Woo-hoo! The 48-Hour Book Challenge is here again!
The basic idea: Choose a 48-hour period of the weekend, and see how many hours of that time you can spend reading, reviewing, and bookish connecting.
I don’t know why on earth I didn’t participate last year, but I found my records from participation 2009 through 2013:
2009: 23 hours, 30 minutes; 5 books finished; 1120 pages; 5 books reviewed
2010: 26 hours, 40 minutes; 3 books finished; 995 pages; 4 books reviewed
2011: 30 hours, 30 minutes; 3 books finished; 1606 pages; 4 books reviewed
2012: 27 hours, 30 minutes; 3 books finished; 758 pages; 3 books reviewed; 5778 words written
2013: 20 hours; 3 books finished; 518 pages; 2 books reviewed; 3472 words written; 4 reviews posted
This weekend, alas, I have to work on Saturday. However, today is beautifully clear. (I don’t feel as guilty about cancelling with my Friday night gaming group as I used to feel cancelling my Friday night Home Fellowship group. I used to work around it.) So my goal will be 24 hours — of course if I have extra energy and find it possible to do without sleep (probably not possible; probably not a good idea), it would be fun to try to set a new record and go for 31 hours.
If the totals seem small, I should add that I always read many parts of books. I always have a few dozen nonfiction books going at once! This morning in my first hour of reading, I had an extended devotional time, reading parts of five different books, with a page count of 54 pages. (Page count tends to be lower when reading in pieces.)
I also get less read if I use the time writing reviews and posting reviews, which is why I started keeping track of words written and reviews posted as well. Today I have some reviews written and waiting to be posted, so I may break up my reading by posting them.
The totals are much, much less, of course, than I’d like them to be. Oh the ambitious stacks of books I’ve set aside in the past! But regardless of the totals, it’s so much fun putting everything else aside and taking time to READ!
And I always like to post my theme song for the challenge!
And, oh yes, I officially began at 7:45 am on Friday morning. I will finish at 7:45 am on Sunday morning. How many books will I be able to read and review in that time? How many hours will I spend? Stay tuned….
For some reason it is HARDER for me to get reading time in for this now my kids are older than it was when they were little. They want me to drive them places and participate in things at the pool so I didn’t do so great today, but hoping for better hours tomorrow. I will, unfortunately, need to sleep too as I can no longer function on no sleep. I’m getting old I guess.
Yeah, it was harder for me when my son was in high school. I remember sitting outside a house in my car reading while he was doing a group project. The mom of the host kid didn’t understand why I didn’t come in. Now, though? My son is on a summer internship in Portland, Oregon — My house is EMPTY! Yes, I’ve been dealing with Empty Nest Syndrome. But having this weekend to myself is definitely a plus. But the not functioning on no sleep? You’d think I’d have learned to get rest before the Challenge — but this week I stayed up late playing a computer game, of all things — and now don’t have the stamina.
Oooh, a theme song. Maybe I need to find one for my reading (which I am starting tomorrow). Hope your reading is going well!
Thanks! I am so loving it! Had to work today, but it feels so good to get right back to reading!