Yep.  Still reading.

Tuesday (4/24): Started 11/22/63, by Stephen King, and was instantly captivated.  Blazed through the first 75 pages before starting work for the day, then 32 before bed, for a total of 107 pages.  (I don’t have much time in the evenings this week, as I’m on a business trip to a very big, extremely cool city with a great group of people, and the time I’m not spending with them, I’m trying to be on the phone with hubby.  But this book is irresistable so far.)  Totals thus far: 773 pages read; 1,154 to go.

Wednesday (4/25): Have been completely sucked into 11/22/63.  Between before work and bedtime reading, I dominated 191 extremely exciting pages.  I’m basically at the midway point of this insane attempt to read 1,927 pages in three weeks.  964 pages down; 963 to go.

Thursday (4/26): Headed home from my business trip and was really looking forward to the 1.5 hour flight for some good uninterrupted reading time.  Unfortunately, I woke up with a headache that got progressively worse over the course of the day, so I ended up sleeping on the plane and only read 41 pages today.  Still totally absorbed in 11/22/63.  I don’t know if I’d enjoy any other Stephen King, but I’m loving this one.  1,005 pages down; 922 to go.

Friday (4/27): Still working my way through 11/22/63 – 91 pages read today.  Not bad considering I met hubby for lunch and, as a result, didn’t read during that time.  A quiet evening at home contributed to the page total.  1,096 pages read; 831 left.

Saturday (4/28): I hardly ever have a day when I can say this, but I didn’t do any reading.  Spent the morning wandering around the farmers’ market and the downtown area, then having lunch with hubby.  And I whiled away the afternoon catching up on life with my high school BFF (we’re both so busy that we don’t have time to talk as much as we’d each like to, but when we do finally connect over the phone it’s as if the conversation never stopped, and we can go on for hours) and shopping for some new work clothes, which were sorely needed.  So I’m still at my numbers from yesterday: 1,096 pages down; 831 to go.

Sunday (4/29): Well, I definitely made up for not cracking the spine of 11/22/63 yesterday.  In fact, I finished that mama.  Between working in the yard with hubby, some household chores I’d assigned myself, and a trip to the library to return a bunch of books (The House at Tyneford was due back, and now Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?, Village School, Below Stairs and, yes, 11/22/63 are off to their next temporary homes as well), I managed to plow through the 419 pages I had left in the tome.  And while I don’t know that I’m going to be reading any other Stephen King novels (from what I hear, 11/22/63 was a departure from his usual fare), I loved it.  1,515 pages read; my math says 412 left.  (I got screwed up somewhere, because the final book on the agenda is The Marriage Plot, which – I just looked – only has 406 pages, so I must have shortchanged my page total in one of the earlier books.  Ah, well, details.  I never claimed to be a mathematician.  We’ll stick with my numbers though, because it’s easier that way.  And I’ll read the dedication pages or something.)

Monday (4/30): I was pretty wiped out after my epic day o’ reading yesterday, so while I started The Marriage Plot I only got 7 pages in.  So far it seems good, but it’s a little too soon to tell for sure.  Totals after this week:  1,522 pages read; 405 to g0.

Whew!  I can’t believe I finished off 11/22/63.  That was a chunkster if I’ve ever seen one.  With just one book left and seven days to finish it, things are looking pretty good for this challenge.  (Watch: now I’ve said that, I’ll totally jinx myself.)