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It's time for our last readathon round of 2024! This round goes from Saturday, December 21st to Wednesday, December 25th.
I know we're long overdue for a short weekend round, but with the holidays coming up, a lot of people have days off and might want to spend a little extra time reading. That said, a lot of us stay busy during this time of December, so there's no pressure if you can't join for the entire round (or at all)!
Our optional prompt this round is...
🎁 gift yourself the joy of reading a 5 star prediction
Post your TBR and progress updates whenever you're ready, here or in the Discord server (or both). Happy reading!
DISCORD: https://discord.gg/yHnXTareA9
Finally remembered to post my progress! lolday 1:
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day 2:
✅ finished Panic (38pg)
✅ finished Rampage (61pg)
✅ finished The Pied Piper (54pg)
✅ finished Where Dead Things Lie (80pg)
day 3:
✅ finished Cruel Winter with You (73pg)
day 4:
✅ finished Merry Ever After (59pg)
day 5:
❌ DNFed A Cat Café Christmas (25pg)
day 6:
✅ finished All by My Elf (55pg)
day 7:
⌛ started re-read of Silver in the Wood (38pg)
TOTAL:
books read: 7 completed + 1 DNF
pages read: 483
Cobwebby Reading Reindeer In Space wrote: "I completed my 2024 Personal NetGalley Challenge, BUT I am still driven to read as many NG Mount TBR before year's end as possible--and I just happen to have several by Indigenous North American au..."Yaaay! Way to go!
It's time for our November readathon! This round goes from Saturday, November 23rd to Friday, November 29th.
Here in the US, it's Native American Heritage Month, so our optional prompt is:
🪶 read books by Indigenous authors*
* While it's NAHM and I'll be focusing on Native American and First Nations authors, it's always a good idea to support Indigenous voices wherever you are. If you live outside of North America, feel free to research the Indigenous Peoples of your region!
Here are a few lists of books and authors to check out:
- https://www.nypl.org/blog/2024/10/07/...
- https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
- https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/b...
Post your TBR and progress updates whenever you're ready, here or in the Discord server (or both). Happy reading!
DISCORD: https://discord.gg/yHnXTareA9
It's time for our October readathon! This round goes from Sunday, October 27th to Thursday, October 31st.
In honor of Halloween and Samhain happening during this round, we have TWO optional prompts:
🎃 read a horror book
🎃 read a witchy book
Post your TBR and progress updates whenever you're ready, here or in the Discord server (or both). Happy reading!
DISCORD: https://discord.gg/yHnXTareA9
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day 1:
✅ finished That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon (43pg)
⌛ started Guillotine (77pg)
🍂 day 2:
✅ finished Guillotine (131pg)
🍂 day 3:
⌛ continued My Darling Dreadful Thing (214pg)
🍂 day 4:
✅ finished My Darling Dreadful Thing (60pg)
✅ finished The Invocations (154pg)
🍂 day 5:
❌ DNFed Sleeper Train (55pg)
🍂 day 6:
⌛ started Born for Silk (45pg)
🍂 day 7:
⌛ continued Born for Silk (5pg)
🍂 TOTALS:
pages: 784
books: 4
- That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon ⭐⭐⭐
- Guillotine ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- My Darling Dreadful Thing ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- The Invocations ⭐⭐⭐
It's time for our September readathon! This round goes from Sunday, September 22nd to Saturday, September 28th.
September 22nd is the first day of fall (or spring, depending on where you are!), and we're currently in the midst of National Hispanic Heritage Month here in the US, so your optional prompts are...
🍁 read a book with fall vibes or cozy vibes
🍁 read a book by a Latin author
Post your TBR and progress updates whenever you're ready, here or in the Discord server (or both). Happy reading!
