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Readathon #11: June 12th → June 21st
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Jun 16, 2020 12:55AM
Day 2 - Didn't read much. 50 Pages of Percy Jackson - The Lightning Thief .
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Nada. :/ I had a bad depression and anxiety spike and spent most of the day sleeping or mindlessly scrolling social media. I'm hoping today is better!
TOTAL SO FAR:
pages read → 495
books completed → 2
It was a light reading weekend, but I did finish two books, and am starting the other two in this TBR today. (274/3000)
The Very Short, Entirely True History of Mermaids (96/96) FINISHED
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! (178/178) FINISHED
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, with kiddos.
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.)
6/14: Listened to 14 pages of Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
22 pages of Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan.
(Girls date at B&N then more D&D LoL. My reading time just isn’t working out)
6/15: 11 pages of Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan.
Listened to 17 pages of LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Listened to 30 minutes of Percy Jackson: The Battle of the Labyrinth, with kiddos.
Day 4 update:6% of Kingdom of Souls by Rena Barron (audiobook)
TOTAL SO FAR:
pages: 384 (not counting audiobooks here)
books: 1
Back to not reading much....I hope to finish my audiobook today, but I don't know if I'll be able to :/
day 5 update:(technically it's still day 5 but i'm about to go to bed!)
-finished Middlegame, 229 pages
readathon total: 464 pages (getting close to being on track for my goal!)
books finished: 2
— day four
things are going pretty well!!! i've just been reading a bunch of random free stuff from recommendation lists but also got to a few things i've been meaning to read. i knocked before you say i do off my tbr because i wasn't super excited or pleased by what i did read. i'm pretty sure i'll be able to finish up my reading list so i'm excited! hope everyone's doing well and feel free to reach out for a buddy read or whatever :^)
read ✧ 3,714 pages
◦ meet cute club ★★★☆☆
◦ blanche on the lam ★★★☆☆
◦ the 7½ deaths of evelyn hardcastle ★★★★☆
◦ thirteen ★★★★★
◦ law man ★☆☆☆☆
◦ the wall of winnipeg and me ★★★★☆
◦ say you're sorry ★★☆☆☆
◦ i hope you're listening ★★★☆☆ (arc)
◦ above the bay of angels ★★☆☆☆
◦ a cold dark place ★★★☆☆
currently reading
◦ we were liars
◦ summer of salt
◦ find me
to-read
◦ the kiss of deception
◦ boyfriend material (arc)
◦ revolutionary suicide
reread
◦ carceral capitalism
◦ how we get free: black feminism & the combahee river collective
◦ our enemies in blue: police and power in america
Today was pretty good!!! I read 105 pages out of The Poet X and finished it (Btw, GREAT book, if anyone hasn't read it they should)!!!! I also started Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch and got to page 30 in it!!!! A total of 135 pages for today!!!! I hope to really get into Good Omens tomorrow, but I don't know that I'll have the time. I hope I do though!!!!!
Just wanted to share my mid-marathon totals...Finished The Green Kangaroos and Salvage the Bones
Currently reading Bottle Toss, Red Means Run , Crow Shine
Total pages so far: 733
Day 6 update ✔️ By a Thread
✔️ Foolish Hearts (LGBTQ+)
☐ Felix Ever After (Black author and LGBTQ+)
☐ The Final Empire
☐ Hold Me (LGBTQ+)
(stole this formatting from someone else btw, so thanks to them xx)
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, with kiddos.
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.)
6/14: Listened to 14 pages of Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
22 pages of Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan.
(Girls date at B&N then more D&D LoL. My reading time just isn’t working out)
6/15: 11 pages of Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan.
Listened to 17 pages of LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Listened to 30 minutes of Percy Jackson: The Battle of the Labyrinth, with kiddos.
6/16: 85 pages of Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan.
46 pages of Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi.
Lemmily wrote: "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, with kiddos.
6/13: 44 pages of Girls of Paper and Fire..."
Ooo thoughts on Girls of Paper and Fire?
Day 5 Update:Read An Ember in the Ashes - 144 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
I'm starting a little late but here, today's progress:- The Fever King (LGBTQ+) (380 pages)
- The Electric Heir (LGBTQ+)
- A Song of Wraiths and Ruin (Black author)
Day 5 update:16% of Kingdom of Souls by Rena Barron (audiobook)
TOTAL SO FAR:
pages: 384 (not counting audiobooks here)
books: 2
Yeeesss finished the audiobook!! And with this I completed my challenges, which is awesome!
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pages read → 260
books completed → 2
I completed The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water and What Unbreakable Looks Like!
