48 Hour Book Challenge Wrap-Up Post

MotherReader is hosting the 10th Annual 48 Hour Book Challenge.

I read 12 books total.

Liz Garton Scanlon's The Great Good Summer.
Lisa Graff's Lost in the Sun.
Nikki Loftin's Wish Girl
Katherine Paterson's The Great Gilly Hopkins
Peter Lourie's Polar Bear Scientists
Christopher Priest's The Prestige
Jon Walter's Close to the Wind
Stephanie Barden's Cinderella Smith
Edward Hogan's The Messengers
Sarah Crossan's Apple and Rain
Tim Grove's First Flight Around the World
A.W. Tozer's The Root of the Righteous

I read some in the following books:
James Cross Giblin's The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler
The Bible: John 17-21, Philippians, Jeremiah 1-5, Psalms 107-138

# of pages: 2655 (not counting the Bible reading pages)
# of hours: 18 exactly


© 2015 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

48 Hour Readathon, Day 2

MotherReader is hosting the 10th Annual 48 Hour Book Challenge. I'll have a post I update throughout day one, and I'll have a post I update throughout day two. My start time is Friday, 9AM.

7:45 Woke Up, Bible Reading: Philippians 1-4, Jeremiah 1-5

8:20-8:40 Breakfast, Still Watching The Prestige

8:40-9:10 Computer time, blogging stuff

9:10 READY TO START DAY TWO's Reading.
9:10-10:20 Read seventh book, Jon Walter's Close to the Wind. 290 pages, 70 minutes. 
10:30-11:10 Read eighth book, Stephanie Barden's Cinderella Smith. 148 pages, 40 minutes.

11:20:11-40 Lunch, Still Watching The Prestige

11:45-1:00 Read ninth book: Edward Hogan's The Messengers. 208 pages, 75 minutes.

1:10-1:40 Walk #1, Listened to Hawk Nelson, today I'll share Words.

1:40-3:30 Read tenth book: Sarah Crossan's Apple and Rain. 352 pages, 110 minutes.

3:30-4:30 Got migraine, spent time in bed, ate supper, continued watching The Prestige

4:30-5:15 Read eleventh book: Tim Grove's First Flight Around the World. 96 pages, 45 minutes. 

5:15-6:40 Admitted defeat and went back to bed, read some Charles Spurgeon's sermons

6:40-7:15 Walk #2

7:20-7:50 Showered trying to see if it would help me feel better; then computer time

8:00-10:00 Watched part two of Return of the King, extended edition

10:05-11:10 Read twelfth book: A.W. Tozer's The Root of the Righteous, 192 pages, 65 minutes.
11:10-11:40 Read some in James Cross Giblin's The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler, 38 pages, 30 minutes.

11:45 - decided to go to bed

Sunday, 7:15 AM, woke up, Bible reading: Psalm 107-138

7:55-8:10 Breakfast, still watching The Prestige

8:15-9:00 Meant to read something--anything--but didn't!

Day Two Totals:
# of Books:6
# of pages: 1324
# of minutes: 515 minutes (over 8 hours)


© 2015 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

48 Hour Readathon, Day 1

MotherReader is hosting the 10th Annual 48 Hour Book Challenge. I'll have a post I update throughout day one, and I'll have a post I update throughout day two. My start time is Friday, 9AM.

7:30 Woke Up, Bible Reading: John 5-16

8:15 Breakfast

8:35-9:00 Walk #1, Listened to Hawk Nelson's Made; Elevator is one of my favorite walking songs. 

9:00 BEGAN 48 HOUR BOOK CHALLENGE
9:05-10:10 Read first book: Liz Garton Scanlon's The Great Good Summer starring Ivy Green and Paul Dobbs. 216 pages, 1 hour, 5 minutes.
10:30-12:05 Read second book: Lisa Graff's Lost in the Sun starring Trent Zimmerman and Fallon Little. 289 pages, 1 hour 35 minutes.

12:05-12:30 Lunch, Watching The Prestige

12:30-12:55, Walk #2, Listened to Matt Redman

1:10-2:10 Read third book: Nikki Loftin's Wish Girl starring Peter Stone and Annie Blythe. 238 pages, 1 hour.
2:15-3:15 Read fourth book: Katherine Paterson's The Great Gilly Hopkins. 148 pages, 1 hour.
3:15-4:00 Read fifth book: Peter Lourie's Polar Bear Scientists. 80 pages, 45 minutes.

4:00-4:30 Bible Reading: John 17-21

4:30-4:50, Supper, Still Watching The Prestige

5:00-6:00 Began reading The Prestige.

6:00-6:30 Walk #3, Listened to Building 429. Love their song, Press On.

6:30-7:30 Still Reading The Prestige.

7:30-10:00 Watched part one of Return of the King, Extended Edition

10:00-11:30 Finished sixth book: Christopher Priest's The Prestige starring Alfred Borden and Rupert Angier. 360 pages, 3 hours, 30 minutes.

Day One Totals:

6 Books
1331 Pages
8 hours, 30 minutes

© 2015 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

What Should I Read for the 48 Hour Readathon?!

Tomorrow is the start of the 48 Hour Readathon hosted by MotherReader.  (The rules)

 I've checked out some middle-grade fiction from the library:

Lost in the Sun by Lisa Graff

It's funny how the simplest thing, like riding your bike to the park the way you've done nearly every summer afternoon since you ditched your training wheels, can suddenly become so complicated. If you let it. 

The Great Good Summer by Liz Garton Scanlon 

God is alive and well in Loomer, Texas, so I don't know why Mama had to go all the way to The Great Good Bible Church of Panhandle Florida to find him, or to find herself, either. 

Listen, Slowly by Thanhha Lai

I whip my head toward the airplane window as soon as Dad scoots into my row. 

Finding Serendipity by Angelica Banks

"Goodbye, school shoes," said Tuesday McGillycuddy, droppoing her battered black lace-ups into a bin full of lunch wraps and orange peel. It was the end of school, for the day, for the week, for the year. 

Wish Girl by Nikki Loftin

The summer before I turned thirteen, I held so still it almost killed me. 

The Imaginary by A.F. Harrold

 That evening Amanda Shuffleup opened her wardrobe door and hung her coat up on a boy.

Other library possibilities:

•  Dear Hank Williams by Kimberly Willis Holt
• To All The Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han (a reread)
• The Truth According to Us by Annie Barrows
• The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox
• Sounder by William H. Armstrong
• The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner (a reread)
• The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien (a reread)
• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (a reread) 

© 2015 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews