End of the Year Readathon!

[Elyse, Moderator]

Time to cram in as many books as possible before 2017 begins! Time to finish up those last few books to reach your Goodreads goal or complete your ABC Challenge!

Readathon from Friday, Dec 23 through Monday, Jan 2!

Pleasant tidings and happy reading!

[Elyse, Moderator]

I have 7 books left to reach my 150-book challenge. In order to get there I have an X author book and an X title book to read, plus the 3 books I'm currently reading. And then 2 more I haven't picked out yet. :)

[Lori]

Thank you for starting this for us Elyse. I have 8 books to read to finish my 175 book challenge. I have 3 going right now and I hope to finish them in the next couple of days.

[Andrea, Moderator]

I have 12 books to go to reach my goal of 125. I don't think I will finish the ABC Challenge but I'm okay with that if I reach my total goal. Hoping to get lots of reading done over the next 9 days!

[Karol]

Sure - I'm in! Currently reading The Battle of the Labyrinth.

Update 12/30/16: Finished The Battle of the Labyrinth a few days ago. Started The Swiss Family Robinson, but left it at my mom's on 12/27. Yesterday, I started reading A Rift in Time. I'm hoping to have a lot of reading time the next 2 days so we'll see how far I can get. I believe I can get to Swiss Family online if I want to, rather than wait to retrieve the book from my mom's.

[Elyse, Moderator]

I was halfway through The Impossible Fortress this morning and just finished it. My ARC of The Fifth Petal expired before I was able to finish it, or get even halfway through, so that will have to wait for next year. I just started reading Xoe: or Vampires, and Werewolves, and Demons, Oh My! for my X title.

[Andrea, Moderator]

Today I finished and .

I'm also almost done with .

For the title challenge I need a Q and X
For the author challenge I need I, N, Q, U, V, X, Y, and Z

I need a miracle to finish...hahah

[Elyse, Moderator]

Anything is possible! :) I didn't get much reading done last night. I had my niece and nephews Thurs-Fri and was so exhausted by last night I fell asleep on the couch while trying to read. lol. I've got a few hours today before leaving for a family Christmas party!

[Carol]

I'm in, but all this year end family togetherness... I am looking forward to sitting down and curling up with a good book or two.

[Lori]

I have been able to finish The Woman on the Orient Express and really enjoyed it! Only 7 more books to go!

[Lori]

I finished Crowned and Moldering by Kate Carlisle last night, only 6 more to go!

[Elyse, Moderator]

I finished Xoe: or Vampires, and Werewolves, and Demons, Oh My! which finishes my ABC Title Challenge. I have barely started Wide Open: My Adventures in Polyamory, Open Marriage, and Loving on My Own Terms this morning which will finish my ABC Author Challenge. 4 books left to reach my goal!

[Andrea, Moderator]

I finished and I'm almost done with . I was hoping to get a lot of reading in this long weekend by family time took over. The one night I had time I to read I feel asleep while I was waiting for my kindle to charge a little...lol

[Lori]

Finished Coma Girl, part 4. 5 more to go and I only have 4 chapters left in my next book.

[Carol]

Elyse wrote: "I finished Xoe: or Vampires, and Werewolves, and Demons, Oh My! which finishes my ABC Title Challenge. I have barely started [book:Wide Open: My Adventures in Polyamory, Open Marriag..."

Way to go with the ABC Title Challenge.

[Elyse, Moderator]

Carol wrote: "Elyse wrote: "I finished Xoe: or Vampires, and Werewolves, and Demons, Oh My! which finishes my ABC Title Challenge. I have barely started [book:Wide Open: My Adventures in Polyamory..."

Thank you! Just in time! lol

[Andrea, Moderator]

I finished and I'm reading a cute novella to finish the title alphabet challenge.

[Elyse, Moderator]

Andrea wrote: "I finished and I'm reading a cute novella to finish the title alphabet challenge."

Way to go, Andrea! Have you read the Selection series? It's a pretty cute, fluffy, light series. Very quick.

