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Currently reading:Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
Neverwhere
Wolf Hall (on page 86)
Pages read: 265
Hours of audiobook: 3 h 25 min.
Books finished:
Firefly Lane (179 p.)
I've just found finished Case Histories by Kate Atkinson.I need to decide what I'll read next. I have The Dogs of Riga from my library which I've been looking forward to, but I'm not sure if I want to read another police / crime novel right away.
Pages read: 68
Books completed:
Case Histories (started before readathon)
Currently reading:A Gentleman in Moscow
Things Fall Apart
Pages read: 1036
Books finished:
Before Morning - children's book
The Night Bookmobile - graphic novel
The 13 Clocks
Poor Folk
News of the World
Right Ho, Jeeves
Braided Creek - poetry
A Dish Taken Cold - novella
Astoria: John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire: A Story of Wealth, Ambition, and Survival - started at 55%, now done.
How many pages have you read? 659How many books have you read? 4
What are you reading now? Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
What have you finished reading?
The Chilbury Ladies' Choir
Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
Begun Before Challenge:Betrayal The Silence of Bonaventure Arrow
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Final Girls by Riley Sager
Pages read: 198
Hours of audiobook:
Books finished: 1
The Breakdown by B.A. Paris
Laura, you got Final Girls! So exciting. I'm really hoping my hold comes in from the library this week!
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That is hilarious, Laura! Drive through library, that's excellent.
starting point- Red Seas Under Red Skies - at 13%
- Rose Madder - on p. 436
Currently Reading:
- Red Seas Under Red Skies
- Cuentos Inconclusos de Númenor y la Tierra Media
Pages Read:
- Current 1024 pages + 7 manga
Books finished:
- Crónica de una muerte anunciada
- Rose Madder
- A Silent Voice, Vol. 1 - Manga
- A Silent Voice, tomo 2 - Manga
- Phantoms
- Cycle of the Werewolf
- A Silent Voice, Vol. 3 - Manga
- A Silent Voice Vol. 4 - Manga
- Breakthroughs in Science
- A Silent Voice Vol. 5 - Manga
- A Silent Voice Vol. 6 - Manga
- A Silent Voice Vol. 7 - Manga
Currently reading "Ella Minnow Pea"Completed books: 1, The Girl You Left Behind
Pages: 316
Audio book: 1hr 41mins
Currently Reading: On Writing: A Memoir of the CraftHow many books have you read: 1
Pages Read: 70
Books finished: Chess Story
How many pages have you read?: 345How many books have you read?: One
What are you reading now?: Nothing at the moment since it's bedtime, but I just finished my first book of the read-a-thon
What have you finished reading?: The Sun Is Also a Star
Day one is over! Sadly I work the next few days so won't have quite as much reading time.How many pages have you read? 37% of Illuminae - too lazy to do the math lol
How many books have you read? 0
What are you reading now? Illuminae by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
What have you finished reading? n/a
DAY THREE
How many pages have you read? 76% of Illuminae - making good progress!
How many books have you read? 0
What are you reading now? Illuminae by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
What have you finished reading? n/a
Update 9/23/17 @ 5pmHow many pages have you read? 642
How many books have you read? 5
What are you reading now? The Secret Garden
What have you finished reading? Alien in My Pocket: Blast Off! The Poison Diaries Laika Doctor Who: Inferno Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani
How many pages have you read? 110How many books have you read? 2
What are you reading now? Odd and the Frost Giants and Lair of Dreams
What have you finished reading? Clifford’s Birthday Party and Sammy Spider's First Hanukkah
How many pages have you read? 714 + 1 mangaHours of audiobook: 4h
How many books have you read? 4 novels, 1 manga
What are you reading now?
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, Jane Eyre
What have you finished reading?
Monster 7, Bridge to Terabithia, The Serpent King, Zapland, Tiger Lily
Read-a-Thon Post-MortemHow many pages did you read?
640 pages plus ~6 hours of listening.
How many books did you read?
3 - Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism, The Wrath and the Dawn, & A Wrinkle in Time.
What didn't you finish?
I read about a third of The Dinner and finished Getting Mother's Body a few hours after the Read-a-Thon ended. All in all, very successful!
How many pages have you read?: 465 in totalHow many books have you read?: One completed so far
What are you reading now?: Matched
What have you finished reading?: The Sun Is Also a Star
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Currently reading:
Final Girls by Riley Sager
Pages read: 261 pages
198 pages Sunday
63 pages Monday
Hours of audiobook:
Books finished: 1
The Breakdown by B.A. Paris
How many pages have you read?Sunday= 110
Monday= 203 + 1hr of my audioBook
How many books have you read?
4
What are you reading now?
Lair of Dreams
Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery": The Authorized Graphic Adaptation
What have you finished reading?
Clifford’s Birthday Party
Sammy Spider's First Hanukkah
Odd and the Frost Giants
Footnotes from the World's Greatest Bookstores: True Tales and Lost Moments from Book Buyers, Booksellers, and Book Lovers
Updated: Saturday Sep 23How many pages have you read?
