July Readathon Progress

[Jenny, Certified Bookworm]

This readathon is officially opened Midnight of July Second. Happy reading!

[Jenny, Certified Bookworm]

I am working on

[Beth]

I am reading Aurora a little bit before I leave for a hike this morning. Will read more in the afternoon.

[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

I finished the final section of Crime and Punishment to start off my readathon. Hooray!

[Holly, That Geeky One]

Yes Renee! What did you think?

[Jenny, Certified Bookworm]

Sounds interesting Beth and yay Renee!

[Allison, Quest Hound]

Woohoo, Renee!

[Jennifer]

I'm exactly halfway through In Cold Blood by Truman Capote. Loving it so far.

[Sam F]

So luxurious - a morning filled with lying around reading! I just finished Me Before You by Jojo Moyes. I didn't think I would be sucked into a chick-lit novel but it was so emotional. I'll have to watch the movie now to compare.

Happy reading!

[Jennifer]

Sam F wrote: "So luxurious - a morning filled with lying around reading! I just finished Me Before You by Jojo Moyes. I didn't think I would be sucked into a chick-lit novel but i..."

This is next on my Readathon list.

[Ella]

I just finished Me Before You a couple months ago, with plans to see the movie adaptation when it came out in theaters! Unfortunately, I've been too busy to see it yet, but it's one of my current favorites!

[Veronique]

It is nice to spend most of the day reading :0)

Beth - how is Aurora so far? I'd like ro read that one.
Renee - wow!

I'm also not really into chicklit per se but read Me Before You (kindle cheap) and was indeed sucked in

So, just finished A Natural History of Dragons, which I enjoyed. What next...

[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

Holly-
I really enjoyed it this time around. I found it very rich and filled with things to think about. I managed to pick up an Audible with Anthony Heald as the reader. He was terrific! It made such a difference and helped me to understand the individual characters better.

[Jenny, Certified Bookworm]

Renee, I wish I was alowed an Ipod during work! I work a twelve hr day so just imagine... I could finish 1 to 2 books a day that way! (Unless it's a long one)

[sonya]

I have audiblle on my phone

[Allison, Quest Hound]

I finished up Agnes and the Hitman this morning (for a book club I'm in), and was surprised to like it. It's chick lit, which I don't read very often, but also suspense. Full of murders, mobsters, cooking and wedding prep - a combo that worked, believe it or not.

Now I'm onto The Silkworm, which I've been saving for a time when I could read it with as few breaks as possible. Perfect for a readathon on a holiday weekend!

[sonya]

I'm reading new moon

[Tracey]

I just finished the 60 pages of A Clockwork Orange and thank goodness! I just could not get into the writing in that one.

[Cindy (BKind2Books)]

So far I've finished both Biting the Moon and Home to Big Stone Gap.

Now on to Constant Fear, Vision in White, and The Mummy.

[Veronique]

Finished The Family From One End Street, charming 1937 children's book.

Cindy - I enjoyed Big Stone Gap too
Allison - hope you're enjoying The Silkworm :0!

[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

Ooo! I just loved Agnes and the Hitman! Jennifer Crusie just cracks me up. If you decide you enjoyed this one enough to read more, I recommend Bet Me, Welcome to Temptation, and Faking It.

[Jenny, Certified Bookworm]

Finished The Price of Salt, going to finish Dogwood Hill next.

[Margie]

Finished Smoke. The concept is so original but it was a bit slow and the whole story didn't quite come together for me. But I'm caught up with all my overdue library books! Next up is The Atomic Weight of Love

[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

I'm sorry to hear about Smoke. The concept does look very interesting. :(

I've finished with The Fortune of War by Patrick O'Brian. It was a reread (listened, this time) so it went very quickly.

Not sure what's up next. Either Harry Potter or another Vorkosigan.

[Jenny, Certified Bookworm]

Margie, Atomic Weight of Love sounds interesting and Renee, good luck choosing! I just finished The Stranger myself.

[Veronique]

:0( migraine... Couldnt read a thing today until now. Started Zorro

[Allison, Quest Hound]

Renee wrote: "Ooo! I just loved Agnes and the Hitman! Jennifer Crusie just cracks me up. If you decide you enjoyed this one enough to read more, I recommend Bet Me, [book:Welcome to T..."

