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Sunday, June 10, 2012

Finish Line -- 48 Hour Reading Challenge

We made it! It's the end of our 48 Hour Book Challenge, and everyone made their goal! And boy are my eyes tired.

I spent almost all my time reading, with occasional short breaks to check other blogs; no reviewing at all this year. My currently reading pile is a much more reasonable 11 now, so I knocked out a lot of the books I've been carrying around for weeks.

Finals numbers, possibly right:

Beth, aka Mom, aka me:

Time: 26 hours 30 minutes
15 books finished - an asterix means I started them before the weekend: Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter*, Axe Cop, The Notorious Benedict Arnold, Young Fredle (audio)*, Galacterian Legacy*, Scorpio Races*, Angelfall*, Wheels of Change, The Zodiac Killer, Bunheads*, The Same Stuff as Stars*, The Returning, A View of the Ocean, Drama City, The Great Wall of Lucy Wu,
Books still incomplete: Infamous Scribblers, Ring of Solomon (audio), The Dark Knight Returns

Alexander, aka Xan, aka 7th grader:

Time: 12 hours
3 books finished: Twenty Palaces*, Axe Cop, Syren
Books still incomplete: Ring of Solomon (audio), Return of the Dark Knight, Darke, Angelfall

P, aka 5th grader:

Time: 5 hours 20 minutes
1 book finished: Axe Cop*
Books still incomplete: The Red Pyramid

I said I'd pledge $1/hr, plus $5/book finished, plus $1/comment. I got nine comments (actually quite a lot for me), we read 44 hours (slight round up), and finished 19 books. That finished count makes me a bit glad I put a cap on my donation, so I'm sending $100 to RIF and the elementary school library. I was trying to encourage myself to actually finish some books, but it sure pushed up my meter quickly.

Thanks to MotherReader for organizing the fun weekend, thanks to the people who dropped by my blog to support me, thanks to my kids for reading along and also not asking too much of me during this weekend, and especially thanks to my sister who made dinner for us on Saturday and Sunday and also provided general parenting support while I was buried under piles of books. (I still have about twenty books lying around in case I wanted to read them.)

Last Day of the Challenge

Day 3 on the 48 Hour Book Challenge - I have until 9:00 PM to read as much as I can. It's been a solid 4.5 hours of sleep for me, more for P and Alexander, so we'll see who makes their goal.

I'll update this post throughout the day. Our current stats are:

8:00:

Beth: 18 hours 20 minutes
Xan: 6 hours
P: 3 hours 10 minutes

9:00 My loud reading has woken everyone up. Especially if they stole the book I wanted to read.

Beth: 19 hours 20 minutes (A View of the Ocean, COMPLETE) Brief blogging.
Xan: 7 hours. He claims an hour in bed last night, which seems believable. (book he stole)
P: 4 hours, 40 minutes. The Red Pyramid

3:30. I went off to check out places for my dad.

Beth: 22: hours (Drama City, The Dark Knight Returns)
Xan: 10 hours (Angelfall, Syrens
P: 4 hours 40 minutes.

4:30. I love reading with my family.

Beth: 23 hours (Drama City)
Xan: 10 hours
P: 5 hours! Goal Achieved! At which he second he tossed aside his book and headed for the Wii.

9:00: We made it!

Beth 26 hours 30 minutes! Goal Achieved! (Drama City COMPLETE, The Great Wall of Lucy Wu COMPLETE, The Dark Knight Returns)
Xan: 12 hours -- Goal Achieved! Syren COMPLETE, Darke

Saturday, June 9, 2012

48 Hour Book Challenge: Saturday

Day 2 (of 3) on the 48 Hour Book Challenge. Since I started Friday evening, we'll finish on Sunday evening. It's been a solid seven hours of sleep for me, more for P, and Alexander, despite setting the alarm that woke up P, is still snoozing.

I'll update this post throughout the day. Our current stats are:

7:30:

Beth 3 hours (Axe Cop)
Xan: 2 hours 20 minutes (Twenty Palaces)
P: 60 minutes

8:45 Leaving for Bofferwars, so interruption (some audio reading)

Beth: 3 hours, 45 minutes (Axe Cop COMPLETE)

The Notoroious Benedict Arnold

Xan: 2 hours 20 minutes
P: 60 minutes

1:30 Returning from Bofferwars, 100 minutes of audio en route

Beth: 5 hours 15 minutes (Young Fredle COMPLETE, Ring of Solomon)
Xan: 4 hours (Ring of Solomon, Axe Cop)
P: 2 hours 40 minutes (Young Fredle COMPLETE, Ring of Solomon)

3:30 Lazing around the house

Beth: 7 hours 15 minutes (Notorious Benedict Arnold COMPLETE), a little blogging
Xan: 4 hours (computer games, napping)
P: 2 hours 40 minutes (dragged out shopping)

6:00 Reading, one brief nap

Beth: 9 hours 20 minutes (Galacterian Legacy COMPLETE, not from start)

Scorpio Races, not from start
Angelfall COMPLETE, last third
20 minute nap

Xan: 4 hours 20 minutes
P: 2 hours, 40 minutes (he's the only one on target for his goal, actually)

9:00 First day is OVER. Starting the last 24 hours for the family.

Beth: 12 hours, 20 minutes (Scorpio Races). More reading, even through dinner. I'm a bad influence. My sister is a saint. I'm 30 minutes behind pace for my goal, but can stay up late tonight.

Wheels of Change COMPLETE
The Zodiac Killer COMPLETE
Bunheads (I'm in the middle of this one)

Xan: 4 hours, 20 minutes. I swear that boy reads less on the challenge weekend than any other time. Probably because I'm too busy to kick him off the computer.
P: 2 hours, 40 minutes.

Sunday 3:00. Oops, I forgot the midnight check-in.

Beth: 18 hours, 20 minutes. Bunheads COMPLETE

The Returning COMPLETE
The Scorpio Races, COMPLETE

Xan: 6 hours, maybe more. I'm not sure when his light went off.
P: 3 hours 10 minutes. The Red Pyramid.

Friday, June 8, 2012

48 Hour Book Challenge -- GO!

It's time to start this year's 48 Hour Book Challenge. I will start by reading from Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter on my NOOK, a book I already have in progress.

Alexander is starting with Twenty Palaces, a book I accidentally put on his NOOK along with all the other Harry Connolly stories; he is devouring the series enthusiastically.

P has a Best of the Best selection (Axe Cop) as his initial pick.