TOTAL SO FAR:
pages read → 755
books completed → 4
Day 3 Update: Completed Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief !
number of pages - 300
Started Percy Jackson and the Sea Monsters !
number of pages - 25
So far, I’ve finished 2 books, at 816 pages:The Mermaid, the Witch & the Sea
The Angel of Crows
Update! Not including today (Wednesday) I've read 14 books! Some have been novellas and graphic novels-- I'm so glad I've fit in time for graphic novels <3 3 LGBT reads, but I just realized nothing has been written by a Black author -_-; I've got Japanese, Irish, English, Australian, but not one we are looking for. Guess that means once I get my TBR under control I'll pick up
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Yesterday ended up being an off day :////// I was in a Lot of pain so I ended up only getting about 30 pages outta Good Omens. I'm feeling pretty good today though and I hope to get a lot more read!!!!
I finished my first book for this Readathon!! now to read another 500 pager in 5 days lol!
Same! Stayed up all night finishing it and now I have to go to work ugh...- The Fever King (LGBTQ+) (finished)
- The Electric Heir (LGBTQ+) (110 pages)
- A Song of Wraiths and Ruin (Black author)
Day 6 Update:Read A Torch Against the Night- 209 pgs
Books Completed:
Me Before You, 369 pgs
Paris for One and Other Stories, 320 pg
Slay (Black author), 323 pgs
An Ember in the Ashes, 446 pgs
Total Pages completed: 1,458
Friday Eve and 3/4 of my TBR books are done. Once I finish the last of the four, I'll be a third of the way to my goal. Yikes. (756/3000)
The Very Short, Entirely True History of Mermaids (96/96) FINISHED
CHALLENGE BOOK: Deathless Divide (218/551)
Loathe at First Sight (264/264) FINISHED
Rich Dad Poor Dad: What The Rich Teach Their Kids About Money - That The Poor And Middle Class Do Not! (178/178) FINISHED
Bonus TBR:
The Night Weaver (0/266)
Gideon the Ninth (0/448)
Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case (0/144)
Anselm (0/350)
Day 5-7 updateSlow now because of work. 24 pages (2%) of Loom Saga: The Complete Series plus 6 issues (137 pages) of the Injustice 2 comic
Page count
June 12th: 149 pages + 46 comic pages
June 13th: 15 pages + 239 comic pages
June 14th: 48 pages
June 15th: 48 pages
June 16th-18th: 24 pages + 137 comic pages
Total: 284 pages + 422 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.
— days five & six
read ✧ 4,721 pages
◦ we were liars ★☆☆☆☆
◦ summer of salt ★★★★☆
◦ find me ★★★★☆
◦ how we get free: black feminism... ★★★★☆
currently reading
◦ the kiss of deception
◦ our enemies in blue: police and power in america
to-read
◦ boyfriend material (arc)
◦ revolutionary suicide
◦ glory in death
◦ red, white & royal blue
reread
◦ carceral capitalism
Well, today did end up being better than yesterday at least!!! I got 102 pages read from Good Omens!!!! I'm not too sure about tomorrow though, I have a Lot I have to do, so I doubt I'll have too much time to read :///// Hopefully I'll be able to read more this weekend though!!!!
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DAY 6 UPDATE:
pages read → 0
books completed → 0
DAY 7 UPDATE:
pages read → 167
books completed → 0
I didn't read on day 6, but I did almost finish The Mime Order on day 7!
TOTAL SO FAR:
pages read → 922
books completed → 4
day 7 update:-Lovecraft Country, 77 pages; my interest is kind of fizzling, but it's still a good read so far!
-Burn Our Bodies Down, 53 pages; unexpectedly got an ARC of this and it sucked me in FAST. i liked Wilder Girls a lot but i'm LOVING this so far. [lgbtq]
readathon total: 687 pages
books finished: 2
had some stuff come up unexpectedly so i'll probably have less time to read this weekend BUT still loving this readathon and gonna keep my eye on what everyone else is reading. :)
day 8 (i think) update ✔️By a Thread
✔️Foolish Hearts (LGBTQ+)
✔️Felix Ever After (Black author and LGBTQ+)
✔️Hold Me (LGBTQ+)
☐ The Final Empire
Oh my gosh, I've forgotten to update the last few days. Whoops!In the last couple days I've finished:
The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman
Empire of Storms by Sarah J Maas (audiobook)
I am currently reading:
The Masked City by Genevieve Cogman
Invictus by Ryan Graudin (audiobook)
Yup, my TBR went out the window. I don't know why I even bother with one. 😂
I didn't get a Lot read today, only about 40 pages of Good Omens. I don't have as much to do tomorrow though, so Hopefully I'll get more read!!!
