Seasons of Reading Readathons discussion

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I'm definitely into finishing The Expanse series in June! Then I will just have to wait till Nov for the final book.

Wow! That's a long series! I'm going to be reading Dune and will probably start The Eye of the World. I'm also thinking Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. :)

Michelle wrote: "Wow! That's a long series! I'm going to be reading Dune and will probably start The Eye of the World. I'm also thinking Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. :)"

The Green Knight will definitely be the first movie we see in theaters since March 2020! I've read Sir Gawain countless times and am so psyched for the movie.

I am excited for this one.
Here is my list of possibilities

I didn't realize is sci fi, I would've saved it till next week! D'oh! I'm halfway through it.

June wrote: "I am excited for this one.
Here is my list of possibilities


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Awesome list! Hope you enjoy your reading.

Here is what I'm hoping to accomplish...hard emphasis on hoping. lol



Forgot one! We're reading this one in my book group so I know I will finish it (and this one was written by my client).

Started this morning! I might dabble in a fantasy or two but will try to stick strictly with sci fi.

I added some graphic novels and the new Murderbot to my TBR! I'm definitely still sticking with only one physical book. They're just so inconvenient to read! lol

This is just my second time participating. I have such a hard time sticking to one genre for any length of time at all...

This month, I am planning to read:



Depending on how things go, I also have my eye on:



And, I will definitely be reading these three fantasies, which are very much not Sci-Fi:

Joshua wrote: "This is just my second time participating. I have such a hard time sticking to one genre for any length of time at all...

This month, I am planning to read:

..."

Themis Files and Wayward Pines are so good! Oooh Goldilocks is only $4.99 Kindle, might nab that and read it this month, we'll see how my month goes.

I would really love to start the Dresden Files soon. I tried the audiobook once but could not handle Spike's (James Marsters) natural accent. lol.

The frog in the throat rattle is very aggravating, I agree. I am have read the first 5 Dresden Files books before, and... too much time went by and I am now rereading (listening this time) to the first five before moving on. The series is very much a mash-up of Hardboiled mystery and urban fantasy—very campy and generally quite amusing, but the writing is really uneven. Butcher will follow up a very weak book with a very good one and back again. And it's pretty misogynist—lots of male gaze eye candy description, but that's kind of par for the course with Hardboileds. I think they're generally pretty fun. I also recommend the Benedict Jacka series, which is kind of a tighter, British knock off of the Dresden Files.

How was the Murderbot novel? I read the first four novellas and loved them! Wasn't a big fan of The Cloudroads (also by Wells), which was just a bit too fluffy for me. But Murderbot is such a wonderful exploration of objectification. I love how Murderbot hates meeting peoples' eyes and prefers to watch everyone through surveillance while talking to them. I have heard that the audible of Murderbot has a male reader, which seems odd. I have tended to conceptualize Murderbot as feminine-tinged androgyny; we read the first novella in a sci-fi/fantasy book club I MC and it was kind of interesting to see which readers intuitively used which pronouns for the character...

Readathoners, don't forget to leave a comment on the starting line post, with your email address (you can send it to me via the contact form on the blog if you're not comfortable leaving it in a comment), so you will be entered in the charity donation giveaway. I'll be picking the winner on Saturday. (Elyse, I saw your email on the sign-up post so you're good.)



Spongebob is angry...I'm not. lol

Hey everyone,

I don't have a blog up for this so I'm just going to read along with everyone. I've got an official SciFi June Read-A-Thon book and the another one that I was just reading because I'm addicted to the series
I hope that's okay?

Joshua wrote: "This is just my second time participating. I have such a hard time sticking to one genre for any length of time at all...

This month, I am planning to read:

[book..."

Glad you're joining us, Joshua! Good luck with the reading. Hope you enjoy your picks. :)

Ren wrote: "Hey everyone,

I don't have a blog up for this so I'm just going to read along with everyone. I've got an official SciFi June Read-A-Thon book and the another one ..."

That's fine, Ren. You don't have to have a blog. Many who participate don't. If you want to be eligible for prizes, go to the starting line post (link is at the top of this thread) and add your name and link to your Goodreads page in the linky. I'm doing the charity giveaway drawing on Saturday so be sure to leave a comment on that post with your email address (or you can message it to me).

Enjoy your reading. Glad you're joining us!

Switched out for because I can't find my copy of Artemis. lol. Moving the library to another room so I have a couple of totes full of books and I didn't find it under Weir on my shelves. If I finish Recursion quickly then I'll just keep perusing my shelves for sci fi. I'm sure I've got plenty. lol. But Recursion is one of my BOTM that I'm severely far behind on so yay!

Recursion is much better than Artemis... though it's a lot to take. Brace yourself for a head spinner.

