During one of my daily scrolls through instagram the other day, I stumbled across an account known as @tbrknockdown24 and each month they do a 24 hour readathon so I decided to join in as a last push of reading for leisure before heading off to university.
For this twenty-four hour readathon there were three books I wanted to read. One was a book I wanted to finish and the other two were books I wanted to start and possibly finish. So I’ve decided that here I will do a quick overview of my thoughts on the books I got through as well as my experiences with a twenty-four hour readathon.
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‘Wuthering Heights is a wild, passionate story of the intense and almost demonic love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, a foundling adopted by Catherine’s father. After Mr Earnshaw’s death, Heathcliff is bullied and humiliated by Catherine’s brother Hindley and wrongly believing that his love for Catherine is not reciprocated, leaves Wuthering Heights, only to return years later as a wealthy and polished man. He proceeds to exact a terrible revenge for his former miseries. The action of the story is chaotic and unremittingly violent, but the accomplished handling of a complex structure, the evocative descriptions of the lonely moorland setting and the poetic grandeur of vision combine to make this unique novel a masterpiece of English literature.’ [Taken from Goodreads.]
I began reading this book for university during the week and during the readathon I was determined to finish it. It only took me an hour of so to finish off and I did quite enjoy it. The thing that stood out to me was that it didn’t feel like I was reading a classic. I didn’t find myself having any issues with the language at all. Despite this being a read for university, it was on my TBR anyway so I managed to tick it off my list. Rated 3 stars.
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‘Grace has Asperger’s and her own way of looking at the world. She’s got a horse and a best friend who understand her, and that’s pretty much all she needs. But when Grace kisses Gabe and things start to change at home, the world doesn’t make much sense to her any more. Suddenly everything threatens to fall apart, and it’s up to Grace to fix it on her own.
Whip-smart, hilarious and unapologetically honest, The State of Grace by Rachael Lucas is a heart-warming story of one girl trying to work out where she fits in, and whether she even wants to.’
I’m not going to say too much about this book because I do want to write-up a full review at some point this week. It was a last-minute addition to my readathon TBR because it was recommended to me literally the day before. In short, I really liked this book. It was a short, quick read and well suited to a readathon. Like I said, I won’t go into too much detail about this book here but it did leave me feeling all fuzzy inside after reading it. Rated: 4 stars.
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‘Mia Corvere is only ten years old when she is given her first lesson in death.
Destined to destroy empires, the child raised in shadows made a promise on the day she lost everything: to avenge herself on those that shattered her world. But the chance to strike against such powerful enemies will be fleeting, and Mia must become a weapon without equal.
Before she seeks vengeance, she must seek training among the infamous assassins of the Red Church of Itreya. Inside the Church’s halls, Mia must prove herself against the deadliest of opponents and survive the tutelage of murderers, liars and daemons at the heart of a murder cult. The Church is no ordinary school. But Mia is no ordinary student. The Red Church is no ordinary school, but Mia is no ordinary student.
The shadows love her. And they drink her fear.’
After finishing two books, I took a little time out from reading because I quite honestly felt overwhelmed. At the time of writing this post, I’m only around eighty pages into the book and I am enjoying but I don’t think I’m far enough in to develop any opinions on it. I will read on a bit and then determine whether I’m going to read it all.
Overall, my first experience of a readathon was enjoyable as long as I remembered to take reasonable breaks from reading. I did have a little crash during the evening but I’m pretty confident that it was completely unrelated to the reading. I can definitely see myself doing another readathon in the future because it was a great way to get through some of my TBR before heading off to university.
