Unconscious Mutterings 730

Unconscious Mutterings

1. Boots :: Rain
2. Flames :: Fire, Warmth
3. Resign :: Step down
4. Move :: travel
5. Stream :: calm
6. Champagne :: celebration
7. Slid :: slip
8. Bangs :: hair
9. Trailed :: "..."
10. Woods :: nature

[24in48 Readathon] Hour 48: Closing Survey

01. How many books did you read? Pages? (If you didn’t keep track, tell me that too!) I read 6 books from end to end, and two chapters of a 7th. Didn't keep track of the pages, though. 02. How many hours did you read? 10 hours and 32 minutes. 03. What do you think worked well in this readathon? I liked how spaced out the mini-quests were, even if I didn't participate in most of them. And I really appreciated the wide scope of where people were reading from. 04. What do you think could be done to improve the readathon for next time? I honestly can't think of anything right now. 05. Will you participate in a future 24in48 readathon? I think so. :)

Unconscious Mutterings 729

Unconscious Mutterings

1. Guards :: watchmen
2. Resign :: give up
3. Blink :: flash
4. Curvy :: road, woman
5. Ripple :: wave
6. Benefits :: Support
7. Too much :: intense, discomfort
8. Stone :: touch
9. Funny :: joke
10. Receipt :: store

[24in48 Readathon] Hour 8 and 22min: If the Tabloids Are True What Are You?

It's now hour 8 and 24 minutes and I just finished Matthea Harvey's "If The Tabloids Are True What Are You?" which is a combination of mixed media and poetry inspired by the artwork. Some bits are fascinating, others less interesting to me. It's still pretty cool, though.

[24in48 Readathon] Hour 6 and 5 min: The School for Good and Evil: The Ever Never Handbook

Now I'm on hour six and a bit and just finished "The School for Good and Evil: The Ever Never Handbook" by Soman Chainani. I love good in-universe meta that expands the canon universe and the School for Good and Evil series is a very interesting branch off of fairy tale retellings. This didn't disappoint in that regard especially in expanding the universe of the books post-series as well as the history behind the series. If you enjoyed the School for Good and Evil series and wanted to know what happens after, pick it up!

[24in48 Readathon] hour 3 and 45min : The Dear Remote Nearness of You

45 minutes after hour 3, I just finished Danielle Legros Georges's "The Dear Remote Nearness of You". It's a very intriguing and diverse collection of poetry. I love the variation in rhythms, and styles. Some of them are more prose-poems but they're all fascinating snapshots of life.

[24in48 Readathon] Hour 1-3 Book: You Can Heal Your Life

For the first 3 hours (9a-12p) I decided to catch up on one of my Facebook group-based self-study reads, Louise L. Hay's "You Can Heal Your Life". So I spent 3 hours reading the first two chapters and doing the exercises in the second. It's pretty relevant to my life right now. I'm trying to make a lot of big changes this year in the hopes of finding a job that I would like to do. And one of them is trying for less negativity. So this is a good book for starting to unpack that stuff.