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9/3: The Weight of Blood started at 50% (4:58:36) ended at 3:28:50 left, The Last Wish started 296, finished 384 = 88 pages
9/4: Impossible Paradise = 30 pages
9/5: Impossible Paradise = 27 pages
9/6: Impossible Paradise = 6 pages, The Weight of Blood started at 3:28:50 left ended at 2:38:13 left ,The King's Mistress = 30 pages (started 208, ended 238)
9/7: The Weight of Blood started at 2:38:13 finished, The King's Mistress = 52 pages (started 238, ended 290), Star Nomad 4%
9/8: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2:10 listened, The King's Mistress = 56 pages (started 290, ended 346)
9/9: book:Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe|12000020] :38 listened (2:48), The King's Mistress = 60 pages (started 346, ended 406)
9/10: The King's Mistress = 39 pages (started 406, ended 445) - finished
Pages: 88+63+151+237 = 539
Finished:
TBR:9/3:
9/4:
9/5:
9/6:
9/7: Read 32 pages of Little Women 46 pages of Heir of Fire
9/8: Started on pg 56 of HOF
9/9:
9/10:
Finished: Little Women
TBR: *another ambitious TBR! If I manage to read 3 books, I'll be a happy bookworm!* 
Updates:
9/3: It was a busy Saturday. Still, I managed to read some. I read a couple of stories in Celtic Tales: Fairy Tales and Stories of Enchantment from Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, and Wales. I read the first chapter in Dark Matter and the first story in Doctor Who: 12 Doctors, 12 Stories.
9/4: Spent most of my Sunday watching movies and binge watching Jane the Virgin. I only managed to read the second novella in Doctor Who: 12 Doctors, 12 Stories.
9/5: Calling it a night earlier today! I've read two novellas from Doctor Who: 12 Doctors, 12 Stories. I might not finish this book this read-a-thon. I've also read about 11% from Dark Matter (roughly 38 pages).
9/6: I've read 27% of Celtic Tales: Fairy Tales and Stories of Enchantment from Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, and Wales (about 50 pages) and 12% of Dark Matter (about 41 pages).
9/7: I read 16% (about 55 pages) of Dark Matter, 10% (about 18 pages) of Celtic Tales: Fairy Tales and Stories of Enchantment from Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, and Wales and the first 5 pages of Dash & Lily's Book of Dares
9/8: I've read 10% of Dash & Lily's Book of Dares (about 26 pages) and I've read 18% of Dark Matter (about 62 pages).
9/9: I read 15% (around 39 pages) of Dash & Lily's Book of Dares and 10% (around 34 pages) of Dark Matter. I was already feeling pretty sick on Friday, but still managed to read something.
9/10: 0 pages read. I was sick all day and didn't do anything else other than feel like crap. : (
Currently Reading:
Total Pages Read: 583 pgs
(Dark Matter = 264 pgs +
Celtic Tales = 92 pgs
Doctor Who: 12 Doctors, 12 Stories = 162 pgs +
Dash & Lily's Book of Dares = 65 pgs)
Finished:
9/39/4
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Total pages read:
September 3:
-383 pages
September 4:
-393 pages
September 5:
-408 pages
September 6:
-41 pages
September 7:
-49 pages
September 8:
-76 pages
September 9:
-18 pages,
-120 pages
September 10:
Currently Reading:
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Finished:
Total Pages Read: 1,488
-383 pagesSeptember 4:
-393 pagesSeptember 5:
-408 pagesSeptember 6:
-41 pagesSeptember 7:
-49 pagesSeptember 8:
-76 pagesSeptember 9:
-18 pages,
-120 pagesSeptember 10:
Currently Reading:
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Finished:
Total Pages Read: 1,488
Just gonna go with the flow and read what I can, not a strict TBR.Pages read:
September 3rd:
113 pagesSeptember 4th:
36 pagesSeptember 5th:
17 pagesSeptember 6th:
63 pages ,
32 pages ,
204 pagesSeptember 7th:
37 pagesSeptember 8th:
36 pagesSeptember 9th:
35 pages ,
27 pages September 10th:
107 pages ,
147 pages ,
32 pagesTotal pages read: 772
Books finished:
4☆s ,
3☆s ,
2☆s ,
5☆s ,
4☆s ,
4☆s
TBR:
9/3: The Goldfinch (48 pages)
9/4: A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again (42 pages)
9/5: The Goldfinch (52 pages)
9/6: No reading :(
9/7: A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again (81 pages)
9/8: A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again (39 pages)
9/9: A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again (102 pages)
9/10: The Crying of Lot 49 (99 pages)
Pages read: 463
Books finished:
TBR:
So I am apparently not following my TBR for this week at all...
