{"id":43187,"date":"2024-01-15T22:28:13","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T03:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=43187"},"modified":"2024-01-15T22:28:49","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T03:28:49","slug":"long-weekend-award-reading-challenge-finish-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=43187","title":{"rendered":"Long Weekend Award Reading Challenge &#8211; Finish Line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2024-01-15-Snowy-Lake.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2024-01-15-Snowy-Lake.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2024-01-15-Snowy-Lake.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2024-01-15-Snowy-Lake-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2024-01-15-Snowy-Lake-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I did it!  This weekend, I successfully finished reading the last 9 books I needed to read for the 2024 Mathical Awards!<\/p>\n<p>As I explained in the <a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=43175\">Starting Post<\/a>, this was different from my previous 48-Hour Book Challenges, as I was taking 3 days and I needed to finish specific books.  And I did it!  Not as much time to spare as I&#8217;d hoped, but I did get to take a walk in the snow today, so I&#8217;m not complaining!<\/p>\n<p>Here are my stats:<\/p>\n<p>9 books finished, with 7 of those complete books.<br \/>\n1563 pages read.<br \/>\n9 short reviews written for the Mathical committee and 4 reviews written for Sonderbooks (to appear after we announce our winners).<br \/>\n18 hours, 5 minutes reading &#8212; so 3 hours less than I estimated, but I made up for that with<br \/>\n4 hours, 40 minutes reviewing and blogging, for a grand total of<\/p>\n<p>22 hours, 45 minutes spent this weekend on Mathical books.<\/p>\n<p>And now I am DONE with award reading until September when, if all goes well, I&#8217;ll start reading for the Cybils Awards again.  (Though we will be discussing the Mathical books next week.)  This is after a year on the Morris committee, so I&#8217;m ready to read some adult books.  (Though I have an Advance Reader Copy of the new Kimberly Brubaker Bradley book that is definitely going to be next.)<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, my house is such a mess right now, having neglected it for reading, that I don&#8217;t even quite know where to start.  I&#8217;ll probably start with putting away the last of my Christmas stuff, but also clear my table so I can do a jigsaw puzzle again.  (I can&#8217;t do a jigsaw puzzle when in the middle of award committee reading, because I can&#8217;t resist a puzzle and spend lots of time on it when I should be reading and stay up way too late, too.)  But it&#8217;s all good, and not only did I have fun reading some excellent books this weekend, I have a big sense of accomplishment.  My 2024 reading year is off to a great start.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I did it! This weekend, I successfully finished reading the last 9 books I needed to read for the 2024 Mathical Awards! As I explained in the Starting Post, this was different from my previous 48-Hour Book Challenges, as I was taking 3 days and I needed to finish specific books. And I did it! 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