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message 151: by Willemijn (new)

Willemijn (willemijn_z) | 202 comments The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson

Book 4 finished!

Okay, that was all the reading I can do for this challenge. Finishing up a bunch of half read books has been the best thing to come out of this readathon for me. Where I've previously had a terrible habit of leaving books unfinished, I have now finished 3 half read books over the course of these past two weeks, as well as read a book that had been on my tbr for an absolute century.

Hopefully I can keep up this habit of actually finishing whatever book I start reading. I literally don't remember ever seeing this cute little icon on my home page, where your current reads normally are:

What are you reading?



message 152: by Willemijn (new)

Willemijn (willemijn_z) | 202 comments Oh wait... I've just realised my last book doesn't count for a prompt, because less than 100 pages were left before I started. (Not that it matters much, because with all the wildcards we've got, we've got more than enough)


message 153: by Amy (Other Amy) (new)

Amy (Other Amy) | 632 comments Willemijn wrote: "also because finishing it makes me feel justified to rant about it in my review hahaha"

I know just what you mean. Sometimes I hate something so much that I'm like 'I AM going to finish this and I AM going to review it and you ARE going to be sorry!' LOL.


message 154: by Marleen (new)

Marleen | 959 comments I just finished Lirael for prompts 16, a book I’d recommend to 25-year-old me. I really enjoyed this book, a lot more than the first part of the series. The main characters are very YA though and I think I would have enjoyed it even more back when I was a little closer to their age ;)

And that’s my last bit of reading for the readathon done. And I think we smashed it! Thank you all, lovely Decimators, and of course our fearless leader Amy for making this such a fun experience!


message 155: by Marleen (new)

Marleen | 959 comments Willemijn wrote: "The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson

Book 4 finished!

Okay, that was all the reading I can do for this challenge. Finishing ..."


Awesome Willemijn, so glad you too were able to read so much more than you expected!
I have quite a bit of those half finished books as well, I even created a special shelf for them to try and finish them finally. Slooowly working my way through them, and trying not to add new ones...


message 156: by Chalmation (new)

Chalmation | 3744 comments Finished Finding Hannah by John R. Kess for prompt #12.

Great job all...this was fun! I hope we have another one soon.


message 157: by Iton (new)

Iton (iton94) | 156 comments Finished. It was a pleasure reading with Dewey Decimators and thank you Amy for leading our team! This was a very fun experience.


message 158: by Amy (Other Amy) (new)

Amy (Other Amy) | 632 comments Finished Kingdom of Needle and Bone to finish #18. I am so amazed at us! We finished 43 prompts and will only use half our wild cards.

This has been a real pleasure for me too and you all have been great. I haven't been this on track with reading in years. (I got almost all of my Seanan McGuire/Mira Grant novellas read, and that's been on my plate for so long I was feeling guilty for getting the new ones!) This was a fantastic way to turn the corner into spring.


message 159: by Amy (Other Amy) (new)

Amy (Other Amy) | 632 comments Here are our totals. I'm going to hold off posting it to the progress thread until tomorrow morning. If you correct anything or update your totals between now and then, please post to let me know.

Week Two April 1 to April 7
Date: 4/7/21
Pages read: 8434
Hours listened: 80.07
Prompts filled: 50
Wild Cards earned: 13


message 160: by Trisha (new)

Trisha (trishabisen) | 2389 comments Readathon Final Progress Update

Hi Team Leader/Assistant, once all the members of your team have recorded their final page counts and audio hours, please update your final progress in the Readathon Team Progress thread. If your team was unable to complete all the primary 50 tasks, use your earned wild cards to fulfil the pending prompts.

Drop a new comment in the progress thread to let me know that you've shared your final progress. Also, note that this will be your final update so double-check before sharing your progress.

Thank you!


message 161: by Amy (Other Amy) (new)

Amy (Other Amy) | 632 comments And posted. Thanks again, everyone!


message 162: by Joan (new)

Joan Barnett | 1007 comments I just added my final pages I read yesterday. Sorry for adding it late. I was traveling and didn't have access to google sheets.

I think we did a great job and we were down by 2 people!!!

Awesome job everyone!

Amy - thanks for leading!!!!!!!!!!


message 163: by Amy (Other Amy) (new)

Amy (Other Amy) | 632 comments 8478 total pages. Thanks Joan!


message 164: by SarahKat, Buddy Reads (new)

SarahKat | 6282 comments The Readathon Wrap-up thread is now posted. Share your experiences and suggestions!! (Awards coming soon!)


message 165: by Trisha (new)

Trisha (trishabisen) | 2389 comments The 25k Readathon Awards are out!! Head over to that space and check out the winners!


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