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IR Summer Readathon - May and June 2021
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Yay! Welcome onboard Leena
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Tentative list
1. Solar Bones
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5. On the Beach
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7. Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West
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I am in for 5 books
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1.
- loved this poignant mood depressor. would recommend to all...
I'm also in but can't give a number of books now because I an finishing up another challenge right now. It will continue till end of April. I will come back and committ the number of books then.
I hope that's ok!?
Reserving my spot, but can't commit on books for now. Will update soon
Reserving my spot here for 4 books
Reserving my spot, number of books will be at least 4-5. however i could end up reading many more.How exactly does this work tho?
Count me in!!!I can do 6 📚
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I will come back and committ the number of books then.
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That's fine Sree. The intent of the readathon is to make us all read more :)
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Girish wrote: "It would be interesting to see the book choices! List your probable reads in the your post so that BRs can be planned or just inspire choices :)"Probably a weird question, but what does BR stand for in this context?
Leena wrote: "BR Buddy Read"Thank you, Leena!
I'll be up for 4 books atleast; ig its doable :)
I'm in for 3 books at least.. Taking 1 book from BOTM May list 'The Burning'. 1. A Burning : Done
2. Beach Read
3. The Lemonade War
4. One Crazy Summer
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1. The Martian
2. Evil Under the Sun
3. Half of a Yellow Sun
4. Beach Read"
Good list! Half of Yellow Sun is in my TBR too.
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+1 on Burning. I had voted for the book, but don't think it will win. Maybe we can create a seperate BR thread for the same..
Bookspective wrote: "My list 1. The Martian
2. Evil Under the Sun
3. Half of a Yellow Sun
4. Beach Read"
Beach Read was such a light, fun read.. Hope you enjoy it
My possible TBR for this challenge:Completed 0/6
1. I Love You So Mochi (floral cover)
2. Loveboat, Taipei (set in Summer)
3. With the Fire on High (Fire in title)
4. The Beach Café (Beach in title)
5. Summer at Little Beach Street Bakery (Summer & Beach in title)
6. Where'd You Go, Bernadette (Vacation themed)
Girish wrote: "Yukti wrote: "I'm in for 3 books.. Taking 1 book from BOTM May list 'The Burning'."+1 on Burning. I had voted for the book, but don't think it will win. Maybe we can create a seperate BR thread f..."
Yea sure.. but how does BR exactly work? I've never done it before.
Girish wrote: "Good list! Half of Yellow Sun is in my"
Maybe a BR then?
Niranjan wrote: "Aiming for 2 books:1. The Fireman
2. A Thousand Splendid Suns
i'll hopefully add more!"
I have cried for hours after reading A Thousand Splendid Suns, I pray you have the strength to deal with this book..
Tbis is my list ( tentative and fluid)1.The Sun Is Also a Star
Sun in title
2. Death By Ice Cream
No summer without icecream🍦
3.The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
Flowers on cover
4. The Map of Love
Set in desert
5. Whiskey Beach
Beach in title.
6. Home Fire
Fire in title.
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A separate Buddy Read thread will be created where interested folks can read a book together and discuss about it. If you haven't tried it before, I'd strongly recommend you to give it a shot :) :) :)
Leena wrote: "Tbis is my list ( tentative and fluid)1.The Sun Is Also a Star
Sun in title
2. Death By Ice Cream
No summer without icecream🍦
3.[book:The Lost Flowers of Alice Ha..."
Do share your review about book # 2, I just read the blurb and it sound interesting.. I've read book # 1, its too cute..
sure definitely and Im going to listen to With the fire on high. im really looking forward to it.
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1.The Sun Is Also a Star
Sun in title
2. Death By Ice Cream
No summer without icecream🍦
3.[book:The Lost Flowers of Alice Ha..."
Thought through list Leena! I have the Map of Love book - did not realise it was set in desert! I will add it to my list too :D Thanks
Afia wrote: "Count me in!!!I can do 6 📚"
My TBR for this Challenge ☺️
1) I'll Give You the Sun - Sun in title ⭐⭐⭐⭐
2)Summer With My Sister - Summer in title ⭐⭐⭐
3)The Sun and Her Flowers - Sun in title ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
4)On a Beautiful Day - Floral Book cover ⭐⭐⭐
5)Summer and July - Summer in title ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
6)By The Time You Read This - Floral Book cover⭐⭐⭐⭐
Finished:1. The Cell Phone Swap - Takes place in summer
2. That Boy - Takes place in multiple summers
3. To Kill a Mockingbird - Takes place in multiple summers.
Gorab wrote: "Yukti wrote: "Yea sure.. but how does BR exactly work? I've never done it before."A separate Buddy Read thread will be created where interested folks can read a book together and discuss about it..."
Yes sure.. sounds intresting.. :)
Siege of Khartoum - Set in Egypt and a very interesting adventure
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Yellow in cover and title,
Sun in title,
Sun on cover,
Yellow cover
The Yellow Emperor's Cure because it has a yellow cover with a sun on itThe Small-Town Sea because of the sea and the beach.
Cuckold because it’s set in Rajasthan
The Hundred-Foot Journey because there is a mango on the cover and mangoes remind me of summer.
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Will try to join for the Yellow Emperor's curse. Once got this confused with Emperor of All Maladies and got it on Kindle *facepalm*
Currently starting the Small Town Sea
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Books mentioned in this topic
A Burning (other topics)The Small-town Sea (other topics)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (other topics)
The Song of Achilles (other topics)
Red Scarf Girl (other topics)
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Wish you a very happy regional new year! We hope you and your loved ones are all staying safe and will have a fantastic new year.
With temperatures soaring, we at Indian Readers are planning a May-June readathon on the theme of Summer. You can pick any book which fits the theme on all things summery!
You may pick books that qualify:
* Title or Bookcover has Sun, Desert, Beach or Fire
* Story is set in Desert, heat or around water scarcity
* Storyline happens during the summer holidays or vacations
* Florals and bright color
* Any abstract way you can link it to summer
If you are keen on participating - reserve your spot here and update your probable list. You can find your next BR too, while you are updating your reading progress.
(We realised one thing bookworms can't resist it planning and preparing booklists)
Look forward to a scorching summer reading wise!