March 2020 24in48 Readathon TBR

I’ve gone back and forth over how much I want to participate in the readathon this time around given the short notice and the length of my to do list, but because I’m a bit behind on my reading for the year I’d like to at least give it a go. Currently I’m planning on focusing on books I’ve started, but I may throw in either the start of ‘How We Fight For Our Lives’ or ‘It Would Be Night in Caracas’ depending on how things are going. If I do decide to go for the full twenty four hours I’m going to need another audiobook or two, but I haven’t given that any thought as of yet. I would like to finish ‘Zero K’ this year, and I could pick up ‘The Red Word’ again, despite having no real interest in finding out how it ends, since I only have a few hours left. Ultimately, my choice of audiobook is most likely going to come down to which project I’d like to work on. I have pinecones to crochet and a sweater to finish knitting, but I could pick up a more mindless project and sew some plushies together. I also have some rendering to do that would keep me off the computer for a good chunk of a day if I can finish up the corresponding projects tomorrow meaning more physical reading.

TITLE	TOTAL P.	PREV. READ	CURRENT	REMAINING
Broken Harbor - Tana French	474	287		187
Know My Name - Chanel Miller	310	119		191
Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, vol.1	126	44		82
A Tale for the Time Being - Ruth Ozeki	14.72	9.75		4.97

How We Fight for Our Lives - Saeed Jones	153	0		153

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