Unexpected Readathon Time / Books Out of the Blue discussion

Our first readathon starts right away, on March 2nd! You can start at midnight in your time zone, and the readathon will end at 11:59PM in your time zone on Tuesday, March 5th.

The only requirement is to post some sort of update(s) as you go, whether that's the number of pages you read (overall or per day), how many hours you spent reading, what your favorite read was, etc. The more discussion, the better! Feel free to tell us how you're feeling about your readathon picks, and please post your TBR for the readathon!

Fulfilling challenges is NOT required, but if you'd like a few challenges to fill for this readathon:
1. Read a book with diverse rep! (i.e. POC rep, queer rep, disability rep, etc.)
2. Read something short: this can be a graphic novel, manga, poetry collection, novella, whatever you like.
3. Read something with your favorite color on the cover.

Sounds fun! I don’t know how much I’ll be able to read as I’m working all day on the 2nd & half the day 3rd & 4th. But I’ll give it a go.

Currently reading:
- We Three Heroes by Lynette Noni
- Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve (audiobook)

TBR:
- Vardesia by Lynette Noni
- The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnston
- The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon (audiobook)

Oooooh, Priory. 😍 My pre-order copy came damaged so my replacement showed up today and I'm so tempted to start it this weekend too!!

Could use some help. I'd really love to read about disabled characters but don't think I know of any. Suggestions?
I'm also disabled (or differently abled) with Rheumatoid Arthritis, so I'd love to rep that for this readathon.


Thanks for hosting this!!!!

I'm off Saturday through Tuesday (4-day weekend thanks to an all-day out-of-town seminar I have to go to next Friday), so I'm gonna try to get some major reading done!! I do have a lot of rearranging and organizing to do at home but hopefully I can listen to audiobooks while doing all of that.

I want to finish my current reads:
- Red, White & Royal Blue (diverse rep challenge)
- Nevernight (audio reread)
- A Danger to Herself and Others
- Aurora Rising (favorite color on the cover: purple)

And I want to read a bunch of library check-outs I need to return, which all fit the something short challenge since they're all GNs and manga:
- Giant Days, Vol. 5
- Giant Days, Vol. 6
- Giant Days, Vol. 7
- Legends of Zita the Spacegirl
- The Return of Zita the Spacegirl
- Deadman Wonderland, Vol. 1
- Black Butler, Vol. 1

Besides all of this, I might just mood read and try to read some ARCs!

Wooo!! My TBR is:

-Finish The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, which I'm a little over halfway through.
-Read one of the graphic novels my friend lent me (she lent me 13, so we'll see which one I pick, I'd like to read at least one a week!)
-At least start I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer for Monstrous March

Sarah wrote: "Wooo!! My TBR is:

-Finish The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, which I'm a little over halfway through.
-Read one of the graphic novels my friend lent me (she lent me 13, so we'l..."

My friend suggested The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet! I JUST got it on Kindle Unlimited! Are you liking it?

My TBR is:

- My Point ... and I Do Have One by Ellen DeGeneres (something short)
- The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish (favorite color: seafoam & POC rep!)

I can't imagine I'll be able to read any more than that since I just started reading Listen to Your Heart by Kasie West however if time allows, I'll definitely tackle my NetGalley queue:

- Just for Clicks by Kara McDowell
- The Perfect Date by Evelyn Lozada & Holly Lorincz
- The Dating Game by Kiley Roache

Crystal wrote: "Could use some help. I'd really love to read about disabled characters but don't think I know of any. Suggestions?
I'm also disabled (or differently abled) with Rheumatoid Arthritis, so I'd love t..."

Oooh, RA is such a bitch. :( My grandma had it, and they think I'm developing it. Hugs to you ♥ I don't know of RA rep in books off the top of my head, but I'm gonna think on that and see if I can find you something!! For disability rep in general, here are a few I have shelved on my disability shelf on GR:
- The Storm Runner (the MC has a physical disability with one of his legs, I'm not sure what)
- Blanca & Roja (one of the love interests is blind in one eye, I think?)
- The Dollmaker of Krakow (one of the MCs is missing a leg)
- When My Heart Joins the Thousand (the love interest has a genetic disorder and the MC is autistic)
- The Tea Dragon Society (multiple QPOC characters and a character is in a wheelchair)
- A Quiet Kind of Thunder (selective mute MC and deaf love interest)

Amber wrote: "I’m totally in and I will *try* to post, but I’m leaving for a cruise on Saturday so the signal situation out at sea will be iffy.

