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message 401: by Sashana (new)

Sashana I like the idea of a readathon!


message 402: by Sashana (new)

Sashana Em-Em wrote: "Hopefully i could start reading Sarrah Dessen's books by next week. "

Let us know what you think if you do!


message 403: by Rosina (new)

Rosina | 1800 comments A readathon sounds like fun....then we can just log pages and if some want to read the same book they could decide ahead of time....


message 404: by Alexa (last edited Jan 10, 2013 04:39PM) (new)

Alexa | 118 comments Barb wrote: "Alexa wrote: "Guys I was wondering could we maybe like have a group read every month?"

Because of the varied reading interests in the group, instead of a group read, maybe a readathon would work b..."


I couldn't agree more with you! A readathon would definitely work out better :D

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Just finished Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, #1) by Cassandra Clare c:


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Em-Em (klangish) | 18 comments Sashana wrote: "Em-Em wrote: "Hopefully i could start reading Sarrah Dessen's books by next week. "

Let us know what you think if you do!"


I will :) By the way, what book of Sarrah Dessen should I read first... any recommendation? :) Much appreciated!


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Em-Em (klangish) | 18 comments Alexa wrote: "Barb wrote: "Alexa wrote: "Guys I was wondering could we maybe like have a group read every month?"

Because of the varied reading interests in the group, instead of a group read, maybe a readathon..."


I agree with the readathon!!... book lovers join together and discuss anything about the book.. excellent idea! ;)


Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos) | 705 comments Sonia wrote: "Lisa Kay wrote: "Thanks, Teresa & Mary.

Yeah, Lizz, they steal so much of your life, when you suffer from them frequently."

Tell me about it. I had meningitis when I was a kid, and have suffered..."


Lisa Kay wrote: "Thanks, Teresa & Mary.

Yeah, Lizz, they steal so much of your life, when you suffer from them frequently."


I am so glad that is gone too day


message 408: by Sashana (new)

Sashana Em-Em wrote: "Sashana wrote: "I will :) By the way, what book of Sarrah Dessen should ..."

I would recommend starting with Just Listen by Sarah Dessen or The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen


message 409: by Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos) (last edited Jan 10, 2013 06:15PM) (new)

Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos) | 705 comments I loved Just Listen by Sarah Dessen one for my favorite books by Sarah Dessen


message 410: by Em-Em (new)

Em-Em (klangish) | 18 comments Sashana wrote: "Em-Em wrote: "Sashana wrote: "I will :) By the way, what book of Sarrah Dessen should ..."

I would recommend starting with Just Listen by Sarah Dessen or The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen"


Thank you for recommending the books :) I can't wait to finish
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver .


message 411: by Mary (new)

Mary (merinwe) | 1043 comments A readathon seems more doable than a group book every month. I like it!


message 412: by Ellinor (new)

Ellinor (1001andmore) I just finished my 8th book The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid. It's a great book, I could hardly put it down.
I'm now continuing with Dracula.


message 413: by Barb (new)

Barb So ... captains, oh team captains :) How do we go about setting up a team readathon?


message 414: by Mary (new)

Mary (merinwe) | 1043 comments Sonia and I are working on it! First things first: do you ladies want something like a 24-hour readathon? Or something longer? Suggestions, please! We'll figure out the dates after that.


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Sonia (darktalynn) | 11599 comments Finished my second book, thinking about the third :o)


message 416: by Sonia (new)

Sonia (darktalynn) | 11599 comments I vote on a 24 hour readathon.. that way it works for all the time zones :o)


message 417: by Alexa (last edited Jan 11, 2013 06:45AM) (new)

Alexa | 118 comments Sonia wrote: "I vote on a 24 hour readathon.. that way it works for all the time zones :o)"

Yeah 24-hour! It would be unfair if not.
edit: what, wait what?! Read a book in 24-hours? Is this during weekdays or? O_O
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Just finished my 7th book, Getting Revenge on Lauren Wood by Eileen Cook

Probably going to read Matched (Matched, #1) by Ally Condie and Gone (Gone, #1) by Michael Grant next because of buddy reads :)


message 418: by Sashana (new)

Sashana 24 hours works for me too.


message 419: by Amy (new)

Amy The readathon sounds fun :).


message 420: by [deleted user] (last edited Jan 11, 2013 03:36PM) (new)