DISCORD: https://discord.gg/yHnXTareA9
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readathon goals:
🐶🐾 end the readathon with 10 or less current reads
🐾 start Haunted Ever After
🐾 finish Heartless Heathens
🐾 finish Ghost Station
🐾 finish I Was a Teenage Slasher
🐈 day 1:
✅ finished Heartless Heathens (158pg)
⌛ continued Ghost Station (45pg)
It's time for our August readathon! Let's close out the month together: this round goes from Thursday, August 29th to Saturday, August 31st!
August 8th was International Cat Day, and August 26th was International Dog Day, so this round's optional prompt felt obvious:
🐾 read a book featuring an animal! (mythical creatures count!)
Post your TBR and progress updates whenever you're ready, here or in the Discord server (or both). Happy reading!
DISCORD: https://discord.gg/yHnXTareA9
It's time for our July readathon! This one is going to go from Monday, July 15th to Sunday, July 21st.
Our optional prompts this month revolve around Sci-Fi July:
👽 read a science fiction or dystopian book
👽 read a book with a green cover (for little green men!)
Post your TBR and progress updates whenever you're ready, here or in the Discord server (or both). Happy reading!
DISCORD: https://discord.gg/yHnXTareA9
It's time for our June readathon, friends! This one runs from Friday, June 28th to Sunday, June 30th.
Our optional prompt for this round:
🏳️🌈 finish up Pride Month by reading a book by a queer author or with queer characters!
Post your TBR and progress updates whenever you're ready, here or in the Discord server (or both). Happy reading!
DISCORD: https://discord.gg/yHnXTareA9
I decided not to make a TBR list for this round because I've been craving mood reading lately!💮 saturday, day 1 →
⌛ 5pg of Thalassophobia
💮 sunday, day 2 →
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💮 monday, day 3 →
⌛ 60pg of Nevernight
⌛ 15pg of Haunting Adeline
✅ 21pg of Thalassophobia (completed)
💮 tuesday, day 4 →
💮 wednesday, day 5 →
💮 thursday, day 6 →
💮 friday, day 7 →
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🎓 TOTALS →
pages read:
books completed:
Thalassophobia ⭐⭐⭐
It's time for another readathon — and this month, we're having one of our week-long readathons! This round goes from Friday, May 25th to Thursday, May 31st.
We have TWO optional prompts:
💮 Congratulations, graduates! Read a book with a school or academy setting!
💮 May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, so read a book written by an AAPI author!
If you need help, here's a page of lists containing books in school settings and here's a list of AAPI-authored books!
Post your TBR and progress updates whenever you're ready, here or in the Discord server (or both). Happy reading!
DISCORD: https://discord.gg/yHnXTareA9
It's time for another readathon! This one's a weekend round: Friday, April 19th to Sunday, April 21st.
"April showers" always make me feel cozy, so your optional prompt is...
☔ Read a book that makes you feel cozy or happy! (any genre is fine, as long as it feels comforting to YOU)
Post your TBR and progress updates whenever you're ready, here or in the Discord server (or both). Happy reading!
DISCORD: https://discord.gg/yHnXTareA9
I just wanna finish some current reads! 😅 Here's what I'll be working on, though I dunno how many of these I'll finish:🍀 The Shadow of What Was Lost
🍀 Dead Letters: Episodes of Epistolary Horror
🍀 Slaying the Vampire Conqueror
🍀 Bewitched
🍀 That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon (green on the cover and spring vibes)
🍀 This Cursed Light
🍀 Empire of the Vampire
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🍀 Broken Bonds
🍀 Psych Ward Blues
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🍀 The Jersey Devil
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🌸 sunday, day 1 →
✅ DNFed Cinema Viscera (81pg)
⌛ continued Empire of the Vampire (70pg)
= 151pg
🌸 monday, day 2 →
⌛ started Broken Bonds (96pg)
= 96pg
🌸 tuesday, day 3 →
✅ read The Only Safe Place Left is the Dark (92pg)
= 92pg
🌸 wednesday, day 4 →
⌛ continued Empire of the Vampire (110pg)
= 110pg
🌸 thursday, day 5 →
⌛ continued Belladonna (100pg)
🌸 friday, day 6 →
⌛ continued Belladonna (94pg)
🌸 saturday, day 7 →
✅ completed Belladonna (192pg)
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🍀 TOTALS →
pages read: 835
books completed: 3
• Cinema Viscera: An Anthology of Movie Theater Horror ❌ DNF ❌
• The Only Safe Place Left is the Dark ⭐⭐⭐⭐
• Belladonna ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
It's time for another readathon! This one goes from
Sunday, March 17th → Saturday, March 23rd
We have TWO optional prompts this round:
🍀 for St. Patrick's Day, read a book with green on the cover
🍀 PICK YOUR PROMPT: depending on your part of the world, read either a book with spring vibes (happy, funny, hopeful) OR a book with fall vibes (spooky, ominous, fantastical)
Post your TBR and progress updates whenever you're ready, here or in the Discord server (or both). Happy reading!
