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Readathon #11: June 12th → June 21st
I think I've decided my tbr for this readathon!!!! So far I'm planning it to be:The Poet X (Black Author)
The Best Bad Things (LGBT+ rep, what I'm currently reading, main character's bi and possibly genderfluid)
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (I don't Technically think this counts as LGBT+ but I want to read it, and to those who have either read it or seen the show, Let's be real here lmao)
I don't think I'll be able to finish all of these, but if I do I don't know what I'll read after!!!! Either way I'm extremely excited about this readathon!!!!
I'm so looking forward to this readathon!My TBR:
Book with LGBTQIAP+ representation:
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
Book by a Black Author:
A River of Royal Blood by Amanda Joy
Can't wait to read my picks! Happy reading, everyone! :)
Sarah wrote: "Megan wrote: "So excited to join this time around! Hopefully I’m able to smash out a few books, as I haven’t been reading as much as I used to. Currently, my reading taste is being dictated by my..."
Ooh, good to hear, Sarah! I’m almost halfway through, and am enjoying it so far. Hopefully that continues for the rest of the book. :D
I am so excited for this read-a-thon. I’ll be starting with Finale by Stephanie Garber as I need to finish the series. LoL.
I’ll be reading Girls of Paper and Fire and Girls of Storm and Shadow by Natasha Ngan
I’ll also be reading Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi.
All of these books have been on my TBR and I’m glad to finally get to reading them. Though I’ve read Girls of Paper and Fire I always read series together. LoL.
All of this while reading LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring with my son.
This is going to be a fantabulous read-a-thon!!! Thank you!
I'M IN GUYS I'M IN AFTER SO LONG!Being a medical worker during this pandemic really screwed up my reading...but I'm here now :D
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My TBR is...
✨ Cinderella Is Dead {currently reading; Black author & queer rep}
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✨ A Song Below Water {Black author}
✨ Girl, Serpent, Thorn {queer rep}
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✨ Beach Read {currently reading}
✨ The Boyfriend Project {Black author}
✨ My Dark Vanessa
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My TBR is currently undecided as I’m also participating in a ReadAThon where you chose your TBR out of a jar and while that ends on the 14th I am going to keep pulling books out of the jar until I’m no longer in the mood for that basically 😂😂
Also, Day 1 is already over for me here in Aus!! Progress for today:
Fawkes - Read 203 pages
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - Listened to 50 pages
My TBR is:Aurora Burning(currently reading)
They Both Die at the End(queer rep)
A Court of Thorns and Roses
A Court of Mist and Fury
A Court of Wings and Ruin
A Court of Frost and Starlight
All Boys Aren't Blue(black author + queer rep)
Happy Friday Reading Day!!!I'm kicking off my 3000-page challenge (that's a lot, isn't it?) with a little short one to feel satisfied. Here's my happy little starter list, and I am tickled pink that one book checks off both challenges at once.
(25/3000)
The Very Short, Entirely True History of Mermaids (25/96)
CHALLENGE BOOK: Deathless Divide (0/551)
Loathe at First Sight (0/264)
Rich Dad Poor Dad: What The Rich Teach Their Kids About Money - That The Poor And Middle Class Do Not! (0/178)
Day 1 update111 pages (3h7m) of Fae Hunter. Have mixed feelings, not continuing this series (but I really liked the narrator of the audiobook)
25 pages (44m) of Chaos Reigning. So far so good.
13 pages (5%) of This is esports (and How to Spell it). Already on track of becoming my favorite non-fiction book ever
46 pages (2 digital issues) of the Injustice 2 Comic. Even if it is over the top sometimes, Injustice is still my favorite superhero comic out there.
Page count
June 11th: 149 pages + 46 comic pages
Total: 149 pages + 46 comic pages
Page count for audiobooks based on the length of the Kindle edition. Comic pages are separated because I read comics faster than books.