Finished Bloodrose (Nightshade, #3) by Andrea Cremer by Andrea Cremer and now I'm not sure what to read now.


message 421: by Barb (new)

Barb I'm up for whatever works for everyone else :) My schedule is pretty flexible, except on Fridays.


message 422: by Sashana (new)

Sashana Saturdays would be my ideal day. Sundays are doable for me too. Can't do much during the weekdays because of school.


message 423: by Susan (susayq ~) (new)

Susan (susayq ~) (susayq) | 450 comments 24 hours would be a good time frame. As for days, I'm flexible and good with whatever is chosen :)


message 424: by [deleted user] (new)

I definitely vote yes on the readathon as long as it's on the weekend.


message 425: by Auggie (new)

Auggie (auggietalk) Just finished The Ghost of Graylock by Dan Poblocki .

Up next I think will be Kissing Shakespeare by Pamela Mingle .

Plus I've got to finish A World Apart (The Elencheran Chronicles) by David M. Brown for review this weekend.


message 426: by Sonia (new)

Sonia (darktalynn) | 11599 comments Nancy wrote: "Finished Bloodrose (Nightshade, #3) by Andrea Cremer by Andrea Cremer and now I'm not sure what to read now."

Have you read the short stories? They won't count for the challenge, since the page count is too low, but it's a way to wrap it up the series while you think on something else to read


message 427: by Sonia (new)

Sonia (darktalynn) | 11599 comments Good morning A-Team!!!

Here are the teams results while I wait for the morning coofee to kick-in (seriously, who wakes up ate 8 AM on a saturday rainny morning - even the cat is sleepy!)

TEAM A: 178
TEAM B: 196
TEAM C: 204
TEAM D: 173

Team D is picking up, nice, and Team C is totally reading like no tomorrow. Great Job Teams!!!!


message 428: by Karla (new)

Karla I haven't checked in the last few days. Wow! People have read a lot of books!

I just finished my fourth book and will start my fifth later, as it is 2 in the morning here and I must get some sleep.

What is the readathon?


message 429: by Sonia (new)

Sonia (darktalynn) | 11599 comments Ok Team, so after checking on everybody's total books, we change the number to 206. GR sometimes has a delay on the book shelves update, ours translated on 20 books difference.

The other teams' total probably will have a big difference too, so, we are all doing REALLY great!

GO TEAM!!!


message 430: by Lala (last edited Jan 12, 2013 03:21AM) (new)

Lala  | 98 comments Finished my third book Wither (The Chemical Garden, #1) by Lauren DeStefano and started to read Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1) by E.L. James


message 431: by Sonia (new)

Sonia (darktalynn) | 11599 comments Karla wrote: "What is the readathon? "

Readathon is an event, with a time limit, where you set a certain goal you would like to reach.

Basically we'll set a date, a time period, and read non-stop, or as much as we're able to read :o) It will be a challenge within a challenge, and a way of motivate people :o)


message 432: by Mary (new)

Mary (merinwe) | 1043 comments Karla wrote: "I haven't checked in the last few days. Wow! People have read a lot of books!

I just finished my fourth book and will start my fifth later, as it is 2 in the morning here and I must get some sleep..."


Karla, we're planning a readathon soon...think marathon, but with books!

Seems like a 24-hour period would work best for everyone, and maybe on a Saturday or a Sunday. Okay, Sonia and I will get to work! Thanks, guys!


message 433: by Elaine (new)

Elaine (ofdustandstarlight) I'm done with my second The Diviners (The Diviners, #1) by Libba Bray !
Sorry I'm so slow, guys.
Will probably be starting on Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine, #1) by Ransom Riggs next.


message 434: by Mary (new)

Mary (merinwe) | 1043 comments Oooh, what did you think of The Diviners, Elaine? I read that a few weeks ago and I LOVED it.


message 435: by Elaine (new)

Elaine (ofdustandstarlight) Mary wrote: "Oooh, what did you think of The Diviners, Elaine? I read that a few weeks ago and I LOVED it."

May I direct you to my review for a gif appropriate response?

It was so darn AMAZING. Unfortunately, no release date for the second book yet, sigh.


message 436: by [deleted user] (new)

Sonia wrote: "Nancy wrote: "Finished Bloodrose (Nightshade, #3) by Andrea Cremer by Andrea Cremer and now I'm not sure what to read now."

