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Howdy everyone!!Quick note to say that I've been without internet since Wed afternoon. Had someone out here today messing with it, but it's still being spotty. :/
Thanks to Angie for keeping things going!! :D I hope to get caught up tonight/tomorrow, if the internet continues to work. Fingers crossed! :)
Awesome Katie!! :) So glad you liked them for the most part!If you wanna chat about Call Me Daddy, feel free to message me. I haven't read any ageplay books, but really want/need to. :D
Day 8Day 8 was a lost cause for me. An acquaintance needed a ride 3 hours away to the airport. So I drove with her out there, then drove her car back here. I was outta the house for about 9 hours. It was great! I rarely leave the house, that was the first time since Jan, so it was so fun for me. :D
So I only did a little tiny bit of reading.
Read 10% of
in the car on the way there.Read 10% of
for the bonus task yesterday.Listened to 8% of
before going to sleep last night.In all, read/listened to about 100 pages.
With Randemonium, you can start anywhere, anytime and work on anything, so it's all up to you. You can do the tasks already out or wait if you prefer. I'll get your thread up just in a few moments.
I love read-a-thons as well. Like Angie, I'm a fan of Dewey's and Bout of Books. We'll feature both those here, as long as our own RaTs we come up with, like this one. :)My Recommendations:
K ~ Kill Me Once ~ great serial killer book
A ~ Artemis cuz I just read it, All The Pretty Girls is great too
R ~ Ready Player One, Redshirts
S ~ Solarversia, Solitude, The Shadow of the Wind (many!)
Y ~ You Can't Stop Me
N ~ Nil, Nyxia, The Night Circus (many!)
And just because I LOOOOOVE giving recs ~
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Day 7Let's see, I'm not sure how long I listened to my audio but I got through another 35% of
.Then, I was shocked and ELATED to get
from NetGalley. I started & finished all of it. It wasn't The Martian, but it was really really good. In all, I read / listened to about 515 pages.
Day 6Quiet day of reading for me, needed a bit of a break, though I wish I'd taken it today (Mon) instead of yesterday, so we'll see if it's a quiet day today too.
Started
for Randemonium but only read 20%Continued with
but only got another 10% before going to sleep. In all, read/listened to only about 130 pages.
YAY! Another Matt Reilly fan! :) We're a rare bunch, though I know I've gotten a few of our Pack Mates to at least read The Great Zoo of China.My Hubby got me into Reilly years ago by introducing me to Ice Station I got hooked on Reilly's over-the-top action right away and have now read everything he's written. I was worried I'd hate The Tournament & Troll Mountain: The Complete Novel as they were out of my pretty much non-existent "comfort zone", but I enjoyed them both. The only book of his I really don't like is Contest, and I'm unsure why. I tried to read it again last year and just couldn't get into it. I'd like to try again sometime.
I couldn't, however, get into Rollins. I only read the first one of the Sigma's and really didn't like it. I started the 2nd but it never kept my attention. Do you have other suggestions for authors like Reilly? I couldn't get into the David Goleman series Event Group either. For action like Reilly, I like Andy McDermott's Chase & Wilde series and most everything Jeremy Robinson writes.
I agree on Patterson, though I can report that IMO Murder Games was superb! I loved the characters and the story of it. It had that fast pace of Patterson but the story was original and the characters were awesome. Best one by "him" I've read in a while. :)
That'd be a cool one Ora!Mine would be theme park or video game related. I suppose theme parks all have their own themed hotels but they really usually aren't about actual theme parks. Have beds that are old coaster cars and such. :)
Video games would be the best though, like a Skyrim or Overwatch completely themed hotel, with different areas being different places/worlds. So much could be done!
I don't know of any red flags either, I don't interact with anyone enough to get any I suppose.We quote movies (and tv shows) ALLLLLL the time. My quoting typically comes from The Mummy, The Mummy Returns, ST: First Contact, Con Air and a bunch of others. Something always comes with a quote with us.
Didn't know if anyone would like this one. :) My only face to face interactions are with my Hubby and we've never lied to each other. I don't like liars so it's been a while since I lied, years and years.
If I could only take one carry-on sized back, I'd pack Widget into it (my gaming PC), my Mini and my Kindle. Have those and my Hubby and I don't need anything else. :D
Day 5I was all over the place on Day 5. :)
I finished both
&
for Randemonium & Fetch!I listened to about 2 hours (15%) of my 7 word title book
.And before bed I got through 5% of
for Randemonium.In all, I read/listened to about 550 pages.
Day 4Finished
, about 154 pagesStarted a 7 word title
for the bonus task yesterday but it's a bit longer at nearly 600 pages and the audio is SUPER long at nearly 30 hours. YIKES! I listened for an hour and only got through 5% which is only about 30 pages, so double yikes! I'll get back to it, but I dunno if it'll be during the RaT where I hoped to finish 2 a day, and I've already slacked on that Day 3 & 4. Read 60% of
, which was about 280 pages. In all, listened to around 464 pages.
Day 3:I started & finished
, which I quite enjoyed. It was for Randemonium. I started, but only got half way through
.In all, I listened to just 385 pages.
Welcome to the Pack Melanie! I hope that you will love it here.We're all about broadening reading. I used to only read Romantic Suspense, but now I read anything that sounds good to me. My reading sure has changed over the years, I love it! :D
Day 2:I started & finished just
&
. Murder Games was QUITE enjoyable. Liked both but really loved it. Quick typical Patterson.In total, I listened to 654 pages.
I can't remember the name of the boy I first kissed. He was a bit younger than me, someone my birthmonster watched. I think I was 9 or 10 at the time?I only kiss my Hubby now. I love to kiss, I've always been a touchy feely type person. Luckily my Hubby is too so we're always kissing. On a day He works we probably kiss 10-20 times? I dunno, never really counted. When He's off, it's all the time. :) Often He'll say something like "pick a number between 1 & 7" and I'll say something like "17" and He'll kiss me 17 times all over my face. :D
I only like romance when there's action too. I can't stand just romance on it's own and read very little of it, at the very least I read romantic suspense. My favorite romance book would probably be
though I do also like Robyn Carr's Virgin River & Thunder Point series.I dunno if I have a favorite romantic couple, I have one, but there was no romance in the book (too young) but I imagine it growing into it, and they would be my favorite. Of actual ones, Roarke & Dallas from the In Death series I suppose. I LOVE LOVE that she (the author) is not giving them children and I love how they act with each other.
I liked both of my Day 1 books but if I had to pick one I'd suggest
since I know there are fellow time travel fans here. :DI love read-a-thons as well, and like Angie, Dewey's (a 24 hour Rat) and Bout of Books (a week long RaT) are my favorites. I've always stayed up the full 24 hours for all the Dewey's I've done, so that's always great fun. When both come around again, we'll post about 'em.
Welcome to the Pack Melinda! I'm so glad that you have joined us!I never go anywhere without my Kindle as well. It's much easier than how I use to lug around a few hard cover books. :)
I hope you find challenges you like here!
I'm glad you are enjoying a book you weren't expecting to, Ashley! That's always a good thing!! :)I read about 15% of
for Fetch!I started and finished both
&
, the first for Randemonium, the second for Rebuilding USO. In all I read / listened to about 700 pages.