[Elyse, Moderator]

I'm more than halfway through Wide Open: My Adventures in Polyamory, Open Marriage, and Loving on My Own Terms and I started listening to Ruthless: Scientology, My Son David Miscavige, and Me this morning. I also started Glass Sword while waiting for my phone to charge. These books and my final book of 2017, Nimona, will get me to my 150-goal!

[Andrea, Moderator]

Elyse wrote: "Andrea wrote: "I finished and I'm reading a cute novella to finish the title alphabet challenge."

Way to go, Andrea! Have you read the Selecti..."

This was the first one I have read Elyse. I really liked it a lot! It's a super cute and easy to read book. I think I'm going to read the series.

[Elyse, Moderator]

In the past 2 days, I finished Wide Open: My Adventures in Polyamory, Open Marriage, and Loving on My Own Terms (meh), audiobook Ruthless: Scientology, My Son David Miscavige, and Me (interesting), and audiobook Nimona (super cute!). I just started audiobook And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer which will bring me to 150! I'm going to try and finish Glass Sword before midnight tomorrow but it's almost 500 pages, I'm less than 25% through, and I have to prep for my NYE party! So I'm not holding out any hope. Two short audiobooks brought me to my Goodreads goal. :)

[Lori]

I have finished Coma Girl parts 4 and 5, that leaves me with 1 book to finish to make my goal of 175 books!

[Elyse, Moderator]

Lori wrote: "I have finished Coma Girl parts 4 and 5, that leaves me with 1 book to finish to make my goal of 175 books!"

Woot! Go Lori!

[Andrea, Moderator]

I'm wondering what the chances are that I can finish 10 books in 28 hours???....lol I have 75 done with 2 books so I'll say a little more than 8 books..hahaha

[Patricia]

Not sure I will finish my ABCs and the book I finished doesn't help. Just read

Two By Two
by Nicholas Sparks

I had completed my challenge previously. I am determined to see if I can squeeze one more book for 2016

[Andrea, Moderator]

I'm going like a madwoman to finish a couple of books I was part way through!

[Elyse, Moderator]

You have 14 minutes, Andrea!! gogogo! lol

[Patricia]

I did it finished my ABC challenge with U being " Unsuitable Job for a Woman: and O being " The Obituary Writer" . I needed to speed read these!!! Happy New Year!

[Carol]

Well I only made it to 58 this year, but that is up from 2015. I am already planning to get to 75 in 2017!

[Andrea, Moderator]

I was 6 books short to meet my increased goal of 125. I also feel short by 5 books to finish the author alphabet challenge. I finished the title alphabet challenge. I'm excited for a productive 2017 including getting rid of some of these books by reading them!

[Elyse, Moderator]

The two books I started at the end of 2016 I didn't even get halfway through. So my goal for the rest of this Readathon and to start 2017 off well is to finish Glass Sword and get halfway through Cinder.

Happy New Year!

[Carol]

Carol wrote: "I'm in, but all this year end family togetherness... I am looking forward to sitting down and curling up with a good book or two."

Looks like I will have finished 7 books for this end of the year challenge. Pretty good. Can't wait until the next read-a-thon.

[Lori]

I managed to meet my goal of 175 books for the year. I also finished listening to my audio book at 1am so I finished my first book for 2017!

[Elyse, Moderator]

Great job everyone!

[Andrea, Moderator]

I was looking at the calendar and it looks like my next long weekend is for Presidents day. That is so sad!!! If a lot of people want we could still do a MLK Readathon? Let me know :)

[Elyse, Moderator]

I don't get President's Day or MLK Day off. My next holiday is Memorial Day....... :(!

[Stacie]

Y'all are lucky. I don't get long weekends, period ;) I'll try to join in any readathons, even if it just nets me a few extra minutes/pages!

[Andrea, Moderator]

Elyse wrote: "I don't get President's Day or MLK Day off. My next holiday is Memorial Day....... :(!"

Ughhh, that stinks!!! Should we just pick a random weekend each month?...lol We could do it around the holidays for those people that are lucky enough to get them off or are available.

[Lori]

I'm a nurse so my holiday weekends are hit and miss. I'm ok with any weekend you choose. I just love the readathons because they keep me mindful of how much I'm reading.

[Carol]

I can do MLK weekend, or any old weekend.