April 25, 3:05 a.m.
Though there is about two hours left in the readathon, I think I am going to end things here for myself having finished 154 pages of James Weldon Johnson's collected writings from the Library of America. Looking back on today's readathon for myself, I have to say that, though I did not reach all of my goals, I nonetheless feel like this was one of the more successful readathons that I have done recently. My wife was able to join me for the last few hours, we enjoyed some great time and snacks together, I finished two books (The City of Brass and Artificial Condition), and I was able to make serious progress on two others. Thus, I feel as though I am in a good position to finish several books that I have been struggling with in the next week or so. So, I am signing off from this readathon and I look forward to making another live blog of the next one.
8:45 p.m.
It's been a little while since my last post and the reason why is because not only is today readathon day, but it is also Independent Bookstore Day. So, my wife and I made a little trek to our beloved local indie bookstore, Cellar Door Books, to browse a little and pick up a few books. At the same time, I started reading the next book that I'll be discussing with my History Book Club at the beginning of May, Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe. I decided only to complete the first ~150 pages of this book and save the rest for next week so that I can focus on making progress on a couple of other books I am in the middle of reading. Up next, I am going to try to make progress on a collection of James Weldon Johnson's writings from the Library of America.
And another book is in the bag. For the first time though, I've completed an audiobook for a readthon. In this case, it was the novella Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries #2) by Martha Wells. I did it so I could get some exercise in while continuing on this journey. I really enjoy the action and humor in this and the first book, but the naturally quick pace of a novella means that I inevitably miss some key plot points, which I did here. Overall, a good sequel. Now it is on to starting Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe.
10:47 a.m.
I just finished my first book of the readathon, The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty. I read the second half of this book starting this morning, but it was an ebook, so I am not 100% sure hominy pages that is. This was an absolutely exciting read and I look forward to reflecting on this book in the review I will post to this blog later. In the meantime, I have to do some exercise, so for the first time I will be using an audiobook to continue the readathon. As I work out, I'll be listening to Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries #2) by Martha Wells and narrated by Kevin R. Free.
April 24, 5:00 a.m.
It's the start of another 24-Hour Readathon today and I have a lot of reading that I hope to accomplish today. For today, I will posting throughout the day primarily here, on my Goodreads account, and elsewhere. I'll try to do hour updates to here, but that I plan to do more reading than writing, so I'll really be updating this page throughout the day whenever I can. I'm going to start with the by trying to finish the book The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty and I hope you enjoy reading this live blog today.
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