I read 22 books in April with an average score of 3.66. 1 was a graphic novel and 13 were YA. My most-read genres were fantasy, contemporary, and historical.

My favorite book was You're Not Listening: What You're Missing and Why It Matters - Kate Murphy. My least favorite book was Infinity Son - Adam Silvera.

I made some progress on my 2020 Reading Plans list by reading 1 more book. I'm now at 16/38.

5 Stars

4.5 Stars

4 Stars

3.5 Stars

3 Stars

2.5 Stars

2 Stars

1.5 Stars

Books by author gender:

• Male: 3
• Female: 16
• Genderqueer: 2
• Female/Non-binary Mix: 1

Books by format:

• Physical: 3
• Audio: 19

Bingo Results:

D Column

1. Cheer on other Readers - Done!

2. Eat a Healthy Snack - Done! Check out my IG.

E Column

3. Book with a character with an essential job - The American Plague is filled with doctors, nurses, and army soldiers/scientists/doctors all fighting yellow fever epidemics. Yeah, this one was a no brainer.

W Column

4. Picture of Reading during Quarantine - IG pic again.

5. Listen to part of an audiobook - Done!

E Column

6. Read for 1 hour straight 3 times - done!

Y Column

7. Eat an unhealthy snack - Done....several times over.

So there is no way I got a Bingo, but I had a good time.

Update #3

Since I was up yesterday a hour before the start of Dewey, by 11pm I was so tired that I could not get my eyes to focus on words. So I set my alarm for 4:30am and went to sleep. Got up with my alarm to give me two and half hours of reading before the end of Dewey. I will end up with not finishing either book for the readathon, but I'm 67% done with Plague and 35% done with Beauty Queens, so I think I made a decent mark on this round. 

Closing Survey

1. 1. How would you assess your reading overall? I think I did a decent job 
2. 2. Did you have a stategy, and if so, did you stick to it? No strategy, just read as much as I could
3. 3. What was your favorite snack? This morning's breakfast brought to you by Apple Cinnamon rice crisps and English Breakfast tea.

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Update #2

Got through 35% of The American Plague and 35% of Beauty Queens. Then I took a time out for dinner with the family and a virtual wine tasting party (my friend set up a face to face wine tasting party for the end of March, but when the stay at home order came down, she needed to regroup and find a work around - she did via delivering plastic shot glasses of wine and cheese, crackers, fruit, and chocolate caramels, then we met up on Zoom). Now I am going to quickly do some cheerleading my fellow Dewey readers, then get back to Plague.

This afternoon my son wanted in on the Dewey action, so he listened to chapters 7-15 of Wings of Fire #7: Winter Turning. The WoF series is VERY popular with the older elementary school age kids, both books and graphic novel versions. My son is listening for free from the Epic app. He really likes audiobooks because he can color, play with Play-doh or Legos and still get a story in - it works with his ADD. 

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Update #1

I got in 3 hours and 14 minutes on the audiobook - I am really glad I chose the audiobook rather than slogging through reading. The audiobook is fantastic and the narrator really does a great job giving different voices to each character. But now, I am going to switch to a physical book. First up at bat is The American Plague.

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OP

It's time! It's also 7am in the morning here in Kansas. *Yawn* Going to start by listening to a couple of hours of the audiobook so I can give the caffeine and breakfast time to kick in. Pages in parenthesis are the page counts minus the indexes, sources lists, selected bibliography, etc. 

TBR

1. Eisenhower 1956 (286 pages)

2. The American Plague (285 pages) - 35% done

3. Minority Leader (218 pages)

4. War on Peace (309 pages)

5. Oklahoma City (353 pages)

6. Beauty Queens (14 hours 8 minutes) - 35% done

Opening Survey

1. What fine part of the world are you reading from today? Wichita, Kansas

2. Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to? War on Peace 

3. Which snack are you most looking forward to? Chex Honey Nut Mix and beer

4. Something about yourself: part of the fun of readathons for me is the prep and watching other prep - getting TBRs ready and acquiring snacks/drinks

5. If you participated in the last readathon, what's one thing you'll do differently? I made sure to have all household chores done yesterday so that I don't feel guilty for reading all day when there's laundry or dishes to do.

as I read Pox and I am reading The American Plague - 

In a 1948 speech to the House of Commons, Churchill slightly changed the quote when he said (paraphrased), “Those who fail to learn from history are condemned to repeat it.” and George Santayana-1905 said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” (George Santayana-1905).

It's enraging and despairing at the same time. We just don't learn.