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TBR:
12/2: 186 pages of
12/3: 119 pages of
12/4: 282 pages of
12/5: 288 pages of
12/6: 320 pages of
12/7: 75 pages of
12/8:
12/9:
Total Pages: 1,270
Books Finished:
Me! I’ve been waiting for this! Yes. I’m a dork.Goal: Read 1000 pages.
02: Roast Mortem 136 pages
Total 136 pages
03: Roast Mortem 60 pages | Apprentice 86 pages
Total 146 pages
04: Murder by Mocha 163 pages
Total 163 pages
05: Murder by Mocha 216 pages
06: No reading. Watched The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow mid-season finales.
Total none
07: Holiday Buzz 87 pages
Total 87 pages
08: Holiday Buzz 65 pages
Total 65 pages
09: Holiday Buzz 186 pages
Total 186
Total Pages: 999
Seriously?! The irony that my goal was 1000 pages and I read 999. LOL
Books finished:
Lee wrote: "Me! I’ve been waiting for this! Yes. I’m a dork."Awesome!!! Sorry, NaNoWriMo has got me a little behind haha
Count me in! I've been in a reading slump for the last month but I'm over it... I hopeTBR:
12/2: The Brethren 20 pages
12/3: The School for Good and Evil 244 pages Red Rising 22 pages
12/4: The School for Good and Evil 244 pages Red Rising 50 pages
12/5: An Enchantment of Ravens 152 pages
12/6: An Enchantment of Ravens 152 pages
12/7: 0 pages sniff* I worked all day then had a really bad headache a didn't feel like reading
12/8: Daughter of Smoke & Bone 15 pages Tiger Lily15 pages
12/9: Didn't have time to read anything
Total Pages: 914
Books Finished:
The 1st half of my week went pretty good but I just got to busy to read the 2nd half. Overall though I'm pretty please with reading 900 pages.
Never done a read-a- thon so I'm excited for this one! TBR
12/02:nothing
12/03:
(70 pages)12/04:
(155 pages)12/05:
(149 pages) 12/06:
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(8pages)12/07:nothing
12/08:
(92pages)12/09:
(174pages)Total Pages: 659
Finished Books:
Well my 8 days just ended and I was so close to finishing Lincoln in the Bardo. Had 77 pages left butI still feel pretty good about my reading.
Me! I'm so far behind!12/5: I finished
today on Audio and I really enjoyed it! English Village setting, historical fiction for WWII, and it's a 5/5 from me!I'm also working on
,
and
12/8: I finished
another really good one!
TBR12/02:
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Total Pages: 331
Total Books:
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Definitely joining in!TBR:
12/2: I've discovered that After the Quake is not the type of book to be read during a read-a-thon. I only read a total of 50 pages today, though I read each short story at least twice. My reading ritual went on a little like this: I read each story once, let it sink in, did some research on its possible symbolism, typed up some notes, then read the story again!
At a first glance, these stories seem disarmingly simple. However, they are filled with deep symbolism, and well worth the time to uncover their multiple layers of meaning. They cover a huge range of topics and emotions, from the placid paralysis one often faces before making an important decision to the disputable definition of reality offered by epistemology.
Excited to start Catch-22 tomorrow!
12/3: Today I read the first six chapters of Catch-22, which only amounted to an unimpressive 53 pages.
I usually do not allow myself any previous knowledge of the books I chose to read before I read them. As it turns out, Catch-22, with its seemingly unlimited number of characters and unorthodox time-line, is also not an easy read. With that being said, I am enjoying its sharp dark (and often nonsensical!) humor immensely, as well as its subtle philosophical inquiries and musings.
12/4: Another 6 chapters of Catch-22 today, which amounted to 67 pages!
The chapters are now starting to mesh, and I keep mentally shouting "A-ha!' when I decipher the meaning of a previous reference. Could I be finally getting the hang of the broken narrative? In any case, I am having a blast! :)
12/5:
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Total Pages: 170.
Books Finished:
I am in! Let's see if I can do this! 12/2 -
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I usually suck at read-a-thons but I SOOOO need this:)I am in! I can do it this time I feel it...
