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Sci-Fi Summer Readathon
Just signed up! I was starting to make a TBR last week. :)To Read
To Listen
Currently Reading
Read
Listened
Signing up. My first, and possibly only read will be:
Amy J. wrote: "Signing up. My first, and possibly only read will be:"Dune is in my longterm TBR. I have no idea when I will read it. But they are remaking the movie!
Hi! I'm going to do the readathon. I was just to a big book sale here and got a bunch of sci-fi books for 50 cents each. No idea what I will read first but I do love sci-fi and fantasy.
Sarah wrote: "Hi! I'm going to do the readathon. I was just to a big book sale here and got a bunch of sci-fi books for 50 cents each. No idea what I will read first but I do love sci-fi and fantasy."Awesome!!
I have a whole bunch of SF in my piles, so this challenge is perfectly timed!Potential TBR:
Read:
https://intotheabyssreviews.blogspot....I think I'll start with:
Not One of Us: Stories of Aliens on Earth
The Winds of Altair
New York 2140
Starting off SciFi June with
, a graphic novel about Earth with less gravity! Fun!EDIT: Finished it. Loved it! Immediately bought the next volume! Third volume comes out in August and I preordered that as well. lol.
I started reading
last month but wasn't even halfway through it so I'm counting it towards this readathon as a fantasy book!And I just started listening to
.
I just finished the first book for this Readathon!#1. Unearthed by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner. It's a YA story about two teens doing archeology on an alien planet and trying to save the Earth from a hidden danger. It was a fun quick read (at 328 pages) and had some good plot twists!
#2. Store of Infinity by Robert Sheckley. This is an anthology of 8 stories that was published in 1960. My favorite one was about the clumsy explorer who meets intelligent mole-like aliens but has many problems with his robot.
Finished listening to
last night and started listening to
this morning! One more sci-fi and one more fantasy! My Overdrive holds came in this weekend. lol.
I've been reading New York 2140 (49%) and The Winds of Altair ( to p. 19) since June 1, but I stopped to read for review The Hungry Ghost (at publisher's request). So that's one completed!Tor.com's free ebook for June isIn Our Own Worlds, I think available till June 7.
So in progress:
In Our Own Worlds
The Winds of Altair
New York 2140, an amazingly riveting work.
I think after these three, The Left Hand of Darkness
Finished New York 2140 last evening: wow, what an extraordinary novel! Totally recommended. May have made me a lifelong fan of Kim Stanley Robinson. Now: another classic author, Ursula L. LeGuin: The Left Hand of Darkness
Completed so far:
The Hungry Ghost-paranormal, metaphysical, LGBT.
New York 2140
Great Britain: The Most Important People, Places and Events That Shaped the History of Great Britain--publisher review
The Descendants: A Supernatural Thriller--Hidden Gems review
Shepherd's Warning. NetGalley ARC. Paranormal/Horror.
A House of Ghosts. NetGalley ARC. Historical Paranormal.
Hearthstone Cottage. Scottish Horror.
The Last Christmas A Repairman Jack Novel. Cosmic Horror, Genetic Engineering.
The Wasting: Descent to the Cataclysm. Science Fiction, Apocalyptic. Genetic EngineerinDark Mattergenetic engineering/Modification.
Those Who Came Before. Native American Paranormal/Horror.
Candle Making: Learn How to Make Your Own Candles from Scratch
Chop Shop. Minnesota Horror/Crime
Recursion. Quantum SciFi
Dark Matter. Quantum SciFi
Twisted Truth Box Set. YA Thrillers, including:
Monster
Ultimate Sacrifice
Vanquished
Killer Among.
The Face in the Marsh. LGBT Horror/Canadian.
Whispers in the Dark. Horror/Supernatural/paranormal
A Meeting with Medusa. Pure SciFi. Reread. Originally read in 2017.
Campfire. YA Horror/debut.
Typhoid Mary. Horror.
The Invocation. Horror.
Mistaken Identity Crisis. Cozy Mystery--blog tour.
Brimstone. Paranormal/Horror. Strong 11-y-o heroine!
Kaidanshi Issue Zero.Japanese Horror anecdotes and classic stories.
Death by Dissertation. Academic cozy mystery. Blog tour.
Slash. horror, abandoned resort, gore fest.
Old Bones. Suspense thriller/ historical backstory.
Kill Creek. Kansas Horror/Haunted House.
Violet. Kansas Horror. Haunted House. Family Tragedies.
The Reunion. French suspense thriller.
The Curse of Misty Wayfair. Christian romantic suspense/paranormal/contemporary and historical.
Never Nerida. Medical/psychological thriller.
Green Tea: All about the Miraculously Healthy Drink, Its Many Variations and History. Publisher review request.
If You See Her. Supernatural thriller. SCARY!!
Of Vengeance. Contemporary. Indigenous Canadian author.
She Lies in Wait. Psychological suspense.
