#24in48 Readathoning

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I *meant* to blog about this last night. Or earlier this week. I *meant* to keep this blog up to date after I started teaching at school.  Ah, well.  Life happens, blogs are kind enough to wait for us until we return.


And today, I’m back! Spending yet another glorious weekend with a stack of books, pots of coffee, and a snuggly bulldog. I can’t thank Rachel Manwill enough for creating an event that allows me to hide out from the world for a weekend and read too much.

I have participated in enough readathons now (between #24in48 and the #deweyreadathon) that my friends and family recognize it as legitimate plans that they cannot interrupt; which also means I have the very best family and friends. They understand when I disappear for a while, they cheer me on on Facebook and Instagram, they tell me they’re jealous of what I “get” to do. I wish more people would join locally, that they would understand the inherent value of what taking a weekend for yourself really does.  While I love reading and sharing what I’m reading and following along with what other people are reading, there is something intrinsically important about taking a whole weekend to focus on myself and my books and relaxing. It does me a world of good, let me tell you.


So here I am, about to reach four hours of reading (and maybe an hour ish away from finishing California by Edan Lepucki which is pretty deliciously eerie right now) and I’m going to fill out the “Hour 6 Survey” that I missed about 5 hours ago…. (I went to bed at midnight and got up at 7 to begin my readathon!)

  1. Where in the world are you reading from this weekend?
    • Upstate New York, smack dab in the middle of the Finger Lakes. #flx
  1. Have you done the 24in48 readathon before?
    • I have! This is my 4th (I think) readathon. Second (or third?) #24in48, plus 2 (or 3?)#deweyreadathons
  2. Where did you hear about the readathon?
  3. What book are you most excited about reading this weekend?
    • I’m excited to finish California, I’m dying to read my latest Lumberjanes Comics, and I’ve been saving Ruta Sepetys’s new one for just this occasion!
  4. Tell us something about yourself.
    • I’m an elementary school librarian (school library media specialist, whatever) and my husband works in wine, which means life is books and wine and love.
  5. Remind us where to find you online this weekend.
    • I’ll be posting here (hopefully!) on my Instagram (@readbtwnlakes or my personal @rachielove9) and on Twitter (@rachielove).  I post a lot of pictures of books and my bulldog and coffee and wine. You know, the usual.

Time to get back to the books! See you on the bookternet soon!

Dewey Readathon Number 2! 

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5:09 Update

Finished Ms. Marvel. Am now rethinking my Halloween costume….

  
4:09 Update

Finally finished a book! I feel like last time I did this I was reading a lot of easy going YA novels, which is marvelous, of course, but reading something has thought provoking and beautifully written as “The Book of Speculation” took a lot more time.

Pages read: 226 (Adult Book)

Hours listened to: 4:15 (Adult Book)’

Hours spent reading: 7!

And now, onto a graphic novel or two before delving into something longer again! Yay!

2:45 Update

I took an audiobook trip to the store for some steaks for dinner. Picked up some pumpkins on the way home and now seeds are roasting away in the oven. I’m over 4 hours into “After You” and now I’m going to delve back into the last 100 pages of “The Book of Speculation”! Woo woo!


12:18 Update

Here I am, 3 hours into my reading (missed the first hour due to general laziness/lack of awareness) and I am, as per usual, having so much fun. I’ve listened to two hours of “After You” by Jojo Moyes (love love love) and have read “The Book of Speculation” for an hour or so. I’m breaking right now to update and sip a delicious mimosa.  Happily going strong. Bummed I’ll only make 23 hours, tops, but hey–3 hours of reading is more than I’ve done in a long time, so Huzzah for Readathoning!


8:45 AM

So. I wasn’t going to do this. I was going to skip this one because life has been so crazy and I have so much to do between lesson planning and getting ready for NYLA, but then I saw the tweets this morning and I just. Couldn’t. Resist. I’ve had hardly any time for reading and this seems like the perfect way to get some quality reading time done. So it’s a little late, and I’m not properly snack prepared, but I do have plenty of coffee and more than enough books. AND it’s a good way to get me to post something on this damn blog I was so excited about just a few short months ago.

So here we go! Meme # 1


1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today? The beautiful Finger Lakes in Upstate NY
2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to? Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
3) Which snack are you most looking forward to? I am woefully unprepared in the snack department, but I DO have fresh coffee beans to grind up all day.
4) Tell us a little something about yourself! I’m an elementary school librarian who has been struggling to find time to read. My husband runs a winery. We drink a lot of coffee and wine and beer and tea. I have a bull dog and three cats. 
5) If you participated in the last read-a-thon, what’s one thing you’ll do different today? If this is your first read-a-thon, what are you most looking forward to? I have participated in two readathons, a #24in48 and a Dewey. This time I don’t have to work on Sunday, so Damn it I WILL stay up all night and finish this thing (probably!)