TBR:
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12/2:41
12/3:9
12/4:52
12/5:15
12/6:19
12/7:33
12/8:34
12/9:15
Total Pages:218
Books Finished:
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I am in. yay thank you for a week long book a thon
Yeah!! :D2nd Dec: The Lost Art of World Domination - 28 pages
3rd Dec: James Bond Eat Your Heart Out - 282 pages
4th Dec: Santa Baby, I Want A Bad Boy For Christmas - 55 pages
5th Dec: Ostrich and the 'Roo - 156 pages
6th Dec: White Flag of The Dead - 100 pages
7th Dec:
✤ A Prince's best friend - 120 pages
✤ Wail of the Banshee - 30 pages
8th Dec: Wolverine - 144 pages
9th Dec: Hidden Royalty - 350 pages
Total Pages: 1,265 pages
Books Finished:
Never done this before, I'll give it a go!TBR:
Vagabond by Bernard Cornwell
Heretic by Bernard Cornwell
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
12/2: Vagabond pg 81-252 (171 pgs) g
12/3: Vagabond pg 253-371 finished and Heretic pg 1-36 (154 pgs)
12/4: Heretic pg 36-232 (196 pgs)
12/5: Heretic pg 232-355 finished (123 pgs)
12/6: Beyond the Highland Mist pg 1-270 (270 pgs)
12/7: Beyond the Highland Mist pg 270-388=finished and The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and by pg 1-70 and Beautiful Stranger pg 1-207 (395 pgs)
12/8: Beautiful Stranger pg 207-345 finished and The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared pg 70-123 and Beautiful Bombshell pg 1-160 finished (350 pgs)
12/9: The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared pg 123-210 and Darker pg 1-257 (344 pgs)
Total Pages: 2003
Books Finished:
Vagabond by Bernard Cornwell
Heretic by Bernard Cornwell
Beyond the Highland Mist by Karen Marie Moning
Beautiful Stranger by Christina Lauren
Beautiful Bombshell by Christina Lauren
I'm inDec. 2 The Christmas Bouquet by Sherryl Woods 50 pages (finished)
Dec. 3 All Through the Night by Mary Higgins Clark 107 pages
Dec. 4 All Through the Night by Mary Higgins Clark 50 pages
Dec. 5 All Through the Night by Mary Higgins Clark (finished) 100 pages
Dec. 6 Hardcore Twenty-Four by Janet Evanovich 199 pages
Dec. 7 Hardcore Twenty-Four by Janet Evanovich (finished) 120 pages
Dec. 8 Holiday Buzz by Cleo Coyle110 pages
Dec. 9 Holiday Buzz by Cleo Coyle152 pages
Total Pages: 839
12/2: 275 pages 12/3: 109 pages
12/4: 167 pages
12/5: 75 pages
12/6: 70 pages
12/7: 253 pages
12/8: 50 pages
12/9: 75 pages
Total Pages: 1,074
Books Finished:
I'm in but not planning on what I will read. When I plan in advance I always end up not feeling like read the books when it comes time to read them.TBR:
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Books Finished:
12/2:
: 72 pages12/3:
: 149 pages12/4:
: 28 pages12/5:
: 72 pages12/6:
: 73 pages12/7:
: 73 pages12/8:
: 112 pages12/9:
:805 pagesTotal Pages: 1384
Books Finished:2
TBR:
12/2: In a Dark Dark Wood, 27 pages
12/3: In a Dark Dark Wood, 80 pages
12/4:In a Dark Dark Wood, 99 pages. Finished!
12/5: No pages read :[
12/6: No pages read :[
12/7: How to Stop Time, 40 pages
12/8: How to Stop Time, 90 pages
12/9: How to Stop Time, 96 pages
Total Pages: 432 Pages! :D
Books Finished:[bookcover:In a Dark, Dark Wood|23346377]
Currently reading:
12/2:
: Starting on page 23. Ending on page 32
12/3:
: Starting on page 32.
: Starting on page 110. Ending on page 121
: Starting on page 30. Ending on page 51
12/4:
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: Starting on page 121.
12/8:
: Starting on page 185.
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Total pages: 313
Books finished:
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: Starting on page 164. Ending on page 185.
: Starting on page 121.
12/8:
: Starting on page 185.12/9:
Total pages: 313
Books finished:
Lee wrote: "Me! I’ve been waiting for this! Yes. I’m a dork."It was nothing against you Johnni!
I completely failed at meeting my Nano goals (which weren't even to write 50,000 words!) so I'm just looking forward to December and moving on from my month of writing failure!
What I did accomplish (and am quite proud of) is my mission to visit all 50 states!
Can't wait for Saturday to start the RAT.
