How’s everyone holding up? I know some of you are already done with the readathon, in which case, bravo. For those of you on the official clock, we’ve got 6 hours left, and now’s crunch time. Are you done with your 24 hours? Do you have some time on the stopwatch left to go? Is your brain mushy yet?
You guys posted some great book spine poetry, and I’ve got a winner from you poets:
It’s dinnertime at 24in48 headquarters, and we’re making grilled caprese sandwiches (fresh mozzarella, basil, prosciutto, tomatoes, and a little olive oil, grilled between slices of Italian bread). They’re my favorite readathon sandwich because they’re super easy and really fresh.
Since we’re almost done with the ‘thon, I’m curious about your favorites from this weekend. In the comments, tell me: 1) your favorite book of the readathon, 2) your favorite snack/meal of the readathon, and 3) your favorite non-book, non-snack part of the readathon.
I’ll choose one random person from the comments to win your choice of a $10 Starbucks giftcard, a $10 Amazon giftcard, or a book (US$10 or less) from the Book Depository in the last check-in post of the readathon in six hours.
Good luck in this very last home stretch, readathoners! You got this!
You can still fill out the Intro Survey for a chance to win too!
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1) your favorite book of the readathon, Mirrored, which I have almost finished
2) your favorite snack/meal of the readathon, Biscuits and Gravy I fixed for lunch!
3) your favorite non-book, non-snack part of the readathon. The Book Spine Poetry and Twitter
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1) your favorite book of the readathon: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
2) your favorite snack/meal of the readathon: jalapeno poppers 🙂
3) your favorite non-book, non-snack part of the readathon: coloring while I listened to The Paris Winter by Imogen Robertson.
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1. Favorite book of the readathon – This is a tough question but I’m going to go with The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett. The Queen of England discovers a bookmobile and discovers the joy of reading for fun.
2. Favorite snack/meal of the readathon – Gummy bears and chocolate
3. Favorite non-book, non-snack part of the readathon – Going to a college basketball game to hear my brother play in the pep band on Saturday..although that really cut into my reading time lol.
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1) Favorite book of the readathon: Wild by Cheryl Strayed
2) Favorite snack/meal of the readathon: buffalo and Bleu cheese mac and cheese
3) Favorite non-book, non-snack part of the readathon: reading all the twitter and instagram posts and seeing what everyone else was reading!
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I’m only at 10.5 hours but plan to participate for the next 6!! My favorite book has been a graphic novel, Displacement, by Lucy Knisley. My favorite snack should have been healthy but wasn’t when I found the apple cider donuts my husband received from his grandmother. And my the final favorite component of this weekend has been sitting on my couch, bundled in my blankets, the sun shinning in, while reading and watching for updates from other participants. Thanks!!
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My favorite read was The Nature of the Beast by Louise Penny. What a great series! Yesterday I made potato skins as an easy-to-eat-while-reading meal. Yum. My favorite non-book, non-snack part of the Readathon was keeping up with the #24in48 Twitter feed and seeing how much fun everyone was having, and how much reading everyone was doing (and what books were being read). Is that 3 things?
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1) your favorite book of the readathon
I am listening to Purity by Jonathan Franzen.
2) your favorite snack/meal of the readathon
Chocolate. Always chocolate. Today it is dark chocolate ginger.
3) your favorite non-book, non-snack part of the readathon.
Spending most of the day with a story constantly in my head has been interesting.
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1) your favorite book of the readathon
It’s a though choice between A Christmas Carol and I’ll Give You The Sun….but I’ll have to go with I’ll Give You The Sun cause I can’t remember the last time I sobbed this much while reading a book 🙂
2) your favorite snack/meal of the readathon
My minty chocolate bars 🙂 Everything is always better with chocolate! 🙂
3) your favorite non-book, non-snack part of the readathon
Twitter and Goodreads
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1) your favorite book of the readathon – I LOVED Room by Emma Donoghue. Now I just need to see the movie!
2) your favorite snack/meal of the readathon – I have a bag of gluten-free chocolate chip cookies to munch on.
3) your favorite non-book, non-snack part of the readathon – Checking the hashtag on twitter/instagram and seeing everyone’s challenge entries.
GREAT WORK, EVERYONE! YOU’RE IN THE HOMESTRETCH!!
