24 in 48 Readathon July 2018!

This past weekend was the 24 in 48 Readathon for July. It was my first Readathon challenge ever and the first #24in48 too.

The Challenge - For the uninitiated (yes, now that I have participated in one of these challenges, I have been initiated)

The premise of 24 in 48 Readathon / Challenge is simple - To Read for 24 hours out of the 48 hours of the weekend. Seems simple enough right?

The challenge appealed to me because -
A. Its endearing to me, the idea of reading together. I've always loved reading together, be it with my Mom - both of us reading our own books sharing the comfort of books and loving company, or with my book babes - one of us reading a book then forcing the rest to read or just picking and reading a book together. The idea of just reading with passionate book lovers from all around the world was something special for me. I mean if you think about it, someone across the globe from me was reading at the same time that I was reading. How could I not love it?
(I'm a ball of mush I know)

B. Its a book reading challenge! I mean how could I, a Third Generation Bookworm, not love it? Its not possible.

The TBR and What I Actually Read

So I signed up and spent a week thinking about my potential TBR. Then I threw that out of the window and just picked a book to start with that matched their theme for this time - diversity.

I started with From Twinkle, With Love by Sandhya Menon which was lovely ♥
Then I read a Paperback  - American Gods by Neil Gaiman which is super interesting with really cool theories in the book. I didn't finish this though. ITS SO LONG! But I'll finish it soon because honestly its so good!
Then back to another ebook - Things That Shine by Bria Quinlan and Heidi Hutchinson. I LOVED the Brew Ha Ha Series and I can't form coherent thoughts and just gush about it. And this book too was lovely ♥
Then shifted to another ebook - Always Never Yours by Austin Siegemund-Broka and Emily Wibberley which again was so good. ♥

(Reviews coming soon, I hope :P )

I kept switching to paperbacks between ebooks which I think was a good idea for me personally. A little break from the eye strain.

After the 'thon

I finished 24 hours a little early and had a few more chapters to finish the book I was reading, so I kept reading and finished the book before the readathon ended. After that I felt so good because I didn't think I would actually be able to finish and also I felt the need to do something creative after. Which, whenever it happens, is an amazing thing for me.

So here is a little something I did after the readathon. It was so fun and silly.

Nerdy Stats

I thought since I'm going all out anyway, I thought I'd combine my nerd and my love books and cute graphics. So here is what I came up with.

I read for a little over 25 hours and read about 3 books and a little over 1/3 of another one.

I did manage to complete the 24 hours of the #24in48 which was amazing.

I wish I had started with the stopwatch on my phone itself. It would have been much more satisfying to see 24 hours in one shot.

Well next time!

If I would have finished all the 4 books that I started out with, I would have read 1702 pages, and as it stands, I managed to actually read 1200 Pages. Which still is crazy for me. I don't think I've ever read that much in just two days!

Now this is kinda my favourite one. As I said I managed to finish three books and read a little over 1/3rd of the last one. This one was so fun to do! I kinda love how it turned out. I coloured in the book icons with a similar shade of the book covers. For American Gods, I just coloured in a portion of the book because I didn't finish it.

The Wrap Up

So here it is. My first ever Readathon. All done. I have to say when I started I didn't think I would be able to finish but now I feel kinda amazing that I was able to actually finish it.

This was so fun. Join me for the next 24 in 48 Readathon in January 2019!

Visit 24 in 48 website for more details HERE!