I've been neglecting the books I need to finish 3 challenges in favour of reading It by Stephen King. I'm about to finish it (It!) and this is the push I need to get back to the challenges.12/2:
by
Ben Blum start page 26 end page 198 Total: 17212/3: Ranger Games pages 199 through 324 total 125
12/4: Ranger Games pages 325 though 412 (finished)
by
Abby Fabiaschi about 30% or about 82 pages total 16912/5: I Liked My Life: about 156 pages
12/6: 0 pages
12/7: I Liked My Life: about 34 pages
12/8:
by John Hechinger pages 1 through 71: 70 pages12/9: True Gentlemen pages 72 through 167: 95 pages
Total Pages: 821
Books Finished:
by
Ben Blum
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Abby Fabiaschi
Nancy wrote: "I've been neglecting the books I need to finish 3 challenges in favour of reading It by Stephen King. I'm about to finish it (It!) and this is the push I need to get back to the challenges.12/2:
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Have you liked the book It so far? I've never read a book by Stephen King and I don't think It is the book I will start with but I do want to read it I think....Let me know your opinion if you don't mind
TBR: Finish up:
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12/2:
Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery - 8 pgs
12/3:
Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery - 146 pgs
Read My Pins: Stories from a Diplomat's Jewel Box = 29 pgs
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry = 20 pgs
12/4:
Read My Pins: Stories from a Diplomat's Jewel Box = 57 pgs
12/5:
Rosemarked = 60 pgs
Read My Pins: Stories from a Diplomat's Jewel Box = 77 pgs
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry = 37 pgs
12/6:
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry = 43 pgs
Dune = 88 pgs
12/7:
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry = 37 pgs
12/8:
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry = 15 pgs
12/9:
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry = 52 pgs
Rosemarked = 233 pgs
Stock Market 101: From Bull and Bear Markets to Dividends, Shares, and Margins-Your Essential Guide to the Stock Market = 10 pgs
Death by Water= 2 pgs
Total Pages: 918
Books Finished:
TBR: 
Currently reading:
12/2:
200 pages of Wool
298 pages of They Both Die at the End
12/3:
212 pages of The Beginning of the World in the Middle of the Night
12/4:
342 pages of The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
12/5:
100 pages of Queen of Shadows
12/6:
100 pages of Turtles All the Way Down
12/7:
204 pages of Turtles All the Way Down
121 pages of The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
12/8:
100 pages of The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender
45 pages of The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
12/9:
200 pages of The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender
Total Pages:
1922
Books Finished:
I’m in - of course!TBR:
12/2: My Antonia, 78 pages
12/3: My Antonia, 150 pages, finished
12/4: Herland, 108 pages, finished
12/5: The Dead Tracks, 100 pages
12/6: The Dead Tracks, 302 pages, finished
12/7: A Room Full of Bones, 253 pages
12/8: A Room Full of Bones, 104 pages, finished
Cold Comfort Farm, 240 pages, finished
12/9: Cold Blood, 64 pages
Total pages: 1399
Books finished:
Sandy (CA) wrote: "TBR: I'm giving this a try. I didn't do so well with the one-day readathon last time. Maybe 8 days will work better for me. Fingers crossed!
TBR
[book:..."I'm better at this length than the shorter ones for sure!!
TBR:
12/2: Read 198 to finish Cinder
12/3: Read 18 pages of What Light
12/4: Read 47 pages of What Light
12/5: Read 82 pages of What Light
12/6: Read 104 pages of What Light & finished
12/7: nothing
12/8:
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Total Pages:449
Books Finished:
I will try this.12/2:
- 115 pages12/3:
- 54 pages (finished)
- 86pages12/4:
-89 pages12/5:
-161 pages ( finished)
- 32 pages12/6:m
- 169 pages12/7:
- 69pages (finished)
-120 pages12/8:
12/9:
173 pages (finished)Total Pages: 1068
Books Finished: 4
12/2: Killer Cults:Murderous Messiahs And Their Fanatical Followers - Brian Lane (1-276)
12/3:
Killer Cults:Murderous Messiahs And Their Fanatical Followers - Brian Lane (Finished)
Black Moon - Kenneth Calhoun (finished)
12/4:
Playing With Fire - Tess Gerritsen (Finished)
12/5:
Party Games - R. L. Stine (Finished)
The Vanishing - Wendy Webb (1-185)
12/6:
The Vanishing - Wendy Webb (Finished)
The Scarlet Gospels - Clive Barker (1-267)
12/7:
The Scarlet Gospels - Clive Barker (Finished)
IT - Stephen King (1-72)
12/8:
IT - Stephen King (72-245)
12/9:
IT - Stephen King (245-295)
Total Pages: 2,172
Books Finished: 6
I'm totally in!!TBR:
12/2:
12/3: Collared - 174 pages
Dark Matter - 32 pages
12/4: Dark Matter - 37 pages
12/5:
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12/7: Empire of Storms - 95 pages
Collared - 57 pages
12/8: Dark Matter - 19 pages
12/9:
Total Pages: 414
Books Finished: 0 :(
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12/2:
127pgs12/3:
82pgs12/4:
92pgs 52pgs12/5:
83pgs 242pgs33pgs12/6:
101pgs64pgs12/7:
135pgs52pgs12/8:
67pgs10311012/9:
64pgs48pgsTotal Pages: 1,455
Books Finished:
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TBR: A Christmas Secret
12/2: Caraval - 326 pages. Fellowship of the Rings - 398 pages.
