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A Winter's Respite Readathon -- Finish Line

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Pages read today: 190 (Thomas Paine)

Pages read total: 1135

Time read today: 3 hours 7 minutes

Time read total: 14 hours  47 minutes

Comments: I had very low totals for Friday and Saturday, so no updates. I've been reading a biography of Thomas Paine for the last few days.  It's really good, but very dense.  I should be able to finish it tomorrow.  Overall, I didn't surpass last year's totals, but I am happy about my accomplishments.

My goals:

  • Read 5 books √
  • Review all books read √
  • Read Part IV of Persuasion (online readalong) √
  • Read Long Way Gone (January book club selection) √
  • Read an average of 2 hours a day √

My TBR pile (I like lots of options):

  • Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
  • Persuasion by Jane Austen
  • Mansfield Park by Jane Austen (iPad)
  • The Wedding Gift by Lucy Kevin (iPad)
  • Lost by Gregory Maguire (iPad)
  • Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Anderson (iPad)
  • Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman (iPad)
  • Mirror Mirror by Gregory Maguire (iPad)
  • The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
  • P.S. I Love You by Cecelia Ahern
  • Matched by Ally Condie
  • Crossed by Ally Condie
  • One Day by David Nicholls
  • Velveteen by Daniel Marks
  • Terror by Night by Ambrose Bierce
  • A Foreign Affair by Caro Peacock
  • Thomas Paine by Craig Nelson (in progress)
  • One Day by David Nicholls