No TBR, but I'll use this post to keep track of what I'm reading. Friday: 2 books completed
Lola & the Millionaires: Part Two ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
*SO GOOD! Unfortunately... I'm now feeling a book hangover T_T
Human Omega: Discovered on the Slave Planet ⭐⭐
...not so great
Sat: 3 books completed
Clutch ⭐⭐⭐
Between Jobs⭐⭐⭐⭐
Between Shifts⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Sun: 6 books/novellas completed
Between Floors⭐⭐⭐⭐.5
*Looks like I've found another series to binge!
Between Frames ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Between Homes⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Cloudy With a Chance of Dropbears⭐⭐⭐⭐
Between Walls⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
All the Different Shades of Blue⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Mon: 2 books completed
SPY×FAMILY 1⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Beyond the Sea ⭐⭐⭐
Tues: 1 books completed
When She Purrs: A Risdaverse Tale⭐⭐⭐⭐
Wed: 5 books/graphic novels/novellas completed
Heartstopper: Volume One⭐⭐⭐⭐
Wicked Wings⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Vampire's Club: Book One⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Vampire's Club: Book Two⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Vampire's Club: Book Three⭐⭐⭐
Thur: 2 novellas completed
The Vampire's Club: Book Four⭐⭐⭐
The Vampire's Club: Book Five⭐⭐
*Ugh ended up not liking this one anymore.
Fri: 1 book completed
Wrecking Ball⭐⭐⭐⭐
Sat: __ books completed
Currently reading?
Seriously, I have so many ongoing books right now and even though I'm liking what I'm reading, they can't keep my interest... the main two I'm working on are:
(Re-read)
(reading when my mind drifts from WS)
Well, I didn't get to read as much as I wanted to for the first day. I ended up surprisingly (and annoyingly) busy today. I only got about 53 pages from The Best Bad Things in today. Hopefully I'll have more time tomorrow!!!!
My TBR: - The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
- Silver Shadows
- The Ruby Circle
Saturday 13/06:
- 200 pages of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Sunday 14/06:
- 200 pages of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
- 100 pages of New Moon
Mod
pages read → 100
books completed → 1
I sadly didn't read much today! 😅 I did finish my audiobook of The Titan's Curse, though. I'm gonna try to stay off of social media as much as possible for the next couple of days and get some serious reading done!
rachel ☾ wrote: "omg felix ever after is sooooo good! one of my favourites of the year, so far. hope you love it!"ahh thank you so much! glad you loved it!!
My reading:6/12: 377 pages of Finale (finished the book)
Listened to the first 3 chapters of Percy Jackson: The Battle of the Labyrinth.
Yesterday was a pretty busy day for me, so I didn't have any time to think about my tbr and I only read a few pages. But after I finish my homework today, I am planning and reading a little more. My TBR:
Crown of Midnight - just started a reread
Date Me, Bryson Keller - queer rep
Children of Virtue and Vengeance - black author
Pages read so far: 116
DAY 1&2 UPDATE:11/6:
- read 100 pages of A Blade So Black and it's fantastic so far
- listened to 40% of the audiobook of A Song of Wraiths and Ruin and asdfghjkl it is perfect
- i literally only put it down because i couldn't stay awake any longer
12/6:
- i finished A Song of Wraiths and Ruin and it's maybe my favourite book of the year so far,, it was incredible
- planning on ordering a physical copy so i can do a reread and annotate it!!
- about to start The Year We Fell From Space because my library copy is due tomorrow
Total pages read: 600
Total books finished: 2
destiny ♡⚔♡ wrote: "WOOOOOHOOOOO READATHON TIME! ♥My TBR is...
this line up is! perfect!! i can't wait to see your thoughts on all of these and wish you all the best with the readathon.
beach read is so worth the hype, so i end up adoring it. i'm hoping to sneak a song below water on my tbr too,, and hopefulllllly i'll get my hands on cinderella is dead. we'll see how long my library hold will take to come in,,
Darce wrote: "ahh thank you so much! glad you loved it!!"happy reading x
destiny ♡⚔♡ wrote: "DAY 1 UPDATE:
I'm gonna try to stay off of social media as much as possible for the next couple of days and get some serious reading done!
