{"id":42687,"date":"2023-07-29T22:19:14","date_gmt":"2023-07-30T02:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=42687"},"modified":"2023-07-29T22:36:34","modified_gmt":"2023-07-30T02:36:34","slug":"48-hour-book-challenge-july-2023-finish-line-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=42687","title":{"rendered":"48-Hour Book Challenge &#8211; July 2023 &#8211; Finish Line Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2023_05_15-Oregon-Coast.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2023_05_15-Oregon-Coast.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-42688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2023_05_15-Oregon-Coast.jpg 800w, https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2023_05_15-Oregon-Coast-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2023_05_15-Oregon-Coast-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2023_05_15-Oregon-Coast-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2023_05_15-Oregon-Coast-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ah, it always happens when I wind up a 48-Hour Book Challenge.  As usual, I learn that 48 hours isn&#8217;t all that long.<\/p>\n<p>And because I didn&#8217;t set my alarm, I slept late, and in the afternoon, doing lots of reading makes me sleepy, so I took naps, too.  But any time is better than no time, right?  And I definitely got more reading done than on an ordinary weekend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/48hbc.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/48hbc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-42675\" \/><\/a>Here are my stats:<\/p>\n<p>Total time spent on the 48-Hour Book Challenge from 8:30 pm Thursday to 8:30 pm Saturday:  24 hours, 40 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>First, the non-reading:<br \/>\nEmailing (I decided to allow that, for reasons): 1 hour, 50 minutes<br \/>\nSpreadsheets and housekeeping: 1 hour<br \/>\nBlogging: 1 hour, 10 minutes<br \/>\nReviewing: 25 minutes<br \/>\nPosting: 1 hour, 50 minutes<br \/>\nTotal non-reading time: 6 hours, 15 minutes<\/p>\n<p>Reading time:<br \/>\nReading Morris-eligible books: 8 hours, 20 minutes<br \/>\nReading other books: 5 hours, 5 minutes<br \/>\nListening to a Morris-eligible book: 5 hours<br \/>\nTotal Reading time: 18 hours, 25 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Okay, that&#8217;s a good amount of time&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Total pages read was 1255 (not counting the audiobook).<br \/>\nTotal words written (blogs and reviews, but not emails) was 1257.<\/p>\n<p>Books finished: 6<br \/>\nReviews written: 2<br \/>\nComplete books read: 4<br \/>\nPartial books read: 10<br \/>\n(Explanation:  I tend to read nonfiction a chapter at a time.  I also have a half-dozen books I read in daily for my devotional time.)<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, of the 4 books I finished today, I haven&#8217;t written any reviews yet, so that still needs to happen.<\/p>\n<p>All in all, it was a lovely use of my time, but makes me want to spend more time at it!<\/p>\n<p>And the good part is that since I started keeping track of time I&#8217;m spending on Morris reading, my total for the week is twice as big as any other week.  So that makes it time well-spent.<\/p>\n<p>Until next time&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ah, it always happens when I wind up a 48-Hour Book Challenge. As usual, I learn that 48 hours isn&#8217;t all that long. And because I didn&#8217;t set my alarm, I slept late, and in the afternoon, doing lots of reading makes me sleepy, so I took naps, too. 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