Spring Cleaning Readathon Progress

[Holly, That Geeky One]

Brittany, I found it really interesting! It's definitely a different read, but it works so well! I'm definitely planning on checking out the sequel, although I'll keep your comments in mind! From the synopsis, it sounds an intriguing way to take the story!

Just finished book 3! A novella from NetGalley: The Communication Room

[Allison, Quest Hound]

Everyone's making so much progress! I almost managed to finish my first book last night, For the King's Favor. Could not keep my eyes open any longer!

[Soraya]

I'm not only pleased with my progress, but everything I have read so far have been five stars reads for me.

I finished Anything for Him By LK Chapman last night, now I've started Seed by Lisa Heathfield.

[Veronique]

Got to page 76 of Aristotle and Dante. Pillow calling me....

[Tammie]

i am now on page 156 of city of bones

[Jenny, Certified Bookworm]

oh, lots of interesting sounding books! I started Snow In May. It is a short story collection set in russia, all the stories take place in the same village (Magadan) at different times. The interesting thing is this town is closer to Alaska then to Russia, but yet it is where one of the most infamous work camps was. It is a differet read. My favarite story was "The Witch" where a little girl with constant un resolved migranes goes to see "Baba Yaga" as she thinks the witch is. It was a story about how strong kids can be and blind parents can be.

[Lyn]

Just finished , still silently crying over my half sinking ship, but ready to dive into Heir of Fire.

[Allison, Quest Hound]

Finished For the King's Favor. Now onto the book I've put off reading the next longest, Skinwalker.

[Camille]

Jenny wrote: "oh, lots of interesting sounding books! I started Snow In May. It is a short story collection set in russia, all the stories take place in the same village (Magadan) at different times. The interes..."

Thanks for the reiew, this sounds really good.

[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

Everyone is doing so well! What a great readathon this is turning out to be!

[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

I listened to about half of Brothers in Arms yesterday while waiting in a doctor's office after work yesterday. (Yes, I should have been grading papers.) It made the wait go much more quickly.

[Polly]

brittany wrote: "forgot this was going on! my goal is just to finish the two books i'm currently reading.

Polly wrote: "Just finished Scarlet, book two in the Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer. Really pleased I g..."

Hi Brittany, I have Cress and Winter waiting on my bookshelf and will read them straight after the readathon. I've got a good pace going on and although I'm ignoring the washing up etc and feeling like I'm lazy, I am thoroughly enjoying this readathon.

Just finished UnHappenings. I was surprised at how good it was. Really enjoyed the main character and would read another of this author's books, no problem. It was free and it was brought to my attention through Bookbub.

That's two science fiction books read, now onto my third which is a fantasy called Stolen Songbird.

[Jenny, Certified Bookworm]

Camile, your welcome! It is the authors debut book, but she definitely has a talent with words! I am hopeing I can finish that today and that'll give me two days for An April Shroud... But I have to see what all books I get twomorrow too!

[Veronique]

Just finished Fuzzy Nation, which was really good. A mixture of scifi adventure and courtroom drama. Voice over artist was Wil Wheaton who is always brilliant.

[Kathryn]

Finished Book 1 - 2:46: Aftershocks: Stories from the Japanese Earthquake. Changing my plan, I will now readFor Love of Country: What Our Veterans Can Teach Us About Citizenship, Heroism, and Sacrifice and when I finish this I will go back to my library book, Lilac Girls. I forget when this readathon ends: Saturday night or Sunday night.

[Jenny, Certified Bookworm]

Saturday night at 11 59

[Camille]

Sonia wrote: "I've read over 700 pages of War and Peace. Only about 270 pages to go."

Yay you! Took me monghs to read this one!

[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

Fuzzy Nation!!!! I've got a copy of that somewhere. Must check out the Wheaton reading. :D Hurrah!

[Cindy (BKind2Books)]

So far have finished:
Innocent Traitor
Killing Floor

(and am working on 5 others...)

[Holly, That Geeky One]

Just started Station Eleven!

Very intrigued by the first 50 pages. I admit, the literature geek in me is loving all the Shakespeare references...

[Veronique]

Holly wrote: "Just started Station Eleven!
Very intrigued by the first 50 pages. I admit, the literature geek in me is loving all the Shakespeare references..."

It is really good :0) and haunted me for quite a while.

[Veronique]

Sonia wrote: "I've read over 700 pages of War and Peace. Only about 270 pages to go."

Wow! Well done! Might be reading this one later in the year.

[Veronique]

Read until gone midnight and feeling rather tired, unsurprisingly.
On the plus side, finished book 4 (Bitter Kingdom) :0)

[Gillian]

Holly wrote: "Just started Station Eleven!

Very intrigued by the first 50 pages. I admit, the literature geek in me is loving all the Shakespeare references..."

Sounds interesting i will have to get a copy :)

[Levia]

I finished reading War Horse (illustrated version), and I'm currently making my way through Wuthering Heights. It'll be the oldest book I've ever finished!

[Meghan]

Sonia wrote: "I've read over 700 pages of War and Peace. Only about 270 pages to go."

*High five*

I have 20 pages left. Sooooo close. (I liked this but I think the story telling of Anna Karenina was much stronger for me. When not talking about Napoleon and war, the characters felt like they belonged more in a CW tv series.)

[Clare]

Sam F wrote: "Today starting on: The Girl in the Spider's Web by David Lagercrantz - it will be interesting to see how the writing style changes."

