Dewey's 24 Hour Readathon - October 21, 2017

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Stock up on books and caffeine! It's time for Dewey's 24 Hour Readathon! The event takes place on October 21, 2017 and you can sign up here.

The organizers have come up with a fun photo challenge to keep us busy while we wait for the main event. There are several places to follow along, but I'll be posting at #30Days of Readathon on Twitter. Come on by and join the fun!

Since I've been doing so many readathons, often more than one at the same time, I do one long post for each event. During the readathon, I'll update this post as I go. 

I love that everyone is reading at the same time, no matter where we are in the world. Find out the start and end times for your time zone here. I'm in the Pacific Northwest of the United States, so I'll be reading from 5:00 am on Saturday, October 21 to 4:55 am on Sunday, October 22. 

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Here we go!
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Saturday, October 21, 2017

5:00 am - 2:00 pm: Reading You Don't Have to Say You Love Me by Sherman Alexie
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm: Read The Adventures of Superhero Girl by Faith Erin Hicks
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm: Read You Don't Have to Say You Love Me by Sherman Alexie
3:00 pm - 8:00 pm: Read The Case of the Left-Handed Lady by Nancy Springer
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm: Read Pemba's Song by Marilyn Nelson & Tonya C. Hegamin
10:00 pm - 12:00 am: Read Granny by Anthony Horowitz

Books started: 5

Books finished: 5

Pages: 1097

Sunday, October 22, 2017

12:00 am - 2:00 am: Read I Heart You, You Haunt Me by Lisa Schroeder
2:00 - 5:00 am: Reading When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi (So close to the end, but didn't quite finish.)

Books started: 2
Total started: 7

Books finished: 1
Total finished: 6
Pages: 410

Total pages: 1507

Total hours read: 20-ish. I took a couple of unexpected naps while resting my eyes with an audiobook and had to replay a few tracks. 

Hour One:

Ten Years in 10 Books (Recommend a book published in each year of the readathon):

2007--The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

2008--The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling

2009--Ash by Malinda Lo

2010--How Reading Changed My Life by Anna Quindlen

2011--Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman

2012--Seraphina by Rachel Hartman

2013--Two Boys Kissing by David Leviathan

2014--Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay

2015--Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert

2016--The Wrath & the Dawn by Renée Ahdieh

2017--The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

I've read and loved these books and I think you will, too.

Hour Three Gifathon:

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Hour Five Challenge: #readmorewomen

Read and loved.

TBR

I didn't spend much time on the social media aspect this time. Instead, I focused on reading as much as possible. Which is the point, right? Gotta get that TBR wall under control. 
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