Yesterday was our Readathon. Yes, my three oldest daughters and I participated in Dewey's 24 Hour Readathon. No we didn't read for 24 hours! Yesterday had a few other things in it (like a baby shower) that took some time but each of us got in approximately 11 hours of reading. Yes, I've had many question whether that is a good use of our day. Yes, I've considered it from many angles and decided it was a marvelous use of our day! If you want to know why, just ask me. Everyone else has!
This was my second readathon. My first one I participated in was last fall with my beautiful friend Anne. I had all sorts of plans and dreams for this next one, but they slowly all kind of fell through. It left me with the wonderful option of doing it at home with my kids and that turned out to be a BLAST!!! The three littles spent the morning at Grammy's but the big girls and I set our alarms, armed ourselves with snacks and dove into our carefully selected stack of books! I wasn't sure how long each of them would stick with it, but they powered through! I ended with 934 pages read and each of the girls had between 500-700 pages read. We are already making plans for the next one coming up in October!!!!
So here are my books read in April (still not a huge reading month as it was a pretty crazy Norwex month!)
#1~ The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
I received this book in a book exchange last Christmas as a part of our amazing book club. I had never read any Wilkie Collins before. I read this with my Anne and it was fun to go through it together. It's an old classic mystery. Not too action packed, nor was the plot overly complicated, but the characters were a delight. Each section of the book was from a different character's perspective and there was plenty of humor woven in!
#2 Shadow of the Almighty: The Life and Testament of Jim Elliot By Elisabeth Elliot
This was a collection of Jim Elliot's letters and journal entries from his late teens to his death. Inspiring. Convicting. Not a quick read but a beneficial one.
#3 Kilmeny of the Orchard by L.M. Montgomery
L. M. Montgomery is the author of the Anne of Green Gables series and I've loved her other books so far. This one was enjoyable, but not a contender with the Anne series, the Emily series or Blue Castle. It's a short simple story. Fairly predictable but sweet.
#4 Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster
A young orphan girls is sponsored by a mysterious trustee to go to college and finally have a life of her own. The book is her letters to this man who she has never met, but is really her only connection in the world. It's very sweet.
#5 The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
I went back and forth about reading this. I've heard many strong opinions both for and against it. I decided to go ahead a read it and see what I thought for myself. I like books that made me think, and this definitely did that. It concerns me somewhat that I see this book promoted as a book for young people and I really think it takes an adult perspective to think about this rightly. That being said, I found it extremely compelling.
#6 A Lamp For My Feet by Elisabeth Elliot
These were very short, mostly half page, articles by Elizabeth Elliot. Great thoughts and very challenging and encouraging. I think I prefer her longer works to give me a little more to chew on before heading into a different topic.
I'm very excited for reading in the month of May! I'll be finishing up a few books I'm part of the way into and then my plan is to reread some of my favorites. Not necessarily "All Time" favorites, but books I've read in the last couple of years that have gotten me excited about reading. Happy ready all!
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