I’ve got a bunch of ARCs to get through, so that will probably be..."

oooooh have fun on your cruise!!

Kayla wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Wooo!! My TBR is:

-Finish The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, which I'm a little over halfway through.
-Read one of the graphic novels my friend lent me (she lent ..."

I didn't know TLWTASAP was on Kindle Unlimited! Oooh...

Sounds fun!

I'm currently reading A Dangerous Collaboration by Deanna Raybourn. I think the cover's green. (I'm reading an e-arc on my phone.)

I'm a total mood reader so can't post a TBR (and stick to it), but I'll update with what I get to.

For a short book I do have the second volume of Fence I want to dig into. :) 🤺

Edit: My hold for The Music of What Happens by Bill Konigsberg is ready to pick up from the library this weekend, so that can be my diverse rep. :)

destiny ♡⚔♡ wrote: "I'm off Saturday through Tuesday (4-day weekend thanks to an all-day out-of-town seminar I have to go to next Friday), so I'm gonna try to get some major reading done!! I do have a lot of rearrangi..."

I love Deadman Wonderland!! I really hope you enjoy it, it's my favorite manga series of all time!!

I probably won't be able to read that much over the next few days, got two tests coming up so we shall see.

Here are the ones I will be working on!!

東京喰種トーキョーグール 12 Tokyo Guru 12 (manga)
A Book of Treasured Poems (old poetry collection)
St. Augustine's Confessions: With an English Translation; Volume 1 (cover is my favorite color, red!!)
The Call of Cthulhu (short story)

There might be others, but we'll see as the week goes along!
Good luck to everyone!!

Due to blog tour deadlines, I can't participate this time :( but no fear! Once this deadline is done, I'll be free to do the next one

The only book I want to accomplish in March is Priory.


Current:
Gary The Four Eyed Fairy
Best Kept Secret
Potency

TBR:
The Priory Of The Orange Tree 🍊🌳🐉

I will be participating the best I can. I do have school work to do though since I have a paper due Tuesday and a test on Friday. I start my spring break after my test on Friday.

I'm fairly positive I can't read all day during the readathon because life, but I do like to try and since I am so behind on book review requests, this tends to help me move that TBR pile along! Plus, I see your challenge of read something short and accept!

Current reads:



TBR:

(short read)

Amanda ☕ wrote: "I'M IN.

I've done nothing but play Final Fantasy for the past couple of weeks, so I'm in a serious reading slump & I'm going to use this to get me out of it haha.

CR:
- Black Leopard, Red Wolf by..."

Ooooh... which FF game? 👀

Erika wrote: "Sounds fun!

I'm currently reading A Dangerous Collaboration by Deanna Raybourn. I think the cover's green. (I'm reading an e-arc on my phone.)

I'm a total mood reader so can't post a TBR (and st..."

Updating as you go is totally fine too! :D I don't always like picking TBRs for readathons, either, and I rarely stick to mine LMAO.

Grace the Book Queen wrote: "destiny ♡⚔♡ wrote: "I'm off Saturday through Tuesday (4-day weekend thanks to an all-day out-of-town seminar I have to go to next Friday), so I'm gonna try to get some major reading done!! I do hav..."

Oh awesome, thank you!! It looks so cool!

Grace the Book Queen wrote: "I probably won't be able to read that much over the next few days, got two tests coming up so we shall see.

Here are the ones I will be working on!!

[book:東京喰種トーキョーグール 12 Tokyo Guru 12 |22447427..."

Good luck with your tests! ♥

Amanda wrote: "Due to blog tour deadlines, I can't participate this time :( but no fear! Once this deadline is done, I'll be free to do the next one"

Oh nooo! That's okay ♥♥ I'll look forward to you hopefully joining in next time!! You can still participate in the discussions if you want (and if you have the time!) 😊💗

Brittany wrote: "The only book I want to accomplish in March is Priory."

