#24in48 Wrap-Up

I had so much fun participating in another round of the 24in48 readathon

Here’s what I managed to read:

I read four books ( 930 pages) over a total of 16 hours

Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay
Dream Work by Mary Oliver
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

plus 70 pages of Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton

I thoroughly enjoyed them all. I even managed to catch up on my Goodreads Challenge. I’m already looking forward to the next readathon!

"As always, in matters of surpassing human interest, those who knew nothing whatever either at first or even second hand were the most emphatic in expressing their opinions; which are well known to have a way of turning into established facts overnight." – Joan Lindsay #24in48 pic.twitter.com/K1HRSR01tw

— Jessie B. (@iamnobird) July 20, 2019

Finished the phenomenal & unsettlingly My Year of Rest and Relaxation (5 ⭐️s) & am currently reading book four: The Virgin Suicides #24in48 #readathon #amreading pic.twitter.com/3oaD8nouij

— Jessie B. (@iamnobird) July 21, 2019

My final #24in48 tally: read 4 books & ~80 pages of book five.
No longer behind on my goodreads challenge 🎉
Another fun #readathon! pic.twitter.com/2A95TzK1ID

— Jessie B. (@iamnobird) July 22, 2019

Did you participate in #24in48? What did you read this weekend?

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whatsnonfiction says:

July 23, 2019 at 3:30 am

It’s been awhile since I read The Virgin Suicides but I remember really liking it. And frozen grapes are my summertime constant!!!

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Ayunda says:

July 23, 2019 at 3:37 am

Congrats!!! I also participated and only managed to read for 15 hours, but had a blast and also improved my Goodreads reading challenge 😬

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Laura says:

July 23, 2019 at 3:44 am

Impressive amount of reading 🙂 I’m not sure I could read My Year… and The Virgin Suicides in one go – I’d feel very down!

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Fran Laniado- Author says:

July 23, 2019 at 9:59 am

Very impressive! I just started My Year of Rest and Relaxation. Hopefully I’ll like it as much as you did!

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Janakay | YouMightAsWellRead says:

July 23, 2019 at 3:53 pm

Very impressive! And such a nice list of books — were you deliberately aiming for a poetic/dreamy/atmospheric reading session (your four books seem rather inclined in that direction), or did it just work out that way?
I’ve been very curious about Moshfegh’s Year of Rest/Relaxation & intend to read it at some point. I’m not in too much of a rush because I admired more than I liked her previous novel (Eileen). The Virgin Suicides is a book I need to read again, as I think I failed to appreciate fully its style & atmosphere the first time around. I love Mary Oliver’s poetry and always mean to carve out more time for it; Picnic at Hanging Rock has been on my TBR list for years!

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