I loved Stieg Larssons writing and i've been put off buying this book because I can't decide if someone else taking over the series will do it justice. I'd love to know how similar you find the writing style.

My progress so far...
196 pages of Missing Pieces
82 pages of The Return of the Soldier
199 pages of Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Total 477

[Meghan]

Sonia wrote: "I should clarify that I started reading war and peace a few weeks ago. I haven't managed to read 700 pages during the readathon. I'm enjoying it, but the battle of Borodino was a bit detailed, that..."

I found the characters at war are interesting but the history parts less so. But getting this read is an achievement, no matter the timeframe. You're in the home stretch!

[Holly, That Geeky One]

Just finished my fourth book, Station Eleven! 5 stars from me, and you can check out my review!

Debating which book to start next now...

[Margie]

I started a new job this week and haven't had much mental energy for reading. But I've been following the posts and have been with you in spirit - everyone has been making great progress! Now it's finally Friday and I should be able to get in some reading before the read-a-thon is over. I'm going to put Woman in White aside and pick up The Storied Life of AJ Fikry.

[Tammie]

well it looks like i am not going to make it to 3 books this time

[Kathryn]

About 35% through my 2nd book, but hope to get to at least another 20% or 30% before the readathon is over. We'll see. If do great, but if I don't, nothing bad will happen either.

[Jenny, Certified Bookworm]

Good luck to everyone! I had my birthday today and gots lots of new books! Yay!! Now to buckle down and finish Snow in May!

[Margie]

Finished The Storied Life of AJ Fikry. A little sappy but enjoyable. Next up is Three Martini Lunch.

[Meghan]

Jenny wrote: "Good luck to everyone! I had my birthday today and gots lots of new books! Yay!! Now to buckle down and finish Snow in May!"

Happy birthday! What books did you get?

[Margie]

Happy Birthday, Jenny!

[Veronique]

Jenny wrote: "Good luck to everyone! I had my birthday today and gots lots of new books! Yay!! Now to buckle down and finish Snow in May!"

Happy Birthday!!!!! Hope you have a lovely day.
Mine is very soon too - we're going to the shops this morning and I'm beelining for the bookshop :0)

[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

Happy Belated, Jenny! And Happy Upcoming, Veronique! Books are the perfect gift! (And bookstore gift cards!)

[Sam F]

Happy Birthday! I love having a birthday in June - as a kid it meant presents at xmas then half-way through the year, presents again in June. Received something for every season!

I just finished my 3rd book - The Girl in the Spider's Web by David Lagercrantz. It was good but I definitely enjoyed the first 2 books in the series. I wanted to read it to see how much the writing style changed. Found I just couldn't remember! :)

Not sure what I'm going to read today. Off to figure it out. Enjoy the last day.

[Jenny, Certified Bookworm]

Veronique happy birthday to you too! Abd thanks everyone! I got The Crown, a collection of vampire stories and the manga Model vols 1-6

[Veronique]

Thanks (mine is on Wednesday). I agree - June birthdays are pretty good timing :O)

Jenny - great books! I'm getting a 6-month subscription with Persephone books (http://www.persephonebooks.co.uk) woohhooo! but also War and Peace, the Book of Phoenix, Seveneves, Arcadia, An Ember in the Ashes, Printer's Coffin and a couple of Penguin pockets - from lovely husband (he spoils me but then it's just him and me, no other family).

Not sure how much I'm going to read today but I am very pleased with my first readathon:
Book 1 - Girl of Fire and Thorns - 434 pages
Book 2 - Crown of Embers - 410 pages
Book 3 - Fuzzy Nation - 343 pages equivalent audio
Book 4 - Bitter Kingdom - 433 pages
part for Aristotle and Dante - 76 pages
Total - 1620 pages

[Jenny, Certified Bookworm]

Wow, lots of pages! I hope you enjoy your birthday books! What is perspherone books?

[Veronique]

Persephone is an English small independent book publisher who reprints neglected fiction and non-fiction by mid-twentieth century (mostly) women writers. They are the ones who rediscovered Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day, which went viral and was made into a film. You can recognise them from their grey jacket, a ‘fabric’ endpaper with matching bookmark. Each one I've read so far has been brilliant so yes I'm a bit obsessed with them...

[Soraya]

So I read 7 books, one novella and one graphic novel. I'm pretty pleased with that.

[Jenny, Certified Bookworm]

They sound like a good publisher Veronique! Very nice gift!

[Jenny, Certified Bookworm]

Finished book 3, Snow in May. It was pretty good.

[Kathryn]

I'm at 63% in my 2nd book Was hoping to get 20-30% more read today and since I was at 35% yesterday looks like I was successful. Going to head to bed and maybe get a tiny bit more reading done.

[Jenny, Certified Bookworm]

Kathryn- Good luck! Reminder to all- 11:59 PM readathon ends! My time zone is already done- I started my 4th book, An April Shroud, and got about 30 pages in.

[Allison, Quest Hound]

I just finished off my second book. Even though I only read two, I feel really good about getting them off my tbr shelf. I've been looking at them so long, and not sure why I never picked them up. I'm still going to start book three, even though there's no way I can read 720 pages in the next hour and a half. haha. At least I'm starting it.

[Jenny, Certified Bookworm]

Allison- thats the spirit! Wjatvarr you starting?