Every year when I do this, I start all excited and geared up and ready to go. And every year I do this, I limp across the finish line, worn to pieces. Who knew sitting and reading all day could be so exhausting?
My start time: 8:30 a.m. Friday
My end time: 8:30 a.m. Sunday
Time spend reading: 22 hours 10 minutes. (yeah, I know. The uneven number bugs me, too.)
Which was a lot more than last year (I know. I went and checked). I took breaks, but they were shorter, aside from the 4 hours I put in for my kids’ book groups at work yesterday. By the way: they went better! We had two people (aside from A) show up for the 3-5th grade one, and 3 people (aside from C, though one was C’s friend we dragged along) show up for the 6-8th grade. And we had good — if shortish — discussions for both. Yay!
I also had better luck with books this year. Aside from Rebel Spirits, I really liked everything I read. Though I need to remember not to pick books that make me cry. That gives me a headache, and then I get tired, which makes it hard to read.
Books finished: 7 1/2 — the half being 5th Wave, which is just as awesome and intense as everyone says it is, though I think I have it in the wrong section at work (it’s now in the YA which is 12-14, and I think it should be in TEEN, which is 14+. I have no objections to a 12 year old reading this, but I don’t think it should be broadly recommended to 12-year-olds.)
Total pages read: 2403
Time blogged: 2 hours (which I think fits in the 1 hour for every 5 rule, right?)
Total time: 24 hours 10 minutes.
Woot!
Thanks to Ms. Yingling for taking the helm this year. I don’t know what June would be without this challenge. Her efforts are MUCH appreciated.
Now, to go pick up the house…
The Book Nut 
Congratulations on finishing! I feel like I limped across the finish line, too — read for most of the first day, but then I had other stuff that had to get done and so I kind of petered out. Oh well, the important thing is that we finished, right?
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Yay!!! And yes, I don't know what June would be like without this challenge… but I will have to find out next year since I'll be serving on Newbery and unable to blog books! Thanks for joining us!!!
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Misti: right! It doesn't matter how much you do, just that you do. 🙂
Abby: I will miss your blogging, but NEWBERY committee? Way cool.
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Limping or not, you crossed the finish line. Yay! I love doing this, and I especially love doing this with other people. 🙂
I went and looked at the review for Rebel Spirits. Yeah, it does sound terrible. Thanks for taking that bullet for us.
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Congrats on the reading and YAY on the bookgroup numbers and discussions!!
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Good point about not choosing sad books. They drain me too.
And congrats on the Newbery committee!
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I was exhausted by the end, too, and I only got in 12 hours 11 minutes. I'm very impressed by everyone reading so much!
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Sitting and reading is very tiring! And fun. I've heard such great things about the 5th Wave. I need another challenge so I can read it…
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