Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-Thon discussion

We have worked on pre-readathon challenges found on various sites. We have compiled lists of books we most want to read during the readathon. Now we don't want to leave books partially read, maybe not even lists partially read. So let's read on. Together. Here.

Let's talk books for a day or a week more.

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Finished 2 books (The Knight and the Moth and Nemesis)
Will be continuing One Yellow Eye

I finished 2 books: The Odyssey: A Graphic Novel and Fight Club
I now need to continue: The Princess Bride and Maskerade

I hope I can finish Blood on Her Tongue
I still have 100 pages to go.

Good idea . Let's talk about books read during the 24hour Readathon for a week .🎃
Finished 1 book : THE FORK ,THE WITCH AND THE WORM
Will be continuing : MEMORY ALTER

Here is my plan for this week:

Less than one hour of audio left, want to finish this today.
🎧 Off the Reservation (The Only Good Indians #2) by Stephen Graham Jones

I definitely want to read this short story this week:
📖 The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction 2022, “The Travelling Man“, at 54% — I would like to read this one this week, partly because I want to decide if I DNF this collection or not.

I started this one last night, but was too tired, ongoing this week:
📖 We3 by Grant Morrison, 144p., graphic novel.

My full list if here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Did not get as much done as I hoped yesterday although knocked out four of them. Meant to read more Friday but that didn't happen. So will definitely be continuing in cooldown week.

Cathy wrote: "Here is my plan for this week:

Less than one hour of audio left, want to finish this today.
🎧 Off the Reservation (The Only Good Indians #2) by [author:Stephen Graham Jones|96300..."

Good luck

I’ve been doing Dewey’s Readathon for years. I’ve never done Cool Down Week. How does it work? I’m hoping to make more progress on The Cost of Care: How Four Nurses Put Patients First in a Profit-Driven System

I am going to work on finishing the 4 books I started for the RaT this upcoming week.

my plan

I took a reading break of a few hours this afternoon, then finished my audio:
🎧 Off the Reservation 🚐🚐☆☆☆ (The Only Good Indians #2) by Stephen Graham Jones

And I started:
📖 The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction 2022, “The Travelling Man“.

Katherine wrote: "I’ve been doing Dewey’s Readathon for years. I’ve never done Cool Down Week. How does it work? I’m hoping to make more progress on [book:The Cost of Care: How Four Nurses Put Patients First in a Pr..."

Welcome Katherine. Sonetimes we do not finish all the books we intended to. This thread gives us space and time to talk about books we do want to finish. We make short comments after we read a selection we finish. It's informal. There are no particular rules, just talk about the books we want to finish and then do.

I will finish The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson. I'm at 35%

The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert I'm at 56%


I may start and finish

by Selma Lagerlöf
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils

Kate wrote: "I finished 2 books: The Odyssey: A Graphic Novel and Fight Club
I now need to continue: The Princess Bride and Maskerade"

I really missed something not watching the movie when young. When I finally read the novel this year, I was unable to have any comments other than it was humorous. Maybe in 10 more years I will suddenly understand better.

Finished My Darkest Prayer by S S Cosby. Next week I’m reading The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

Decided to read Sacred today, a little over halfway through.

My plan for this week is to finish 2 books that I started before the readathon:

Queen Mab (kindle)
The Hallmarked Man (31 hour audiobook!)

Additionally, I would love to read this book before the author talk on Thursday with Roxane Gay:
The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman (kindle)

Finished Sacred last night late. Today will woirk on the next one, Gone Baby Gone, and perhaps The Executioner's Three

Monday
🎧 As You Wake, Break the Shell by Becky Chambers, 14h 28m, started today and listened to 1h 28m. Like it so far!
📖 The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction 2022, finished “The Travelling Man“, at 56%, ~12p., ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Sunday after Readathon I Started but Quit
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils by Selma Lagerlöf

There is nothing wrong with the book. It just did not apoeal to me. And I do not seem to have access to the beautifully illustrated book others mentioned.

This book I Started before the readathon. Now I will try to finish it. It has made me laugh out loud quite a few times.
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson

I've finished Ms. Mebel Goes Back to the Chopping Block and Only When It's Us. I've started Silver Nitrate. Hoping to finish The Hunger Games today.

Yesterday I read Found Objects, really enjoyed, got me into mood to re-read a book from hers years ago (not planned) that I started reading instead of my planned list since I was in the mood

Tuesday
Didn‘t read much today. Exhausting day at work. Watching some trashy, but very funny TV…

🎧 As You Wake, Break the Shell by Becky Chambers, 45 minutes listened (02:37 out of 14:28).
📖 The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction 2022, 17 pages read (253 pages out of 422).
17. An Arc of Electric Skin – Wole Talabi ⚡️⚡️⚡️☆☆— not for me, didn‘t connect with this electrically charged avenger.
18. Started…

It us good to see so much progress and to see how varied is everyone's reading! Keep going!

Cathy I get it, was my day back also and I kept getting tired and moody, although I did have enough sleep. Who knows.

Cathy wrote: "Tuesday
Didn‘t read much today. Exhausting day at work. Watching some trashy, but very funny TV…

🎧 As You Wake, Break the Shell by Becky Chambers, 45 minutes lis..."

Same, no reading, watched The Substance.

I finished reading Blood on Her Tongue on Sunday afternoon.

It seems that my project at work will end today. That means at least I will be able to read a bit on Thursday and Friday, after work. Yey!

I might just read something completely out of my comfort zone:
The Pumpkin Princess and the Forever Night

Finishing up on MEMORY ALTER will probably be done with it
by Saturday .

Vavita wrote: "I finished reading Blood on Her Tongue on Sunday afternoon.

It seems that my project at work will end today. That means at least I will be able to read a bit on Thursday and Frid..."

Oooh ! Read the reviews for this one . I like reading children's chapter books . Reminds me of the Coco in the Land of the Dead movie . I will see if my local library has a copy .
THE SPINDLERS by Lauren Oliver and THE HALLOWEEN TREE by Ray Bradbury are also children's chapter books about visits to the underworld . Happy Halloween Vavita 😈🎃

Wednesday
📖 We3 by Grant Morrison, graphic novel. 20 pages read (54 pages out of 144).
🎧 As You Wake, Break the Shell by Becky Chambers, 68 minutes listened (03:45 out of 14:28).
📖 The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction 2022, #18. A Soul of Small Places – Mame Bougouma Diene and Woppa Diallo 🧞‍♂️🧞‍♂️🧞‍♂️🧞‍♂️🧞‍♂️— a very well-told story. Senegal, the dangers of being a girl and the cost of fighting back. 17 pages read (270 pages out of 422).

Finished Silver Nitrate and The Hunger Games

Not part of my readathon stack but I started Survivor Song (Paul Tremblay) today.

Lots of good progress and completion here! I am so glad this discussion has become a thing!

I will be returning to cool down reading tonight.