Joshua wrote: "The frog in the throat rattle is very aggravating, I agree. I am have read the first 5 Dresden Files books before, and... too much time went by and I am now rereading (listening this time) to the f..."

I've never heard of Benedict Jacka, thanks for the rec! Yeah, I've heard I need to take Dresden with a big ol' grain of salt. And that's fine, I'll still give it a chance.

I love Murderbot! I didn't feel like it needed a whole novel, I love the novellas, but I did enjoy Network Effect. And actually I did listen to that one. It's funny that you kind of think of MB as female because I think of MB as male! And I'm not sure why...! I haven't read any other of Wells's books.

Joshua wrote: "Recursion is much better than Artemis... though it's a lot to take. Brace yourself for a head spinner."

Well, if it's anything like Dark Matter, I'll be confused but will still enjoy the ride! lol.

I finished listening to yesterday and then also listened to a couple of Audible Plus Originals, shorties, and I read . I started listening to today. So dabbling in some fantasy. My nephew is sleeping over for the first time since March 2020 so I probably won't be getting much reading done tonight or tomorrow!

I have a buttload of books currently in progress (it feels like I'm never finishing books but only starting new ones lol). Some of them are sci fi. So to start with, my goal this month is to finish these in-progress sci fi books:
Dune by Frank Herbert
Stars Above by Marissa Meyer
Cinder by Marissa Meyers (French translation)
The Third Planet from Altair by Edward Packard (Choose Your Own Adventure)
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (audiobook)

Most of my current library stack is not sci fi, so we'll see what other sci fi I can squeeze in after these! I do have more fantasy on my stack (including several volumes of Lumberjanes).

I finished listening to yesterday and haven't started a new audiobook yet. Been rewatching The 100 instead! On theme! I did start reading today. Plan on taking this book outside because it's sunny and hot out! 90s!

Three books down. I quite liked , which I think was actually a bit stronger than the first novel in the series. is a lot of fun. And I actually just read for the first time, and thought it perfectly lovely!

Joshua wrote: "Three books down. I quite liked , which I think was actually a bit stronger than the first novel in the series. is a lot of fun. And I actual..."

British humor and I do not agree. lol. It's too dry. Adams, Gaiman, uhh those 2 stick out.

I listened to yesterday and just finished it. I had seen the 1978 version in high school sci fi class (the best class) and the 2007 version sometime around when it came out on DVD. It was pretty slow to start but it picked up during the second half and I enjoyed it.
My next audio is not sci fi or fantasy but it was an Overdrive hold that came in so I'm listening to it.
Did not get as much reading done in as I wanted to on Sunday (ended up doing some work) and have only read a couple pages since. Not sure I'll be able to fit in much more during the work week!

Stillll trying to make progress in . Now that it's finally Friday and I will be on vacation at 5pm (!!!!!) I can finally get some real reading done!
I listened to for a fantasy novel and just started listening to today.

Okay I started off great with science fiction and then strayed hard.
Here is what I have finished so far
Science fiction


Books with science fiction elements
- mainly romance
- contemporary

Non- science fiction


Still hoping to pick up

Sorry I haven't been around since I checked in at the start. Have been busy with my son's graduation party and then meeting their dad halfway (in Indiana) for both sons to stay with him in Tennessee for two months. I get a break...what?! Sadly, I had to have my cat, Alice put to sleep on Sunday so I'm not in a good place right now. She was 14 years old so had been with us for a long time. I have been reading, trying to keep my mind off the sadness, but it's hard.

Currently halfway through This book is fantastic!
A quarter of the way through . The new Mark Wahlberg movie, Infinite, is adapted from this one. I'm a sucker for reincarnation (and I believe it) so really wanted to read this one.
Hoping to start Dune soon.

Looks like you all have been getting some great reading in. Keep it up! :)

Here's what I've read through afternoon of June 15:
7 SF, 3 F, 4 Horror, 1 children's Horror lite

Read: 1. KILLING DRAGONS HG 5 SF
2. BIGFOOT IN THE BRONX VIRTUAL 3 SF
3. Dragonfly (Earthsea SS) F MOUNT TBR 4
4. A WIZARD OF EARTHSEA F MOUNT TBR 4
5. THE HAUNTING OF LEIGH HACKER NG ARC 4 Horror
6. THE NINTH METAL NG ARC 5 SF
7. THE UNFAMILIAR GARDEN NG ARC SF 5
8. WHO GOES THERE? REREAD SF MOUNT TBR 5
9. RED MOON 5 SF
10. HALLOWEEN GOODNIGHT children's F 5 VIRTUAL Scribd
11. RABBITS NG ARC 5 SF
12. OLD BAY KING. ss, horror. 5
13. CURSE OF THE NECROMANCER 5 ARC SCARE STREET Horror/Fantasy
14. TELECOMMUTING.  3 HG HORROR

Michelle: total empathy to you about Alice. Heartbreaking. Take time to let yourself grieve....and do self-care while your sons are away....

