Another five hours down!

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Gaining inspiration from this shirt to push through for some more reading!

I fell asleep early last night (I blame the wine I had with my dinner) so it took me until 1pm EST today to get another five hours of reading.  In that time, I:

--Finished The Moon and More.  At times, I was annoyed with Emaline not revealing how she was feeling, but I knew that was part of her journey.  It was good to see the back of Theo, that's for sure.

--Read Hero by Alethea Kontis.  I really enjoyed Enchanted and was happy to get this ARC at BEA.  Maybe I wasn't paying enough attention during different points of the story, though, because the plot in this one didn't make a lot of sense to me.  I did like Saturday, the Woodcutter daughter who's at the center of this story.

I'm not sure if I'll get much more time today for reading, but I'm happy with the ten hours I've done so far!  It's been a great challenge.

The First Five Hours of 48 Hour Book Challenge

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First off, a picture of who's keeping me company during my 48 Hour Book Challenge.

So what have I done so far?

--Finished How Zoe Made Her Dreams (Mostly) Come True by Sarah Strohmeyer.  I had really enjoyed Smart Girls Get What They Want, so I snapped up Zoe.  However, while I enjoyed it, I didn't like it as much as Smart Girls.  I had problems connecting with Zoe, and the plot's sprawl confused me.  YMMV, of course.  BethReads reviewed this one and really liked it.

--Read more of The Moon and More by Sarah Dessen.  First off, I must have read the first chapter somewhere (I think maybe it was on Sarah Dessen's blog) because the deja vu was eerie.  And, not to be too mean, but even Sarah Dessen doesn't write so similarly to herself that I'd get deja vu if I hadn't already read chapter one.  I'm about 2/3rds done, and it's your classic Sarah Dessen so far.

--Completed The President Has Been Shot!: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy by James L. Swanson.  I really enjoyed Chasing Lincoln's Killer, so I was really happy to grab this ARC from the Scholastic booth at BEA.  And this one doesn't disappoint.  Although the historian in me was wincing somewhat at some of the blanket statements, for a book for young readers it still does a really great job of presenting Kennedy's assassination.  The sections detailing Jackie Kennedy in the aftermath are heartbreaking.

Thank you to everyone who commented on my kick-off post!  Since I've done five hours, I will now spend the rest of my social media hour visiting a few blogs before I stop reading and do some real-life adult things, like errand-running and cleaning.  More reading later!

48 Hour Book Challenge!

This is the first time I've done this (and I'm still a smidge confused by everything) but here goes nothing!

This is my TBR pile for the weekend.  Note the e-reader!  Which hasn't been loaded up yet with the e-ARCs I have waiting for me; that will happen tonight.  

I plan to run my 48 Hour Book Challenge from 9pm Friday to 9pm Sunday.  Happy reading!