Labor Day Weekend Readathon 8/31-9/3!

[Elyse, Moderator]

Labor Day Readathon from Friday, August 31, 2018 to Monday, September 3, 2018!

What are your goals?

[Elyse, Moderator]

I have to work till 2pm on Friday and then we're going to my in-laws Saturday to Sunday so my goals will be small!

I might be starting both of these at some point this week but I would like to read Origin and Widows. If I finish one of these before the weekend, then I want to read The Art of Escaping.

Seasons of Reading is holding a 48-Hour Readathon to kick off Castle Macabre's Something Wicked This Fall Comes event! Though I will be visiting my in-laws during that time I will try and read at least one horror story, I've just made a Collection on my Kindle and found some freebies I had gotten at some point. ;)

Here's the list:
100 Days in Deadland
Beckoning Souls
Blood Memory: Season One, Episode One
Spring
Little Terrors
The Picture Frame: A Horror Novel
Riser
Where Darkness Dwells
Roadside Ghosts: A Collection of Horror and Dark Fantasy
Modern Mythmakers: 35 Interviews with Horror & Science Fiction Writers and Filmmakers

[Carol]

I'm in and I'm going to try to finish 3 books. Not sure which 3 yet.

[Meaghan]

Ooo this sounds fun! I have no plans Friday-Sunday, but school starts up again Monday for me, so hopefully I'll still be able to get tons of reading in!

My basic goals will just be to read , and perhaps another ARC or two :)

[Lori]

I'm working most of the holiday weekend. My goal will be 4 books, I have 2 that I need to read and review, and 2 that will be due back to the library.

[Lourdes]

I'm in but I will be working Friday and will be busy Saturday. I will try to finish 2 books or 3 at the most. I would probably read one of Daphne du Maurier's books either My Cousin Rachel or Jamaica Inn and maybe a Harlan Coben novel. Not sure yet.

[Ruth]

It's so easy for me to get carried away with the reading goals when faced with an entire long weekend off work. It seems like the sky's the limit. I'd like to do over 1,000 pages, but I know me. I'll get distracted. I'll nap. Someone will call with an excellent idea.

So I'll shoot for >1,000 pages and see where I get. At this point my reading mood says I will be enjoying this pile:

All Systems Red by Martha Wells

Artificial Condition by Martha Wells

Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells

Murder, Handcrafted Isabella Alan

Murder on Astor Place Victoria Thompson

Agatha Raisin and the Fairies of Fryfam by M.C. Beaton

[Elyse, Moderator]

Ruth wrote: "It's so easy for me to get carried away with the reading goals when faced with an entire long weekend off work. It seems like the sky's the limit. I'd like to do over 1,000 pages, but I know me. I'..."

I would love to binge the Murderbot series! I read All Systems Red in June and it was really good! And I *absolutely* know what you mean about getting carried away with reading goals! Usually my TBR lists are HUGE because I haven pretty open weekends. lol. I controlled myself this time, knowing I won't be able to read a lot.

[Cobwebs-Iced-Across-SpaceTime]

I have a ton of ARC's to review for releases Sept. 4, 6, 7, so looks like Sci Fi and Horror for me:
Salvation--Sept 4,,.
K Street Killing. Cozy. Tour. Sept 5
Sept. 6:
Barnabas Tew and the Case of the Missing Scarab. Tour.
The Mouth of the Dark
Thirteen Days By Sunset Beach
Creature
The Bad Neighbor
Sept. 7: A Season in Hell

[Audrey]

Finish at least two books

[Shelby]

Not sure how much I'd be able to get done yet. I'll probably try to finish Vicious.

[Karol]

I'd like to FINALLY finish "A Series of Unfortunate Events". I only have #12 and #13 to go . . . and then I'd like to read the first book in Martha Grime's "Richard Jury" series.

[Charleen]

Going to a wedding this weekend so I'm not sure what kind of reading time I'll have. If nothing else, my Monday is wide open... unless I get sucked into that whole "having a family" thing.

[Andrea, Moderator]

I'm working Friday and Saturday but I should be able to get some reading done for the rest of the weekend. I plan on posting my goals later in the week. I would also like to do the 1000 pages 🤓

[Elyse, Moderator]

Joanne wrote: " Hey well it’s not labour weekend for me but I would still love to join in. I like Ruth’s suggestion of 1000 pages so I will go with that. I have a few I would love to read including:..."

Hey Joanne, what are the Australian holidays where everyone gets the day off? I'd like to incorporate other countries' holidays into our Readathons plus it will give us excuses to have more! ;)

[Elyse, Moderator]

Seasons of Reading is holding a 48-Hour Readathon to kick off Castle Macabre's Something Wicked This Fall Comes event! Though I will be visiting my in-laws during that time I will try and read at least one horror story, I've just made a Collection on my Kindle and found some freebies I had gotten at some point. ;)

[Liander (The Towering Pile)]

I'm in! Those are my last 4 days off before back to work! I have a pile of 20 books that I was supposed to get through this summer, and I'm only on my 7th one. (Yikes!) I should have this one at least done before Friday, and maybe another small one. I think I'll wait until the weekend is closer before picking my specific goals, but it'll generally be to get through several 2019 MYRCA nominees!

