One Fantastic Book and One Book Without a Single Death

Since I finished both my print book and my audiobook, it was time to start a new one of each format. Also, I decided it was time to change things up a bit since my reading's been in a bit of a rut lately.

For that change of pace I went with Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald the Original Screenplay as the next print book. It's in a screenplay format, so is an easy read. What I also liked about this one is that the stage direction helped clarify some things from the movie for me. Like with the movie I came away feeling shocked by one of the character's decisions, hopeful for the future of two of the characters, and curious all over again to see how the last scene of the book/movie will be explained in future films.

Earlier this month a close relative passed away. At that time I was in the middle of a murder mystery. The next book on my TBR pile was also a murder mystery, so I've had quite a bit of death to start off my year. For my next audio book I decided to go with something light and chose At Home in Mitford, by Jan Karon the first in the Mitford series with Father Tim as the main character. It's got humor, quirky characters, and a gentle tone which is just what I need to balance out my TBR pile. I'm about 53 minutes in so far. Since my laundry's done and my eyes need a break before starting the next print book, I'm going to post this update and give this one a listen. 

Happy reading to all my 24 in 48 friends!

Total Reading time so far: 6 hours 2 minutes

Total "extracurricular time so far: 2hrs. 20 minutes

Total time spent on challenge so far 8 hours, 22 minutes.

Another book finished.

Since I'll likely be curled up on the couch all day, I wanted to make sure and get some exercise in early in the day. So, a long walk it was. After that I grabbed second breakfast at Starbucks and headed back home. During that time I finished off the audio book I was listening to, Curse of the Pharaohs by Elizabeth Peters. This added another 1 hour, 51 minutes to my reading time.

I've also spent 1 hour, 10 minutes in "extracurriculars" (logging my books, reading the 24 in 48 site, and catching up with the challenge on Twitter).

Time to assess my stack and jump into the next book. 

Total reading time so far: 3 hours, 19 minutes

Total "extracurricular" time, 1 hour 10 minutes

Book Complted

The first book I dove into for the 24 in 48 was Murder at Honeychurch Hall by Hannah Dennison. I was nearly done with it, so used the first few hours of the challenge to finish it off. It was a well-written mystery with lots of attention to detail. Even better, I didn't guess the culprit ahead of time. I highly recommend this to fans of Downton Abbey and also fans of mysteries set on English country estates.

After finishing the book it was time for some shut-eye so I could get a fresh start today. 

Total reading time so far: 1 hour, 28 minutes.

Now to get started on today's book logging and reading. Have a great day, everyone.

24 in 48 Readathon January 2019

It's time for the first 24 in 48 Readathon for 2019! My year has gotten off to a hard and topsey-turvey start, so I very much need this weekend of reading to rest and regroup from all that's happened. I've got my stack of books, a cozy blanket, and my family is all tucked into bed. 

Looking forward to the challenges over at the 24 in 48 website as well as peeking in on other participants social media to see how things are going for them. This is going to be a great weekend. 

Time to kick off this weekend and get a couple hours in before my eyelids won't stay open any longer. Happy Reading to my fellow participants. 

Time to Call it a Read-a-thon

I know there's an hour or so left, but my reading has come to an end for this go-round. It was an almost all audio book read-a-thon for me since I was on my way home from a 10 day road trip.

Here are my reading stats:

Uncommon Type: Some Stories by Tom Hanks - 6 minutes while getting ready for sleeps
Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters - 10 hours 20 minutes
Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper (was in the middle of it, so finished it off) - 3 hours 29 minutes
The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper (got almost half-way through before arriving home) - 4 hours, 40 minutes

Total reading time: 18.6 hours (if my math is correct)

Thanks to the 24 in 48 Hour readathon leaders for all your hard work. I had a great time!

Until next time, Happy reading everyone!

All the Reading So Far

I started last night with the book Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks. Granted, I was reading while brushing my teeth for bed, so I didn't get very far. Only about 6 minutes. 

Today I was on the road beginning at about 10:30, so audio book it was Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters to be specific. I got 8 hours, 29 minutes in. 

I did take a couple driving breaks throughout the day and used the time to answer some of the challenge questions, which was fun :) 

All told I'm up to 8 hours and 35 minutes of reading. It's been a long day, so I"m calling it quits for the night. Happy Reading, all.

24 in 48: I Made up my Mind

After debating for weeks, I finally decided to commit and sign up.

It's a pretty busy weekend for me, so this year's list includes more audio books than I would normally do during the challenge. Also I'm not sure how much I'll be near my computer for posting purposes, but will update as I'm able.

Looking forward to enjoying some good reading this weekend. I'm kicking things off with Tom Hank's book Uncommon Type: Some Stories.

Happy Reading, all.