destiny ♡’s Comments (group member since Feb 28, 2019)

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

Hi, friends! It's time for another readathon! I meant for this to happen a week or two ago, but... c'est la vie. 😄 We had a poll in the discord a few weeks ago where the winning vote selected for URTs to start being announced with a little more notice, so I'll try to start posting these 5-7 days pre-readathon, instead of a day or two beforehand. :)

This readathon will begin at 12:00AM (your time) on Friday, September 3rd and will end at 11:59PM (your time) on Monday, September 6th!

I'm really excited that fall is right around the corner for those of us in the northern hemisphere, so there are two optional prompts:
🍁 read a book with yellow, red, or orange on the cover
🍁 read a book that gives you cozy vibes!

Post your TBR and progress updates whenever you're ready, here or in the Discord server (or both)!

If you would like an invite to the Discord server, please message me here on Goodreads or comment below and I'll DM you an invite link!

Hi, friends! It's time for another readathon! Since our last several have mostly been a week long, I thought we could do a lighting round readathon this weekend: just from 12:00AM Saturday, July 31st to 11:59PM Sunday, August 1st!

Since this is such a short readathon, we only have one optional prompt:
💖 read a book that you think will make you happy! 😌

Post your TBR and progress updates whenever you're ready, here or in the Discord server (or both)!

If you would like an invite to the Discord server, please message me here on Goodreads or comment below and I'll DM you an invite link!

I missed the first two days of the readathon, but I'm in a bit of a reading mood today!

day 1:
- ❌

day 2:
- ❌

day 3:
- 🌈 Long Distance ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Little Nightmares Vol. 1 ⭐⭐⭐
- Mirka Andolfo's Mercy: The Fair Lady, the Frost, and the Fiend ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Moon Called, Volume 1: Issues #1-4 ⭐⭐
- 688 pages

day 4:
-

day 5:
-

day 6:
-

day 7:
-

Reading Reindeer 2021 On Proxima Centauri wrote: "And i just read one that would have applied, Queen of the Cicadas:)

TBR: TBD
6/24:
6/25:
6/26:
6/27:
6/28:
6/29:
6/30:

Read:"

Ooooh how was Queen of the Cicadas?

Becca wrote: "Hi friends! I'm definitely gonna try to do this readathon; basically, for my TBR I just chose a few LGBTQIA+ books and/or authors from the ARCs that I'm behind on.

- [book:Cool for the Summer|507..."

I love this TBR 🥺

Glenda wrote: "I'm in for the full week and looking forward to it! I've had Pride Month as my blog theme this month so I've almost exhausted my personal stash of queer authors/books, but I'm going to the library ..."

Yaaaay, I love everything about this!!! Good luck at the library, let us know what you get! :D

☀ Kat wrote: "Ooh exciting! I have a lot of shifts at my job but ill try to read in between them!

TBR:
1. This Is How You Lose the Time War
2. They Both Die at the End
3. [book:T..."

I was JUST thinking about putting Time War on my TBR for the readathon!! 😍

Regsly wrote: "Reading:


Tbr:
"

Ooooh, I need to read both of these!

crane wrote: "1. Red White & Royal Blue
2. One Last Stop
3. Demon Arms
yep that’s it :))"

RW&RB was so cute! I hope to check out OLS soon :)

Lemmily wrote: "This one is easy! I’m so excited! I have so many already set up for this! Woot!

1- One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston (Bookclub) (RA)
2- Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar (RA)..."

These sound so good, enjoy :D

Hi, friends! It's time for another readathon! I know I normally start these at the end of the week, but I thought it might be fun to do a week-long readathon to close out the month of June!

We'll start at 12:00AM (your time) Thursday, June 24th and end at 11:59PM (your time) Wednesday, June 30th.

In honor of Pride Month coming to a close, I have just one optional prompt for you:
🌈 read as many queer books or books by queer authors as you can! ♥

That's it! I know this announcement is one of those last-minute ones, so feel free to join the readathon at any time, even if you can't participate until the weekend. Post your TBR and progress updates whenever you're ready, here or in the Discord server (or both)!

If you would like an invite to the Discord server, please message me here on Goodreads or comment below and I'll DM you an invite link!

FRIDAY:
- 50pg of Revenge

SATURDAY:
- 133pg of Hate to Want You

SUNDAY:

Sionna wrote: "Truthfully, it has been such a weird month for me. I swear most the books I've read have been re-reads hahaha
Do you have any potential books lined up?"

I'm not sure! Probably Volume 5 of The Way of the Househusband, and maybe Revenge? I'm kind of in the mood for a horror collection and it's translated from Japanese IIRC!

Sionna wrote: "I don't think I'll be following the prompts at all because I read so much manga the week previous haha. I'll see if I can sink in some AAPI books, but I'm in such a weird reading mood that I don't ..."

That's okay if it doesn't! I'm just excited to have you joining! 🥰

Lakin wrote: "Yay!! I’m so excited for another readathon! I’m so far behind on my reading for this year 😬

I’m in the middle of Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares so I really need to finish that!"

The Dash & Lily books sound so good 🥺

Reading Reindeer 2021 On Proxima Centauri wrote: "I can read a TRANSLATED Nobel Winner! Woot woot!
And a Helen Hoang, because Asian and because Romance
....is. . So...far.. out...of....my..comfort...zone....
1) Blindness
[book:Dri..."

I LOVE Helen Hoang's books, I hope you enjoy them!

Hi, friends! It's finally time for another readathon!

We'll start at 12:00AM (your time) Friday, May 21st and end at 11:59PM (your time) Sunday, May 23rd.

As usual, a few optional prompts:
💫 Read a translated work! This could be a novel, manga, short story, poetry collection, anything!
💫 In honor of AAPI Heritage Month, read a book by an Asian and/or Pacific Islander author!*

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!

* Here are a few lists of book recommendations you can check out by AAPI authors: here, here, and here!

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!