Reading Reindeer 2021 On Proxima Centauri wrote: "Here's what I've read through afternoon of June 15:
7 SF, 3 F, 4 Horror, 1 children's Horror lite

Read: 1. KILLING DRAGONS HG 5 SF
2. BIGFOOT IN THE BRONX VIRTUAL 3 SF
3. Dragonfly (Earthsea SS) ..."

Impressive, Mallory! Hope you continue to enjoy your reading.

Thank you for your kind words about Alice. I'm trying to take it one day at a time.

A couple more Sci-Fi titles under my belt. I finished

which I found to be a bit of a letdown as a wrap-up for the Wayward Pines series. I also read

which felt dated, though I can see how it must have been shocking in the late 70s/early 80s. In between, I read

which was a lot of fun (though definitely fantasy and not Sci-Fi). I'm hoping to squeeze in 4-5 more Sci-Fi books this month! Hope you're all having fun with the genre.

I have been quiet! I was on vacation in New Orleans and then have been sick for a week! Not Covid, just little old strep and double ear infections. Should've just kept wearing my mask. *sigh*
I finished reading last week (real mindf***!) and also read (for some fantasy). I started reading last Friday but have only made it to the third story due to being too sick to read (dizzy, unable to focus).
I finished listening to yesterday and will listen to all of today while working from home (missed work Mon-Wed, worked from home yesterday). And then I will start listening to today which will probably be my last audiobook for the month. We'll see. If I end up working this weekend, I will get more listening it!

Hope everyone enjoyed their reading this month! Looks like you all did a great job reading tons...some good, some not. Thanks for joining us! Wrap-up post link is in the top post of the thread.

I was not able to get to Dune, but I did read and . I really liked them both.

See you in August for High Summer! Those in the U.S....enjoy your 4th of July holiday. :)

WRAP-UP
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Read


I did not finish The Expanse series in June but that's okay because I still have plenty of time before the final book comes out! I basically missed out on almost 2 weeks of reading due to vacation and being sick. :( Sad days. I read a mix of fantasy and sci fi but mostly sci fi! I enjoyed all of my books except Emily the Strange.

WRAP-UP

I had a decent month of reading. I am scrambling to finish renovating a house before the fall, so all of my books were listening, and many was the time when I had to pause to run a drill or a saw... so I fell a few books short of my goals, but I came close.

In Sci-Fi, I read:


I also read a couple of Fantasies:


I nearly finished

last night, which would have wrapped up the series, but I fell asleep... I also started:

which has a great intro, and I am excited about it.

I thought my picks were a bit of a mixed bag. The Wayward Pines series is very well paced, but it devolves into a bit of a rooster squabble over a woman in the third book that is embarrassingly juvenile. I really didn't like The Stars Are Legion, which is frustrating, as I am always excited to see lgbtq Sci-Fi, but it just wasn't well structured or developed. The Bobiverse trilogy was probably the most fun. It's pretty fluffy and trope-laden, but Taylor really does a nice job fleshing out traditional Sci-Fi concepts, and he does some subtle exploration of AI mental health.

Wrap Up

I was hoping to read more science fiction but I read as widely as usual.

Here are the science fiction books I read:

Still reading these:

Book with science fiction elements


Fantasy


Other


Overall I enjoyed or am enjoying the science fiction I read. I realized that I seem to quite enjoy AI/bots/cyborg tropes. I wish I had gotten to which has been getting all the love recently.

I am now more excited to focus a bit more on science fiction for the rest of the year.

I am so sorry to have missed out, my family became ill June 24, then I became June 26 and in Hospital July 6-12. And yes, I received the Jackpot Diagnosis. :(
Home, perking up, finally eating, and best, Reading again!!!

Reading Reindeer 2021 On Proxima Centauri wrote: "I am so sorry to have missed out, my family became ill June 24, then I became June 26 and in Hospital July 6-12. And yes, I received the Jackpot Diagnosis. :(
Home, perking up, finally eating, and ..."

Aww Mallory that's too bad!! Hope you're all on the mend now!

I feel like I've been through the Fires Of Hades and Walked through (apparently much worse than I knew) but I have a beautiful new appreciation of Life, my beloved children and grandchildren, and my beloved canine companion of 11 years, Pookagh. Plus I won the Jackpot Prize and lived. :)1+

Reading Reindeer 2021 On Proxima Centauri wrote: "I feel like I've been through the Fires Of Hades and Walked through (apparently much worse than I knew) but I have a beautiful new appreciation of Life, my beloved children and grandchildren, and m..."

I'm so sorry you've been so sick. Glad you came through it and are on the mend. Keeping positive thoughts for you. Blessed be.

Bless you, Michelle!