I mean, to be fair, Priory is a month worth of reading on its own 😂😂😂

Rebecca (Coffeebooksandjournals) wrote: "I will be participating the best I can. I do have school work to do though since I have a paper due Tuesday and a test on Friday. I start my spring break after my test on Friday."

Good luck!!!

C.E. wrote: "I'm fairly positive I can't read all day during the readathon because life, but I do like to try and since I am so behind on book review requests, this tends to help me move that TBR pile along! Pl..."

OOOOH Lycopolis looks so cool!!

I probably won't do the challenges, but I love readathons.

destiny ♡⚔♡ wrote: "C.E. wrote: "I'm fairly positive I can't read all day during the readathon because life, but I do like to try and since I am so behind on book review requests, this tends to help me move that TBR p..."

Right?! I've ashamedly had this on my TBR for years as a book review request...

Angela wrote: "I probably won't do the challenges, but I love readathons."

That's totally fine!! ♥♥ they're super optional, I can't even guarantee I'll always do them myself lol

C.E. wrote: "destiny ♡⚔♡ wrote: "C.E. wrote: "I'm fairly positive I can't read all day during the readathon because life, but I do like to try and since I am so behind on book review requests, this tends to hel..."

Oof, been there 😂

Crystal wrote: "Could use some help. I'd really love to read about disabled characters but don't think I know of any. Suggestions?
I'm also disabled (or differently abled) with Rheumatoid Arthritis, so I'd love t..."

not to self promo but i do have a a whole shelf where i keep track of disability/bnd rep. if you need, it has about 200 books on it at the moment

i'm not sure of your taste, but i highly recommend:

• The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly (the mc has two amputated hands)
• Sadie (mc has a speech impediment)
• The Wicker King (anxiety, trauma)
• The Gilded Wolves (autism, ocd)
• The Loneliest Girl in the Universe (anxiety, panic disorder)
• Nimona & Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening (amputated arm)
• Under Rose-Tainted Skies (agorphobia, anxiety, ocd)
• Braced (scoliosis)

i'm not sure if i'll be able to stick to the challenges but i'm hoping to read:

• Monstress, Vol. 3: Haven
• My Sister, the Serial Killer (the author is coming to an event i hope to attend on sunday!)
• Skyward

Erika wrote: "Sounds fun!

I'm currently reading A Dangerous Collaboration by Deanna Raybourn. I think the cover's green. (I'm reading an e-arc on my phone.)

I'm a total mood reader so can't post a TBR (and st..."

oof, i relate to this so much! i really struggle sticking to tbrs too!

rachel wrote: "Crystal wrote: "Could use some help. I'd really love to read about disabled characters but don't think I know of any. Suggestions?
I'm also disabled (or differently abled) with Rheumatoid Arthriti..."

Holy crap Rachel, you're amazing ♥

I’m in!
I’m currently reading As She Ascends by Jodi Meadows.

TBR: I’ll probably try to read An Ember in the Ashes by Saaba Tahir, and Cinder by Marissa Meyer! (:

I’m known to change my mind on TBR’s so I’ll let you know 😜

Again, thanks for including me! 😊

I posted my readathon on my blog! https://yarnowlreads.wordpress.com/20...

In summary:
Read a book with diverse rep: The Last 8 by Laura Pohl. This comes out on the 5th so it’s my first priority for this weekend. It’s also queer YA sci-fi, which is possibly the perfect combination of genres.
Read something short (graphic novel, poetry collection, novella, etc.): “Sister, Dearest Sister, Let Me Show You the Sea” by Seanan McGuire. This short story is in the collection The Devil and the Deep: Horror Stories of the Sea edited by Ellen Datlow. Ocean horror is a thing I love, so when I saw this collection was only $1.99 on Kindle I couldn’t resist. Then Destiny told me there was a Seanan McGuire story in it that she loved and… well, here we are.
Read something with your favorite color on the cover: Once & Future by Amy Rose Capetta and Cori McCarthy. Purple is my favorite color, and since I also really need to finish this I’m going to say that the nice magenta-blue color on this cover is close enough.