12/3: A Christmas Secret - 108 pages, All the Light We Cannot see - 200 pages
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TBR: Bear Town, Rithmatist, The buried giant12/2:
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Yes! TBR:
12/2: Started at p.275 of
& read up to p.325. 12/3: Goal is to finish the second book of the Trilogy which is entitled the Lonely Girl. Ends at page 379 of
, and goal achieved, 2nd book complete. 12/4: Working on last book of Edna O'Brien's Trilogy
, and one story in
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Books Finished:
. I finished the entire trilogy at 6am on Sunday, Read review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...reply | flag *
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Wow, guys! We have about 35 participants so far :D
I'm in!12/2 30 pages in Biggest Flirts and 6 pages in You are a Badass.
12/3 Finished Biggest Flirts and 16 pages in You are a Badass.
12/4 8 pages in You are a Badass.
12/5 30 psges in You are a Badass.
12/6 nothing
12/7 16 pages in You are a badass.
12/8 12 pages in You are a badass.
12/9
Total pages: 88 pages in You are a Badass.
Finshed books: Biggest Flirts
My current read is You are a badass!
I'm in!TBR:
12/2: 256 pages of The Sun and Her Flowers and 172 pages of Wayfarer
12/3: 205 pages of Wayfarer and 72 pages of The Sleeper and the Spindle
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Susan wrote: "Nancy wrote: "I've been neglecting the books I need to finish 3 challenges in favour of reading It by Stephen King. I'm about to finish it (It!) and this is the push I need to get back to the chall..."I've finished it, and gave it a 4 star rating overall--5 stars for the first 700 pages or so, and 3 for the last 450. King creates seven complex and interesting children, and gives them all rich stories full of 1950's period detail that I found compelling. (I am about 6 years younger than these children would have been). The last pages focus on the children as adults in the 1980's; I found these to be a little fantastic and overblown. The horror was excruciating, but not terribly scary. There was a section (unrelated to the horror) that made me feel very squeamish, though.
Like you, I hadn't read any King until quite recently. I started with Mr. Mercedes, which I found to be rather ordinary. Then I read 11 25 63, which I adored and could hardly put down. I read a lot of nonfiction, and 63 was a convincing blend of early 1960's US history and fiction, 5 stars for me. I think I might try The Shining next.
38 readers is our current count!Day 1: What is the the first thing you are going to read today?
I am starting
. I'm super excited about it! a bunch of my fave authors raved about it and it's marketed as "if the Firefly crew were teenagers and had a TARDIS"... these are a lot of my favorite things hahaIf you want some reading sprints, don't forget about our Reading Sprints Forum.
Today I plan on finishing the last 50 pages of The Christmas Bouquet by Sherryl Woods
and starting All Through the Night by Mary Higgins Clark
I´ll try hahah (probably will fail)TBR:
2nd: 36pages read from TSS
3rd: 24pages read from TSS
4th: Read nothing lol
5th: Read nothing lol
6th: Read nothing lol
7th: Read nothing lol
8th: 41pages read from TSS
9th: Read PJO: The Last Olympian´s 384 pages
Total pages read: 485
Books finished: 1
matilde wrote: "I´ll try hahah (probably will fail)TBR:
2nd: 38pages read from TSS
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You've already read more than me ;) Don't be too critical of yourself!
This read-a-thon is about setting your own goals and having a good time! You might be pushing to finish a single book, read a single page to get out of a reading slump, or read 3,000 pages. All are welcome and all are successes!
It's not about failing! Just have FUN! :D
Hi EveryoneMy first read for Saturday was Bountiful by Sarina Bowen and wow what a beautiful read.
Read
12/2
the unexpected santa by dahlia donovan 63 pages
12/3
Bountiful by sarina bowen 364 pages
once upon a christmas eve by elizabeth hoyt 92 pages
12/4
italian affair by annie seaton 190 pages
a scottish lord for christmas by lauren smith 164 pages
12/5
The lady in red by lauren smith 115 pages
Seas of strangers by ericka cameron 384 pages
12/6
went to holidays at hogwarts instead of a book sorry! It was amazeballs though.
12/7 roomies by christina lauren 368 pages
12/8
mine to save by diana gardin 305 pages
man hands by sarina bowen and tanya eby 240 pages
12/9
cinderella necromancer by fm boughan 311 pages
fervent by claudia burgoa 264 pages
Total pages read: 2860 pages
Books finished:12
yay! Happy holidays everyone
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