Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-Thon discussion

If you plan to spend some of your holiday season in readathon reading mode, here is a folder in which to hang out and share your plans and progress. When will you be reading? Are you reading a themed TBR or trying to finish incomplete books, or ??? Will you be reading more or less the whole time or are you working extra and barely getting any reading time till after the holidays? Do you plan to read or party on New Years Eve? Inquiring minds want to know!

I have a December book bingo I’m doing and have one for January as well. I never go anywhere without a book

woot woot! winter break starts for me tomorrow at 2pm (after I get done with the physical therapist) and I have a hot date with my kindle...ha!

Two week vacation starts Friday so this is excellent timing. I’m hoping to finish off the books that remain half finished. I surpassed my reading goal by three books so far but a nice round(?) 5 seems better. I keep getting books from the library. Is this what addiction feels like? I’m excited to lounge and read.

Finished:

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ᖇEᗩᗪ Oᑎ ᑎEᗯ YEᗩᖇᔕ EᐯE

I have more reading time now than I've had for the last few weeks...for now. I exceeded my goal by 2 books so far, but I still have 2 books that I would really like to finish before year end. I haven't started either one yet, but I will be reading every free moment I have so I think I can do it!

If I don't have plans, I read on NYE. This year will depend on my progress for the 2 books.

I’m participating in 10 readathons so I’m hoping I will be doing lots of reading :D

My school's winter break is weird this year, so I'm actually still working until the 22nd! Then I go back on January 6th. And my sister will be in town with my niblings for the first half of my break. It's gonna make hitting my year-end goal a challenge!

Basically my goal until New Year's Eve will be to keep finishing a book a day to hit my goal. After that my goal will be to be on vacation (i.e. read a lot) and get a strong start on my reading goal for 2022. :)

I plan to do a good amount of reading between the usual housekeeping and other necessary stuff. I think my last day of my one-day-a-week teaching thing for the year will be this coming Monday.

So excited for this! My last day of work is Monday until the new year, so I plan to catch up on library books while snuggling with our cats and foster kittens. Have just ordered the yummy snacks so I'll be prepared :) We never go out on New Year's Eve so there will probably be reading that evening too.

My Christmas and NYE plans were unfortunately cancelled so I’ll be spending some chill time with my boyfriend. I have so many books that I started but haven’t finished this year, so I’ll definitely focus on wrapping them up

Yes. I will join in. Probably starting tomorrow night. I have two Jane Austen fanfic books and one Agatha Christie book I would like to read. Company would be good. See you all soon!

I am very pleased to join in. I review for NetGalley and have 40 ARCs for January!

So my plan was already to get a chunk of these read and reviewed over the holidays.

So having the motivation of an informal readathon will be perfect.

Currently continuing We Were Liars

I will be working for the holiday weeks (I waitress) but I plan on spending my down time reading rather than watching tv. I have 6 books to finish for my 2021 goal of 120. I am halfway through Alaska by James Michener (which at 850 pages should really count for 2 or 3) and halfway through The Hearts Invisible Furies. May have to grab some quick, easy reads to finish out the year and hit my goal.

So glad to hear some of you mentioning books you have partially read and hope to finish! Me, too! I will be working four days next week, but then not until January 3!

3 books read!

Here are books I will be planning to read during my time off work:
🎅The Gift of the Magpie (Meg Langslow #28) by Donna Andrews
December 18 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

🎅The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henríquez
December 19 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

🎅The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother by James McBride
December 21 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Until We Reckon: Violence, Mass Incarceration, and a Road to Repair
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Waiting to Exhale (about 1/3 into it)
Such a Fun Age (barely started it)
Gold
Violets Are Blue (Alex Cross #7)
Get a Life, Chloe Brown
Red, White & Royal Blue
Ordinary Girls
Cleopatra: A Life
Yes, Chef
The Right To Be Cold: One Woman's Story of Protecting Her Culture, the Arctic and the Whole Planet
The Sea Around Us
The Book of Unknown Americans
The Central Park Five: A Chronicle of a City Wilding

And...there are more on my list! (ALWAYS!! There are ALWAYS more on my list!!) LOL 😲

I started a small business this year and I thought I was prepared for my first holiday rush, but I was so very wrong!! I'm going to take advantage of any free time between orders to read since I didn't have any downtime for several weeks. I am hoping to finish 4 books...1 is to review and 3 are to finish a challenge. If I miraculously finish all 4 books before year end, I will read books that I started but set aside.

