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48 Hour Book Challenge: Finish Line Report

So it is now 2:07 PM CST on Sunday, June 7th.   My 48 Hours are over, they were actually over 6.5 hours ago.  Our server was down, or I would have posted this earlier.   

I have to say I am a little let down.  What started out as a hopefully journey through a good chunk of 14 books, turned out to be a pretty fun, if somewhat disappointing, trek through only 5.4 books. 1,377 Pages.  27.647 Hrs (27 hours, 38 minutes, 49.2 seconds) 1 Hour 49 minutes blogging.  Total:  29.464 Hrs (29 Hours, 27 Minutes, 50.4 seconds)

Of course, I thought I had chosen wisely.  I thought I had chosen books that I could make it through quickly.  Again I am not a fast reader, but I am highly capable of finishing books somewhat quickly.  In fact, if I had made it through my final book, Revenge of the Spellmans, it probably would have been my longest book at somewhere around 7 hours, approximately.  As time ticked closer to 7:20 and needing to do a review, I lost focus.  Longest if not for a poor choice for my second book.  My misstep was choosing The Know-It-All and continuing to power through it.  Although, what kind of an example would I be setting in not completing a book I was actually enjoying?  I loved the Know-It-All and probably recommend it over any other book on this list, but I think it threw off my illusions of grandeur. 

I did enjoy myself, and think I should win an award for craziest mix of books.  Of course, I am sure someone had a more bizarre list.  Right?  Any challengers?  

So I have broken my stats into two parts.  Those with the incomplete Spellmans, presented first, as I am not sure how the rules work for incomplete books, which I may have finished had I not run out of time.  And those without it, after the jump, as it is my own fault that I ran out of time and if it doesn't count, well it doesn't count.

First I kept diligent track of my time by using the stopwatch function on my iPod.  I wish the lap function kept a complete time, however.  Also,  Lap 5 and Lap 6 are both Of Mice and Men, I accidently hit the lap button.  And the top is the time for Revenge of the Spellmans.

Now on to the pie charts, and as promised my list of wins and fails.  NOTE: You may notice this list is missing Number 9 was Death Note, and was taken off the list because it was unavailable for checkout.  All these pie charts are in precentages. You can look back at my reviews for page counts and actual time spent.

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1. Diary of Pelly D WIN  2. The Know-It-All WIN  3. The Year of Living Biblically FAIL  4. Ideaspotting WIN  5. Revenge of the Spellman's HALF FAIL/HALF WIN  6. Lost: Signs of Life FAIL  7. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy FAIL  8. DC: The New Frontier WIN  10. Specials FAIL  11. Stiff FAIL  12. Cruel Summer FAIL  13. Fast Food Nation FAIL  14. Of Mice and Men WIN  15. The Good Thief FAIL 

Of course without Revenge of the Spellmans I only read 5 books, 1, 277 pages, and 24.188 Hours (24 Hours, 11 minutes, 16.8 seconds).  And the pie charts look like this.

And this is my slightly disappointed face.

Actually, I am pretty proud of myself.  I read for over 27 hours.  Maybe they won't all count, but I gave it my all.  Alright.  That is it.  Thanks MotherReader for the opportunity.  And hopefully I can win some prizes.