Monthly Archives: October 2020

Ahh readathon hours 13-18 – also known as 3am until 8am Greek time or the time where Dee passes out facedown in her pillow spread diagonally across the queen sized bed. Ha! To be honest, i didn’t actually read/listen to much in this block of tmie. I had every intention of only napping for a couple of hours but alas, that didn’t happen.

During this time period, i read/listened until about 4:30am – during which time I finished up The Light Over London (Julia Kelly). Overall t read, however, i felt like everything just wrapped up too quickly – the whole dual time-line reveal all culminated around 90% but it just felt really quick. A solid 3 star read for me. I also listened to another 39 minutes of His Only Wife.

Books/Pages Read During This Time:
His Only Wife - 21pgs
The Light Over London - 225pgs
Total Pages: 246pgs

Half-way done! I can’t believe that its 3am and i’m still awake (although, there is a 99.9% chance that I’m going to nap during the next 4 hours). This last four hours included me needing to charge both my kindle and phone – so I spent a chunk of time working on the one print book that I have in progress (Joe Rochfort’s War). I’m also listening to His Only Wife (Peace Adzo Medie) – but right now I’m still listening to the portion I had previously read.

During hours 9 through 12, I also finished up Take Two (Mia Masters/R. Ramsey), as well as Sleep Tight (Anne Fraiser). Take Two was, to be honest, mediocre at best but since I borrowed it through Kindle Unlimited, I didn’t lose money on it (since I’ve already read enough books this month to exceed the cost of my subscription). Sleep Tight was a decent suspense, I’m not sure why it has been on my to-be-read pile for so long (according to my records, I bought it in 2011). I also started The Light Over London (Julia Kelly), a WW2 historical fiction/romance. This is right up my comfort read alley – although I haven’t read any boks about the Gunner Girls (who served in the British Army in an Anti-aircraft gun unit). I also continued reading some more of The Only Plane in the Sky (for time sequencing, the plane just hit the Pentagon – the 3rd of the planes of that were hijacked that day). The Librarian of Auschwitz (Antonio G. Iturbe) and Flood (Andrew Vachss) rounded out my reading for the last 4 hours.

Pages/Books Read During This Time:
His Only Wife - 56min/30pgs
Take Two - 122pgs
Sleep Tight - 143pgs
Joe Rochfort's War - 49pgs
The Only Plane in the Sky - 35pgs
Flood - 68pgs
The Librarian of Auschwitz - 64pgs
The Light Over London - 111pgs
Total Pages: 622

I mentioned in my introductory post (i think) that it was really weird starting Readathon at 3pm in the afternoon – but after 8 hours, I think I could get used to it. If I was at home, then hour 8 would be around 4pm and the long night would look so daunting ahead (especially at hours 18-24) – but right now, its 11pm and I’m still going strong. Although this could be because I pretty much slept the day away until festivities kicked off….

In hours 5-8, I finished listening (with minutes to spare in hour 8) to Plan for the Worst (Jodi Taylor) – after 11 books in the series, I didn’t think Ms Taylor was going to be able to surprise me, but i didn’t see that reveal coming. Now I have to wait for book 12 which doesn’t come out until next year (insert stamping feet temper tantrum). I started The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 (Garrett M. Graff) – I still remember where I was on 9/11 (A freshman in college at Virginia Tech) – so its a) hard to believe that its been nearly 20 years and b) still very shocking to read some of the memories of the day (from transcripts of calls from the planes; to memories of key political figures at the time and the every day workers in the World Trade Centers). I’m attempting to listen to the audiobook of His Only Wife (Peace Adzo Medie) – this is Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine book of the month for October – I had previously tried to read it but didn’t get very far – so hoping the audiobook is better. I also made some progress on Joe Rochfort’s War (Elliot Carlson) – I’ve been reading this at like a chapter a night, but readathon is a good way to make some more progress. And finally, I made some more progress on Sleep Tight (Anne Fraiser); as well as starting Take Two (Mia Masters/R.Ramsey).

Books Read During This Time:
Plan for the Worst - 2hr 58mi/104pgs
The Only Plane in the Sky - 53pgs
His Only Wife - 3 pgs
Joe Rochfort's War - 27pgs
Sleep Tight - 41pgs
Take Two - 104pgs
Total Pages Read/Listened: 332pgs

Its crazy how fast the first few hours of Readathon always seem to go. I feels like I honestly just started reading/listening – but here we are at the end of hour 4 and officially 1/6 of the way through the 24hrs.

During this first 4 hours hours, I managed to listen to 3 hours and 4 minutes of Plan for the Worst (Jodi Taylor) This series is one of my favorites because it has a nice blend of romance, humor, historical events all wrapped up in time travel (although St Mary’s will never actually admit to time travel, they just observed periods of historical significance in contemporary time). This is book 11 in the series and its one that i always eagerly await the new release. I also finished up Hers to Keep (Serena Akeroyd) which i borrowed from Kindle Unlimited. I also read 64pgs of Sleep Tight (Anne Fraiser).

Books Read During This Time:
Plan for the Worst - 3hrs 4min/108pgs
Hers to Keep - 166pgs
Sleep Tight - 65pgs
Total Pages Read/Listened: 339

If you are participating in Readathon – how you doing so far? Have you finished any books?

Every October, I eagerly start checking the Dewey calendar to see when the next Readathon will be – so that i can make sure i set that date aside. This October, being that I’m deployed, I wasn’t sure if that was going to be doable – since if we were underway, then its working 7 days a week but in port, I could potentially swing it. Thankfully the stars all decided to alig and we have been in port in Crete, Greece and will be here for a little bit longer. We were also lucky enough to be given liberty out in town (being that we had been isolated to prevent the spread of Covid since end of September) – so right now I’m chilling in my AirBnB – enjoying a kitchenette and a queen size bed for the first time since mid-July when I left Norfolk

Books In Progress
- I have something to tell you - Chasten Buttigieg (audiobook)
- Plan for the Worst - Jodi Taylor (audiobook)
- Flood - Andrew Vachss (kindle/TBR pile)
- The Librarian of Auschwitz - Antonio G. Iturbe (kindle/library)
- Joe Rochefort's War - Elliot Carlson (print)
- Sleep Tight - Anne Fraiser (kindle/TBR pile)

Other Books On Readathon Pile:
- The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 - Garrett M. Graff
- The Rookie - Kimberly Kincaid
- The Heartbeat Hypothesis - Lindsey Frydman
- The Light Over London - Julia Kelly
- Seven Signs of Life - Aoife Abbey

Who else out there is participating in Readathon? What is on your pile? What book are you most excited about?