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Mini challenges are optional. Do one, do all, pick and choose which you want to do to give yourself a break from reading! Since Earth Day is celebrating 50 years we want to throw a few tasks in the mix to be in sync with the 50th anniversary.
✿Which part of the world are you reading from?
Did you participate in our Earth Day RAT last year?
What book(s) do you hope to finish today?
✿Read/or start a book with 50 in the page count.
✿Read/or start a book in which characters celebrate an anniversary
✿Read /or start a book that has a cover showing people celebrating
(open to interpretation)
✿Spell out Earth Day using books you've read in last year (since last Earth Day)
✿Keeping it green: Post your favorite green colored cover.
✿Check out the Flag of Earth. Read a book with a blue and white cover.
✿Read/or start a book about climate change.
✿Need a mini break? Try out one of these cool Quizzes, then let us know how you scored!
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I don't mind signing up first! I love the RAT's. It's fun seeing what everyone is reading and I like the chatting about our books. Hope to see some familiar faces from last year and some new ones!Laura 's Spot
Earth Day Read a Thon 2020
April 22-23
read:
picked up at chapter 5 and read to finish. 
picked up at 32% and read to finish.
Lauri's Spot!Earth Day Read-a-Thon 2020
April 22 - 23
Hi Lauri! Glad you joined me... I was feeling a little lonely! I 'm sure more will join us when the newsletter is released.
Yay! Beth's spot
Earth Day Read a Thon 2020
April 22-23
Optional mini challenge
✿Which part of the world are you reading from? Oregon, USA
Did you participate in our Earth Day RAT last year? I was going to, but no.
What book(s) do you hope to finish today?
Galileo's Dream by Kim Stanley Robinson
I don't have much left, so I will start something else when I'm done, maybe a graphic novel.
I'm in!Possible tbr:
Archangel's Legion (starting at 12%)
A Posse of Princesses
Read:
Earth Day Read a Thon 2020April 22-23
April 22
-Diamond Fire
-Auggie & Me: Three Wonder Stories (started at 45%)
April 23
-Archangel's Kiss (started at 30%)
-Kill Switch (started at 30%)
Optional mini challenge
✿Which part of the world are you reading from? Michigan, USA
Did you participate in our Earth Day RAT last year? No
What book(s) do you hope to finish today?
✿Read/or start a book with 50 in the page count.
✿Read/or start a book in which characters celebrate an anniversary
✿Read /or start a book that has a cover showing people celebrating
(open to interpretation)
✿Spell out Earth Day using books you've read in last year (since last Earth Day)
E- Embrace the Night
A- Autumn at Apple Hill
R- The Remedy
T- The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
H- The Halloween Tree
🌎
D- Dream Chaser
A- Ashes
Y- You Know Me Well
✿Keeping it green: Post your favorite green colored cover.
✿Check out the Flag of Earth. Read a book with a blue and white cover.
✿Read/or start a book about climate change.
✿Need a mini break? Try out one of these cool Quizzes, then let us know how you scored!
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I'll join. :)✿Which part of the world are you reading from? Virginia, USA
✿Did you participate in our Earth Day RAT last year? I don't recall if I did it last year, but I have done it before. Always a fun time!
✿What book(s) do you hope to finish today?
✿Spell out Earth Day using books you've read in last year (since last Earth Day)
Earth Day:
E- Educated
A- After the Fire
R- Taylor Jenkins Reid - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo or Daisy Jones & The Six
T- Things You Save in a Fire
H- The Huntress
🌎
D- Dark Site
A- Gregg Andrew Hurwitz - Orphan X (series)
Y- ??
honorable mentions that don't fit the spell-it-out: The Institute & The Book Thief
✿Keeping it green: Post your favorite green colored cover.
✿Check out the Flag of Earth. Read a book with a blue and white cover. I would like to finish Big Lies in a Small Town, which has a mostly blue cover.
✿Need a mini break? Try out one of these cool Quizzes, then let us know how you scored!
Whale conservation - 8/9 correct (I didn't know how long whales lived!)
Protect our species - 9/10 correct (Missed how many elephants are poached each day.)
Climate change - I missed a few, but forgot to count how many.