Currently Reading:
9/3: Finished A Monster Calls 225 pages; Stiletto 43 pages
9/4: Stiletto 10 pages
9/5: Finished Deadman Wonderland, Vol. 4 200 pages
9/6: FinishedDeadman Wonderland, Vol. 5 212 pages; Finished Wild Thing 192 pages; Finished Saga, Volume 3 144 pages; Stiletto 30 pages; The Golem and the Jinni 12 pages
9/7:
9/8:
9/9:
9/10:
Pages Read: 1,068Books
Finished:
TBR:
starting at 34%9/3 The Night Circus 120 pages
9/4 The Night Circus 120 pages
9/5 The Night Circus 180 pages | Finished!
9/6 Once Upon A Curse: 17 Dark Faerie Tales 11 pages/37%
9/7 Once Upon A Curse: 17 Dark Faerie Tales 61 pages/54%
9/8 Nothing (got sick)
9/9 Nothing (packed for trip)
9/10 Nothing (left for trip)
Pages Read: 492
Books Finished:
9/3:9/4:
9/5:
9/6:
9/7:
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9/9:
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Books Finished:
Tbr: The Well of Ascension Dune The MercilessSeptember 3: 85-103 The Well of Ascension: 19 pages in total
September 4: none
September 5:
September 6:
September 7:
September 8:
September 9:
September 10:
Pages Read: 19 pages
Books finished:
TBR:
9/3: 215 pgs
9/4: 83 pgs
9/5: 98 pgs
9/6: 100 pgs
9/7: 102 pgs
9/8: 23 pgs
9/9: 265 pgs
9/10: 130 pgs
Total # of Pages Read: 1,201
Books Finished:
09/03/2016:(1) The Professor's House by Willa Cather (285 pages)
(2)The Stranger by Albert Camus (123 pages)
(3)The Last Days of St. Pierre: The Volcanic Disaster That Claimed 30,000 Lives by Ernest Zebrowski Jr. (partially read) (106 pages)
Total pages read for 9/3: 487
09/04/2016:
(1)The Last Days of St. Pierre: The Volcanic Disaster That Claimed 30,000 Lives (starting at page 107)
(2) Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz (starting at page 154).
Total pages read for 9/4: 297
09/05: reading:
(1)The Last Days of St. Pierre: The Volcanic Disaster That Claimed 30,000 Lives (starting at page 134)
(2)15 Months of Winter: My Year in North Dakota by John Bayer
09/06: Reading
The Last Days of St. Pierre: The Volcanic Disaster That Claimed 30,000 Lives
Total pages read for 09/06: 158 pages
09/07: Reading:
The Keeper's Vow by Francina Simone
total pages read for 09/07: 363 pages
09/08 Reading:
Montana 1948 by Larry Watson
Total pages read for 09/08: 170
09/09:
(1) Little Known Tales in Oklahoma History by Alton Pryor (66 pages)
(2) Rules of Prey by John Sandford (starting at page 24) (329 pages)
Total pages read for 9/9: 395
09/10: Reading
(1) Plainsong by Kent Haruf (301 pages)
(2)Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy by Vincent Bugliosi (starting at page 403), read 20 pages
Pages read: 2,398 pages for the week.
Books Finished:10
Little Known Tales in Oklahoma History (no cover)
I'm on my phone instead of my laptop but my tbr consists of Dash and Lily's Book of Dares and Locke and Key Volume 1-2
Right now I'm reading Obsidian Mirror. It is very interesting and fast-paced!
9/3: The Beauty of Darkness (68p) + Stars Above (49p) = 117 pages9/4: Stars Above (60p) + Pride and Prejudice (32p) = 92 pages
9/5: What We Saw (162p) = 162 pages
9/6: Stars Above (18p) + What We Saw (68p) + Pride and Prejudice (34p) + Empire of Storms (20p) = 140 pages
9/7: Stars Above (121p) + Empire of Storms (55p) + Finding Audrey (17p) = 193 pages
9/8: Empire of Storms (19p) + Finding Audrey (140p) = 193 pages
9/9: Empire of Storms (27p) + Finding Audrey (56p) + The Son of Neptune (63p) = 156 pages
9/10: The Son of Neptune (31p) + Empire of Storms (11p) = 42 pages
Pages Read: 1.061
Books Finished:
my day started with an earthquake! I'd never felt one before. walking around a local small lake now, listening to The Weight of Blood and playing Pokemon!
