High Summer Read-a-thon Wrap-up

The High Summer Read-a-thon wrapped up yesterday. Thanks for hosting, Michelle! My Totals: Pages read: 248 Time listened: 10 hrs 6 mins Books finished: The Sans Pareil Mystery by Karen Charlton Armstrong: The Adventurous Journey of a Mouse on the Moon by Torben Kuhlmann Made headway on: Missing, Presumed  by Susie Steiner A Midsummer's Equation by Keigo Higashino I think the next read-a-thon on my horizon is Bout of Books August 22-28....
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High Summer Read-a-Thon Wrap-Up

Thanks Michelle for a great read-a-thon! This week I read Elvis Sightings by Ricardo Sanchez from beginning to end, which I thoroughly enjoyed. I also (finally) finished listening to Natchez Burning by Greg Iles. I'll post a review later this week, but I'm not convinced it was worth the 35 hours I spent listening to it over the last month or two. I also read one short folk-tale, "The Ghost at Fjelkinge." If you're interested in any of Michelle's seasonal read-a-thons, head over to her blog Seasons of Reading....
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High Summer Read-a-Thon

The High Summer Read-a-thon officially started yesterday, but did absolutely no reading yesterday. Michelle from True Book Addict is our wonderful hostess at her blog Seasons of Reading. It runs through the 26th. You can learn more about the readathon here. I don't really have any "goals" for the week, and I'm not sure how much reading time I'll actually have. Happily, it's a low-pressure read-a-thon. I'm just going to keep track of time I spend reading and what I'm reading by updating this post. Tuesday: 60 minutes - Reading Elvis Sightings by Ricardo Sanchez (0 - 27%) 3hrs 20 mins - Listening to Natchez Burning by Greg Iles Wednesday: 45 minutes - Reading Elvis Sightings - 27% - 45% 1 hr 25 mins- Listening to  Natchez Burning Thursday is when I stopped keeping good track so times here on out are approximate: 2 pages in Fearless Girls, Wise Women & Beloved Sisters edited by Kathleen Ragan- "The Ghost at Fjelkinge" 2 hrs - Finished Elvis Sightings 2 hrs - Listening to  Natchez Burning Saturday 1 hr - Listening to  Natchez...
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