Reading completed:
✔︎Unfollow Me - Completed from 75%
✔︎Big Lies in a Small Town - from 50% to 54%
✔︎Lethal Bayou Beauty - from 30% to 58%
Saving my spot. I'll be back with a list as we get closer....
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Happy Earth Day! Results! 
April 22 is Earth Day!
50th Anniversary
Mini Challenge Read-a-Thon 2020
Duration: April 22 to April 23
8am-8am (24 hours)
🌍 Tasks 5/5
🌎 Pages 298/300
Tasks
✿ Which part of the world are you reading from?
The United States
✿ Did you participate in our Earth Day RAT last year?
No
✿ What book(s) do you hope to finish today?
The Familiar Dark by Amy Engel &
✿ Keeping it green: Post your favorite green colored cover.
✿ Spell out Earth Day using books you've read in last year (since last Earth Day)
Earth Day
E Good Girls Lie by J.T. Ellison
A The Arrangement by Robyn Harding
R Whisker of Evil by Rita Mae Brown
T Tracking Game by Margaret Mizushima
H One Breath Away by Heather Gudenkauf
D Break in by Dick Francis
A Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
Y You Were Made for This by Michelle Sacks
E
A
R
T
H
D
A
Y
✿Need a mini break?
Try out one of these cool Quizzes, then let us know how you scored!
https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-qu...
Whale Conservation 8/9 Correct 89%
Protect Our Species 8/9 Correct 89%
Oceans and Plastics 10/19 Correct 52%
Climate Change 8/11 Correct 72%
Environmental Literacy 7/10 Correct 70%
Deforestation and Biodiversity 8/10 Correct 80%
Clean Energy 6/10 60%
Pages Read:
48 pages
130 pages
120 pages
I will join in! I have been reading a lot lately and I love RATs
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Who is ready to start reading tomorrow?? Gosh, this date sneaked up on me. I 'm going to finish
. Looking forward to seeing what everyone is reading and their reading progress!
Once again, all my reading plans got derailed (I read Coming in First Place on Monday and have since done a deep-dive into this 'verse and am rereading all my favorite stories), but I'm still going to try to participate in this as much as possible! I'm going to continue listening to my audiobook of Madame Bovary and will also try to get as much of A Thousand Ships done as possible cause my library loan runs out in two days & it's a slower read.
✿Which part of the world are you reading from?Did you participate in our Earth Day RAT last year?
What book(s) do you hope to finish today?
I'm reading from Canada- East coast
I did participate in the Earth Day RAT last year. I love read a thons!
I'm hoping to finish both
&
before I finish reading for the RAT today!
I'm super excited for this today! My grandson has a "catch up day" for school today, but he has been keeping up with all of his lessons, so I have little work to do with him. That means more reading time for me! I would love to finish two books that I have started and make progress on a third.
- starting at 75%, want to finish
- starting at 50%, would love to finish, but hope to at least make progress
- starting at 30% and want to make progress to maybe 50%I'll be adding some of the mini-challenges to my original post and will link them all at once with my update later. Happy RAT day everyone!
Woohoo! Hoping to catch up on some arcs and buddy reads today.
Not unexpectedly, I failed at reading what I was supposed to, but I did get 90 pages of Madame Bovary done when I went for a walk. And then I read what amounts to around 300 pages of what comes after Coming in First Place which - it's basically my favorite thing in the whole wide world so I had a grand time and I'm SO SAD I've finished this storyline.
We always talk about hosting more RAT's..if we have one next month would a weekend work better or a different day of the week? 24 hrs? What would you all prefer?
Laura wrote: "We always talk about hosting more RAT's..if we have one next month would a weekend work better or a different day of the week? 24 hrs? What would you all prefer?"
I don't have any preference about when we do it but some longer ones might be nice.
I've made it to 58% in Lethal Bayou Beauty (further than planned!) and made some good progress on Unfollow Me. I'm taking a bit of a break now, but still plan to finish Unfollow Me tonight. Pretty happy with my progress so far.
Sophie wrote: "Laura wrote: "We always talk about hosting more RAT's..if we have one next month would a weekend work better or a different day of the week? 24 hrs? What would you all prefer?"
I don't have any p..."
Sophie, you would prefer 48 hours rather than 24?
Laura wrote: "We always talk about hosting more RAT's..if we have one next month would a weekend work better or a different day of the week? 24 hrs? What would you all prefer?"