^_^

destiny ♡⚔♡ wrote: "rachel wrote: "Crystal wrote: "Could use some help. I'd really love to read about disabled characters but don't think I know of any. Suggestions?
I'm also disabled (or differently abled) with Rheu..."

least i can do! 💛

Owl wrote: "I posted my readathon on my blog! https://yarnowlreads.wordpress.com/20...

In summary:
Read a book with diverse rep: The Last 8 by Laura Pohl. This comes out ..."

i reallly want to read once & future!

3/2: 95pages, 10pages, 6pages
Total: 111pages

3/3: 136pages, 51pages, 57pages, 31pages
Total: 275pages

3/4: 65pages, 38pages, 83pages
Total:186pages

3/5: 265pages, 80pages
Total:345pages

Pages Read:917pages
Books Completed:

1.Read a book with diverse rep:

TBR:

3/2 [69pgs] City of Ashes
3/3 [112pgs] City of Ashes
3/4
3/5

Pages Read: 181
Books Read:

Books I have lined up for this time period (I have my whole March reading scheduled out):

The Gloria Scott by Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes short story)
Witness in Death - In Death #10
Sunburn - stand-alone
Summer Knight - Harry Dresden #4 (audio)

Oo I'm going to try this one! Hopefully the kids let me have some read time...

Definitely up for this!!

TBR:
- Spinning Silver (favourite colour)
- The Picture of Dorian Grey (short book)
- The Poet X (diverse representation)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (reread)

Oh this is perfect! I have a study date on Saturday But was planning to get a lot of reading done this weekend otherwise.

Plan:
1. Finish up my reread of Heir of Fire (3 hours left on audio) - Totally stretching but it’s short haha...
2. Finish the Bone Witch- purple is my favorite color! (The cheating continues lol >.>)
3. Read Heartforger and Shadowglass - POC

Making it work lol! 😅🤣

This sounds like fun! I have a busy day ahead of me on Saturday (I hate adulting) but I plan on picking up my holds from the library and getting started on them.

TBR:
The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein (favorite color on cover)
The Cormorant (something short)

This sounds great! I'm basically home alone from Friday eve all through to Sunday (apart from a few hours on Sunday when at my friend's house)
I am hoping to finish some of my library reads

King of Scars
The Dead Ex (one of the characters has epilepsy for Diverse Reads)

I've also had The Once and Future King on my currently reading for MONTHS so maybe I can push myself through more of that one too... we shall see :) good luck everyone!

Kayla wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Wooo!! My TBR is:

-Finish The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, which I'm a little over halfway through.
-Read one of the graphic novels my friend lent me (she lent ..."

It took me a little bit to get into it (which makes sense, because it's pretty long and has a large cast to introduce) but I'm loving it!! It's getting harder and harder to put down. Definitely recommend it. :)

rachel wrote: "Crystal wrote: "Could use some help. I'd really love to read about disabled characters but don't think I know of any. Suggestions?
I'm also disabled (or differently abled) with Rheumatoid Arthriti..."

Please self-promo, this is great!!!

Currently Reading: The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue.

I'll try to participate in this! Maybe I'll pick up one of the books I'm reading for Reading Olympics. One of the books is October Mourning, which is a group of poems written in honor of a gay college student who was (trigger warning: violence) brutally attacked and murdered when he was twenty-one.

Of course I'm in, and much thanks for the invite!

TBR:
Monstrous March books
plus YARC 2019 plus
my own Reading Divergence in 2019 challenge!
Master of the Forest: A Horror Novel Set in Siberia RD challenge, MM
Circus Tarot
Shadow of The Fox YARC and RD
Murder in the Crooked House YARC and RD
My Sister, the Serial Killer RD
In the Shadow of Spindrift House NetGalley ARC
Lucifer SamLUCIFER SAM by Leo Darke (publisher ARC, April 15)
The Bakken Blade
Palace of Ghosts
TV History: The Most Important Technologies, People and Events that created the History of Television
Cthulhu Armageddon
Crow's Cottage
A Breath from the Sky: Unusual Stories of Possession
Piercing the Veil
Surviving the Swamp
The Worship of Mystery
The House Next Door Mister Jones Mysteries #3)

Currently reading:
Necropolis