I'm with you here!! This weekend I'm taking a break from social media... well, except from Goodreads ;)
Here is my progress for the readathon so far!Trying to get through books that I have half finished (what to expect & others later in the challenge), as well as books that have been sitting in my TBR pile for 1-2years 😭 (diary of an awesome friendly kid). Probably will not partake in the challenges but am so proud and pleased to see others in the community who are 🥰
I enjoy reading non-fiction, then a few pages of children’s fiction and then into my girly chick-lit for the evening 😂
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Day 1 & 2
What to expect, when you’re expecting
Page 318 - 390 = 72 pages
Who’s that girl?
Page 51 - 85 = 34 pages
Diary of an awesome friendly kid = 166 pages
272 Pages
Okay so I’m almost done with the audiobook of Pride! I have the Hate U Give coming in hopefully sometime within the next week.
Day 2 update13 pages (5%) of This is esports (and How to Spell it)
193 pages (full series) of Orphan Blade. Re-read, but still like it. And this covers both challenges; it does feature some LGBT themes and one of the creators of the series is black
Page count
June 12th: 149 pages + 46 comic pages
June 13th: 15 pages + 239 comic pages
Total: 164 pages + 285 comic pages
Page count for audiobooks based on the length of the Kindle edition. Comic pages are separated because I read comics faster than books.
Day 1 update:17% of Kingdom of Souls by Rena Barron (audiobook)
I didn't read much yesterday, mostly continued listening to my audiobook while I played Animal Crossing lol but I'm already making up for it today.
I got quite a bit more read today!!! I read about 297 pages out of The Best Bad Things and finished it (That was my LGBT+ rep, Bi main character who's also genderfluid)!!!! Tomorrow I intend to start The Poet X (Black Author) depending on what all I have to do!!!! Here's hoping tomorrow will be another good reading day!!!!!
I'm kinda late to this whole readathon because I couldn't read during the last 2 days, but I'm finally free to do so, so here I am! I don't know if I'll meet any of the challenges, since I'm a mood reader AND technically in the middle of doing a marathon of two specific series, but who knows! Currently reading:
City of Heavenly Fire [283/725]
Finished:
Day 2 update:9% of Kingdom of Souls by Rena Barron (audiobook)
310 pages of Radio Silence by Alice Oseman
Day 2 went so much better than the first day, and I'm loving Radio Silence!! I'm probably going to finish it today and listen to a big chunk of Kingdom of Souls.
This is a wonderful idea. Galleyathon starts tomorrow and the two ARCs I want to read are perfect for this. I’ll be reading Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron and A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow
Day 1 Update: i had a personal emergency come up, sooo nothingDay 2 Update:
-finished The End of Policing, 27 pages.
total: 27 pages
Currently on page 101 of The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman because what is a TBR if you can’t ignore it?
My reading:6/12: 377 pages of Finale (finished the book)
Listened to the first 3 chapters of Percy Jackson: The Battle of the Labyrinth.
6/13: 44 pages of Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan. (D&D with friends all over the country took up most of my day.)
Day 3 update48 pages (4%) of Loom Saga: The Complete Series
Page count
June 12th: 149 pages + 46 comic pages
June 13th: 15 pages + 239 comic pages
June 14th: 48 pages
Total: 212 pages + 285 comic pages
Page count for audiobooks based on the length of the Kindle edition. Comic pages are separated because I read comics faster than books.
I'm new to the group! Hello.*Day 1 Update*: Completed Persepolis Part 1 and Persepolis Part 2.
Read a 12 pages of Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief.
Read 69 pages of How To Live Your Purpose(Got a pre release edition, had to read instantaneously :D)
Completed - Pride (2 stars) New TBR:
-They Called Us the Enemy
-Binti (Black author)
-An American Marriage (Black author)
-Brown Girl Dreaming (Black author)
-Radio Silence (LGBT rep, re-read)
-The Hate U Give (Black author)
-Queenie (This is a maybe - Black author)
-Allegedly (Black author)
Mod
pages read → 320
books completed → 1
A little late updating this since day 3 is actually almost over. I read Just Like That yesterday and it was so good!