I enjoy any RAT. :) I can normally do most days because my schedule fluctuates. I like the 24 hours, but would also be open to 48 hours or even a week long. I'd pretty much try whatever you come up with.
I'm happy with 24, 48, or week longs. Might be nice to have a variety so people can pick and choose. Sometimes it's nice having a short one because it's not too much of a commitment, sometimes it feels like I'd love a longer one so that I can cross more books off my list. But I'm honestly happy with whatever, I just love RAT. They always make me feel so motivated.
I finished the other book I wanted to read and hopefully finish!
I finished Unfollow Me! I hope to read some of Big Lies In a Small Town in the morning.
I was able to get through 123 pages (36%) of The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewel. Not bad for a severe migraine day!
Shannon wrote: "I was able to get through 123 pages (36%) of The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewel. Not bad for a severe migraine day!"That's excellent for a migraine day! Hope you're feeling better today.
I didn't quite finish everything I had hoped, but I did really well on my goals. Thank you for another fun Earth Day RAT!Goals:
1. Finish Unfollow Me
2. Read Lethal Bayou Beauty to 50%
3. Make progress on or finish Big Lies in a Small Town
Reading completed:
✔︎Unfollow Me - Completed from 75%
✔︎Lethal Bayou Beauty - from 30% to 58%
✔︎Big Lies in a Small Town - from 50% to 54%
Also, completed a couple of mini-challenges and quizzes. I updated my original post here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Happy Earth Day! Results! April 22 is Earth Day!
50th Anniversary
Mini Challenge Read-a-Thon 2020
Duration: April 22 to April 23
8am-8am (24 hours)
🌍 Tasks 5/5
🌎 Pages 298/300
Tasks
✿ Which part of the world are you reading from?
The United States
✿ Did you participate in our Earth Day RAT last year?
No
✿ What book(s) do you hope to finish today?
The Familiar Dark by Amy Engel
✿ Keeping it green: Post your favorite green colored cover.
✿ Spell out Earth Day using books you've read in last year (since last Earth Day)
Earth Day
E Good Girls Lie by J.T. Ellison
A The Arrangement by Robyn Harding
R Whisker of Evil by Rita Mae Brown
T Tracking Game by Margaret Mizushima
H One Breath Away by Heather Gudenkauf
D Break in by Dick Francis
A Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
Y You Were Made for This by Michelle Sacks
E
A
R
T
H
D
A
Y
✿Need a mini break?
Try out one of these cool Quizzes, then let us know how you scored!
https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-qu...
Whale Conservation 8/9 Correct 89%
Protect Our Species 8/9 Correct 89%
Oceans and Plastics 10/19 Correct 52%
Climate Change 8/11 Correct 72%
Environmental Literacy 7/10 Correct 70%
Deforestation and Biodiversity 8/10 Correct 80%
Clean Energy 6/10 60%
Pages Read:
48 pages
130 pages FINISHED!
120 pages
Laura wrote: "Kristie, are you liking Big Lies in a Small Town? I didn't get very far and put it aside."I'm enjoying it, but not loving it as much as everyone else seems to. I'm hoping that the second half picks up a bit
Moderators of NBRC wrote: "More RATs!!https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
&
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/..."
Thanks for posting them here!
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Kill Switch (other topics)Big Lies in a Small Town (other topics)
The Hidden Gallery (other topics)
Good Girls Lie (other topics)
Whisker of Evil (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
J.T. Ellison (other topics)Margaret Mizushima (other topics)
Amy Engel (other topics)
Robyn Harding (other topics)
Rita Mae Brown (other topics)
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It's been so much fun planning and participating in the Earth Day Read a thons that we are back once again this year. Mark your calendars as April 22 is Earth Day and we plan to celebrate with some new and familiar faces! Pull up a chair, get comfy and get ready to READ! Happy Earth Day.
✿Duration: April 22, 2020 8am to April 23, 2020 8am (24 hours)
✿Participants commit to a read-as-much-as-you-can-day
1. No minimum or maximum time required
2. You can set a page/book goal if you want
✿Keep us updated on your progress! Every few hours (as long as it doesn't interfere with your reading), post a status update on how the reading is going.
Earth Day 2020 Campaign