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Favorite Book: The Tsar of Love and Techno by Anthony Marra
Snack: Taco seasoned cheerios (my recipe)
Other: My readathon buddy Linus the puggle who loves to snuggle
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1) your favorite book of the readathon- Finale by Becca Fitzpatrick
2) your favorite snack/meal of the readathon- granola bars
3) your favorite non-book, non-snack part of the readathon- falling asleep randomly and the waking up confused af.
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1) your favorite book of the readathon: A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness – that book is so amazing!
2) your favorite snack/meal of the readathon: banana chips – they’re just perfect!
3) your favorite non-book, non-snack part of the readathon: Taking a walk through the snowy woods while listening to Coraline
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1) Favorite Book: I’m about halfway through The Little White Bird and it’s my favorite by a long shot. I totally struck out with my other two books. They were so boring.
2) Favorite Snack: I bought some yummy crumbly asiago cheese today and I’ve been munching on that and drinking caramel apple tea for the last couple hours. Yum!
3) Favorite Other: I loved cuddling with my puppies last night. And I loved talking about how terrible the last book was, with my friends who also thought the book was terrible.
I finished my 24 hours a few hours ago and have been flitting around catching up with social media since. It was a really fun time, and I can’t wait for the next one. Hopefully I’ll be better prepared, with some better books, the next time.
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1. Favorite book – a tie between We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo and the Ms. Marvel Vol. 4 trade.
2. Favorite snack – Pretzel chips and pine nut hummus.
3. Favorite non-snack part of 24 in 48 – tie between dog snuggles and meeting new bookish folks on social media.
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1) your favorite book of the readathon So far I’m going with Bright Lines by Tanwi Nandini Islam
2) your favorite snack/meal of the readathon 6 layer dip w/ chips
3) your favorite non-book, non-snack part of the readathon. Tweeting with everyone on the hashtag!
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1) your favorite book of the readathon: The Library at Mt. Char. Almost finished listening to it!
2) your favorite snack/meal of the readathon: gummy worms bc I’m a child
3) your favorite non-book, non-snack part of the readathon: The reading party I threw with my friends!
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1. Favorite book of readathon: Station Eleven- Mandel
2. Black bean veggie burgers & sweet potato waffle fries & surprisingly my carnivorous family loved them!
3. While listening to my audiobook, I sewed two cute skirts–suck it! doing laundry!
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1) your favorite book of the readathon, Dawn by Octavia Butler
2) your favorite snack/meal of the readathon. Crock Pot Italian Beef
3) your favorite non-book, non-snack part of the readathon. Naps
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1) your favorite book of the readathon, Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
2) your favorite snack/meal of the readathon, m&m’s
3) your favorite non-book, non-snack part of the readathon, working on my bullet journal
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1. The Sound of Gravel
2. Popcorn
3. Napping
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My favourite book of the readathon would have to be The Girl With All The Gifts by M R Carey. I super enjoyed it. I also loved Grief is the Thing With Feathers by Max Porter. Unusually wonderful.
My favourite snack? Nutella sandwiches and Nutella on toast. (I love Nutella *shhh*)
My favourite non-book/non-snack part of the readathon would have to be finding all of these new readers/book bloggers to follow on Twitter and watch on YouTube! I also loved having the excuse to read for the ENTIRE weekend and my boyfriend couldn’t do anything about it!
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1. Fates & Furies. I’ll be recommending this one for a long while.
2. My beloved’s amazing spicy garlic chicken wings.
3. Taking a break to take in the San Sebastian festival here in Puerto Rico!
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1) your favorite book of the readathon, Tie between Written in Red and The 5th Wave.
2) your favorite snack/meal of the readathon, I just got my wisdom teeth taken out so … this had been rough. Potatoes? Milk?
and 3) your favorite non-book, non-snack part of the readathon. Meeting new people on twitter!
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Favorite book of the weekend: Murder on Amsterdam Avenue by Victoria Thompson
Favorite snack or meal: half a breakfast burrito with bacon, eggs, cheese and potato and half of a chicken quesadilla.
Favorite non-book/non-snack part of the weekend: The check-ins! It’s fun to see who all is reading with me this weekend!
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Fav book – crown of midnight by Sarah j Maas
Fav snack/meal – coffee and biscuits
Fav non book / non snack part- shopping with mom ..!
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1) your favorite book of the readathon The Handmaid’s Tale
2) your favorite snack/meal of the readathon The finger food made with a bit of Mexican style.
3) your favorite non-book, non-snack part of the readathon: The possibility to have a sleeping break!
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Congrats to everyone that made it through the weekend! Sounds like a lot of amazing books were read!