[Ruth]

Elyse wrote: "I would love to binge...."

Yay! It's not just me. :) I spent the afternoon and evening yesterday dropping things into a Goodreads list I called "Labor Day 2018" -- I think I'm up to 28. Who am I kidding?????

[Elyse, Moderator]

Ruth wrote: "Yay! It's not just me. :) I spent the afternoon and evening yesterday dropping things into a Goodreads list I called "Labor Day 2018" -- I think I'm up to 28. Who am I kidding?????..."

haha at least you've got plenty to choose from!

[Carol]

Joanne wrote: "Well we have a labour day in October the 1st but in some states they celebrate the queens birthday that day, like in Queensland.


In NSW where I live we celebrate Queens birthday June usually first or second Monday of June.

Australia Day 26th January "

How about reading a book about Australia or by an Australian author in late January?

[Carol]

Joanne wrote: "Carol wrote: "Joanne wrote: "Well we have a labour day in October the 1st but in some states they celebrate the queens birthday that day, like in Queensland.


In NSW where I live we celebrate Quee..."

Congrats on the giveaways.

Let us know how they are.

[Elyse, Moderator]

Joanne wrote: "The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton..."

Oooh jealous you got this one!

[Karina]

I am going to shoot for three books, as two of them are library books and I want to return them before I leave for Portugal next Thursday and I already have a list of books I want to read for that!

Trainspotting by Irving Welsh

Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories by Flannery O'Connor

Small Country by Gael Faye

[Elyse, Moderator]

Carol wrote: "How about reading a book about Australia or by an Australian author in late January?..."

Fabulous idea, Carol! We can either read different Australian authors/Australian setting or do a poll for a buddy read!

[Elyse, Moderator]

Well, it looks like I won't be starting either book I *thought* I would before the weekend because I'm determined to clear my Comixology queue! I've got 4 left! But I really do need to finish reading American Street by tomorrow.

[Elyse, Moderator]

Kayla wrote: "I'm going to try to participate, but I'm going to be really busy because it's my birthday weekend. I don't know if I'll be able to get much reading done."

Happy early birthday, Kayla!

[Cobwebs-Iced-Across-SpaceTime]

I placed my planned Reading List in a blog post:)

http://thehauntedreadingroom.blogspot...

Books Read:
Creature
Deal or No Deal: A Case from the Midnight Eye Files
I Have the Sight
{48- hour readathon Sept. 1-2
The Case of Jennie Brice
Cat Fancy: A Short Tale of Feline Terror
Arkham Detective Agency: A Lovecraftian-Noir Tribute to C. J. Henderson
The Bird}
Trollnight

[Carol]

Carol wrote: "I'm in and I'm going to try to finish 3 books. Not sure which 3 yet."

Here is what I hope to finish:

1. The Case of the Defunct Adjunct (Professor Molly Mysteries 0) by Frankie Bow
2. Divine Justice (Camel Club, #4) by David Baldacci
3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling

[Elyse, Moderator]

I haven't finished American Street yet, I'm about halfway through. So that's my first goal today.

Then I want to finish Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening.

Both of these will be completed by tonight! :)

I'm about halfway through listening to Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and I'm hoping my husband will let us to listen to it on our 2.5 hour drive tomorrow and back on Sunday!

[Elyse, Moderator]

I didn't know/realize that August was "ARC August" and I ended up reading 12 ARCs anyway! :)

[Karina]

I am working today but I started Small Country and attempted to read Trainspotting but quickly switched to the Audible version because I am not going through another A Clockwork Orange hurting my head trying to understand what they are saying. I am better at listening to accents rather than reading them.

[❤Marie]

I will start after work today. Here are the three I need to get through:
1. The Vineyard by Michael Hurly - won the kindle version from Goodreads
2. Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier - won the hard cover from Goodreads
3. Beaches by Iris Rainer Dart - kindle from library. I love the movie with Bette Midler and I've been wanting to read the book for a long time. I was going to do audio but reviews on Audible said it was poor quality.

And, IF I can finish these three then I will tackle some of my audiobooks from the library that are piling up.

[Liander (The Towering Pile)]

OK, I finished the big book I was reading late last night, so now I know what my read-a-thon pile is!

1. Brave by Svetlana Chmakova (graphic novel, 240 pages)
2. Sit by Deborah Ellis (short stories, 139 pages)
3. The Stone Heart by Faith Erin Hicks (graphic novel, 243 pages)
4. Run by David Skuy (novel, 207 pages)

And if I get through those quickly, I still have another 9 MYRCA nominees that I should have read by now, so I won't run out of material!

