75 Books...More or Less! discussion

I thought I would start a year end readathon. I know some of us have extra time off for the holidays and others are running in 50 directions. I just thought it would be nice to help encourage those that are trying to reach their goals with 10 days to go!

I hit my goal of 100 books for the year. I would just like to finish some of my loans to wrap up the year.

1. Mutts and Magnolias - just started trying to finish a series.
2. Chasing Sunset - #10 in a series
3. Sea Glass Summer - #11 last book in the series
4. Get Good with Money - Finish audio book 35%
5. Husbands and Lovers
6. The Madwomen of Paris
7. The Vacation House
8. Butterflies Dance in the Dark - finish if I can find my beach bag...
9. The Dictionary of Lost Words - finish renewal at 88%
10. The Boyfriend - Library loan I want to finish

What a great idea! Readathons help me organize and get my head straight. I've met my GR goal and reached my challenges for Virtual Mount TBR and Mount TBR already, both in general and for NetGalley ARCs, and I'm stuffing December with Christmas Suspense (a lot of country-house Christmas gatherings with murders) and Christmas cozy and some Christmas horror too.
So, TBR: 1.The Christmas Murder Game
2. Murder on the Christmas Express
3. Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret
4. The Twelve Days of Murder: The perfect festive whodunnit to gift this Christmas
5. The Christmas Card Murders
6. Finishing (chapter per day)
Xmas Break and The Twelve Strange Days of Christmas .
7. Death Comes at Christmas
8.Butter (not Christmas, but I love it).
Plus: ...

12/21: Joyful Solstice!🎄The Twelve Strange Days of Christmas to p. 83 (from 77). 🎄Everand Virtual.
Xmas Break to p. 156 (from 148). KU Virtual
The Christmas Murder Game Hoopla Virtual

12/22:
The Twelve Strange Days of Christmas to p. 116 (from 83). 🎄Everand Virtual.
Xmas Break to p. 164 (from 156). KU Virtual
Death Comes at Christmas Libby Virtual. Read: 31 pp.
The Christmas Murder Game Hoopla Virtual Read: 0

12/23: The Twelve Strange Days of Christmas to p. 138
Xmas Break to p. 171
🎄Death Comes at Christmas
🎄 The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story . Project Gutenberg Virtual

12/24:
🎄The Twelve Strange Days of Christmas to p. 166
🎄 Xmas Break to p. 177
🎄 Death Comes at Christmas
🎄 The Twelve Days of Murder

12/25: 🎄 The Twelve Strange Days of Christmas
🎄I Found Christmas Lights Slithering Up My Street own.
🎄The Christmas Eve Murders own
A Ghost of Christmas Present: A Supernatural Tale of Holiday Mystery . Own new.

12/26: I Found Christmas Lights Slithering Up My Street own. To p. 13
🎄The Christmas Eve Murders own to p. 123

12/27: 🎄 The Christmas Eve Murders

🎄 The Mistletoe Mystery . Libby Virtual

12/28: 🎄THE MYSTERY SHOPPER. KU. VIRTUAL
50. 🎄RANGIFER RANGIFER KU VIRTUAL
51. 🎄HONEST TARANDUS KU VIRTUAL
52. 🎄THE LAST YULETIDE KU VIRTUAL
53. 🎄GIVING INC. KU VIRTUAL

12/29: 🎄The Twelve Deaths of Christmas. Own new. To p. 36

12/30: Determined to complete The Twelve Deaths of Christmas AND The Christmas Murder Game Hoopla AND read Murder on the Christmas Express Hoopla by Midnight 1/01, for inclusion in Yule Spirit Challenge/Readathon!

12/31: I Found Christmas Lights Slithering Up My Street to p. 29
🎄 Wartime Christmas Tales: A WWII Flash Fiction Anthology
A Lively Midwinter Murder own, new to p. 25




12/25: GR Challenge Goal 2025 = 360
(30/month)

Mount TBR = 13/month (156)

Virtual Mount TBR = 13/month (156)

NG Mount TBR = 1/week (included in Mount TBR 13/month) (52)

NG Current = 1/week (52)

Virtual = Libby. Hoopla. KU. Everand. Scribd. Online (Tor.com, Project Gutenberg, NYPL, etc.)

Mount TBR = 4 NG Mount TBR/month + Mount TBR owned.