Have you read the short stories? They won't count for the challenge, since the page co..."


What short stories are you meaning?


message 437: by Sonia (new)

Sonia (darktalynn) | 11599 comments Nancy wrote: "What short stories are you meaning? i>

Aftermath, Treachery and Shadow Days not in that order :)



message 438: by Karla (new)

Karla Sonia wrote: "Karla wrote: "What is the readathon? "

Readathon is an event, with a time limit, where you set a certain goal you would like to reach.

Basically we'll set a date, a time period, and read non-stop..."


Oh, okay, thanks.


message 439: by Mary (new)

Mary (merinwe) | 1043 comments Elaine wrote: "Mary wrote: "Oooh, what did you think of The Diviners, Elaine? I read that a few weeks ago and I LOVED it."

May I direct you to my review for a gif appropriate response?

It was so darn AMAZING. U..."


Ugh, I know! I need the second book now. Glad you loved it as much as I did!


message 440: by [deleted user] (new)

Sonia wrote: "Nancy wrote: "What short stories are you meaning? i>

Aftermath, Treachery and Shadow Days not in that order :)"


I didn't know she did those stories. Might have to look them up. Thanks for telling me.


message 441: by Sonia (new)

Sonia (darktalynn) | 11599 comments Nancy wrote: "Sonia wrote: "Nancy wrote: "What short stories are you meaning? i>

Aftermath, Treachery and Shadow Days not in that order :)"

I didn't know she did those stories. Might have to look them up. Than..."


Anytime. I didn't know about them either but since you said you didn't know what to read next, I went investigate the series.

I've only read Nightshade. Although it wasn't a bad story and left me curious in a certain degree, one or two details kept me for jumping to Wolfsbane, and it ended up moving down on my TBR pile. Maybe is not fair since I've read a few worse books after that, but there are so many I want to read, my TBR monster (is not a pile anymore) is alive and unpredictable!


message 442: by Sonia (new)

Sonia (darktalynn) | 11599 comments And here are the current results (10:47 A.M. London Time)

TEAM A: 217
TEAM B: 231
TEAM C: 235
TEAM D: 190

You go ahead B & C, it's ok, we'll have a readathon soon, then you'll see us pass *giggles*

GO TEAM!!!


message 443: by Sonia (new)

Sonia (darktalynn) | 11599 comments Nancy wrote: "

I didn't know she did those stories. Might have to look them up. Than..."


You also have the nightshade prequels series Rift and the new released Rise


message 444: by [deleted user] (new)

Sonia wrote: "Nancy wrote: "

I didn't know she did those stories. Might have to look them up. Than..."

You also have the nightshade prequels series Rift and the new released Rise"


Yeah. I got to read those as well, but i'm waiting until Rift is a four week book at the library and not a two week book.


message 445: by Alexa (new)

Alexa | 118 comments Finished Pride & Popularity (The Jane Austen Diaries, #1) by Jenni James onto my book #9, Gone (Gone, #1) by Michael Grant


message 446: by [deleted user] (new)

Going to read my 5th book, Blood Memory by Greg Iles by Greg Iles.


message 447: by Rosina (new)

Rosina | 1800 comments Nancy wrote: "Going to read my 5th book, Blood Memory by Greg Iles by Greg Iles."

That was the first book i read of his and loved it....Got me hooked on his writing and stories


message 448: by Ashley (new)

Ashley Sonia wrote: "And here are the current results (10:47 A.M. London Time)

TEAM A: 217
TEAM B: 231
TEAM C: 235
TEAM D: 190

You go ahead B & C, it's ok, we'll have a readathon soon, then you'll see us pass *giggl..."


I've been reading A Memory of Light, which is over 900 pages long, which is why I haven't been able to contribute much. I am determined to finish today. Then it's on!!!


message 449: by [deleted user] (new)

Zina wrote: "Nancy wrote: "Going to read my 5th book, Blood Memory by Greg Iles by Greg Iles."

That was the first book i read of his and loved it....Got me hooked on his writing and stories"


It's starting out as slow, but hopefully it will get better.


message 450: by Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos) (last edited Jan 13, 2013 09:28AM) (new)

Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos) | 705 comments Just finished Forever and the Night (Vampire, #1) by Linda Lael Miller I didn't like this book at all. It was so slow and boring.

Now I am trying to finish up Insurgent (Divergent, #2) by Veronica Roth


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