TOTAL SO FAR:
pages read → 420
books completed → 2
UPDATE (i'm not even sure what day i'm on ahah):I finished By a Thread and Foolish Hearts!! And I've read the first bit of The Final Empire, as well as some more of All the Stars and Teeth :)) plus I'm about to start Felix Ever After.
Basically my reading is going well :))
Day 4Who’s that girl
86-200 = 114 pages
Day 3
What to expect.
390 - 450 = 60 pages
Diary of an awesome friendly kid:
167-217 = 50 pages
224 Pages 😀
Oops, I forgot to update last night lmao. I only got 46 pages read out of The Poet X, but I'm hoping today I'll have more time to read!!!
I wasn't able to get online over the weekend but I did read 3 books:Day 4 Update:
Read An Ember in the Ashes - 95 pgs
Books Completed:
Me Before You, 369 pgs
Paris for One and Other Stories, 320 pg
Slay (Black author), 323 pgs
Total Pages completed: 1,162
Day 4 updateAnother 48 pages (4%) of Loom Saga: The Complete Series
Page count
June 12th: 149 pages + 46 comic pages
June 13th: 15 pages + 239 comic pages
June 14th: 48 pages
June 15th: 48 pages
Total: 260 pages + 285 comic pages
Page count for audiobooks based on the length of the Kindle edition. Comic pages are separated because I read comics faster than books.
Day 3 update:13% of Kingdom of Souls by Rena Barron (audiobook)
74 pages of Radio Silence by Alice Oseman -> Finished
TOTAL SO FAR:
pages: 384 (not counting audiobooks here)
books: 1
Finished my first book for the readathon and I'm so happy!! I loved it too, which is always a plus!
Mod
pages read → 75
books completed → 0
Yesterday was a very minimal reading day. Oops. 😂
TOTAL SO FAR:
pages read → 495
books completed → 2
I have been off the internet for the last couple days, so here's my update. 6/13 - started reading
- 50 pages6/14 - 63 pages
6/15 - finished George, 82 pages. I was surprised when it was over, I was hoping for more of Melissa's story.
Starting
tomorrow!Pages read - 195
Books finished - 1
Update:Pride Challenge
• ONCE GHOSTED, TWICE SHY by Alyssa Cole (15% finished)
BLM Challenge
• AGING BRILLIANTLY by Dr. Patricia Pimentel Selassie (99/134)
• THE HATE U GIVE by Angie Thomas (281/473)
*This is dejavu right now. When I read the words "I Can't Breathe" in the story, the book dropped out of my hands, as well as my heart.
Books Finished: 1
• NEVER HAVE I EVER by Joshylin Jackson (355/355)
Today ended up being a surprisingly good reading day!!! Part of that might be because 1. I really REALLY LOVE The Poet X and 2. it Is a fairly easy read because of the way it's written. I read 210 pages today, and I hope to finish my book tomorrow!!!!!
Hi hi! Didn't have time for the start of the readathon, but hopefully I get some reading done now. Here are the books I will pick from:☐ Current read: Ninth House (Starting 182/450)
☐ LGBT+ The Black Tides of Heaven
☐ LGBT+ The Red Threads of Fate
☐ LGBT+ The Descent of Monsters
☐ LGBT+ Meet Cute Club
☐ Black Author, LGBT+ Giovanni's Room
☐ A Wizard of Earth Sea
☐ Black Author, LGBT+ Felix Ever After
☐ LGBT+ Girls of Paper and Fire
☐ Beach Read
☐ LGBT+ Burning Roses
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Unexpected Readathon Time / Books Out of the Blue
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Probably won't do the challenges though. I have a list already planned out for my reading. :)
I hope everyone enjoys whatever they read.