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Readathon | 08.22 update
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Morning/afternoon/evening fellow readers – how is your readathon going? I stopped reading just after 8pm last night, watched some Saturday TV then headed to bed, hoping to awaken refreshed and ready for the final straight this morning. Unfortunately, I found myself up with the lark feeling awful so I’ve eaten breakfast spent an hour reading and now I’m heading back to bed. Hopefully I’ll be back fighting before the 24 hours comes to a close.
I picked up Before I Die last night for a bit of light hearted reading after A Thousand Splendid Suns, boy was I wrong with that assumption! It was a short read, but it was heartbreaking and I spent the last twenty minutes with tears streaming down my cheeks. If you’ve not heard of this book please go and get hold of a copy; it’s my novel of 2008 and I implore you all to read it.
Catch up with you all later.
The Update
Title of book(s) read since last update: A Thousand Splendid Suns; Before I Die
Number of books read since you started: two
Pages read since last update: 191
Running total of pages read since you started: 729
Amount of time spent reading since last update: 2 hours
Running total of time spent reading since you started: (keep track of this one to be eligible for a prize!) 8 hours
Mini-challenges completed:2
Other participants you’ve visited: 8 – though I’m reading multiple updates from each
Prize you’ve won: 0
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Readathon | 16.49 update
Wow – I just finished A Thousand Splendid Suns, and while I didn’t cry I feel quite exhausted by the power of that novel. It’s heart breaking and angering and heart warming all at the same time. If you’ve not read it yet please get hold of a copy as soon as you can. It is one of those books that everyone needs to read.
Readathon | 14.39 update
A couple of hours in and I’m making good progress on A Thousand Splendid Suns – I’m glad I decided to start with this as I’m riveted; in fact I had to drag myself away to write this post!
Readathon | 18.57 update
Doesn’t time fly when you’re trying to read as much as possible? I’m storming through Before I Die by Jenny Downham; a story about a sixteen year old girl who is dying from cancer and trying to tick off ten things she wants to do before she dies. I’m really enjoying Downham’s writing style but have a feeling this one could be a tear jerker!
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I enjoyed, Before I Die as well, I look forward to your review about it. (I really liked the way the paragraph formatting started to fall away towards the end, really worked for me.)
http://www.bartsbookshelf.co.uk/2008/06/25/before-i-die-jenny-downham/
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Omg, I loved Before I Die!!! It’s so sad though, isn’t it? Especially the end, which I think is so beautiful and poignant. I haven’t read A Thousand Splendid Suns yet, (I really want to though!) but I really like The Kite Runner. I hope you feel better soon, and congrats on getting this far in the read-a-thon! =D
~Lucy D =)