today, August 4th, is Day One of #TomeTopple! I learned about this Readathon thanks to my subscription to Thoughts on Tomes on YouTube, in this post!. 😊
And here is my TBR for this 4th Round of Tome Topple (my first round):
The books I am hoping to read include. . .
- Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry (843 pages);
- The Sculptor by Scott McCloud (only 488 pages, but Sam from Thoughts on Tomes has this graphic novel in her stack, sooo… 😉);
- The Phoenix of Destiny by Geronimo Stilton (574 pages);
- Crimson Death by Laurell K. Hamilton (710 pages); and
- The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (~661 pages; not pictured as I don’t yet have it [I’ll be able to check it out from my library on Wednesday or Thursday of the coming week]).
Tome Topple is a Readathon wherein we are supposed to read “tomes,” meaning books that have over 500 pages. 😀 This Round 4 runs from today, August 4th, through August 17th.
Out of all of these books, the only one that I might not read is Crimson Death by Laurell K. Hamilton. This is book #25 in the Anita Blake series and I have never yet been able to read just the latest release. (Which is why I haven’t read this one yet. It was published in October of 2016 (!!!) and I’ve spent the time from then until now dithering because I cannot decide if I want to read the series from Book One or not.) 🤔
So if I read the Anita Blake series from Book One, I won’t get to Crimson Death during this 4th Round of Tome Topple. But if my reviews, with their chapter-by-chapter spoilers, can stand in for that reread, I might be able to read Crimson Death during the next two weeks of Tome Topple. I’ll just have to see how I feel.
And that’s it for the tomes I am hoping to read in the next two weeks! 😁😊😍❤
Oh! And Unfortunately, anthologies do not count. So though I will also be reading The Mammoth Book of Ghost Romance, edited by Tricia Telep (512 pages), during the next two weeks (it’s an interlibrary loan through my library and MUST be returned on August 16th), it sadly will not count for this readathon. 😭
Also, that’s my Max – my reading buddy – in the photo with the books. He gave Crimson Death kisses, but I wasn’t quick enough with the camera to capture it.
The #BoutofBooks 20 Readathon is also upcoming this month! It will be from August 21st through August 27th. (Sign-Ups open on Monday!!!)
And here are some of the books I am hoping to read that week! (Though some – most? – of them are books I am actually hoping to get to before Bout of Books 20.)
Now, what all is in this stack? Read on to find out. . .
- The 6th-10th books in the Elemental Assassin series by Jennifer Estep;
- Theogony and Works and Days by Hesiod;
- Tomorrow, When the War Began by John Marsden;
- What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding by Kristin Newman;
- Cynful by Dana Marie Bell;
- Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel;
- Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi;
- the 1st and 2nd Volumes of Patsy Walker, A.K.A. Hellcat! by Kate Leth;
- The Vision, Volume 1: Little Worse Than a Man by Tom King; and
- the 4th-6th Volumes of Saga by Brian Vaughan.
Some of these pictured books will probably have to be returned to the library before August 21st, so it’s likely that my Bout of Books 20 TBR will change pretty drastically. So shall we just add this stack to the stack of tomes in the aforementioned section on Tome Topple and call them all “the books I am hoping to read in August 2017”? 😉
And these are not all of the books I *have* to read this month! I have at least two others that must be returned to the library before August 21st. 😮😓
So I’d best get this post written and shared so that I can start reading!
Are you participating, or planning to participate, in any August readathons? I’d love to see what all you have in your TBRs, if you are. 😊
And speaking of August readathons, there is one more that I might participate in. I haven’t decided yet, though, if I want to do the #TheReadingQuest Readathon, mainly because it starts on August 13th and, though it runs through to September 10th, it will overlap both of the readathons I am definitely in or planning on being in this month! So though it seems like it would be a LOT of fun, I just don’t know if I’ll be able to handle a third readathon in August. (But maybe I’ll sign up and then focus on The Reading Quest from August 28 to September 10? That could be doable…) 😉
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