Starting Strong Chat

[Anna (Adventures with a Book Nerd)]

We're starting in a little more than a day. What do you plan on reading first?

[Kikijanika]

I'll probably start with and because they are what I need for my music challenge.

[Vicki]

Usually I start with a couple smaller books, so I might start with James Patterson's and

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

I'm mostly just trying to finish up my currently reading shelf right now. Then starting the 31st I'll be travelling to Portugal so I have very specific books I'm trying to read since I'll have a limited amount of books I'll be able to read. :)

[Anna (Adventures with a Book Nerd)]

Bookbuyer wrote: "I'm mostly just trying to finish up my currently reading shelf right now. Then starting the 31st I'll be travelling to Portugal so I have very specific books I'm trying to read since I'll have a li..."

Ooooooo, that sounds like a ton of fun! :)

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

Anna (Adventures with a Book Nerd) wrote: "Bookbuyer wrote: "I'm mostly just trying to finish up my currently reading shelf right now. Then starting the 31st I'll be travelling to Portugal so I have very specific books I'm trying to read si..."

Yup. Going away for the winter to get away from this cold! :D

[Katriann]

I will probably start with the books I'm currently reading. They are and . I want to finish at least one of them before I start any new books.

[Vicki]

Bookbuyer wrote: "I'm mostly just trying to finish up my currently reading shelf right now. Then starting the 31st I'll be travelling to Portugal so I have very specific books I'm trying to read since I'll have a li..."

How exciting! Have you ever been to Portugal before?

[Cara]

I'm going to try and finish the books I'm currently reading and then get a good start on next year's A-Z challenge :)

[Vicki]

Cara wrote: "I'm going to try and finish the books I'm currently reading and then get a good start on next year's A-Z challenge :)"

Good luck, Cara! :)

[Jeanine]

Same! Ill probably start with a book im currently reading: Warcross

[Jessica (The Psychotic Nerd)]

I'm probably going to start with reading some of the books in the "Dead is" series. I have a year-long challenge for another group that I totally forgot about until now (whoops). It ends the 8th so I will be reading as many skinny books as I can in an effort to finish that challenge! XD

[Vicki]

Lol Good luck, Jessica.

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

Vicki wrote: "Bookbuyer wrote: "I'm mostly just trying to finish up my currently reading shelf right now. Then starting the 31st I'll be travelling to Portugal so I have very specific books I'm trying to read si..."

Yes. Two years ago. :)

[Sarah]

I'm gonna try and finally finish

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

I'm so excited!! Tomorrow, I hope to finish up

read another 50 or so pages of

& start

[Anna (Adventures with a Book Nerd)]

I won't be online when the readathon starts, so I'm going to leave this reminder that you can click HERE to know exactly when the readathon starts!

[Lesa]

I'm finish up with
And then hope to get into

[Jessie (Saffity)]

I'm going to do what looks like the next month's battle of the books with

and

We'll see if I get through those two and where I go from there. The last few books have been a serious smut fest, and I think I need to Clorox my brain out with some fun YA.

[Leelynn]

I really want to finish and . If I can, I also want to finish either the Series of Unfortunate Events series or the Twitches Series.

[Rebecca (pagescollective)]

Ooh, it starts so soon! I can't wait!! I'm starting with and that I'm currently reading.

[Kikijanika]

I ended up starting with after all. It's a library book so I can return it when I'm done.

[Jeanine]

Read The Sun and Her Flowers.

Now Im starting The Hound of the Baskervilles

[Leelynn]

Rebecca (Rivka Ray) wrote: "Ooh, it starts so soon! I can't wait!! I'm starting with and that I'm currently reading."

Wonder Woman was my favorite read of 2017! I hope you enjoy it!

[Michelle]

I finished Rosemary's Baby at around 3 am and it's 6 am right now, so I'm going to read a bit of Falsies or Ensnared before going back to bed.(:

[Jessie (Saffity)]

Just started I'm audio booking it so that I can have a chance over the next week as I have to work. Unlikely to get it done today as it's over 9 hours, but hoping to actually read another book tonight while I volunteer for Friday Night Magic at the hobby store my hubby works at.

[Anna (Adventures with a Book Nerd)]

Has anyone read any great books so far?

