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2017 End of the Year Readathon Sprint!
As of today, I am going to say I will try to finish 9 books. Things always get busy around the holidays! May have to reevaluate closer to the start of read-a-thon...
I'm participating in a 24 hour readathon on Sat (around my work shift, so we'll see how that goes). I have a book I was saving to reread during the next readathon I participated in so I'm going to get to that book during those 24 hours. That being
, which has a sequel coming in March but the way my reading plans look for next year I gotta fit that reread in now if I want to get to it before book 2 is out.Then I need to finish
which is so good, but I've kept putting it off cuz I want to savor it. Now I can't savor it anymore I've gotta finish it.I also need to read
and
. I have to wait with Never Fade to get my next Scribd audio credit on the 24th so that'll probably be my last read of the year. And Vicious is the reread I've been meaning to get to since I read it summer last year. I need these two to complete my ABC Challenge so it'll be completed right at the last minute. Lol.I'm interested to see what everyone else is planning to get to in these last few weeks.
I have 3 more books to finish for my "Read What You Own Challenge". And plan to finish 1 book Noli Me Tángere that's been in my "Currently Reading" shelf for the past couple of months. Right now, I don't have a definite goal yet after I've finished my challenges but I'm thinking of reading one of Stephen King's long novels either The Stand or 11/22/63, some classics, Christmas theme novels or some of my favorite book series. Although it'll be a busy 3 weeks for most of us, I'm looking forward once again to having a fun readathon before 2017 ends.
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I did not enjoy 11.22.63. lol. Took me a month and a half to read. Soooo hard to get into!
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In order to complete my ABC Challenges I need to read:
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Kindle owned since 2012)
The Witches of Eastwick (Physical owned since before 2017)
Passager (Physical owned since before 2017)
Hopefully knocking off 4 more RWYO! :)
Penguin ARCs due by Jan 1:
The Music Shop CURRENTLY READING
Death Below Stairs
Enchantress of Numbers
I'm sure I'll be able to get in a few more audiobooks as well:
Elyse wrote: "Lourdes wrote: "I have 3 more books to finish for my "Read What You Own Challenge". And plan to finish 1 book Noli Me Tángere that's been in my "Currently Reading" shelf for the past ..."Oh ok..I may have to save it for a much later time then..lol..probably October of next year. :)) Thanks.
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I think The Stand flows better and is generally more interesting!
Elyse wrote: "Lourdes wrote: "Oh ok..I may have to save it for a much later time then..lol..probably October of next year. :)) Thanks..."I think The Stand flows better and is generally more interesting!"
Is it easy to read? It's been in my shelf like forever. I've been wanting to read it but I get intimidated by the length and the fact that it might be one of SK's mediocre novels.
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I haven't read it yet. lol. I own it! But I've read a lot of reviews on it and it seems to be pretty good!
I read the uncut version of The Stand this year, and it's made me curious about the originally released version.It wasn't my favuorite, but it was pretty good. I do know The Stand and The Shining are his most popular books and lots of people love The Stand the most. It was the fourth book he released, so it is one of his classics.
Elyse wrote: "Essentially my TBR for the rest of the year:Finish Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith (Libary ebook)
Finish A Treacherous Curse (Penguin ARC)
Finish ..."
I really, really enjoyed "Under the Banner of Heaven" <--SO much information that I just never knew about. I think I added 4 books to my TBR list while reading that book. He is an excellent writer.
I also loved The Shack, even in the midst of the drama surrounding it. Such a beautiful story.
I am curious about "The Witches of Eastwick" I saw the movie long ago and had no idea it was a book. Hmmmm. ;-)
I also disliked 11.22.63. I was not able to finish it, so I give huge kudos to you.
I just realized I need to read a cozy this month in prep for a NetGalley ARC book that is due the beginning of 2018 so I need to get that done. And I currently have 7 books going, though 4 of them are devotionals [2 for Advent] and two are book club reads. I think I will hit my 200 goal this year - I have never done that before and I am pretty excited. I was able to finish my last challenge with one of my book club reads so I am also officially done with challenges [minus the RWYO here, and that will be done with 4 of the 7 currently in process]. I wish you all GREAT and speedy reading!!
