{"id":20188,"date":"2013-06-07T21:06:38","date_gmt":"2013-06-08T01:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=20188"},"modified":"2013-06-07T21:35:38","modified_gmt":"2013-06-08T01:35:38","slug":"official-48-hour-book-challenge-2013-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=20188","title":{"rendered":"Official 48-Hour Book Challenge 2013 Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>It’s time! Time for the official 48-Hour Book Challenge of 2013<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Last week, I did a practice run<\/a>. Although I got 20 hours in, I didn’t get nearly as much blogging accomplished as I hoped. For that matter, I never get as much done as I hope. A weekend is simply not that long! However, it’s fun to do what I can!<\/p>\n

Tomorrow I have to work, but I do plan to read during my lunch break and listen to an audiobook in the car. And then when I get home, I’m going to immerse myself in reading. I started at 7:00 pm on Friday, so that means after 7:00 pm on Sunday, I can get to my mundane details like grocery shopping and ironing.<\/p>\n

Now, I’m hoping to do some good blogging, as well. I currently have a stack of 10 books (one of which I just finished after starting the Challenge) to write reviews for. Now, I also have 48 reviews written but not posted. So I very much want to get several of those posted. And I’m currently especially obsessed with posting the reviews I wrote in 2012. There are 8 of those left. So if the books seem older, that is why! I still have some reviews to post that I wrote when I was on the Cybils panel judging middle grade science fiction and fantasy.<\/p>\n

They did ask to post a picture of the books I plan to read. Now, I know<\/em> full well I won’t make much headway on this stack, especially if I do much blogging. But here is my stack:<\/p>\n

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On top is Heart’s Blood<\/em>, by Juliet Marillier, which I’m about half done with.<\/p>\n

Does anyone remember my Reading Plan<\/a>? I’m still following that, sort of — just inserting lots and lots of interruptions. But Heart’s Blood<\/em> was the “older library book” in the plan.<\/p>\n

Next up is rereading a book. I was having trouble deciding what to reread when an Amazon package came today! Hooray! Perfect timing! One of the books in the package was Wednesdays in the Tower<\/em>, by Jessica Day George. So that means the perfect book to reread is Tuesdays at the Castle.<\/em> And that takes care of the next book in order, a book I own.<\/p>\n

After those three, the rest of the books are books that Capitol Choices<\/a> is considering, which I would very much like to have read before our meeting next Friday. We’ll see how I do.<\/p>\n

Now, if this were all I’m reading, that would be one thing. But I have a system of piles of Nonfiction, which I read a chapter at a time. It is currently completely out of control:<\/p>\n

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But I just finished a Nonfiction book I’d been working on for months, Surviving Survival<\/em>, by Laurence Gonzales. So I do, eventually, finish them.<\/p>\n

I also intend to spend a little of the time unpacking boxes of books. I know that’s not in the official rules, so I will keep track of exactly how much time I spend (not more than one box per hour, and they only take about five minutes each). I think my recent move makes it a special case. I will only do boxes of books this weekend. These shelves in my bedroom are almost the only ones left to fill: <\/p>\n

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But that’s enough pictures of clutter and chaos! The fun one to post is the one of where I will spend significant time reading, at least during daylight hours.<\/p>\n

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There you have it! Happy Reading!<\/p>\n

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