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destiny ♡’s comments from the Unexpected Readathon Time / Books Out of the Blue group.

Hi, friends! It's finally time for another readathon! I know it's been forever, and I'm sorry, but the holidays were so busy and my reading slump has been going for 84 years and and and... you know how it is.

We'll start at 12:00AM (your time) Sunday, March 14th and end at 11:59PM (your time) Saturday, March 20th!

As usual, a few optional prompts:
💫 Read some nonfiction! Whether it's a full book or a short essay is up to you!
💫 In honor of Women's History Month, read a book authored by a woman!

That's it! Go ahead and post your TBR and progress updates whenever you're ready, here or in the Discord server (or both)!

NOTE: The Discord server has been renamed to Books Out of the Blue and is now not only the official URT server, but is also a general bookish and chatting server! Feel free to come say hello by clicking here to join!

Hi friends! If you'd like to join the official URT Discord server, which now also doubles as a general bookish server, feel free to join us over at Books Out of the Blue !

When you join, be sure to fully read and react to the Rules channel so you can gain access to the full server! (If you have any problems, DM me here on Goodreads so I can help!)

Hi, friends! It's time for another readathon, and since the last few were only a few days, we're going for a whole week this time! We'll start at 12:00AM (your time) Monday, November 16th and end at 11:59PM (your time) Sunday, November 22nd!

As usual, we have a few optional prompts:

🧡 read a book that features a holiday (whether it's the entire story or just one scene)
🧡 read a book by an author you've never read anything by before!

That's it! Go ahead and post your TBR whenever you're ready, and then post here or in the Discord server* when you begin!

* UPDATE: WE HAVE A DISCORD SERVER! If anyone missed the previous memos about it, I created a server for us during the most recent readathon. Participation is absolutely NOT MANDATORY, but we have a lot of fun chatting about books as well as loads of other non-bookish topics! ♥ You can join here!

Hi, everyone! It's time for another readathon, and this one is for one of my favorite holidays: HALLOWEEN! 🎃🎃🎃

We're going for 5 days this time: it starts at 12:00AM (your time) Wednesday, October 28th and it ends at 11:59PM (your time) Sunday, November 1st!

As usual, we have a few optional prompts:

🎃 read something with orange or black on the cover
🎃 read something monstrous (this one is up to your interpretation — it could be spooky, fantastical, a monstrously long book, a book that's been on your TBR so long it's become a TBR monster... get creative!)

That's it! Go ahead and post your TBR whenever you're ready, and then post here or in the Discord server* when you begin!

* UPDATE: WE HAVE A DISCORD SERVER! If anyone missed the previous memos about it, I created a server for us during the most recent readathon. Participation is absolutely NOT MANDATORY, but we have a lot of fun chatting about books as well as loads of other non-bookish topics! ♥ You can join here!

Alsoooo, keep an eye out for the next readathon announcement pretty soon... 👀

I loved seeing everyone's progress and I'm so glad so many of us had a great reading weekend! I, sadly, only read one thing all weekend, but that's okay 😅

The Bride Was a Boy — 158pg (manga)

I hope everyone will continue to check out the discord! A lot of people have already joined and it's a really fun, positive space! 🥰

DISCORD LINK

Okay, it's done! It's very bare-bones right now because I'm tired and couldn't think of much for other channel ideas, so PLEASE feel free to chat in Discord or DM me and let me know if you have anything specific you'd like to see in the server!

https://discord.gg/eVvxNdw

Bec wrote: "I'm already halfway through day 1 in Aus.

Read 1/3 of Junk Boy last night, didn't realize that it's all written in prose. While I'm not loving it, I am curious about where the story goes (althoug..."

I would be VERY interested in your thoughts on Junk Boy because I tried reading it a couple of nights ago and even though I usually love novels in verse, I didn't like the writing at all and ended up DNFing it about 20-25% in! :/

Bec wrote: "I couldn't find anywhere else to drop this, so let me know if you want me to move it from this thread. But have you considered setting up a Discord server or something similar for the readathons? N..."

That is an awesome idea! We could definitely do that. I'll try to get one created tonight or tomorrow and post the link as soon as it's ready! Thanks for the idea, friends!!