Perfect timing! I have a handful to finish, and this could help. I have Lilian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney to finish by 12/21 for a book club, and three for NetGalley:Sisters of the Cross by Amedeo Remizov (for 12/26)
Carnegie’s Maid by Marie Benedict (for 1/1/18)
The Music Shop by Rachel Joyce (for the 1/2/19)
I'm no where's near completing my reading challenge this year. I'm going to try to join you on this readathon in hopes of at least making a small dent in it!
Shelby wrote: "I read the uncut version of The Stand this year, and it's made me curious about the originally released version.It wasn't my favuorite, but it was pretty good. I do know The Stand and The Shining..."
My favorite SK novel is The Green Mile followed by Carrie and 'Salem's Lot. They're all classic. I'm thinking of reading them again sometime next year.
Lourdes wrote: "My favorite SK novel is The Green Mile followed by Carrie and 'Salem's Lot. They're all classic. I'm thinking of reading them again sometime next year. "I haven't read The Green Mile yet, but my favourites of his are Misery and The Tommyknockers. I also loved Dolan's Cadillac.
So I have finished the general challenge but I still need to read 4 books from Read What You Own and I need to finish my ABC challenge with the letters U, V, X, Y, Z. I will have to see what I have in my book shelves to incorporate the two but. Right now I have Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks (which I bought a month ago), Villette by Charlotte Bronte also purchased this year to take care of U and V.
I also have to read a book club book for next Friday. I will update once I stalk my shelves!
I have loved these challenges and reading everyone's reviews and book selections. Thanks for the inspiration!
I am currently reading book 70, so there is no way I will finish 5 books after this one before the end of the year. So I will be just under 75.
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I'm a little bogged down with Under the Banner of Heaven. :/ There's A LOT of information. Holy cow. lol. Definitely want to read Into Thin Air soon. I've read one other account of the Everest disaster and it was really good. The movie was good too!
Oh dear, what's the drama surrounding The Shack?! I picked it instead of another Y author [Jane Yolen] because it was 30 pages shorter. lol
I'm looking forward to reading The Witches of Eastwick!
OMG I should have abandoned 11.22.63. You had the right idea. Took me a month and a half to read!!! It was just not engrossing and I was so disappointed.
Alright, so...As for specific books, I'm in the middle of The Caped Crusade: Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture, and I have The Last One checked out from the library right now. I'm also diving into the Ultimate Marvel universe (as you can see on my main thread); if I actually hit 150, it will be all thanks to that.
I need to take another look at the categories for my library challenge and see which books on my TBR will fit... or if I'm just going to wing it.
24-hr Readathon is complete, and with that I've also finished my reread of
This was even better the second time around. I'm so glad I was able to get to this. It's such a unique blend of the dystopian, horror, and fantasy genres and I can't wait for book 2.
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I started You're Not Doing It Right: Tales of Marriage, Sex, Death, and Other Humiliations (audio) yesterday and am almost finished it.
Currently tackling Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith. So much information!
I didn’t have a very good first day. I read a total of 14 pages, and that happened after midnight, before I went to sleep. I spent a lot of the day reading student papers. I think there should be a way to count those pages :)Final exams start tomorrow, so it may be a slim Readathon for me.
I read 60 pgs of
yesterday so that's something.
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I only read 30 pages of Whispering Rock yesterday morning and went and finish my Christmas shopping the rest of the day.
Here are the books I hope to finish for my challenges:The Twentieth Wife by Indu Sundaresan, 12/16/2017
Song Yet Sung by James McBride, 12/27/2017
City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare, 12/17/2017
Seeing is Believing by Erin McCarthy, 12/30/2017
Victoria by Daisy Goodwin, 12/13/2017
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey, 12/31/2017
Robots Go Wild! by James Patterson, 12/20/2017
As of today, I've got 14 books to read in 20 days! I don't know if I can do it but I'm going to give it a good try. I'm adding in some novellas and some books I had started but didn't finish. If anyone has suggestions for a good novella, please let me know. Thanks!
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Thank you Elyse! I will look for those.I just finished The Girl Next Door by Elizabeth Noble. 4/5 Womens fiction. 13 more to go!
Read 25 more pgs yesterday of A Conjuring of Light. I have very little time to read this week because I have so many things up so hopefully I can finish everything by the end of the year.
47 pgs in A Conjuring of Light today. I'd like to get at least halfway through by the end of the week which might just be doable.
