#24in48 - Day 1

“I’ve never known any trouble that an hour’s reading didn’t assuage.” Charles de Secondat. Truth.

Coming to the end of the first day of the #24in48 readathon created by Rachel over at Home Between Pages.  It looks like I will finish today with 7 1/2 hours read (227 pages), which means that I will probably fall far short of the goal of 24 for the weekend, but I am enjoying the challenge.

I decided to use the EST time schedule because I honestly have not seen midnight in a few years, let alone starting something at that time.  So I started reading at nine o’clock on Friday and made it until, wait for it… ten!  In full disclosure, I was reading Tigers in Red Weather by Liza Klaussman and I defy anyone to read that without partaking in a beverage, here is mine:

It was a bad idea for a number of reasons.  Anyway, I was out after an hour.

Saturday went a bit better with things spotty in the morning, but mellowing out in the afternoon.  It is safe to say that having a three year old running around makes the whole readathon thing a bit more problematic, but my real question is how anyone can complete a 24-hour readathon without napping? I mean: the books, the cozy, the reading… How can you resist?

Anyway, this is the first time I have tried any sort of readathon, and having it spread out over 48 hours has taken a bit of the pressure off which I love.  I finished up Tigers before dinner and it was a pretty great read, so now I am off to start The Thin Man and hoping it will really catch my attention and help me gain some more hours tomorrow!