Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Dewey's 24-Hour Readathon, April 2018

I'm still reading, really. (Me around hour 17.)

Time for Dewey's 24-Hour Readathon! Sign up here to join the fun. Check here for the start time in your time zone. 

I'll be posting mostly on Twitter using #readathon, but will also post stats here (probably not every hour). 

Ready....
Set...
via GIPHY

A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo by Jill Twiss ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
“Stink bugs are temporary. Love is forever.”
40 pages / 10 minutes

The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Made me want to go outside and hug a tree.
288 pages / 3 hours, 37 minutes

Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Being an angry feminist can be extremely tiring. I needed this gentle reminder that feminism isn't a radical idea.
96 pages / 1 hour, 1 minute

They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera ⭐⭐⭐
Two teen boys who find out they will die in the following 24 hours meet through an app and spend their final hours falling in love and learning to be the kind of people they always wished to be.
384 pages / 4 hours, 28 minutes

Lighter Than My Shadow by Katie Green ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Powerful graphic memoir about recovering from eating disorders.
516 pages / 1 hour, 14 minutes

Girl Rising: Changing the World One Girl at a Time by Tanya Lee Stone ⭐⭐⭐⭐
A collection of biographical essays about girls in developing nations who are fighting for education. Equal parts heartbreaking and inspiring.
208 pages / 1 hour, 42 minutes

Saving Red by Sonya Sones ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Molly, dealing with the trauma that destroyed her once-happy family, sets out to reunite a homeless girl with her family for Christmas.
448 pages / 2 hours, 14 minutes

We Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby
Partially read: 105 pages / 1 hour, 20 minutes

Mrs. Poe by Lynn Cullen
Partially read: 127 pages / 3 hours, 48 minutes

TOTALS: 
Books Started: 9
Books Finished: 7
Pages Read: 2212
Time Read: 19 hours, 37 minutes 

via GIPHY
Until we meet again!

2 comments:

Lindsey said...

You're doing a great job! I hope the second half of Readathon is as great as the first half. :)

Debbie said...

I went strong until about hour 17 and then slowed down a lot. Had a great time, though. Hope you did, too!