Pages from Graphic Novels: 1020
Pages from Regular Books : 409
How many books have you read? 4
What are you reading now? The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
What have you finished reading?
All You Need Is Kill
Memories of My Melancholy Whores
The Last Unicorn
Blankets
Update halfway through day 3:Currently reading:
Neverwhere
Wolf Hall (on page 139)
Pages read: 536
Hours of audiobook: 6 h
Books finished:
Firefly Lane (179 p.)
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body (218 p.)
Update after day 3:Currently Reading: Starting Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters next
How many books have you read: 2
Pages Read: 354
Books finished: Chess Story, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Not making much progress since Sunday.How many pages have you read? a whopping 149
How many books have you read? one
What are you reading now? Winter
What have you finished reading?The Time Machine
How many pages have you read?: 645 in totalHow many books have you read?: Still only one completed, and one pretty close. I'm actually a little frustrated that I didn't finish my second one today as planned since I'm so close to the end -- the problems of having to get to bed on time for work, lol!
What are you reading now?: Matched
What have you finished reading?: The Sun Is Also a Star
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Currently reading:
Final Girls by Riley Sager
Pages read: 280 pages
198 pages Sunday
63 pages Monday
19 pages Tuesday (Booo....)
Hours of audiobook:
Books finished: 1
The Breakdown by B.A. Paris
Day 3 UpdateHow many pages have you read?
Sunday= 110
Monday= 203 + 1hr of my audioBook
Tuesday=144 + 3hrs of my AudioBook
Total page count= 457 + 4hrs of Audio Books
How many books have you read?
5
What have you finished reading?
Clifford’s Birthday Party
Sammy Spider's First Hanukkah
Odd and the Frost Giants
Footnotes from the World's Greatest Bookstores: True Tales and Lost Moments from Book Buyers, Booksellers, and Book Lovers
Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery": The Authorized Graphic Adaptation
What are you reading now?
Lair of Dreams
The Lying Game
Update day 4:Currently reading:
Neverwhere (audio)
Wolf Hall (on page 156)
The Murder on the Links (on page 71)
Pages read: 627
Hours of audiobook: 10 h 8 min
Books finished:
Firefly Lane (179 p.)
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body (218 p.)
My mum is coming over for tea this evening so I probably won't get anymore reading in today.
How many pages have you read? 520 How many books have you read? 2 (but 1 I started before the read-a-thon)
What are you reading now? The Color Purple
What have you finished reading? Sula and Her Secret Desire
How many pages have you read?: 815 in totalHow many books have you read?: Two and a half
What are you reading now?: The Outsiders
What have you finished reading?: The Sun Is Also a Star and Matched
Update day 4:Currently reading:
Wolf Hall (on page 213)
The Murder on the Links (on page 105)
Pages read: 715
Hours of audiobook: 12 h 31 min
Books finished:
Firefly Lane (179 p.)
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body (218 p.)
Neverwhere (audio)
Thursday Update: Lots of progress today!How many pages have you read?: 1141 in total
How many books have you read?: 4
What are you reading now?: Winter
What have you finished reading?: The Sun Is Also a Star, Matched, The Outsiders, Adulthood Is a Myth
How many pages have you read?: 1412 in totalHow many books have you read?: 4
What are you reading now?: Still on Winter, and likely will be until the end of the read-a-thon
What have you finished reading?: The Sun Is Also a Star, Matched, The Outsiders and Adulthood Is a Myth
How many pages have you read? 924How many books have you read? 4
What are you reading now? I just finished my book, haven't decided my next read yet.
What have you finished reading? On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, Chess Story, The Sea of Monsters, Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
How many pages have you read?1036 + 6 hours of audiobook
How many books have you read?
3, plus one that I started before the read-a-thon
What are you reading now?
Bitter Harvest (listening on audiobook during my commute)
I'm planning to start Dance of the Red Death next
What have you finished reading?
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two
Masque of the Red Death
Dark Matter
The Refugees (started before)
Currently reading:Every Exquisite Thing (2 h 33 min)
Pages read: 1170
Hours of audiobook: 15 h 4 min
Books finished:
Firefly Lane (179 p.)
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body (218 p.)
Neverwhere (audio)
The Murder on the Links (232 p.)
Six Years (301 p.)
(Wolf Hall abandoned after page 240)
Forgot to update yesterday, so I'll update for both:How many pages have you read?: 1647 in total
How many books have you read?: 4
What are you reading now?: Still on Winter. Only 100 pages left, but I'm a little disappointed I didn't quite finish it during the read-a-thon!
What have you finished reading?:The Sun Is Also a Star, Matched, The Outsiders and Adulthood Is a Myth
Well this read-a-thon wasn't as near as good for me as the first one (reading wise). I thought the group bingo was awesome and the individual game were awesome. I wish I didn't get caught up in work this week!How many pages have you read? 498
How many books have you read? 1 book 1 short story
What are you reading now? Still reading Winter
What have you finished reading?The Time Machine and I read a short story from the Lunar Chronicles - The Keeper
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