And I’m done!!! It was a busy weekend, crammed with a wedding all day yesterday, visiting the in-laws, food shopping, taking the dogs for a run/hike, and watching the Tony Awards. But I did it! I made my goal and got back into the groove of reading. Plus, I am about to make a $30 donation to RIF. 🙂
Final Stats:
Time spent reading:
12 hours, 18 minutes
Time spent blogging/tweeting/encouraging others/catching up on the challenge:
1.5 hours
Total time: 13 hours and 58 minutes
Books completed:
Capture the Flag– Fantastic MG mystery. I loved it!
One for the Murphys– Get your tissues ready. Loved the connection to Wicked.
The Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo– A Christmas gift from my baby sister, which came highly recommended.
Salvage the Bones: A Novel– I am too much of a dog lover to be able to enjoy this book. I appreciate that it is well-written, but it left me feeling sick to my stomach. Warning: excessive focus on dog fighting.
Sudden Flash Youth: 65 Short-Short Stories (Karen and Michael Braziller Books)– Looking forward to using this with my freshman next year. Some of the stories are really powerful!
Mangaman– A student recommendation. Not my favorite, but enjoyable. I’m not a graphic novel reader, yet.
Trafficked– So, so good. I love watching Law & Order: SVU, and this read like an episode of the show.
The Polar Bear Scientists (Scientists in the Field Series)– I love this series so, so, so very much.
I also got halfway through the e-galley of Rebecca Stead’s upcoming Liar & Spy. It was my “squeeze in some reading” book, because I try to avoid reading on my iphone unless I have to. But it’s so worth it!
Filed under: 48 hour book challenge | Tagged: books, literature, student recommendation |
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I like that we read one of the same books! So far you’re the only participant I’m a book twin with.
Congratulations!
I am also a book twin (with Capture the Flag). I’m impressed by how much you were able to read with all of your other commitments this weekend.
I’m looking forward to what you thought of Liar & Spy. It was a different book than I expected it to be. Anyway, thanks for participating in the 48HBC this year!
Nice job!! I only managed 8 hours.
It seems like a lot of 48HBC folks read Capture the Flag this weekend. I’ll have to keep an eye out for that one!