Read-A-Thin discussion

We have a group book this month! We'll be reading Broken Beautiful Hearts by Kami Garcia


1.) 2017/2018 Release

2.) Buddy Read (WE HAVE A GROUP BOOK!!)

3.) Least Favorite Emoji

4.) Read a New To You Author

5.) Finish a Series

6.) A Book with a Spring Themed Cover

7.) A Book with a Red, Pink, or White cover

8.) It's Black History Month, read a book by a Person of Color

9.) Read a book feat a Diverse Relationship (not m/f)

10.) Read a Smutty Book

11.) Read a book with NO Romance

What is #10? It only says Read a???

Carlos wrote: "What is #10? It only says Read a???"

Read a S m u t t y Book

not sure why it's showing up like that it reads it on my screen, sorry!!

Quick question: can the diverse romance book be a graphic novel?

Nice challenge! :) Will definitely get some of those done - some are two (or three) in one, though!
1. 2018 releases I want to read in Feb:

4. New to you author:
Melissa Albert (The Hazel Wood)
Jeff VanderMeer (Annihilation)
Jason Matthews (Red Sparrow)
5. Finish a series
Rebel of the Sands Trilogy (with Hero at the Fall)
6. Spring themed cover
I think UK ebook version of The Hazel Wood - it has leaves...

And maybe this one, but not sure yet:

7. Red cover (and title :P)


Not sure about the rest, for now.
What do you mean with 3., the emoji challenge? :)

Of course it can Brandy!!

I'm excited to participate in my third round of this!

I will be hoping to complete six challenges!

1- 2017/2018 release- Cruel Prince by Holly Black
4- new to you author- The Boundless by Kenneth Oppel
6- Spring cover- Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
7- Cover with red/pink/white- Red Clocks by Leni Zumas
8- POC author- Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
11- Book with no Romance- Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan

I have two other books I am going to be reading next month will be City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare and Three Sisters Three Queens by Philippa Gregory

Hi! Are we no longer doing the challenge to read 4 books and 8 challenges?

It is still a thing but instead of being one of the challenges it’s more like a goal. If that makes sense

It does. Bummer though, I’m one short for my tbr now. I used the YouTube video to make my tbr, I’ll see if I can find something to fill in the gap. :-)

I'll be attempting to complete:
1.) 2017 Release - The Dollmaker of Krakow (Done)
4.) Read a New To You Author- R.M Romero with The Dollmaker of Krakow (done)
5.) Finish a Series- Wayfarer by Alexandra Bracken
6.) A Book with a Spring Themed Cover- The Fall of the Giants by Ken Follett
7.) A Book with a Red, Pink, or White cover - The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
8.) It's Black History Month, read a book by a Person of Color- The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas (done)
I don't know wether I might end up reading more books that can complete the rest of the challenges, but we'll see

TBR
1) 2017 release- The Magic Misfits by Neil Patrick Harris
4) New to You Author- They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
5) Finish a Series- Chasing the Prophecy by Brandon Mull
6) Spring themed Cover- The Wedding by Nicholas Sparks
7) Book with a Red cover- Hunting Prince Dracula by Kerri Maniscalco
8) Book by a Person of Color- Hamilton the Revolution (do not believe I have any books by black authors on my shelf, and Lin- Manuel Miranda is Puerto Rican so it fits the challenge)
9) Diverse relationship- Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
That's it for now

February TBR so far, hopefully lol :)
1a. 2017 release: Even the Darkest Stars by Heather Fawcett
1b. 2018 release: The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
4. new author: Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia
6. spring-themed cover... Reign of Shadows by Sophie Jordan
7a. red,pink, or white on cover: (red) As Old As Time by Liz Braswell
7b. Red Rising by Pierce Brown
7c. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas ✔ ****

Yaaaas!! I was kinda sad knowing I couldn't participate in the previous read-a-thin because of the conditions post-Hurricane Maria but now I'm ready for this one!!

For now I think this is going to be my TBR (are we still aiming for a minimum of 6 challenges like in the first read-a-thin or it changed in the previous one?):

1) 2017/2018 release: Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

4) Read a new to you author: almost every book from the tbr can apply to this one

5) Finish a series: Magnus Chase and the Ship of the Dead by Rick Riordan

7) A book with a red, pink or white cover: Things I'm Seeing Without You by Peter Bognanni

9) Read a book feat. a diverse relationship: Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst

10) Read a smutty book: MAYBE I'll reread Rock by Anyta Sunday

11) Read a book with NO romance: The Orphan's Tale by Pan Jenoff

1.) 2017/2018 Release
The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee

2.) Buddy Read (WE HAVE A GROUP BOOK!!)
Broken Beautiful Hearts by Kami Garcia

3.) Least Favorite Emoji
👹👺 I absolutely hate these demon emojis. I have 0 need for them.
Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylot

4.) Read a New To You Author
I have yet to read anything by Rick Riordan, so The Lighting Thief it is.