You can find my response here: https://booksbeyondmeasure.wordpress.com/2016/01/17/the-end-of-the-readathon/
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1) your favorite book of the readathon: Furiously Happy
2) your favorite snack/meal of the readathon: tortilla chips and salsa con queso
3) your favorite non-book, non-snack part of the readathon: Doing the challenges and seeing everyone else’s posts.
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1) your favorite book of the readathon: Smoke by Ellen Hopkins even though I wasn’t thrilled with the first book in the duology.
2) your favorite snack/meal of the readathon: Homemade Bean and Kale Soup, although I did have to put the book down in case of spillage.
3) your favorite non-book, non-snack part of the readathon: Coming on here, completing the challenges, and seeing what everyone else has done 🙂
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1.) Your favorite book of the readathon: Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen
2.) Your favorite snack/meal of the readathon: Gingerbread cookies my mom made
3.) Your favorite non-book, non-snack part of the readathon: Not having my mom nag me about chores cause I was reading and she respected that.
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I have really liked all my books for different reasons. I don’t think I can pick a favorite when I haven’t even had a chance to let them sink in. All I can say is that I chose well! It was so nice to snack on m&m’s as an easy thing to grab while I turned pages. It’s not the most nutritious or delicious, but easy wins the day! My favorite part of this was creating the spine poetry because I’ve said forever that I wanted to do that and just never did. So, thanks for not only all the reading fun but that, too! I’m looking forward to checking out the hashtag tomorrow when I have time to actually be a part of all the great fun others were having with their books.
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1. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
2. Chocolate truffles
3. Meeting fellow ‘thoners via instagram and twitter
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1. Favorite book: Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward
2. Favorite food: Chocolate chip peanut butter banana bread. So much noms.
3. Favorite other: ALL THE PEOPLE! I love bookish friends weekends. 😊
Thanks again for a fun event!
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Whew! The final hours! Here we go!
1) Favorite book of the readathon
DEFINITELY All the Light We Cannot see!
2) Favorite snack/meal of the readathon
DEFINITELY Grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup!
3) Favorite non-book, non-snack part of the readathon.
I loved the creative aspects of things to submit but especially the spine poetry!
Thank you for putting so much into this! I needed, wanted, and loved this!
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I somehow managed to be EXCELLENT books for this ‘thon. If I’m forced to pick a favorite, it would have to be George (but I still haven’t finished Slade House yet which is some strong competition). My favorite snack would have to be my baked sweet potatoes with walnuts and cheese. My favorite part other than reading or snacking would have to be following the action on Twitter. I love to see what others are reading, where they’re at, and how they’re doing!
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Fave book: Career of Evil
Fave snack: my homemade caramel popcorn. I saved just enough for the final stretch!
Fave other: taking a break to attend the author event with Sarah MacLean and Kristan Higgins.
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My favorite book of the Readathon was Giant Days: Volume 1. It was so delightful, even whimsical. I may re-read it tonight just for kicks and giggles. My favorite snack were caramel covered popcorn, cashews, and almonds. My favorite non-book part was seeing which participants were reading books I’d already read or were reading too. The bookish banter is not part of my daily life, so it was great to discuss books with others.
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– My favorite book of the readathon was George by Alex Gino. I especially loved the humor in the scenes between Melissa and her best friend Kelly.
– My favorite snack of the readathon was roasted spiced chickpeas. I am obsessed with these things!
– My favorite non-book, non-snack part of the readathon was seeing what everyone else was reading on Twitter and spending a relaxing weekend at home reading instead of running around like I usually do.
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1) your favorite book of the readathon: Pivot Point by Kasie West
2) your favorite snack/meal of the readathon: Mexican food with my girlfriend!
3) your favorite non-book, non-snack part of the readathon: interacting on Twitter and the challenges!
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I didn’t read as much as I’d planned over the readathon, but that was fine because the time I wasn’t reading was still mostly downtime, which I needed. My favorite book has been Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes, which I loved, and which felt like an excellent read for the start of the year. My favorite snack was chocolate hazelnut biscotti from Trader Joe’s. Yum. And my favorite non-reading/non-snack part of the readathon was seeing everyone’s shelfies, because I’m a sucker for great book photos. 🙂
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1. Room By Emma Donoghue..I cried like a baby.
2. I had toast?.. Not exactly a snack..But I had it with a tandoori mayonnaise. So,it made it all better
3. The challenges and taking photos…
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