Day 8 Update:Read The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes- 61 pgs
Books Completed:
Me Before You, 369 pgs
Paris for One and Other Stories, 320 pg
Slay (Black author), 323 pgs
An Ember in the Ashes, 446 pgs
A Torch Against the Night, 452 pgs
A Reaper at the Gates, 463 pgs
Total Pages completed: 2,373
Almost donee <3 it's not much but with my job I'm surprised even got this much lol... You guys are all doing great though!- The Fever King (LGBTQ+) ✔️
- The Electric Heir (LGBTQ+) pg 210
- The Hate U Give (Black author) - pg102
My reading:6/12: 377 pages of Finale by Stephanie Garber (finished the book)
Listened to the first 3 chapters of Percy Jackson: The Battle of the Labyrinth, with kiddos.
6/13: 44 pages of Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan.
6/14: Listened to 14 pages of LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien.
22 pages of Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan.
6/15: 11 pages of Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan.
Listened to 17 pages of LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Listened to 30 minutes of Percy Jackson: The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan.
6/16: 85 pages of Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan.
46 pages of Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi.
6/17: Listened to 13 minutes of Percy Jackson: The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan.
6/18: Listened to 117 pages of LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien.
28 pages of Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi.
6/19: 47 pages of Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi.
Listened to 40 minutes of Percy Jackson: The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan.
58 pages of Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan.
Day 6&7 update:0 pages in both days....
Day 8 update:
8% of Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare (re-read via audiobook)
TOTAL SO FAR:
pages: 384 (not counting audiobooks here)
books: 2
I'm finding it hard to focus on reading right now, as I'm getting ready to go back to the office on Monday, so continuing my reread of The Infernal Devices via audio it is....
I think I will pick up a graphic novel today, to try to boost my reading. Wish me luck!
Rita wrote: "Day 6&7 update:0 pages in both days....
Day 8 update:
8% of Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare (re-read via audiobook)
TOTAL SO FAR:
pages: 384 (not counting audiobooks here)
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Good luck! <3
day 8 update:-Lovecraft Country, 132 pages; my interest has piqued again!
-Burn Our Bodies Down, 0 pages [lgbtq]
readathon total: 819 pages [on schedule for my goal!!]
books finished: 2
Today was pretty good!!! I got 104 pages read out of Good Omens!!! I want to finish it tomorrow, since tomorrow's the last day of the Readathon, but there's a good chance I'm going to be really busy tomorrow so ://////
Ahh I’ve been so bad at this read-a-thon, and honestly reading for June in general :( I’ve finished only two books, (hopefully a third) unfortunately
Em wrote: "Ahh I’ve been so bad at this read-a-thon, and honestly reading for June in general :( I’ve finished only two books, (hopefully a third) unfortunately"that's ok, we all have slumps, hopefully you've enjoyed what you have read!
last day updates ✔️ By a Thread
✔️ Foolish Hearts (LGBTQ+)
✔️ Felix Ever After (Black author and LGBTQ+)
✔️ Hold Me (LGBTQ+)
☐ The Final Empire
I don't expect to finish The Final Empire by tonight, but anyway this readathon has been really good!
Day 8-10 updateTo end this readathon I read 182 pages (15%) and finished Loom Saga: The Complete Series. All in all a really solid series. Also read 33 pages (4%) of Scions of the Black Lotus: Complete Tales of the Floating World.
Page count
June 12th: 149 pages + 46 comic pages
June 13th: 15 pages + 239 comic pages
June 14th: 48 pages
June 15th: 48 pages
June 16th-18th: 24 pages + 137 comic pages
June 19th-21st: 215 pages
Total: 499 pages + 422 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 9 update:-finished Lovecraft Country, 89 pages, 3.5 stars
-Burn Our Bodies Down, 116 pages [lgbtq], sooo engrossing.
readathon total: 1024 pages [hit my goal a day early!]
books finished: 3
Wrap Up So I finished my first book for the LGBTQ+ rep (Six of Crows) but have only got half way through my book by a black author, still reading but definitely not going to finish by the end of today
Wrap Up! Phew, I almost didn't make it- The Fever King (LGBTQ+) ✔️
- The Electric Heir (LGBTQ+) ✔️
- The Hate U Give (Black author) - ✔️
Posting my wrap up a bit late but I finished two books and read 852 pages! Can’t wait for the next one 😍😍
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