End Strong/Start Strong Year-End Readathon

[Icy-Cobwebs-In-Space]

Read The Conspiracy II: Searching for The Truth in Washington D.C., acquired 2 more to review this AM so 4 to review/read before I can return to "pleasure" reading.

[Shelby]

Reached chapter seven in tonight.

[Elyse, Moderator]

Sarah wrote: "I read and finished today and I also read another 100 pages of..."

Painting with Metro looks like a really good book! Added it to my TBR.

[Meaghan]

I just finished The Ravens, book #2 of the year! I'm 60% done with One Day in December, and I think I'm going to reread The Bear and the Nightingale so I can actually finish the series

[Elyse, Moderator]

Meaghan wrote: "I just finished The Ravens, book #2 of the year! I'm 60% done with One Day in December, and I think I'm going to reread The Bear and the Nightingale so I can actually finish the series"

Loved the Winternight trilogy!

[Icy-Cobwebs-In-Space]

Read for review A Fall of Woodcocks and a children's inspirational I Wish You Happiness.

[Sarah]

Elyse, I think you will love Painting with Metro! It's a wonderful story. 🏇

Yesterday I have read and finished which I had found very insightful. It's mostly about the dangers of chemicals, toxins, smoke from factories, hidden old garbage dumps, etc and what that stuff can do to your health.

I was stuck in meetings all day today but I have managed to read more of:

64 % now
21 %
Hopefully I can read more this evening and tomorrow. I only have one meeting tomorrow.

[Stacie]

No reading yesterday, and not much today (25 pages of ). I'm really hoping that I can settle my brain enough to read- all of the things that I'm reading right now are so good that I should be flying through them... I'm just not :/

[writer...]

Twelfth Night finished reading for Seasons of Reading Challenge..



Plus Austenesque group challenge reading ..


Library loans
finished just begun
Whew!

[Meaghan]

60% done with Ruinsong! Really found my reading drive again :) will probably finish both it and one day in december today, and hopefully read the entirety of A Court of Thorns and Roses tmr! that would make 5 books for the 'strong start' part of the challenge :D

[Elyse, Moderator]

Since the week began I've only read one book on audio. I'm 41% through and I haven't made progress in any other books. I started on audio yesterday.

My dog hasn't improved this week, we think he had a stroke Sunday night that started it all and he's not recovering. We're putting him down tomorrow. :( So I may not be around much this weekend.

[Meaghan]

Elyse wrote: "Since the week began I've only read one book on audio. I'm 41% through and I haven't made progress in any other b..."

Ah Elyse I'm so sorry :( sendings hugs

[Elyse, Moderator]

Meaghan wrote: "Ah Elyse I'm so sorry :( sendings hugs..."

Thank you Meaghan. <3

[Charleen]

I'm so sorry, Elyse. Losing a pet is so hard, even when it's the right thing. 💜

[Shelby]

Elyse wrote: "Since the week began I've only read one book on audio. I'm 41% through and I haven't made progress in any other b..."

That’s terrible! I’m so sorry.

[Elyse, Moderator]

Charleen wrote: "I'm so sorry, Elyse. Losing a pet is so hard, even when it's the right thing. 💜"

Thank you, Charleen. <3 You are so right.

[Elyse, Moderator]

Shelby wrote: "That’s terrible! I’m so sorry..."

Thank you, Shelby. <3

[Liander (The Towering Pile)]

I haven't updated in a few days because I haven't finished a book, but I've been in the process of reading a few. I'm currently reading Fairest (Lunar Chronicles #3.5) by Marissa Meyer, A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes #1) by Arthur Conan Doyle, and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou. That last one is an audiobook read by the author, which I just started this morning.

Goodreads tells me I'm 1 behind on my goal, lol! But that's ok. It's always a lot of up and down.

[Icy-Cobwebs-In-Space]

Aw Sarah! Hope your toe heals up quickly!

Sending healing thoughts to your precious dog, Elyse!

I read Zenith Man yesterday, and am reading Terror In the Shadows Vol 12, and The First Sister

[Elyse, Moderator]

Reading Reindeer 2021 On Proxima Centauri wrote: "Sending healing thoughts to your precious dog, Elyse!..."

Thank you, Mallory. <3

[Icy-Cobwebs-In-Space]

my beloved Pookagh has been with me for 10.5 years; I resonate.:)

[❤Marie]

Elyse wrote: "Since the week began I've only read one book on audio. I'm 41% through and I haven't made progress in any other b..."

Oh, I am so sorry to hear this. Sending good thoughts and virtual hugs your way.

[❤Marie]

Just finished The Lies We Told by Diane Chamberlain. 4.5/5. It had a slow start but it ended up being so very good. Still working on A Splendid Ruin by Megan Chance. Slow going also, but intriguing. I'm 30% and will try to finish tonight or early tomorrow morning.

[Stacie]

Elyse wrote: "Since the week began I've only read one book on audio. I'm 41% through and I haven't made progress in any other b..."

I'm so sorry to hear that, Elyse. Pets are family, and no matter how often it happens or how long you 'knew' it was coming you are never prepared to lose family. My condolences to you and your husband. Take whatever time you need; we'll still be here when it's the right time for you to come back.