[Andrea, Moderator]

Kayla wrote: "I'm going to try to participate, but I'm going to be really busy because it's my birthday weekend. I don't know if I'll be able to get much reading done."

Wishing you a very happy birthday, Kayla!!

[Shelby]

I’m gonna try getting through Ironside as well as Vicious I think.

[Andrea, Moderator]

I've got a whole bunch of books I want to get through!

*Need to finish Save Me by Lisa Scottoline - audio book with 4.5 hours left

*Finish The Bride Wore Size 12 by Meg Cabot - ebook with 392 pages ( I think I'm 25 pages into it)

*Finish Girls in the Garden by Lisa Jewell - ebook with 320 pages (I think I have about 100 pages to go)

*Finish Holding up the Universe by Jennifer Niven - ebook with 391 pages ( I have 280 pages to go)

*Read Fitness Junkie by Lucy Sykes and Jo Piazza - ebook with 300 pages

*Start Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry - audio book 16.5 hours

*Start Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - audio book 21.75 hours

I will never be able to finish all of these but some I just want to start and finish over the next week. My goal is just to finish a total of 5 out of the 7 books.

[Elyse, Moderator]

Finally home after running errands after work and ready to just relax and read! Hubs has friends over so I won't be bothered. lol. Time to finish American Street!

[Elyse, Moderator]

Finished American Street, now time to finish Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening!

[Stacie]

I've gotten 2 hours of (my current commute book) done today, and am settling down with (just started the second chapter). I don't have specific goals this weekend beyond reading whatever comes to hand, drinking pots of tea, and moving just enough that no one thinks I'm dead!

[Shelby]

Got a few hours done in the audiobook of

[Stina]

I don't have any super-specific goals for this weekend, but I did just (finally!) polish off The Best of All Possible Worlds, which, BTW, has absolutely nothing to do with Candide or Voltaire. I'm listening to Jurassic Park on Audible and trying to figure out just why Michael Crichton was so ticked off at Lewis Carroll. I might get it finished this weekend, and I have only a few hours left in my Audible download of The Good Earth, so maybe I will get back to it as well.

[Michelle]

Had a busy day on Friday, but I'm going to start now with The Narrows by Ronald Malfi, and I want to finish Ombria In Shadow by Patricia McKillip. Happy Reading all! <3

[Elyse, Moderator]

I finished Monstress last night and I'm going to be listening to Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix for a little bit this morning before we leave!

[Elyse, Moderator]

I seem to have lost my ARC of The Art of Escaping somewhere in my house...it's driving me nuts. lol. I feel like maybe my brother played a joke, because I have so many books stacked around everywhere, that he might've taken it to see if I would notice...but I don't know...lol. Because I have my ARCs in a specific place and it's not there!

[Lourdes]

I had work yesterday but I manage to read 60 pages of . While at work I listened to my audiobook which I would be finishing most likely today.

[Liander (The Towering Pile)]

I read lots yesterday! I read Brave and more than half of Sit. Today I'm hoping to finish Sit and read the other graphic novel on my pile, The Stone Heart.

[Andrea, Moderator]

Last night and today I made some good progress!

*Need to finish Save Me by Lisa Scottoline - audio book with 4.5 hours left

*Finish The Bride Wore Size 12 by Meg Cabot - ebook with 392 pages ( I think I'm 25 pages into it)

*Finish Girls in the Garden by Lisa Jewell - ebook with 320 pages (I think I have about 100 pages to go)

*Finish Holding up the Universe by Jennifer Niven - ebook with 391 pages ( I have 280 pages to go)

*Read Fitness Junkie by Lucy Sykes and Jo Piazza - ebook with 300 pages

*Start Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry - audio book 16.5 hours

*Start Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - audio book 21.75 hours

[Shelby]

Just finished . Feels good to cross that off.

[Karol]

So far this weekend, I have read Exit Wounds, by J.A. Jance. Loved it! Very well written and more thought-provoking than most mysteries are.

I've also gotten halfway through The Penultimate Peril, by Lemony Snicket. Hoping to finish this and read The End. I started this series for amusement quite a few years ago . . . have read 1 - 2 books in the series each year. Time to finish this series up!

I have a busy day planned for tomorrow so I won't have much time for reading, but I am hoping to at least get a start on The Man With a Load of Mischief by Martha Grimes. I read two books in the Richard Jury mystery series a while back (numbers 20 - 21). I was interested enough that I thought I should go back to the beginning of the series so I'm finally starting with #1. We'll see if I like the early books in the series as much. If so, I'll have a lot of these to "catch up" on!

[Elyse, Moderator]

Halfway through Blood Memory: Season One, Episode One. Started it yesterday.

Hoping to listen to 2ish hours of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix on the way home from Maine.