Thanks, Renee, I'll check those out!

[Allison, Quest Hound]

Oh no, migraines are no fun - hope you're feeling better, Vero.

[Jenny, Certified Bookworm]

Vero- Yikes! Hope it goes away quuck!

[Jenny, Certified Bookworm]

Just finished the first volume of a new to me Manhwa series Chocolat, Volume 1, a pretty funny one so far.

[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

Sending anti-migraine vibes.

[sonya]

Eat pray love is on my tbr list. Movie was fantastic

[Cindy]

I started reading The Unvanquished by William Faulkner. Hopefully will find time to read some chapters of The War of the Worlds. I am sticking to my plan of working on the Decade challenge for the readathon.

[Jenn]

I finished Penric and the Shaman and Throne of Jade, and started Black Powder War.

Loved Penric and the Shaman - wonderful characters and so much interesting world building, especially answering some questions left in other books in the series.

[Allison, Quest Hound]

Those are two of my favorite series, Jenn, even though I haven't read all the books yet. I'm glad to hear the Penric stories are good. I'm so glad she's writing more in that world!

[Jenn]

@Allison Both very good series - and yes, so glad for more 5 Gods stories (even though I love her other worlds too). Temeraire is more complicated for me, as I loved the first book and then had issues with some things in the middle books (mostly world building), but there is so much going for them, as I realise on rereading :)

[Sarah]

I finished the Assassin's Blade it was such a thrilling read. I hope to read either Ms Marvel volume 2 or Heir of Fire next.

[sonya]

On page 308 of new moon

[Tracey]

Started and finished The Vile Village today. The weather was so beautiful to sit outside and read in.

Tomorrow I'm headed home on a flight. Trying to decide plane books are so difficult: light and fluffy, or something that I've been putting off to really force myself to get into it?

[Margie]

Chase wrote: "Started and finished The Vile Village today. The weather was so beautiful to sit outside and read in.

Tomorrow I'm headed home on a flight. Trying to decide plane books are so diffic..."

It will be a change of pace from Unfortunate Events but I'd say go for the book you've been putting off -ANY distraction is good on a plane.

[Mindy]

I'm halfway through listening to Lord of the Flies and 100+ pages into Pillars of the Earth. (Obviously I'm not ONLY reading, alas). I'm enjoying both books tremendously.

[Beth]

Veronique wrote:
Beth - how is Aurora so far? I'd like ro read that one.

It's fantastic! Not usually fast paced, but there's plenty of drama, it just builds up slowly. It's a very convincing exploration of what life on an interstellar ship could be like. I will probably finish it tonight or tomorrow morning. My first time reading KS Robinson, but I will probably want to read more.

[Allison, Quest Hound]

Just finished Silkworm and feeling very satisfied.

[Martha]

I've read 33% of A Bollywood Affair. I was getting worried that I wouldn't be participating in this readathon because I haven't been able to stick with anything for the last three days. I'm sticking with this one. It's a light read and fun too. I should finish this book tomorrow.

[Veronique]

Thanks for the good wishes :0)

Thanks Beth - Sounds great. Definitely reading Aurora soon

I've read about a quarter of Zorro, which is pretty good, and ended Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic, thought-provoking and poignant

[Deborah]

Read complete so far:

An Indecent Obsession

The Book of Unholy Mischief

A Morbid Taste for Bones

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

[Jenny, Certified Bookworm]

Deborah, you skiped a book there lol

[Deborah]

Are you being cheeky, Jenny! :D I have been told I am a help to Readathons and team reads etc cos I unfortunately read so fast :(

[Jenny, Certified Bookworm]

Yes I am hehe! And yea, reading fast can be anoying. Are you going to read Order of the Phenox?

[Brenda (aka Grandma)]

@Jenn Glad you enjoyed Penric and the Shaman! I just realized those novellas exist a few days ago and am excited to try them.

I finished The Book of Salt, which I had no idea would be such a stand-out. Now I'm in the middle of The Empress of Mars, but it's small print so I also started Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages (old school Trek classic for Romulan culture)