5.) Finish a Series
I might use The Cursed Child to finish off the Harry Potter universe.

6.) A Book with a Spring Themed Cover
My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick

7.) A Book with a Red, Pink, or White cover
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

8.) It's Black History Month, read a book by a Person of Color
The Wrath and The Dawn by Renee Ahdieh

9.) Read a book feat a Diverse Relationship (not m/f)
Simon vs the Homosapien Agenda by Becky Albertalli

10.) Read a Smutty Book
I'm gonna hate-read 50 Shades of Grey by E.L. James

11.) Read a book with NO Romance
Holes by Louis Sachar

SAVING
I majorly failed on November but have been reading A LOT lately so hoping I will do alright for Feb!

1.) 2017/2018 Release
Top Ten by Katie Cotugno


2.) Buddy Read (for my work book club)
Songs of Willow Frost by Jamie Ford


3.) Least Favorite Emoji (the drooling one people use for food, it disgusts me!)
The Chocolate Money by Ashley Prentice Norton


4.) Read a New To You Author
I Am Princess X by Cherie Priest


5.) Finish a Series The Shadowlands Trilogy
Endless by Kate Brian


6.) A Book with a Spring Themed Cover
The Perfect Neighbors by Sarah Pekkanen


7.) A Book with a Red, Pink, or White cover
Wrecked by Maria Padian


8.) It's Black History Month, read a book by a Person of Color
The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas


9.) Read a book feat a Diverse Relationship (not m/f)
Waiting to Exhale by Terry McMillan


10.) Read a Smutty Book
Need recs!

11.) Read a book with NO Romance
Finding My Virginity by Sir Richard Branson

Will finish this after I browse my shelves a bit more!

2017/2018 Release

2.) Buddy Read (WE HAVE A GROUP BOOK!!)

3.) Least Favorite Emoji
Two Girls Staring at the CeilingLucy Frank 🤒

4.) Read a New To You Author

5.) Finish a Series
End of Watch

6.) A Book with a Spring Themed Cover

7.) A Book with a Red, Pink, or White cover
The Firelight GirlsKaya McLaren

8.) It's Black History Month, read a book by a Person of Color
NWZadie Smith

9.) Read a book feat a Diverse Relationship (not m/f)

10.) Read a Smutty Book

11.) Read a book with NO Romance

These are the challenges I’m doing:
Spring Themed Cover - Matched, by Ally Condie
New-to-You Author - The Collected Works of AJ Fikry, by Gabrielle Zevin (completed)
Smutty Book - Sex Criminals Vol. 1
Red, Pink or White on the Cover - Hello, Goodbye and Everything in Between, Jennifer E Smith
No Romance - Chis Sweet Home
Start or Finish a Series - How To Train Your Dragon, Cressida Cowell
Buddy Read a Book - After You, Jojo Moyes

Also can we use library books for this readathon? Can we double up on challenges with more than 3 challenges? The Rules/guidelines in this group are from the first Readathin and I think they’re a little outdated 😊 not sure what counts though

I finally read my first book for the read a thin.
Prompt 4. Read a new to you author: Christina Faust.

It's been a hellish February for me personally but I'm feeling better and back to reading again.

I have read two of the books for the read a thin.
Challenge 1. 2017 release: All By Myself, Alone by Mary Higgins Clark.
Challenge 4. New Author to you: Rinker Buck who wrote The Oregon Trail
Working on Challenge 5. Finish a series. I am working on the Enderverse series by Orson Scott Card. I just have one more book to read.

Just finished my first book for this read-a-thin: Challenge 5 (Finish a series) was fulfilled by reading Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian. Now moving onto challenge #1 (A 2017/2018 release) with the book Red Clocks by Leni Zumas. Good luck everyone- have fun!

Not doing bad, so far - at least for my standards!

4.) Read a New To You Author


5.) Finish a Series


7.) A Book with a Red, Pink, or White cover

Finishing this one today - I love that cover!

11.) Read a book with NO Romance

(well, it had one hand-holding scene between two kids, so I don't think it counts)