Seasons of Reading Readathons discussion

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I'm signed in and all anticipation....

Guess what? I forgot to post the starting line! Sorry about that. A lot going on in my life right now. I'm out and about at the moment. I will get it posted as soon as I get home later.

Inspired by the Sci-Fi month in June, I did all mysteries in July, and I thought I would try to tackle my huge backlog of upmarket and literary novels for August. To be a bit cheeky and thematic, I started

today. A bit dark and icky so far...

Joshua wrote: "Inspired by the Sci-Fi month in June, I did all mysteries in July, and I thought I would try to tackle my huge backlog of upmarket and literary novels for August. To be a bit cheeky and thematic, I..."

Glad you're joining us! Happy Reading...that one looks interesting!

Starting line link is posted in top post. Be sure to go to the blog post and enter the charity giveaway.

This is my first readathon, I'm so excited!

I already finished my first book yesterday:

I wasn't even sure I signed up! lol. My intention was to only read ARCs for ARC August buuut well, nah. I'm listening to and re-reading .
I do have 3 ARC buddy reads lined up for this month and I hope to start tomorrow.

I tend to read three books in different formats , so my first three are :
- - definitely worth the hype so far. I love how it entertains and educates so far

- - I needed to complete this series but July couldn't work with me. Oh well, this chunky monkey is off to a good start and may hit that sweet spot.

- -the prologue broke my brain. Will see how the actual chapters go. I may have been ambitious in setting up each section for one day with my other reads. Will see.

And I have a few books with August in title that I will squeeze in : and maybe . So good to see I'm not the only one who thinks like this.

I can't believe I almost forgot about this readathon. (Only remembered because I was thinking ahead to the October one.)

Finished:

Reading:

I've finished 2 audiobooks so far: .

ARC Tally: 1

@Elyse Are you re-reading R.L. Stine because of the new Netflix movie series? I did that in July, had a lot of fun with it :)

Twitchy wrote: "@Elyse Are you re-reading R.L. Stine because of the new Netflix movie series? I did that in July, had a lot of fun with it :)"

Actually, no, I just got 2 of them from NetGalley. Just a coincidence! lol

After a whirlwind marathon of reading last month, my August has started a bit slow. I finished

a few days ago and it was okay. Wink can certainly write, but the story didn't really go anywhere for me, and it had some very dark moments. Then I read

which is a rather unlikeable but very compelling book. I think a lot of folks (judging from the reviews) are misled into reading the book because they like the movie that it inspired—JoJo Rabbit. The book seems like it's really a commentary on patriarchy and "kept" women rather than a novel about the Second World War, and although I found it hard to read, it was definitely thought-provoking!

I listened to before Dewey's and now here are my Dewey's accomplishments!

And I also listened to
I managed 31 pgs of so I will be continuing it today/this week and I'm also starting a buddy read of today.

ARC Tally: 4

Last call for the charity giveaway. Visit the starting line post (pinned post above) to fill out the form and be entered.

Have since finished and also read and listened to .
Still reading and started a buddy read of on Friday, halfway through.
Started listening to today.

How is it possible that we are halfway through August already? I don't like it one bit! lol.

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ARC Tally: 4

I hit such a slump these past two weeks, I couldn't get myself to sit and read. I did manage to get back a bit this weekend though.
Finished:

Started:
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Unaccountably I missed signing up. In sny event, ive so far read 24.;)

I finished reading and also read . I'm now reading .
I finished listening to and also listened to . Now I'm listening to .
Kind of put on pause because meh.

ARC Tally: 6

It's nearly fall, and I've had a weak month of reading... too much work, and I've picked some uninspiring titles. I have managed six books this month, and I might squeeze in one more. So far, I've read:

Of these books, The Cactus was definitely the best—a sort of chiller reimagining of Eleanor Oliphant. The Things We Cannot Say was definitely the weakest, and not a book I can recommend. Overall, meh. Here's looking forward to a more exciting autumn!

Welp, I may as well do a wrap up. August was a strange month, I had some wonderful books but near the end the month seemed to be on fast forward. Never got to any books with August in the title.
I ended up returning Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies to the library without going any further. Too much on my plate. I will pick up again and read it as my only read.

What I did finish:
Re-reads : - Kevin Free does such a fantastic job with these audiobooks. And then

Library books :
(just don't bother with this one), and

Scribd:

My own pile :

Still reading :

You guys did a lot of great reading. Hope you enjoyed the time, even if all the books weren't so great.

Sign ups for FrightFall in October will be up soon!

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ARCs: 11

Michelle, you can still link: http://seasonsreading.blogspot.com/20...
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I did a wrap-up post on Instagram, but wanted to post here too.

I finished:
I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid - 4/5 stars
The Cipher by Kathe Koja - 3.75/5 stars
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca - 4/5 stars
The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle - 3/5 stars
The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare - 3.75/5 stars
Bird Box by Josh Malerman - 5/5 stars
The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum - 5/5 stars
Dietland by Sarai Walker - 4/5 stars
Sadie by Courtney Summers - 4.5/5 stars
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas - 4/5 stars
..and a beta read for Daisy Goudan's next novel :)

A pretty solid month for me, given that I read 100% in English which is my second language.

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Oh, okay! Must have been the code from the button. Good to know. Thank you!

Wow...did you read or what?! Excellent. I wish I was that prolific with my reading. Maybe when I retire. lol

Twitchy wrote: "I did a wrap-up post on Instagram, but wanted to post here too.

I finished:
I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid - 4/5 stars
The Cipher by [aut..."

Great list of reads! I loved Bird Box and The Ballad of Black Tom. Dietland is one I've been wanting to read, and I can't wait to get my hands on the Eric LaRocca book. Wonderful job on the reading. Be sure to fill out the wrap-up form over at the blog. :)

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I had a really good Dewey's! :)