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I'm in. Not sure I'll be able to fit in a prompt, though I did just finish Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man and would highly recommend it.
I'll be doing two other Readathons Jan. 14-16 plus finishing another ending January 15.A book that challenges? Sounds good.
Hopefully The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story will be in via Library e-. Also going with The Nickel Boys. 1-challenging, 2--surely involves activism of some kind.
Road of Bones. Challenge, Activism. Releases Jan. 25.
Winter World. Winter
Frozen Earth. Winter.
1/14: White Out cold, ice, reading for Winter setting prompt at Unexpected Readathon. To p. 106
1/15:
1/16: Snowfall. Actual Snow falling, not staying. Grandkids ecstatic.
1/17: Challenge:
Ghost Eaters to 17% NG ARC
1/18: Ghost Eaters to 51%. Got Scary!
1/19:
1/20: Reading The Spectral Island (with Diversity)
Reading The Squatter
1/21:
Reading The Squatter
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from Overdrive! Good a time as any to read! It was either now or during February.
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from Overdrive! Good a time as any to read! It was either now..."I loved that series!
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A book that challenges? Sounds good.
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Woohoo. Excited you're joining!
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That's a great book choice.
MLK's birthday is Jan. 17. Robert E. Lee's is Jan. 19 (still celebrated in Alabama). I think a book on Slavery or Civil Rights would be appropriate for the Challenge prompt..example, The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
Eldritch Reading Reindeer Welcomes 2022! wrote: "MLK's birthday is Jan. 17. Robert E. Lee's is Jan. 19 (still celebrated in Alabama). I think a book on Slavery or Civil Rights would be appropriate for the Challenge prompt..example, [book:The 1619..."I have that on hold at the library. Not coming by next week though! Maybe I'll get it in February.
I'll be digging thru files for something appropos.. great idea!
I put the 1619 Project on hold too...
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Currently Reading
pg 197
pg 225
(audio) 30% throughTBRead
TBListened
Currently reading:
p116 (19%)
p163 (61%)That last 40% of The Office of Historical Corrections is the title novella. It was preceded by a handful of short stories, all of which I enjoyed, and I'm hoping I'll be able to sit down tomorrow and get the entire thing read in one day. In one sitting would be better, but something* tells me I won't have that much uninterrupted time.
(*Two very energetic
I'm hoping to finish both of these over the next week (the King might be a stretch), plus I'll get an audiobook going.
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Juli wrote: "A book that I love recommending is Kindred by Octavia Butler. There is a recent graphic novel adaptation that is amazing! Sorry, the app on my cell doesn't let me link anything."
Both are great. I prefer the original but possibly that's because I read it first.
I have finished
and have listened to 4 hours of
(Edward Hermann was such a good narrator!).
Friday/Saturday:
read 103 pages (35%)
listened 62 minutes (20%)
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. My favorite McManus novel so far but I do have a couple more to read, I think. At the very least her newest one.I read
and then
and they were all just adorable AF.I finished both
yesterday.Haven't gotten much read in
though I am liking it.I started to read both
today.
Meant to post in this days ago. I’ve got three books I need to get done this month:
, so I’ll be working on these.
Charleen wrote: "I'm in. Not sure I'll be able to fit in a prompt, though I did just finish Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man and would highly recommend it."I really want to read that - I need to bump that book up.
I'm in. As for a reading prompt, I am going to try to complete a couple of books by BIPOC authors, Isabel Allende and Brit Bennett. Also, I hope to finish 4 more books for a total of 6.
Stacie wrote: "Listened to an hour of ."I loved The Tommyknockers when I read it a few years ago, even though I found it deeply flawed. 😅
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The Road Trip and
Witch Please. I have several books by BIPOC authors on hold at the library but none have come through at this point. I will most likely re-read
Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation tomorrow.
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while shelving authors A-F in my library yesterday and today and bought a magazine/brochure rack hoping it will work to display my graphic novels in my library. lol. The room is slowly coming together but my additional bookcases won't be here till mid-March. I ordered them in October. Blah.Hoping to read
today and finish reading
as I am about 80% through.But back to Cultish while I work for a smidge. I did not have today off but I took it off and then the weather was really bad this morning so I'm glad I had previously taken it off! I'm now about halfway through Cultish.
I finished up
and listened to 2 hours of
.
Sunday/Monday:
read 77 pages (48%)
read 106 pages (finished)
listened 2.5 hours (68%)
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and reading
and also read
yesterday.Today I started listening to
and I will read
. I'd like to get a good chunk of
read today too.
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Didn't get any done yesterday, but I did sit down and read a short story from
today.
I didn't get much reading done today, because people just would not leave me alone, lol. About 50 pages of
and ah hour of
.
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and ah hour of ."Ugh I hate when that happens!! lol
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yesterday and I read
.Got a headache after work and went to bed fairly early so I didn't read
or any of
. I'd like to finish those by Friday. I am reading the paperback of Flame but also nabbed it on KU so I can read more. But I should really finish
first!
I managed to make some progress in
yesterday as well. I got the audiobook for
as well, so planning to power through that in the coming days.
Tuesday/Wednesday:
read 146 pages (71%)
listened 102 minutes (finished)I may actually finish Dreamcatcher by Friday. I also picked up a poetry collection from the library today... perhaps not quite in the spirit of the "book that challenges you" prompt, but it definitely will, regardless of the content.
I probably won't finish anything else this readathon, but between yesterday and today I did finish
read 50 pages of
and listened to 4 hours of
.
Managed to read one more short story from
before midnight.
Thursday/Friday:
read 178 pages (finished)
read 3 poemsFinal count:
► 617 pages read
► 5 hours listened
► 3 books finished
► 1 in progress
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and listened to
on Thursday. I started listening to
and I finished reading
on Friday.All told:
I finished reading
I read
I started reading
I finished listening to
I listened to
I started listening to
Books completed:Anne of Manhattan by Starler, Brina
Death at Victoria Dock (Phryne Fisher, #4) by Greenwood, Kerry
Dry by Shusterman, Neal
Top Secret Twenty-One (Stephanie Plum, #21) by Evanovich, Janet
Understanding Girls with ADHD: How they feel and why they do what they do by Nadeau, Kathleen M.
The Vanishing Half by Bennett, Brit
Live and Let Chai (Seaside Café Mystery, #1) by Baker, Bree
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Let's do an MLK-inspired readathon starting this Friday, 1/14. For anyone who unfortunately doesn't get 1/17 off, let's keep this readathon open throughout the week.
If you want a bit of a reading prompt, here are a few ideas that might guide you in your book selection.
(1) read a book that challenges you
(2) read a book by or about or involving a social activist
(3) read or listen to an important speech
Any other prompt ideas are welcome, just leave them in the comments. And of course, you do not have to fulfill a prompt to participate.
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