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Weekly Updates for the Readathon
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Dec 10, 2015 07:06PM
Just finished my 3rd book. Yay!!
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Alright! Red Queen done.. That's.. My fourth book done with 2 days of the week left. I can get in another book
BOOK 4 IS DONE!!!! Now I just need to read Rook! Unforgiven was the hardest book I have read in a while. It was very interesting, but was hard to read because of all the emotion it has in it. So everyone out there, read the Fallen series by Lauren Kate, then READ. THIS. BOOK!!!!!!
Wow! You guys are amazing readers :D Great job! I usually am too but am starting late... I have to make my list, but I am only 2/5 into Gone With The Wind ... right now, but some how it will fit in the challenge -i hope. I will have my list up soon!
Happy Holiday Reading
To be honest I'm still studying for finals. I will only start this challenge after I'm done with my two books that I'm currently stopped reading (The Rosie Effect and Turkish folklore) then I will proceed to read Throne of Glass as my first book
(since it has Blue and White!!)
(and I always wanted to read it)
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I finished 'The Diviners' this week, and that was pretty much all I did. I did start 'Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist but I'm not enjoying it so I probably won't finish it. And I just started 'The Snow Child' by Eowyn Ivey. :)
I finished the second book of the Lunar Chronicles, Scarlet, a few minutes ago! It is awesome! Need the third book now! This series is going by really fast, and it makes me happy but also sad. After the third book, Cress, there's only (technically) one more, the fourth one Winter. But there's also a 3.5 book about one of the villains. I don't want the series to end, but I just can't wait to get my hands on the next book!
Finished How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Finding Cassie Crazy, A Christmas Carol, Does My Head Look Big In This this week :D Currently on my 7th book - The Miniaturist.
Finished my first challenge #8 with the Maze Runner, reading the White Rose by Amy Ewing for the white and gold challenge
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http://thelittlebooknerdinthecorner.b...
And this is another update I put up a few mins ago due to a little changing...
http://thelittlebooknerdinthecorner.b...
If you guys have a blog of your own I can do a follow for follow :)
my progress:☕☕=currently reading
✔✔=read
✔✔2) Read a book set during Christmas or a Christmas classic --- A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens finished listening to audiobook Dec 8/15
☕☕3) Read a hardcover or paperback with either WHITE, GOLD or SNOW on the cover ---
****currently reading****✔✔6) Read an author you've never read before --- The Snow Child Eowyn Ivey read Dec 13/15
✔✔7) Read a children's book set in Christmas --- The Secret Santa Carolyn Keene read Dec 3/15
✔✔8) Read a book thats been on your TBR since last Christmas --- The Silver Linings Playbook Read Dec 11/'15
✔✔10) Read a book that has a different cultural or religious aspect to your own --- Triumph read Dec 5/15
-the last one is only 1/2 done (I have not yet read it)
12) As Christmas is the season of giving - Donate a book/books to your local charity, goodwill or secondhand bookstore and if you can find a good book there buy one in return and read it. --- donated The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town, Shatter Me, The Secret Santa, and Invisibility. I bought Men With Brooms: A Sweeping Epic and The Yuletide Bandit: A Seven--Year Search for a Serial Criminal. I intend to read The Yuletide Bandit: A Seven--Year Search for a Serial Criminal to complete #12 of this challenge.
Update for Week 2!! https://youtu.be/6lLPggvcP_E
I feel like I'm so far ahead of where I though I would be at this time, I had only expected to have read 4 books by now and instead I'm way ahead of myself plan! Thank the lords for audio books!! Go watch my video for more info!
How have you guys been doing?
I'll try to watch your guys videos today, I need to catch up with my booktubers! I've just been marathoning reading and haven't done much else!
I finished my 4th book, I'm starting a 5th but its not one of the ones I listed :P
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Have you guys done your book donations yet? Keep in mind that places will have limited hours of operation starting late this week and early next week.I have donated but have not read my purchase.
I have read 7 books and am on the 8th and final one for this read a thon. I have other books I need to read that do not fit this.☕☕=currently reading
✔✔=read
✔✔2) Read a book set during Christmas or a Christmas classic --- A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens finished listening to audiobook Dec 8/15
✔✔3) Read a hardcover or paperback with either WHITE, GOLD or SNOW on the cover ---
finished Dec 19/15✔✔4) Read a book set in winter ---The Call of the Wild finished Dec 19/15
✔✔6) Read an author you've never read before --- The Snow Child Eowyn Ivey finished Dec 13/15
✔✔7) Read a children's book set in Christmas --- The Secret Santa Carolyn Keene finished Dec 3/15
✔✔8) Read a book thats been on your TBR since last Christmas --- The Silver Linings Playbook finished Dec 11/'15
✔✔10) Read a book that has a different cultural or religious aspect to your own --- Triumph finished Dec 5/15
☕☕11) Read a book with the word Snow, Red, White, Green or Christmas in the title --- Hercule Poirot's Christmas ****currently reading****
☕☕12) As Christmas is the season of giving - Donate a book/books to your local charity, goodwill or secondhand bookstore and if you can find a good book there buy one in return and read it. --- donated The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town, Shatter Me, The Secret Santa, and Invisibility.