Shaunesay wrote: "my day started with an earthquake! I'd never felt one before. walking around a local small lake now, listening to The Weight of Blood and playing Pokemon!"We had a small earthquake years ago and that was a bit scary - can't imagine what a major earthquake is like!! I'm glad you're okay and I hope everybody else is and that there wasn't too much damage!
Wow an earthquake that must had been scary! I bought a new laptop today, but I'm transferring my information from my old laptop to this new one, so at the moment I am without a computer.
I forgot to sign up! Is it too late to hop in?Currently Reading:
Into the Wild (12%)
Updates:
9/3: 0 pages
9/4: 94 pages
Orange Is the New Black | 94 pages
9/5: 75 pages
Orange Is the New Black | 53 pages
Photographic Theory: An Historical Anthology | 13 pages
9/6: 23 pages
Orange Is the New Black | 23 pages
9/7: 70 pages
Into the Wild | 25 pages
Misc. for school | 35 pages
Photographic Theory: An Historical Anthology | 10 pages
9/8: 171 pages
Misc. for school | 171 pages
9/9: 30 pages
Orange Is the New Black | 30 pages
9/10: 131 pages
Orange Is the New Black | 96 pages | fin
Shadowed Ground: America's Landscapes of Violence and Tragedy | 35 pages
Total Pages Read: 585
Orange is the New Black = 296 (100%)
Into the Wild = 25 (12%)
Photographic Theory = 23
Misc. articles for school = 206
Shadowed Ground = 35
Finished:
I'm actually in KS, and the epicenter was down in Oklahoma, so we were quite far away, but it was still very unusual for our area! I know we've had them before but I've never felt them, this one I definitely felt!
Shaunesay wrote: "I'm actually in KS, and the epicenter was down in Oklahoma, so we were quite far away, but it was still very unusual for our area! I know we've had them before but I've never felt them, this one I ..."I am from Kansas too (although a little bit closer to OK) and I totally felt that earthquake! I was still sleeping and it was not the best way to be woken up. Just saying. Probably the most intense one I have ever felt.
I'm lucky to only have experienced one lovely earthquake in my life!Sidenote: I've only read 10 pages of my TBR
I am doing very poorly on reading. I suddenly got a chance do to an assessment to eventually get an internship. So I'm surprisingly busy with writing an article right now. But I'll be reading some pages in the train this evening. I'll be in the train for about two hours so I should get to read some pages haha.
I hope everyone is off to a great start! I just wanted to let you know I've just posted the thread for the next Weekend Read-a-thon which is September 17-18, and also for the Seasonal Read-a-thon which will be September 22-December 20th.
I just finished The Raven Boys! It was great! I'll have to wait to get the second book from the library, which will be closed for a while. They're working on the parking lot. In the meantime I'm going to read Between Shades Of Gray. I'm still without a computer.
I knew I wouldn't be able to read much this weekend, but I managed to finish The False Prince Saturday. Although it's a bit predictable at times (people kept hyping it up as this mindblowing thing though :P), I'm really enjoying the series and am immediately continuing on with The Runaway King! I've been struggling with concentrating on books lately, but these are exactly what I needed. I'm loving the characters and the series is very addicting/fast-paced.
Janessa wrote: "I just finished The Raven Boys! It was great! I'll have to wait to get the second book from the library, which will be closed for a while. They're working on the parking lot. In the meantime I'm go..."oh... loved the Raven Boys... So glad you enjoyed it!
Janessa wrote: "I just finished The Raven Boys! It was great! I'll have to wait to get the second book from the library, which will be closed for a while. They're working on the parking lot. In the meantime I'm go..."Between Shades of Grey is one of my favorites. I forced my younger sister to read it and was sorely disappointed when she said she 'liked' it. When I asked more questions she just shrugged. :/ I hope you enjoy it!
