75 Books...More or Less! discussion

We wanted to celebrate the holiday weekend with an extended Readathon. The Readathon will start today (7/3) and go through 7/7. We look forward to seeing what everyone is going to tackle. We are also a little over half way through the year. It’s a good time to review goals and adjust plans.

*We apologize for letting Canadian day pass by! We will try to remember for next year.

I'm in the midst of 3 books, 1 a carryover from June which I hate to do but oh well! lol
(I've finally started reading a good amount of this each day)
(wanted to read for SciFiJune but my hold didn't come in till 6/29!)
(audio)

I've read 174 books so far and my goal is 200 so I'm good. lol.

I always have multiple books going! I think it is the plight of people who want to read ALL the books...haha

As usual I have a very unrealistic list! I just wanted some variety to pick from. We have 3 parties to go to this weekend but should have some decent reading time each day :)

Here One Moment - Liane Moriarty *finished*
The Pumpkin Spice Cafe - Laurie Gilmore *finished*
The Night We Lost Him - Laura Dave
What the River Knows - Isabel Ibanez
Fortune and Glory - Janet Evanovich *finished*

Start - Listen for the Lie - Amy Tintera got to 25%
Start - Ruthless Vows - Rebecca Ross got to 10%

I also would like to finish A Court of Wings and Ruin at 75% now
Read another 20% of the Frozen River at 45% now *got to 66%

I finished This Is Why We Lied last night. Glad to take a break from the gruesome brutality of women for awhile. Starting something a little lighter today . I LOVED ! I'd say happy 4th but it's really not so happy Friday instead. We have no plans this long weekend except to go to a strawberry festival tonight. Bastien's too young for fireworks and we're definitely not into celebrating America right now.

I really like Karen Slaughter, but her books are INTENSE! A strawberry festival sounds really fun!

One of my coworkers is having a BBQ today so we are heading over there this afternoon. The rest of the weekend we don't have any major plans.

I was just looking at my goal and increased it to 200. I don't want to jinx, but I think this will be one of my best years for reading.

07/03: With a Vengeance . . Libby Virtual. 400 pp.
Sneak Peek for Girl in the Creek. 64 pp.
First Touch - Sneak Peek 63 pp.
Nectar of the Dogs Everand Virtual
Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife EXTRACT by Martin Edwards. NetGalley ARC Mount TBR

07/04: The Lost King of France: How DNA Solved the Mystery of the Murdered Son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette to p. 24
A Place of Greater Safety KU to p. 51
Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife. To 30%. NetGalley ARC Current (Full Title)

7/05: The Lost King of France: How DNA Solved the Mystery of the Murdered Son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette to p. 46.
Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife


07/06: The Lost King of France: How DNA Solved the Mystery of the Murdered Son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette to p. 70
Phases Of Gravity to p. 13.
NEOGENESIS: A SciFi Adventure KU


7/07: The Lost King of France: How DNA Solved the Mystery of the Murdered Son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette to p. 99
The Stonehenge Gate Hoopla Virtual
The Farmhouse
Altered Starscape. SF. Mount TBR.

Titles Read:
With a Vengeance . . Libby Virtual. 400 pp.
Sneak Peek for Girl in the Creek. 64 pp.
First Touch - Sneak Peek 63 pp.
Nectar of the Dogs Everand Virtual
Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife EXTRACT by Martin Edwards. NetGalley ARC Mount TBR
The Stonehenge Gate Hoopla Virtual
The Farmhouse

I listened to all of yesterday. Today I started listening to . Still reading . The boys have gone to the Farmer's Market in a nearby town, one of our friends runs it, so I'm going shower, hit the grocery store, and then do a little cleaning while listening to my audiobook. I'll probably listen to it all today.

We've essentially all been up since 6am. *yawn* Usually I can get Bastien to go back to sleep for a couple more hours when he wakes that early but not this morning. 6am crying, nursing, and diaper change, 6:50am crying and diaper change, 7:15am crying and brought to our bed, 7:30am Ezri started barking because she probably smelled a bear, let her in the bedroom, she jumped on the bed, Bastien and Ezri would not settle, we all got up at 7:50am. 🤦‍♀️

I did listen to all of yesterday. It was wacky but good! I started reading this morning, it's a buddy read in my NetGalley ARC group. I may or may not start listening to today. It's going to be 90°F today so we're going to the local lake at some point and spend a few hours there. Leftovers for supper, I will not be turning on my oven today! lol

Also, Bastien slept till almost 9 this morning 💪🏻 with no wake-ups last night. He even slept through 3 rounds of fireworks directly behind our house from 9:30-10pm. I was pissed. 😡 Ezri was upset. We live in a neighborhood and they know their neighbors have small children!

No listening was done yesterday and I didn't finish any books. lol. Didn't do too much reading actually, busy at the lake! Bastien had fun. Today I have started listening to . For some odd reason, I thought this was about a couple abducted by aliens? IDK I think there's a book with a similar cover that I must be thinking of. 🤷🏼‍♀️

We're headed to a splash pad a couple towns over with a bunch of other moms and toddlers so that should be a fun morning. Bastien didn't wake up at all last night and I had the mom-tuition that I needed to get my butt in the shower this morning after Rick left for work, around 7:20, and lo and behold, Bastien woke up as I was finishing up in the bathroom! 😂

I am still trying to cross a couple of last things off my list. This was not one of my more successful readathons though.

Elyse, it sounds like you had a really fun weekend with Bastien! These days go by so fast and there will be plenty of time for reading.