[Stacie]

I finished this morning. I've only got about 130 pages of left so I'm hoping I can complete that by the end of tomorrow.

[Shelby]

I know this is basically the tail end of the readathon, but I’ve been wanting to start reading and I think I’m gonna go ahead and start that tonight.

[Sarah]

Thank you Reading Reindeer. My toe is a little better but the nail is still a funny looking purple. At least it doesn't hurt anymore.

So sorry about your dog, Elyse. It's always so painful to lose a pet. They really are part of the family.

Today I have finished and plus I read this old classic from 1940 ... Most of the time today was spent reading The Mare. Luckily I had only about 80 pages left of the Tommyknockers... It's such a huge book I need to think about it before I write a review but I definitely enjoyed it.

I really didn't like The Mare very much...I didn't like the message it sent.

And now tomorrow I'll have a huge heavy stack of books to return to the library! 😁📚📚📚 Plus I have new ones to pick up. And I have to decide what I will read next.

[Icy-Cobwebs-In-Space]

Welcome, Elyse and Sarah!

Yesterday i read for review Terror in the Shadows Vol. 12: Horror Short Stories Collection with Scary Ghosts, Paranormal & Supernatural Monsters.
Now it's on to It Happened in Silence which I promised to review this week, then i'd like to read an A.I. SF I just bought: Sentience: A Science Fiction Exploration of AI Through An Epic Turing Test - Book 1

[Icy-Cobwebs-In-Space]

I reviewed It Happened in Silence and am reading Sentience

[Andrea, Moderator]

Patricia wrote: "Andrea wrote: "My goal for this week is to finish Home Before Dark and the Vanishing Half. I’m also doing a big push to finish the office before they take it off Netflix 12/31. I started it on Chri..."

Patricia, I wanted to love this book, but it was not a huge hit for me. There were parts that I really liked and were some that were just a little dull. Eeeek, I hate to say that about this well respected book.

[Charleen]

I'm done for the night, so it's time for the final tally.


Finished:


In Progress:
285 pages (70%)
132 pages (46%)


Thanks for hosting a great readathon!

[Sarah]

Today I have read and .... I guess these are my last two books for the readathon.

I had liked the first book more, although it's sad and full of some awful violence.. apparently there really was a school like that..it's a group read in another group right now.

The second book I found rather dull..it's a bunch of science articles but although I tried to like them they are just on dull topics. Chapter 9 was the most interesting, on sci-fi books! 😅📚📚📚 But unless you like reading about single cell life and stuff...

[Sarah]

So here is my readathon wrap up. I just made a list of all of the books I read during the readathon and I can't believe it: it's 21 books! 21 books in 2021! It just happened that way!!

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My favorite books from this readathon were Dragon and Herdsman, Night Mares in the Hamptons, Painting with Metro. And The Tommyknockers.

[Icy-Cobwebs-In-Space]

@Patricia and @Andrea: I adored every Riley Sager novel prior to Home Before Dark, and every mystery under his RL name....but Home Before Dark? Oh no:(.

[Stacie]

Well, I did not finish (only read another 10 pages) but I did get finished, so yesterday wasn't a bust ;)

Wrap-up:

Completed:
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Partial:
130 pages of , 43 pages of , 25 pages of , 30 minutes of

Not my most prolific readathon ever but set out like that, I'm still pleased with my results :) Most of what I read was 3 stars and up, only one reread, several things outside of my usual genres, and everything fits into at least one prompt for my Flourish&Blott's reading challenge. Woot!

[Meaghan]

I didn't end up finishing ACOTAR in time but I did get 248 pages done before the end of the readathong! That means my strong start was 4 books + 60% of another, though my finish was way less strong (only two books)

[Elyse, Moderator]

❤Marie wrote: "Elyse wrote: "Since the week began I've only read one book on audio. I'm 41% through and I haven't made progress ..."

Thank you, Marie. <3

[Annie]

Elyse wrote: "Since the week began I've only read one book on audio. I'm 41% through and I haven't made progress in any other b..."

Elyse, I'm so sorry to hear about your pup. Thinking of you.

[Liander (The Towering Pile)]

Final read-a-thon results:

Finished books that I had started earlier:


Read entirely during the read-a-thon:


Started during the read-a-thon but haven't finished yet:


Happily, I finished all the books I had on the go by the end of 2020, and also hit my goal in the Mount TBR reading challenge! And since New Year's I've gotten a nice start on my 2021 reading. It was a good read-a-thon!

[Elyse, Moderator]

Thank you all for your condolences about my dog. I appreciate the support. <3 My mom had to put her German Shepherd down on Friday, he had cancer. And my coworker found that her dog passed Sunday night/Monday morning. It was a rough weekend for dogs. :(

[Elyse, Moderator]

Hello hello! We had 15 participants who posted at least twice during the 'thon and the winner of the $20 Amazon gift card is.........

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KAYLA! Congrats!

Kayla, I'll shoot you a message! :)

[Stacie]

Congratulations, Kayla!!! I hope you have lots of fun shopping :D

[Shelby]

Congrats Kayla!