24in48 Social Distancing Readathon

It is a perfect time for another readathon. Join me and others in reading for 24 hours over the course of of the next five days. That is the way I am modifying this event: Starting now until midnight on March 22nd, I hope to read for a total of 24 hours, which averages to a little less than five hours a day.

Let's get started!

First: Sign up here: 24in48 The Social Distancing Edition

Second: List of books you hope to read. Here is my list:

• All the Songs: The Stories Behind Every Beatles Song (At 650+pages I doubt I'll finish. I'm currently on page 40.)
• I Am Half-Sick of Shadows (Audiobook, I'm midway through the second disc of six. Since I plan on walking the dog everyday of this challenge, I know I can complete this one.)
• Nanaville: Adventures in Grandparenting (I am already through 40% of this short book, with less than 100 pages to go.)
• Lonesome Dove (Another long book, over 850 pages, I just hope to make some good, solid progress on it.)
• A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (By the nature of this book, written by Mr. Rogers, it doesn't lend itself to long-reading sessions. I'm currently on page 35. I hope to at least double that page count.)
• The Testaments (Audiobook. I hope to start and make some progress on this library owned copy before it returns itself automatically.)
• Others? Who knows what I may be able to get to.

Third: Make a plan for reporting progress
---I will report and update right here on this post every night before going to bed. My report will include:

• Time spent reading throughout the day
•  Progress made on books
• Any funny anecdotes or quotes I want to remember

Easy peasy!

Wednesday progress:

• 4 hours and ten minutes
• All the Songs---1 1/2 hours; up to page 110
• I Am Half-Sick---1 1/2 hours; at the half-way point. the murder just happened
• Lonesome Dove---15 minutes, up to page 60
• Nanaville---15 minutes, up to page 79
• Embraced---10 minutes. This is one of several devotionals I am reading right now.
• I had to take the dog to see the vet today. He has two scratches on his eye. How did that happen?

Thursday progress:

• 5 hours and 20 minutes. Two day total: 9 1/2 hours
• All the Songs---1 hour; up to page 180
• I Am Half-Sick---3 hours, 40 minutes. Completed the audiobook.
• Lonesome Dove---30 minutes; up to page 82.
• Devotional---10 minutes
• I marked and listened to previews of all the Beatles Songs I didn't recognize by name that I was reading about. I did recognize them all once I heard them.

Friday progress:

• 4 hours and 47 minutes. Three day total: 14 hours and 17 minutes
• All the Songs---1 hour; up to page 270
• Lonesome Dove---45 minutes; up to page 110
• Devotionals---20 minutes
• A Beautiful Day---45 minutes; up to page 59, plus a reread of the article "Can You Say...Hero?"
• The Testaments---1 hour and 52 minutes
• I listened to the audiobook of The Testaments as I worked a jigsaw puzzle. Later we watched the movie about Mr. Rogers that was the basis for the article,  "Can You Say...Hero?"

Saturday progress:

• 4 hours and 52 minutes. Four day total: 19 hours and 9 minutes
• All the Songs---2 hours; up to page 377
• Devotionals---10 minutes
• A Beautiful Day---30 minutes
• Nanaville---30 minutes
• The Testaments---1 hours and 42 minutes, on the fourth disc
• We walked the dog to a nearby park and walked the whole exercise circuit. Quote from Nanaville: "There are only two commandments of Nanaville: love the grandchildren and hold your tongue." 

Sunday progress:

• 5 hours and 35 minutes; total for five days: 24 hours and 48 minutes
• The Testaments---3 hours and 10 minutes, on the seventh disc
• A Beautiful Day---15 minutes, got to page 70
• Nanaville---finished the book after reading for one hour
• All the Songs--- 1 hour, up to page 410
• Devotionals---10 minutes 

Wrap up:

• I finished two books: I'm Half-Sick of Shadows and Nanaville, as I predicted
• I doubled my pages on A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, which was my goal.
• The Beatles book, All the Songs, is a tome of a book and it sat on my island counter all weekend. I just finished reading about the creation of the songs for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, at page 410.
• This is the third time I've checked out The Testments from the library and I am so relieved to finally have a good start of it, over half-way. I know it will be finished before it automatically returns in a few days.
• My one disappointment of the readathon is I didn't really get a good chunk of Lonesome Dove read. It is a LONG book and I was hoping for at least 25% completion but I barely passed 10%. Alas, it kept getting shoved aside by the others.

Join me? 
-Anne