The Year of the Rabid Dragon: A Beijing, China Thriller China: Medical thriller/sci fi.
The Cliffhouse Haunting
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I see everyone has some excellent reading lined up!
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Almost finished with
And the rest...
This one is audio...
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last month but wasn't even halfway through it so I'm counting it towards this readathon as..."I listened to Good Omens on audio last month and just finished watching the series on Amazon a couple of days ago. I really liked it. David Tennant and Michael Sheen were so excellent in it.
Michelle wrote: "Elyse wrote: "I started reading last month but wasn't even halfway through it so I'm counting it towards thi..."I enjoyed the book and we'll be watching the show this weekend! I'm excited for the hilarity of Tennant and Sheen being Crowley and Aziraphale!!
Michelle wrote: "What I'm reading this month/for this readathon. Not sure if I will finish any for the readathon, but I'm going to try. Almost finished with
..."We watched the first episode of NOS4A2 on Monday. Super dark. Hubs isn't 100% about it yet. lol. I'll hopefully be listening the audiobook next week!
I just finished listening to
and will be starting
today!
I just finished Book #4: The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A Heinlein.
I'm about half way done with Dune. Unless it really starts to get better, this is going to go down as one of the most overrated books of all time.
Picked up
this morning! And should be finished listening to
today.
I finished listening to
and started listening to
.
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Oh how fun! I did also think that it should be longer. ;) So will there still be a Christmas in July readathon at some point in July?
Whelp, I finished Dune. What a disappointment. Up next Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado, which is aLambda Award winning short story collection that blends sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and magical realism.
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See below. :-)
Michelle wrote: "Take our "Christmas in July Readathon Survey" here:https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NC5RWYF"
Done! :)
I finished reading
last night and started reading
this morning.
Yesterday I finished listening to
and started listening to
.
I finished listening to
yesterday.Mid-Event Check-In
Read
Listened
Currently Reading
I finished
the other day and I'm about half way through
Yesterday I finished reading
and also read
. I also started listening to
yesterday and will be listening to
immediately after!Annnd I just started reading
!I'm still reading
, about 40% through. I definitely don't like it as much as The Shining. :/
Just received Salvation Lost from NetGalley this AM, so I'm about to reread Salvation, first read in 2018, and then read Salvation Lost: perfect for this Readathon.:)
Fungi From Yuggoth wrote: "Just received Salvation Lost from NetGalley this AM, so I'm about to reread Salvation, first read in 2018, and then read Salvation Lost: perfect for ..."Oh those sound good!
I finished listening to
Tuesday and finished listening to
yesterday. I also finished reading
. I liked the Syfy show better.I started listening to
this morning and will also read
today!I read about 40 pages of
Tuesday night but nothing last night. Hoping to read some tonight.
Elyse wrote: "Fungi From Yuggoth wrote: "Just received Salvation Lost from NetGalley this AM, so I'm about to reread Salvation, first read in 2018, and then read [book:Salvation L..."I adore Peter F. Hamilton (and Arthur C. Clarke and Neal Stephenson). Always lengthy but oh, how worth it!!
Fungi From Yuggoth wrote: "Elyse wrote: "Fungi From Yuggoth wrote: "Just received Salvation Lost from NetGalley this AM, so I'm about to reread Salvation, first read in 2018, and then read [bo..."I've only read Arthur C. Clarke out of those 3.
Hell Divers Deliverance by Nicholas Sansbury Smith just getting into sci fi summer i totally dropped the ball missed the announcement
Elyse wrote: "Fungi From Yuggoth wrote: "Elyse wrote: "Fungi From Yuggoth wrote: "Just received Salvation Lost from NetGalley this AM, so I'm about to reread Salvation, first read..."Oh my goodness! Do try out Hamilton and Stephenson! Extraordinary writers!
Ok so weekend catch-up! I read
on Thursday and finished listening to
on Saturday.I finished reading
yesterday and started reading
. I need to finish it by tomorrow to submit a review on pub day.I started listening to
this morning and started reading
. Excited about both of these!
Note: For those who just can't get enough SciFi, Devour Your TBR Group's July Challenge is SciFi!Get your SciFi groove on (again)!:)
https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...
I finished reading
on Tuesday for it's pub day!I finished listening to
last night. Ack. GROSS BOOK!! lol. I'm listening to a non-scifi book and don't think I'll be fitting in another one by the end of June,I'm about halfway through reading
. Hoping to fit in one more read, fantasy ARC due Tuesday
and would love to knock out
too!
I finished reading
yesterday and started reading
this morning.I ended up starting listening to
last night and I'm about 25% through. The narrator is so slow, I'm listening at 2x the speed!
I've been traveling so I haven't had an easy opportunity to post. I started and completed 7 book this month. If you want you can go to the webiste posted below to see my thoughts.
5 of the 7 were sci-fi or fantasy, one other had elements of magical realism. The final book had nothing to do with the genre.
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