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I'm in!Come What May = Let's see how many I read. I'll probably be catching up on authors I've already read until February...
1. So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Science Fiction and Fantasy - various authors - 2/5/2022
2. I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir by Sarah Kurchak 2/10/2022
New 2 U authors 2021 Goal: Fresh Face = 5
Books read: 8
When Fox is a Thousand by Larissa Lai 1/12/2021
Embassytown 4/15/2021
Black Swan, White Raven (anthology) 5/13/2021
The Conference of the Birds by Attar of Nishapur 7/19/2021
The Monkey's Wedding and Other Stories by Joan Aiken
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 001 by various authors (LibriVox)
Gothic Tales by Elizabeth Gaskell
Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
I'm in!
I'm in! I like that it is 48 hrs!!!I started Chocolat yesterday, so I am starting from page 50 today. I will use 12:01 May 9th, PST as the start of the readathon.
counts for:
✿Read a book with a flower(s) on the cover
pages read:
Finished Chocolat pgs 51-306 255
read Midnight's Children 252-359 107
pages: 362 read
Yay! Beth's spot
Earth Day Read a Thon 2020
April 22-23
Optional mini challenge
✿Which part of the world are you reading from? Oregon, USA
Did you participate in our Earth Day RAT last year? I was going to, but no.
What book(s) do you hope to finish today?
Galileo's Dream by Kim Stanley Robinson
I don't have much left, so I will start something else when I'm done, maybe a graphic novel.
Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences by Ursula K. Le Guin. Read July 29. I need to update the book bank, but we can use that one for now
I will check again later.
Anyone on?
I will take the letter S! A: Nikki
S: Beth
T:
U:
R:
I: Nikki
A: Zuzana
S:
I am in!
I'm in! I will definitely read something, not sure how much. I am not sure I have ever done readathons 2 weekends in a row! (After Dewey's Readathon, which is April 6th.)Vindication of the Rights of Woman 49-62%
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 324-408 (print) = 84 pgs
The Left Hand of Darkness 43%
The Maltese Falcon 1:52-3:11 - 1 hr 19 min (DNF)
I Explain a Few Things: Selected Poems 78-97 = 9 pgs
time reading (according to stopwatch) plus audio: 4 hrs 15 min + 1 hr 19 min = 5 hrs 34 min
pages (print): 84+9 = 93 pgs
I'm in!
Spring Cleaning Duration: March 20 - June 20
Complete! 15 books
🔳 Pre Challenge Survey
How many books do you currently have on your TBR list? 329
How many bookshelves do you have? on GoodReads? 2 pages worth (many of them are for already-read books though) physical shelves: 2 shelves of unread books!
How many unread books do you own (consider eBooks, paperback, and hardcover)? 32 (I think)
How many books do you want to read for this challenge? 15, including 5 books I own
OWNED: 4
1. The Black Tides of Heaven 3/26/19 (ebook)
2. Ca Dao Vietnam: Vietnamese Folk Poetry 4/7/19
3. The Happy Prince & Other Stories 3/26/19
4. The Chemical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz 3/26/19
LIBRARY TBR: 11
1. Citizen: An American Lyric 3/23/19
2. Cloud Atlas 4/2/19
3. City of Bones 4/6/19
4. Monstress, Vol. 2: The Blood 4/7/19
5. Why Poetry 4/21/19
6. Monstress, Vol. 3: Haven 5/4/19
7. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman 4/28/19
8.Declare 5/18/19
9. One Hundred Years of Solitude 5/19/2019
10. Spinning Silver 5/29/19
11. Tigana 6/18/2019
🔳 Post Challenge Survey
How many books did you read overall for this challenge?
15
How many of them were already owned? On your TBR list?
4 were already owned, the rest were from my library TBR
Did you create any bookshelves? If so, how many?
n/a
Did you remove any books from your TBR list while organizing your bookshelf? If so, how many?
5
Did this challenge help you to organize your bookshelves or to whittle down your TBR list?
Yes, a little bit!
Categories & books plannedread: 7!
◄ March is Women’s History Month. Read a book by a new to you female author, or a book with a strong female lead.
A Stranger in Olondria 3/14/2019
◄ March splits Pisces and Aries for zodiac signs. Read a book with water or fire on the cover, the final book in a series, or the first book in a series.
The Black Tides of Heaven 3/26/2019
◄ March was named for Mars, the Roman god of war. Read a book set in space, a book about war, or a book with a red cover.
War and the Iliad 3/19/2019
◄ March 2nd is Old Stuff Day. This is a day to try something new, break out of your routine, make a change! Read a book from a new genre or author. Break out of your reading rut!
Citizen: An American Lyric 3/23/2019
March 9th is Panic Day. Rather than freak out, read a book that calms you down! Alternatively, read a book that raises your blood pressure and makes you uncomfortable.
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold 3/20/2019
◄ March 14th is Pi Day, a day that celebrates Pi, the number that never ends. It’s often abbreviated to 3.14. This year is ultimate Pi Day because the first 5 numbers of Pi are 3.1415 which corresponds to this date. It’s also Albert Einstein’s birthday. Read a book with an average rating of 3.14 or higher, a book that was published in March of 2014 or a book featuring a mathematician or bakery.
Women & Power: A Manifesto 3/29/2019 (rating: 4.07)
March 29th is National Smoke and Mirrors Day. Read a book where something isn’t as it seems or where the main character is hiding something.
Macbeth 3/10/2019
ok. I thought we were done with Japan?
Subtleties of the Incredible Mullah Nasrudin 174 pgs No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters
215 pgs
Common Sense 92 pg
Norse Mythology 299 pgs
War Music: An Account of Books 1-4 and 16-19 of Homer's Iliad 215 pgs
The Sandman Universe: The Dreaming #1 25 pgs
1,020 + 104,885 = 105,905
Updated message 452 with my second round of this challenge, which ends tomorrow. I listened to 10 books, completing remixer level! I will pick some books and categories and add more as I go.update: listened to 6 books, completing Voiceover level. In 2020 I will aim for at least 10.
All About Audiobooks Challenge Round 3
Duration: January 29, 2019 - January 29, 2020
level:
Doing it “Old School”: The Chemical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz (CD) 4/26/2019
Dramatization: The Fellowship of the Ring BBC dramatization 3/29/2019
More Than 5 Hours to 9.9 Hours: The House on the Borderland 9/22/2019
20 Hours to 34.9 Hours: Bleak House 11/30/2019
Re-Read a Favourite: Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch 4/05/2019
Declare
Are we moving on to Spain? I can change my vote if that's what's holding us up.
