January - Marathon Challenge

[Cassie]

Updated message 199: 5/6 books completed so far this month!

[Megan]

Just completed my 4th book - Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman. I had a difficult time connecting with this book in the beginning, but about a quarter of the way through, i became intrigued and by halfway, I was completely hooked! It is so well-written with really odd, interesting characters! Definitely worth reading! 4.5 stars

4/10

[Lena]

Update to message 27: 5/10

[Tulika]

Update to message 111:
5/8

[Luisa]

update message 62

books: 3/6
pages: 1110/1,500

[Ketty]

Updated message #376!

DONE!
Goal: 1,156/1,000

I will continue to track here but not post other updates, just to see how high I get for next time this challenge rolls around.

[Kelli]

Blagica wrote: " New for 2019! Monthly and quarterly challenges will be posted one month earlier to assist you with planning for the challenges. They will be locked for comments until approximately the 25th day o..."

Update to message 80: 8/8

[Becs]

Update message 78: 3546 / 5000 pages

[Jakob]

Updated message #201 — 879/1,750

I am on track to meet my goal.

[Lindsay]

Update msg 46

10/10 completed

[Siren]

Edited message #115 with 5/10 :)

[Nikki]

*Update to msg. 52

451/1000 complete so far

[Cassie]

Updated message 199 : COMPLETED!

[Lena]

Update to message 27: 6/10

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

8/12

7. Artemis by Andy Weir
8. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein

[Steph]

Update to message #130: 5/6

[Tulika]

Update to message 111:
6/8

[Brittany]

Update to message #12

9/12 completed

[Jordynn]

Update message 41

3/5

[Sarah]

Updated message #127:

1612/2000 pages

[oshizu]

Updated msg #9:


Progress: 10/12

[Megan]

Mid-month check-in and update to message 128:

Books complete:
Isle of Blood and Stone - 400 pages
The Poorhouse Fair - 127 pages
Food of the Gods - 320 pages

Books-in-progress:
Final Curtain - 202 pages

1,049/2,325 pages read

[Carmen]

Message #209 updated: PROGRESS:21/37

[Akshey]

Update to message #112 :

Completed 2/4... Halfway there 😎

Recent read was Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future

Adrenaline Rush

[Megan]

Just completed my 5th book - Crimes Against a Book Club by Kathy Cooperman. I needed brain-candy, and this book fit the bill! Fun and light-hearted, and I loved the connection to famous books in each chapter. Worth reading. 3.5 stars

5/10

[Rachael]

Updated message 3: 4/6 completed.

[Fatima]

updated msg 55

4/7

[Kelly]

update to message #26. 5/4 titles (latest is China Rich Girlfriend, Kevin Kwan). Total pages 2012

[Susan]

2. The Shark God: Encounters with Ghosts and Ancestors in the South Pacific
3. Branded by the Pink Triangle

3/7 Read

[Ashleigh]

Book 2/3 complete

1. The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson
2. Life Begins for Brody Haller by Bob G. Miller

[Rachael]

Updated message 3. I've increased my goal to eight and have now read five.
5/8

[Becca]

Completed 3/5

2. Saint Death - Marcus Sedgwick

3. A Study In Charlotte - Brittany Cavallero

[Greg]

The Burning Room, 388 pages.

4/9 books; 1155/3200 pages

[Megan]

Just completed my 6th book - Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family by Gerrard Conley. I have mixed feelings about this memoir. The writing is good, and I'm glad the author was able to realize his dream. I did not enjoy the jumping around in the story - it made it less cohesive. What he experienced was terrible, but I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop, and it really didn't. I grew up in a relatively middle-path church and was educated in very conservative schools, so this also brought back some of the fights I would get into and the crap conclusions supposedly religious people would jump to about anyone who was different. I'm not recommending, and I'm not rejecting this book either. 3 stars

6/10

[Brittany]

Updated post 10

At 6/6 already for the month! Anything else will be bonus :)

[oshizu]

Updated msg #9:

Progress: 12/12
Finished!

[Satin]

I’m in for 3 books please!

[Jordynn]

Update msg 41

4/5

[Meghan L]

7/7
COMPLETED 1/18/19

1. Changeless
2. Elevation
3. Blameless
4. Because You Love to Hate Me
5. Mata Hari's Last Dance
6. Amber and Dusk
7. Stars of Fortune

[nima]

I can't believe I haven't posted here yet! I want to finish reading the entire Animorphs original series this month - that's 54 books (all pretty quick reads) and a total of 8245 pages.

Current progress: 34/54 books

[matilde]

Update to message 13: 936 pages read!

[Ronda]

update msg 77

3/9 books read

3,

[Ashley]

Update to message 50.

4/6

[Claire]

Update to message #133:

5 books completed, 1,531/2,500 pages read.

[Charity]

Updated message 106.

6/7

[Blagica , Challenges]

So sorry guys updating everyone now! First I got lost in my reading then I got sick!

[Ran]

Blagica wrote: "So sorry guys updating everyone now! First I got lost in my reading then I got sick!"

Oh no! I hope you're feeling better now?

Updated message 32.

24/25

[Sarah]

Updated message 127:

Revised my goal to 3000 pages.

1987/3000

[Phillip]

I’m on my 10th of 10. Revising up to 15. I had set a goal of 35 for the year but thinking I could hit much more.

My one concern in raising the goal is that I’m about to start a graduate course with a lot of technical reading. This tends to zap my reading for entertainment.

[Megan]

Just completed my 7th book - Beastly by Alex Finn. I liked this contemporary, YA telling of Beauty and the Beast. It got a little schmaltzy at the end, but overall, it was entertaining. I particularly appreciated the growth she showed in the main character. Worth reading! 3.5 stars

7/10