Hi, everyone!

I know this is super overdue, but the months have just slipped past right me! It's finally time to announce another readathon, though! This one will just be a quick weekend readathon from 12:00AM (your time) October 9th to 11:59PM (your time) October 11th.

As usual, we have a few optional prompts:

👻 read something spooky~
👻 finish a book you started before the readathon begins!

That's it, so go ahead and post your TBR whenever you'd like, or if you're going to mood read, just come back on the 9th and let us know what you're kicking off the readathon with. Have fun!

Welcome!! ♥

Sorry I forgot to update throughout the week! I honestly tried to stay off the internet as much as possible this past week so I wasn't on GR much. 😂

All week, I finished 8 books and DNFed 3 others, but I didn't do a good job of keeping up with my page counts. Next time, I'll try to do better about giving daily updates! I hope everyone else had fun! <3

I forgot to post an update, but for Day 1, I finished The Wives! So far for Day 2 I've read about 20-25% of The Ghost Tree but I'm about to try and log off all games & internet for a few hours to make some progress! 😂

It's almost 6hrs into the readathon for me, but I've been playing Sea of Thieves with my family and didn't realize I hadn't posted my TBR yet! 😅 I have an EXTREMELY ambitious goal for this readathon because I need to catch up on my "ARC limit" rules and some other goals before August 1st. So...

→ reading goals :
✨ The Ghost Tree {currently reading}
✨ The Only Good Indians {currently reading}
✨ Pet {currently reading; less than 300pg}
✨ Cinderella Is Dead {currently reading}
✨ The Unsuitable {currently reading}
✨ The Song Rising {currently reading; on TBR for 2+ yrs}
✨ Illuminae {REREAD; currently reading}
✨ The Last Olympian {REREAD; currently reading}
✨ The Green Witch's Grimoire: Your Complete Guide to Creating Your Own Book of Natural Magic
✨ Daphne Byrne
✨ Wicked as Sin
✨ Llewellyn's Little Book of Moon Spells
✨ Laughing at Shadows
✨ The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

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→ completed reads :
✨ The Wives ⭐

I'm so glad you're all excited! ♥ I love seeing everyone's TBRs so much. Even if you're busy and only read one book, I'm still excited to see people participate! 🥰 I'll probably post my TBR tomorrow!

Hello, everyone! :'D

It's time to announce another readathon! This one is going to start at 12:00AM (your time) Monday, July 27th and will end at 11:59PM (your time) Friday, July 31st. The challenges are...

🌺 read a book with less than 300 pages
🌺 read a book that has been on your TBR more than 2 years (or as close to that as possible!)

As usual, the challenges are totally optional, and if you can find a book that fits both prompts, you're more than welcome to double up! ♥

That's about it, lovelies — go ahead and post your TBR whenever you'd like, and I can't wait to get started on this next readathon round with you all!

Thank you all so much for joining! I had so much fun doing this readathon with you all and seeing your updates. <3 I'm so happy we had such a good turnout for this round and I already can't wait for the next one!

I forgot to read basically AT ALL over the last few days and forgot to update, whoops!

DAY 8 UPDATE:

pages read → 100
books completed → 1

DAY 9 UPDATE:

pages read → 272
books completed → 1

DAY 10 UPDATE:

pages read → 0
books completed → 0

TOTAL:
pages read → 1,294
books completed → 6
The Titan's Curse
Just Like That {black author & queer rep}
The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water {queer rep}
What Unbreakable Looks Like
The Mime Order {queer rep}
Venus in the Blind Spot

Oops, forgot to post this morning, but it's past midnight anyways. 😂

DAY 6 UPDATE:

pages read → 0
books completed → 0

DAY 7 UPDATE:

pages read → 167
books completed → 0

I didn't read on day 6, but I did almost finish The Mime Order on day 7!

TOTAL SO FAR:
pages read → 922
books completed → 4

DAY 5 UPDATE:

pages read → 260
books completed → 2

I completed The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water and What Unbreakable Looks Like!

TOTAL SO FAR:
pages read → 755
books completed → 4