To finish:
We're Going on an Elf Hunt (about 1/4 through it)
The Question of Red (about 1/3 through it)
Winter Street (buddy read that I'm starting today)
Regretting You

Other current reads pile:
New Kingdom
John Eyre: A Tale of Darkness and Shadow
The Chronicles of Royal High: Dragon's Wrath
The Other Einstein
Atonement
Water for Elephants
Invincible Summer
This Life or the Next

I was planning on starting some serious reading today, but there was a deep sea dive all last night and this morning, and in a few hours I'll be busy trapping cats for TNR, ... AND I was handed a sick kitten yesterday that a friend of a friend found. I am finishing an audiobook today though, Why Read the Classics?, by Italo Calvino, and maybe The Vulcan Academy Murders, by Jean Lorrah. I'm also stacking together all the books I have started but not finished this year, so I can finish as many as I can before 2022. I hate having lots of carry-overs.

Just MAYBE I'll be able to make my GR-goal... I have 3 more to go, which isn't many for some but I sure won't get there without reading more than usual. Hubs and I had already planned on spending Christmas Eve reading when I heard of the informal Dewey :-D For the first time this month I now think there's a chance I'll reach my goal after all!

(I'm not picking up shorter books just to be able to check numbers off)

ETA: Oooooops I need to finish FOUR before the end of the year to reach my goal.... Can I???

My plan is to read for At least 1/2 hour a day until Christmas. I’m aiming for more but I have so much to do. After Christmas I will try for at least two hours each day until I return to work on Jan. 3. I would like to finish all the books I have started by the end of the year and read at least one of my new books. Hopefully I get some for Christmas. If not I’ll have to buy some.

I was able to get a decent amount of reading done yesterday. Loving my book

Finished We Were Liars! On to Miracle on the 17th Green by James Patterson & Peter De Jonge

I'm definitely planning to spend some of the holiday weeks reading. Work-life boundaries are pretty much non-existent in my job, but I'm trying to get as much as possible done now so I can relax a little more over the holidays. I want this informal readathon to be low pressure, so I'm planning to just work off of my December game stack and regular TBR.

I’m now onto Horseplay. I forget the author’s full name but her first name is Judy

I am stoked to do some reading! I have 14 or so books I would like to complete for December. One is nearly complete, but the list goes as follows:
Little Women (2 h left on my audiobook)
Fahrenheit 451
Anna Karenina
Wicked
Dorothy Must Die
A Christmas Carol
Leviathan
10,000 Roses
Tuesdays with Morrie
Boundaries
Tudor Kings and Queens
From Cover to Cover
American Literature 101
7000 Years of Jewelry

I am nearly commitment free for the rest of the year now that classes are done so I believe I can finish at least 10 to round off 2021 with 50 books counted for.

I skipped Horseplay because I did not like the super small print or the writing style. I got a lot of reading done today though

I just finished De onzichtbaren (The Unseen). Choosing (and starting) my next read tomorrow morning! Really enjoying this low-key readathon :-D

Woke up this morning and started a book by Luc De Keersmaecker that I cannot yet find in the GR database: De Tour de France van Nelson .



[Edited to add link to book page I created.]

For variety I will also be reading Brandoffer (The Puppet Show) by M.W. Craven.

I just finished my first book of the readathon, Winter Street. I have made a lot of progress on We're Going on an Elf Hunt and will finish it tomorrow.

I am deep into
The Mysterious Mr. Quin by Agatha Christie
Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days by Jeanette Winterson



I hope to also read
Jane and the Waterloo Map by Stephanie Barron

I am a bit late to the party but thats ok. I'll just say I'm fashionably late! Really its just that today was my last day of work before the holidays and I don't go back until the 4th! I am planning to use this time to get some much needed reading done. I am planning to finish and for sure. I am also trying to decide on a couple other short books to read to try and finish my goodreads challenge.

I am planning to read more ans finish🏁 war and peace by Leo Tolstoy

Hoping to get a lot of reading done today! Just started Under the Whispering Door and really captivated so far. Last week has been a whirlwind so I am happy to settle in for some reading today.

So far I have read
The Mysterious Mr. Quin by Agatha Christie

Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days by Jeanette Winterson

The Dao of Doug: the Art of Driving a Bus or Finding Zen in San Francisco Transit: a Bus Driver’S Perspective by Douglas Meriwether




Currently reading

Solitude by Víctor Català
The Subjection of Women by John Stuart Mill

Since my last update, I have finished:
We're Going on an Elf Hunt
Exit West
Surviving the City
America, Vol. 1: The Life and Times of America Chavez
Regretting You

Tomorrow I hope to make progress on New Kingdom and start my ARC of At The End of Everything.

I'm super happy with the progress I've made so far! I've been taking advantage of all the free time I have right now because I know it won't last much longer.