[image error] [image error] I finished a lot of books last week, mostly because I participated in the 24 in 48 readathon last weekend. I'd never done this readathon before, and it was a lot of fun! You try to read 24 hours over the course of Saturday and Sunday. I only made it to 15 1/2 hours, but that still felt like a luxurious amount of reading time! Here's a list of the books I finished last week.
Here I Am, Jonathan Safran FoerMan's Search for Meaning, Victor FranklSmall Great Things, Jodi PicoultPinning the Bird to the Wall, poems by Devon Miller-DugganThe Voyage of the Dawn Treader, C.S. Lewis (on audio with my kids)Loner, Teddy WayneThe Guest Room, Chris BohjalianAll of these books were good reads, except I didn't care for the novel Loner. None of the characters in this book were likeable, so it was hard to care about them, and the novel really didn't have any redemptive qualities, which is something I like to see in novels. Rather, the people were pretty awful, and stayed awful. Man's Search for Meaning was a particular good and helpful book. I think everyone should read this one!

This week, as usual I have a big pile of books I've started, and without a readathon coming up, I'm sure it will take me awhile to finish them. Here's my list of current books.
Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi CoatesWhy Write? Mark EdmundsonRiverine: A Memoir from Anywhere But Here, Angela PalmADHD Nation, Alan SchwarzPurity, Jonathan FranzenOutlaw Christian, Jacqueline Bussie. If you'd like to participate in It's Monday, What Are You Reading? Click here.