DISCORD: https://discord.gg/yHnXTareA9
I sadly did not accomplish the optional goal! I fully intended to finish That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon, but it just didn't happen. 😅———
💗 saturday, day 1 →
✅ 208pg of Come Tumbling Down
⌛ 36pg of Playground
⌛ 22pg of Clown in a Cornfield 2: Frendo Lives
= 266pg, 1 book completed
💗 sunday, day 2 →
⌛ 253pg of Episode Thirteen
= 253pg
💗 monday, day 3 →
✅ 184pg of Episode Thirteen
✅ 174pg of Across the Green Grass Fields
⌛ 248pg of Clown in a Cornfield 2: Frendo Lives
= 606pg, 2 books completed
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💖 TOTALS →
pages read: 1,125
books completed: 3
Come Tumbling Down ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (re-read)
Episode Thirteen ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (re-read)
Across the Green Grass Fields ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (re-read)
Hello, friends! It's time for another readathon!
Saturday, February 17th → Monday, February 19th
Since February is Black History Month here in the US, our optional prompt is:
💗 read a book written by a Black author!
Post your TBR and progress updates whenever you're ready, here or in the Discord server (or both). Happy reading!
DISCORD: https://discord.gg/yHnXTareA9
Becca wrote: "goals: • start a new series:Children of the Dark by Jonathan Janz
read something you meant to read in 2023: Curse of the Reaper by Brian McAuley
read something with a white, blue, or snowy cover..."
Jonathan Janz 😍
I might change these goals up a little by the time the round starts, but here's what I'm thinking about right now:☃️ GOALS →
• Divine Rivals (start a new series)
• Cinema Viscera: An Anthology of Movie Theater Horror (something I meant to read in 2023)
• The Cabin at the End of the World (white cover - I have the white UK edition)
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❄️ thursday, day 1 →
⌛ 32pg of The Shadow of What Was Lost
⌛ 48pg of Christmas and Other Horrors
⌛ 5pg of Dead Letters
= 85pg
❄️ friday, day 2 →
✅ 208pg of The Halloweeners
⌛ 52pg of The Shadow of What Was Lost
= 260pg, 1 book completed
❄️ saturday, day 3 →
⌛ 30pg of The Unicorn Killer
= 30pg
❄️ sunday, day 4 →
✅ 122pg of The Caretaker
⌛ 56pg of Throne of the Fallen
= 178pg, 1 book completed
❄️ monday, day 5 →
⌛ 185pg of Throne of the Fallen
❄️ tuesday, day 6 →
✅ 18pg of The Unicorn Killer
10pg of Dead Letters
= 28pg, 1 book completed
❄️ wednesday, day 7 →
⌛ 147pg of Throne of the Fallen
= 147pg
———
☃️ TOTALS →
pages read: 913
books completed: 3
- The Halloweeners ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- The Caretaker ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- The Unicorn Killer ⭐⭐⭐⭐