[Anna (Adventures with a Book Nerd)]

Attention! The point thread is now open. Sorry for the mix up, and thanks for the understanding. :)

[Michelle]

How is everyone doing? Are you all ready for the new year?

I ended up getting sick last night, and now I'm 100 pages behind schedule. And to make things worse, I woke up at 3 pm today and haven't read anything yet D: and I go back to classes in two days (9 am classes mind you). I don't know how it's gonna affect my reading, but my health and school come first :/ I might end up reducing my goal. (:

[Anna (Adventures with a Book Nerd)]

Michelle wrote: "How is everyone doing? Are you all ready for the new year?

I ended up getting sick last night, and now I'm 100 pages behind schedule. And to make things worse, I woke up at 3 pm today and haven't ..."

I'm sorry you got sick! Hopefully you'll feel better soon.

[Jeanine]

Hello! I have a question regarding the point system :)

In the point system thread (https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...), it was stated that BINGO: (1 point each)

Does this mean 1 point for each square? For example, if I read a book which qualifies for the Published in 2017 and Favorite Genre squares, does this mean I earned 2 points?

Thank you!

[Anna (Adventures with a Book Nerd)]

Jeanine wrote: "Hello! I have a question regarding the point system :)

In the point system thread (https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...), it was stated that BINGO: ..."

You get one point for each bingo you get, and 5 if you cover the entire board.

[Morgan]

Jessie (Saffity) wrote: "I'm going to do what looks like the next month's battle of the books with

and

We'll see if I get through those two and where I go f..."

I read earlier in November/December last year. It was slow to get started for me, but once I got into it, I couldn't put it down! I hope you enjoy it as well.

[Anna (Adventures with a Book Nerd)]

I also had a hard time getting into The Siren, but I was listening to it on an audio book so it wasn't too bad.

[Anna (Adventures with a Book Nerd)]

Last day! What is everybody reading?

[Anna (Adventures with a Book Nerd)]

Countdown clock so you know when the readathon ends: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

[Vicki]

I want to read but with my husband off and wanting to do errands "together" (guess I can't complain lol) I don't know if I can do that one. Here's hoping...fingers crossed!!

[Morgan]

I am trying to finish . I'm about halfway done right now. If I can finish this early enough, I'd like to try to start and finish that as well before time runs out! =)

[Kikijanika]

I was hoping to still finish and I just did! Now I'll just read on and as much as I can.

[Vicki]

Anna, I want to thank you for putting this read-a-thon on for us! It really gave me the impetus I needed to have a good end and an excellent start to my reading goals!! I had SO much fun, especially trying to get the BINGOs added. LOL I had 2 to go and I could add a less than 100 pages before the deadline but hubby is calling me to come watch a show we watch together. He's been patient with me this week while I read 16 books. LOL I really appreciate all your hard work and the other mods.

[Morgan]

I echo Vicki's sentiments! This has been a lot of fun and I managed to read so many books in such a short time frame, which was really exciting, including a few that have been on my TBR list for quite some time. Thanks again for setting this up!

[Jessica (The Psychotic Nerd)]

I'm done! I was going to read a bit more, but a few hours ago I decided to take a break from reading and I decided to just call it done for the night! This was really great and it really helped me on my challenge! I only have 5 more books to read (one of which I am currently reading) and I have confidence that I can finish them by the 8th!

[Vicki]

Good luck, Jessica. You did awesome on the read-a-Thon!

[Leelynn]

This was such a great read-a-thon! I can't wait to participate in the next one. I think that was the fastest I've ever gotten through books before!

[Anna (Adventures with a Book Nerd)]

Vicki wrote: "Anna, I want to thank you for putting this read-a-thon on for us! It really gave me the impetus I needed to have a good end and an excellent start to my reading goals!! I had SO much fun, especiall..."

Morgan wrote: "I echo Vicki's sentiments! This has been a lot of fun and I managed to read so many books in such a short time frame, which was really exciting, including a few that have been on my TBR list for qu..."

Leelynn wrote: "This was such a great read-a-thon! I can't wait to participate in the next one. I think that was the fastest I've ever gotten through books before!"

Awwww, thank you guys so much! I'm glad that you had fun. :D

[Jessica (The Psychotic Nerd)]

Vicki wrote: "Good luck, Jessica. You did awesome on the read-a-Thon!"

Thanks! You did fantastic too!