Seeking Time: A 24-Hour Readathon? In My Day, We Did 48.

I learned of Dewey's 24-Hour Readathon, which is happening today, nine minutes before it started. For a hot second I considered being all impulsive, dropping everything, and taking part. Believe me, I have way more than 24-hours of reading to do. But in my search for time, I'm try to stay on-task, and the task this Saturday involves some invasive plants at the back of my yard and a wide array of additional activities both work- and personal-related. Taking a day off to read will have a bad impact on how I use my time next week.

But a community reading binge is very attractive. I know, because I've done them.

The 48-Hour Book Challenge

I believe I have a couple of readers still with me from back in the day when there was a children's lit blogger community. And for ten years that community took part in The 48-Hour Book Challenge. We didn't just read for 48-hours. We blogged about what we were reading. We were fierce.

Karen Yingling of Ms. Yingling Reads ran a #MGReadathon in 2022 that I took part in. I don't read many children's books these days, so I don't know if that's still happening. 

I think there are definite benefits to binge reading, and I've been trying to work what I think of as a targeted weekend reading retreat into my life for months. I'm struggling to find the time to do that.