I've been getting less reading done than I would like. I'm even counting my reading for school work. But, I've been spending hours over the past few days grading and leaving comments on undergraduate work. Fun! *sarcasm*
A suggestion was made about having group reads, I've posted a poll to gauge interest if you'd like to check it out! Group Read Poll
Sept 3 - Sept 10Pages read: 1057
9/3..179
Tricky Twenty-Two by Janet Evanovich 9/4/16 179 pages
9/4..155
Tricky Twenty-Two by Janet Evanovich 9/4/16 (finished) 125 pages
A Skeleton in the Family by Leigh Perry 30 pages
9/5..82
A Skeleton in the Family 49 pages
So Faux, So Good by Tamar Myers 33 pages
9/6..180
A Skeleton in the Family 93 pages
So Faux, So Good by Tamar Myers 87 pages
9/7..135
A Skeleton in the Family 57 pages
So Faux, So Good by Tamar Myers 75 pages
9/8..89
A Skeleton in the Family 58 pages
So Faux, So Good by Tamar Myers 31 pages (finished both books)
9/9..125
Starting Now by Debbie Macomber 70
Cherry Cheesecake Murder by Joanne Fluke 55
9/10..112
Starting Now by Debbie Macomber 77
Cherry Cheesecake Murder by Joanne Fluke 35
I really need to get back to the Stephanie Plum series, I think I'm reading for 14 or 15. How was 22, Debbie?
I enjoyed this book. I noticed that some were not happy with it, but I think this series is a real hoot. I don't go into them thinking that they will change the world, I read them because they make me laugh.
It looks like I'm ready for #13, I'll have to pull it out to read soon, I could use some laughs Plum style! ;)
Just finished
, a mystery set in the Ozarks, we used to go to the lake there every summer, so I was interested for that reason, though there wasn't much really about the Ozark area per se. It was a good mystery though.
I'm still discovering things I can do as a mod, so I found the group challenges page, and I created one to start Oct. 1 for the month for "scary" books. They don't have to be actually scary, just some thin Halloween connection, really thin... part of the fine might be seeing how you can connect really off the wall things to Halloween!Here's the link, but it won't let you join until Oct. 1 when it starts.
Are You Scared Yet?
I'm trying really hard to finish
during this RAT! I've been reading it for months and I owe it to a friend! It's good, I've just been slow, but I only have about 65 pages left, I can do this!!Anyone else making a push to finish something as we head into the last day on this one?
I hope to finish both
and
!Still really enjoying the The Ascendance Trilogy. And
was written by my best friend Lucy, who I've been penpals with since I was 8 years old. It's been cool to match up the stories in her book with ones she had written/e-mailed to me, as well as hearing more in depth about her thoughts/struggles.
That's neat Ashley, and it sounds like a great read, probably very emotional! Looks like it's getting good ratings too, I hope it does fantastic for her!I did finish up The King's Mistress this morning, so I feel super accomplished! I've been trying to get through that one since May! It was a great book, so my slowness is not a reflection of what it's like!
This afternoon I hope we'll get to the local museum where they are having a treasures of Rome exhibit!
I'm hoping to finish Orange is the New Black. I've watched the Netflix original, but was always struck by how outlandish some of the story elements seemed. But it was "based on a book of a woman's real experiences" and I think that lead a lot of people to assume the stories are even close to factual. The show deviates significantly from the book.
Congrats Shaunesay! Feels good when you finish a book that was slow-going, even if it was an enjoyable read. Have fun at the museum, that sounds so interesting. :)
Oh wow, I didn't know Orange is the New Black was based on book, I've never watched it actually, though I do like some of the people in it.We didn't make it to the museum today, but we're going to try harder tomorrow! We're kinda slow pokes on the weekend around here! lol!
Woop woop I did it! Well technically it was 2 mins past midnight but I managed complete my goal and finish both of the books I set out to. :D Gotta love ending a read-a-thon on a high note. I really enjoyed most of my books this week, hope everyone did as well!
Way to go Ashley!! I had a successful read-a-thon as well. I don't normally finish three books in a week!
Great job everyone! Here is a list (with good links!) of our upcoming events! See you at the next one!
Weekend Read-a-thon September 17-18, 2016:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pick it for me Challenge, October 2016, partners chosen Sept. 21st, 2016:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Seasonal Read-a-thon Fall 2016 starts September 22nd :
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Poll about having a Group Read closes Sept. 23rd (right now having a Quarterly Group Read is winning)
https://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/1...
24 Hour Read-a-thon September 24th, 2016
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Group Challenge “Are you Scared Yet?” Oct. 1 – 31st, 2016 - Watch for the entry to open, I haven’t tried this before, so I’m not sure when it will let you join, maybe not until Oct. 1.
https://www.goodreads.com/challenges/...
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