I think I need to read about 30 books to finish my challenge for the year. If I only listen to audio books and not watch any TV or work I just might make it, lol. I don't have specific names of books to read but I am down to 2 on my bedside table and I have about 2000 sitting on my kindle so I have plenty of choices. Last night I finished The Trouble with Twelfth Grave and I loved it!! Then I started Coming Home for Christmas by Jenny Hale. I've been listening to The Last Move by Mary Burton. I hope to finish my audio book tomorrow and kindle book maybe tomorrow? I will have to see how this night goes.
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I'm about 25-30% done with Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith and I think I'll be just skimming the rest. There's just too much information, it's exhausting! It started out interesting enough but now I'm just overwhelmed.
I'd really like to dig in to A Treacherous Curse tonight!!
I finished Whispering Rock last night and started reading Inn Keeping with Murder as the final read in my RWYO challenge for this year.I read a little bit of Noli Me Tángere last night on our way home from work. I'm about 42% done with this book.
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And I started The Friday Night Knitting Club audio.
It's amazing what one can do when you put your mind to it. I've been able to read 5 books/novellas in the last 4 days so now I have 8 more to go to make my 2017 101 book challenge. What I read:89. One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter – Scaachi Koul 3.5/5
90. Free Four: Tobias Tells the Divergent Story 4/5
91. A Room of One’s Own – Virginia Woolf – 3/5
92. The Deal of a Lifetime – Fredrik Backman 3.5/5 (Thanks for the suggestion Elyse)
93.The Chimes – Charles Dickens 3/5
@Marie, if you're looking for short stories, X: A Short Story was a great little eread, and it's free. If you like stories set during a zombie apocalypse.
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https://www.amazon.com/X-Short-Story-...
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Then I will skim the rest of Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith.
Haven't read for a few days due to some ongoing life crisis stuff (what else is new) but I plan to get back to it soon.
I finished reading Inn Keeping with Murder this morning which completes my RWYO challenge for this year. I started reading The Stand around noon time and most likely will be the last book I will read this year.
I'm halfway done with Noli Me Tángere and aiming to finish it within this week.
First week down, I finished The Caped Crusade: Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture, started The Last One, and read 24 trades worth of comics.At this rate, I'll hit my overall goal before Christmas, but I still need 4 more AFTER my current read (43 pages left) to meet the library challenge.
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Halfway through The Silver Linings Playbook audio and Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith.
I *will* finished UtBoH tonight!
First week down and I’ve finished The 13th Gift and Kon-Tiki. I don’t think I am going to finish the alphabet challenge so I will focus on RWYO because I need three more to finish that goal.
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I started The Music Shop this morning. I also started Because It Is My Blood audio this morning. I have the CDs for it but honestly do not own a CD player anymore! My laptop doesn't even have a CD drive! lol. So I will be listening to it during my commutes only. Then I will be listening to The Silver Linings Playbook audio at home and shopping. lol.
I removed Rise and Shine and Elsewhere for my ABC Author Challenge and switched to The Silver Linings Playbook audio and Because It Is My Blood audio because right now I have more audiobook time!
I added the 3 Penguin ARCs I have to review by Dec 31; The Music Shop, Death Below Stairs, Enchantress of Numbers. Totally swamping myself! lol
Shelby, thank you for the suggestion about X: A Short Story. I downloaded it but I may save it for next year for the ABC Titles Challenge :)I am finally caught up with my 2017 reading challenge and have 4 more to go to reach my goal of 101 books. I finished reading the following:
94. Gather Round the Sound by Various Authors 2/5
95. Jacob T. Marley by William R Bennett 5/5
96. Let it Snow - Maureen Johnson, John Green, Lauren Myracle - 3/5
97. The Memory Quilt: A Christmas Story for Our Times by TD Jakes - 2/5
I just started War Cross by Marie Lu and Comfort and Joy by Kristin Hannah.
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Reading another shorty, Liberty for "steampunk" prompt for another challenge.
Almost done with The Silver Linings Playbook. Will hopefully finish tonight.
I'm now only 8 books from my Goodreads challenge! :)
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75 Books...More or Less!
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This Readathon will go from Sunday, Dec 10 to Sunday, 12/31 at midnight (your midnight, wherever you are in the world)!
What do you have left to read?