Titles Read:
🎄Death Comes at Christmas
🎄The Twelve Days of Murder
A Ghost of Christmas Present: A Supernatural Tale of Holiday Mystery.
The Christmas Eve Murders
🎄The Mistletoe Mystery. Libby Virtual
🎄THE MYSTERY SHOPPER. KU. VIRTUAL
🎄RANGIFER RANGIFER KU VIRTUAL
🎄HONEST TARANDUS KU VIRTUAL
🎄THE LAST YULETIDE KU VIRTUAL
🎄GIVING INC. KU VIRTUAL
The Twelve Deaths of Christmas
Wartime Christmas Tales: A WWII Flash Fiction Anthology

In a turn of events, I got Covid from Santa. Boohoo! I was on a roll, but now between working from home and feeling like I'm in a fog, I don't think I will finish my list above. I'm okay if that is the case, I finished my 2024 challenge so everything else is not that important.

I hope everyone is having a great end of the year. Is anyone thinking about their 2025 goals?

Oh Andrea! Praying for a quick recovery!

Just rest and care for yourself!

I posted my 2025 "intentions" in my post above. Big plans😁
Here is:
GR Challenge Goal 2025 = 360
(30/month)

Mount TBR = 13/month (156)

Virtual Mount TBR = 13/month (156)

NG Mount TBR = 1/week (included in Mount TBR 13/month) (52)

NG Current = 1/week (52)

Virtual = Libby. Hoopla. KU. Everand. Scribd. Online (Tor.com, Project Gutenberg, NYPL, etc.)

Mount TBR = 4 NG Mount TBR/month + Mount TBR owned.

Thank you, I'm hoping resting up over the weekend will restore a couple of brain cells. The fog is real! I've been listening to an audio book while I work, but I keep having to rewind...hahah

Holidays plus an 11-month-old are keeping me busy! And my husband only has Christmas Day and New Year's Day off so no extra reading time. Thanks for setting this up, Andrea and so sorry Santa brought you covid! ☹️ As of today I want to finish . I have borrows out from Hoopla and Libby but none of them are due in 2024 so if I manage to squeeze in another, great!

I know how busy you are Elyse! I bet your Christmas was magical though seeing it through the eyes of the baby!

If you have time, will you set up the 2024 COMPLETED file. I have tried several times but I think I'm doing something wrong...hahah

Andrea wrote: "I know how busy you are Elyse! I bet your Christmas was magical though seeing it through the eyes of the baby!

If you have time, will you set up the 2024 COMPLETED file. I have tried several times..."

Created it! Working on creating the 2025 threads too.

Happy New Years, ya'll.

Always love a read-a-thon! Good thing I am sick as a dog, so I can get some books read....

Hope to finish 10 books. Will post that on 12/31.

I finished yay! And now I'm 64% through plus I started a 9-hour audiobook today , my last holiday book of the year. I am listening at 2x speed so it's only 6.5 hours lol.

Bastien had his first fever yesterday. 😭 His fever broke overnight so he's doing good now but he's super low energy and cuddly so it's very easy to read on my Kindle or pop an earbud in! No mom and baby group today though, it would be too much stimulation for him. Maybe tomorrow.

Aww hoping/praying every one who is ill is recovering speedily!😊

Elyse wrote: "Andrea wrote: "I know how busy you are Elyse! I bet your Christmas was magical though seeing it through the eyes of the baby!

If you have time, will you set up the 2024 COMPLETED file. I have trie..."

You are the best!

If we have any interest, we could also do a New Year readathon 1/1-1/6. I am feeling better and can be available over the weekend.

Andrea wrote: "If we have any interest, we could also do a New Year readathon 1/1-1/6. I am feeling better and can be available over the weekend."

Yes, we should absolutely kick off the new year with a readathon!

I finished The Cinnamon Bun Bookstore and Along Came Holly last night! Soooo I'm listening to onnnne more audiobook today, another 9-hour lol to finish up the trilogy The Fowl Twins Get What They Deserve. Happy New Year's Eve!

Last Chance Readathon 12/21/24-12/31/24

I finished:

1. Good Night's Sleep by Jack Follman

2. The Ghost and the Mystery Writer (Haunting Danielle #9) by Bobbi Holmes

3. The Hobbit: Graphic Novel by Dixon, Chuck

4. Diavola by Thorne, Jennifer Marie

5. Indian Burial Ground by Medina, Nick

6. The Gift of the Magpie (Meg Lanslow, #28) by Andrews, Donna

7. The Cat Who Robbed a Bank (Cat Who... #22) by Braun, Lilian Jackson

8. Hell on the Border: The Bass Reeves Trilogy, Book Two by Thompson, Sidney

9. My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1) by Jones, Stephen Graham

10. The Firm (The Firm, #1) by Grisham, John

11. Check & Mate by Hazelwood, Ali

12. All that Is Hidden (Molly Murphy, #19) by Rhys Bowen

I finished all of the books I wanted with the exception of Butterflies Dance in the Dark. This one will be moved to my 2025 list.