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#48HBC finish line.

Oh, wow. I totally bailed after finishing Persuasion and started playing Machinarium instead. Oops.

I always start strong and then tank in the second half. Sigh.

Stats, so far:

Time reading: 19.25 hours
Time writing (including this post): 1.5 hours
Time socializing about the #48hbc: 1 hour
Total time: 21.75 hours 

Books read: 7
Pages read: 2068

Books read:

                      

Friends with Boys, by Faith Erin Hicks
Rebel Fire, by Andrew Lane 
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mademoiselle Odile, by James Reese
Riding Out the Storm, by Sis Deans 
Dust and Decay, by Jonathan Maberry
The Silence of Our Friends, by Mark Long 
Persuasion, by Jane Austen 

Third #48HBC update.

Stats, so far:

Time reading: 13.75 hours
Time writing (including this post): 1 hour
Time socializing about the #48hbc: 40 minutes
Books read: 6
Pages read: 1816

Books read:

                  

Friends with Boys, by Faith Erin Hicks
Rebel Fire, by Andrew Lane 
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mademoiselle Odile, by James Reese
Riding Out the Storm, by Sis Deans 
Dust and Decay, by Jonathan Maberry
The Silence of Our Friends, by Mark Long 

Second #48HBC update.

Stats, so far:

Time reading: 9.5 hours
Time spent listening to Persuasion audiobook and cooking: Almost 4 chapters.
Time writing (including this post): .75 hour
Time napping: 1.75 hours
Time socializing about the #48hbc: 10 minutes
Books read: 4
Pages read: 1089
Number of times I've stopped reading in order to shoo a live-mole-carrying cat out the back door: 1
Number of times said cat dropped live mole on living room floor and promptly lost interest, leaving me with a terrified-yet-uninjured rodent running around: 1
Length of time it took the Janedog to kill the mole once Josh moved the stack of books it was hiding behind: .5 seconds

Books read:

          

Friends with Boys, by Faith Erin Hicks
Rebel Fire, by Andrew Lane 
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mademoiselle Odile, by James Reese
Riding Out the Storm, by Sis Deans 

#48HBC update.

Stats, so far:

Time reading: 3.5 hours
Time writing (including this post): .5 hour
Time napping (yes, ALREADY): 1.25 hours
Time socializing about the #48hbc: Less than five minutes 
Books read: 2
Pages read: 567
Number of times Josh has complained: Many (evidence on Twitter) 
Number of times I have shushed him: Many

Books read:

    

Friends with Boys, by Faith Erin Hicks
Rebel Fire, by Andrew Lane 

#48hbc (AKA 48-Hour Book Challenge): Starting line.

If you aren't familiar with the 48-Hour Book Challenge, hop on over to MotherReader to check out the rules and so on.

We had a social commitment last night, so I didn't want to start until now—though that means that my finish time will be early Monday morning, which might be problematic, work-wise... well, we shall see how it goes. Past performance suggests that I'll end up crashing some time tomorrow!

I'm pledging to donate $1 for every hour I read, and the money will go to Reading is Fundamental*. If you're so inclined, feel free to sponsor me! *bats eyelashes* You could sponsor by the hour, by the book, or any other way you'd like—those of you who know me in person may be more entertained by betting against my stay-up-all-night abilities**, so instead, you could sponsor me for every hour I end up sleeping. 

First up: Faith Erin Hicks' Friends with Boys!

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*More information about them at MotherReader's rules post.

**Or non-abilities.

Mark your calendars.

The 48-Hour Book Challenge is nigh.

(I feel like I said, like, exactly the same thing last year. If so, my apologies for being repetitive and boring. Sadface.)

48 Hour Book Challenge: Final Stats.

• Books read:

Paranormalcy, by Kiersten White
Withering Tights, by Louise Rennison
Wonderland, by Joanna Nadin
Matched, by Ally Condie
Time for Andrew, by Mary Downing Hahn
Swim the Fly, by Don Calame
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters (audio)
The House Sitter, by Peter Lovesey (just started)

• Pages read: 1,581
• Time spent reading: 18 hours 45 minutes
• Time spent posting: 4 hours 25 minutes
• Time spent with ye olde social media: 1 hour 50 minutes
• Total 48HBC time: 25 hours EXACTLY! Weird.
• Hourly breakdown:

Pre-game: Half-dead rodent #1.

Saturday morning: I got off to a good start, only taking two breaks: The first to rescue the cats from the neighbor's very young and rambunctious dog (They were both fine, though Josh and our neighbor had to drag her dog out of our basement. I told Lemon that it was karma for this morning's mouse incident.), and the second to call Josh and tell him about Tanita's most recent salvo in their ongoing Mockery War.

Saturday afternoon and evening: My streak continued until Josh got home (His plans were cancelled, so he came home and has informed me that he's going to "help" me with the reading challenge. And yes, he did use air quotes.). I held steady and managed to foil his attempts to distract me with Vin Diesel and Rob Zombie movies.

The bathtub reading was a mistake, as it made me sleepy and I crashed much earlier than expected. 

Sunday morning: Got up early and read another book while trying to decided if I'd bail or not. Ended up compromising by downloading an audiobook.

Sunday afternoon: Half-dead rodent #2. Listened to said audiobook while peeling shrimp and assembling homemade potstickers.

Sunday evening: Big long break for potstickers, 90210 (Due to an overnight at a convent, Donna finally Saw The Light and dumped Ray! Hooray!), and a few rounds of Magic: The Gathering (Leila 3, Josh 2). Read a bit before bed, but so little that it hardly counts.

Monday morning: Compiled my stats and wrote this!