24in48 Readathon July 2019 Update #4

HOURS SINCE READATHON START: 43 hours 28 minutes
HOURS READ: 24 hours 00 minutes

WHAT I’VE BEEN READING:
I’m listening to ‘The Red Word’ putting in my last five minutes of the readathon as I write this. I’ve managed to blow through ‘Resurrection Bay’ which I think is my favorite read of the weekend. The pacing was great, and the characters, their relationships, were fantastic, although I do feel a bit betrayed by the ending. ‘Before She Sleeps’ also was a bit dissatisfying in the end. I’d still recommend it, thematically the ending worked, but it was disappointing, it felt too easy and emotionally cheap and while, in some ways, that’s exactly why it works, I wanted so much more than that which brings me to the fact that I haven’t managed to finish ‘The Red Word’, topically it’s compelling, and particularly timely, but plot wise it’s so meandering that I’m struggling to care. I had such high hopes, but two readathons in and I’m not sure why I’m so insistent in finishing it. But that’s a decision I’m saving for later. I’m taking the rest of the night off from reading and I’ll be back in a day or two with a wrap up.

TITLE	TOTAL P.	DONE	START PT	END PT	% READ	PG. READ
Women Talking* (Miriam Toews)	216	Y			100%	216
Among the Missing (Morag Joss)	255 / 10:11	Y			100%	255
The Echo Killing (Christi Daugherty)	356 / 11:21	Y			100%	365
Before She Sleeps (Bina Shah)	250	Y			100%	250
Resurrection Bay (Emma Viskic)	272	Y			100%	272
The Red Word* (Sara Henstra)	352 / 11:47	N	4:51	8:48		123
Ms. Marvel, vol. 10 (G. Willow Wilson)*	216	N	0	24		24
Tae Kim’s Japanese Grammar Guide	353	N	32	38		6
The Yiddish Policemen’s Union* (Michael Chabon)	414	N	0		3%	13

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