11 hours 10 minutes + 8 hours 50 minutes = 20 hours!!
Here's what I read today:
I finished up The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco, which was fine if a little derivative and slow in the middle. After a long fantasy novel, I needed something a little quicker, so I picked up...
...One Trick Pony by Nathan Hale. I knew nothing about this graphic novel when I brought it home except that I love Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales. This is a really satisfying science-fiction adventure story that is STANDALONE (I was so afraid it was going to end on a giant cliffhanger!). Would hand to fans of Scott Westerfeld and it keeps Hale's style with some humorous asides throughout. Loved it.
Next up was Crossing Ebenezer Creek by Tonya Bolden, which was so great and also very bleak. It's based on true events and explores what happens to slaves freed by Sherman's army as they march with the Yankees. There is a lot of description of the horrors of slavery and this would be great for mature teens who are interested to know what slavery was truly like.
After that, I needed something lighter, so I picked up The First Rule of Punk by Celia Perez, which I am really enjoying even though I haven't finished it. Once I hit the 20-hour mark it was time for dinner and then Game of Thrones, so I decided to call it quits for this Readathon.
So, my total list of books read for this weekend's Readathon is:
This Side of Home by Renee Watson (Bloomsbury, 2015).
Patina (Track #2) by Jason Reynolds (Atheneum, August 2017).
The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco (Sourcebooks, 2017).
One Trick Pony by Nathan Hale (Amulet, 2017).
Crossing Ebenezer Creek by Tonya Bolden (Bloomsbury, 2017).
*More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera (Soho Teen, 2015) - audiobook still in progress.
*The First Rule of Punk by Celia Perez (Viking, August 2017) - book still in progress.
Total, I read 5 complete books (yay!) and part of 2 more.
Thanks so much to the team behind the 24 in 48 Readathon!
I had a great time, as usual, and eagerly await the next one!
