Readathon prep: Challenge 1

In addtion to the 30 Days of Readathon photo challenge (which is happening on Instagram daily, though I will post here as well in round-up posts), there are going to be a few more challenges, run in the Goodreads readathon group. Challenge 1 is to read 1000 pages between the evening of Sunday 24th September and the morning of Monday 2nd October (Pacific Coast time). I noted that I was on page 285 of Desolation Island in my sign-up comment, but I had already read quite a bit since the start of the challenge by that point. Still, I’ll see if I need to consider those 100ish pages or not at the end of the week.

So, here are the stats so far:

Desolation Island 285-325 = 40 pages

The Fortune of War 7-222 = 215 pages

Rammeplan for barnehagen (hey, it’s reading) 7-57 = 50 pages

Lunch-blad (comics):
2015/7 49 pages
2016/7 48 pages

So that’s 402, with three-and-a-half-ish days left. I need to step it up a little.

Yesterday was unintentionally busy, so I was one day late with my Instagram picture, but I’m all caught up now. Here’s 28-23 in the countdown.

28: Red: A stack of books, all good, happening to have a red spine. #30daysofreadathon #readathon #bookstagram

A post shared by Ragnhild Lervik (@lattermild) on Sep 23, 2017 at 1:23am PDT

27: Snack: Stephen and Jack are perpetually eating toasted cheese. I am snacking on #applewoodcheese and rye crackers. #30DaysofReadathon #readathon #aubreymaturin

A post shared by Ragnhild Lervik (@lattermild) on Sep 24, 2017 at 12:29pm PDT

26: Short stories. I don’t do short stories. Kjell Askildsen is the exception to prove the rule. We ended up talking to him at a reading just after Et stort øde landskap was published (25 years ago or so) and challenged him on his claim that he doesn’t use metaphors, citing Spikeren i kirsebærtreet (The nail in the cherry tree) wondering what the significance of the nail were if it were not a metaphor. «It’s just a hook,» he said, «to make you keep reading.» #30DaysofReadathon #bookstagram #readathon

A post shared by Ragnhild Lervik (@lattermild) on Sep 25, 2017 at 10:32am PDT

25: Comics craze: Our dedicated comics shelf is overflowing (surprise! Not really). It’s a special edition Billy from IKEA from a few years ago, we thought it fitting. #30DaysofReadathon #readathon #shelfie #pondus #rexrudi #bamsevärldensstarkastebjörn #kollektivet

A post shared by Ragnhild Lervik (@lattermild) on Sep 26, 2017 at 3:44am PDT

24: Drinks: Perhaps not quite what the challenge writer was thinking of, but these are some of the drink-related books in my tbr pile. Might get to some in the #readathon. Posting 24 a day late… #30DaysofReadathon

A post shared by Ragnhild Lervik (@lattermild) on Sep 28, 2017 at 9:50am PDT

23: Space: Going with the earthly interpretation of the prompt, my current reading space. The chair is a recent flea market find, one of a pair, and soooooo comfy. #readathon #30DaysOfReadathon #readingspace

A post shared by Ragnhild Lervik (@lattermild) on Sep 28, 2017 at 9:55am PDT