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I'm in esp since it is Easter and I am trying to finish school work today so I don't have to do any tomorrow. Sadly, no Easter Monday off here like we did when I was a kid.
One hour of reading done. now all the neighbourhood kids seem to have come out playing and yelling in their gardens, I think it's probably time to switch to audio, lol.
happy easter. nothing to do but read and work outside. hope ya'll have a good day.
Happy Easter everyone! I started this morning with Emma Vol. 2 chapters 3-9, and then I've moved on to Starship Troopers, also chapters 3-9. I'm hoping I might get close to the end of Starship by the end of the day, and then there's both another ticked off my TBR challenge list, and another book to give back to my brother-in-law eventually when I can get down south.
ya i've read all my uncles books and still have a a few of his at home. life is bein with books. even with this f*** viris keep safe.
I'm making good progress on my book
. I read for about 1hr 45 mins . I 'm heading out to enjoy a walk with the dog in the sunshine and then back to read more:-)
i started
on audio and i need to finish reading my ebook of
later as well [think i'm about 1/3 of the way through]. i have a video game stream i want to watch later today but i'm hoping to get through
while i'm watching. i haven't been reading much for the past few days so hoping i can make myself make progress today.
Decided to start a science fiction/magic series I keep putting off, Witch of the Federation Not on my monthly reading plan but in the spirit of the day I am dropping everything to start the series.
witch of the federation is great have fun with it. it's slow at first then it speeds up so hang in there.
Read for about 3 hours so far today... I think about 1 more hour for me to finish up The Bird King...
@Devann - How do you watch one thing and read something else at the same time?! I would remember nothing of either, and my head would explode. 🤯
I thought I'd easily participate in this, given that I read more than a book a day for the first 10 days of April... but then I went down a rabbit hole yesterday and have been teaching myself CSS since and very little reading has happened in the last 48 hours.But! I hunkered down for a couple of hours and read the last 150 pages or so of At the House of the Magician and have made some progress on my audiobook, Anna K!
@Alysa well i mean it's watching a dude play a video game while rambling and answering fan questions so it's not like ...i don't really need to keep up with a plot lol but i generally read graphic novels while also watching something bc graphic novels are not as like intense as prose books and i find it pretty easy to split my attention that way most of the time. also lumberjanes is just a really light read so i find it's great for reading while watching something.
i just finished Uncaged. great book. like the animal. and Shay.
Pretty busy the first part of the day but now I'm sitting down to finish Save Me from Dangerous Men
Hoping to get this finished in an hour or so!
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Final count for me, 210 pages and 8.5 hours of audio. Also, 2 trays of cookies baked and far too many of those consumed too, lol!Not a bad day's reading considering the lack of peace and quiet!
I finished
! I haven’t started any brand new book today, but I still might, and in the meantime I have taken breaks from The Bird King to continue reading The Ghost in the Third Row, and will also read more of The Last Human and possibly The Lavender Menace: Tales of Queer Villainy!....
Hmmm, maybe I shouldn’t start yet another book today when I still have all of those to deal with, lol.
Stormborn wrote: "witch of the federation is great have fun with it. it's slow at first then it speeds up so hang in there."Yes Anderle is always slow in starting a series. Have you read any of his other work?
Drop Everything and Read DayApril 12, 2020 - April 12, 2020
Read 1/2
Just finished listening to: The Road by Cormac McCarthy (⭐⭐⭐, 241/241 pgs, 6 h 42 m/6 h 42 m)
Currently reading: Dreamer's Pool by Juliet Marillier (9/434 pgs, 10 m/17 h 44 m)
finished everything! and added in
because i finished my first audio book too fast lol struggled with finishing my print book but finally got through it and really enjoyed everything else. didn't really keep track but i would say i spent about 8 hours reading/listening
I didn't read as much as I wanted to, but I made a little progress on Unfollow Me. I also dragged my grandson into the fun by reading The Terrible Two with him for a while. I'll look up the pages tomorrow and link the progress.
Didn’t finish a 2nd book but made a lot of progress nonetheless. Spent about 6 hours reading, altogether. I am calling this a success!
I got only 3 hours done as Easter ended up being pretty busy but got to "zoom" with lots of family. Finished Phoenix Unbound.
I didn't get to read nearly as much as I wanted to, but I did finish the book I was reading, which was my main goal.
I read 492 pages today and finished 2 books!
I finished reading the book I was working on which took about 2 hours. Less than I hoped for but still managed to get some time in! Great job everyone!!
Sadly didn't read much. The weather was nice and warmish and was able to go out for a bike ride, the first one since last fall. It was nice to feel the sun.
Congratulations everyone on your reading progress!
Totally forgot to post. Managed to read
624 pages. Now I have no desire to go back to my reading plan for the month but instead read the other books in this series.
My update:I finished listening to the last 20% of Animal Farm by George Orwell. I then chose to pick up Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Albertalli and finished all 352 pages in just over 3 hours. I listened to my daughter read a Dork Diaries book about pet sitting (I can't remember which one in the series) for an hour and a half later that evening. As I got ready for bed, I listened to 45% of Jim Dale reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
I know I read little bits and pieces of things with my kids in between and I'm not counting the reading my son and I did together that morning. We read a ton on a daily basis, or at least I do and I feel like the kids read more than they used to, but my goal for D.E.A.R. was just to get one full book read in one sitting, finish one audiobook, spend time listening to each child independently read for leisure, and listen to something comforting and relaxing that I've heard before.
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Books mentioned in this topic
Fury's Kiss (other topics)Witch of the Federation (other topics)
Daughter of the Pirate King (other topics)
Daughter of the Siren Queen (other topics)
No Stone Unturned (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Cormac McCarthy (other topics)Juliet Marillier (other topics)
