{"id":4186,"date":"2011-06-04T10:20:50","date_gmt":"2011-06-04T14:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=4186"},"modified":"2021-09-11T13:28:40","modified_gmt":"2021-09-11T17:28:40","slug":"saturday-morning-check-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=4186","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Morning Check-In"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Good Morning! I’m off to a great start on the second day of the 48-Hour Book Challenge<\/a>!<\/p>\n

I decided that Tim having the SAT today was absolutely perfect — I took the day off work, and got up early — all the better to read! Of course, I listened to an audiobook in the car. The one I was listening to was the third CD of Cutting for Stone<\/em>, by Abraham Verghese. It was kind of funny — they were talking about a doctor facing a difficult delivery of twins. Very specific. And then the doctor decided to crush the baby’s brain in order to get it out. Very graphic.<\/p>\n

Of course, I apologized to my son for the unfortunate selection. He understood that I was listening so as not to have a break in the 48-Hour Book Challenge. He said it was no problem — that would probably be the selection they would have him analyze on the SAT.<\/p>\n

Of course, that made me laugh! That would be the day! A selection involving a woman’s reproductive system and crushing the brain of a baby? Yeah, that would go over great on the SAT! So I sent him off to the test with a laugh. (I do love that kid’s sense of humor!)<\/p>\n

Today I actually don’t have any more commitments at all except picking Tim up from the SAT at 12:45. Oh, and I need to call my Mom to wish her a Happy 70th (!) Birthday! But otherwise, my biggest challenge will be staying awake to read. I might give in and take a short nap — the better to stay up late tonight.<\/p>\n

I did finish one book yesterday, and absolutely loved it — The Great Wall of Lucy Wu<\/em>, by Wendy Shang. I did write a review, and promise to post it after I have written five reviews. Here are my stats so far:<\/p>\n

Hours Reading: 5 hours, 45 minutes
\nHours Blogging: 3 and a half
\nTime Listening: 20 minutes
\nTime Networking: 30 minutes<\/p>\n

Grand total: 10 hours, 5 minutes<\/p>\n

Not bad for 18 hours into the challenge. If I took 8 hours to sleep and shower and eat and do my writing, I hope that tomorrow, with going to church, I can keep it down to less than 10 hours — I want to hit 30 hours. It will be a challenge, but I might be able to do it….<\/p>\n

Book stats are 418 pages read, one book finished. (I read a lot of excerpts from nonfiction.)<\/p>\n

I’ve written 4 reviews, posted 4 quotes, and written one other blog post, for a total of 4,814 words.<\/p>\n

Now, I am not<\/em> writing reviews as quickly as I will need to if I want to make significant progress on getting caught up. I will have to start making them shorter. However, I am enjoying writing them, and I am writing them, so it’s all good. I have begun reading The Seven Towers<\/em>, by Patricia C. Wrede, and I’m loving that, too.<\/p>\n

This is proving to be a truly beautiful weekend! Read on!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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