I bought Men With Brooms: A Sweeping Epic and The Yuletide Bandit: A Seven--Year Search for a Serial Criminal. But I have not read one to complete #12 of this challenge yet.
Just read two out of three of my holiday children's books.
Finished the third children's book, so that challenge is done... Then I realize I've only read four. :(
Slowly but surely reading through the second half of Great Expectations. It's soooo good but I'm soooo slumpy this month!
Come on guys!! You can do it! This is only the beginning of week 3! We have one more week to go!!
I think I can, I think I can, I think I can...
I finished my 5th book
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Worst time for this to happen!!!!
My book "Gone With the Wind" went back to the library b4 I finished :( & It was finally at the good parts! But no worries.. I went to B&N last night b4 it auto-returned and baught a copy. I will be traveling tomorrow so I am going to try to save the rest of the book for when my Nook dies on the road. The Struggle Is Real!!
I have "Soundless" on audio on my phone that I have started, and Last night when GWtW returned, I started reading "Frostfire" by Amanda Hocking. So I am still in this challenge XD
I probably won't reach my GR challenge goal, but I am ok with that since I started my challenge in July and was in a reading slump the first half of the year. But yaaaay... It looks like 2016 will be more reading productive... aaaand I am over the moon excited because my favorite cutie pie stubborn snarky Cajun Nick Gautier will be getting a new ya book "Invision" (Chronicles of Nick) and the movie adapt of book 1 will being filming just after the new yr!!!... and the adult storyline will get a new dragon shifter story!!!!! Sorry. Sorry... too much fangirling. Its an exciting year for this fandom =^.^= It has been many many yrs of following these characters. Love Love Love!!
Happy Holiday Reading.
Dee
BookPusher D wrote: "My book "Gone With the Wind" went back to the library b4 I finished :( & It was finally at the good parts! But no worries.. I went to B&N last night b4 it auto-returned and baught a copy. I will be..."yes! good going! and great planing for when all your devices die! lol and it doesnt matter if you dont finish the GR challenge, at least you tried!
Thanx Monica :) Love all the encouragement! You're awesome! Keep us reading ;)U look familer... do u have a booktube channel? Lol I was surfing the tubes the other day and I could swear I watched you.. ha!
happy holiday reading!
Dee
Yes! It's a baby chanel, I only started it a couple of months ago B-) and ofc! Come on guys! Keep on reading! It's when you stop altogether that's the problem! So keep going!
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Finished a book last night but not one for the readathon! :-/Time to finish Great Expectations before tomorrow (my goal)! I still have about 200 pages left but I think I can do it. AND HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVE EVERYONE!
I've finished a couple of book but not the ones on my list. Ahh, I think I'm done reading from my list. I only read 5 and finished 7 challenges I think.
Amelia wrote: "I finished the bookathon :DDDDD"CONGRATS!
Tehnically i am DONE!!! Rook was amazing! Now im just reading books to see how muvh i can finish!
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I'm positive that I won't be finishing the readathon. I've just been seriously unmotivated - I had a week off work "sick" and I only read one book, which wasn't even on the list. And now I'm reading books from my Christmas Haul, so this readathon has been a bust for me.
Don't think I'll finish, either. Christmas presents were books, so those are my top priority right now, though I may squeeze one or two more in.
I technically finished, but with 10 books because I used one for multiple challenges.
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Cant you use some of those books you got for the challenges you still need to do?
SO FAR I FINISHED:
STILL READING:
NEED TO FIND BOOKS FOR:
3) Read a hardcover or paperback with either WHITE, GOLD or SNOW on the cover
*help!?
9) Read a summer/holiday romance
*help!?
10) Read a book that has a different cultural or religious aspect to your own
*i hope to get back to
11) Read a book with the word Snow, Red, White, Green or Christmas in the title.
*think this will be
& I baught a book for the Barnes and Noble book drive for literacy. Anyone interested... http://www.barnesandnobleinc.com/our_...
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