#ReadYourFaceOff Readathon Wrap-Up and Reading Plans for the week of April 15

Hi, everyone!

So, #ReadYourFaceOff is over. I ended up reading for a total of 8 hours and 48 minutes. I am incredibly happy with this. It's probably the first time this year that I've read so much in 24 hours. I did not finish any books, but I read some of Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake, Camino Island by John Grisham, and The Art of French Kissing by Brianna Shrum. Please note that I'm using percentages for my progress because the page counts of digital arcs on my phone don't seem to match with page counts given elsewhere, and because it helps when I'm talking about both ebooks and audiobooks. However, in order to estimate page counts, I'll apply these percentages to the page counts given on goodreads. Here's the progress that I made:

Three Dark Crowns -- started at 14% and ended at 41%; 27% read; estimated 107.5 pages

Camino Island -- started at 0% and ended at 28%; 28% read; estimated 81.2 pages

The Art of French Kissing -- started at 24% and ended at 62%; 38% read; estimated 97.3 pages


So in total, I read approximately 286 pages! Wow.

This is really encouraging because I was in a reading slump for the first 3 months of this year. I picked up some books but didn't make it very far.

Now it's almost 6:00 pm on Sunday. I'm planning a quiet Sunday evening at home with some relaxation and more reading.

Based on the Goodreads estimate, the spot I've reached in The Art of French Kissing would be about page 159 of 256 in the physical copy. So I have about 97 more pages, and I plan to finish the book tonight if possible. Then, I need to pick up The Art of Escaping by Erin Callahan, which is listed on Goodreads as 320 pages. I'm not sure if I can finish that tonight, but I'd like to make a good amount of progress. Both of these are digital ARCs I've had for a while. Once I'm finished with them, I can move on to a new digital ARC, and I have a new one coming on Tuesday, about which I am SO EXCITED. I'll probably make myself read through at least most of my digital ARC "shelf" before picking that one up. :)

I'm not doing any work tonight, and I didn't do any yesterday, which is a part of what's giving me so much reading time. During the week, I plan to get lots of work done. (I work from home as an acquisitions editor with Anaiah Press.) I also plan to write a lot. But in my free time, I can read. :) My next blog post will be a place for me to post periodical reading updates.

That's it. Thanks for reading this post, and a lovely evening!