Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-Thon discussion

For the rest of this week we get to ease off of the readathon high. We have those books we meant to read during the readathon, and books we realized we ought to have read but forgot about, and books we were drawn to only after we were committed to our readathon tbrs. And there are also all those unfinished books we could have finished finally during the readathon, that are still languishing. And, if we are in other reading events or activities we may have more reading stuff we have neglected during the readathon or all month.
So, make a tbr and/or a list of things you would ideally like to accomplish by the beginning of May, and for the next couple days we'll see what we can finish by putting all our leftover readathon motivation to good use.

Cool-Down-Week, books I want to finish before May:

- Magic Slays (Kate Daniels #6), Graphic Audio
- The Walking Dead, Vol. 32: Rest In Peace, at 81 of 224p.
- Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 222, March 2025, at 65 of 202p.

I want to finish up side goals for May, and also then to work on my next week's book club book. We'll see what I get done. Did well with the read-a-thon but did not get as much read this month as I planned/hoped.

Alien Resurrection :The Official Movie Novelization
Hijack the Seas
Matched
State of Fear
Stinetinglers 2: 10 MORE New Stories by the Master of Scary Tales
What a Ghoul Wants
The Lightning Thief
Hellbound Guilds & Other Misdirections
Shifted
Tell Me What You Did
The Ratcatcher

And the book club book
Laughers: A Dystopian Apocalyptic Horror Novel

I didn't even read one word of my paperback. My only objective in my cool down week: read as much as possible of For Whom the Bell Tolls

I need to finish Stone Blind by the end of April. Its about Medusa.
My only problem is that I have a snake phobia. I can't read it at night because it gives me nightmares ( I had one over the readathon weekend!) So I can only read it during the day and I have to read something else in the evening.

The books I want to finish before May are:



As usual, I'm a bit over-ambitious, lol.

I would like to read:

The Lost Daughter - started during the readathon
Mothers and Sons - started prior to the readathon
Water, Water: Poems - from my readathon TBR, borrowed from the library
Opinions: A Decade of Arguments, Criticism, and Minding Other People's Business
Everything is Illuminated - current audiobook
Whale - audiobook

My results:

28.04, Monday - , 6 hours
29.04, Tuesday - and , 45 min
30.04, Wednesday - no reading
1.05, Thursday - , 1 hour
2.05, Friday - and - 55 min
3.05, Saturday - and , 40 min
4.05, Sunday - , finished. , started - 50 min

Total: 10 hours 10 min
Finished: 1 book,

Yes! to Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

For those interested in the writing and publishing world, those interested in relationships between writers, those interested in cancel culture, this book could be for you. The information here could have been covered in a nonfiction book for academics--not accessible and not fun for many. This novel covers so many aspects of writing life. . . . Now I renew my commitment to read Erasure by Percival Everett.
⭐⭐⭐⭐

Cool down week results:

I kept the momentum going after the readathon!

The Lost Daughter - started during the readathon - FINISHED
Mothers and Sons - started prior to the readathon - FINISHED
Water, Water: Poems - from my readathon TBR, borrowed from the library - FINISHED
Opinions: A Decade of Arguments, Criticism, and Minding Other People's Business - FINISHED
Everything is Illuminated - current audiobook - FINISHED
Whale - audiobook - have not started; instead started The Dream Hotel

when's the reverse summer readathon? can someone post info on the website when it's decided? thanks

I don’t think the website is in use, it’s mostly Discord, Twitter and I believe IG, next to here in GR of course

someone updated it during the April readathon. it really ought to be the main source of posting as not everyone uses discord, Instagram, etc, but everyone can access the website